During the battle, Mo Gui was overwhelmed by the Xiliang cavalry, but the Qiang army cavalry did not panic because they could not see him.
They were as determined to die as Mo Gui.
No matter how heavy the casualties were, no matter how unfavorable the situation was, no one was afraid. and flinched, they fought desperately, using up the last bit of strength in their bodies.
The battle lasted for two full hours and was over.
None of the Qiang cavalry surrendered, and all 3,000 of them died fighting.
The battlefield was littered with corpses, human and horse corpses, with swords, guns, swords and halberds stuck sideways on the corpses, or lying on the ground, stained with The bloody broken flag was planted on the pile of corpses, and it kept fluttering in the breeze.
Some Xiliang soldiers were searching among the corpses with spears or swords.
They were ordered to find Mo Gui's body.
Zhang Xiu, covered in blood, was supported by two soldiers and walked over.
Behind him, Ma Chao and Yan Xing limped behind, each holding a weapon.
Liu Cheng dismounted his horse and walked over quickly and asked, "What's going on?
Your martial arts skills can actually cause injuries."
Zhang Xiu may have lost too much blood, and his lips were a little blue.
With the support of two soldiers, he stood still and said with difficulty: "Sir, no matter how high your martial arts skills are, you can't withstand such a large-scale and intensive cavalry charge.
There was no place to hide, spears kept coming from the front, and war horses bumped into them.
The weapons were blocked, but the corpses and horses could not be blocked.
If you collide, you will most likely be trampled to death once you hit the ground.
Even if you don't die, your legs and feet will definitely be broken.
In short, you won't come back intact.
It's better for the two of them.
I shot Mo Gui down and got ready.
I captured him alive, but hundreds of Qiang soldiers surrounded me like crazy and besieged me alone.
This time I almost ended up here."
Liu Cheng immediately said: "You go and recuperate first.
I will definitely reward you two based on your merits.
Send him to the army doctor for treatment."
"Yes, my lord" After the soldiers helped Zhang Xiu away, Liu Cheng looked at Ma Chao and Yan Xing and asked, "Are your injuries serious?"
Yan Xing cupped his fists and said, "Thank you for your concern, brother.
Both of us have minor injuries, nothing serious."
"That's good."
Liu Cheng felt relieved.
This battle with Mo Gui was indeed very dangerous.
Mo Gui and his three thousand men were all determined to die.
It would not be easy to deal with them all.
Ma Chao and others brought them Of the five thousand men, more than two thousand were killed in the battle, and half of the remaining ones were injured.
This battle was brutal enough.
It was the most brutal battle Liu Cheng had ever experienced since he led the army.
"By the way, Mo Gui found out whether he was dead or alive."
Ma Chao said: "The soldiers are still searching, but there are too many corpses, so it will probably take a lot of time."
Not long after, a soldier came to report: "Sir, we have found Mo Gui.
He is not dead yet, but his chest was trampled by a war horse and his chest was dented."
"Bring it over quickly" Two soldiers used spears to make a simple stretcher and carried the unconscious Mo Gui over.
Some soldiers followed to watch.
Liu Cheng looked at the unconscious Mo Gui and saw that this man was in his twenties.
His armor had collapsed due to being stepped on.
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His face was pale and there were blood stains on the corners of his mouth.
"Go find a doctor and come over and take a look at him," Liu Cheng ordered.
Soon a doctor came over carrying a medicine box and examined Mo Gui under Liu Cheng's instructions.
The doctor reported to Liu Cheng: "Sir, this man's sternum is broken.
It should be caused by being trampled by a horse's hoof."
Yes, but this is not what made him comatose.
The reason why he was comatose was that he was hit on the head.
Look, sir, there is a dent in this helmet, which should have been hit by a weapon."
Liu Cheng remembered that Zhang Xiu said that he would use a weapon to knock Mo Gui off his horse.
The weapon should have hit Mo Gui's helmet.
He asked: "How long will it take for this man to wake up?"
The doctor replied: "Sir, this man's head was only concussed and not injured.
His broken sternum is nothing.
He just needs to reconnect the bones.
According to his condition, he will wake up soon."
"Okay, you need to take care of his injuries.
You must not let anything happen to him.
