Verse 48: Sacrifice
When the cold war horse arrived at the gate of the camp, a drunken voice came over and asked who he was? Shan Ying did not answer, his body flew up from his warhorse, one hand climbed on the gate of the camp, and as soon as his legs were closed, he had already crossed the gate, and a drunken man was just about to howl, when the door of his ear was knocked heavily by the scabbard, and his eyes were dark, and he fell to the ground softly.
Shan Ying did not do anything to hide, so he went straight in, the imaginary obstruction and fight did not appear, he went all the way to the middle of the camp and no one asked him who he was, and there were three or four who dragged him to drink.
Standing in the open space and looking around Xitong's camp, he found that this was a group of waste people, they had enough of the days when Datang was hiding in Tibet all day, and finally had a place to relax, so they completely lost their vigilance, just thinking about indulging themselves, and then waiting for Xitong Boss to take them to rob and burn, so as to pour out all the grievances accumulated over the years.
When they go to the battlefield, they will forget their lives, and after they forget their lives, they will become the most terrible beasts, such people
It's okay to fight a tailwind fight, and once they encounter a difficult stalemate, they are the first to give up and flee. This is determined by the nature of the bandits. It was really fitting for Liu Fang to abandon them as substitutes for the dead ghosts.
"Are you here to kill me?" Hee Tong's voice came from behind him.
"No, if I were going to kill you, you would be dead at this point." Shan Ying replied with a strong anger.
"This is the camp of the army, you must have put a lot of thought into getting here, go in and have a drink." Hee-tong is still so hospitable.
"I didn't bother to think about it, I just knocked one unconscious when I opened the door, and then I walked here step by step, just now I was thinking, if you didn't show up here after I counted three numbers. I'll really kill you, it's better to die in my hands than in the hands of the Hu people, at least I'll give you a decent funeral, and then there will be drinks to honor you every year. ”
Xi Tong scratched the back of his head and said embarrassedly, "The brothers have just stabilized themselves. It's also possible to be a little less vigilant, they want to keep an eye on you, which is impossible. ”
"Pack your luggage, follow the team and leave immediately, you only have an hour to prepare, Lao Xi, it's not Yun Ye who is in charge here, it's Liu Fang, Yun Ye won't hurt you." Liu Fang maybe, he is a soldier, there is only victory and defeat in his eyes, there is no affection, leave quickly, either go with us, or find a place to hide immediately, the war is coming, we will bear the brunt. ”
Shan Ying saw the woman with loose hair behind Xi Tong. couldn't help but say again: "The environment here is more complicated than Datang, if you want to survive." Just take out the momentum you had back then, if you dare to hesitate for a moment, your end will only be death. ”
Seeing that the woman's face looked even paler in the moonlight, Shan Ying turned around and left, walking two quick steps past the gate of the village, and the sound of horses' hooves became farther and farther away.
"Let's go!" Jiu Niang trembled in horror. Screaming and urging Hee Tong to leave, she already knew what kind of situation her group was facing.
Xi Tong's order has been passed down, but there is a lot of trouble in carrying it out, and there are always people who come to ask Xi Tong why he wants to set off at night, and he can't wait until dawn?
When Xi Tong walked out of Sanli Land with his child. There were also drunken guys howling and singing in the stockade.
The speed of the Turks was faster than Liu Fang expected, as soon as his cavalry left the city of Broken Leaves, a large force of cavalry broke through the residences in his city, the whole city was brightly lit, the first thing the army from Talas hurriedly entered the city was to prepare to capture and kill Anji, Helu objected twice, and was scolded by the generals led by him, and bowed his head helplessly.
The army quickly poured out of the city, and rushed to the camp outside the city, Han Zhe did not follow Liu Fang's army, he just simply disappeared in the west, only Xitong's men and horses were bitten by the Turks and robbed by the tail, and lost thirty percent of the manpower to get rid of the Turks, and the bandits who followed him at this time were less than a thousand.
There is no food and grass, no supplies, but at this time Xitong is happy, this is the essence of the bandit, now you have to rely on the steel knife in your hand to make a living in this land, you need to rob without food and drink, you need to rob if you have no clothes, you need to rob if you need a woman, in short, one word "rob" is right.
If you lead troops to fight, you will be used as a monkey by others, but now you only need to rob, all the people here are experts, and the map given by the Yun family is the most precise. The puddles are marked, and the city here is very simple, which is very convenient for robbery, and from this ravine, it is the Sassanid country, and such a robbery will not be a psychological burden for him.
