Chapter 50: Border Conflicts
After the end of the war, the entire Wusun was divided into two, and Gaochang and Yue were separated from the east and west. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The two sides are roughly bounded by the straight line from the south of Alahu Lake to the Wusun Ancient Road in the north, Gaochang in the east, and Yueban in the west.
The Wusun Ancient Road connects the Junggar Basin in the north and the Tarim Oasis in the south, and is the throat road that runs through the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains.
Yueban people are unwilling to lose the Wusun Ancient Road, because this ancient road is not only a shortcut to the south in the future, but also a very important 'financial road'. Merchants who travel between the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains all pass through the ancient road, so whoever masters the ancient road is equivalent to mastering an inexhaustible cornucopia.
Coupled with the fact that the treasury was emptied before, Yuebanren finally couldn't bear it anymore and decided to teach Gaochang a good lesson.
In the newly acquired land, a ten-man Gaochang horse team is patrolling the border.
Since refusing Yueban, Wei Shuo has ordered to strengthen border patrols to prevent Yueban people from sneaking across the border.
Most of the soldiers had just attended the ceremony of conferring the knighthood, and now the morale was high, and if it weren't for the strict military law, some people might have provoked war in private.
"Brothers, the front is to the border. Nowadays, Yue people are a little dishonest, so everyone is vigilant and reports as soon as there is a situation. ā
The chief who was in charge of leading the team wiped the sweat from his hands, turned back and shouted to the soldiers under his hands. Shi Chang was originally from the old army, but he didn't expect to perform well in this war, and he was awarded a third-class knighthood at the commendation meeting, as well as a large grassland.
At this time, a non-commissioned officer who had not made meritorious service last time complained: "Hmph! I wish someone like Yue came over, and let Lao Tzu cut off a few heads for the title. ā
"That's it! I think Yue people are too timid, and they always talk and don't practice, how long has it been? Didn't even let out a fart. ā
"What are you talking about? Isn't it good if the enemy doesn't come? Is it good that you are looking forward to war? I've never seen you so active before. ā
"Hehe, isn't it looking at what he has grown up with titles and pastures, and the brothers are greedy."
As soon as he mentioned the title and the grassland, Shi Chang couldn't help laughing and said: "Hahaha, it's useless for you to be greedy, this is Lao Tzu in exchange for his life, and he will leave it to my son in the future." ā
"Report! Cavalry appeared ahead. ā
Suddenly, the soldier in charge of opening the way in front shouted to everyone, and the chief raised his eyes in his heart and looked into the distance, and found that about fifteen miles away from everyone, dust and smoke were everywhere, as if a sandstorm was sweeping in.
Shi Chang looked at the cavalry in the distance, his expression was nervous and excited, and he didn't think much about immediately ordering the team to retreat, and at the same time galloping towards the rear as fast as possible.
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The people of Yue are really here!
Five thousand cavalry attacked the northern exit of the Wusun Ancient Road from west to east, trying to regain control of the main road.
Fortunately, Wei Shuo had already prepared, and as soon as he took the main road here, he ordered Li Wei to lead a thousand cavalry to station.
After receiving an urgent report from the rangers, Li Wei immediately ordered the garrison to dispatch to meet the enemy.
A thousand steps were lined up, and Li Wei stood in the wind, his skirt swaying in the wind, looking majestic. The sun and moon battle flags in the team were waving in the wind, which made the people who had just arrived feel a little heavy pressure.
Five thousand pleasant cavalry, looking at the Gaochang army waiting in front of them, whispered.
The Wusun treasury cannot be recaptured, so it is determined to win the people of Wusun Ancient Daoyue.
If it weren't for the heavy losses in the previous battle, it would have been more than just 5,000 cavalry this time.
"Woo woo woo ......"
Suddenly, a long horn sounded, indicating that the great battle was coming, and the originally silent and speechless cavalry suddenly became imposing, and all the cavalry roared to the sky with swords and spears, and let out a roar like a wild beast.
However, this is nothing to the Gao Chang soldiers who have experienced the battle of life and death. Under the command of officers at all levels, they quickly formed a formation and waited for the order to attack from their superiors.
"Attack, kill all the Gaochang people!"
