Chapter 120
As the wind and sand roared, a black shadow pounced out.
Cao Datou snorted coldly.
With a whistle, an arrow was shot out.
At this time, the only ones coming from this direction may be Dashi or Turkic people.
Tang Jun?
The Tang army was defeated in the Saiyeshui.
That was news four months ago.
General Xue Rengui led the Tang army to expedition to Talas.
We must destroy the Turks who Pan Heng was there.
Let's find out the news about the cannibal.
Unexpectedly, the Turks did not find it, but they discovered the military formation that cannibalized.
In order to defeat the Great Cannibal, Xue Li personally led elite troops to raid the rear of the Great Cannibal.
Want to destroy their food and pastures.
These great cannibals come from afar.
As long as their supplies are cut off, they will collapse without fighting.
Strategic intentions are not bad.
The execution is also good.
The Tang army was about cavalry warfare, and today, Xue Li was almost the number one in cavalry warfare.
Even the real generals of Ashi would be half inferior to him.
After raiding for hundreds of miles, the great cannibal ranch was successfully burned.
Cattle, sheep, horses and cadavers.
When this battle report was submitted to the table of the Protector Pei Xingjian, Pei Xingjian, who had always been calm, couldn't help but applaud the case.
But then, the shocking reversal happened at the next moment.
Guo Kaifeng, who was responsible for managing logistics and supplies and infantry, did not guard the camps as agreed, but ordered the infantry to go forward.
Find the main force of the big cannibal to fight.
When I met a cavalry who could be a cannibal in the middle, the two sides fought fiercely, and the winner was still undecided.
It was at this moment that the Turks suddenly emerged from behind the Tang army.
Guo Wai Fengjun was in chaos.
The infantry formation was in chaos, and the only thing waiting for them was the fate of being massacred.
In the end, more than 30,000 infantry soldiers were killed or injured.
The broken leaves are red.
The Tang army's supplies and food were taken away by the great cannibals and the Turks.
Xue Rengui was shocked after learning the news.
He led a light cavalry to attack the rear of the cannibals and brought only three days of dry food.
If you lose supplies, you will be wiped out in the vast desert.
As he had no choice, he led his army to retreat.
Even all the cattle and sheep captured were abandoned.
Taking these will only slow down the cavalry from returning to the army.
In this Western Region, if the Tang army lost infantry supplies, it would not only be food and water sources, but also food materials.
What is even more difficult is the loss of arrows and weapons.
The loss of war horses.
Xue Rengui understood that the situation was over.
The only thing he could do was to take the remaining more than 10,000 Tang cavalry to withdraw back to the four towns of Anxi as soon as possible, looking for the protection of the large captain Pei Xingjian, so that the terrified Tang cavalry could breathe for a moment and stabilize their position again.
As a result, Xue Rengui, who was in chaos, was caught by Turkic scouts on his way to withdraw his troops.
Near Talas, the cannibals and the Turkic army surrounded each other.
The Tang army fought to the death, and finally the arrows and food were gone.
I had no choice but to take advantage of the darkness to break through.
Then he was chased by the Turks.
In the end, only more than a hundred cavalry fled back to the four towns.
Even the chief general Xue Li lost his trace.
The great cannibals and the Turks collected the bodies of the Tang army.
Just beside the Broken Leaf Water, the heads of Tang soldiers were cut off.
With the head of the Tang people, they formed the Jingguan.
The headless corpse was abandoned beside the road.
It was gnawed by vultures and wild wolves day and night.
Upon hearing the news, the four towns were shocked.
The Western Regions were vibrated.
Pei Xingjian, the gubernator of the Western Regions, was so angry that he kicked the table over, scolding Guo Daifeng for being incompetent and Xue Li for being demented!
As a result, the Tang army suffered such a severe blow.
When soldiers from the four towns of Anxi heard about it, they were startled several times in a day.
There are also many soldiers who have served under Xue Rengui and Su Zaiwei.
I heard that Xue Li was defeated, and they were all filled with righteous indignation and were bleeding from his arms.
He begged Pei Xingjian with a blood letter to leave the fort and fight the great cannibals and the Turks to the death!
However, Pei Xingjian was abnormal and ordered not to be sent out after death.
He severely punished a group of squads who wanted to steal out of the military camp and seek revenge for the great cannibals.
From then on, every night, the soldiers could hear the wail.
Some people say that the Tang army was defeated and resentful, and they never parted.
Some people say it is a wild wolf calling.
