In the second year of Song Jianwu, in September, Hexi Road and Yumen Pass.

The endless Gobi Desert, the clear gourd river to the north, the black smoke column above the sky rolling, mixed with dark red firelight, the quiet and quiet town by the river thick smoke billowing, the houses are burning wantonly, the fire is soaring to the sky.

Under the towering poplar trees outside the town, a group of hideous-looking and angry cavalrymen from outside the city were surrounded by a general in his thirties and bright armor, who was looking at the town with a fierce gaze and a sound of fighting.

Ma Mura, a nobleman of the Gaochang Uighurs in the Western Regions and the commander of the Gaochang army, with a high nose and deep eyes, is watching this human tragedy with a cold eye with his subordinates.

The capital of Gaochang is Gaochang, a large country in the Western Regions, bordering Yumen Pass and Yangguan under the control of the Song army in the south. In the second year of Jiading of the Song Dynasty (1209), the Mongol Empire rose, and the Jin of the Gaochang King Baershu Aert was returned to the Mongol Empire and became a vassal state under it.

The Song army occupied Hexi, and naturally became enemies of the Mongol Empire. The Mongol army went south, and Gao Changguo was ordered to invade Hexi, so naturally he wanted to burn and loot, attack the city, and use troops in the direction of Shaanxi.

Outside the town, densely packed with the corpses of Song soldiers, several Song officials and more than 100 Song people were tied up and pushed by the fierce Gaochang soldiers, and the officials headed by them were full of anger, struggling endlessly, and shouting and scolding loudly.

"You beasts, you devils, you will not die well! My Great Song Border Army will avenge us! ”

The people next to the officials looked terrified, some wept and kowtowed, and some knelt on the ground begging for mercy, with a lot of snot and tears.

"You guys kneel down and kowtow. Otherwise, cut off your dogs' heads! ”

Seeing some Song people with blood-red eyes, they did not kneel even though they were tied, and Ma Mula pointed at the horse whip and threatened loudly.

"You beasts, the common people will not let go, God will accept you!"

"Wait! You beasts, my Great Song Dynasty officials and soldiers will avenge us! ”

"Chop off their dogs' heads and make them keep their mouths shut!"

The people of the Song Dynasty scolded, Ma Mura's face sank, and the Gaochang general next to him shouted.

After a flurry of punches and kicks, the soldiers pressed the officials and civilians to their knees, Mamura raised his hand in disgust, and the general next to him shouted loudly.

"Kill them!"

The Gao Chang soldiers sneered, waved their sabers one after another, and slashed them hard, the crying, begging for mercy and angry scolding came to an abrupt end, hundreds of big heads rolled on the ground, and scarlet blood flowed everywhere.

The cry sounded, and another group of people were escorted over, men, women, and children, who were also pressed down on the grass and knelt down, some lost their souls, some were crying wolves, and some were scolding.

"General, forget it. These are the people of the Song people, and it's no fun to kill! ”

Some generals saw the miserable and weeping of the people, and they couldn't bear it, so they opened their mouths to persuade.

"General, all the men in the town have been killed by us, these old, weak, sick and disabled, it is better to let them go."

There was another Gaochang general who couldn't bear it.

"Crackle!"

Two times in a row, the two generals each received a whip from Ma Mura.

"You have the final say, or I have the final say! If you dare to fart indiscriminately, I'll cut off your dog's head first! ”

The two generals hung their heads, covered their faces, and didn't dare to say anything anymore.

Ma Mura is a nobleman of Gaochang State, or the quasi-son-in-law of King Balshu, who dares to offend these ordinary generals?

"These greedy Diao people, don't know the current affairs, my Gaochang army is coming to the city, and instead of obediently offering property, they will confront us. If you don't kill them, will you let them kill me later? Swept the Yumen Pass and the sandbar first, so as to open the way for the rear army. Whoever dares to disobey the military order, I will cut off his head first! ”

Ma Mura preached, and the generals bowed their heads one by one, with a smile on their faces, and nodded yes one after another.

"That's what the general said!"

"Listen to the general!"

Under the coercion, who dares to disobey the will of the boss, is not asking for hardship.

Song and Mongolia are enemy countries, and when they enter the Song realm, they will definitely burn, kill, loot, plunder gold, silver, and beauties, so why care about the lives of these mustards.

"Brothers, kill them all!"

Another Gaochang general was triumphant and shouted loudly.

The soldiers raised their swords and fell, the cries of the people disappeared, the blood stained the ground red, and soon dozens more cold corpses remained.

"Go and see how the town is going, I will kill all living creatures, and not a single one will be left!"

Ma Mura shouted coldly, his brow even more sinister.

