Volume 1: The Seven Stars of the Twilight of the World Chapter 15 Within Kyushu
There is Kyushu under the blue sky, and there are eight wildernesses outside Kyushu, what about the eight wildernesses? The people of Shenzhou can rarely say clearly, maybe it is the territory of evil ghosts or immortals.
However, Kyushu is big enough to carry these disputes in the world.
In Kyushu, the country with the largest land boundary is Bactria and occupies the most fertile land. It spans east and west, connects to north and south, its southeast is the boundless Hanhai, and the northwest has the three kingdoms of Xiqiang, Beiliang and Nanjun.
Due north, crossing five hundred miles of uninhabited sand sea, it is a nomadic country that was driven to the depths of the desert by the ancestors of Great Xia, the land of the northern wilderness. It is inevitable that there will be disagreements within the Ranger Country, and dozens of tribes are scattered in the northern wilderness grasslands, living in grass and pasture.
Facing the mountains from Bactria in the west is the country of Xifan, which has a vast territory but is not prosperous.
Both Beiliang and Nanjun actually border Bactria and have similar customs. It's just that the borders are intertwined, and the accumulated grievances and grievances have caused constant discord between these countries.
In the face of the absolute disparity in strength, there is only mercy and submission. However, there will be many disputes between the two sides who are close in strength.
In the cracks, the north beam, the iron harrier heavy cavalry of Xiqiang in the north, the square shield infantry regiment of Nanjun in the south, and the east will be plundered by the light cavalry of the ranger country that flows through the entire desert from time to time. General Xiang Sheng relied on his own strength to block the enemy on three sides, which can be said to have brought the strength of the soldiers into full play. Among them, the one he relied on the most was the Xuanjia Divine Command Army that he personally trained.
Xuanjia Shence is the best selected from the strongest young people in the Northern Liang, according to their strengths, divided into the three armies of flying arrows, shield guns, and dust, each army has only 10,000 people, but they are good at their strengths.
The Flying Arrow Army is an archer who is good at strong bows and crossbows. He has excellent arm strength and is good at rapid fire, and is used to kill and injure the opponent's fast-charging cavalry or infantry legions in the phalanx charge.
The shield spear army relied on a sturdy iron shield with a three-zhang long spear on it, and when fighting, the handle of the gun was directly inserted into the ground to provide cover for the flying arrow army, ensuring that it was not close and outflanked by the enemy cavalry.
The Dust Army is the most elite cavalry in the Northern Liang, and once there is a leak in the enemy's formation, or there is a shield to resist the arrows, the Dust Army is responsible for tearing open the gap in the enemy formation and expanding the results.
On weekdays, these three armies worked hard to train their expertise, and they would practice together under the supervision of General Xiang Sheng, and perfectly cooperated to bring the combat power of each army formation into full play, creating countless battlefield myths of winning more with less.
It's just that after General Xiang Sheng was unjustly killed, the former Northern Liang Xuanjia Shence Army was disheartened, and its combat power was declining day by day, and it was finally defeated by the joint impact of Nanjun and Xiqiang. The royal family of the Northern Liang was slaughtered, and the former mythical Xuanjia Shence also passed away with the wind, and the Northern Liang finally became a puppet swaying between Xiqiang and Nanjun.
With the disappearance of the Xuanjia Divine Strategy in the Three-legged Dingli, there was a head-on confrontation between the Xiqiang Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry and the Nanjun Fangdun Infantry Regiment in the land of Beiliang.
Xiqiang is rich in horses, and the Iron Harrier Heavy Cavalry is a heavy cavalry built by Yebucuo, the marquis of Xiqiang. The originally tall and sturdy Xiqiang horse, along with the riders who were good at slashing and slashing on it, were all crowned with heavy armor. When charging, three horses are grouped together, their armor is connected, and the three horses march together, like a small hill, and the heavy dust raised by it can make the opponent feel terrified.
