Chapter 230 Bloody Wash of the Qiang Clan's Royal City
On the Qiang grassland, Huo Guang no longer knew how many Qiang tribes he had slaughtered, and they went south along the periphery of the Qiang grassland, only knowing that they continued to slaughter the weak Qiang tribes, and then began to spread the plague with the corpses of these tribes as pathogens.
Every time after spreading the plague, Huo Guang also immediately took people away, and they didn't dare to stay for too long, for fear that their own people would also be infected with the plague.
"How many days is it today?" In a small Qiang tribe that had been slaughtered, Huo Guang and his men gathered in the largest tent.
"It's been the seventeenth day since we arrived at the West Sea." Shangguan Ji sat on a sheepskin blanket and nibbled on a piece of yak meat, and said with some slurred words.
"Seventeen days, at the pace of our army's march, is now almost in this position. Then it should have been ten days ago that Li Ling's troops also passed through this area, and they should now be in the area about five hundred miles west of our army, which is Jishi Mountain" Huo Guang looked at the simple map in his hand and said to himself.
"The order was given that our army would rest here for three days and continue to move south after three days. Extend the warning range to fifty miles. Huo Guang thought for a moment and then ordered.
"Huh? Not leaving? Shangguan Ji asked subconsciously with some astonishment, in the past, they all slaughtered a Qiang tribe and never stopped and left immediately, but now Huo Guang suddenly said that he would wait for three days before leaving, which made him think that he had heard it wrong.
"It's impossible to know for sure whether Li Lingbu has found the Qiang King's City, and I don't know how long it will take for them to find it. Let's give them a little more time," Huo Guang said with a wry smile, and there were some words he didn't finish.
If Li Ling has not found the Qiang King City for more than ten days, the plague spread by Huo Guang here is likely to spread to the area where the Wang City is located, and then it is not only the Qiang people who will be infected by the plague, but also the Li Ling Department is very likely to be infected, the only thing Huo Guang can do now is to delay the spread of the plague for a few days, hoping that before the plague spreads, Li Ling can find the Qiang King City, and go to the Dian Kingdom along the edge of the snow region after breaking through the Qiang King City.
"So where are we going to fight?" Shangguan Ji put down the piece of meat in his hand, and also stood up curiously and walked in front of Huo Guang, looking at the simple map and asked.
"Continue south for 1,500 li, from here into Qianwei County, and then return to Dahan. Once the plague spreads, there will be no more people and animals on the grassland for at least five years, so the Qiang people will have only one way, and the tribe will migrate to the snowy land with even harsher and bitter conditions. Benhou is going to trap them in this snowy region for generations. Huo Guang's fingers wandered on the simple map, and at this moment, Shangguan Ji and the other subordinates in the tent really understood Huo Guang's intentions.
"Will the Qiang people be trapped in the snow forever, can they really live on it? They're not all going to die on it, are they? Shangguan Ji asked in disbelief, they had more or less heard some legends about the snowy region, it was a desperate region where birds could not cross, the conditions were beyond the limit of human beings, even the best physical warriors in the world may not be able to live on it, in his eyes, if the Qiang people could only migrate to the snowy region in the end, then the result of waiting for the Qiang people would be extinction sooner or later.
"Don't underestimate the ability of human beings to survive, although it is not easy to survive in the snowy region, but the survival instinct of human beings should not be underestimated. However, although the Qiang people are not wiped out, they will not be able to come down again for at least a thousand years. Huo Guang knew that although it was not easy for humans to survive on the highest plateau on the earth, it was not completely impossible to survive. It's just that after their own slaughter and plague, I'm afraid that only two or three out of ten people will be able to migrate to the snowy region in the end, and at most only half of them will survive on the snowy region. In this way, the Qiang people were unable to walk down the snowy plateau for at least a thousand years, posing a threat to the Han people.
When Huo Guang was still resting in the Qiang tribe, Dongfang Shuo's empty city plan still restrained Du Song Ruozan, so that he did not dare to cross the Longdi Pass by half a step, and on the Mobei grassland, the nearly 300,000 troops of the Han and Hungarian tribes also tacitly confronted each other, and did not launch a full-scale attack.
