Chapter Twenty-Three: The Last Stand

General Zhang organized the remaining more than 1,000 soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army, stationed at the stone as a base, cut down wood to make a wall, and fought fiercely with the Mongolian cavalry for three days and three nights. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info 20,000 Mongolian iron horsemen besieged the foot of this mountain for several days, leaving behind thousands of corpses, and they couldn't even take a step forward!

It stands to reason that it would be easy for the 20,000-strong army to destroy these 1,000 people, but once the Mongolian cavalry is not good at foot combat, the war horses on this hilly mountain cannot be killed. Second, Genghis Khan intended to capture Zhang Jue alive, thinking to himself, I destroyed the Tatar tribe, the beggars, and the Pingnai barbarians, and encountered countless strong enemies in my life, but I was embarrassed by you, a barbarian from the Central Plains, to see who this unknown general who opposed the Mongol Empire.

By the time Genghis Khan's Golden Horde arrived at the foot of the mountain, General Zhang Jue's iron cavalry was less than 100 people left, and there were thousands of corpses of Mongolian soldiers on the mountain.

After several days of fighting, the Iron Cavalry was exhausted, and held on to the mountain for many days, the grain, grass, and fresh water had been exhausted, and the soldiers drank the blood of the horses and ate the meat of the horses, until even the few barks and grasses on the mountain were eaten up. Even so, the Iron Cavalry still had no one to say.

On this day, Genghis Khan personally led the troops to supervise the battle, saw the appearance of the Great Khan's golden horde, the Mongolian soldiers were greatly inspired, and when they were cheering, they suddenly saw several mounts rushing out of the top of the mountain, one of which was a white war horse bearing the brunt, and the person on the horse was majestic in white clothes and white robes, holding a long sword and chopping and chopping, invincible. The horse was abnormal, running on the rocks and still flying fast, saying that it was too late and that was fast, the Mongolian soldiers at the front of the team could not stop the momentum of the white horse, and the white-robed general rushed to Genghis Khan's tent like lightning.

The mountains on this hill are rugged and dangerous, the Mongolian army's formation can not be expanded, tens of thousands of troops watched the white-robed general rush towards the Golden Horde, at this time, only the Great Khan's personal soldiers were left in front of the Golden Horde, dozens of cowardly Xue troops set up a formation in front to block the way, Zhang Jue cut down several people but fell into the encirclement, unable to take a step forward. That Genghis Khan was also very bold, swinging his whip away the lieutenant general who was blocking him, and coldly watching the attackers.

Zhang Jue's war horse was drenched in blood, and he was hit by several arrows in an instant. Behind him several iron horsemen arrived at this time, into the encirclement, everyone in the white-robed general led by the left and right, and then a black horse riding a general suddenly rushed forward, immediately a bearded, black as iron general, the hand of a spear thrown out, a cold light flew straight to Genghis Khan's face. When it was too late, Genghis Khan's upper body flashed, and the sound of the spear was inserted into the big coffin behind him, and the wooden handle trembled and buzzed. The cowardly Xue army shouted, and the regiments surrounded Genghis Khan, blocking the front of the battle with flesh and blood, like an iron bucket.

Zhang Jue and the others saw that they could not move forward, seeing that reinforcements were constantly coming, and their cavalry was killed one after another, leaving only the black iron cavalry to fight by his side.

Genghis Khan ordered his men to stop the pursuit, no longer blindly charged, but step by step, slowly narrowing the encirclement, he understood that these people had reached the point of exhaustion, just a desperate bet did not work, at this time if the attack will inspire the enemy's soldiers to die together, now just slowly close the siege, the other side will be defeated without a fight.

Zhang Jue's sacrificial blow failed to work, and he was injured in many places after fighting for days, and when he ran out of oil and lamps, he knew that his limit had arrived. On this day, he gathered his subordinates, sat on a big stone, the sword rested on his lap, and said impassionedly: All brothers followed me to fight in the north and south, and now I have no strength to return to the sky, I have killed countless Mongolians in my life, but I still can't stop the Mongols from attacking my Central Plains.

The people wept bitterly.

Zhang Jue also said, this Mongolian is brutal, if I don't die, none of the brothers will be spared. If I die, my brothers may have a chance of life.

The iron cavalry general who rushed to kill with Zhang Jue, named Zhang Siyuan, was the first to kneel and beg to follow. Listening to Zhang Jue's tone, he wanted to kill himself in exchange for a way of life for his brothers, and immediately stepped forward to kneel and weep and said, once my brother dies, we will not survive, and we will die with the enemy.

Zhang Jue angrily reprimanded, Mongolian cavalry, thousands of people, you and others, how much can they kill? If he pretends to surrender to the enemy and gains his trust, he may be able to avenge this great revenge one day, or save the lives of the world from suffering.

