Chapter 11: Turtle City

After dawn, the sandstorm had subsided, and Hu Biao and the others were about to follow Tang Jun to start returning to the city.

But at this time, I found that the wind and sand brought by the sandstorm last night covered everything in the eyes with a gray patch.

Hu Biao could only follow the example of the Tang Army, tore off a piece of his dirty underwear, and wrapped his mouth and nose.

In addition, even if some protection was done in advance last night, there were still more than twenty war horses suffocated after being choked by sand and dust; There were also some camels that broke free from their ropes and ran away when the wind and sand were at their highest

In this way, the people in the cave will not be able to ride one person at a time.

The scar-faced man frowned and thought for a moment, then shouted at Hu Biao and the others:

"Falling into the hands of these lost dog-like Turkic people and bandits, you have suffered a lot these days.

So now let you have a chance to take revenge, go and teach them a hard lesson, some Hu mongrels dare to enslave my Han family son. ”

When he said this, the man's tone was full of indescribable arrogance and determination.

It's like this kind of thing is just and should be like this,

The voice in his mouth fell, and Hu Biao and the others frantically rushed towards the Turkic natives, and began to punch and kick without sparing a hand.

The grievances and fears he had suffered in the past few days were completely vented at this moment.

By the moment they stopped, the dozen or so Turkic natives were all curled up on the ground, with blue noses and swollen faces and many black footprints on their bodies.

There are even mottled blood stains on some people's bodies.

But with a grateful mood after revenge, he looked at the Tang army who were watching.

Hu Biao and the others clearly saw that these Tang Jun had complex eyes on their faces that contained disgust, helplessness, and annoyance, as if they were a little disappointed.

Without waiting for Hu Biao to ask, what did they not do well.

After the scar-faced man waved his hand, another mouth opened, and the man with a bright front tooth led several people into action.

After drawing the horizontal knife from his waist, he stabbed all the Turks to death in a blink of an eye.

When the last Turkic native, after stabbing the lower abdomen, the whole person bent into a prawn-like appearance, the scar-faced man scolded Hu Biao and others in a tone of hatred for iron and steel:

"A group of cowards can see it clearly, this is called a lesson, and such a lesson can convince them."

In the high-pitched scolding of Scarface, Hu Biao and the others looked at each other, and they couldn't say a word at all; Even his chest and abdomen were churning a little, and even the mutton soup he ate last night almost threw up......

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'Devil~'

At sunset, after looking up at the city gates about six or seven meters high, the names of the two 'turtles', Hu Biao instinctively read out such a sentence in his mouth.

The voice is falling, and it is said that there are villagers from Hunan Province from Star City on the side.

In the modern plane, Yang Dongli, who is a salesman of prefabricated materials in the construction industry, is said to know a little bit about everything because of his extensive knowledge, and immediately complained in his mouth:

"Lao Hu, is your Chinese taught by the physical education teacher? These two words are called 'Qiu Ci', and it seems that we have really reached the boundary of the Western Regions during the Tang Dynasty. ”

Although he was complaining in his mouth, it was obvious that Yang Dongli's mood was quite relaxed.

It is indeed the case, although Zhang Tiezhu and the other Tang Jun have not completely believed them, whether they can stay in the safe city and hug the thighs of the Tang Army, what Guo Shuai still needs to decide.

But their treatment, all of a sudden, is like going from hell to heaven, and they have been reborn.

said that he still had to watch over them, that is, he didn't let them run around casually, and even the ropes tied to his hands and feet were loosened.

The food tasted a little worse, but it was always filling.

Even when he followed the Tang army back to the city, he didn't have to be forced to continue walking along the way, and one person was given a war horse.

The only problem is that one of the netizens present is counted as one, and none of these dicks can ride a horse; was taught by several Tang Jun for a while, and then groped for a while on his own.

On the way back afterwards, I was trembling on horseback.

The war horse can only walk slowly, and it can't gallop at all.

So much so that it slowed down the speed of the Tang army's return to the city, and it was not longer longer than walking; It is said that the journey that could have been made back in half a day took a whole day.

It wasn't until it was almost dark that this turtle city appeared in front of me.

Qiuzi City, this is a city built on a large oasis, twenty miles away, there is also the existence of a large mountain.

According to the visual measurements of Hu Biao and others, the length and width of the city are about three or four kilometers each, and the whole is an irregular quadrilateral; There is no modern plane yet, and a slightly larger town has a larger street.

The walls looked gray and should have been built only with earth.

The highest gate is only six meters, and the other places are even shorter, just over four meters, which is what the modern plane looks like a story high.

Anyway, compared with Hu Biao's impression, those city walls made of bricks and stones are too inferior in appearance and function.

Fortunately, there is also a moat seven or eight meters wide next to the city wall outside the city, which adds some defensive power.

And perhaps because of the sandstorm not long after the sandstorm, there were not many people in the city.

Except for the city gates and city walls, you can see some Tang soldiers on duty with their heads and faces covered and only showing a pair of eyes, and there are few people in the city at all.

It was these people who were guarding, without exception, who also wrapped themselves tightly, leaving only a pair of eyes outside.

But when the camels trampled on the sand and passed by on the main road, Hu Biao and the others could see in the low houses on the side of the road.

