Volume 1 The Hidden Movement of the World Chapter 48 Loulan Folds
Half a month later, the King of Qin ordered Lizi to send troops to the west to conquer the city of Loulan, and at the same time sent a document to the Yiqu Kingdom, asking the King of Yiqu to lead troops to exterminate the Heishui Kingdom, and sent a document to the Xirong Kingdoms, stating that he would take the road to conquer the Western Regions. The Ghost Fang Kingdom is not only the enemy of the Qin State, but also the enemy of Yiqu, so the King of Qin wrote a letter to the King of Yiqu and made an appointment with him to attack the Heishui Kingdom at the same time, so that the east and west will be flanked and the descendants of the Ghost Fang Kingdom will be wiped out in one fell swoop. At this time, when the Qin State was strong, the Xirong States surrendered, and they did not dare to obstruct the Great Qin soldiers and horses.
Originally, he only wanted to take 6,000 elites to the expedition, because he felt that the Western Regions were far away, and if there were too many soldiers and horses, the logistics supply would be very troublesome, but the King of Qin asked him to bring 30,000 horses. After a debate between the two, Lizi finally set out for the Western Regions with 15,000 men. Zhu Lizi thought to himself, no matter whether he is a human or a ghost in Loulan City, my more than 10,000 elite teachers have also burned him to ashes and kneaded him into mud!
As soon as the army of Lizi set off, Mi Yue was displeased when she learned about it, so she came to see King Qin.
"The king sent the Marquis of Yuan to the west, why don't you say a word to the concubines!" Mi Yue said unhappily when she saw the King of Qin.
When the King of Qin heard this, he thought to himself what he was saying, why should he still discuss the affairs of the military state with you and a woman!
"Xu is widow is so busy that he forgot for a while, Concubine Ai doesn't have to care!"
"The king Hugh wants to perfunctory his concubines, hurry up and order the army to retreat!" Mi Yue said coldly.
The King of Qin was even more unhappy when he heard this, the army had just set off, isn't it unlucky for you to say that!
"Concubine Hugh wants to talk nonsense, this is a military matter, how can it be child's play!"
"If the king doesn't listen to the concubines, the army will definitely go and never return!" Mi Yue said angrily. In Mi Yue's opinion, her anger showed her sincerity, because in her thoughts, she didn't need to be angry at all, after all, she came to Qin State in accordance with her master's orders.
Mi Yue was young and vigorous, and she had no intention of being powerful and wealthy in the royal court, but it was only because of King Qin's favor for her, and now that she has a son, she has more sincerity towards King Qin and the State of Qin. In the eyes of King Qin, obedience is the minimum loyalty, no matter who this person is, the first thing is obedience, and the second is loyalty. As for Miyue, King Qin originally had an idea, so he did not discuss it with her in this expedition. Mi Yue's words today made King Qin piercing, so he said angrily:
"Bold! Today's affairs will be spared by the widow, and the next time you dare to talk about political affairs, the widow will never be spared!"
As soon as Mi Yue heard this, she turned around angrily and left, and she didn't thank her for retreating.
The army of Yulizi penetrated from the north of Longshan Mountain to the southern foot of Qilian Mountain, passed through the Xirong countries and then reached the northern part of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Despite the difficulties of the march, the soldiers of Daqin were still able to line up in an orderly manner and have high morale, which was a unique unit at that time. Since the Shang Dynasty, the Qin State has governed the army strictly, with clear rewards and punishments, and the combat effectiveness of the army is the highest in the world. Although King Qin Huiwen killed Shang Ying, he still used his method to enrich the people, cultivate the war, and cultivate the country.
Although Meng Ying and the others did not accompany them on this expedition, Lizi brought a few Qin soldiers who came with Mi Yue and others before, so they also had guides and guides along the way. When he was about to enter the desert, he bought a lot of camels along the way, prepared drinking water, and ordered the troops to rest for a night, and prepared to drive the army into the desert on the second day.
