As if they sensed the desperate intention in the heart of their family leader, the approaching Urqi tribe warriors threw themselves at him, forming a wall with their flesh and blood, blocking the way of the Tang Dynasty war horses holding swords.
It's a pity that the war situation has reached this point and is irreversible. No matter how many warriors rush forward, it will not be able to save Tianhe. One more tribal warrior standing in front of the horse will only add another trace of blood to the Tang Dynasty's sword.
.
I saw the Tang general who was leading the charge straighten his front, and stabbed the tribal warriors in front of him under the camel. Then, the entire length of the spear was like an angry python, with the force of the pole bouncing away again, it was violent.
The other two tribal warriors who rushed over were whipped, and the upper half of their bodies immediately tilted off the hump. The sternum and spine were broken at the same time, and they could not live without seeing it.
The other two Tang people immediately rushed forward, followed the gap opened by the leading Tang general, and slammed their long spears forward. Following two screams of "Ah!" and "Ah!", two more people tried to step forward.
The desperate Urqi warriors were lifted into the air. A bowl-sized hole appeared on each chest, and blood and internal organs poured down like rain.
The sixth person standing in front of the Tang army was a Sehuolo man. Seeing this, he was so frightened that he turned his mount and fled. In the crowded crowd, how could there be a way to escape? The Tang general caught up with him from behind with a long spear in his hand.
, pierced the waist and abdomen, and then threw it out hard.
Several Saihuo Luo cavalrymen were knocked off their camels by the corpses. The rest of the people fled one after another, pushing each other, and scrambling to escape for their lives. However, the guards of Da Aijin of the Urqi tribe went against the flow of people and rushed up to the front one after another.
The gap around Wang Xun quickly widened, and then narrowed quickly, so narrow that he could hardly swing his horse. An Urqi Burke stepped on the camel's hump, jumped up, and tried to hug his arm. He
Holding the long spear under his left armpit, he picked up the chain hammer given by Gao Shi with his right hand from behind the saddle. He smashed the guy who jumped in the air to pieces. Then, he swung it open with one arm, and the chain hammer blew up a gust of wind.
, wherever it touched, flesh and blood flew everywhere.
The camel cavalry screamed and fell off their mounts. Wang Xun's eyes were empty for a moment. As soon as his fingers loosened, he used the chain hammer as a hidden weapon and smashed it at the woolen banner more than 20 steps away. The flagpole as thick as a bowl immediately fell over.
Cover the Urqibu Aijinsitai directly underneath.
"Lord Aijin is dead, Tiao Sitai Aijin is dead." The warrior Chu Mukun who was following the Feilong Imperial Guard was afraid that the world would be in chaos, so he shouted at the top of his lungs.
The warriors of the Urqi tribe could not distinguish the authenticity. They turned their camels and fled in all directions. However, several warriors wearing personal guard robes became even more crazy and rushed towards Wang Xun's horse.
"Don't risk death, don't risk death. Come back, come back!" Urqibu Aijindu Sitai opened the big paper on his head and burst into tears. He had lived for more than seventy years, and death was not a pity. But now he is blocking the way.
Those in front of Tang General Zhang Feng are the hopes of the Urqi tribe. They are all the most elite warriors in the tribe. If one of them is missing, the chance of the tribe to rise again will be reduced.
"Block him, block him!" With the same cry in his voice, the order issued by Ai Jinjie Zhiluo of the Ministry of Fire and Luo was completely opposite to that of Tai Sitai. He waited from the age of twenty to fifty before he killed his father.
, the previous Aijin of the tribe had passed away. He had not yet enjoyed enough of the glory and wealth of being Aijin. He was even more reluctant to sit in the golden tent and respond to hundreds of calls.
How can it be stopped!
The shortcomings of the chaotic command system of the nomadic tribe are fully revealed at this moment. Once the two chiefs are targeted by the Tang army, the peripheral tribal warriors will not receive any precise orders. They all rush in and out based on their own judgment. And they
The formation was immediately disrupted by the Tang people, the Loulan people and the Chumukun people. Therefore, no matter how desperate they were at this moment, there were only three or five tribal warriors who could come forward to fight with the Tang general.