Between the cracks in the doors and windows, there were pairs of nervous eyes looking at them, as if they were worried about something.

It is precisely such a situation that has cast another shadow on the mood of Hu Biao and others who have not been relaxed for a long time......

After entering the city, Hu Biao and his team were quickly led to a military camp in the west of the city and placed in a large earthen house.

Thinking of the Tang soldiers carrying swords at the gate of the barracks, Hu Biao and the others also cut off other thoughts of strolling around.

After eating a little bit of what is called Hu Cake, it should be a food made of flour.

One by one, these people lay on the beds made of licorice, and because of the bumps caused by the riding of horses during the day, and the tension was finally relaxed, and one by one they quickly fell asleep.

I didn't even take a shower, let alone brush my teeth.

Therefore, the stinky problems of insomnia and not being able to sleep in the middle of the night are simply because these goods from the modern plane are not tired enough.

Or maybe the living environment is too good, so you get used to the smelly problem.

Another point that needs to be explained is that in this shabby room, everyone was actually assigned a quilt.

Among them, there are either quilts with linen cloth as the quilt and stuffed with reed wool, or some large skins sewn with some sheepskin.

Whether it's a linen quilt or a sheepskin, it looks like it's been around for a while.

It can be seen from this that the logistics materials of these Tang troops seem to be not very rich.

It's just that after a few days, after finally being able to live in a serious house or a serious house in a safe environment, many netizens don't care about these at all......

At the same time, that is, in a room filled with the smell of sweat, feet, and loud snoring and grinding teeth, Hu Biao and a group of 21 people slept until dark.

In the largest city lord's mansion in Qiuzi City, the Tang Dynasty Wuwei County King, the Anxi Grand Protector, and the Four Towns Jie Du Observation made Guo Xin look at a map on the table and frowned.

He's been like this for a long time, and he hasn't spoken.

In the position of his head, a group of subordinates of the Tang Anxi Army, such as Changshi, Sima, Participating in the Military, Du Lieutenant, and Captain, did not mean to speak at all.

Kneeling together in the large hall with solemn expressions, the atmosphere seemed unusually dead.

No way! The last thousands of soldiers of their Anxi army are facing a huge crisis at this moment.

According to the latest information they received, the 50,000-strong army of the Tibetan side was accompanied by many Hu forces in the Western Regions, such as the Tuyuhun, Sogdians, and Turks.

A total of more than 100,000 people, known as an army of 200,000, are currently killing all the way towards Qiuzi City.

It only takes four or five days at most to be able to appear outside the city.

With the strength and weapons in the city, it is categorically impossible to hold this Qiuzi city; But if you don't defend the city, where can you retreat?

The road back to Chang'an, since the fall of Hexi, has been cut off by the Tubo people for many years.

This trip to Chang'an is thousands of miles apart, and it is impossible to kill all the way back.

Besides! In the past, the Tang Army was powerful in the cities controlled by the Anxi Protectorate and the Beiting Protectorate, and now there is the last city of Qiuci left.

Once Qiuzi City is lost, there will be no place for them to stand in the vast Western Regions.

Without the emperor's order, they did not dare and could not withdraw.

What to do? Faced with such an almost unsolvable problem, they have discussed several times in a row since they received the news yesterday, and Guo Xin and the others have not discussed a slightly better solution until now.

No matter how they planned, they didn't have a trace of vitality in their Anxi army.

Finally, in the middle of the night, Guo Xin said after a long sigh:

"That's it! Since there is no way to go to the sky and no way to enter the ground, then there is a battle to the death in this Qiuzi City, wanting to take the city and let the Tubo people exchange enough lives for it.

Let them know that we Tang people don't have a coward.

Immediately, the people of the whole city were mobilized to help repair the city walls, prepare wood, rolling stones, and gold juice, and the soldiers of the whole army also sharpened their blades and prepared for death battle.

Let these people in the Western Regions still remember a hundred years later, the Tang people are not so easy to mess with. ”

The voice fell, and everyone present received their orders, and just as they were about to go down to their respective jobs, a Guo Xin's personal guard came in.

reported that when Zhang Tiezhu went out of the city to inspect, he met and brought back Hu Biao and others, and how to place them.

If it were replaced by usual, Guo Xin might still be very interested in why these people who look strange why they appeared here.

will be carefully examined to prevent the treacherous tricks of the Tubo people.

The problem is that now the existence of the entire Anxi Army has entered the countdown time, and Guo Xin doesn't care about many things.

After pondering for a while, Guo Xin arranged: "The military strength of the Tubo army is strong, and it can easily take down Qiuzi City without any tricks, and I won't use such superfluous means in the future."

Besides, they can't find so many Tang people with accents in Guanzhong and various places in Guannai.

Therefore, their identity as Tang people is estimated to be true, as for why they appear here, they don't bother to care about it at this time.

Stay, and just join Zhang Tiezhu's cavalry team.

No matter what, they are always the men of our Han family, and they can take care of them; Even if our situation is very bad, we can always live a few days longer than if they were alone. ”

After hearing this, the guards immediately went down to explain this handling opinion to Zhang Tiezhu, who was waiting outside.