Chapter 229: The Bloody Beginning (Part II)

Gao Heng, a very ordinary name, people are also ordinary, nothing surprising, if you really want to say that there is anything different from ordinary people, it is that his figure is still sturdy and burly, but in the Tang Dynasty's five thousand strokes, it is not visible at all, it is just an ordinary soldier, or the kind of fresh and pink recruit who can drip water, and it is the kind of character that cannot be found when thrown into the crowd, but this ordinary does not affect Gao Heng to become one of the top soldiers of the cavalry battalion, Although most of the credit should be attributed to the outstanding ability of Wang Dake, the head of the guard of the Yue Wangfu, but well, being selected for the vanguard team itself means that Gao Heng's military camp life for more than three months has performed well, after all, as the most elite cavalry battalion in the army, most of the arrow brigades are veterans, and even Gao Heng is counted together, and the newly recruited soldiers can be counted with one hand.

"Kill! Kill! Feeling the oncoming wind and the murderous aura that spread in the night sky, Gao Heng, who was sprinting in front of the army, couldn't help but be the first to roar, and his face, which was originally considered Zhouzheng, also became slightly distorted due to excitement, a pair of eyes were full of excited desire, and with a force under his feet, the ** war horse was an acceleration, unconsciously surpassing Wang Dake, the captain who was originally in front of the queue, and almost caught up with Liu Whirlwind, the captain who was at the forefront of the army.

Gao Heng's rush was not tight, and the originally neatly arranged charging formation was almost messed up, so anxious that Wang Dake couldn't help but scold, rushed forward at high speed, unceremoniously gave Gao Heng a horsewhip, and yelled in the wind: "Bastard, don't return to the team soon!" ”

"Ahh Gao Heng felt a pain in his shoulder, and he couldn't help but sigh, only then did he realize that his reckless action was almost about to bring serious consequences, and suddenly woke up, hurriedly slowed down, adjusted his pace, and fused into the battle position again, feeling ashamed and ashamed, he couldn't wait to give himself a big ear scraper, fortunately, at this time, he had rushed to the gate of the Xili camp, looking at the low camp gate that was getting closer and closer, Gao Heng immediately forgot the previous embarrassment, a pair of eyes burst out of the desire to fight again, and the spear in his hand was clenched tightly, Always ready to stab in the chest of any enemy that comes your way.

"Kill it, don't leave the chickens and dogs!" Seeing that he was about to be killed at the gate of the camp of the Xili tribe, Liu Whirlwind raised the straight-handled scimitar in his hand and issued a killing order, and in an instant, a roar erupted from the Tang cavalry army, which was originally galloping silently in the night: "Kill, kill, kill!" Rulin's spear was flattened, and the whole army entered the final state of battle.

Closer, closer, through the light of the piles of bonfires in the Xili camp, I can already see the enemy who is rushing around in a panic and the pitiful enemy troops are rushing towards their own cavalry brigade, Gao Heng's heart is full of the tension of battle, and the hand holding the spear can't help but tremble, not only is the hand shaking, but the whole person on the back of the horse is trembling slightly, and he didn't even hear the killing order issued by the captain, he only knew how to rush forward blindly.

"Kill!" Looking at the dozens of enemy horsemen who hurriedly greeted the camp gate, Liu Whirlwind roared, the straight-handled scimitar in his hand was horizontal, leaned over the horse, and even the people and horses crashed into the queue of the enemy horsemen who were so scattered that they could not be called a formation at all, and instantly cut an oncoming enemy horse into two.

"Look at the guns!" Seeing that the captain who rushed to the forefront was so heroic, Gao Heng forgot to be afraid, his eyes were wide, his shoulders sank, his hands slammed away, and the spear in his hand had fiercely penetrated an enemy horse who was holding a knife to kill in front of him, and then according to the usual training, he abandoned the gun and took out the knife, a horse accelerated, the scimitar in his hand was horizontal, and he swung it with a trend, drawing a beautiful arc, accurately splitting an enemy horse who was swinging a knife and slashing off the horse, and followed closely behind the commander Wang Dake to kill through the enemy formation, and rushed into the camp.

