Chapter 259: Take charge of the Five Western Regions

These Khotan people who grew up in small places couldn't even believe what they saw with their eyes. Some people tried hard to rub their eyes with their hands, but nothing was wrong. The sight was indeed a army that was sweeping over the sky and the earth. These troops drowned the world. Inside the sight, the desert, which was originally covered with yellow sand, was now covered with a layer of black, as if a layer of curtain was suddenly laid on the earth.

Someone had quickly reported the news of the enemy's suppression to the higher authorities. Just as the cavalry who sent the letter left, a sound of crossbow arrows rising from the sweeping tide of war suddenly sounded. At this time, the people of the Western Regions did not understand what it was. After all, crossbows were still rare in places like the Western Regions. Even the people of Khotan at this time had never thought that the army in front of them would have a built-in crossbow army, or even a crossbow cavalry army.

Next, a sudden sound of thumping crossbow strings and loose strings sounded on the ground, and the sound followed the sound of the upper strings. No one understood what was going on. The people of Khotan were still trying to see clearly what was appearing in front of the tide of war in front of them. The next moment, it seemed like rain was falling from the sky, and the black crossbow arrows shot to the ground or into someone's body, and then quickly penetrated out of the body.

There were immediately tragic screams in the crowd, and the pieces of people fell down under the crossbow arrows. The sound of the crossbow arrows on the opposite side were still remembering, and the crossbow arrows were like locusts, covering the sky. Looking up, you could only see the vast sky from the gaps of the crossbow arrows. The sound of arrows breaking through the air kept ringing, and the heavy pressure pressed towards the earth like a huge catastrophe of a thousand kilograms.

These Khotan people were shocked to find that the army in their sight seemed to not take human lives seriously, and quickly shot crossbow arrows like rain. On the ground, the crossbow arrows shot from the crossbow quickly submerged the crowd, and shrill crying sounded from the crowd. Among the crowd watching the fun, blood splashed out from the flesh holes shot from the crossbow. The crossbow arrows were too powerful, and even when they passed through the human body, the tail feathers shot were not stained with blood. However, among the screaming sounds of death, the civilians who were still shocked by such a large-scale army in front of them were immediately fell down in pieces.

In just a few minutes, in front of the Liangzhou Cavalry Legion, crossbow arrows shot towards the first town of Khotan they encountered. The crowd was flooded. After a few rounds of arrow rain, there was no one on the ground who had breathed a sigh of relief. At this time, the cavalry who sent the letter had just arrived at the city lord's mansion.

But the outside wall has long been broken through.

Groups of infantrymen walked with solid steps, walking past the people who were shot beside them with no appearance. There was no way to go on the road of the iron-armored soldiers, and people could only step past the corpses.

The infantry's footsteps stepped on the blood that drowned the soles of the shoes and began to press towards the border town of Khotan like thick walls.

The war went smoothly, almost as if it were a unilateral performance by the Liangzhou Legion. After receiving the order of Liu Shan to massacre the city, the war had reached the point of being unscrupulous. The Liangzhou Army also used crossbow cavalry to shoot people near the city gate. After entering the city, it was found that the speed of killing was too slow, and the loss of crossbow arrows was too great. Although the shot crossbow arrows could be picked up and used again, too many crossbow arrows had lost the need to be used again.

The subsequent massacre was completed by the Hebei Light Cavalry. Since it was under Liu Shan's command, this army has rarely been used. Liangzhou iron armored cavalry and crossbow cavalry are too popular on the battlefield, and the dazzling light even completely covers the cavalry. At this time, this cavalry finally has a place to use its power.

I saw that when the red light cavalry passed, all the people who fled or knelt on the ground and begged for mercy lost their lives under the sword. Often, those who were still kneeling on the ground the moment before lost their great heads in a flash. The people of Khotan were still opening their mouths and shouting something at the last moment, and the next moment, all the sound disappeared in their throats, because their throats had broken, and the sound was replaced by a piece of hot blood spurted out from the cavity. The blood sprinkled on the earth, and graceful flowers emerged in the air, and the human corpse was still kneeling there.

The King of Han had an order to kill all the elderly who could not use weapons, children who had not grown up, and women who had not grown up. This order seemed bloody and cruel, but in fact it was the most kind order that Liu Shan could issue.

Before coming here, Princess Yicheng once told Liu Shan that some countries in the Western Regions would definitely not cry before seeing the coffin. In places like the Western Regions, if the war is ended as soon as possible, then, you can only set an example for all countries. Princess Yicheng did not say it clearly, but people who speak and obedient understand what role models mean.

According to Princess Yicheng's meaning, the country that dares to challenge Liu Shan must receive a bloody lesson. Only when one country knows the pain thoroughly can other countries know what can be done and what cannot be done. This is a saying, kill the chicken for monkeys to show. Of course, those who dare to challenge Liu Shan must be the great power of the Western Regions. Then, what Liu Shan does is naturally kill the monkey for the chicken to show.

However, Liu Shan did not expect that he would carry out this massacre method as soon as he came to the Western Regions. Liu Shan did not expect that when his Liangzhou army had expressed his intention to help him be loyal to his Shule and several other countries to defend their territory and subjects, Yutian still dared to challenge the dignity of the Liangzhou army and destroyed Shule in one day. It was really majestic. He also robbed Shule's capital and all the wives and concubines of King Shule. Of course, Shule's capital no longer exists at this time. It has been robbed by the chaos in Yutian and burned down after the disaster. According to reports from the fleeing crowd, Shule's country also suffered bloody massacre from Yutian.

Under such circumstances, it is no longer so incredible that Liu Shan issued the order to massacre civilians. Moreover, Liu Shan is not the kind of executioner or cold-blooded person after all. Even if the massacre order is issued, the children, the elderly and women will be eliminated.

Even so, the border town of Khotan at this time still became a sea of ​​blood. Faced with the massacre of the Light Cavalry Legion, the original Khotan army in the city was vulnerable. After all, how many troops can there be here at this time, and it is also the second-line defensive legion. They face the elite of the Liangzhou Legion and the Hebei Legion. It is even more impossible to escape in front of the Light Cavalry. No matter how fast a person is, he is not as fast as a war horse.

At this time, I did not see the Turkic Legion here, because the Turkic Legion had divided its troops and carried out the orders of massacre in several other cities. Later generations understood Liu Shan very well for letting the Turkic Legion execute the orders of massacre. After all, it was actually a very difficult thing to let the army from Liangzhou and Hebei execute the orders of massacre of civilians. These legions are not not strong or iron-blooded, but these things themselves are positive to depend on the targets they face. If they meet on the battlefield, or face opponents of equal strength, it is also a must to massacre civilians when they are forced to. However, the situation at this time was that Khotan did not have the strength to compete with the Liangzhou Army and the Hebei Army. Then, letting these legions execute the orders of massacre is indeed a bit unacceptable for these army. This may also be why Liangzhou crossbow cavalry and iron armored cavalry gave the burden of massacre of the city to the Hebei Light Cavalry.

The Turkic Legion had no concerns about this at all, and they were eager to kill among the civilians.

Later, it can be seen from the comparison of the dozen or so towns slaughtered by these legions. In the town where the Hebei Army and the Liangzhou Army carried out the massacre, the women, elderly and children in the town were preserved. As for the towns where the Turks carried out the massacre, they can almost be described as without leaving any chickens and dogs.
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