Taksa kept looking forward, trying to penetrate the night and directly see all Zhang Liao's movements. Unfortunately, he could only see this small area in front of him, trying to penetrate the night.
To see the panoramic view, it will be possible to wait until a thousand years later to obtain infrared equipment.
However, when Taksa saw the figure of the Han cavalry jumping out of the night lights again, he still roared as loud as possible, ordered the frontline human shields to concentrate on resisting, and asked his adjutant to
Attack with the cavalry!
The Kushan people actually looked down upon the domestic soldiers of these states in the Western Regions. Because when the Kushans dominated Central Asia and were wrestling with neighboring countries such as Parthia, all these large and small states in the Western Regions were like Sun Tzu.
Lying on the ground licking the Kushan boots.
It's just like the characteristics of most dynasties when they come to an end. The heart is not old yet, the mind is not sad yet, but the body is already very sincere and cannot be hardened.
Perhaps coming to the Western Regions was the Kushan people's attempt to gain strength again at the end of the dynasty...
When the Kushan cavalry rushed out, the Han cavalry had already thrown out the second round of spears. Although a large number of cheap human shields in front of the position fell down, it didn't matter. Taksa was proud.
Seeing that the Kushan cavalry under his command was about to intercept the Han cavalry, he couldn't help but feel so happy that he wanted to sing a tune from his hometown. This move must have been beyond the expectations of the Han general!
At this distance, even if the Han people tried to retrieve the throwing spear, it would be too late!
Because throwing a spear requires the use of the speed of the war horse to have enough power, and the Han cavalry is turning. On the one hand, the speed has dropped, and on the other hand, the direction is wrong. In addition, the inertia of the war horse when turning makes those Han cavalry
It is certainly difficult for the cavalry to turn around or change direction, and they will only be eaten by the Kushan cavalry in vain!
Hahaha!
That Han general, let you know how powerful I, the high nobleman of Kushan, Taksa, am!
Taksa clenched his fists and watched excitedly as his cavalrymen headed straight towards the Han cavalry.
However, this excitement did not last long.
The Kushan cavalry roared out, but they did not see the panicked appearance of the Han cavalry. Instead, they saw the Han cavalry raising their arms towards them and holding up something...
Suddenly, a certain memory fragment that they had forgotten once again popped up in the minds of the Kushan people!
The Han people have crossbows!
Why?
Why do the Han people have crossbows but use spears to attack those human shields?
Why did the Han people prepare crossbow arrows in advance, as if they expected their side to attack?
Why can the crossbow arrows of the Han people not be fired due to the jolt of the war horse or the accidental touch of the rider?
Why……
Before Taksa could figure out why, his Kushan cavalry had already hit the crossbow bolt fired by the Han cavalry!
Suddenly blood splattered everywhere.
Even when there is sufficient light during the day, it is not easy to avoid the crossbow arrows, let alone avoid the crossbow arrows fired by the Han army in the dark night.
What's even more outrageous is that most of these despicable Han people are not targeting people, but war horses!
How many people know how to hide for a while, this idiot War Horse...
Suddenly everyone was on their backs!
In the blink of an eye, a judgment was made, and the tip of Guishang's knife was immediately broken!
The subsequent Kushan cavalry could not hold back their horses, and the horses were short-sighted...
Naturally, there was another uproar!
When the Han cavalry turned around, the Kushan cavalry managed to avoid the chaotic area. However, the Kushan cavalry were immediately greeted by bursts of sharp whistles!
The sturdy Han cavalry in turn launched a charge against the Kushan cavalry!
Taksa's mind was in chaos and she could hardly believe her eyes.
How can this be?
Although the cavalry is very powerful, it also has a fatal weakness, that is, once it is engaged in battle, it is difficult to turn when charging, and after the formation is disrupted, it is difficult to restore order as quickly as the infantry. Therefore, experienced
The cavalry commander will not easily launch a whole-army raid, but will divide the cavalry into different echelons. During the raid, one echelon will be engaged one by one, and the timing will be good, so that the first echelon will turn around and disperse as soon as it breaks through the enemy.