In any case, this great defeat planted the seeds of humiliation in the hearts of all the soldiers in the four towns.
Every time dawn, the lieutenant of Shule City always whimpered and whimpered in the distance when he looked at the direction of the Saiyeshui.
The sound is like a monkey crying.
Everyone knew that his only brother was killed by the cannibal.
The Han people valued the most rural feelings, and they died when they were in the army.
The only thought is to be able to return to my hometown after death.
However, the captain's younger brother and many Tang soldiers would never come back.
Their blood was gone.
Their bodies were thrown by the enemy and gnawed by wild wolf vultures.
Their heads were raised high into Jingguan to shock the Tang army.
Before leaving the city this morning, Cao Datou saw the captain standing at the top of the city, looking at the back of the Sailed Yeshui.
Listen to his sob and whine.
It seems to be shouting "Soul Xi is back".
The soul returns?
The Tang people who died here have already rotted with the land here.
I will never be able to return to Tang Tu.
"Hu people, die!"
It was too late to say it, then it was soon.
Crossbow arrows shoot out like lightning.
I was about to shoot the opponent's goal.
But the black shadow's body was twisted strangely, and he turned over and fell to the ground with a crossbow arrow.
Another person jumped out from behind the black shadow, holding half of the broken blade in his hand, and a beast-like roar came from his throat.
It was not like a human voice, it was like a wild beast threatening the enemy.
Cao Datou snorted coldly, hung the horn crossbow on his waist like lightning. The big yellow bow on his shoulder had fallen into his hand, and he took the bow and arrow to complete it in one go.
It's almost time to shoot an arrow.
My wrist suddenly sank.
Zheng Erlang's cold voice sounded at the same time: "Wait, like ours."
Um?
Cao Datou was stunned.
Some can't believe it.
At this time, where are our people?
In that direction, they were already pastures of Hu people, all Turkic people and great cannibals.
Tang Jun's head had been raised high and rotten and smelly.
He narrowed his eyes and looked forward.
My body shook slightly.
Although the guy holding the broken blade was dirty and messy, his clothes and armor were really a little like Tang style.
The broken blade in his hand also looks like a broken horizontal knife.
At this moment, the man was lying on the ground, pushing the other person who was falling to the ground, as if he was shouting something in his mouth.
Cao Datou and Zheng Erlang looked at each other.
His face was quite bad.
Not to mention that Tang Jun, who escaped by chance, was shot to death by himself.
"Come and take a look?"
Niu Liulang Dao.
Cao Datou looked at Zheng Erlang.
Zheng Erlang nodded and said affirmatively: "Liulang and I come over and take a look. Datou, you and Jiulang are here to be on guard."
This is the quality of a veteran.
Even if the other party is suspected to be a friendly army.
Be careful.
It was very appropriate to leave an archer and a soldier who sent a message.
Niu Liulang nodded, inserted the hammer, pulled out the big shield, protected him, followed Zheng Erlang, and followed him to the two of them.
He is one of the few strong men among infantrymen and a flesh shield.
If something really happens.
His big shield will become a barrier to protect Zheng Erlang.
Buy time for everyone's reaction.
After counting breaths, Zheng Erlang and Niu Liulang walked to the two of them.
When I saw the man holding the broken blade, I was staring at them fiercely without saying a word.
The man who fell to the ground before surprised Zheng Erlang.
I saw the man biting a crossbow arrow in his mouth, blood oozing from his lips, and lying on the ground motionless.
If it weren't for his chest rising and falling slightly.
Almost thought the man was dead.
However, it can turn around in an instant and bite the crossbow arrow on the flying face with its mouth.
This vision, this ability.
He must be a veteran of the Tang army in the battles.
The combat instinct has been integrated into the bones and blood.
The crossbow arrow biting in the mouth can be reflected towards the enemy.
No matter what desperate situation, you will retain the possibility of a counterattack.
Tang Jun has many such skills, but not too many.
This person should not be an unknown person.
Zheng Erlang swallowed a little saliva, and he asked himself whether he was good at it, but he was not as good as this person.
"Which unit do you... belong to?"
The man holding a broken blade held the ground with a broken knife, swept over Zheng Erlang fiercely, his eyes fell on Niu Liulang beside him, and finally fell on the hammer he inserted behind him: "Bugduo? Haha, if I hadn't had the water and rice not finished for a few days, you would have died with this arrow just now."
Bang!