Do you understand?"
"Yes, yes"
Ma Teng rode his horse over and said to Liu Cheng: "Sir Sikong, there should be no troops stationed in Longqi City now.
Our army actually can break open the city gate without attacking at all.
Please order the city gate to be broken open, and the army can enter the city and occupy it." the city" Liu Cheng held the handle of the knife and turned around to look at Longqi City not far away, and said slowly: "No hurry, order the soldiers to clean the battlefield and set up camp.
Wait until Mo Gui wakes up."
Ma Teng didn't understand, and other generals didn't understand why Liu Cheng didn't order the army to break open the city gate and enter the city.
However, Chen Qun stood up and said with his hands in his hands: "My lord is wise and has foresight.
The students admire the Qiang and Xiqiang people in the city."
The Qiang people in the city still don’t know whether Mo Gui is alive or dead.
If Mo Gui dies, the Qiang people in the city will Even if people are forced to surrender due to the situation, they must be hateful.
If they don't surrender sincerely, they will rebel sooner or later.
But if Mo Gui is not dead, but is captured by our army, if he can order the people in the city to surrender, Qiang will.
What will happen to people?
They will definitely lose the will to resist as if their backbone was broken."
Only then did the generals understand Liu Cheng's intention, and they all couldn't help but murmur to themselves, these twists and turns are too unpredictable, it's better for us to concentrate on fighting.
The camp was set up, and Liu Cheng arranged security and patrol posts around it, both open and covert.
Liao Hua, who was responsible for guarding Mo Gui, sent someone to report to Liu Cheng: "Sir, Mo Gui is awake."
Liu Cheng, who was discussing matters with the generals and officials in the camp, heard this and said to everyone: "Everyone, please wait again.
I will come as soon as I go."
Liu Cheng followed the reported soldier to a tent in the camp.
When Liao Hua saw him arriving, he clasped his fists and saluted: "Sir" Liu Cheng nodded, walked to Mo Gui, pulled a little Ma Zha, sat down, looked at him and asked: "Prince Mo Gui, do you know who I am?"
Mo Gui's sternum was broken and injured, and he had difficulty breathing and speaking.
His voice was very low: "Liu Cheng" Liu Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, you are quite discerning, I admire your courage.
I have 30,000 men and you only have 3,000.
How dare you lead 3,000 men to fight me in the wild?
I don’t know if you are brave or if you are seeking death.
Can you tell me why you did this?”
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Mo Gui said: "Isn't this reason enough for you to kill my father?"
"This reason is indeed enough."
Liu Cheng nodded, and his tone changed: "But with your small strength, can you take revenge?
Anyone with a slightly normal brain knows that it is impossible, but you still do it, so I guess what you did was not It's all for revenge, but you are already determined to die.
You know that you can't fight and you can't escape.
You want to use the death of yourself and the three thousand Qiang army cavalry to awaken the Qiang people's resistance to the imperial court and make everyone The tribes can unite to fight against the imperial court, right?"
Mo Gui looked at Liu Cheng, his expression changed.
Liu Cheng actually guessed his thoughts and thoughts.
His mind turned countless times at this moment and sighed: "What do you want?"
The soldier came over with two bowls of milk tea.
Liu Cheng took them one by one and handed one bowl to Mo Gui, who took it and drank it clean.
Liu Cheng took a sip of milk tea and said: "Prince Mo Gui, I admire your determination and courage to die resolutely.
Few people can be as calm as you in the face of death.
I also admire your broad-mindedness towards your subjects."
A loving mind, but you failed, surrender, this is your only way out."
"Lord Liu, don't bother.
You brought a large army to attack us Qiang people for the sake of the Han Dynasty and its subjects.
And I am willing to sacrifice everything for my people.
Don't try to convince me.
Don't waste your time."
I won’t give in if I’ve had enough saliva and time.”
Mo Gui closed his eyes after saying that.
Liu Cheng was silent for a moment, then stood up and said: "I hope Prince Mo Gui can think clearly before making a decision.
If you change your mind, I will be waiting for you at any time.
You only have three days."
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, he walked out of the tent and returned to the big tent.
The generals and officials were still waiting and talking in low voices.
After Liu Cheng came in, everyone shut their mouths and the tent became quiet again.
