Chapter 3528: Snow Man Bow Sword
The snow was falling one after another, and the snow was very deep in the wilderness, but it could not stop the galloping speed of the horses at all. Fang Jun was slightly behind, and was guarded by the soldiers in the middle. Wang Fangyi took the lead and ran up the mountain in the distance, then desperately urged the war horse to accelerate crazily along the hillside.
Under the mountain ridge, a large cannibal camp was set up in the lee. The sound of cavalry charging down the hillside alarmed the camp. Countless figures came out of their tents in panic, shouting in panic. Some people returned to the tents to get some. To get their weapons, some people ran to the stables and took out their horses. The sudden surprise caused chaos in the entire camp.
The Tang army galloped down the hillside, their horses' hooves picking up the snow, and the entire team swept over them like a galloping snow dragon, arriving suddenly in the panic of the cannibal.
The soldier who was at the forefront laid his body on the horse's back to avoid the scattered bows and arrows. Then he clamped the horse's belly, lifted the reins, and the horse leaped into the air with all four hooves, leaping straight into the big man-eating camp and blocking it in front of him. The barbarians were violently knocked away, and the rest fled in panic. When the horses galloped past, a horizontal knife had already scratched their bodies.
With the sound of hooves rumbling and blood splattering, the big cannibal who was caught off guard failed to organize his troops in time to block the Tang army. The Tang army's cavalry broke into the camp and was brutally killed.
No one knows why the Tang Army appeared here. The cannibal officer was unprepared and had no time to organize the army's defense. He returned to the camp and picked up his scimitar. As soon as he walked out, he saw the Tang Army's cavalry whizzing past in front of him, their iron hoofs splashing. The ice and snow hit his face, but it was not as cold and stinging as the sharp blade on his neck. Before he could cover his neck, the big head had already rolled to the ground, and the boiling blood rose into the sky and splashed down again. Underfoot, the ice and snow melted.
The Tang army entered from the front gate of the camp. Thousands of men and horses galloped and wreaked havoc. The enemy troops screamed and wailed under their iron hooves. Suddenly, they came out from the back gate and killed one Tongtong. However, the Tang army did not escape quickly. Instead, they turned back, spread out their formation, and slaughtered the fish that had slipped through the net one by one. Then they cut off their heads and hung them on their saddles. Then they set fire to the camp's grain and grain, and waited until the flames shot up into the sky. Calmly retreat and walk away.
It was not until an hour later that the cannibal army arrived at the camp after hearing the news. Looking at the corpses everywhere, the officer hurriedly ordered a search for grain. When he learned that the grain had been reduced to scorched earth by fire, his face became gloomy and furious. .
The weather is getting colder and colder, the snow is getting heavier and heavier, but the beginning of spring is far away. Due to the successive sneak attacks by the Tang army, countless grain and baggage were burned. He even talked about his lack and continued to lose weight.
If food could no longer be replenished, the army would have to slaughter war horses for rations. And if there were no war horses, what would the Dashi army do to resist the Tang army's cavalry?
Ye Zide could only continue to send troops to the places where the Hu tribes inhabited in the Western Regions to plunder grain and fodder, so as to maintain the daily supply of the army.
This move caused untold suffering to the Hu people in West Lake.
When the Great Eaters entered the Western Regions, the Anxi army was retreating steadily. The Hu people in West Lake, who had long been dissatisfied with the rule of the Tang Dynasty, were secretly happy and almost did not set off firecrackers to welcome the invasion of the Great Eaters. In their view, the control power of the Great Eaters was far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty. Even if they invaded the Western Regions, they probably only focused on the interests of the Silk Road, and may not be very interested in controlling the entire Western Regions.
The Tang people were different. What the Tang people wanted was not only the benefits of the Silk Road, but also the inclusion of the Western Regions within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. All Hu people had to follow the Tang people's household registration system and pay taxes on a per capita basis. This made the Hu people of all tribes He was extremely disgusted, but he was afraid of the might of the Tang army, so he had to compromise.
At present, the cannibalism is overwhelming, and he is simply a Bodhisattva who saves the suffering!
Even though the cannibal's baggage camp was later attacked by the Anxi army, resulting in a severe shortage of food and fodder, which had to be confiscated and plundered from various Hu tribes, most of the Hu people still preferred to be exploited and plundered by the cannibal and gave their full support, hoping that the cannibal would Cannibalism could completely drive the Tang people out of the Western Regions.
And this camp that was flattened by the Tang army was an army ordered to go to the nearby Hu tribe to collect grain and fodder. Now not only had the entire battalion been massacred by the Tang army, but even the grain and fodder that had just been collected were burned to the ground. How could we go back and report to Ye Qide?