It is different from these three places, in the place that Zhuo Junchen called Jishi Mountain. The 5,000 people in Li Ling's department had already changed into winter clothes, and each of them was carrying a folded bedding on their backs. Because there is no guide, and they are completely unfamiliar with this place, Li Ling's department has gone all the way over the mountains and mountains, and has also walked through many dangerous places, and now it has been more than twenty days since they entered the Qiang realm, but they still have not found the Qiang King City, and at present, they can only roughly guess that their location is near Jishi Mountain.
Sometimes Li Ling even wondered if there really was a Qiang King City, and so far, many soldiers had died in the dangerous places on the plateau. Qiang Wangcheng has not yet been found, and there are only more than 4,200 people in Li Ling's department
Li Ling's five thousand people are Huo Guang's most elite troops, and the one hundred and eight people who died can deal with at least three thousand of the same cavalry on the battlefield, this kind of loss can be described as extremely heavy!
"Stinky boy, save some drink, this is not the coldest time, I heard the general say, when we find the Qiang King City, we have to go over the 10,000-year-old snow-covered snowy region, and when the time comes, without these spirits, we are likely to be frozen to death." In Li Ling's ranks, a young cavalryman pulled out the wine gourd on his waist and opened his mouth to take a sip. His action directly attracted the reprimand of a veteran riding side by side beside him.
"Uncle Niu, I really can't stand it, let alone crossing the snowy region, it's hard to say whether I can find the Qiang King City, maybe I'll die when I do, it's better to drink two sips now to warm up." The young cavalryman said with a grin.
"Hey, as long as we don't breathe for a while, we must keep this life, in case we find the Qiang King City, we can complete the task assigned by the Hou Ye. Hou Ye is as kind to us as a mountain, if it weren't for Hou Ye, we would have been slaves and servants for generations, and this task must be completed for the sake of our family. The veteran known as Uncle Niu sighed heavily and said.
"Uncle Niu, I know, if you want to die, you have to wait until I wash the Qiang King City with blood." The young cavalryman nodded, shoved the flask, and became resolute again.
"General, thirty miles ahead, I found a walled city built of stone, which may be the royal city of the Qiang people." Just when Li Lingbu was aimlessly searching for the Qiang King City, a team of scouts finally brought an exciting news.
Stone Town is located in the hinterland of the nomadic area of the Qiang people, and there are no people other than the Qiang people here who know it, and even most of the Qiang people do not know the specific location of the Stone City, so the whole city is not well guarded, and there are no sentry and other facilities even in the outer ten miles. This allowed Li Ling's department to be able to see Stone City from a distance, and the Qiang people in the city had not yet noticed the appearance of Li Ling's department.
"This is it, I don't want to say anything more, no matter what is in front of us, as long as we step on this place, even if we all die in battle, it will be regarded as living up to the trust of the Hou Ye and the expectations of the people of the world. Then charge now" Li Ling looked at Stone City not far away, it was a city that was blue as a whole, and he didn't say much about the pre-battle mobilization, just said a few words, then pulled out his matching sword and pointed towards Stone City.
Almost at the same time as Li Ling drew his sword, the four thousand cavalry drew their weapons one after another, and the war horses under their crotches neighed, and they rushed towards Stone City desperately.
At this time, they don't have to care about what defenses Stone City has, they don't have to think about how many Qiang people are in the city, even if it is 100,000 million, they have to attack, either kill this Qiang city, or destroy their own army
Soon the sound of battle sounded in the stone city, and Li Ling did not come forward to participate in the battle with the remaining more than 200 horsemen, because their purpose this time was not only to find the Qiang King City, but also to capture or kill the Qiang King Cangyang Liangyuan.
Stone City is built on the mountain, the terrain is very steep, when the stone city is killed, the Han army also had to get off the horse, began to kill on foot to the top of the stone city, where there is a largest building, think it should be the residence of the king of Qiang. There were still many Qiang people in Stone City, and the Han army also met with strong resistance. However, in the chaos, the Qiang people fought in a hurry, which was far less powerful than the combat power of the Han army gathered together. In addition, Du Song Ruozan took away almost all the elite Qiang people, and most of the old and weak soldiers who stayed in Stone City, although the battle was fierce, when the Han army still advanced towards the highest point of Stone City little by little.
