Chapter 223: The Sacrifice of the Two Armies

Lan Qi'er gave the emperor's decree everything she could think of, and as time passed, Lan Qi'er climbed the mountain next to the pass gate alone, watching the battle from a high vantage point.

I don't know that the camp of the Han army of nearly 50,000 is not far away from the Qishan Pass, it can be said that the pass is densely blocked, because the Han army camp is too close to the pass, you can clearly see the amount of grain and grass carried by the Han army this time, and many grain and grass vehicles are fully loaded, which can be said that the Han army has made long-term preparations for positional warfare.

The sound of war drums is still floating in the air, the soldiers on both sides are still holding each other, dead and wounded, the sky is gradually darkening, evening has come, the rear of the Han army suddenly sounded the sound of gongs, the gong is short and piercing, of course, there is only one explanation, it is the signal of the Han army's truce.

The signal was there, and the archers in front of the Han army stopped attacking and began to change their defenses in an orderly manner, and everything can be said to be militarized and regular.

There was a truce, a truce, the soldiers on both sides could relax, the arrow feather was a weapon, a tool that could kill people, it was precious, and the soldiers on both sides began to collect it in relative safety.

General Lan and others saw that the best time had come, it was time to take the initiative to destroy the Han army's archers and arrows and the troops in front of the army, here I have to explain that the Han army seems to be relatively lax, the truce has stopped, and the main archers have been replaced, in fact, this is the intention of the Han marshal, and the soldiers are actually stronger, and the infantry is changed to the front of the generals who did not participate in the war during the day, but they did not wear the armor of the generals, and the archers were replaced by ordinary archers to marksmen, which is a covert change of defense, it is also to prevent the Qishan army from sneaking up at night!

General Lan Dake led eighteen hussars to kill the gate of Qishan Pass, and the front camp of the Han army was too close to the pass gate, and as soon as the horses worked hard, the two sides were less than thirty meters in a moment.

The strongest military equipment of the Han army reflects the truth at this time, the marksman is on the horse, and the infantry general is not on horseback, and he will not be accidentally injured by the arrows fired by the marksmans because he does not ride a horse!

General Lan and the eighteen hussars have not yet come into contact with the Han army, the flying arrows of the Han archers have flown out from the direction of the Han army, flying towards everyone, everyone is not prepared, is not considered, the horses are still running forward, everyone has waved their own weapons, knocking and flying towards their respective arrows.

At this time, the generals of the Han infantry had already rushed out of the bow and arrow camp on foot, and the personnel on both sides were in contact, and through the hand-to-hand encounter, General Lan and others knew that this infantry was not an ordinary soldier, they were all strong men in martial arts, and they knew that something was wrong!

General Lan and everyone in the eighteen hussars were in a hurry for a while, there were flying arrows, there were attacks from the infantry generals and generals, the eighteen hussars in the chaos were relatively young, and they could barely cope with it, and from time to time there were also personnel who were scratched by the arrows, General Lan was over sixty years old, and his physical strength and eyesight were not as good as three or five years ago, this situation could make him unable to deal with it, the bright silver spear was shaking, it was not right to the bottom, and a powerful arrow instantly pierced General Lan's armor and body, The arrow had already come out of its back, and the arrow feathers were penetrating into General Lan's body, and General Lan couldn't fight, so he shouted, withdraw, withdraw, withdraw......!

The eighteen hussars heard General Lan's shout, and when they saw General Lan's situation, they immediately leaned towards General Lan.

General Lan Da has completely lost his initiative at this time, he can't return to the city on his own, and he will even be planted under the horse soon, everyone passed the fight, and finally dragged General Lan Da in the gate of Qishan Pass together.

Lan Qi'er could see clearly on the mountainside, and knew that her father was seriously injured, so she ran down the mountainside and hugged the pass gate.

General Lan's shooting wound was a visceral penetrating wound, and he was fortunate to be able to return to the gate of Qishan Pass, and he had such vitality because he had something to say to Lan Qi'er, he knew that his life was over, and he saw that Lan Qi'er had already knelt beside him.

With the rupture of internal organs, the blood has entered his esophagus, and the blood naturally spurts out of his mouth, his breath is already weak, and he leaned his head towards Lan Qi'er and said: Qi, Qi'er, I want to say, I want to say, you, you, you, no, it's not .......

General Lan's neck could no longer support his head at this time, his head fell on Lan Qi'er's shoulder, and his breath was naturally gone, the sixty-year-old general died like this for the ancient country of Loulan and the people of Loulan, and he left without finishing his inner words, and he left regretfully!

Lan Qi'er was sad and didn't know why General Lan's last words, a secret is a secret, and Lan Qi'er didn't know her life experience for a while or a lifetime.

General Lan died, because it was a time of war, and tomorrow was the day of immigration, although Lan Qi'er was sad in her heart, but she knew more about her duties and responsibilities, so she personally ordered the empress, General Lan's body did not make any stops, and carried her father's body back to her mother's house, so that her mother could see it and see her father for the last time.

General Lan Da stayed at home for an hour and then went to the ground, and stood the last shift for the country conscientiously, and the first life ended with the grounding.

General Lan is dead, died in wartime, it is impossible to be buried according to the standards of the marquis, and he did not stay, Mrs. Lan's grief can be imagined, and Lan Qi'er was by her mother's side all night to relieve her mother's grief.