The Tang army on the ground turned over and slapped the big man in the head with a casual slap. He spat the arrow in his mouth, and said hoarsely: "I am under General Xue Li, the commander of the Third Brigade, Guanzhong, Wei Sanlang."
The big man holding a broken blade shook his head: "The Third Brigade, the head of the Eighth Group, Longyou, Xiao Erlang."
ah?
Zheng Erlang was shocked.
Even Niu Liulang around him was shocked.
"How did you... survive?"
"Are there any living people under General Xue? What about the others? Can General Xue be safe?"
The two asked anxiously.
Generals are the courage of all soldiers.
No matter how badly the defeat was.
As long as Xue Rengui is still alive, Tang Jun's courage will remain.
There is the courage to make a comeback.
If a general of an army is lost in the formation.
Even if there are still people in this army who survived, their energy will be over.
"General Xue..."
When talking about Xue Rengui, Wei Sanlang and Xiao Erlang, their expressions became dim at the same time.
"You...will you General Xue..."
"No, we don't know what happened to the general. When the troops were defeated, the troops fled in all directions. Our brigade was responsible for luring and blocking the enemy. After fighting for a day and night, when dawn, the Turks who were chasing us retreated.
We rescued more than a dozen more robes from the dead body, and then retreated to the four towns."
Xiao Erlang smiled bitterly and said, "Along the way, he experienced several groups of enemies and encountered dozens of remnants of brother brigades. Finally, when it was almost time for Shule, he was caught up by the Turkic horses. After a fight, only the two of us were left, and the others... died."
Say the word "dead".
My heart is like putting down a thousand pounds of heavy stones.
A man from Longyou who was angzang couldn't stop being sad for a moment, and tears rolled down.
Dead, all dead.
It is hard to imagine that the escape career over the past few months.
Struggle and survive from the enemy's scimitar again and again.
It is indescribable that the enemy was chased by him again and again like a pig or dog, and the enemy cut his brothers to the ground, and he watched his robes with his own eyes cut off his head.
Escape to the edge of the Broken Leaf Water and burst into tears as he looked at the blood-colored river water.
That's the blood of the brothers.
When I finally saw the fog, there were suddenly many tall mountain buns on the river bank.
As I approached, I smelled a pungent smell of blood.
I saw ferocious and terrifying heads.
The heads of Tang army still retained their last appearance during their lifetime.
It seems that time is always solidifying at the moment when you fight the enemy to the death.
Faces are either angry, unwilling, fearful, or despair.
Those faces are all familiar faces.
They are all faces of the robes of the Tang army.
They remained by the Broken Leaf Water forever.
Stay in Talas forever.
At night, Wei Sanlang and Xiao Erlang could even hear the unwilling roar of their comrades from the wind.
Go forward, go forward!
Kill the thief!
Kill the thief!!
The Tang Dynasty has thousands of victories!!
A tragic and sad aura surged from the heart.
Wei Sanlang, who was extremely weak and could fall almost at any time, bit his lip hard.
He bit so hard.
Even blood oozed out of the mouth.
The dry throat smelled like rust.
This feeling reminds him that he is still alive.
Remind him to live the part of his brothers.
revenge.
revenge!!
Until all the cannibals were killed.
Broken the Turks into pieces.
Only with blood can we wash away the shame of the defeat of the Tang Dynasty.
"Take me back to the four towns."
Wei Sanlang gritted his teeth and said, "I have, I have important military information."
"What kind of military information?"
Zheng Erlang asked vigilantly.
Although this person claims to be a friendly army, the number is correct.
But it cannot be ruled out that the possibility of being lured by the enemy or even surrendering to the enemy.
It needs to be carefully questioned.
The current situation is absolutely unscrupulous.
"Take us back...I want to see you, Protector Pei..."
Wei Sanlang's voice seemed to be stepping on cotton, so weak.
He may faint at any time.
Months of escape, injuries, hunger, fatigue.
It is entirely supported by a willpower.
"Pei Dadu Protector Pei? What do you want to see Protector Pei Dadu Protector Pei? Let me tell you what military information is first? I will report it as appropriate."
Zheng Erlang continued to ask.
Niu Liulang, who was standing beside him, looked at Wei Sanlang and suddenly slapped his thighs: "I remember, have you been in the Great Protectorate before? You seem to be from Chang'an, it's Su...Master General Su..."
The sound has not fallen.
Wei Sanlang and Xiao Erlang supported each other and fell down straight.
"Hey, why do you fall down just by saying that?"
"Save people quickly..."
In the darkness, someone was vaguely heard shouting.