The next echelon follows one after another, continuously attacking the enemy to expand the results.
And the Han generals clearly seemed to have invested all their troops, but they could still ride and attack in a row. This kind of thing is simply...
How is this possible?
However, this is the fact.
Taksa stared at the state of his so-called elite Kushan cavalry, beat his chest and gnashed his teeth.
These Kushan cavalry are still scattered and have not restored their array!
There are differences between people, and there are also differences between cavalry generals.
What Taksa thinks is impossible is because he can't do it, but it doesn't mean that he can't do it. Zhang Liao can't do it either...
In the blink of an eye, Zhang Liao rushed directly into the Kushan cavalry as if he was carrying a storm!
The spear danced up, like a ferocious beast in the process of impact, waving its soul-seeking claws, opening its all-devouring mouth, revealing its brutal teeth!
Taksa shouted, trying to get the archers on the position to give his Kushan cavalry some support to block the attack of the Han cavalry, but the archers' shooting did not have any effective indicators and did not have enough arrow rain coverage effect.
So the effect is very poor.
Taksa watched as most of his arrows fell into the air, then watched as his cavalry fell off their horses one by one, and then watched as his adjutant made the final charge against the Han general...
Taksa stared dumbfounded on the mountain. Suddenly, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. It felt like someone had punched him directly in the abdomen. His whole intestines and stomach were spasming. His hands and feet were shaking with pain, and his throat was filled with pain.
All that is surging is acidic water.
Because Taksa saw his adjutant, and at the moment when he attacked the Han general, the Han general's movements were like lightning. The spear in his hand came first and then penetrated directly into his adjutant's chest and abdomen.
At!
That's his lieutenant!
Now it looks like a little lamb bitten in the mouth of a vicious beast...
The ferocious beast, oh, no, it was the Han general. He even lifted the adjutant directly off his horse and drew a streak of blood in the air!
Not only that, Taksa even saw that his adjutant did not die immediately on the Han people's spear. He didn't know whether it was because of the instinctive twitching before death, or because he was struggling to death. Anyway, his hands and feet were trembling and dancing...
Taksa felt that his chest and abdomen seemed to be twitching and cramping.
The Kushan cavalry was defeated and fled in all directions.
Zhang Liao held the Guishang Military Academy in front of the formation, then slowly reined in the horse and did not continue to charge forward. The Han cavalry behind him also slowed down and stopped in front of the Kushan formation.
Everyone in the Kushan array was staring at Zhang Liao and others blankly at this moment, as if their souls were absorbed by Zhang Liao at this moment, and even their blood was half frozen.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Taksa was the first to regain his breath and growled through gritted teeth, "He is demonstrating! He is demonstrating to me!"
Taksa heard the clicking sound of his upper and lower teeth. He didn't know whether it was because of anger or fear.
"Be on guard! Hold the line..." Taksa yelled at the top of his lungs, "Stabilize the line! No chaos, no chance for the Han to break through! We are all stable!"
When the soldiers around him shouted this, they seemed to have woken up from a nightmare and hurriedly began to gather their queues, passing on orders one after another.
The Han queue moved again, and the sound of horse hoofs sounded again, hitting the hearts of people in Guishang and others. After they picked up their spears in fear and prepared to welcome the next wave of Han offensive, Zhang Liao
There was no attack, but as if he was mocking his opponent, he turned around and walked away slowly...
"..." Taksa's eyes widened, and he seemed to be in disbelief as he said, as if he was asking himself or others, "Why... why... is this... gone?"
No one can give Taksa an answer.
Just like no one would give Zhang Liao an answer...
Zhang Liao also had no idea why Lu Bu accidentally killed Gao Shun.
This unexpected occurrence made it impossible to proceed with the original plan. Zhang Liao could only change his original plan to lure the enemy. Instead, he put maximum pressure on Taksa and slowly withdrew with the power he exerted.
battlefield.
The Guishang coalition followed Zhang Liao tentatively for a while, and then was frightened out of their wits by Zhang Liao's counterattack. They did not dare to go forward anymore, and just hesitated. Then they waited until dawn and the fire in Qiu Cicheng gradually extinguished before they came
Gathered in the place burned to ruins.
