Chapter 554: Zhan Wushuang's Plan
The wind and sand roared, hitting the tent with a rustling sound.
The words in the imperial tent continued. Su Chen sat behind the long desk, his eyes sunk, and the generals around him also had heavy expressions.
Listening to the Liang Guoren named Li Chaofu talking about what he saw and heard when he traveled to the West with Zhang Jiao and Zhang Dongshan, looking for "immortality", he met an old foreign man named Mei Lin.
“So, that person showed great kindness in the beginning? The Imperial Master was not wary of him?”
"I don't know about this. Anyway, my master is always on guard. After all, it is necessary to be on guard against others."
Li Chaofu frowned and tried his best to recall some details of that period.
“Later, the Imperial Master and my master went out with the old foreign man, and I waited for them at a hotel outside a small town. But at night, only my master came back, and he had blood on his body. Take me and walk out."
"Can you tell me, master, what happened to them?" Li Jing looked at the other person's eyes carefully. A general who has been in charge of the army for many years can tell whether the other party is lying with just one look.
Li Chaofu nodded.
When these words were spoken, among the two people opposite, Zaha couldn't understand and could only nod blankly, while Li Chaofu was stunned for a moment, and he quickly asked: "Aren't you going to save the country's master Zhang Jiao, and my master?"
Countless horseshoes roared, and the young general holding a Han sword, dragging a red cloak, rushed into the city gate and stepped into the street with a group of cavalry at lightning speed.
Soon after, fire rose into the sky again from the palace.
The whimpers of the wind and sand outside stopped for a while. Li Jing gently stroked the beard on his chin and analyzed the matter with his eyes closed.
"Your Majesty, and all the generals, this man is my savior. I was chased by barbarians when I climbed over Tianfeng Mountain. Because of lack of physical strength, I fainted on the way. It was he who saved me and brought me back to where he was. The tribe is recuperating, but I didn’t expect that this group of barbarians would follow me here and destroy the tribe where Zaha’s family is..."
When he said this, he suddenly slapped the table, stood up with his armor, and looked fiercely: "After cleaning up these barbarians in the Western Region, this place will be used as the second buffer battlefield, and the first battlefield will be placed in Tianfengling. "
"That's right..." Li Chaofu looked around, put aside his impatience, apologized to the emperor, and quickly pulled the confused Zaha out of the palace. account.
Wait until everyone has left.
The sound and murderous aura resounded through the tent. The whimpering sound of the wind and sand outside drowned out the hearing and vision. The buzzing and buzzing sound made it seem like I could see the distance, which was the scene of the warriors and the iron horses. .
The swift wind attack almost stunned the entire city.
He recounted the process of escaping in detail, and also mentioned many place names that sounded awkward to everyone. Finally, another group of pursuers came, one named Mordred, wearing heavy armor. The general carrying the double-edged giant ax also had a group of cloaked men under his command, wearing masks and constantly chasing their masters and disciples.
"Yes, if my guess is correct, the opponent should have drawn a map before entering the Western Region and handed it over to the people behind the barbarian army."
"How to save ? Thousands of miles away, and everyone is going to die without any preparation? How can we be distracted by marching and fighting!"
Although there are still many things that I don't know, Su Chen already knows about it. , it is not clear what happened to the Great Master, whether there were other means to escape, and whether Zhang Dongshan was also captured.
Almost the same moment.
"I am very grateful to the two of you for bringing me important information. I will record your contribution to this matter. You go down and rest first. I will ask the soldiers to prepare a tent for you and give you a new outfit, and then go to a nearby town temporarily. Stay."
He hesitated for a moment: "The matter in the Western Regions has something to do with not keeping my whereabouts secret, I'm really ashamed..."
After nearly two months, Zhang Dongshan finally came in person. After the break, Li Chaofu was told to continue eastward. He must escape, go to the Western Regions, cross Tianfeng Mountain and return to the Central Plains, and tell Su Chen everything about this place.
In the dark night, fire and huge roars rose into the sky.
Right now, you just need to understand that both of them are in the West and are very likely to be pinched by their opponents.
Su Chen looked coldly: "It seems that the West has been eyeing us for a long time and has begun to make arrangements. All the generals are the heroes of China, how can they be compared with them. We didn't even find them, but they came here first, and we just happened to press It was agreed before that we should take down this group of barbarians and give the guys to the west a showdown. "
At the foot of the western section of the Snow Mountain, Jukan Country.
"Master said that the guy had a stone and tied it to a wooden staff to subdue the imperial master. But the master used a little trick to blind his eyes and took the opportunity to escape..."
"Barbarian The person behind him should be the one who caused the turmoil in the Western world." Su Chen leaned on the chair and tapped his fingertips on the table little by little.
