Liu Guang's health was very weak because he had not had enough to eat for two years.
His father is Jishan, the loyal and shun king of Hami, and he is an official of the eighth rank who specializes in teaching Confucianism to the king of Hami. His grandfather is also Jishan, and if nothing else happens, his elder brother will also become an official Jishan in the future.
From the time he could remember, his grandfather told Liu Guang that they were all citizens of the Celestial Dynasty.
Celestial dynasty?
Liu Guang didn't quite understand. He was born in Hami. Except for the long history of Prince Zhongshun, Ji Shanhe experienced three Han official families. All the people he came into contact with were foreigners and spoke a different language from him.
Even Liu Guang’s mother is Mongolian!
As he grew older, Liu Guang read many books, including "Zuo Zhuan", "Historical Records", "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"... He finally understood the meaning of the Celestial Dynasty and wanted to return to his hometown called Jiangxi to see it.
look.
At this moment, the damn Turpan came. They killed Liu Guang's father and brother, kidnapped Liu Guang's mother, sister, brother and sister, and burned the Liu family's collection of books.
Liu Guang didn't know where his family was, so he became a slave to the Turpan nobles. Because he was still young and too weak, the nobles thought he was useless, so they sold him to a businessman at a low price, who then sold him to a businessman.
Current owner.
"Snapped!"
When the whip was whipped, Liu Guang's vest was burning.
This was because he was too slow, but Liu Guang had tried his best. He had never learned to farm before, he could only read and write articles.
Wheat is planted in March and April, and cotton is planted in May. It is even more tiring when harvesting wheat and cotton. Liu Guang always feels pain in his back and cannot straighten his waist every day.
"Boom!"
The sound of horse hooves came from a distance, and the ground seemed to be shaking. Liu Guang looked over there curiously.
This time, he was not whipped for being lazy. The guy who was supervising everyone's work was running away in panic. Soon thousands of cavalry came. Liu Guang saw a big "王" character on the flag. It was such a familiar Chinese character.
Ah, it seemed to have mysterious power, Liu Guang was moved to tears.
The cavalry went around the fields, and all young men without straw ropes on their feet were hacked to death on the spot. Even if they knelt down and surrendered, they could not escape the fate of death.
A group of cavalry stopped by the wheat field and shouted in Mongolian: "You slaves, all gather here, Wang Zhi is here to liberate you!"
Liu Guang immediately shouted in Chinese, Mongolian and Uighur language: "The Ming Dynasty King has come to save us, everyone has come to my side!"
The confused slaves naturally moved closer to Liu Guang, whom they were more familiar with, and soon there were more than a dozen slaves around them.
Although Liu Guang's feet were tied with straw ropes, he suddenly straightened his waist, bowed to the commander of the cavalry team and said: "Liu Guang, the son of Ji Shan, the loyal and shun prince of the Ming Dynasty, has met the general!"
The Mongolian cavalry laughed and said: "Oh, he is still a Han. Give him a horse and a knife, and let him follow the army to gather slaves!"
Thirteen-year-old Liu Guang took the machete, cut off the ropes on his feet, and cut off the ropes of other slaves. He got on his horse and repeated in the language of the three tribes: "Pick up the weapons and follow me to kill those Turpan dogs."
Revenge of the thief!"
Under the leadership of Liu Guang, more than a dozen slaves picked up farm tools. Those who did not have farm tools picked up rocks and followed the Chinese army to kill the slave owners.
From here to the outside of Chiting City, there were hundreds of slaves behind Liu Guang.
They did not go to fight, but exclusively helped the Celestial Army, escorting the captive Turpan women and children, and often beat them severely with a vengeful mentality.
"Kill, there is a Turpan dog thief over there!"
Many slaves abandoned their prisoners and swarmed towards the Turpan old man on the roadside.
Wang Yuan was too lazy to kidnap or kill these old Turpan people, leaving them to starve to fend for themselves. It would be better if they could go to the city together. If Turpan provides relief, it will be a waste of food. If it does not provide relief, it will be more or less.
It will also lose public support.
But the slaves didn't care. Whenever they saw an old man alive, they would rush up and kill him to death.
Liu Guangda shouted: "Come back quickly, don't leave your post without permission, our mission is to escort women and children for the Chinese army."
Some slaves obeyed orders, while others ignored them.
The old Turpan man who fell on the roadside was instantly surrounded by dozens of slaves. His body was divided into countless pieces, and many slaves had flesh and blood in their mouths.
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Looking at the stone city wall ahead, Ya Mulan reminded: "President Wang, this is Chiting City."
A middle-aged Han man next to Wang Yuan suddenly recited a poem: "There is a lot of wind in the red pavilion, and the anger is unstoppable. Sometimes there is no one walking, and the sand and stones are flying randomly. The night is quiet and the sky is dull, and ghosts are crying along the road. There are many skulls on the ground, all of which are ancient
The battlefield! Unexpectedly, I, Zhang Zigao, will one day follow the soldiers of tomorrow to conquer the ancient city of Chiting. How majestic, how majestic!"
This guy named Zhang Zigao had previously served in the Zhongshun Prince's Palace. His wife and children were kidnapped, and he had to escape by hiding in a karez. Later, he pretended to join the judge, Man Ci Ha San.
Wang Yuan used a stratagem to attack Hami, and Zhang Zigao immediately encouraged Manchu to attack Hami three times and open fire on the city, which was considered as a contribution to the recovery of Hami.