Outside the ruins of Qiucicheng, the coalition held a "victory" meeting, and representatives from various states attended the meeting. At the meeting, Taksa said that this operation was successful and effective, and represented the nobility of light.
Shuang restored the glory of Buddha and recaptured Qiu Cicheng, and those extremely vicious Han people fled with their tails between their legs!
As for the battle that took place in the dark night, it disappeared as the night passed...
The rest is what everyone agrees on, this is a great victory!
Buddha's victory!
Look, the brilliance of the sun is the Buddha’s smile. How brilliant and dazzling it is!
Then a group of people shed tears of emotion and fell to the ground one after another.
I have no choice but to stare at the sun for too long...
The celebratory dances started, the celebratory songs were sung, and these herdsmen from the lower ranks of the coalition army settled down happily, killing cattle and sheep, and also killed the injured horses that could not be treated, and threw them into the pot for cooking.
But unlike these ordinary herdsmen who really thought they had won, as the upper echelons of the coalition, after convening the "victory" meeting, they also held a meeting with relatively few participants, and the atmosphere was not good.
Small meeting.
On a small slope where the ruins of Qiu Cicheng can be seen, a few pieces of cloth separated the eyes of ordinary herdsmen. Representatives of several Western Region countries also threw away the masks hanging on their faces, each showing different expressions.
idea.
Wutuo, Zihe, Xiye, Wulei and other countries located south of Dawan in Yarkand, leaning towards the southern route of the Western Region, are not very willing to continue chasing and expelling the Han people, so they do not agree to continue marching eastward, feeling that
You can accept it as soon as it's ready.
The three kingdoms of Yarkand, Gumo, and Shule, which were directly threatened by the Han army, were relatively inclined to continue attacking the Han people. However, if they really wanted to fight the Han people to the death, they were not willing to make any decisions in this regard.
Outstanding contributions, fearless sacrifices, the three of them prefer to drag others to die together... uh, support them together... um, go up together.
As for some small states, they have been excluded from this small conference.
As Taksa presiding over the meeting, he did have a headache. If it hadn't been for the thrilling scene last night, he might have emphasized that the Han people were weak and had been cursed by the Buddha, and then marched into the West Sea with a tough attitude, but
After seeing the Han cavalry, he hesitated again.
But then I thought about it, as a Kushan native, he actually didn't care how many people were killed or injured in the Western Regions. As long as he could expel the Han people from the Western Regions, then he would have accomplished a great feat. After returning to Kushan in the future, he would become one of the most powerful people in the Western Regions.
The House of Lords is no longer a dream!
oh……
Salted fish should also have dreams, not to mention that this time is the closest opportunity to climb up the noble ladder!
Taksa was not very willing to give up just like that.
In the small meeting, the countries in the Western Regions quarreled with each other with red faces and thick necks, and it was difficult to unify their opinions for a while.
In Taksa, which was stabbed by Zhang Liao, there was not enough prestige to pressure these small states to unify their opinions.
Finally, the leader of the Yarkand Kingdom made a suggestion and said that the eminent monk of the Yarkand Kingdom, Master Busen, would make the final decision.
Master Busen is the inheritor of the secret scroll. He is not only an eminent monk of the Buddha, but also a witness and recorder of the history of the Western Regions. It is said that his inheritance comes from one of the earliest mysterious countries in the Western Regions, but no one knows which one.
…
However, the inheritance of Master Busen has existed very early on, this is certain.
This is a war waged in the name of the Buddha, and the opinions of Master Busen, who represents the Buddha, are of course very important.
Everyone thought for a while and then agreed.
After all, most of the herdsmen came here because they believed in Buddhism.
Regarding this conclusion, Taksa frowned a little, but he couldn't say anything for the moment, because after all, he had boasted too much about the Buddha before. If he now said that the Buddha was useless and the eminent monk was nothing, then he wouldn't do it first.
When it comes to the question of whether to be slapped in the face or not, are those herdsmen at the bottom who believe in Buddhism going to make a fuss?
