At dusk, the remnant sun is like blood.
In the small city of Hugh Tu, there is some joy in the noise, and some tragedy in the joy.
The joy is that he has killed so many Xianbei people, and the merits in his hands can buy a few more suitable clothes for the mother-in-law and children at home, so that they will not have no clothes to wear when they go out, and the tragedy in the joy is naturally that while getting the merits, there are also comrades who died in battle, and the fresh lives disappeared in front of their eyes, always bringing some sadness, even if they are veterans, they will not be indifferent to the withering of their comrades.
Exploits, glory, food, clothing, are all exchanged for life.
The veteran looked up at the mottled city wall, the mottled city wall experienced the rain and wind, it was already vulnerable, after experiencing the siege of the Xianbei people, it was even more dilapidated, the yellow city wall like mud, now dyed with the color of blood, under the light of the sunset, it looks a little weird, glowing red, I don't know if there are unjust souls in this world, if there is, on this battlefield, there are tens of thousands of unjust souls swimming at this moment.
The Xianbei people, who had nowhere to go and could only fight to the death, fell on this land for the sake of merit and family.
They all have long-cherished aspirations in their hearts, but there are no innocents in war.
The veteran sighed, dissipating the miscellaneous thoughts in his mind, and he and a forcibly recruited recruit dragged the corpse of a Xianbei man with his ears cut off and threw it out of the city.
After several hours, and the temperature was still very low in early spring, these corpses had long been hard pieces, more like ice cubes than corpses.
Originally, there were mountains of corpses piled up in the small city of Xiutu, but after half a day of transportation, there were not many corpses under the city of Xiutu, but outside the city of Xiutu, a mountain of corpses was piled up.
In this corpse mountain is the corpse of the Xianbei people, and in the other relatively small corpse mountain, there are the corpses of the Han people.
In fact, in this era, corpses were burned on the spot, and in the end, they were brought back with just a set of armor worn in front of them.
As time passed, the corpses piled higher and higher, and the mountain of corpses became more and more majestic.
This mountain of corpses is not small, piled up with the corpses of at least 50,000 people, if it weren't for the cold weather at this time, the smell around would have been disgusting, but even in early spring, such a scene is too shocking, and the smell around is definitely not friendly.
For example, the recruit in front of the veteran threw up several times.
Veterans are people who have seen the world, and they have long been surprised by such scenes.
Liangzhou has always been associated with war.
There was no Qianghu invasion, and there were also Han people's nest fighting.
And those who are soldiers are just trying to get a bite to eat for themselves and their own people on the line of life and death.
In this era, there are two ways to dispose of corpses, the first is to dig pits and bury them or cremate them, a large number of corpses will breed plague, and once infected, it is difficult for anyone to survive in the medical conditions of this era.
The second is a little more tragic, the corpse directly becomes military food, of course, this situation is still relatively rare, but the relatively small appearance does not mean that it has not appeared, in ancient times, especially in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, wars were frequent, production could not keep up with consumption at all, the two armies were fighting, what should I do if there is no food to eat Of course, you can only chirén meat, and if you don't chirén meat, you will starve to death.
After all, almanacs are written by victors.
However, the army in Liangzhou was supported by Cao Chong's grain and grass, and of course they would not be disgusted with their own chirén meat, so they chose the first option, cremation.
In fact, burying the soil is the way to respect the enemy, but it seems that whether it is Jiuquan Taishou or Ling Hugang, or Zero Chaos Beigong Fu, they did not respect the ideas of these Xianbei people, but burned them with a fire.
Only Han Chinese corpses enjoyed the privilege of being buried.
Poured oil on it, and then ignited it all at once, and a bright fire ignited a few miles away from the small town of Xiutu, and such a fire was exceptionally bright in the dark night.
The veteran looked at the igniting fire, smelled a smell like beef and mutton being roasted, and his stomach was a little sick for a while, so he grabbed the recruit who fell to the ground and vomited, and walked towards the city of Hutu.
This recruit is also an unlucky guy, he looks only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he has to fight people if he can't hold a gun steadily, but this is also a common thing in this world.
Some people have spent their lives in the barracks since they were young, and as for those who can really grow up, the veterans haven't seen a few yet, and seeing the recruits vomiting unconscious, the veterans can only sigh in the end.
He himself is also difficult to protect, if he can, he will naturally help this recruit, but on the battlefield, what is the right thing to say.
"Can you walk?"
