In the Western Regions, Khotan, one of the protectorates of Anxi, is the first important town in the Western Regions from the land of Hehuang, and it is the easternmost important place of the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions, guarding the Hexi Corridor.

If this town is lost, the Great Food Army will enter the land of the river through the Silk Road without any scruples.

At this time, Khotan no longer regained the appearance of an important town in Anxi, the city wall was broken, the east section and the west section were damaged, and the entire city wall was almost destroyed.

Moreover, the walls are all russet, a color cast from blood, which looks shocking and makes people palpitate.

The air was filled with a pungent smell of blood, so thick that it could not be dissolved, and every breath of breath was as if it was drinking blood, which made people can't help but roll from the mouth to the stomach, and strong vomiting would come up.

Inside and outside the city, there were corpses, stumps and broken arms, broken internal organs, and surging blood.

The corpses, stump legs, broken arms, and broken internal organs were a thick layer, as thick as a few of them, and the layers were stacked on top of each other, and they looked terrifying.

The blood could no longer soak into the soil, because the soil had been cast with blood and minced flesh, and no longer leaked blood, so that the blood accumulated into a bright lake, which glittered in the light, a red light, indescribably strange and bewitching.

Since the Great Eclipse marched into the Western Regions, Khotan has been in constant wars, and the Great Cannibals seem to be crazy and attack the city without dying. The Tang army defended like an iron bucket, no matter how crazy the Great Food Army was, no matter how fearful it was of life and death, it could not capture Khotan.

The Tang army repelled the attacks of the Great Food Army again and again, causing the Great Food Army to suffer a heavy blow and pay a high price, however, the Great Food Army not only did not stop attacking the city, but attacked more fiercely.

Because Abu? Muslims are well aware of the important surnames of Khotan. Khotan is located on the key point of entering the Western Regions in the land of the river, and if it cannot be captured, it will prepare a bridgehead for the Tang army to enter the Western Regions, which will provide great convenience for the Tang army.

Of course, if the Great Eclipse is captured, the Great Eclipse will not only cut off the Tang Army's passage into the Western Regions, but also start from here, through the Silk Road, to the land of Hehuang, and lead the war to the interior of the Tang Dynasty.

It is with this important strategic value of Khotan in mind that Abu? The Muslims ordered that Khotan be attacked at any cost, and in any case, it must be defeated before the Tang army enters the Western Regions.

For this, Abu? The Muslims sent his henchman Ziyad to preside over the military campaign here, and Ziyad carried out the Abu ? The strategic intentions of the Muslims, under his command, the Great Food Army went forward one after another, and attacked without dying.

This attack was several months, although the Tang army defeated the army of Da Shi many times, it suffered heavy casualties, many casualties, and the Tang army stationed here still had only one-third of the combat strength, close to two thousand people. The rest of the Tang army was either killed in battle, or disabled, and lost its combat effectiveness.

What's worse is that the city wall on which the Tang army relied was damaged under the attack of the overwhelming trebuchet, which greatly reduced the defense of Khotan.

Despite this, the Tang army still resisted and defeated the attacks of the Great Food Army again and again.

"Phew!" Bian Lingcheng spit out the blood in his mouth heavily, wiped the blood on his face, and five fingerprints appeared, so that he could see the flesh color. His whole face was red, as if he were washing his face with blood, and five more fingerprints appeared, like a devil.

On the other hand, Ling Cheng was still scolding, his lips were full of blood, bright red, and he looked like a demon who opened his mouth and wanted to choose people to devour, which was indescribably terrifying.

"Big dog-eater, come back if you have a kind, attack again! Your grandfather is here, he will definitely kill you hateful food! Bian Lingcheng pointed to the big food army under the city and roared loudly, his voice was sharp and high-pitched, very harsh, and it made people's minds buzz.

Bian Lingcheng is the supervisor of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and he was born as a eunuch, and his voice is already different from ordinary people, known for being sharp and piercing, and this roaring is even more ugly.

However, when Da Shi saw it in his eyes, he was overjoyed, as if this was Tianyin Xianle, and everyone's eyes flashed with brilliance, and they cheered loudly: "Long live the prison army!" Long live the Overseers! ”

The reason why the Tang army cheered so much was because Bian Lingcheng won the love of the soldiers with his actions.

Bian Lingcheng has been a supervisor in the Anxi Protectorate for several years, and he has the common problem of eunuchs, that is, greed, sometimes stealing merit, and talking nonsense with his eyes open. Despite this, he was still a good overseer, at least he didn't fight for power with Gao Xianzhi, let alone disrupt Gao Xianzhi's command.

Compared with those mercenary soldiers in later generations, who did not know how to pretend to understand, and blindly commanded chaotic commands, he was much better.

After Da Shi marched east, Bian Lingcheng asked for orders to defend a city, and found an oath that if Da Shi wanted to break the city, he would not enter the city unless he stepped on his corpse. Since the eastward advance of the Great Food, the Anxi Protectorate has the same hatred for the enemy, regardless of the generals, captains, soldiers, and soldiers, they are all bent on fighting, and Bian Lingcheng is no exception, Gao Xianzhi approved his request and sent Khotan to him.

At the beginning, the arrival of Bian Lingcheng made the soldiers complain a lot and resist his orders. Because in the past, Bian Lingcheng's reputation was not very good, and it was impossible for the soldiers to recognize him.