The men in the prime of life who resisted had been killed, and they continued their atrocities without sparing the other unarmed civilians.

The streets were full of corpses, and there was blood everywhere. Men, women, old and young, layered, horizontal and vertical, with different postures, there are constantly crying sounds, Gaochang soldiers feather arrows whistling, swords and horses trampling, a wanton slaughter.

"Brothers, search carefully, and kill all these people for me!"

The soldiers held sharp blades in their hands, walking in and out of the streets and alleys, the blades were dripping with blood, and everyone's faces were murderous, and their eyes were fierce and hideous, which made people shudder.

This is an army, this is a demon from hell!

In a people's home, Xiaohua, who was only three years old, hid in the stove, covered her ears, closed her eyes tightly, and her face was full of tears, and she didn't say a word. This is not long after the family repaired to avoid the military disaster, because the Gaochang cavalry came too fast, only Xiaohua hid in.

She hid in the stove and saw the door of her house slammed open, and a group of demons that made her creepy broke in with knives and guns in their hands.

Daddy stepped forward and wanted to protect his mother behind him, but he was stabbed head-on by the demon who took the lead. Daddy screamed, half of his arm fell to the ground, followed by another demon with another knife, Daddy's head flew out, and landed in front of him, Daddy's eyes were wide open, staring at him.

The mother and sister panicked and shouted loudly, but they were swarmed by the demons and dragged into the house, where they did what the beast did not do.

Xiaohua could see the painful expression on her mother's face, the demon on her body was hideous, and there was a scar on her swarthy forehead, which added a bit of ugliness.

Xiaohua lowered her head slightly, buried her face in the crook of her arm, and did not dare to look out again.

The angry scolding and cries of my mother and sister continued for a long time, until at last they weakened and weakened, and then several screams were heard, and there was no sound in the house.

Xiaohua stayed in the stove, and even when the sound outside was quiet, it was motionless.

On the grass outside the town, the grain is piled up into a hill, and the grass where the copper coins are sprinkled is everywhere, and there are a variety of silk and satin, cattle, sheep, pigs, and donkeys. Hundreds of people were pulled out of the town, but they still didn't escape the catastrophe.

The bandits began to kill again, and in total, hundreds of men, women, and children in this Ping'an Town were basically slaughtered by them.

The blood of the people was splashed, the demons were wantonly killed, and the devils in their hearts were wantonly released by them, destroying the lives and harming the world.

"General, this time it is very rewarding, and there are women, it's really enjoyable!"

An officer came up to report it, and was so satisfied that he removed the wine bag from his horse and drank "coo", apparently in a good mood.

A sturdy officer took a sip of wine, hung up his horned bow, and said loudly: "General, Ogedai became the Great Khan of Mongolia, and this time he was ordered to attack the Song Dynasty, and he can take a good plunder!" ”

"Ogedei is a big sweater, otherwise there will be chaos on the grassland! Wokotai asked us to fight the Song army in Hexi, we have to work harder, don't we! ”

The generals were gossiping, and Mamura nodded in satisfaction.

As the quasi-son-in-law of King Baershu of Gaochang, serving as the former army commander, he can't disgrace his mission.

"You all listen well, when the time comes, deal with the Song army well, make war achievements, and reward you indispensably!"

Ma Mura was full of pride, and all the generals were dancing with their eyebrows and smiling faces.

"General, when you come back from the Song Kingdom, you will marry Anar. Anar is the first beauty in my Gaochang country, you are really blessed! ”

"That's what Arhan said! I heard that several princes of Mongolia also wanted to marry Anar, and the general was really blessed. Maybe in the future, the throne of the king of Gaochang Kingdom will also be yours, the general! ”

The generals flattered, Mamura laughed, and the horsewhip lightly whipped the generals.

"Nonsense! The king has two sons, how can it be my turn to take the throne? However, I heard that there were so many beauties in the Song Dynasty, isn't it enough for you to enjoy yourself at that time? ”

Anar is young and beautiful, and she is the pearl of King Balshu, and it is really a great blessing in life to be able to marry this delicate beauty, and to gain both wealth and wealth.

"I heard that the Song Kingdom was rich, and the gold, silver, jewelry, silk, and tea were piled up like mountains, and those women were white and tender, so tender that they could pinch out the water. When we break the Lin'an City, the gold, silver and jewelry in the world, and the beauties in the Song Palace, not all of them are ours! ”

Some generals laughed, and they had already begun to imagine the plundering of the Mongol army south.

"Don't care about Lin'an City first, first break these cities in Hexi. To deal with these Song Jun and Diao Min, just one word, "kill"! If they are scared, they will obediently obey the order! ”

After Ma Mura finished speaking, a general smiled and hurriedly picked it up.