Three or five horse-riding masters who relied entirely on their own insights to fight against Tang Jiang, who had practiced martial arts since childhood and had been carefully taught by several veterans of the White Horse Castle, were almost as good as committing suicide, and they sacrificed their lives one after another.
, but didn’t even have a chance to touch the latter’s clothes.
In the blink of an eye, several more elite warriors from the Urqi and Sehuluo tribes died under the horses of the Tang army. At the same time, Wei Feng also arrived with the rest of the people on horseback, and fell down with their hands.
Bo Nu fired at the camel cavalry who were in a mess like a pot of porridge. While shooting, he shouted loudly, "Surrender, surrender quickly. Whoever surrenders will avoid death! You are allowed to redeem your life."
"Whoever surrenders will be spared from death! Self-redemption is allowed!" The Loulan warriors who were hacking and killing in the crowd suddenly woke up and translated the orders of Wei Feng and others in Turkic language. After hearing this, they were stirred into a pot of confusion.
The camel cavalry became more and more at a loss. Some turned their mounts and fled away, while others simply dropped their weapons, closed their eyes and let their opponents do whatever they wanted.
How could the people of the Tang Dynasty, who had finally arrived, fly away with the ransom they had almost received? They immediately split up and chased after them, using crossbows to shoot the nearest escapees from behind. Dozens of camel cavalry had no way to escape.
, had to hold the mount, and surrendered obediently.
Hearing the roaring shouts around him, Urqibu Aijinsitai's eyes suddenly lit up as he was about to wash away his shame with his own blood. He pulled out the scimitar from his waist and raised his hands above his head. At the same time, he used all his strength
He shouted with all his strength: "Surrender, everyone dismounts and surrenders to the General of the Tang Dynasty. They are benevolent and righteous teachers and will not kill prisoners!"
"Surrender, surrender. Sehurians, surrender quickly!" As if grasping a life-saving straw, Jie Zhi's slightly older Aijin also cried and raised his hands. "Stop fighting, stop fighting, enough people have died today."
There are too many. Leave some seeds for the Saihuoluo tribe. Master Tang, I beg you!"
Hearing the cry from behind, the clan leader's guards, who were struggling to support themselves with their passion, all grabbed their mounts. They looked blankly at the Tang man holding the sword who rushed in front of them, and then dropped it silently.
weapon.
"Get out of the way!" Wang Xun had no time to hold his mount, so he could only raise his long spear to the sky with one hand, and at the same time tilted the horse's head with the other hand. The mount, which had lost its temper, roared loudly, and knocked over four more horses one after another.
The five camels, who had no time to dodge, barely stopped.
The rest of the Feilong Imperial Guards also raised their swords and stepped off their mounts. They tried their best to avoid collisions with their own robes and the surrendered enemy troops. Of course, when the two could not be chosen at the same time, they had to take care of their brothers first.
Seeing that the holders were so kind-hearted, the two tribesmen couldn't bear to resist. They jumped off the white camels together, knelt on the ground and climbed a few steps on their knees, and raised the waist knife that represented the dignity of the tribe to Wang Xun.
In front of the horse. "General of the Tang Dynasty, blessed by the White Wolf God, your bravery and kindness made the entire Tulum qi tremble. I, the Ai of the Urqi Tribe..." "I,
Ai Jinjie of the Saihuoluo tribe..." "I am willing to lead the warriors of the whole clan to bow down before your horse! Let me do whatever you want!"
"I, Wang Xun, the captain of the Tang Dynasty, accept the surrender of the two Aijins." Wang Xun stabbed the long spear in his hand into the sand, jumped off his mount, and took the waist knives offered by the two clan leaders one by one with both hands. Then, he turned around
, shouted at all the anxious camel cavalry: "I, Wang Xun, the captain of the Tang Dynasty, am willing to guarantee my family's honor. As long as you put down your weapons, I will not kill any of you indiscriminately!"
"Put down your weapons and surrender immediately!"
"Put down your weapons, Aijin has surrendered, what are you doing waiting around?!"
Loulan people, Chumukun people, and several Hegu people who were mixed among the Chumukun warriors and were temporarily recruited by Wang Xun to make up the number, shouted in Turkic at the same time. They did not have Wang Xun's good temper.
If the movement is a little slow, immediately slash the opponent with a knife, and chop the opponent directly under the mount.
