Chapter 506 Breaking Ten Thousand Armies in One Day
Outside Yumen Pass, black flags were fluttering, and the barbarian troops spread out, like a black and gray torrent, extending to the horizon.
Under the black banner, stood a large black horse with broad bones and white hooves.
Next to the black horse, a bare-chested burly man sat with a bald head, chewing a big cake in his mouth and taking a sip of water from time to time. His face was full of fat and his whole body was unruly.
Surrounded by a circle of soldiers of the Rouran Blackfish King, they all stood in awe with their horses, quietly looking at Guancheng not far away, which was in sharp contrast to the noisy and noisy Rouran army around them.
A flying horse came from behind. The knight on the horse turned over and jumped down. He took out a letter from the small bag hanging on his waist and presented it to the big man sitting on the ground with both hands.
"General, there is a letter from King Hebali, ordering you to attack the Jade Gate as soon as possible."
The big man was Shabulit. Hearing this, he kicked the sergeant who was delivering the message down, suddenly pulled out the scimitar on his horse, and cursed and roared.
"Fuck you, the Han people have big birds flying in the sky and powerful crossbows that can shoot arrows as thick as their waists. What do you want me to use to attack them?"
"I pressed all the troops forward and made an siege gesture. I already risked the entire army being annihilated, but you still want me to attack the city!"
"Hebeli wants to wipe out all my tribe's casualties, so I'll let you die first."
Cursing and roaring, Shabulit struck down the messenger with his sword.
Taking the towel handed over by his subordinate, Shablite wiped the hatred from his face, which was full of ferocious anger.
"Come here, send me a message to King Hebeli, saying that I, Shabuli, have sent an army to attack Yumen. All the troops have suffered heavy losses. Half of the tens of thousands of troops have been lost, and they are no longer able to do anything."
As soon as the messengers left, the city gate of Yumenguan opened wide, birds flew out from the top of the city, and various ballistae poked their heads out from the top of the city.
"not good"
Shabulit roared and was about to retreat when the sound of the air being torn apart was heard in the sky.
"Buzz buzz"
Five-colored crossbow arrows flew down from the sky, instantly tearing apart the Rouran soldiers' formation. More than a dozen trenches of flesh and blood were plowed out from the army, crisscrossing them diagonally, and the formation instantly fell apart.
"Swish swish"
The birds in the sky began to rain down black arrows, and in the blink of an eye, the raindrops of arrows instantly pinned the Rouran soldiers to the ground who had not yet escaped.
Shablite was lying on the ground, looking at the big black horse that was cut into two pieces by the thick crossbow arrows, his face was very ugly.
With just a wave of arrows, his dark horse was turned into meat. He expected that the Han army would launch an attack, but he did not expect that the attack would come so fast and that the Han army would have so many large crossbow arrows.
"general"
Several of his followers set up Shabulit, their faces also covered with dirt, bloodshot eyes and shock.
Shabulit threw away his accompanying hand, looked ugly, and asked, "How are the casualties among the brothers? Send the order to withdraw the troops."
The followers carried Shabulit and left.
"General, it's too late, leave quickly."
"We're done, let's go, General."
"Puff puff"
The arrows falling from the sky pinned all the surrounding followers to the ground.
In the sky, a flying bird discovered that a large number of sergeants had gathered here, and immediately moved over. Birds poured down like rain.
Shablite's eyes were blood red: "Let's go, everyone, let's go."
Su Lu stood at the top of the city, looking at the retreating Rouran soldiers, and asked Changning next to him:
"Count how many Rouran soldiers were annihilated this time?"
Chang Ning laughed: "Your Majesty, you are making things difficult for me. There are countless Han soldiers killed and wounded, and many of them were turned into meat by crossbows. I can't even count them."
Li Qing said: "I estimate that in this wave of attacks, the loss of Rouran soldiers should exceed 5,000. It is hard to say whether there are 6,000 or not."
Su Lu patted the city wall and said to Zheng Kai next to him: "Since the Rouran soldiers can't kill more than 10,000 people, then Zheng Kai, take your people and go and cooperate with Her Royal Highness the Princess's bird soldiers to slaughter this Rouran soldiers. I want to
He suffered over 10,000 casualties.”
Zheng Kai, who was fully armored next to him, grinned: "The last general takes orders."
Holding his fists with Su Lu and Li Qing, Zheng Kai turned around and jumped down the stairs. With three or two jumps, he jumped off the city wall and landed on a white horse parked at the bottom of the city.
Pishou pulled out the steel knife on the horse's back, and Zheng Kai roared:
"The Rouran army has been defeated. Her Royal Highness the Princess's flying bird soldiers have opened the way for us. Brothers, follow me and fight up to kill all these Rouran soldiers. We will avenge the victims of the robes and give death to these Rouran soldiers."
The common people of Diaoyin who are under the knife, take revenge."
"Revenge"
"Revenge"
A mountainous roar rang out from the military formation.
"Kill"
The city gate opened wide, Zheng Kai waved his long sword and rushed out first.
The black and red torrent, like a tide, came out of the city gate and poured down.
It's midnight, inside the handsome man's house.
Su Lu sat behind the commander's desk and looked at the military affairs booklet, while Li Qing walked up and down in front of the commander's desk.
"Do you think Zheng was ambushed during a meeting? There is no news yet?"
Li Qing asked Su Lu at the desk.
Su Lu slowly turned to the military affairs booklet with a helpless tone:
"Zheng Kai is not a child. How could a general who is experienced in battles fall into an ambush? Besides, Rouran was defeated. This pursuit may lead to Tianlan City."
Li Qing looked at Su Lu in surprise: "Tianlan City is hundreds of miles away from here. If we pursue him, it will take a long time. There is no guarantee that there will be news today."
"Report, sir, there is news from the forward."
Changning walked in quickly with a military newspaper in his hand.
Li Qing took the military report, took a look at it, and looked happy.
"Okay, okay, this kid Zheng Kai is really powerful. He chased the enemy to the north. As expected, he arrived at Tianlan City, captured countless prisoners, and wiped out more than ten thousand enemies."
Saying this, Li Qing handed the military report to Su Lu.
"What should we do next?"
"The Zheng Kai you are optimistic about is indeed good. He killed more than 10,000 enemies in this battle. I, the imperial commander, personally conquered the enemy and finally achieved results."
Su Lu read the military report and his expression suddenly darkened.
Li Qing was stunned for a moment, "Why, isn't it good news that Zheng Kai killed more than 10,000 enemies?"
Su Lu shook his head: "Tianlan City was destroyed, all the residents in the city were slaughtered, and all the soldiers and civilians died."
"General Tianlan Xie, I'm afraid he will really die for his country this time."
Li Qing was stunned for a moment: "General Xie is dead?"
Su Lu asked Chang Ning: "Where is the messenger? Let him come in. Are there soldiers guarding Tianlan City now?"
After a while, the messenger was called in, and he knelt on the ground with one knee.
"Your Majesty, Tianlan City is already an empty city. According to the news from our army in Thule, after King Hebaili of Rouran broke the city, he sent the Black Fish King's troops to massacre the people in the city without sparing anyone.
.General Xie fought to the last man, fell from the top of the city, and died for his country."
Su Lu sighed, "Give me the order and prepare the entire army to set off tomorrow and aim directly at Hanshui City."
"Send an order to Zheng Kai and order him to cooperate with the Bird Camp to capture the soldiers of the Black Fish King of Rouran. I will fight Rouran decisively in Hanshui City."