Liu Cheng walked up to the top and sat down to face the generals and officials and said: "Mo Gui is determined and refuses to surrender to the imperial court.
This will be a big blow to us."
Unfortunately, Na Buli has many sons, but only Mo Gui has grown up.
Years ago, the others are still young, and are currently in Longqi City.
After Na Buli's death, Mo Gui became the natural successor.
If he can surrender to the court, it will be of obvious benefit to the court in putting down the Qiang rebellion.
I wonder if you guys have any ideas.
What good idea persuades Mo Gui?"
At this time, Liu Ye stood up with confidence and said, "Sir, the student is willing to give it a try."
Liu Cheng asked: "Are you sure?"
"At least 80%" "Oh" Liu Cheng looked at Liu Ye's expression and immediately became interested.
He wanted to see if Liu Ye could subdue Mo Gui, so he said, "Okay, I'll give you two days."
"Thank you sir"
After everyone dispersed, Liu Ye and his entourage came to the camp where Mo Gui was being guarded.
Liao Hua had been notified by Liu Cheng and asked Liu Ye to enter the camp to see Mo Gui.
Mo Gui looked at Liu Ye and asked, "Who are you?"
Liu Ye cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I'm Liu Ye, the Dharma Cao of Sikong Mansion.
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I've met Prince Mogui."
"What are you doing here?"
Liu Ye smiled and sat down on the small horse and said to Mo Gui: "I have come to save His Royal Highness and the people of Xiqiang."
These words made Mo Gui, who originally didn't want to talk to Liu Ye, feel his heart skip a beat.
He frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Liu Ye smiled and said: "The prince will not think that if you don't surrender to the court, Lord Sikong will have nothing to do with His Highness and the people of Xiqiang.
Prince Mo Gui, you refuse Lord Sikong so firmly and don't save him any face.
Lord Sikong After returning, Lei Lei was furious.
Some of the generals and officials in the army had already proposed to massacre the Qiang people, regardless of men, women, old or young, in order to please Master Sikong."
Mo Guixiang's face changed drastically, but then slowly returned to normal.
He said calmly: "We Qiang people will not succumb to the lust of the Han Dynasty."
Liu Ye shook his head and said: "Prince Mo Gui, you may not have understood the situation yet.
You still don't understand what kind of person Lord Sikong is.
The Han Dynasty is now in charge of Lord Sikong.
All military and political affairs of the court are handled by Lord Sikong.
But Lord Sikong is different from all the emperors and ministers in the past.
He is decisive and opinionated.
Once a decision is made, it is difficult for others to change it.
The Xiqiang rebellion lasted too long, and the imperial court urgently needed to quickly put down the Xiqiang rebellion.
Lord Sikong had just taken over the government, and he needed someone to test his sword and establish his authority.
Unfortunately, the Xiqiang crashed into him.
At this point, if the Qiang people do not surrender to the imperial court, I believe that Lord Sikong will never care about his reputation, and he will order the death of all Qiang people who resist the imperial court."
"His Royal Highness the Prince may think that there are only 200,000 to 300,000 people in Xiqiang.
As long as the various tribes of the Qiang people unite, the imperial court will have nothing to do with the Xiqiang.
Do you want to tell the prince that there are only 200,000 to 300,000 people in Xiqiang, while the Han Dynasty With a population of tens of millions, the Han Dynasty was far from the Western Qiang in terms of financial resources and military numbers.
Comparably, it is as easy for the imperial court to destroy the Xiqiang as to crush an ant.
I believe Lord Sikong definitely has this determination, because you have angered him.
If the people of Xiqiang are ordered to be destroyed by Lord Sikong because of His Highness the Prince's recklessness and ignorance.
The army was destroyed, isn't His Highness the culprit?"
"You should know that a true king will never put his subjects in danger for his own sake.
His Royal Highness may think that his death can awaken the Qiang people to share their hatred, but you have pushed them to the edge of the abyss.
Since you Not even afraid of death , why can't you endure the humiliation and bear the burden for the people of Xiqiang?
If you can endure the scolding of the people and surrender to the court, so that they can live a stable and peaceful life, many years later they will find that they have wronged you, and you are the greatest in the world.
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