"Surrender, surrender. Surrender quickly. General Datang promised not to kill anyone else!" Fearing that all their warriors would be killed, the two Aijins raised their voices at the same time and shouted in their own tribal language.
"Dang!" "Dang!" The scimitars specially made by the nomads were thrown to the ground one after another. The surviving Urqi and Sehuolo warriors jumped off the camels and looked at Chumu who was showing off his power with angry eyes.
The three warriors of Kun, Hegu, and Loulan wished they could roast each other alive into dried meat with their rage.
"You still refuse to accept it, don't you?" A Chumukunbu Xiaojian was ashamed and angry. He raised his scimitar and was about to chop it down. Immediately, two or three crossbows were aimed at him at the same time. "They all
He is your slave, you have no right to deal with it!" Wei Feng, the leader of Minzhuang, stepped forward and yelled angrily. Then, regardless of whether the camel cavalry understood or not, he loudly expressed comfort to each other, "Don't be afraid, all of you.
.My family has a heart of a Bodhisattva. As long as you can afford the ransom, I will definitely let you go."
Neither the Chu Mukun warriors on horseback nor the new prisoners standing on the ground understood his words. But the meaning of his movements were clearly understood. Chu Mukun
The warrior thought that his future was uncertain at this moment, so he smiled and put away his scimitar. The new prisoners quickly hid the anger in their eyes and gave the kind-hearted Tang Dynasty master a grateful glance.
With the experience of collecting prisoners last time, Fang Ziling and Lao Zhou were familiar with the road. Soon, a site was re-designated not far away and they took the prisoners to register their names. Shi Huaiyi, Wang Xun and others who had been leading the team to guard the perimeter
The three old foxes, Kang Zhongxin, pulled up the two patriarchs, Du Sitai and Jie Zhilue, from the ground to discuss the specific redemption matters with each other.
After witnessing the second clean battle with his own eyes, the old fox Kang Zhongxin became more and more convinced that Wang Xun's future was limitless. Establishing a strong friendship with him now before he rises would surely bring endless benefits to the Loulan tribe in the future.
Therefore, he worked very hard during the negotiations. He would rather be hated by the Urqi and Sehuluo tribes for fifty years than to squeeze the last lamb from these two tribes for Wang Xun.
His baht must be compared with his appearance, which made Chu Mukunbu Aijin Tumati secretly wipe his hands in a cold sweat. "Anyway, it was Wang Xiaowei who just negotiated the terms of redemption with me. If it were the old fox, Chumukunbu would be dead within ten years."
....."
"General of the Tang Dynasty, who is blessed by the White Wolf God, it is not our Urqi and Sehuluo tribes that are your enemies!" In order to give his tribe some breathing room, he even ignored the rules of bandit robbery.
He directly revealed the person behind the scenes, "It's General Geshuhan, and his people ordered us to intercept and kill you on the way. Both of our tribes are very weak. If we want to make a living between Puchanghai and Yumenguan, we must make a living between Puchanghai and Yumen Pass.
You have to obey the intimidation of General Geshuhan!"
"The knife is in your hand and the camel is under your crotch. If you don't run forward by yourself, how can Ge Shubu still hold your reins?" The old fox Kang Zhongxin didn't take this trick and dismissed Wang Xun directly before he could speak.
He accepted the opponent's sophistry. "Each warrior was redeemed with ten horses and thirty sheep. They must be sent to Shule within three months. After seeing the livestock, Wang Xiaowei immediately released them. In addition, the warriors
You are also responsible for what you eat and drink during this period of time. You can either pay for it with livestock or convert it into real gold and silver!"
"No, no, you can just kill me!" Before he could finish his words, Aijinjie Zhiluo of the Huoluo tribe immediately grabbed the ground with his head. This time he brought 700 camel cavalry, and he was not defeated by the king in the battle just now.
Xun and others were targeted as key targets, so the number of tribesmen who survived as captives was much higher than that of the Urqi tribe. If all the captured tribesmen were redeemed according to the conditions set by the old fox Kang Zhongxin, the entire tribe would have to fight next year.
Drink the northwest wind.
"You are you, and they are them. Your worth is calculated separately. Five hundred horses and four thousand sheep will not disgrace your status. The same goes for the weight loss!" Kang Zhongxin curled his lips and said, "Who is cheating?"