The Tang cavalry that sprinted up was unstoppable, but with a face-to-face effort, the forty or fifty Xili cavalry who hastily met it did not even stir up the wave of resistance, and it was overwhelmed by the surging Tang army, and with the weak resistance was destroyed by the Tang army, the Xili camp was already a naked/naked girl at this time, and could only wait for the Tang cavalry to rub and abuse, and the crying and shouting in the camp that was not too big immediately sounded, and many Xili people hurriedly avoided the line of the Tang cavalry and jumped on horseback. Trying to flee outside the camp under the cover of the dark night, all their actions were in vain - not long after Liu Whirlwind's troops entered the camp, shouts of killing sounded in all directions of the camp, and the iron stream came with an unstoppable momentum, and any Xili people who tried to escape from the camp could only die faster.

Kill, kill, kill! Gao Heng, who participated in the battle for the first time, only had one idea in his mind, but since the short fight outside the camp gate before, Gao Heng never found the existence of any enemy horses, and everywhere he went were some women, children, old and young who were scattered and fleeing, Gao Heng did not regard these people as enemies, and of course he would not meet them with a knife, but just blindly rode his horse and wandered in the camp, trying to find a target that could be attacked.

Gao Heng didn't make a move, but it didn't mean that he wouldn't be attacked, just when Gao Heng rushed through a tent, he suddenly felt a palpitation, and before he could react, a feather arrow had come out of the pitch-black tent, hitting Gao Heng's shoulder, fortunately, the strength of this arrow was not too big, and it was blocked by the shoulder pads of the armor, and the flesh was not too deep, but the pain was inevitable, Gao Heng grinned at the corner of his mouth, and almost screamed in pain, but he was soon replaced by the anger in his heart, roared, and twisted the horse's head, In a sharp turn not far away, the horse rushed to the tent, with the momentum of the horse, the scimitar in his hand crossed, and the tent was cut out of a huge opening, and the people and horses crashed into the dark tent, trying to cut the Xili tribesman who secretly attacked him with the knife, but when Gao Heng Zhen'er faced the enemy one by one, the scimitar in his hand could not cut down - on the fire that rose to the sky in the camp, you can clearly see that the cringe standing in the corner of the tent, The enemies who were so trembling that they couldn't even hold their bows were two children who were eleven or twelve years old at most.

Child, it turned out to be a child! Although Gao Heng couldn't understand what the two children were crying about, the scimitar held high was heavier than a thousand jun at this time, so that Gao Heng couldn't be ruthless to cut the two children under the knife, and was hesitating to know what to do with these two children, but he saw a person riding in from outside the tent, and before Gao Heng could react, he saw the knife flash, and the two children who were crying had fallen in a pool of blood.

"Bastard, you ......, ah, Wang Wuchang, how can you ......" Gao Heng saw that the person who came killed the child without mercy, and immediately became angry, just wanted to scold, but suddenly found that the person who came was his own Wu Chang Wang Dake, and immediately swallowed back the words that scolded to his mouth, looked at Wang Dake, and asked hesitantly, his face was full of disbelief - in Gao Heng's memory, Wang Dake was kind and kind-hearted, although he never smiled in training, but in private he was the intimate person of all his brothers, He treats people very kindly, especially loves children, he has no children himself, but most of his monthly salary, except for keeping a part of it for his own use, is donated to the charity hall in Jiaohe City to take care of the street children who are displaced in Jiaohe City, but at this time, Wang Dake mercilessly killed two children who were still in their infancy, which made Gao Heng unable to accept it anyway.

"Bastard, didn't you hear the order, the chicken and dog don't stay! All Xili people must die! Wang Dake held the blood-dripping scimitar, glared at Gao Heng viciously, turned the horse's head, rode out of the tent, looked back, and saw that Gao Heng was still there stupid, and immediately yelled: "Dog, don't keep up!" ”

"Oh." Gao Heng has always been a person who obeys orders, and when he saw Wang Dake's order, he hurriedly suppressed the uncomfortable ** who wanted to vomit, and didn't dare to look at the corpses of the two children again, and rushed out of the tent as if he fled, riding a horse and following closely behind Wang Dake, but his mind was full of blood - the blood of the two children, and he even forgot that he still had the feather arrows shot by the two children on his shoulders.

