Chapter 39: Black Death
"All of them, stand upright, take off their hats, and pay a moment of silence to our heroes."
In an open space in the city of Zhanxiangcheng, more than 3,000 Xishan troops stood together neatly, holding their helmets in their right hands, bending down and bowing deeply to the front, and in front of them were placed the comrades who died in the battle of Zhanxiangcheng, Liu Renliang and his heavy cavalry were trembling and crying all over.
"Rite over!"
Li Yong turned to face his soldiers and said.
"War kills, in a battle that is not your death, today it may be them, tomorrow it may be me or you, the Turks have shown us that they are stronger than we imagined, but we are stronger than them, they will not surrender, and we do not need prisoners. Today we see off the comrades-in-arms who died in the battle of Zhanxiangcheng, and then each of us must complete their unfinished mission together, in the Turks we represent death, soldiers, we will become the nightmare of the Turks, become their god of death, sacrificed comrades, may you go all the way, walk slowly on the road, and wait for us. ”
"Go all the way~"
Thousands of black soldiers burst into tears and shouted together at the ignition of their deceased comrades, their hands clenched into fists, and the steel gloves made a piercing "creaking" sound. An altar to gather the ashes of the jar neatly placed into a special tent, Li Jing took the urgent information he had just received and looked at the map hanging on the wall, pointed to the evil yang ridge and painted it all the way to Zhanxiang City, the main tent was full of generals of the Tang Dynasty, they were talking to each other in a whisper, Li Jing, who had finished thinking, turned around, so that the generals below were silent.
"You have also heard about the situation, two days ago, a mysterious army sneaked into the Evil Sun Ridge defended by the Turks, and more than 10,000 Turks were wiped out, I suspect that this mysterious army is the black army that has disappeared and searched for traces, and they are the only ones who have such an attack ability."
"Marshal, it doesn't matter if it's the black army for the time being, now is the time for us to march into Zhanxiangcheng, as long as we occupy Zhanxiangcheng, there will be a bridgehead for the follow-up attack on the Turks, and the opportunity must not be lost."
"Yes, I agree with General Su."
Li Jing stretched out his hand to quiet the generals who were a little excited below, and then turned around to look at the map on the wall, and just when Li Jing was still thinking about whether to march into Zhanxiangcheng, the soldiers outside the account reported to him.
"Dashuai, someone sent this letter."
Li Jing took the letter handed over by his own soldiers, it was written that Li Jing had opened it personally, and the mouth of the envelope was sealed with fire paint, Li Jing opened the envelope and looked at the nine big characters written inside in surprise, "Zhanxiang has been broken, quickly march to Zhanxiang." After reading it, Li Jing took a deep breath and said to the generals below.
"Zhanxiang City has been broken."
"What?"
"Who the hell is it? Destroyed the Evil Yang Ridge and occupied Xiangcheng, how did they do it? ”
Li Jing didn't pay attention to those generals who couldn't believe it, originally his combat intentions were like this, but this mysterious army completed his idea ahead of schedule, I can't help but say that the leader of this army is indeed a genius, Li Jing did not suspect that what was written in the letter was false, because it was him, and he also fought like this.
"Order, the whole army will set off for Zhanxiang City at the right time, let's go and appreciate the demeanor of this black armor."
Li Jing's army passed through the Evil Yang Ridge in a mighty way, looking at the bloodstains on the ridge and the corpses that had been gnawed by wild wolves, many soldiers vomited, it was too miserable, the corpses on it were mutilated and broken, and they were miserable.
"The whole army speeded up and passed through the Evil Sun Ridge."
Li Jing frowned and looked at everything on the ridge, he had fought countless battles and killed many people, but there were very few people who never left a living mouth like this, it can be said that no, in the hearts of all the people at that time, it was ominous to kill prisoners, and they didn't want to leave a reputation for slaughter for future generations, Li Jing's army marched for nearly three hours and finally arrived at the city of Zhanxiangcheng, watching the four city gates open, everyone was dumbfounded, this is a play? Empty city plan? After nearly half an hour of searching inside and out, the scouts finally determined that there was no secret ambush inside, it was an empty empty city, after receiving the scout's report, Li Jing led his army into the empty city of Bai Pick, after the army settled down, a large number of scouts began to search and inquire within a radius of hundreds of miles, and there was no news to report to Li Jing until the evening.
"Report, Dashuai, a hundred miles to the north, a hundred miles away......"
"What's wrong with a hundred miles away? Did you spot the enemy? ”
Li Jingdu was about to die of this scout, and he wanted to pull him down and behead him, but the scout swallowed a mouthful of water to rest his already nausea body.
"No, it's the corpse of the Turkic defenders who occupied Xiangcheng."