Whose attitude is it worth?
"I have already heard the call of the Immortal Heaven, and it is definitely not worth the price!" Wuerqibu Aijindi Sitai shook his head repeatedly. His tone was not as strong as Jie Zhilue, but it was extremely determined. "I am willing to serve for the rest of my life.
General of the Tang Dynasty who was blessed by the White Wolf God. As for our captured warriors, less than 20% can afford the ransom you mentioned. The rest have no choice but to spend their lives working as cattle and horses to atone for their sins!
"
"The General of the Tang Dynasty has many people to serve him, and there is no shortage of old bones like you!" The old fox Kang Zhongxin curled his lips, without any pity in his eyes, "If your people cannot afford the ransom, I will ask the General of the Tang Dynasty to
, let them all come to the Loulan tribe to become herd slaves!"
The Loulan Tribe is short of young men. If these captives are brought to the valley, with the skills of the old fox, they will all become members of the same race within a few years. As a native of Aijin, a tribe in the Western Region, Wuerqi obviously also knows about the other party.
There was a threat in his words, and he smiled and said: "Since Changshengtian has arranged it like this, I can't do anything about it. It's their fate! But if I agree to your conditions today, Urqi's tribe will have 40,000 soldiers."
If you eat too much, you will definitely not survive the next winter."
"I can't live, I can't live. Master Tang, please be merciful!" Ai Jinjie Zhiluo, the leader of Sehuoluo, took over the conversation and prayed loudly, banging his forehead on the sand with a "dong-dong" sound.
Wang Xun hated seeing others begging for mercy, so he immediately stretched out his hand and pulled Jie Zhi slightly up. "I don't want to push you to a dead end. But my brothers and I, as well as the brothers from the Loulan tribe, must be compensated.
......."
"We can compensate, we can use all the property we can to compensate for your losses!" Hearing Wang Xun's tone loosen, Ai Jinjie Zhiluo of the Sehuoluo tribe immediately wrapped himself around like a snake, "I,
I am willing to give three hundred horses and one thousand, no, two thousand sheep to redeem myself. The other warriors of my tribe can each give three horses and five sheep. No, ten sheep."
"And, and more!" Lest Wang Xun was dissatisfied with this condition, he continued to add loudly, "Our tribe also has a lot of silver and bronze wares, which add up to hundreds of kilograms. I can break them into cattle and sheep to compensate.
Here you go. Also, Geshubu gave me three carts of fine silk and satin, so I can hand them over! Just wait, I will send someone back to get them for you!"
"I don't have time to wait. It's useless to ask for those things!" Wang Xun has been accustomed to fine clothes and fine food since he was a child. Wang Xun has never taken external things very seriously. He shook his head and refused with a smile, "You can keep the silver and bronze for your own use.
.I don’t need silk and satin either. As for the livestock, you can send someone to transport the livestock to Yanqi later and hand them over to the guard there!”
"Definitely, definitely." Jie Zhilue immediately knelt down again and knocked his head on the sand, "General of the Tang Dynasty blessed by the White Wolf God, your benevolence is thicker than Tulun Qi. In my lifetime, Sehuo Luo
We are willing to be at your disposal!"
"But those people under your command must provide three horses, no, three cows each, and twenty sheep. They cannot be reduced." Lest Wang Xun become a money-splitting boy again, Wei Feng, the leader of Minzhuang, rushed forward to replace him.
Call the shots.
"Okay, okay. Three cows and twenty sheep. I'll send people back to catch them immediately!" Jie Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this. He turned around and kowtowed heavily to Wei Feng.
"Hiss——!" Shi Huaiyi grinned anxiously on the side, wishing he could step forward and kick Wei Feng hard. As a farmer in the Central Plains, Wei Feng naturally felt that cattle were more valuable than horses. However, in this land of the Western Regions, war horses were far more valuable.
Much higher than cattle and sheep. The latter two kinds of livestock can only be used as food, and are slaughtered in large numbers every late autumn and early winter to prevent the hay reserves from not being enough and starving to death in the long winter. The former, however, is the strength and strength of the tribe.