Away from the campfire in the corpse mountain, the recruit's face looked better, but looking at the way he opened his mouth and wanted to vomit, the veteran felt that he was still choked enough.
"I can go."
The veteran nodded, threw a knife over, and picked up his spear himself and headed in the direction of Hugh Slaughter.
The bonfire, the crescent moon, the stars, and the cold wind that blows from time to time make the veteran miss his mother-in-law and aunt a little.
But the veteran didn't miss it for long, and the earth began to shake.
At first it was only a slight shock, but then the shock grew louder and louder, and the old soldier's hand holding the gun began to tremble.
"Run, run, hurry up, take out the strength to eat, Qianghu is coming" The veteran threw down the spear without saying a word, and ran straight away, while the new soldier looked at the old soldier's appearance, even if he didn't know what was going on, he drew a scoop on the gourd, threw down the knife in his hand, and followed the veteran.
The tremors grew louder and louder, and the neighing of horses began to be heard.
By now, even the recruits know what happened.
Bolted.
The two of them ran wildly on the road of several miles, panting, their faces were extremely red, but no one dared to stop, and beside them, there were also colleagues who had come to throw corpses, and at this time they also ran with them.
Hugh Tu City was getting closer and closer, but no one had a smile on their faces, and in the distance, in the darkness, there were already sporadic fires.
At first, there were only a few sparse spots in the fire, but then, like a volcanic eruption, it stained the entire grassland outside the city of Hue Tu into a fire huángsè.
Hugh Tu is just around the corner. run Take your life and run A thousand meters, and a thousand meters to reach the city of Hutu, but behind them, the cavalry of the Qianghu people was closer.
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Five hundred meters.
Four hundred meters.
The city gate of Hutu is vividly in front of me, but behind these soldiers who threw their corpses, you can already see the Qianghu cavalry with scimitars.
Three hundred meters.
At a distance of less than 300 meters, the corpse throwers who fell behind the comparison began to be chased by the Qianghu cavalry, and there was only one result of being caught up, that is, death There is no second way to go.
Two hundred meters It's only two hundred meters.
Veterans and recruits could feel the wind whistling in their ears, the screams of their comrades behind them, and the sound of scimitars going into flesh.
The gates of Hugh were close at hand, and so was the danger.
One hundred meters, the last hundred meters of the sprint If you cross this 100 meters, you will be able to live.
At this time, the veteran finally dared to look back behind him.
The cavalry of the Qianghu people was still a few hundred meters away from him, and he was only a few dozen meters away from the city gate, so he could survive and survive Before the veteran had time to cheer, he turned his head to look at the gate of Hugh Tu, and his heart sank completely.
The gates of the city shēny shēny screamed, opening wide and closing gradually.
Unlike Guzang, Hutu did not have a moat, but this also made the veterans feel more desperate.
He ran to the city gate, his hand could touch the cold city gate, and the Qianghu cavalry behind him was still a hundred meters away, but he knew that he would never be able to enter the city again. for the gates of the city were shut.
Woohoo The archers on the walls fired a single arrow, forcing the pursuing cavalry to stop and run behind.
The cavalry left, but there was no joy on the veteran's face, because behind the cavalry, there was a continuous fire.
It was the infantry of the Qianghu people.
It is also the main force of the siege, and any commander will not use cavalry to attack the city, the cavalry is expensive, and the siege will not play a role.
The real siege is always the infantry, and the infantry will take the city with their lives.
At this time, the veteran wished that a hanging basket would have been lowered from the city walls, but it was not.
Hoh and ho and ho The veteran was short of breath, he already knew his end.
On the battlefield, there is no mercy, and the commander will not take risks for the life and death of a few people.
The veteran understands the mind of the gatekeeper, but that doesn't mean he will forgive him.
With a thud, the veteran pulled out the short knife at his waist.
Since you can't live, let's use your life to earn a few more meritorious deeds.
At this time, Hugh slaughtered the city and was completely in chaos, and the city lord's mansion gathered all the commanders of the coalition army, four generals, and twelve captains.
Jiuquan Taishou's face was not very good-looking at this time, he found a good Yanma in Hutu City, and he was on the rise, Qianghu attacked, and he had to pull out his gun, so it was strange that he was in a good mood.
There was no displeasure on Ling Hugang's face, but there was some light in his eyes, in his opinion, these Qiang Hu were all meritorious deeds "You know how many people are coming from Qianghu."
The general defending the city was stunned for a moment, and immediately said: "General Qiyu, it is too dark at night to see clearly, but the number of people will definitely not be small, at least 50,000 people." ” If there were only 50,000 men, then the coalition army would not have to shrink in the city, but could attack directly.