The whole world is in darkness.
It seems to have become a heaven of ice and fire.
It was cold for a moment, and it was as hot as hell.
When it was hot, the whole person looked like steamed prawns.
Blood-red skin.
When it is cold, the cold air wanders in the body's limbs and bones.
The whole face turned pale again.
I don't know how long it has passed.
Wei Sanlang finally opened his eyes.
It seems like I saw thousands of troops breaking through the ice in my dream.
The broken leaves were shattered by thousands of hooves.
It seemed that the Tang army's horn was heard in his ears, and the roar of millions of people: The Tang Dynasty has won thousands of victories!
A tear slid down the corners of his eyes without his consciousness.
Then countless sounds and lights surged like tides.
He saw many figures shaking in front of his blurry eyes.
There were also various accents shouting in surprise: "Wake up, wake up! Notify the captain!"
"Where is big heads and big heads? Get some water quickly."
"Call Jiulang here, didn't he say he was from Chang'an? Let him come and ask."
Various accents.
There are Shu areas and the southwest dialect.
It has a Longyou accent.
There are also the accents of the Hu people in the Western Regions.
There is even a Tubo accent.
Wei Sanlang finally woke up completely.
He saw that what was shaking in front of him were both familiar and unfamiliar soldiers of the Tang Dynasty.
The soldiers in the Western Regions?
He looked at the other person's armor and insignia.
"You're awake?"
Zheng Erlang, whom he had met before he fell into a coma, came over.
Wei Sanlang hesitated for a moment: "I remember your voice."
"I am Zheng Zhi, you can call me Erlang, the third team of the First Brigade of Shule City."
Zheng Erlang touched the beard on his lips and said, "You have been in a coma for two days and two nights."
"So long?"
Wei Sanlang was shocked: "My companion?"
"He hasn't woken up yet, but his body is very strong. It should be fine, but he's too tired."
After hearing what Zheng Erlang said, Wei Sanlang put down a big stone in his heart.
Suddenly I remembered something again, and my face changed: "Is this Shule City?"
"right."
"Take me to see your chief officer."
Wei Sanlang struggled, grabbed the surprised Zheng Erlang, and growled in a hoarse voice: "I have important military information!"
"What kind of military information?"
Zheng Erlang asked cautiously: "Can you tell me first?"
Wei Sanlang looked around.
Before Zheng Erlang could speak, Cao Datou, who was standing behind him, snorted coldly, shook his big head, and spat the grass roots that were biting in his mouth to the ground, saying dissatisfied: "There are all brothers who are digging food in the trough. Say anything you have and don't hide your armpits."
Wei Sanlang's careful appearance stimulated Cao Datou.
I thought he didn't believe in the brothers here.
Wei Sanlang stared at him deeply, then turned to look at Zheng Erlang: "Important military information."
"Tell me, this is our brothers. If you can't say it here, you can't say it anywhere."
Zheng Erlang Dao.
Wei Sanlang looked at him deeply and said slowly word by word: "The Great Food Army is more than 40,000. There are more Great Food People in the future. We heard the conversations of the Turks, and they want four towns."
"What?" Zheng Erlang almost suspected that he had heard the wrong ear.
Subconsciously ask.
"They want four towns and the entire Western Regions!"
On the other side of the bed, Xiao Erlang held up his body and panted like a cow: "The big cannibal is coming soon, please remind the Protector to prepare for the challenge!"
"What are you talking nonsense?"
Cao Datou cursed angrily.
When something overturns common sense too much, it is not vigilance, but anger.
The Western Regions are the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty.
A big cannibal?
What kind of bird are the big zombies? How dare you come to the Western Regions to compete with the Tang Dynasty for food?
Cao Datou's anger has not yet passed.
Suddenly I realized that the ground under my feet seemed to be a little strange.
Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look at the window.
There was a broken wooden table, and the medicine jar on the table moved slowly.
It’s not that the medicine jar has grown feet.
But vibration.
The slight vibration made the bottles and jars on the table jump slightly.
Rumble ~~
There seemed to be a muffled thunder in the distance.
"Enemy attack~!~!"
A shrill cry was made at the top of the city outside.
...
The sky is filled with clouds.
The clouds on the ground are endless.
No, of course there are no clouds on the ground.
Instead, the endless war horses were marching, rising and falling as the army progressed.
The team was so large that the eyes had an illusion, as if this "sea of clouds" had not moved.