Although Nanjun produced few good horses, fortunately, the production of the fields was relatively abundant, and the people were more prosperous than those of Xiqiang, so the Fangdun Legion led by infantry was formed. The Legion of the Shields used antlers to resist horse stakes and spears and thick shields against the Iron Harrier Heavy Riders. The single combat strength of the square shield infantry is not as strong as that of the Iron Harrier, but relying on the advantage of numbers, the two sides have fought back and forth on the battlefield, and each has its own victory and defeat.
After breaking the three-legged situation, Xiqiang and Nanjun couldn't eat anyone for a while, and the war became anxious, but they never expected that the Ranger Country in the Northern Wasteland suddenly rose.
Hundreds of years ago, the Ranger Kingdom repeatedly plundered the hinterland of Great Xia, which made the emperor of Great Xia at that time, Long Yan, angry, and formed a strong army with the strength of the whole country, and drove the ancestors of the Ranger Country to the Northern Wilderness.
Perhaps because they were pressed too tightly by the army of Great Xia, the tribes of the Ranger Country were suspicious of each other, and they continued to diverge, and finally scattered in the vast grasslands of the Northern Wilderness. Then, with the development of hundreds of years, the tribes on the grassland gradually prospered, and occasionally killed each other because of territory and resources.
Ten years ago, the Hasuya tribe of these tribes suddenly rose, the tribal chief of Hasua Ryumha gradually unified the various tribes of the Ranger Country, he has four sons who can fight well to unify the army, if any tribe dares to show the slightest disobedience, it will be conquered by these four princes, and now a powerful Ranger country has quietly risen in the northern wilderness grassland.
Among the four princes, the one that Liang Muha values the most is the second nest. Not only has a heavy army, but also the most strategic and idealistic. He saw that there was no other property in the Northern Wilderness, so he could only live by grazing cattle and sheep on grass, and sometimes even an iron kitchen knife or copper wine cup had to go south to various countries to rob homes and rob houses. So, he kept his eyes on the huge empire that had once disgraced the Ranger Ancestors, Great Xia.
However, Wobetai also knew that greed was not enough to swallow elephants, and now he saw that the three small countries sandwiched between Great Xia and the rangers had been exhausted, which made him see the dawn of the southern expedition to Great Xia. If you want to conquer Great Xia, you must first swallow the Three Kingdoms, and if you want to swallow the Three Kingdoms, Beiliang is the best springboard.
Tonight, when Lord Changsun was still lamenting the suicide note of General Xiang Sheng, the most elite three hundred rangers in Wobetai were already fifty miles northeast of Yecheng.
This time, Wobetai personally led the team and ordered his subordinates to target the eldest grandson's family in Yecheng tonight. The task is to slaughter all the people in his house, but to ensure the safety of the eldest grandson Wujiang and his family. The slaughter was to deter the old fox from swaying around his neighbors. The preservation is for use, and it is necessary to let the eldest grandson Wujiang open the door of the springboard of Beiliang for him.
The three hundred rangers in Wobetai are the elite of the elite, although the military horses of the ranger country are not as tall and handsome as those of the Xiqiang country, but their endurance is long-lasting and fast. The rangers are not only good at the common tactics of cavalry, impact and slashing, but also have superb archery skills, good at bending bows and arrows in galloping, like archers with wings.
Each of the three hundred rangers was in control of three fast horses, and the riders took turns riding on two horses along the way, and the third horse was responsible for carrying the baggage. In this way, the three horses could take turns resting even in the middle of the gallop, and the whole team marched at an unimaginable speed. After the repair, the last fifty miles of footage can be reached in less than half an hour.
In the undefended Yecheng, no one should know that the light cavalry arrow of Wobetai is shooting at Yecheng, and the entire city is still submerged in the silence of the night. Except for the carriage that traveled by starlight in the empty streets.
After accompanying Xiang Bei in the ruins of the General's Mansion in the west of the city for half a day, it was not until it was dark that Xiang Bei acquiesced to leave. But Su Su decided not to delay any longer, and had to leave the city overnight to continue his journey north.