Three days later, when the army arrived outside the city-state of Loulan, a stream lay in front of the army, and Lizi saw a water and green in front of him from a distance, and was secretly surprised in his heart, he did not expect that there was such a world in this desert where no one lived. The horses smelled the smell of aquatic plants and began to neigh, and although the soldiers were attracted by the scenery in front of them, they were all very happy, but the army was still in order.
"Let them come forward and drink water!" said to Zhang Wudao, the general of the marching army, and after speaking, he led a few people to ride a horse to a high ground, intending to enjoy the beautiful scenery in front of him. Zhang Wu then ordered one of the cavalry to come forward and drink water to quench their thirst. The pair of cavalrymen had just returned from drinking water and were about to replace the next group when suddenly many of the team foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground. Zhang Wu was shocked, immediately ordered to stop drinking water, and hurriedly came to report to Lizi.
Lizi took a closer look and knew that he had been poisoned, so he didn't say much, only asked how many people had been lost.
"Two thousand and sixty men, two thousand and sixty horses!" Zhang Wu reported after a while.
"There's not one left, his grandmother's, these ghosts are really vicious!" said Lizi angrily. Unexpectedly, when I first came, all the people and horses who had drunk the water were poisoned, and there was no one left!
"How can this flowing river water be so poisonous, even the horses are poisoned!"
Several people were speechless, and Lizi walked along the river bank for a while, but he couldn't see anything wrong, so he ordered to go down, ordered the troops not to touch the water source, and at the same time ordered to capture the Loulan city-state before sunset.
He personally led the Chinese army to defend the position in case of the contingency of the city.
The cavalry team led by Wang Zheng is a special team, specially tailored for the siege of Loulan Castle, equipped with soft rope ladders and hundreds of iron rope sickles. The team quickly rushed into the Loulan city-state, and there was no resistance all the way, which surprised the soldiers. Wang Zheng led the army straight to Loulan Castle, and when he arrived at the door, he saw that the gate of the castle was closed and there was no movement.
Since Meng Ying and others broke through Loulan Castle, the people of the Ghost Fang Kingdom have long been prepared, knowing that there will be an army of the Qin State to attack them later, and they have long been ready to wait for them to take the bait.
Wang Zai ordered an immediate assault on the castle, and the soldiers immediately launched small chariots made to crash the door. The chariot was made of cast iron and was small but heavy, with a thick, sharp iron pillar in front of it, which was used to hit doors. Wang Zai swung his men and horses under the castle, and while the soldiers took out the ladders and sickles they had climbed and prepared to climb the wall, a dozen soldiers pushed the chariot and began to bang on the door. Suddenly, there was a loud "bang", which shook the ears of the soldiers on the cart and their hands were numb. It turned out that the door was also an iron gate made of fine iron, and the door was not large in size and was very strong. The Qin soldiers collided a few more times, and the iron door did not move at all, but they themselves could hardly bear the vibration and sound of the impact. Seeing this, Wang Zheng had no choice but to give up, and ordered the soldiers to start climbing with sickle hooks hooked to the top of the wall. At this moment, many heads suddenly appeared on the wall, and the Qin soldiers were cut off from the wall one after another.
Seeing that hundreds of people suddenly appeared, and the city wall was tall and easy to defend and difficult to attack, Wang Zheng immediately sent a signal for help. When Zhang Wu and Wang Xin saw the signal arrow, they immediately divided their troops into 1,000 troops and went to the castle to support.
The Qin soldiers came to support, and while shooting arrows intensively under the city, they let the soldiers climb quickly. The two sides were fighting a battle, and suddenly more than a dozen Ghost Fang people stood out on the wall, and when the Qin soldiers saw it, they immediately fired arrows at them. Arrows rained down, roaring towards more than a dozen people, who didn't dodge, they were shot all over by sharp arrows, but they were already standing, and at the same time continued to swing their knives and slash the Qin soldiers who climbed the gable.