It is a symbol of the warrior's personal status. As long as there are war horses and young men in the clan, they can grab cattle, sheep, gold and silver from weaker tribes or caravans!
After being stunned for a moment, Wei Feng also guessed that he had made a big mistake. But once the words were spoken, he could not change them. He had to turn his eyes to Wang Xun. The latter did not really care about how much damage his subordinates' interruption caused to him.
In my heart, I had no idea about the difference between cattle, sheep and war horses. I nodded and said with a smile, "Okay, let's follow this condition. But just drive the cattle to Yanqi, and the guard will hand them over to me. The remaining sheep will be fine."
, send them all to the foot of the Altyn Mountains, Kanglao will send someone to receive them!"
"You can't do it!" Almost in unison, the old fox Kang Zhongxin, Xiao Shitou and Chu Mukun's Aijin Tumati, who were eavesdropping, shouted loudly.
"I can't do it, I can't do it!" He glared at Tumati, and the old fox Kang Zhongxin waved his hands repeatedly. "The Loulan tribe will keep your kindness in mind. But so many sheep..."
"Everyone deserves it. Please allocate it as you see fit. Make sure every brother who participates in the war gets a share!" Wang Xun smiled and interrupted in a low voice.
More than 600 prisoners, each with 20 sheep, added up to more than 12,000. He actually gave such a huge sum of money to the Loulan tribe without blinking an eyelid. For a moment, the old fox was so moved.
He was almost speechless. His lips were trembling up and down, and his fingers were tightly holding onto Wang Xun's sleeves, leaving no trace of blood in the joints.
Xiao Shitou couldn't describe his gratitude in words. He put his hands on his chest and bowed respectfully to Wang Xun. After bowing his head three times in a row, he managed to calm down, wiped his eyes and said in a trembling voice: "I'll go get it."
Tell this to the brothers. Let them also be happy and let them always remember the generosity of our friends in the Tang Dynasty!"
Wang Xun waved his hands in an insignificant gesture. Then he turned his head to Aijinsitai of the Urqi tribe, "Your old man's worth is the same as his. The warriors of your tribe also have three cows and twenty sheep.
Can you always afford this price?"
"General of the Tang Dynasty, who was blessed by the White Wolf God, I became your enemy only because I was blind!" Diao Sitai also immediately prostrated to the ground and responded with a bit of cry. "Don't worry, from today on,
The Urqi tribe will always remember your magnanimity and will never dare to offend any Tang people again!"
"That's good!" Wang Xun felt very happy when he heard that the other party repaid his generosity to all Tang people. No matter what Yang Guozhong, Ge Shuhan and others did, deep down, he was still proud of the Tang people's blood.
"Send someone to send the cattle to Yanqi. As for the sheep, send half to Yanqi, and the other half to him..." He pointed at Aijin Tumati of the Mukun tribe with his hand, "Send to him."
Designated location. Assigned to all Chu Mukun warriors participating in the battle!"
"Me?" Aijintumati of the Chumukun tribe was stunned on the spot, almost unable to believe his ears. Before joining the war, Wang Xun had indeed promised him that he would give 20% of the ransom to the Chumukun tribe. But that was just a casual comment.
Said, and did not make any written documents or oaths. If Wang Xun was not prepared to honor it, he had nothing to do. With the current status of slaves of the warriors of the Chumukun tribe, it is their duty to fight for their masters, and even ride on cavalry.
You have to prepare your own, let alone get any benefits after the war.
I think back then, when the Chumukun tribe fought for the Turks, this was the rule. When they fought for the Uighurs, it was the same rule. Bring your own weapons, horses and baggage. You will die in vain, but all the seizures must be handed over. Only today
, this is the first time I heard that the master will give himself a quarter of the property.
"You're still not grateful. I'm really taking advantage of you!" Kang Zhongxin was jealous and resentful at the same time. He stepped forward and hugged Tumati, completely waking him up.
"Thank you, thank you General Wang. Thank you, thank you!" Chu Mukun Tumati knelt down with a plop, and was sincerely impressed in front of the young general Tang. "From now on, as long as you call me, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, Chu Mukun will
Mukun warriors will never frown! This oath is borne by the Immortal Heaven. If you violate it, Puchanghai will be plagued by white disasters year after year, and all our livestock will die." (Note 1)