As the carriage shook rhythmically, the boy in the carriage fell into a coma again.
Su Su has adapted to this loneliness of traveling alone, and from time to time he goes to give Xiang Bei a blanket and probes the young man's forehead with the back of his hand.
This guy, if you don't look carefully on weekdays, you don't think that on the bloodless white face, there is actually a slightly delicate and delicate eyebrows.
Su Su couldn't help but brush the hair on Xiang Bei's forehead, making that face look clearer, remembering the babbling of this guy in the inn last night, he couldn't help but feel that his cheeks were hot again.
Suddenly, the carriage came to a halt, Su Su couldn't help but feel a thrill, a harrier turned over and rose up, lightly jumped in the air over the tall horse pulling the cart, a shining dagger was already in his hand before landing, and the blade glowing with blue light suddenly appeared in the darkness, blocking a figure in the carriage.
It seemed that the black shadow was trembling with fear by the dagger, but in fact, Su Su was frightened. It was the first time that a living person had approached the carriage without her noticing. Maybe it's because he was distracted just now, Su Su comforted himself like this.
"Hero, spare your life!"
The black shadow on the neck with the dagger let out a miserable scream, and the sour smell on his body made Su Su frown, but Su Su would not let down his guard because of the black shadow's behavior. If he had the heart to sneak up, he would have attacked enough distance to deliver a lethal blow.
"Who are you?" asked Su Su in a fierce voice.
"I, I'm just an old blind man who can't see anything. ”
Su Su lifted the lantern hanging on the carriage, and then he saw that the black shadow was a lean old man in tattered clothes, with a thin body, white hair, and a dirty hair on his head. Because the eyes are gone, on the high cheekbones, the two black hole eye sockets look particularly terrible in the dark night.
"Why come near our carriage?"
"Woman, woman. Listen to the voice, you must be a beautiful and kind heroine. You also saw that I was just an old blind man, how could I see any carriages? If you hadn't stopped me, I guess I would have been hit by your carriage and killed. Thank you for saving your life. ”
The two black holes on the old blind man's face were already terrifying, and listening to his slightly frivolous words made Su Su even more disgusted. There is a saying that people are old and ghostly, and they have lived to this age, and a blind person with a keen sense of hearing should be more suitable for the darkness of the night than a normal person.
Su Su had no intention of entanglement with him, put away the dagger, and was about to continue on his way. Unexpectedly, this old blind man was cheeky and grabbed the gang of the carriage with his claws like withered branches.
"Woman, it's also God's fate that we can meet, you see my old blind man is pitiful, maybe he will meet the official master to kill people in a while, it's better for you to do it, let's walk together for a while." ”
"Sorry for not stopping by. Su Su was not in the mood to interrupt, and he raised his horsewhip to continue on his way.
How do you know that this old blind man didn't let go?
"Girl, if you don't help me, I'm afraid I'm going to die here tonight. ”
"What does that have to do with me!"
This dispute woke up Xiang Bei in the carriage, and he asked what happened in a weak voice, and before Su Su could answer, the old man called Hanako and cried pitifully. What is lonely, it is difficult to walk at night, meeting is fate, it is better to walk together and so on.
Xiang Bei looked out the window and was still in the middle of the night, and couldn't find out what kung fu the old guy had with his own spiritual breath, so he relented for a while, so he pleaded with Su Su,
"Since meeting is fate, it is better to walk together. ”
"No ......", Su Su's word "line" has not yet been spoken, and the old Hanako climbed into the carriage with a pouting of his ass like a big horse monkey,
"Thank you for your life-saving grace, thank you for your life-saving grace. ”
Xiang Bei endured the pain in his body and gave way to the carriage with difficulty, and the old Hanako sat down cross-legged. He couldn't stop thinking in his mouth, "I think there are still good people in this world." ”
"Old man, where are you going?"
"Well, you go north, we will definitely stop by, I'm going to Baishou Mountain. ”