Why? Why is this the case? Although the camp of the Xili people was full of flames, and there were terrible screams and wails everywhere, Gao Heng, who was riding a horse and following behind Wang Dake, was just at a loss in his heart, he couldn't understand how all this in front of him could be like this, such a war was completely different from the Jin Ge Iron Horse he originally envisioned, he didn't understand the meaning of such a massacre, and he couldn't understand why there was an order to kill all living creatures, so Gao Heng just rode his horse mechanically, but he no longer had the heart to find the enemy, If it weren't for Wang Dake riding a horse in front, Gao Heng would even want to turn around and escape from this terrifying hell on earth.

"Oops." Gao Heng, who was thinking about it, suddenly felt a pain in his shoulder, and immediately screamed, waking up from his reverie, only to find that the war had stopped at some point, and the pain in his shoulder was just because Wang Da could see that the arrow was not deep in the flesh, and he pulled it out for Gao Heng.

"Stinky boy, what do you think, um, lost your soul?" Wang Dake rode his horse and walked beside Gao Heng, reached out angrily and pressed Gao Heng's helmet, and scolded.

"No, I didn't think about anything." Gao Heng stretched out his hand and pressed the injured shoulder, feeling a burst of hot pain, and a thin stream of heat ran down his arm, and he replied in a panic.

Wang Da is a veteran, he is a figure who survived the bloody battle of Shenwu at the beginning, and he is also one of the Orions who was rescued by Li Zhen with Chen Wu, in terms of his qualifications, if it weren't for his illiterate, he would have been an official above the team, his family had already died under the knife of Xue Yantuo's rebellious soldiers, therefore, although he was nearly thirty years old, he was still alone, no children and no daughters, and the general military camp was regarded as his own home on weekdays, and a group of brothers were treated as his own sons and nephews, especially optimistic about Gao Heng's literacy, A thoughtful and brave soldier, in his opinion, Gao Heng is definitely a general's material, and he only needs a little sharpening to have a chance to get ahead, so he doesn't want Gao Heng to die because of psychological problems, at this time, seeing Gao Heng's lost soul, he knew that Gao Heng must have resisted the killing order, so he sighed, gently patted Gao Heng's uninjured right shoulder and said: "Come, get off the horse, wrap the wound first." ”

"Hmm." Gao Heng responded weakly, silently turned over and dismounted, and sat next to Wang Dake, who took off his armor and treated the wounds, but his mind was still full of the blood shed by the two children, and his heart was still in great pain.

"Xiao Heng, don't you always want to know who your brother is? Today, my brother will make an exception to tell you. Seeing Gao Hengwu's dejected appearance, Wang Dake sighed and said slowly: "The old brother is from Kaiyang, Shuozhou, and he also had wives and children, but they, they are all dead, and they died in front of the old brother's eyes......"

"Huh?" Gao Heng's body shook suddenly, turned his head, looked at Wang Dake in grief in disbelief, and involuntarily asked in a loud voice, "How can this be?" The Tang soldiers who were walking back and forth on the side heard the sound and all gathered over, yes, this time, people are always curious, seeing someone gathered together, this person gathered more and more, but in a moment, the crowd around Wang Dake exceeded 100 people.

