Chapter 258: The First Confrontation (Part I)
"The morning glow of this Tianshan Mountain is still as beautiful as ever" Shaoyuan stood on top of the city and stretched, sighing at the beautiful scenery of the Western Regions
"Yes, I've been watching it for more than two months, and after today, I will cherish this scenery every day even more" Gao Pet also stretched his waist and walked up to the top of the city tower to enjoy this last tranquility. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Hey, the two generals also got up so early?" It was Wu Xu who walked up to the city tower.
Gao Chong smiled and said, "Yes, this scenery is so beautiful, I hope I can see it tomorrow"
Shaoyuan rolled his eyes, "Oh, pet, you said this scenery yourself, you have seen it for more than two months, tomorrow this scenery will not be the same?
Wu Xu patted Shaoyuan's shoulder and said jokingly, "It's not a view, so that we, as the general said, hope that he can live until tomorrow"
Shaoyuan was stunned for a moment, this high pet said casually, and that's it...... , Gao Zhong seemed to realize that he was too pessimistic, and hurriedly opened the topic and said, "Don't don't, Brother Wu, I didn't say this, I just said that the imperial army is coming, and we will return to the court, and it is estimated that we will not come to the Western Regions very much, so look at less is less, don't misunderstand, don't misunderstand."
Shaoyuan also asked, "After we are so frightened, Ah Pet, when do you think the Huns will arrive today?"
Gao Pet thought for a moment, "The vanguard will arrive at noon at the earliest"
In the dark, this is an inevitable duel, and even God will not let him delay this duel, because Ke Moore on the other side is also urging his subordinates to "all the troops are out!" The vanguard of the horses can follow Ben Khan and assemble under the city of Shule, and we will go to meet the Han army, King Zuoxian, and the rear will be handed over to you to take with you."
King Zuo Xian gave his hand "I hope the Great Khan is careful, and I wish the Great Khan a victory"
But Moore led his troops north, passing by his own camp last night. In a night's haste, the Huns lost half of their horses, and there were different losses of all kinds of baggage, but fortunately there was no human damage, most of them could continue to be used after repairs, and the camp was as messy as a gust of wind, but there was no trace of the army, which seemed to confirm the strange power and chaos passed in the army.
There was inevitably a commotion in this army, but Moore just urged the horse and shouted, "Don't look at it, the things here are taken care of by King Zuoxian, our Hun warriors, not afraid of heaven and earth, only serve courage, go!"
It was at noon that time, Wu Xu stood at the head of the city, looking at the mountain road on the back, and suddenly the dust rose, such a concentration, it would only be a large-scale cavalry attack, and the Huns were also bold, and the mountain road was already so galloping. Wu Xu immediately shouted: "Beat the drums, herald the general, the Huns are coming!"
The drums in the city were so loud that Gao Zhong immediately put down his books, picked up his helmet, put on his cloak, and then the herald came in and said, "General, the Huns are coming!"
Gao Zhong put on his helmet, "Let's go, and also inform the overseer to go to the castle tower together, and the whole city is on guard!" and strode out of the room to start his war.
On the city wall, there are two hundred soldiers standing densely, not that they don't want to stand, but this Shule city is too small, and the entire city can only stand more than two hundred people, and any more will be too crowded. As Gao Chong's personal soldiers shouted "The general has arrived!" the soldiers immediately lined up on both sides, waiting for Gao Zhong to come in.
Gao Zhong walked to the top of the city, Wu Xu and Shaoyuan were already there, both observing the Huns in the distance, "Captain Wu, do you see something?"
Wu Xu shook his head, "General, seeing that they can still run like this in the mountains, and the time comes so quickly, I guess this is the vanguard force, and it is estimated that the baggage is still behind."
Gao Pet nodded, "The baggage is still to come, that is, there must be a lack of equipment, I want to see how their light cavalry attack the city?
Shaoyuan was taken aback, "So many bows and arrows? We are only so many, so how long will it take to shoot?"
Gao Chong smiled and said, "Not much, not much, after all, they are all used to reward the Huns"
Shaoyuan also smiled and nodded, "Ah Pet, at the beginning I also complained that this Shule City was too small, but now it seems that it is still a little interesting for you to choose this Shule City, the mountains on both sides, if they come to attack, they can only attack this mountain pass, and they can't send many people over at a time, no matter how many people he comes, they have to go up one by one, let us shoot happily"
Gao Zhong nodded, "It seems that the military book has not been read in vain, and I see the Huns attacking like this"
After a while, the Xiongnu had come to two miles outside the city, which was the flattest place on the entire mountainside, and the Huns stopped here and looked at the Han army on the city tower from afar.
But Moore is also a veteran of the battlefield, as soon as he saw this tortoiseshell-like Shule City, he immediately felt tricky, "You say that the main general of the Han people is a doll? It seems that this doll is also a ruthless character, and it seems that he is not a little stronger than Captain Zuo Dadu under Shule Tun."
A personal guard asked, "Dahan, what are we afraid of, it seems that there are not many people stationed in this small city, we sent people to attack him, and we will take him down in half a day, and I am afraid that he will not succeed."
But Moore patted the head of the soldier, "What nonsense, do you think this city is so easy to break? Look at the city, there are high mountains on both sides, there is only one road in the middle, and the road is not wide, it is only enough for about two hundred people to pass at a time, no matter how many of us are, he is raining arrows, do we have a way?" and wait, let me think of a way."
The other pro-soldier didn't understand, "Great Khan, just let the Han people stay here, let's go directly to Pei Shan?"
But Moore slapped them on the hand again, "What do you know, the entire Tianshan Pass is one east and one west, and the west pass is more rugged and difficult to walk." The Dongshankou Road is wide and the walking distance is still short, we link the south and north of the mountain, and this mountain road is the top priority. The only drawback at the moment is that there is a Shule here, and it is not in our hands, if it is not broken, the entire Dongshan Pass, all our cattle, sheep and horses will be under the ice edge of the Han people in the city when they pass, this is the thorn in our eyes, the thorn in the flesh, we must be removed, understand?
"The Great Khan, are we standing now, and we are not doing anything?" asked one of the soldiers
"Immediately order someone to build wooden shields and ladders! Don't go near that city until it's done, you see that the Han army in the city tower is all in full formation, and it is estimated that when we pass a little, they will be shot into hedgehogs immediately" But Moore calmly instructed the soldiers to collect materials, and they came here on light horses, so they would not attack the city directly.
The Han army at the head of the city was also puzzled, the Huns looked at them, and then retreated, could it be that something happened?
Gao Zhong directly said, "It seems that Captain Wu guessed correctly, they are indeed riding lightly here, there is no baggage, it is estimated that now go to build shields and ladders"
Shao Yuan looked puzzled: "They came to us to take a look first?"
Gao Zhong nodded, "That's right, they just take a look first, but when they come back, it will be a real knife and a real gun, before that, let's not waste our physical strength, Brother Wu, Shaoyuan, you go down and rest, we will take turns on duty tonight, monitor the Huns, and the rest of the people, etc., will also take turns to rest and deal with the Huns' attacks at any time!"