"General, look, there's a squad of cavalry coming out there." Suddenly, a group of hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the stone city, and you could see from a distance that it was a group of Qiang cavalry.
"It's them, follow me and don't leave anyone behind!" Li Ling did not hesitate to take the lead, he had already guessed that King Qiang would definitely be escorted out of the city when he saw that the situation was not good.
Cangyang Liangyuan fled in a hurry, followed by the most elite warriors among the Qiang people. But Li Ling pursued closely all the way, and during the pursuit, Li Ling also rode his horse and galloped wildly, while pulling his bow and arrows on his horse to shoot at the Qiang people in front.
The battle in Stone City continued, but in the back it almost became a one-sided massacre of the Qiang people by the Han army. And Li Ling's pursuit of Cangyang Liangyuan is getting closer and closer, and Cangyang Liangyuan's guards are also constantly falling.
"The one with the golden crown is the Qiang King, kill him" Li Ling rode his horse and shouted loudly, he saw a Qiang man wearing a golden crown in front of him, that person was protected by the remaining Qiang cavalry, needless to say that his identity was already about to be revealed.
As soon as the king of Qiang was determined, everyone in Li Ling's team was dazzled, and some soldiers equipped with bows and arrows were also drawn on their horses. As long as Cangyang Liangyuan is killed, no matter whether this Han army can return to the Han Dynasty or not, they will be successful and will be remembered in the annals of history. At this moment, all the Han troops burst out with unprecedented combat power, pressing forward step by step.
"Whoosh" The sound of an arrow whistling, Kurao Liangyuan suddenly felt a chill in his back, and then a tingling pain came from his back, and then he felt that his body strength continued to lose, and finally fell under the horse in a trance.
Kura Liang didn't know what the vague figure beside him was saying, and in the end he only vaguely felt a cold light flash, and then he didn't know anything
The generation of heroes of the grassland never thought that when their Dalun clan forces marched eastward and pointed directly at the Chang'an City of the Han people, they were killed by the Han people outside the royal city!
Li Lingxiao looked up to the sky and laughed at the head of Cangyang Liangyuan, and then packed Cangyang Liangyuan's head in a wooden box, and wrapped Cangyang Liangyuan's golden crown in cloth.
"Master Hou, the last general is fortunate not to be dishonored, this is the head of Cangyang Liangyuan." Li Ling held the wooden box containing the head of Cangyang Liangyuan in both hands, and knelt down in the direction of the Great Han. He didn't know if he would be able to return to Dahan in the next few days, and this worship could be regarded as recovering Huo Guang's life.
"Follow me back to the Qiang King City, let's wash the King City in blood" killed Cangyang Liangyuan, Li Ling got on his horse and turned back towards the stone city, Cangyang Liangyuan has been awarded the head, but it does not mean that the battle is over.
The battle of Stone City lasted for a whole day, the Han army was divided into teams, first entered the street battle with the Qiang people in the Stone City, and then searched one by one houses, as long as the Qiang people were killed by the Han army regardless of men, women and children, and finally the Stone City, which was originally built by bluestone, was completely dyed with blood.
In the residence of the king of Qiang in Stone City, Li Ling wrapped a gold seal and a walking stick made of sterling silver decorated with precious stones in cloth. This is exactly the king seal and scepter created by the Qiang king, in fact, before Du Song Ruozan led the army to the east, the Qiang people had already been established, although the established royal power system was still relatively simple, but some basic systems have been formed.
For example, under the king of Qiang, there is the prime minister of all Dalun, and then there are several generals, and then down are the leaders of various tribes, similar to the county guard of the Han Dynasty. However, this grass-created grassland regime is destined to be strangled where it was established, their king is dead, and the grassland where they have lived for generations is about to become a land of extinction on earth.
"Rest for the night, set off tomorrow, let's go and see how dangerous the snowy region that is said to be difficult for birds to cross is" Li Ling packed everything he could take with him, and then gave what could be the last order of this army.
In this battle, more than 1,700 people were killed in the Han army of Qiang Wangcheng, and now there are about 2,500 people left in 5,000 people, and he doesn't know how many are left in the end to enter the Dian Kingdom alive?
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