However, to everyone's surprise, Bian Lingcheng issued an order, demanding to fight to the death, and anyone who dared to take a step back would be killed.

The soldiers agreed with this order, or did they not believe that Bian Lingcheng could do this......

Later facts proved that Bian Lingcheng did it, he personally supervised the battle, charged into battle, fought hand-to-hand with the Great Food Army, and was wounded by dozens. In the most tragic case, he lost his left arm. In that tragic battle, his left arm was cut off, he ignored it, and fought to the death with the Great Food Army with a horizontal knife, which greatly boosted the morale of the Tang Army, and the Tang Army was like a rainbow, driving the Great Food Army who rushed into the city out of the city.

After this battle, the Tang army was convinced and admired by Bian Lingcheng. Of course, Bian Lingcheng has become the backbone of Khotan.

In order to motivate morale, Bian Lingcheng no longer engaged in speciality, ate and lived with the soldiers, and won the hearts of the army.

A soldier asked him, "Prison army, with your position and power, you don't have to do this, why do you do this?" ”

Eunuchs have always had the privilege of being a prisoner in the army, and they have made a lot of specialization, which is not strange in the army. Bian Lingcheng gave up his special powers, but shared the weal and woe with the soldiers, which is really strange.

Bian Lingcheng slapped the soldier on the head, pointed to his crotch and scolded, "I don't have those two eggs here, but I still have a stick." A good man in the Tang Dynasty can have no eggs, but he can't insult this stick. ”

His words drew a burst of laughter, and the soldiers agreed with him.

At the time of the national crisis, whether you are a eunuch or an ordinary soldier, you are a good man of the Tang Dynasty and should rise up to resist.

"Overseer, the big dog has retreated! The big dog eater has returned! ”

The soldiers pointed to the retreating Great Food Army and cheered loudly.

For the Tang Dynasty soldiers in Khotan, they are facing unprecedented difficulties, they can no longer hope to annihilate how many Great Food Army, only to be able to keep Khotan, for the Tang Dynasty army to retain this bridgehead.

"We played well, the big dog is afraid of the good man of the Tang Dynasty!" Bian Lingcheng raised his right hand high and smashed his fist into the air, with momentum.

"Big dogs are afraid of us." Bian Lingcheng's words were very inspiring to the hearts of the soldiers, and the soldiers laughed.

Since the Great Food launched an attack on Khotan, the Tang army has repeatedly repelled the Great Food army, which made the Great Food Army very afraid of the Tang Army. The soldiers knew this.

"However, I have to warn you that the attack of the Big Dog is coming soon, so don't be careless." Bian Lingcheng raised his throat and yelled, his voice hoarse, like a broken gong.

"Swear to the death against the big dog!" The soldiers erupted in an earth-shattering roar.

Bian Lingcheng looked at the soldiers with high morale, and his heart was like a knife, as if he had been torn apart. Because the eyes are tired faces, although they are very excited, it can't hide the fact that they are extremely tired.

What's even more sad is that none of the 2,000 soldiers who can barely fight are complete people, either missing arms, or broken legs, or there are so many wounds on their bodies that they are bloody.

The most terrible thing is that the horizontal knives and Mo knives in their hands are like jagged teeth, with a gap in the east and a collapse in the west, and they are so broken that they can't be seen. Among them, there are many broken horizontal knives and Mo knives.

After months of hard fighting, the martial arts stored in Khotan had been exhausted, and the soldiers had no weapons to replace, so they could only pick up these remnants and break their blades to fight.

Weapons are the second life of the soldiers, and they are the guarantee for the existence of Khotan, and now, the weapons of the soldiers have been damaged to the point of not being good, adding a lot of difficulties to the defense of the city.

That's it, the soldiers still haven't lost confidence, they are still fighting, they are still fighting, Bian Lingcheng's eyes are filled with fog, and they are full of tears.

"Chinese, suffer death!"

Suddenly, an earth-shattering rage erupted, and I saw the Great Food Army brandishing scimitars, like tigers descending from the mountains, and launched another attack on Khotanese City.

The charge of the Great Eclipse army was like a tidal wave, mercilessly surging towards the city of Khotan, and they overflowed the walls and poured in from the ruined walls.

"Big dog, let's die!" The officers and soldiers of the Tang Army burst out with a shocking roar, their eyes shot a blazing light, waved the weapons in their hands, and rushed towards the Great Food Army, moving forward, no one was afraid, even the slightest bit, they had the determination to fight to the death, and they were full of pride.

The two armies were like two surging tides, colliding violently, bursting out countless blood-colored waves, which were beautiful flowers woven from the blood of the two armies, red, shining, bewitching, and revealing a strange atmosphere.

Although the Great Food Army has a numerical advantage and complete equipment, it is a new force and has an advantage in combat power. However, they still had no choice but to do anything with the Tang army, and were driven out of Khotan by the Tang army little by little.

When the fight was over, there were more corpses, severed limbs, broken entrails, and gushing blood on the ground.

The city of Khotan was still in the hands of the Tang army.

"Bian Lingcheng, listen, I know that you are exhausted, and it is impossible for you to hold on for long. I will never miss this opportunity, I will attack without sleep, even if you are an iron man, you will be dragged down by me. Ziad rode on a divine horse, waved his whip towards the city, and shouted: "Attack!" ”

The Great Eclipse army erupted in a terrifying roar, brandished its scimitars, and launched another charge against the city of Khotan, which soon overflowed the city walls.

(To be continued)