Lighted torches were thrown onto the houses on the street, and the galloping cavalry brandished their swords and chopped down the attacking soldiers from the Western Regions.
"Am I being used?" Li Chaofu was stunned. He had always thought that he had been living in the open, hiding everywhere, and had left the Western barbarians behind. Unexpectedly, he learned from this Xia general that the other party was just playing with him like a monkey, and he also deliberately created In this urgent atmosphere, he forced himself to reach the Western Region as soon as possible so that they could follow behind.
“The man of destiny is in the west. This is what Zhang Dongshan said to the imperial master before.”
“Don’t think so, you may be just a chess piece!”
"What does this Western Region person have to do with you?" Yu Chigong's dark old face looked at Zaha next to Li Chaofu. The latter was facing a tent of high-level generals of the Xia Kingdom and was already frightened. Trembling with fear, he subconsciously took a step back when he saw everyone looking at him.
Besides, Li Jing smiled and patted Li Xuanba on the shoulder, and towards Li Chaofu over there, he said in a gentle tone: "Brother Li, the army is no better than a single man, let alone that group of barbarians who are still there. At least we must deal with this group of barbarians first and then discuss how to save the National Master and Master Qi!”
Outside the tent, the wind and sand are like green ink, covering the stars and the clear moon.
The ancient city gate collapsed with an old groan.
Outside the imperial tent, soldiers from the Tiger Guard Camp guarded the place. When Li Chaofu finished telling the story, the atmosphere inside the tent became even more depressing.
As for Zaha and Li Chaofu on the opposite side, Su Chen no longer needs to pay too much attention to them.
“…The other party may have let you back on purpose. Otherwise, you would not be able to escape the army’s pursuit no matter what. They have long made up their mind to follow you and find a shortcut to enter the Western Region. You must know that the path commonly taken by business travelers to this side is smoother, but there are many eyes and ears. It has already attracted the attention of the countries in the Western Regions before they arrive. This is not what they want."
Li Chaofu was actually scared in his heart. He had never experienced such a battle before. He gritted his teeth and raised his hands towards the Xia Emperor above, and then towards the Xia generals on the left and right.
The flaming arrows lit up the night sky and landed on the tower.
Wave your palms away!
Li Xuanba put his hands on his hips and glared at the opponent, then turned his head and whispered: "You are stupider than me!"
"The victory of the enemy must be outside the country!" ”
Li Xuanba finally couldn't bear it anymore.
The fighting here has become fierce. The tactics are almost the same, lightning fast attack. The cavalry takes advantage of the night to attack the city, ignites the thunder, blows down the city gate, and the prepared cavalry roars in.
The whole city of Jukan was boiling with the charge. Ma Chao led his troops to charge. The defense lines on the street collapsed under the iron hoof. The roaring flying Qiang cavalry went straight through the blood and corpses, unable to stop. For the large-scale array of infantry assembled on the street, this scene can be said to be extremely tragic.
In the Jukan Palace, King Wabu fled in panic with his queen, concubines, and children, protected by his guards. He let his hair down and sat on the carriage, shivering.
The king's sword made of pure gold in his hand is just a decoration for peace of mind.
Half of his body was stained with blood. The blood was used to protect one of his guards. The other bodyguard risked his life to rush at him and blocked the arrows fired by the Xia cavalry, and he was able to escape.
However, after rushing out of the palace, the streets were filled with countless chaotic shouts and screams. Fires could be seen everywhere in the city, and the smoke and dust exceeded the wind and sand at night.
“There is someone ahead!”
“Don’t worry, shoot! Protect the king and rush out!”
Western Region dialect rang out in the panicked team, rush to the front The palace guards were running towards the city gate in front of them, one man and one horse holding arrows. Bang——
The tiger-headed Zhan golden gun waved, and the flying arrows were directly smashed into pieces. A white war horse stamped its hooves on the spot, making a crisp sound of 'ta-da'.
Around the city gate, the torch light flickered. The motorcade leaving the city here approached the city gate for about ten feet, and then it became clear that the Xia general on the white horse was surrounded by more than a hundred light cavalry. Under their feet, it was the city wall guards.
The general of the Xia Kingdom on horseback suddenly tightened the reins, and the white horse suddenly raised its forelimbs and stood up, letting out a long neigh.
The lion helmet, beast belt, silver armor and white robe caught everyone's attention.
Ma Chao's voice roared out: "Little barbarians from the Western Regions——"
The tiger-headed Zhanjin pole was raised from his arm and pointed directly at the team ahead.
"You dare to be the traitor of the two ministers and collude with the foreign barbarians to massacre the Western Regions. Your king thinks that he has lived too long!" Downstairs of the city gate, this Xia general with silver armor and white robe and lion helmet, that The sound sounded like a god from heaven descending to earth, resounding throughout the night.