With the order of the enemy general, the five thousand Yue-like cavalry slowly started like a black cloud, the speed became faster and faster, and the momentum became more and more vigorous. The earth-shattering shouts of killing were higher and higher, listening to "Da Da! The sound of horses' hooves made the earth seem to tremble.
"Shoot!"
The Yue-like rider who was galloping his horse fired thousands of arrows, and the riding and archery skills of the grassland people were really not simple, and the dense arrows poured down like a rain curtain.
"Woo woo woo ......" The sound of the horn of the pleasant people became more and more urgent, drifting farther and farther in the cold wind of early spring.
The Yue-like cavalry was getting closer and closer to the Gaochang army's large array, and the spearmen hiding behind the iron shield could even see the hideous faces of the Yue-like people on the opposite side clearly, but the general did not give the order to attack, and the well-trained spearmen remained motionless, only holding the weapons in their hands firmly, and staring at the Yue-like people opposite.
I don't know why, looking at the silent Gaochang army formation on the opposite side, the Yue-like riders who were charging inexplicably felt a strong sense of unease.
"Bang!" A bang!
The sturdy horse finally collided with the thick iron shield at the front, and with a pop, the Yue-like cavalry continued to be pierced by the spears sticking out of the gaps in the iron shield.
More and more people were squeezed off their mounts by their own people behind, and then trampled into pulp by the cavalry who followed, and the scene was extremely tragic for a while.
"Thorn!"
"Thorn!"
Although this was the first time that the spearmen had faced the cavalry, the highly trained spearmen simply repeated the same movements mechanically, taking the life of a pleasant man each time.
"Quick, quick, speed up." The Yue-like general, who was hiding in the rear and commanding, saw that his cavalry could not break the infantry phalanx of the Gaochang people, and suddenly became anxious, waving his long knife again and again, asking the cavalry to keep pressing.
As more and more Yue-like cavalry became entangled with Gao Chang's soldiers, a battle finally came to a close encounter, and the spear formation, which was originally as stable as Mount Tai, became precarious.
Li Wei, who was in charge of commanding the observation formation, couldn't help but be surprised by the bravery shown by the spearmen, to be honest, when he received Wei Shuo's instructions to find a chance to try the spearmen, he actually refused in his heart.
In his opinion, the most advantageous means of dealing with cavalry was to ride on horsemen, and could the spearmen be able to withstand the onslaught of cavalry?
However, the military order is like a mountain, even if Li Wei is worried in his heart, he can only take over this burden, but in order to prevent accidents, he still asked for a hundred Mo swordsmen to be transferred from the rear.
Now that you have seen the power of the spear array, it is time for the Mo swordsman to come out and finish off the enemy.
Li Wei waved his hand, only to hear the sound of armor leaves, and a group of hoplites with bright armor and Mo knives lined up.
One hundred Mo swordsmen swept into the enemy formation like a gust of wind, and met Yue's cavalry as scheduled.
I saw a burst of white flower knife flashing, and the battlefield was full of flesh and blood, and the Yue-like cavalry who was charging was split in half by Mo Dao and his men and horses.
This alone made both the enemy and us gasp, and no one expected that the lethality of the Mo knife would be so great.
A single Mo knife hand is like a killing machine that takes people's lives, but the neat Mo knife hand is like a solid wall, and the Yue cavalry crashes into it and only ends up with a corpse separated.
On the battlefield, the movements of one hundred Mo knife hands are uniform, and the oblique and horizontal slashes are all the same movements.
They quickly broke through the enemy's main central position, then turned to the left flank and marched like a wall, leaving behind the severed arms and limbs of the delightful people along the way.
A hundred Mo swordsmen repeatedly rushed and killed in the enemy formation, and no one knew how many enemies they had killed. If the Mo knife was not made of high-quality Uzi steel, the edge of the knife would have been curled by this time.
Both the enemy and us were shocked by the momentum of the Modao team, and whenever the Modao turned to the Yueban cavalry, those Yueban people immediately hid away as if they had encountered the devil.
Under the assault of the elite Mo Dao team, the situation between the enemy and us quickly reversed.
The next step is simple, just the cavalry goes up and cleans up the mess.