Of course, Ling Hugang also knew that there were more than 50,000 people outside the city, so after listening to the words of this guard, Ling Hugang said to Jiuquan Taishou: "Taishou, you are the oldest and most prestigious here, you can tell me what we should do."
Although the Linghu clan is not in Jiuquan County, it still has a lot of business dealings with Jiuquan County, so it is natural to sell Jiuquan Taishou a face.
Hearing Ling Hugang's words, Jiuquan Taishou cleaned up his mood and said: "How can one person have the final say on important military matters, this matter should be decided by the generals present." ” Ling Hugang nodded, what he said before was just to save face for Jiuquan Taishou, but fortunately, this Jiuquan Taishou was not a reckless man, and he was not arrogant enough to think that he could command all the soldiers and horses in Jiuquan County and Dunhuang County.
He is not the Marquis of Luoyang.
"What do you think?"
Unlike the people of Dunhuang County in Jiuquan County, Beigong Fu is in Longxi County, and he has dealt with the Qianghu people in Yuezhi City, so he stood up and said: "Fu has dealt with the King of Xiqiang several times, this person is brave, upright, but not stupid, is a difficult enemy to deal with, if he wants to attack the city, he is not eighty percent sure, he will not attack." ” Probably Ling Hu Gang frowned.
"What General Beigong means is that there are more than 50,000 people on this table."
Beigong Fu nodded.
"Since the king of Xiqiang dares to besiege the city, it means that there are more than 50,000 people outside."
"It's more than 50,000, so how many people does General Beigong think?"
Beigong Fu pondered for a moment and said, "I think it's at least 100,000" lakh Hearing this number, even Ling Hugang's brows furrowed.
If there are 100,000 people, with 60,000 allied troops in the city, even if they go out and defeat the Qianghu people, they will be greatly damaged.
That's right, Linghu Gang didn't equate the army of this group of barbarians with his own. 60,000 Han army, against the enemy 100,000 barbarians, that is sure to win It's like an indisputable fact, and no one will argue with it.
"If it is according to what General Beigong said, what do you think should be done?"
At this time, the eyes of everyone present flashed, but no one spoke.
It's not that you don't speak, it's that you don't speak.
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Nobody wants to be this early bird.
Seeing that no one spoke, Ling Hugang smiled, and said to Jiuquan Taishou: "Taishou, I think it's up to you to make up your mind about this matter." ” Jiuquan Taishou naturally shook his head.
"Military strategy, this government is not good at it, General Beigong, since you know something about the King of Xiqiang, then what should you do?"
Seeing the ball in his hand, Beigong Fu smiled bitterly and had to speak.
"The plan is to stick to the city and wait for reinforcements."
Hold on to the city Ling Hugang's brow furrowed.
"General Beigong knows that the grain and grass in the city can be supported for three days at most, if it is three days to reinforce the future, we will be dead."
If the grain and grass are gone, and the soldiers under his hands have nothing to eat, he will still give you his life "Extremely, these aliens are only 100,000, if we go out, it will only be a loss, there is no need to push ourselves into a corner."
Most of the people present still wanted to take the initiative.
"In that case, then we will go out to meet Qianghu" As soon as Ling Hugang finished speaking, Jiuquan Taishou's words full of meaning came out.
"Well, who wants to be a pioneer" Who wants to be a pioneer In this case, being a pioneer is naturally the heaviest loss, Jiuquan Taishou said this, and the lobby was very quiet.
"Since General Beigong has dealt with Qiang Hu, this position of vanguard naturally belongs to General Beigong."
Beigong was stunned for a moment, then looked at Zero Chao with a gloomy face, and said: "General Zero is a native of Xiqiang, and he wants to have an inseparable relationship with the King of Xiqiang.
"Beigong Fuyou" "Okay, okay, if you continue to argue like this, then Qianghu will start to attack the city."
Jiuquan Taishou has the most prestige here, and as soon as he speaks, Ling Chao and Beigong Fu naturally want to give him face, and they will simply close the most.
"In this way, how about a thousand men from each general, and a vanguard of four thousand?"
This method was the most compromised, no one was present to oppose it, no one objected, then, the pioneer was born.
Time was of no time to slaughter the four gates, each guarded by a general.
Just as Qianghu was about to attack the city, the four gates were opened, and a thousand men poured out, and then a steady stream of infantry and cavalry.
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