A new day has arrived, the court meeting of the ancient country of Loulan can begin, there are a lot more people in the court today, there are more "hussar soldiers" the leader of the Sa tribe, the leader of the Qiangyi tribe, etc., the content of the court meeting is two-sided, on the one hand, it is naturally dominated by civil ministers, and the ministers of the six departments organize the transfer of the people.

On the other hand, the generals had to hold the pass gate for a day anyway to ensure the safe transfer of the people.

The "hussar soldiers" also got the emperor's order, that is, if the pass gate is really in a sudden crisis, it is the time for its eighteen people to attack, this is the unscrupulous imperial decree, what the imperial decree means, it is obvious.

This is not over, Lan Qi'er's heavy reliance on the eighteen hussars is great, Lan Qi'er spoke again, that is, if the people are safely transferred, and the soldiers are also withdrawn into Beishan, the eighteen hussars cannot be transferred together, and the eighteen of them still have a heavy responsibility, that is, to lead the Han army into the southern primeval forest, and have been leading the Han army out of Qishan and into the desert.

The leaders of the Sa tribe and the Qiangyi tribe also got the imperial order of Lan Qi'er, that is, once the people of the two tribes are safely transferred with the people of Loulan, the primitive defense in the northern primeval forest depends on the two major alien races.

The Loulan Dynasty Meeting can't be too long, the sun has risen, the Loulan people and aliens have been assembled in the city, everything is waiting for the transfer, with Lan Qi'er's order, the Chaohui is dispersed, and the transfer begins.

With the beating of the war drums of the Han army, the Han army began to attack the city again, the formation has not changed at all, the archers on both sides are holding onto each other, the Han army in order to quickly consume the archers of the Loulan army, the climbers sent out are more partial, and the density of the soldiers climbing the city wall has increased, which will inevitably lead to the Loulan archers to shoot under the city wall. The change of direction means that its body has no protection from the city wall and no rock mass, which has become a good target for the archers of the Han army.

The climbers of the Han army were suffering a large number of casualties, replacing the casualties of the archers, and a large number of archers were attrition on the side of the Loulan army.

Princess Lan Qi'er An Ran and all the generals, including the "hussar warriors", all climbed the wall of the pass and the mountainside on both sides of the pass, watching the battle of the new day together, and everyone saw the strengthening of the Han army's siege today with the beginning of the battle.

The desert breeze rises, the battle flags of both sides are fluttering, the war drums are sounding, the soldiers on both sides are killing each other, the number of casualties can be imagined, this state of affairs is not expected to be seen by anyone except the leader, but it is impossible not to face it, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xun's desire and ambition!

All the people in Qishan City were transferred in an orderly manner, and under the careful coordination of the six ministers and officials, they entered the north of Qishan through the secret passage one by one.

After the people enter the north of Qishan, they must abide by the regulations and abide by the holy decree of the emperor, that is, there can be no open fire, and then no construction can be moved, and the Praetorian Guards are prepared in advance to what extent, and if there are not enough tents, they can only help each other.

Whether the livestock bark or not is not controllable by man, only the livestock can be arranged in the mountains north of Qishan as much as possible, so that the sound of the livestock disappears among the mountains.

A noon passed, the people and livestock have been transferred nearly half, the army under the cover of the city wall also appeared three or four hundred casualties, it can be seen the cruelty of the war, fortunately the Han marshal is a steady master, at noon with a rest, the gong sounded again, the Han army also stopped the siege, there is a gap during the meal break, the soldiers on both sides have the right to clean up the dead and wounded soldiers, the generals on both sides are understandable, so the soldiers on both sides are peaceful when cleaning up the scene, will not be attacked and blocked.

The Han army is resting, everything in Qishan has not stopped, and the people's supplies are still moving rapidly, because everyone knows that the soldiers on the wall of the pass are suffering casualties over time, and they are paying for everyone's safety!

An hour of silence will pass, the fate of the soldiers cannot be controlled by themselves, with a new round of war drums, the Han army has entered the siege mode again.

Why didn't Marshal Han give the order to attack, the generals on both sides knew it in their hearts, the number of dead and wounded was slowly increasing, the climbers of the Han army had not decreased, and they had become the medicine primer for the battle between the two sides.

The archers on the Qishan city wall can be changed in batches, the casualties are relatively serious, the power of the Han bow lathe is too great, the range is long, the speed is fast, and there are also stars, with the cooperation of climbing soldiers, it plays a powerful role at all times!

In the evening, with the end of the transfer of the people in Qishan City, it came belatedly, and the gong of the Han army also sounded, and the sound of the gong made everyone who heard it breathe a sigh of relief, and the archers on the city wall knew that the mission was completed, and from time to time they also looked at the dead and wounded brothers lying on the city wall, tears have appeared in the eyes of most men, crying is not a woman's patent, autocracy, is the embodiment of people's inner excitement.

Lan Qi'er and the others went up to the city wall of the pass, and immediately issued an imperial order to treat the dead and wounded soldiers and bury them collectively, and all the soldiers must immediately enter the dark passage to transfer it, because the sky is still bright, so it is convenient for the eighteen hussars to camouflage the secret passage.

After the eighteen hussars had processed all the traces, everyone returned to the city wall, deliberately standing and looking at the Han army camp to show that everything was normal in Qishan City!