What's particularly important is that this place is two hundred miles away from Gongyue City. It's snowing heavily and it's difficult to travel, but the Tang army suddenly appears here. It can be seen that sneak attacks like this will become the norm in the future, and the Dashi army will try to attack the nearby Hu tribe again. It will be extremely difficult to collect grain and fodder, and if you are not careful, you will be slaughtered.
Even more importantly, if the Tang army continued to send cavalry troops around to harass the Hu tribes and threaten them not to supply food to the Dashi army, the Dashi army would be even more difficult...
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The Tang army raided the cannibal camp, and after succeeding, they retreated all the way north, galloping for hundreds of miles, and arrived at a tribe on the edge of the Tulum Moraine.
A large number of cavalry came with great momentum, immediately alarming the entire tribe. The men picked up their bows, arrows, knives and forks, while the women hid in simple shacks with their children. When they saw the fine armor on the cavalry, the horizontal knives in their hands, the crossbows on their backs, and the red tassels on their horses jumping and swaying in the wind and snow, the entire tribe was astonished and not only secretly groaned.
Yesterday, the food-eaters robbed most of the tribe's food and crops, and today the Tang soldiers came with great force. It's clear what their intentions are...
When thousands of Tang army cavalry surrounded the tribe of more than a thousand people, the tribal leader had no choice but to yell at the tribesmen to put down their weapons and go out to meet the Tang army generals in person.
Resistance is absolutely impossible. Although the Tang army is not as ferocious as the Turks and Dashi, and often kills tribesmen, once they disobey their orders, the punishment will be extremely severe. In particular, the Tang army was very powerful. It might be able to fight and escape when facing Turks and Taishi, but it would be absolutely unlucky to face the Tang army's cavalry.
Fortunately, this Tang army only surrounded the tribe and did not start a killing spree immediately, which means there is still room for discussion...
The tribal leader came to the Tang army, bowed his arms to the ground with Tang people's etiquette, and spoke in fluent Chinese: "I wonder who is the general? It's so cold, the sky is full of wind and snow, and the heavenly army has come from afar, why don't you please Come in and have a cup of hot milk tea to warm yourself up.”
As the Tang Dynasty became more and more powerful, the daily flow of goods on the Silk Road was almost ten times or even dozens of times that of before, and huge wealth flowed on this Silk Road. Naturally, the Hu people living on both sides of the Silk Road flocked to him, practicing Chinese and learning Han rituals.
The mighty and majestic cavalry spread out to both sides, and one cavalry slowly came out from the rear. Immediately, the general, wearing mountain armor and a hooded headband, with only a pair of shining eyes exposed, came to the front. He looked down at the tribal leader coldly but said nothing.
The tribal leader felt cold sweat trickling down his spine, fearing that the general would massacre the entire clan with just one order.
After all, the entire Western Region knew that the food shortage of the cannibals was unsustainable. Funding the cannibals was a taboo. It was even more hated by the Tang army than sending the young men of several tribes to join the cannibal army...
After a long time, when the tribal leader was stabbing his back, the Tang Army general turned his horse and walked back, while slowly saying: "Show them!"
"Here!"
The soldiers behind them got the order and all galloped forward. Hundreds of people galloped past the tribal leader, rolling up a burst of ice and snow, and then the heads were thrown one by one and fell at the feet of the tribal leader.
The black blood on the head has dried and frozen, and the faces are ferocious, all of which are the characteristics of a cannibal. Needless to say, the Tang army must have massacred the cannibal army that came to collect grain yesterday, and then came here to intimidate and intimidate them.
Countless heads piled up a hill, and some rolled down and piled at the feet of the tribal leader, engulfing his legs...
The tribal leader swallowed hard, struggled to get out of the head, came to the Tang Army general and knelt on the ground with a bang, his heart was broken and tears were streaming down his face: "General Mingjian, these big cannibals Yesterday, troops came to plunder the tribe, but we were defeated and could only let them move away the food. We are definitely not colluding with the bandits in private! Please leave a way for our tribe to survive!"
The general of the Tang Army was sitting on his horse, unable to see the expression on his face covered by Douchun. He only said coldly: "Is there any food left in the clan? If there is, take it out together. When your clan moves to Gongyue City, the Tang Army will provide it for you." Wait for the food you need; if there is none, I will send someone to search, and as long as a grain of food is found, all the old, young, women, and children will turn their heads to punish you for helping the enemy!”
The tribal leader's face turned earth-colored immediately. (End of chapter)