Let's talk about it, lead the neck to kill yourself. And the people will bow down and weep bitterly.

The Mongol army waited at the bottom of the mountain for a long time, and when they saw that there was no movement on the mountain, they shouted to cover up and kill, and rushed to the top of the mountain without encountering any obstacles. It turned out that after a few days of fighting, the Iron Cavalry suffered heavy casualties, and only these dozens of people remained.

Genghis Khan personally led his guards to the top of the mountain, and when he saw this scene, he separated the crowd and wanted to see with his own eyes what kind of person could compete with the invincible Mongolian iron cavalry in the world. Seeing the appearance of the Great Khan, a big man with a black face like iron in the Iron Cavalry Army stepped forward quickly, Jebe and Subebe's forehead hurriedly blocked in front of him, and the big man knelt in front of Genghis Khan and said: If the Great Khan pardons me and waits for immortality, I am willing to serve the Khan!

Genghis Khan looked at Zhang Siyuan coldly, his sharp eyes seemed to see through his internal organs, and then asked: Who is the one who is the right person to fight, and a spear flies, who is the one who hits me?

Zhang Siyuan said: I shot from the ridge, if the Great Khan wants to punish us and others, he just defiles this place. If the Great Khan pardons me and waits for immortality, I will serve before and after the saddle, and charge into battle for the Great Khan, and I will not hesitate to break my bones.

Genghis Khan also said, I hate the traitor the most in my life, I have formed an alliance with Anga Zamuhe and made me an enemy, and I was defeated by me, and his men bound him to me, and I beheaded his descendants and the descendants of his descendants! How can I tolerate you, a traitor seeking glory?

Zhang Siyuan said: If my lord is not dead, I will follow him. Now that the lord is dead, I am like the soul of the ownerless, and I have a body of martial arts that I can't perform, if the Great Khan is willing to take him in, I will definitely follow the Great Khan to fight in the south and the north, and make meritorious contributions.

The others also knelt before them and said, "May you follow the Great Khan!"

Although Genghis Khan hated the traitor the most in his life, he also loved talents very much, and respected the most loyal and obedient soldiers, and his generals such as Jebe were once his enemy generals.

This iron cavalry army and the Mongol army are enemies, although the disparity in strength is difficult to escape the fate of being destroyed, but a small iron cavalry army has to work for the Mongol army to mobilize 20,000 elites, and even the Great Khan himself to conquer to take it. It is not easy to fight to such a situation, and I also secretly love talent in my heart, and I am silent at the moment.

This Jebe is also a person who loves talents, remembering the scene when he was alone against Genghis Khan's army, and he also felt sorry for him, and he was also pleading for him at the moment.

Genghis Khan nodded and said: I see that you are sincere, so I will spare your life for the time being, and you will be incorporated into the army of Jebe, and distributed to each thousand battalions, which is no different from ordinary soldiers, and depends on your future skills!

All the soldiers bowed down together.

Recruiting the enemy army and dividing it into various armies was Genghis Khan's means of stabilizing his troops, and most of the Mongolian army were soldiers who were defeated and surrendered by various tribes, but most of the foreign surrenderers were reduced to servants, and now Zhang Siyuan and others can become a member of the Mongolian army as ordinary soldiers, which is also a special preferential treatment.

At that moment, everyone thanked and asked to bury the lord before going north with the army, Nazhe did not look at the benevolence of everyone and did not stop it. At that moment, everyone opened the mountain as a tomb and buried the body of General Zhang Jue and the soldiers of the Iron Cavalry Army here.

After that, Zhang Siyuan followed Jebe and Genghis Khan to fight in the south and north, pursued Sultan Muhammad for thousands of miles, and rode across Persia, the Caucasus, and Russia. The sphere of influence spans Eurasia. This Zhang Siyuan is brave every time he fights, with six spears on both sides of the saddle, and he throws it hard when he fights, and he can often kill the enemy in front of the battle, and he has made great achievements in a few years, plus he is low-key, never arrogant, and the spoils of war are also distributed to his subordinates, so he quickly gained the trust of Genghis Khan, and was later transferred to Genghis Khan's personal guard - the cowardly Xue army, and has been promoted to the head of ten thousand households.

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When Mo Laosan said this, he sighed, and was waiting to invite everyone to the lottery, and there was a humane among them: "Two balls, what a big hero, in the end he became a Mongolian dog's leg, and he fought bravely, you coward, you can't make up stories." The crowd laughed and shouted, and dispersed. Even worse, they took the money out of the broken bowl.

Mo Lao San trembled angrily, stomped his feet and shouted, "Thief, your mother, this is called lying on the salary and tasting gall!" You are a countryman with no culture, you waste Lao Tzu's feelings, you deserve to be unproductive for the rest of your life! “

At this time, someone next to him suddenly shouted Mo Laosan: "I think it's very good!" ”