Jiu Niang just cried and was about to say something sad, so she was thrown on the back of a horse by Xi Tong, carrying a horizontal knife and saying to the remaining bandits: "Boys, now is the time for our masters to exert their might, there will be a small town from here, grab tonight's food first." ”
When the eight hundred horse thieves entered the walled city, they couldn't help but be stunned, the village in front of them was already a scorched earth, not to mention living people, not a single live chicken, fortunately, there was still food, Xitong looked at the god king pattern painted on the gate of the stockade depressedly, and knew that he was taken a step ahead by the cold rut.
The Sassanid kingdom has declined, a hundred years ago this country still had the courage to unite with the Western Turks to attack the Great Cannibals, since Muhammad established the theocratic Great Cannibal, the Sassanids can only defend alone, they are not the opponent of the big cannibals with scimitars, they have been defeated all the way, and finally can only live on this barren plateau.
Perhaps it was the traditional friendship between the Sassanids and the Turks, and the harsh reality of the Sassanids, that made the Turks change their minds at this most important juncture, believing that there was no future for escape. Thus wanting to make the final blow.
The big cannibal is a hungry wolf, and the Tang behind him is a fierce tiger, the hungry wolf is by his side, and the tiger is far away, which gives them an illusion that the Eastern Expedition is more promising than the Western Expedition.
The weak national strength makes them unable to defend the vast territory, and the citizens can only rely on the Zoroastrians to form their own defense forces to protect their own security, such guards can deal with ordinary robbers, and when they encounter a large group of people like Han Zhe, they can only helplessly fall.
After eating enough, Xi Tong continued on the road with the horse team, and after studying and judging the whereabouts of Han Zhe, he chose the opposite path, thinking that Ye Zhicheng was a very good choice.
Liu Fang took the army to the distant Tocharo, most of his subordinates have relatives in Broken Leaf City, once they are too close to Broken Leaf City, they may be controlled by others, so it is the best choice for the whole army to march into Tocharo.
The army in the wasteland is boundless, the grand oath is underway, Helu's uncle Tu Shijing is naked, and uses a small knife to cut a series of wounds on his body, several Turks use golden bowls to smear the blood on the totem of Tengri, the beautiful princess has been steamed except for the head, and the tears on her face on the huge wooden plate seem to be still flowing.
"O gods, I offer you all I have, but I want your protection, the descendants of the golden wolf have come to a dead end, this is our last battle, and if we fail, we will have no more beautiful golden silk and fat lamb to offer you. Your temple will also be deserted. O gods, bless thy children and grandchildren to win every battle and take back our pastures, cattle and sheep. Kill the evil Tang people. Tu Shi wiped a handful of blood from his face, the drumstick in his hand slammed heavily on the cowhide drum, and a hundred and ten Tang people were escorted to the altar with a cry, their heads cut off, and they fell into the big pit in front of them.
"O God, I offer thee with my blood, I offer thee with the most beautiful woman, I offer thee with the heads of ninety-nine enemies, and once again I pray for thy bounty."
In the rumbling drums, a white yak was killed, and more than a dozen witches wearing animal skins and holding skull scepters stared at the blood flowing from the white yak without blinking, wanting to know what kind of pattern this blood could gather on the ground.
The red and dazzling blood gradually merged into a small lake on the ground, and the gods and witches cheered, and they all slit their cheeks and mixed the blood into it, and then they sang and danced around the little pool of blood.
"Elder, are we decided?" He Lu stood on tiptoe, anxiously watching the gods and witches and quietly asking the elders.
"Helu, you remember, the gods live in your heart, and when you are confused, ask the gods than ask your own heart." The elder's wrinkled face was full of sorrow, the Turks had no way to retreat after this battle, either they would win or perish, his eyes fell on Helu's body, he paused, the Turkic wolf clan could not perish, at least he could not put all the bets on the eastward advance, as a defeated man, he knew too well the horror of the Tang army.
Su Dingfang's 500 elite cavalry could break through the 40,000 army of the Western Turks, and no one in the vertical and horizontal battle array was invincible.
"No matter how precious an ally is, his own survival is not as important as his own survival." He muttered to himself, and then whispered to Heru, "We will stay and take care of our people, and give the glory of the charge to those true warriors." ”
"Elder, we'll be laughed at!" Horu's eyes widened in disbelief of his ears.
"To be alive is to be qualified to laugh at others, the dead are just a pile of rotten meat, Heru, I would rather charge myself than you go to the most dangerous place." The elder took Heru's hand and left the scene of the sacrifice. With his own army, he gave up the left-hand position that showed the most glory, and immediately the other Turkic armies filled in the small blank tightly.
On the distant mountain, Qu Zhuo released the three harrier eagles in the cage, and he only hoped that they could pass the news to Chang'an and Beiting...... (To be continued......)
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