Wang Dake was obviously immersed in his memories, and didn't pay attention to the soldiers who gathered over, and after crying for a while, he said calmly: "How did you die?" Killed! Pity my family, all the old and the young, died under the knife, but the old brother and I ...... Oh, I hate it! Speaking of this, Wang Dake choked up for a moment before continuing: "The old brother was originally a hunter, and General Chen Wu was a fellow villager, although the original life was a little harder, but the life was still alive, but the hateful Xue Yantuo barbarians entered Koushuo Prefecture, broke Kaiyang, and slaughtered, not only a certain family, but also General Chen's family was also ......, alas, if it wasn't for His Royal Highness to rescue, the old brother would have turned into a cup of loess, the barbarians outside this pass are not all people, they are evil ghosts, if Anxi is broken, how many people will be destroyed in Anxi, Xiao Hengzi, Think about it, if I don't work hard, how will your family avoid such a catastrophe. ”

Wang Dake's words were simple and unpretentious, and there were no grandiose words, but what he said was honest, and the Tang soldiers who were originally demoralized because of the stabbing of women and children, the old and the young, were immediately aroused to the anger of the same enemy, and I don't know who first drew out the horizontal knife and shouted: "Kill, kill all those dogs/mothers!" ”

"Yes, damn it, they can't be allowed to kill, and I'm not a vegetarian!"

"That's right, grandma is a fool, kill all the barbarians, and return me to peace!"

"Well said, kill the fuck!"

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People will always find reasons for themselves, even if this reason is not very tenable, but as long as there is a reason to relieve the boredom in their hearts, ordinary people will not doubt the rationality of it, no, in the sound of drawing knives, the Tang officers and soldiers who were agitated all shouted at the top of their throats, and the low morale rose to a high point in an instant, but Gao Heng was not among them - for a person with brains and good at thinking, although Wang Dake's words were extremely inflammatory, they were not very reasonable, without him, mad dogs bite peopleDo people really want to bite back with their teeth? It's just that in front of so many angry officers and soldiers, Gao Heng and the new recruits really didn't dare to express the doubts in their hearts, but just lowered their heads and didn't say anything.

As a member of the "Rising Sun", it was Wang Dake's task to boost the low morale, and at this time, seeing that the goal had been achieved, he could have stopped here, but when he saw Gao Heng's silent appearance, Wang Dake couldn't help but soften his heart - Wang Dake really likes this sensible little soldier too much, and he doesn't want such a general's seedlings to be depressed, so he waved his hand to stop the noise of the army, patted Gao Heng's head, and said calmly: "Brothers, how many soldiers do I have in Anxi?" It's only 6,000, but the Turkic dogs are not nested in the nest, and there are more than 50,000 troops just sent to attack Yizhou. No, absolutely not! Remember, if we want to win this battle, there are some things that we have to do even if they seem cruel, Your Highness said that being merciful to the enemy is cruel to yourself, so think about the fathers and villagers of Anxi, only the harder and fiercer we fight, the safer they can be, as long as Your Highness is here, we will definitely win! ”

"Victory! Victory! Your Highness is wise! Invincible! Gao Heng understood the meaning of these words, and unconsciously blushed for his short-sightedness, regardless of the pain in his shoulder, he jumped up, facing the hill where Li Zhen was, and waved his hands and shouted with excitement on his face.

"Kill all the Turkic dogs!"

"Your Highness is wise, and the Tang Army is mighty!"

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As soon as Wang Dake's words of encouragement came out, all the officers and soldiers immediately shouted, first the officers and soldiers around Wang Dake shouted, and then the soldiers in the entire camp all shouted, and the battle horn of "Tang Dynasty Mighty" resounded in the night sky, even Li Zhen, who was standing far away on the mountainside, could hear it clearly.

Damn, it's finally passed! As soon as he heard the sound of a battle horn from the flaming Xili camp in the distance, Li Zhen knew that the chess pieces he had arranged in advance had played a role, although he was still standing firmly, but his face showed a relaxed smile, and the big stone that had been hanging in his heart for a long time finally fell to the ground, and he no longer cared about the finishing work of the current war, and turned his mind to the next step.

Three days, three days at most, by then the Turkic army that got the news will probably wake up, and the next battle may not be easy to fight, it seems that the action is necessary to accelerate, but I don't know if Ashina Serro will take the bait? If you can't mobilize the enemy forces besieging Yizhou, you still have no chance of winning this battle! As soon as he thought of the more than 50,000 Turkic troops besieging Yizhou, Li Zhen's heart sank uncomfortably, silently looking at the dark night sky, and fell into deep thought......

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