In fact, this ocean of war horses was surging forward all the time, towards the four Anxi towns of the Tang Dynasty and the Anxi Captain of the Tang army.
His eyes passed through the swarms of war horses.
There are countless big food knights.
Countless shining scimitars and flags were streaked.
Listening to the endless sound of horse hooves like thunder.
Finally, we came to the cannibal camp of the Central Army.
That was a mobile camp built on a carriage.
A huge carriage pulled by dozens of war horses is connected to countless buildings.
Dozens of people can walk around freely.
Countless blazing symbols, flags with great cannibal beliefs danced with the fierce wind.
But in the car, it is as stable as flat ground.
Vision penetrates.
You can see countless big food warriors wearing iron armor standing firmly everywhere in the camp.
He was loyally guarding the general of the entire army.
The camp is covered with gorgeous Persian carpets.
Several beautiful orioles were dancing on the bright carpet.
Sexy and enchanting.
Music rich in Persian and Dashi rhythms came with the sound of huqin and drum beats.
Surrounded by the surroundings is the Great Food Warrior with red muscles exposed.
They were eight feet tall, and their armor covered their necks and chests.
He wore a hideous metal mask on his face.
Only the black eyes were exposed.
There is a unique, exotic and religious color.
The carpet is spread straight up.
At the top of the camp, there are huge sitting on the bed paved with white tiger skin and whale skin.
A map of the entire Western Regions hangs behind.
On the bed, an old man with white hair and beard was holding a glass cup in his hand.
The fishy red wine in the glass shook slightly as his fingers played with it.
On the left and right sides of the old man, there was a general sitting at each side.
The man on his left hand has a high nose and deep eyes.
The beards surround the cheeks.
The eyes were slightly blue-brown.
Fair skin.
Obviously Turkic.
The man in his right hand.
Eagle's nose and deep eyes.
Slimming cheeks.
He is about fifty years old.
Wrap the head with white cloth.
The cheeks have curtains hanging down.
It is a typical cannibal costume.
Wearing precious Shu brocade.
He was playing with a golden eagle in his hand, and his face was filled with precious food, but his silk was not moved at all.
The top leader of the headquarters was Abdul, the commander of the Eastern Army during the Great Food Conquest.
The one in his left hand was the Western Turkic Khan, Asuna Qudu, who betrayed the Tang Dynasty.
On his right hand is the deputy commander of the Eastern Army of the Dashizheng, Haliji.
The army formations outside were noisy and horns were in full swing.
But in this camp, there was peace.
Abdul raised the wine glass in his hand and invited Ashinaqudu and Haliji, "Deputy Commander, and Khan, let's have a drink together."
Asuna Qudu reluctantly raised his glass, took a sip, then put down his glass and said, "Master, although we won one last time, the Tang Dynasty was rich and the Tang army was brave. I am afraid that the battles behind would not be that easy."
Abdul smiled at the corner of his mouth and held the wine glass: "Oh? Didn't you say last time that the general Xue of the Tang army was a famous general of the Tang Dynasty? I think they are nothing great either."
As he said that, he turned to the deputy coach Haliji and said, "Haliji, what do you think? By the way, your nephew has done a good job in the body."
Physal poison is the transliteration of Tianzhu.
The great cannibals know more about the Indians than the Tang people.
For hundreds of years, from the Yuezhi people to the Persians, they would penetrate into India.
Spread a bite of fat.
After all, the Han people in the Far East were too vicious.
It is far less cute than the Indians who accept it.
In a word, the Indians have never lost the verbal tricks and won the war.
At this time, Haliji seemed to come back to his senses and raised his glass to Abdul and said, "Master, I wonder how long it will take to take all of India. I heard from Ibn that the Governor of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Ce, was a little difficult to deal with. He was guarding Zhongtianzhu and the war was a little unhappy."
Ashinaqudu said: "The governor is named Wang Xuance. In the past, he borrowed thousands of people from Tubo, destroyed the entire Zhongtianzhu, and forced the five Indians to surrender."
"Those poisonous people are useless waste, they are nothing."
Abdul smiled contemptuously: "Generals, let us look back to the Western Regions. I heard that the Tang Dynasty had inexhaustible gold and treasures, inexhaustible brocade porcelain, and rich black soil."
He glanced at Shu Jin on his body, and seemed very satisfied.
"We should all rob these treasures of such light and soft clothes, as smooth as girls' skin."
He turned around and looked at the map behind him.
He stayed at the places marked with the four towns in Anxi for a long time.
Chapter completed!