Chapter 248 The 1.2 million troops in the Western Region
It is a total of 6,400 miles from the capital to Xingling Prefecture in the Western Region. Xin Zhuo and his party are all martial arts masters with high level of martial arts. Tie Fu The guards also wear light leather armor when traveling, and the horse is a Western brand of demon horse, so they can cover three hundred miles in one day.
Even so, it took nearly a month to run more than 6,000 miles.
News came from time to time from the front. After the initial disastrous defeat of the Western Qin Army, the remaining soldiers were all the best of the best. They finally stabilized their position. During this period, they fought against each other with various countries in the Western Regions. After more than ten games, there was a win or loss for each other.
When we arrived at the capital next door to Xinglingzhou, both the architecture and the clothing of the pedestrians had become a little weird. All we could see were oval pavilions and colorful clothes. Even the race of the people had changed, with big noses. , thin lips, very different from people from the Central Plains.
I met many warriors on the road, with varying levels of status, but the same thing was that they were dressed in rough clothes, like a group of ascetic warriors, but their ferocity was also extraordinary. Xin Zhuo saw with his own eyes a group of little masters, for a piece of spiritual grass, Using the crowd swarm tactic, the three half-step masters were beaten to death.
Of course, no one dares to provoke a large number of troops passing by. Firstly, it represents the imperial court. Ordinary warriors still have a strong sense of awe for the imperial court. Secondly, the army's charging battle formations also represent the imperial court. Unbearable.
After passing the 300-mile Kunmeng Mountains, the cruelty of the war can be clearly felt in the prefectural capital ahead. Large areas of crops have been trampled by horse hooves and are in a mess. Villages have been destroyed everywhere, and there are thousands of pedestrians on the official road. , the carriages and horses are rushing forward, the people are carrying large and small bags and dragging their families with them. From time to time, women and children are left behind, crying helplessly.
When they saw the troops approaching, many people panicked and hid in the ravines and woods on both sides. They were obviously frightened by the insurgents.
Xinzhuolema walked slowly, looking around at the frightened and empty eyes of the people and the messy villages. I felt a little heavy. If you don’t come to the war-torn front line to see it in person, you will never understand the horror of war. Ordinary people The people originally lived and worked in peace and contentment, but they had to leave their homes to escape the disaster of war. It was difficult to leave their homeland. It was the most difficult choice in the world.
Sheng Lingge jumped on his horse and approached: "Your Majesty, after passing the Kunmeng Mountains, you will enter the hinterland of the three states and eighteen prefectures under the jurisdiction of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Western Regions. Judging from the surrounding terrain, I am afraid that there was a big battle here a few days ago. !”
“Map!”
Xin Zhuo waved his hand and came forward from afar, taking out a pre-drawn terrain map. There is a map, plus the description of the Western Qin veteran in the Tiefu Guard, and it is re-described in detail.
A group of people gathered together. Xin Zhuo pointed to the mountains and rivers on the map and said: "This place is still three hundred and seventy miles away from the General Mansion of the Western Qin Army in Xingling Prefecture, Xingling Prefecture. On the left and right, according to the fact that the other two states, Guiwei Prefecture and Qiuling Prefecture, have fallen, all the prefectures along the way are completely in the hands of the enemy. The Southern Shence Army and the Northern Front Army are playing tricks and shrinking the front line, unable to respond from the side.
Then the soldiers from the Western Regions can come from the Gouyu Mountain in the south and the Grave City in the north. In other words, they may encounter enemy soldiers at any time more than three hundred miles ahead!"
Brother Sheng Ling said: "The Marshal's Mansion of the Western Qin Dynasty has sent people to pick up the prince. It may be one or two hundred miles ahead, so it should be okay!"
"It's okay!"
Xin Zhuo played with the small sword in his hand and said, "The imperial court deliberately used my sword to The whereabouts have been notified to all parties in the Western Regions. As long as the Western Regions are not fools, they will intercept me at this line. If I am killed, the morale of the Western Qin soldiers will be greatly disturbed and they will collapse at the first touch. Let them all pack up and go back to their homes."
Sheng Order. Brother, Murong Xiu and others' expressions changed greatly.
Xin Zhuo said: "We still have to prepare for a rainy day. How many troops did the Western Regions send this time? How many are likely to intercept me?"