"The general is right, he is going to kill the Song people, so that they dare not resist! General, where should we go next, are we going to attack Yumen Pass or Yangguan? ”

Both Yangguan and Yumen Pass were stationed with Song troops, each numbering about 2,000 people. Before the Gaochang cavalry came, they had already inquired clearly.

"Yangguan and Yumen Pass are both military cities, there are no people, no broken people, no interest. The Song people have been operating in Shazhou for several years, and there are many towns there, so they are happy to grab it. If you can break Shazhou City, then you will have everything! ”

Ma Mura's incisive analysis aroused a burst of echo from the generals, and some people couldn't wait to say loudly:

"The general is right, Shazhou has money and women, and it is very rich, so let's not delay, let's go to Shazhou!"

Yumen Pass is located 160 miles northwest of Dunhuang, Yangguan is 120 miles south of Yumen Pass, and Yangguan is 140 miles away from Dunhuang. Yangguan, Yumen Pass, Dunhuang three places for each other to fight the corner, each other to respond, the west gate of the west of the arch guard.

The distance to go there is about the same, and Shazhou is of course the best choice for the cavalry of the Gaochang Kingdom to plunder.

The massacre was complete, and immediately hung with looted belongings, and hundreds of young women were tied with ropes and hitched on horses.

"Add another fire to me, and burn this place clean!"

Mamura's eyes were hideous, as if possessed by a devil.

Soaring flames rose with billowing smoke. The Gaochang cavalry marched away, leaving only the town weeping in the flames.

Xiaohua came out of the stove, her mother's eyes were wide open, and her snow-white body was lying on the ground, with several blood holes on her body, bloodstained, shocking.

"Mother, wake up!"

Xiaohua shook for a long time, but her mother still didn't react, so Xiaohua had to stand up and go to her sister.

When I walked into the house, my eyes swept to the bed, and my sister's eyes were closed, just like my mother, defenseless, and the wounds on her body were dry.

The house was in a mess, apparently rummaged through by the demons, and the ground was littered with grain, even the steamed cakes on the pot had been taken away.

Xiaohua cautiously stepped over the mess on the ground, walked out of the door, and saw her father's flesh and blood blurred, lying in the courtyard like that, motionless.

"Dad, wake up, Xiaohua is so scared!"

Xiaohua cried for a long time, but Daddy still didn't get up. She tried to flee from this place, but the smoke was billowing and the fire was raging, and there were horrifying corpses everywhere and blood everywhere, and she was so frightened that she didn't know where to go, so she retreated into the house, got back into the stove, and hid.

The Gaochang cavalry burned and looted in Yangguan Town, and soon alarmed the Song army in Dunhuang County, and the Yumen Pass was on the beacon of the Great Wall of the Han Dynasty in Dunhuang, and the wolf smoke was billowing and rushing to the sky.

"These brutes! Destroy them! ”

In the Song army camp outside Dunhuang County, Zhang Zhongxia, the commander of the Song army in Dunhuang, Yumen Pass, and Yangguan, heard the alarm of the Gaochang cavalry slaughtering the town, and scolded fiercely.

The open area of hundreds of miles between Yumen Pass and Yangguan cannot be fully guarded. The Gaochang cavalry must have been meticulous as a guide, skillfully avoiding the inspection of the Song army, and doing things that are inferior to beasts.

"General, what should I do? Do you want to report to General Ma and General Yu? ”

Zhang Zhongxia's brother and subordinate Wang Gui was a little worried.

The Gaochang cavalry is fierce, the number is unknown, once the attack, the good luck is unpredictable.

"It's too late! I have 5,000 soldiers in Dunhuang County, and 10,000 people are stationed in Dunhuang, Yumen Pass, and Yangguan, are you still afraid of his Gaochang cavalry? ”

Zhang Zhongxia shook his head. No matter how many people come, they can only fight. Otherwise, I don't know how much harm there is?

"Send someone to report to Xianggong Jiang and let him stick to the city. Send out scouts to continue the enemy's investigation. Ordered the three armies, ready to send troops in half an hour! ”

Zhang Zhongxia passed the order, and he was also neatly dressed.

"Officer, is the military situation urgent?"

Li Siyu, now Zhang Zhongxia's wife, the medical officer of the Hexi Route Army and the Dunhuang Army's traditional Chinese medicine nursing battalion, handed Zhang Zhongxia a helmet.

"Madame, rest assured. You and the child will withdraw to the city first, and wait for me to return. ”

After a lot of experience, now they are a real couple in the army.

"Judge, I'll go with you. I was also a member of the military. ”

Li Siyu said softly, his tone firm.

Zhang Zhongxia nodded, gently patted his wife's shoulder, and strode out of the barracks.