After much thought, Taksa decided to talk to the eminent monk Busen first.
Monk Busen did not follow the ordinary people of the coalition army, but fell behind alone, escorted by several monks.
When he walked into Master Busen's tent, Taksa couldn't help but be shocked, because in the middle of the tent, there was a corpse enshrined.
A mummy.
The appearance seems to be painted with paint or something else, so that the mummy has not decomposed but maintains a cross-legged and hunched posture. At a glance, it looks more like a monkey than a person.
"Why don't you worship?"
While Taksa was in a daze, an old voice suddenly sounded from behind him, startling Taksa.
Taksa turned around and found that the eminent monk Busen was standing behind him at some point.
"This is the Buddha in the flesh..." Busen bowed to the mummy, "He practiced hard during his lifetime, spread and preached Buddhism in various places, became immortal after death, and became a Buddha in the flesh..."
Taksa twitched his eyebrows. If he was asked to bow before a carved Buddha statue, there was generally no problem, but bowing before a mummy seemed a little weird psychologically, and he couldn't do it.
Bu Sen said in a calm tone, "You came to me. Your subordinates came here a while ago, and now you come here in person. What is the purpose of this visit?"
"Master is brilliant..." Taksa nodded and said, he pondered for a while, "Master, please tell me, this Buddha... is supposed to be compassionate?"
Busen nodded slowly, "Yes."
"Then Master, does Master know anything about the situation at hand?" Taksa asked.
Busen replied: "I dare not say that I know everything, but generally I know some... What do you want to say?"
"The Han people wreaked havoc in Qiuci, killing people and burning down the royal city... Nowadays, a large number of people in the Western Region are oppressed and tortured by the Han people. They are really suffering unspeakably... Master, do you know this?"
"I know." Busen said calmly.
"Look at Qiuci City not far away. The Han people robbed gold and silver, captured cattle and sheep, and committed countless crimes! The former pearl of Qiuci is now in ruins!"
"I know."
"It was here that the majority of the Han people used the most cruel methods to kill the King of Kucha, cutting off his head and letting him die with his eyes open..."
"I know."
"Not only in Qiuci, the Han people also carried out appalling massacres in many places, killing civilians indiscriminately, dyeing the river red with blood, and the souls of injustice wailing in this land day and night..."
"I know."
From the beginning to the end, Busen's tone was very calm, as calm as if Taksa was not talking about life and death, but about the sun rising and setting today, the air is good, etc.
Taksa couldn't help but wait for Busen, wondering if this old man was crazy, "Master... you, are you okay? You said... you know everything?"
Busen nodded.
Taksa's eyes widened, "This... do you think these things are... normal? Shouldn't the Buddha be compassionate? You have heard and seen these tragic scenes and know the ruthless abuses of the Han people against the people."
, how can you... be so, so... just a "know"?』
Busen sighed slightly, "That's true...I'm not indifferent to this, but what do you want me to do?"
Taksa hesitated and decided to make it clear to Busen directly, "Master, you are the representative of the Buddha, and the people trust you. When the people are violated by the Han people and bullied so cruelly by the Han people, Master, are you right?"
We should stand up to save these people who have been invaded by the Han people and resist the Han people? Drive the Han people out of this land and let the light be restored here!"
After Taksa finished speaking, he looked at Busen. He felt that he had fully demonstrated his outstanding eloquence and could speak more brilliantly than the noble men in the Kushan Council.
Busen looked at Taksa calmly, "If I understand the general correctly... the general hopes that I can stand up, resist the Han people, drive the Han people away, and kill the Han people, just like the Han people killed our people."
Kill the Han people?"
"Huh?" Taksa suddenly felt a little troubled, "How can this be the same? We represent the light, we are on the side of the Buddha, and the Han people are dark, and we are on the side of the devil! We
It’s the sun! Loves all living beings! The Han people are the night! Devouring life! We are righteous! The Han people are evil! This is different! Completely different!"
Busen looked at Taksa quietly.
Taksa stopped speaking generously, fell silent, and then stared at Busen in the same way...