"Ghost soldiers, they are immortal soldiers!" exclaimed one by one in the Qin army.
When Qin Bing saw the ghost soldiers for the first time, although he was horrified in his heart, after all, he had already been mentally prepared, and he still desperately attacked the city without flinching. Wang Zheng saw that the ghost soldiers had appeared, and the siege was very difficult, so he released three more signal arrows, indicating that the situation was very urgent.
Zhang Wu and Wang Xin each divided 1,000 troops to support Wang Zao's siege of the city, and when he saw that the three arrows were fired at once, he immediately ordered the Chinese army to send 2,000 infantry to help.
Seven thousand Great Qin elites surrounded the small city of Loulan and attacked fiercely, and the other party had less than five hundred people, but they did not fall behind for a long time. There are people who look like the Central Plains in the garrison team of the Ghost Fang Kingdom, there are also people from the Western Regions who are tall and sturdy, there are living people and ghost soldiers, but no matter what kind of people they are, they are not easy to deal with, so the Qin soldiers paid a huge price, and the casualties of the Ghost Fang Kingdom are very small. Although the city wall of Loulan Castle is thick, it does not have the thickness and width of the general city wall after all, and occasionally Qin soldiers climb the wall, and it is difficult to form an encirclement of the ghost soldiers. In order to hunt the ghost soldiers, it is necessary to surround them with many people, first tie their bodies with iron ropes and sickles to make it difficult to move, and then use heavy swords to cut them off at the waist to completely kill them, so it is not easy to say.
There were more and more Qin soldiers on the wall, and when the two sides were inseparable, a whistle sounded in the castle, and the people of the Ghost Fang began to retreat one after another, retreating towards the main hall in the castle. The Great Qin soldiers were puzzled, the other party was not defeated, why did they retreat at this time.
With the retreat of the Ghost Fang people, the Great Qin soldiers swarmed in and attacked the castle. There was a ghost soldier who escaped slowly because of his limbs, and was hooked by several Qin soldiers with sickles, and another Qin soldier went up and slashed his sword, splitting the ghost soldier's waist into two, and black ghost blood sprayed everywhere, and the scene was extremely disgusting.
The Great Qin soldiers killed the first ghost soldier, and everyone cheered, rushing to the main hall to kill the ghost soldiers. At the beginning of the Qin army's expedition, the king of Qin clearly ordered: Anyone who kills the ghost soldiers will be rewarded with 20 taels of gold and 500 copper coins.
When she learned that the Qin army had broken through the castle, she was secretly happy in her heart, and at this moment, she saw a group of men and horses suddenly appear and flee to the northwest of the castle. Thinking that it was the people of the Onifang country who had fled in defeat, she immediately ordered a team of men and horses to pursue. When Zhang Wu and Wang Xin saw it, they immediately led their troops in pursuit. Several groups of people followed the fleeing Ghost Fang people to chase farther and farther, and the Qin army was about to catch up, but they were always a little short of distance, and soon entered a desert.
The deserter was in front of him, and the Qin army's pursuers didn't have time to think about it, so they desperately rode their horses and chased wildly. The war horse kicked up a burst of dust and sand, and the vision of the Qin soldiers gradually blurred, and suddenly, some people and horses lost their front hooves, and even the people and horses rolled forward. Most of the Qin soldiers hadn't reacted yet, only to see the sand under their feet gradually falling, and a huge sand pit was formed in front of them. The sand pit grew bigger and bigger, like a wave of the sea, rising and falling at the same time, instantly burying the Great Qin soldiers in the sand pit.
Seeing that something unusual had happened in front of them, hundreds of soldiers immediately stopped their horses, and after a while, the desert returned to calm. The remaining Qin soldiers saw that there was nothing left in front of them, only a piece of sand, and they didn't know what was going on, so they were so frightened that they immediately rushed back.
