Chapter 21: Blood in the Western Regions
In the desert, at dusk, the heavens and the earth are scorched, like after the fire burns, thousands of miles of desolation, not a single inch of grass grows. Only the wind blows the sand grains flying, and the whining of the wind and the low sound of the sand make the dead desert even more desolate, and few creatures can survive in this harsh environment.
Suddenly, a clang, a camel bell broke the boundless silence. On the thousands of miles of sand dunes, two camels carrying a man and a pile of luggage walked in front, and a horse team of four or five thousand people followed closely behind.
"Everyone follow closely, this Western Regions desert, stretching for thousands of miles, is full of dangers, it is not your Eastern Sage's beautiful mountains and rivers, if you are not careful, you will die." The man in the lead shouted in a hoarse voice with his chapped mouth open.
"Yabu! It's been more than ten days, why are you still walking in this desert? Do you know the way? A big man as strong as an ox and as tall as a mountain asked angrily.
"Lord Ruoshi, if there is anyone in this Great Moon Country who knows the desert best, I, Yabu, say second, and no one dares to say first. The Great Moon Country is in danger. I'm also anxious, this is not a super short way to take the army. It will take three more days at most, and it will be there. ”
"I hope so! If you can't get there in three days, be careful of your head! The big man called Ruoshi said angrily.
"Xiaolan, Hugh is talking nonsense. Just keep up. A man who followed closely behind the big man opened his eyes slightly and said coldly.
"Yes, General Lan!" The big man replied again and again, as if he was in awe. The horse team of four or five thousand people did not make the slightest noise, but followed quietly behind, rustling! Rustling! The sound of horses' hooves grinding against the grains of sand is neat and solemn.
Outside the capital of Dayue Kingdom, more than 100,000 Xionglu troops were surrounded by water. It turned out that the prince of Yanyun, Avis, led 100,000 soldiers and horses to return home all the way, where could the enemy be able to wait for the Xionglu army? The coalition forces were defeated and retreated, losing their troops and losing their generals, and they did not stop until they retreated near the capital of Otsuki Kingdom. Na Yege led the army, burned and looted all the way, and the momentum was like a bamboo, killing all the soldiers of the coalition army after the break, and within ten days, he approached the Crescent City, the capital of the Great Moon Kingdom.
Seeing that the crescent city wall of the capital of the Great Moon Kingdom was high and deep, easy to defend and difficult to attack, Ye Ge urgently ordered to be stationed on the spot, take a short rest, and ordered spies to explore everywhere and survey the terrain for an attack. On this day, the spies reported that the capital of Dayue Kingdom was thousands of miles away, all of which were high walls and deep ditches, and there was no easy place to attack, and the residents of a radius of 100 miles outside the city had been driven into the city in advance, and the walls were cleared, and they did not know how the city was prepared. And all the military supplies of the Xionglupan army are mainly looting, I am afraid that the city is not broken, and the Xionglupan army itself starved to death first. When he heard this, he was furious, and ordered the spies to probe again, and called the soldiers to counsel.
Leonard said, "If it drags on for a long time, it will be very disadvantageous to our army, and we must take the crescent moon city in one go." I see that although the walls of the crescent moon city are several feet high, they are all made of adobe, and they are not as strong as the stone city, so why don't you let the soldiers attack it first? ”
The other soldiers also responded in unison. Brother Ye frowned, looked around at the general, and said, "In this case, the order will go down, and in a quarter of an hour, attack Half Moon City!" After speaking, Ye Ge dispatched troops and finished the order.
In Half Moon City, Aibigai is discussing countermeasures with civil and military officials, and those who are greedy for life and afraid of death propose peace. When Aibigai heard this, he was furious and ordered the samurai in front of the palace to drag him out and behead him.
"The Great Moon Country and the Xionglufan Kingdom are not wearing the same sky! How can it kill my people, take my cattle and sheep, and burn my houses? Whoever proposes peace again will be killed! Abigai snapped.
"I'm Wang Yingming! We'll swear to kill the enemy! We must protect the capital of our country! Save my people! to avenge the country! All the generals brushed the road together.
"Good! A few days ago, I had revised the book of the Eastern Holy Kingdom, and asked to flank the Xionglu Pan army, and it is estimated that in a few days, reinforcements will arrive. All of you have worked hard to kill the enemy! Aibigai stood up and said loudly, "From now on, all the people are soldiers, protect the national capital, kill one enemy, reward ten taels of silver, kill one enemy, reward one hundred taels of silver!" Bow to the general! ”
"No!" The generals were ordered to go and organize the defense of the city to resist the enemy.
"Prince Avis, Prince Herman, Prince Weilai, please follow this king and order all the troops to fight against the enemy army!"
"And rightfully so!" Avis and Herman stood up and answered.