"What? Quick, take me there. ”
Under the leadership of the scout, Li Jing took all his generals and personal guards to the terrifying cross forest, except for Li Jing's few bold generals who couldn't help but vomit, everyone present covered their mouths and endured or bent over to the side to vomit, it was too cruel, looking at the crows that were constantly pecking at the corpses of the Turks who were tied to the broken wooden crosses, and it was not because of their arrival that they were affected to eat, it was another tragic massacre, no wonder not a single Turkic corpse in Zhanxiang City could not be found, it turned out to be this, Li Jing was almost sure that this was the work of the mysterious black army, Tuyuhun was like this, and the current Turks were the same, and after Li Jing confirmed it, he took those generals who couldn't vomit back to the camp.
"General, there is mutton to eat tonight, and the small ones are all stewed for you."
"Gash ~ get out, take your mutton, vomit ~ get out of Lao Tzu."
The generals in the military camp in Zhanxiangcheng all had a psychological shadow because of this incident, and they vomited when they saw the meat for several days, and as early as three days ago, Li Yong withdrew from Zhanxiangcheng with his black army and disappeared into the vast grassland.
"Don't say it, the Turkic people's cattle and sheep are good, fat and tender."
Li Yong gnawed on the lamb leg of the test and ate a mouthful of oil, after they left Zhanxiang City, they marched all the way to the east, as long as they met the tribes of the grassland, it was two lights and one release, killing all the young and strong, robbing all the cattle and sheep materials, and letting go of the old and weak women and children, this is no longer known to be the first tribe to be attacked by them, but not all tribes they attacked. And for those tribes who are obedient and lay down their weapons and are willing to write a book of repentance to break away from the Turks and migrate to Zhanxiangcheng, they will let these tribes go, and lie that they have sent messengers from heaven to lead them to the light, and for the recalcitrant tribes of Ning, they are messengers sent by hell, bringing them death, and the young men who were killed were tied to the cross by them, and a stone tablet was erected for them, which said, We were taken away by the messengers of hell if we were disobedient, and Li Yong's black army began to spread fear in the Turkic steppe like a plague.
"Chief, will the Black Plague attack our tribe?"
"Don't panic, the heavens will bless us, the Khan has sent an army of 100,000 to eliminate these black plagues."
"But, what if they find us before the Khan? Like those obedient tribes migrated to the Central Plains? ”
"Uh...... We, the Turkic people, fight the Black Plague to the end, and we are invincible. ”
"Chief, the Black Plague has sent a message for us to lay down our arms, write a book of repentance, and move our people to the clouds."
"What are you waiting for? It feels like people turn in their weapons, you, you know Chinese characters, write a book of repentance, and prepare to greet the Black Plague, phew, Lightbringer. ”
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Such a hard-mouthed, but honest-minded tribe keeps migrating to Zhanxiangcheng or Yunzhong, and of course, there are many hard-nosed people who would rather die and want to defend the black army.
"Commander, the tribe in front not only sneered at our love, but also dared to provoke us."
"It seems that our love is still not enough, we want them to feel our fraternity, order them to go down, and let our brothers love them well."
The black tide instantly rushed to the loveless tribe, and then, gone, the destroyed tribe was in disarray, and the old and weak women and children who were gathered together knelt in front of this group of demons who brought them death, and watched the messengers from hell cruelly tie the bodies of their sons, husbands, and fathers to the cross, and eat their grain, cattle and sheep.
"Give them some rations, let them migrate to the clouds, and if they dare to be on the steppe again, send them to meet their families."
The old and weak women and children of the destroyed tribe did not have the slightest resistance, they could only take the rations given to them by those black demons and began to migrate, a tribe without youth and strength, either starved to death on the grassland, or was swallowed up by other tribes and became slaves of others, not to mention that now there is this plague army with death wandering in the grassland, they do not doubt what they say, and they dare not doubt it, because their true death has spread throughout the grassland, and black has become a symbol of the death of the grassland people, outside Xiangcheng and Yunzhong City, Turkic tribes continued to migrate here, which frightened Li Jing and Xu Shiyun, and later learned from these herdsmen that the mysterious black army had done, looking at the unarmed herdsmen and a group of old and weak women and children, they had to let them be placed outside the city, and wait for the report to Emperor Li Er to make plans.
"Black Army, Black Death, Black Plague, who the hell are you and what is your purpose."
Li Jing looked at the Turkic map hanging in the camp tent, and said with broken thoughts, in the Turkic tent on the other side, Jieli Khan first received the Evil Yang Ridge and Zhanxiang City were captured, nearly 60,000 troops were killed in one night, and then received the tribes on the grassland that were constantly attacked, many tribes have been wiped out, and there are forced to migrate to the territory of the Central Plains, angry He sent 100,000 troops all the way to search for the group of black dead troops, caught them and broke them into pieces, but often the ideal is very beautiful, the reality is very skinny, Looking for a cavalry force of more than 3,000 people in the vast grassland, that is, looking for a needle in a haystack.