After the people of the Ghost Fang retreated into the main hall, they gradually retreated to the underground palace, and the Qin soldiers chased after them, approaching step by step. The people of the Ghost Fang country had already opened the gate of the underground palace and led the Qin soldiers to the underground palace step by step. The people of the Ghost Fang Kingdom retreated into the underground palace one by one and fled to the depths of the underground palace. It turns out that this underground palace is not an ordinary man-made underground palace, but a natural underground passage underneath, the passage is wide and far-reaching, and there is no end in sight.
Thousands of Great Qin soldiers poured into the underground palace, and then a stone gate suddenly fell from the gate of the underground palace, blocking their retreat. The dungeon was dim, the people of the Ghost Fang Country had long since disappeared, and the Qin soldiers were all frightened, frightened and at a loss, knowing that they had fallen into someone else's trap.
This stone gate is the door of death, once the gate falls, the castle will open the self-destruction mode, and in an instant, the tall and sturdy hall collapses! The Qin soldiers buried in the underground palace have no way out, this is the underground palace carefully designed by the people of the ghost country, which can provide them with a large number of people to create ghost soldiers! The last time Meng Ying and the others came, they did not use the underground palace mechanism, because there were only three people in Meng Ying's master and apprentice, and they wanted thousands of troops and horses, and they were thousands of troops and horses that could be used for themselves! The seven thousand Great Qin elite troops were trapped in the dim dungeon waiting for death, and their situation can be imagined, which can be described as tragic!
It is not an easy task to turn a living person into a dead person and create a ghost soldier, and it requires years of magic by the master. As Su Zheng said in the Jixia School Palace in the past, in the eyes of the physiognomy masters, it is much more difficult to turn the living into the dead than to turn the dead into the living. The Ghost Fang Country is in the middle of the desert, how difficult it is to obtain thousands of living people, and it is even more difficult to obtain living people who can fight! Now these soldiers of Great Qin have sent them to the door, it is exactly what they can't ask for, providing a first-class source of soldiers for the people of the Ghost Fang Country to build an 'Immortal Legion'! The Yin Qi in the underground palace gathers together, it is a natural and excellent place to cast spells, and how can a phase master who can cast spells on so many people at the same time and have such a huge ghost soldier corps manufacturing capacity, how can it be an ordinary phase master!
Two thousand men and horses were all poisoned, seven thousand siege soldiers were annihilated, only a few hundred of the pursuing three thousand men and horses were left to flee back, and the 15,000 Great Qin elites led by Zhu Lizi were left in less than half a day, in his heart, it is not an exaggeration to use the word "frightened" to describe it at this time!
"This battle has not yet involved Loulan Libang, just one Loulan foreign state has devoured almost all of my men, so how can I explain it to Brother Wang!"
"There are ghosts here, don't stay for a long time, let's retreat!" Lizi sighed as she looked at Loulan Castle, which had become a ruin.
The expedition to Loulan was completely defeated and retreated, and the living and dead left behind became other people's soldiers and horses, compared to the king of Yiqu who attacked the Heishui country, he was much luckier.
King Yiqu led 10,000 elite soldiers to the country of Heishui, and as soon as he left the boundary of Yiqu, he was attacked by the Huns. After that, he was repeatedly harassed by the Hun cavalry, and when he was about to approach the country of Heishui, he was blocked by the Hun army. At this time, the king of Yiqu has been far away from the court of Yiqu, in recent years, the power of the Xiongnu has been growing, and the king of Yiqu is lone and deep, and he must have some scruples, so he had to lead the troops to withdraw to Yiqu.
King Yiqu returned in vain, Lizi returned defeated, King Qin was so angry that he didn't say a word when he learned about it, and suddenly remembered what Miyue said and was even more annoyed, and he was in low spirits for several days, he didn't think about tea and dinner, and his heart was as uncomfortable as pressing a stone.