Wei Lai shook his head and said, "I'm about to kill the enemy to take revenge, how can I sit here and do nothing." Please give me a horse and a horse, and I will lead the defense of the city. ”
"The prince's daughter is noble, how can you risk the arrows lightly?" King Ebigai couldn't bear to say, "It's hard to explain to your father if you have a bad luck." ”
"The Holy Father asked me to come to the Great Moon Country, and that is what I have experienced. The king can rest assured that Liu Dali is guarding him, and he is foolproof! ”
Aibi Gaijiu couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree, choose a thousand elite soldiers, and dispatch them with the guards. He also instructed the good life to protect and not to fail.
When Prince Alvis and Prince Herman saw this, they refused to sit in the town, and vowed to live and die with their subordinates.
"Good! We are the same enemy Kai, defend the country, and see how the Xionglu thief can win! King Abigai took the two of them by the hand and said happily.
In a moment, the shouting and killing outside the city shook the sky, and the Xionglu Panguo attacked the city in a big way!
Tens of thousands of Xionglu troops carried the ladders, pushed the siege vehicles, and took the city hooks, and rushed to the four city gates like a tide. As they saw that they were approaching the city, tens of thousands of archers filled their bowstrings, and ten thousand arrows shot at the head of the city and the city.
"Raise your shield! Hide! The soldiers at the head of the city commanded. The soldiers at the head of the city hurriedly lowered their bodies and hid under the battlements, and the common people in the city and the soldiers who had no time to hide were not so lucky. Some arrows led the flames, fell on the door of the house to burn the house, shot on the person to burn people, and suddenly there was a scream and a cry for help, endlessly.
Taking advantage of the rain of arrows, the Naxiong Lufan army rushed to the city, set up a ladder, threw a climbing hook, but wanted to climb the city. The soldiers of the Great Moon Kingdom shouted, "Get up! Roll the wood to counterattack! Archers shoot freely! ”
The soldiers were already furious when they saw the casualties in the city, and they couldn't wait any longer, so they got up, smashed the rocks and logs, and drew their bowstrings to shoot at the besieging and archery-shooting Xionglupan army. Suddenly, the soldiers of the Xionglupan Army, who had just climbed halfway, fell from the wall like fallen leaves, and those running on the road fell down like grass grains, blood flowed all over the ground and corpses were all over the field.
Wei Lai led a thousand men and horses, and Liu Dali guarded the east gate, that Huang Rushe was afraid that Wei Lai would lose, so the soldiers blocked in front of Wei Lai, erected shields, and surrounded them without revealing a drop of water.
Wei Lai said, "Don't worry about me, you just kill the enemy!" ”
Liu Dali said, "Grandma is a bear!" It came at the right time! The emperor is so staying, I'm going to kill it! But he rushed to the city with a machete.
Huang Rushe couldn't stop drinking, so he had to stay by Wei Lai's side every step of the way.
Bang bang bang! Under the city gate, the siege vehicles violently slammed into the city gate, shaking the clods of earth on the city wall and shaking the hearts of the soldiers.
Seeing this, Liu Dali couldn't bear it, and shouted, "Grandma is a bear, she is not afraid of death, let me kill her!" As he spoke, he took a thick rope and jumped down and plunged straight into the siege vehicle.
When the soldiers at the head of the city who were not afraid of death saw it, they were full of enthusiasm and followed suit, jumped off the city, and rushed straight to the siege engine, and there were hundreds of people at one time.
Where did those siege heroes and Lufan soldiers expect that someone would dare to jump off the city to fight, and they were all killed because they couldn't take precautions. Liu vigorously killed, turned around and rushed towards the enemy, slashing and slashing, wounding next to each other, and dying after chopping, as if entering a no-man's land. Seeing that these hundreds of people were like divine soldiers descending from heaven, the Xionglufan soldiers nearby were so frightened that they didn't know what to do, and their courage was suddenly lost. Leonard saw it from afar, was furious, and hurriedly urged the soldiers who enforced the law to kill the deserters, and ordered the army to rush forward, "There are those who retreat, and there is no mercy for killing!" ”
The soldiers who had fled were dead and had to turn around and rush towards the city wall, but the direction was no longer the east gate. Then where can Liu Dali manage this, God blocks and kills God, Buddha blocks and kills Buddha, and kills dozens of people in a moment.
Suddenly, the city gate opened, and a group of men and horses rushed out, but it was Wei who ordered Huang Rushe to lead the army to respond.
Where is Liu Dali willing to retreat, and he kills the Quartet by himself.
Leonard hurried the archers to shoot arrows. Liu Dali danced the machete into a flowery and airtight atmosphere. Huang Rushe organized his subordinates to form a shield formation and rushed forward, only then did he protect Liu Dali and retreat into the city.
Huang Rushe had to blame Liu Dali for only caring about his own pleasure and forgetting his duties.
Liu Dali said stupidly, "Grandma is a bear, didn't you also leave your post without permission and didn't stay by the emperor's side?" ”
Huang Rushe couldn't cry or laugh, pulled Liu Dali and ran to the city.
The siege lasted for half a day, and there was still no progress, and the Xionglupan army suffered a lot of casualties, and was stirred up by Liu Dali, seeing that it could not be captured, Ye Ge had to order Ming Jin to withdraw his troops. In the crescent city, there was a lot of jubilation. The child who lost his family was crying in the streets......