As for Chiting City, it was an ancient city near Qiketai Town in Shanshan County in later generations.
At this time, Shanshan was called Bican City and belonged to Liucheng (later Lukqin Town) together with Chiting City.
Many wastelands hundreds of years later are still green pastures. The herdsmen here are all half-cultivators and half-grazers, not nomadic. Due to terrain restrictions, they can only swim to the Gobi Desert if they want to be nomadic.
"What a pasture," Zhang Zigao smiled and offered his hand to Wang Yuan, "President Wang, how about I personally lead the team to set fire to it?"
Wang Yuan waved his hand and said: "Go."
Zhang Zigao immediately led hundreds of Han cavalry to collect dry grass and burn the pastures. This guy's wife and children were missing, and he hated Turpan so much that he wished to burn all the pastures in Turpan.
Although Chiting City is not large in area, it was built with local stones and the city is extremely strong.
Wang Yuan did not intend to attack the city, so he led his troops directly around the city and headed straight for Bican City (Shanshan). At the same time, he left four thousand cavalry to guard outside Chiting City, and thousands of slaves to help plunder the formation.
, if the defenders dare to leave the city, they will immediately surround and kill them!
Due to geographical reasons, we only need to guard against Hami and Xiaolietu.
However, Hami and Xiaolietu were beaten by Turpan every time. How could Chiting City be heavily guarded?
Moreover, it was still spring, and many soldiers had gone home. Their horses needed to breed, their lands needed to be cultivated, and the Turpan army was scattered and would not be able to be assembled for at least a month.
In the narrow area east of Chiting City, the pastures were burned by Wang Yuan, the farmland was trampled by Wang Yuan, and all Yanlu villages, towns and tribes were plundered by Wang Yuan.
Only a few hundred scattered cavalry managed to escape into Chiting City. Including the number of defenders in the city, there were only more than a thousand cavalry and one or two thousand infantry defending the city.
How could two or three thousand people dare to go out of the city to meet the enemy?
Bypassing Chiting City, there is another narrow area, all of which is pasture and cultivated land.
It was very troublesome for the Han Dynasty to attack the Xiongnu, but it was very convenient for Wang Yuan to attack Turpan. Because the Xiongnu were nomadic and Turpan was a resident herder, it was impossible to move the oasis where it was. At least Wang Yuan would not get lost or lead an army but cannot find it. to the enemy's situation.
Wang Yuan and Ya Mulan didn't want to take action, but Zhu Ying, Zhang Wei, and Zhu Dangqi, leading the Han cavalry and Mongolian cavalry, were very busy charging left and right.
Unfortunately, the news was probably received here, and many young men fled westward on horseback, leaving only the old, weak, women and children behind for Wang Yuan to plunder.
After burning, killing and looting all the way, about twenty miles away from Bican City (Shanshan), Wang Yuan finally ordered the withdrawal of the troops.
Chiting City was basically destroyed. Although the city was not damaged at all, the surrounding area had become a white field. The cultivated land could still be replanted with food, but the pastures could not be restored in a short time. The most terrible thing was that the population was either killed or killed by Wang Yuan. Take away.
In total, more than 1,000 women and 2,000 children were captured. Except for the elderly, all the young and strong men who were taller than a wheel were killed. The elderly were all abandoned on the roadside. There were more than 6,000 various livestock, as well as grain and countless goods. And freed more than 2,100 slaves.
The Turpan Oasis was so big that one-tenth of it was destroyed by Wang Yuan!
In addition, Wang Yuan received more than 80 newly attached Turpan cavalry, all of whom were family members of the cavalry who surrendered with Ya Mulan.
Whoever has family members should explain it in advance and lead the way to plunder their hometown...
"President Wang, the enemy cavalry is about to catch up. There are at least three thousand cavalry!" On the way to withdraw, the sentry cavalry from the rear came to report.
Wang Yuan ordered: "Leave him alone, strengthen your vigilance, and retreat as planned."
Wang Yuan took the prisoners, livestock, money and food, safely passed around Chiting City to rendezvous, and then returned to Hami in a swaggering manner.
Most of the cavalry who caught up came from Bican City (Shanshan), and some were young men who escaped from the west of Chiting City. They joined the cavalry in Chiting City, and their strength increased to more than 4,000 cavalry. Eight miles away from the east of the city, Wang Yuan's marauding troops were finally caught up.
Wang Yuan had more than 8,000 cavalry, but if he had to allocate manpower to look after the prisoners and livestock, about 7,500 cavalry could be put into battle.
More than 4,000 Turpan cavalry chased them hundreds of steps away and then slowed down. From the looks of it, they probably wanted to recover a little bit of horse power, and then directly attack Wang Yuan's troops with fewer hits and more hits.
What a big heart!
After a long pursuit, the horse was already tired, but he still dared to attack an enemy twice his size.
This shows that Turpan is really a war machine and dares to fight tough battles. No wonder it can rely on the Turpan Oasis to suppress Xiaolietu in the north, attack the Seven Guards of Kansai in the east, and suppress the Yeerqiang Khanate in the south!
How could Wang Yuan let them regain their power?
Escorting a large number of prisoners and property, the speed must be very slow. The longer time passes, the better the state of the pursuers will recover, and it will be more difficult to deal with them by then.
A thousand Han cavalry and a thousand Mongolian cavalry were divided to escort the prisoners and continue their journey. Wang Yuan and the remaining cavalry immediately fought back.
About 6,600 miscellaneous cavalry faced off against 4,200 Turpan elite cavalry.