Insert the spear and draw the bow.
The arrow brought with it the sound of wind and thunder, and with a whoosh, it flew towards the convoy and directly disappeared into the car curtain. There was another loud bang, and a figure was carried by the arrow and flew out from the back of the car. on the ground.
Ma Chao drew back his bow, turned around and ordered softly: "Spread the news! Just say that Jukan Kingdom was attacked by Xia Kingdom's army!"
"Yes!"
The order galloped out.
......
In the middle of the Snowy Mountains, one hundred and seventy-five miles from the southern outskirts of Yelan Kingdom, the barbarian army with a terrible reputation from the west was camped near an oasis.
It was already mid-October.
Having retreated here for nearly half a month, Sabo was no longer as high-spirited as when he first arrived. Except for the battle with the Xia army during the siege, several more battles were fought in the past half month.
Almost always lose.
The opponent's troops are obviously much higher than his. What's more, the opponent is all cavalry. They come and go like the wind. They don't compete with him head-on. As long as they leave the camp, they will attack and disturb the camp and poison the oasis water source. .
Right now, he could only wait patiently for the envoy who went to meet the Emperor of Xia to bring back good news.
Now that I think about it, I have unknowingly fallen into a situation where I am under siege. It is almost impossible to leave.
If the other party does not agree to negotiate a peace, then he... will have no choice but to surrender.
Sapo is not worried that the other party will not accept him. The record of the brave and capable Jinsa tribe soldiers under his command is shown here. Which emperor does not like to have such a ferocious army?
In the past half month, while waiting for the news to come, I have been thinking about food and fodder.
The food reserves in the army gradually ran out. As a last resort, Sapo began to let his soldiers secretly capture soldiers from Ugoli and Jukan countries as a food emergency.
When he initially agreed to the alliance, in fact, to a large extent, he considered the other party as consumption for the siege and food reserves.
As for whether to cause panic among the soldiers of the two Western Region countries, it was not a question he considered. Instead, he just left it to the Ugoli envoy named Nudan and asked him to comfort and lie.
I thought this matter could be delayed until the messenger brought back the news, but another news came in one step.
——Wugeli and Jukan were attacked by the cavalry of the Xia army.
“When did it happen?”
"The news was sent this morning. The soldiers from Ugoli and Jukan can no longer sit still."
The envoy from Ugoli might be able to comfort him about the food reserves, but I'm afraid this matter cannot be suppressed.
"Go find that old man from the Western Regions named Nudan..."
"It's the leader of Sapo!"
The curtain was opened, and the tall barbarian soldier mentioned After walking out with the ax, Sabo rubbed the thick hair on his face, sat back on the fur on the ground, crossed his legs and thought about the strategy. Before he could think of a proper way to deal with it, the barbarian soldiers who had just left came back in a hurry.
"Chief Sabo, something happened!"
Sapo suddenly raised his head, already vaguely aware of something.
"The soldiers from the two countries in the Western Regions..."
Before he could finish his sentence, the barbarian soldier who sent the message over there had already taken over.
“They fought their way out of the camp, and we went to intercept them. They clashed and started fighting. Many of the natives here were fleeing in all directions...”
Sabo gritted his teeth and his eyes were extremely ferocious.
He stood up and issued an order to the barbarian soldiers, asking the soldiers outside to drive these indigenous soldiers back to the camp as much as possible. Those who were killed would collect their bodies and make them into dried meat.
When he was ordered to go out, he thought again of the Xia general riding a red horse who had fought with him several times.
The way the other person looks at me is very familiar!
It was as if he was looking at a dead person. Thinking of this, he suddenly understood that the envoy sent out might not be able to wait until he came back.
The Xia general riding the red horse was just here to delay him. The other two cavalrymen attacked Wu Geli and Jukan, causing chaos here and cutting out their own wings.
Everything is a serial strategy.
But I was completely unprepared and unaware.
"Integrate your troops and evacuate here immediately!" Realizing that something was wrong, Sabo picked up his fierce sword, walked out of the tent, and gave a majestic shout to the barbarians outside.
……
Fifty miles away from this oasis, a cloud of smoke swept across the sky, and teams of cavalry rushed in like torrents in the desert.
Running along with them were the camel cavalry formed by Yelan Kingdom. Each and every strong woman was on the back of the camel, inspecting bows, arrows and spears.
In the distance, two figures, one red and one white, issued general orders on horseback.
The cavalrymen who delivered the order shouted loudly.
"According to the order of Da Xia Zi, all barbarians, including soldiers from Wu Geli and Jukan, will be killed. Anyone who gathers here and carries weapons will be killed without mercy!"
The armed forces swept forward.
(End of this chapter)