Brother Sheng Ling was a little embarrassed and rubbed his stubbled chin: "The main warring countries in the Western Region this time are Guifang Kingdom, Gumo Kingdom and Anxi Kingdom. The three countries sent a total of 810,000 troops, and the remaining ten countries are like a columbine. , Shi Wei, and Yi Nai have sent a total of 420,000 troops, a total of more than 1.2 million troops. It’s really hard to say which ones will come.”
“What a fool!”
Bai Jian! Thin handle The boss learned the "dialect" clearly, and his eyes widened: "Isn't this nonsense? More than one million troops?"
"The combat power is average!" Brother Sheng Ling smiled, "Actually, I The old soldier of the Western Qin Dynasty can defeat four, five, six or seven of them alone, a group of dwarfs!"
"How did the dwarfs destroy 180,000 Western Qin soldiers?"
Huang Dagui rubbed his one eye, "Old Sheng, you can't lie about the military situation!"
"What kind of military situation should I lie about?" Lao Sheng himself looked down on Huang Dagui and others. He thought they were too noisy and mountainous. The thief was born and simply looked at Xin Zhuo, "What do you think, the prince?" Xin Zhuo pointed to the map: "First send someone to contact the Western Qin soldiers who are coming, and ask them to wait at Baiwu Mountain. Let's change the route and take a small road. Take this shortcut and run for two hundred miles! "
"Here!"
A thousand troops are on the road again, heading for the Baiwu Mountain.
Almost half an hour after the army left, smoke and dust rose in the distance, horse hooves rumbled, and tens of thousands of Western Region soldiers with white leather hats, leather armor, and long spears arrived.
"Ouch..."
"Ah..."
People were massacred crazily along the way, not a single one of the women, children, and children was spared. Within a moment, the place was already full After finding the body, more people in the distance hurried into the forest.
At this time, tens of thousands of leather armor soldiers from the Western Regions separated, and a stern-looking young man with blond hair and golden armor walked out. Fang Tian's painted halberd was heavy and sharp in his hand. He glanced in the direction of Tie Fuwei's horse hooves and said with a smile. : "This King of the Western Qin County of the Great Zhou Dynasty is quite clever. The situation where the previous princes were hunting is gone!"
Behind him, a handsome female general with a big nose cupped her fists and said: "Prince Jingluji, can you inform the princes and princesses of the countries ahead to hunt?"
Prince Jinglvji of Ghost Fang King pondered for a moment and looked into the blue sky in the distance. The sky: "The eagle hunts the little white rabbit, but it depends on the sharpness of its eyes. They naturally know that Xi Qin Why do we need to inform you about the prince’s movements?”
After speaking, he raised the big halberd and pointed at the path Xin Zhuo left: “Gulu!”
“Boom…”
< br>Tens of thousands of leather-armored soldiers, picking up the reins of the demon horses, howled like ghosts and wolves, and went straight to the path to pursue them, rolling up smoke and dust all over the sky along the way.
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Xin Zhuo and his party had already run for a hundred or two hundred miles, and all the villages, towns and cities in front of them were without exception. Houses and buildings collapsed, smoke and corpses were everywhere, and poultry, cattle and sheep were brutally chopped into pieces. They were thrown everywhere, and the farmland on the roadside was trampled into a mess.
There were still some people who survived by chance, with messy hair, bloodstained faces, and numb eyes sitting on the roadside. When they saw the army passing by, they had no intention of dodge, and they had lost hope.
"These... are all the people of my Da Zhou and my Jiang family!"
Brother Sheng Ling looked up to the sky and sighed. The eyes of such a big and rough man were already red.
Cui Ying'er, Han Qiniang, Sai Qingzhu, Xiong Zhang and other girls were choked with tears several times along the way.
In prosperity, the people suffer, in death, the people suffer...
Visiting the front line of the war, Xin Zhuo suddenly realized the meaning of this sentence. Maybe when he came, he was just messing around. At this moment, I suddenly felt that I could try a few fights.
"Prince, twenty miles ahead is the Baiwu Mountain. Beyond the Baiwu Mountain is the territory of Xingling Prefecture. There are hundreds of thousands of troops from the Western Qin Dynasty there. The enemy soldiers did not dare to approach. After a day of driving "Lu, want to eat something?" Hongshu took out a large bag of dried meat from his backpack.
(End of this chapter)