When the army of the king of Xiqiang and the prince of Xiangli returned to the city of Hutu, which they had destroyed, the city was scorched, the walls were broken, the grass was black, red, and red, and the smell of blood could be smelled in the air.

From the traces on the ground, one can also think of the tragic war that took place not long ago.

Starting from Hutu City, as long as the King of Xiqiang goes another fifty miles, he will escape into the boundless grassland, and then travel thousands of miles, he can return to the base camp Yuezhi City and completely settle down.

With so many resources plundered from Wuwei, the population, after an unusually cold winter, the tribe will not only not be damaged, but will become more powerful, lying on the salary and trying to taste the courage, in the coming year, it may not be that there is no hope of regaining Liangzhou.

Although in the land of Wuwei, there are nearly 100,000 Qianghu warriors who sleep here forever, but their death is meaningful, and their death has been exchanged for the strength of the tribe.

Just when King Xiqiang's mood gradually broke free from the defeat of Hugh Slaughter City, in front of his eyes, a black wall appeared, not so much a wall, but a black line.

Looking at it from a distance, it was a black line, which stretched across the tender green grass, and it seemed a little abrupt.

The closer I got, the more obvious the black line became.

About two miles away from the black line, you can vaguely see that it is not a black line, nor is it a wall, except for the Great Wall, there is no wall in the world that is longer than this, and in Liangzhou, there is no Great Wall.

This is a wall composed of a sea of people, a copper wall composed of Han people's bodies.

"Phew~"

King Xiqiang stopped the BMW under his crotch, stopped, and the Qianghu army also stopped.

At this moment, King Xiqiang's eyes were motionless staring at the human wall in the distance, and he didn't know what to think about in his heart, it was early in the morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the dew of early spring was heavy, mixed with grass clippings and soil, stained on the cloth shoes, and penetrated into the feet.

The breeze blew slightly, blowing the cold of early spring.

Many Qianghu soldiers subconsciously tightened the leather clothes on their bodies, and the whole person also curled up.

A hungry beast is the most dangerous, but a well-fed beast is the easiest to deal with.

A python can swallow a cow when he is hungry, but after he has eaten and a cow is belly, it will be difficult for him to use his death entanglement to make you pay again.

This was the case with the army of the King of Xiqiang.

When they had nothing, the Xianbei people who attacked the Xianbei people in Hexi were the most ferocious, but when they got the cattle and sheep of the Xianbei people, and the women of the Xianbei people, their courage dropped by half.

After experiencing several life-and-death battles, what I was thinking about in my heart was my mother-in-law, and the comfortable life after that, this group of beasts was like a python that swallowed a giant bull, like a tiger that had lost its claws, and the danger had been greatly reduced, not to mention that by their side, it was necessary to protect the spoils like a mountain, which itself distracted their energy.

Before they came, their hands were empty, but they were leaving, their hands, feet, and backs were all trophies, how could such a man run fast, how could such hands wield a broadsword and kill the enemy?

This is also the reason why King Xiqiang stopped.

Prince Xiangli was dressed in bloody armor, and the whole person stepped forward, saluted the king of Xiqiang, and said: "Father, let the child lead the troops to scatter the enemy in front of him and open the way for his father." ”

The wall in front of him looks long, but it is not thick, it looks like there are only 10,000 or 20,000 people, and one or twenty thousand people dare to be so arrogant, blocking an army of 70,000 or 80,000 people, is this not looking for death or what is it doing?

King Xiqiang's eyes flickered, his mouth opened a few times, and finally he closed it, and finally he waved his hand at Prince Xiangli and said: "The Han people are not stupid, these Han people dare to be so scattered, it is a taboo in the soldiers, in this case, it must be fraud, you must be careful." ”

Fraud?

Prince Aizato looked at the long line of defense, and the steppe that had no obstacles in front of them.

What else is there in this ambush, is there hundreds of thousands of people hiding behind it?

This is even more impossible, if there are really hundreds of thousands of people, it would be good to rush over directly, where to use these useless tricks?

Moreover, Liangzhou does not have so many troops.

Although Prince Xiangli was dismissive of King Xiqiang's words, he still looked at it squarely.

Prudence is the only way to survive on the battlefield for a long time.

Prince Aisato knows this truth.

After obtaining the permission of the king of Xiqiang, Prince Xiangli led 10,000 cavalry to rush forward.

Because of the words of King Xiqiang, Prince Xiangli did not rush forward, but divided into three batches, the first group of 1,000 people, the last group of 3,000 people, and the last group of 6,000 people.

Even if these Han people dig a thousand holes under this flat grassland, then only a thousand cavalry will die, and after you have used all these tricks, we will be greeted by an attack like a tide, and such a cavalry attack is enough to destroy this weak defensive line.

In the distance, behind the human wall, the eyes of the king in armor shone brightly, and beside him, there was a middle-aged man in a gray robe.

It's not Yang Xiu, who is it?

In addition to these two people, behind them, there were rows of wooden cars.

This is no ordinary car, but a catapult.

The original structure of the catapult was very simple, a huge lever, the long end was a leather holster or a wooden basket loaded with stones, the short end was tied to dozens of ropes, when the order was given, dozens of people pulled the ropes at the same time, using the principle of the lever to throw the stones.

The first large-scale use of catapults in the history of Chinese warfare should be Li Xin (the distant ancestor of the flying general Li Guang) to attack Chu, the Chu army secretly prepared a large number of catapults, when the Qin army crossed the river, it was suddenly launched at the same time, countless sharp stones smashed into the Qin army like dark clouds, and the 200,000 Qin army was completely defeated. Later, Wang Qian, one of the four generals of the Warring States Period, led an army of 600,000 to capture the Chu State, which shows the power of the catapult at that time.

And these catapults behind Wang Shuangyang Xiu are different from the "thunderbolt cars" of the Warring States period, these catapults are only one and a half people high, the long pole is only two people long, and the most important thing is that the vehicle where the stone is placed is very small, and can only put down two fist-sized things.

In this era, this is naturally an unqualified catapult, of course, this is not qualified, before the appearance of gunpowder, after the appearance of gunpowder, this light catapult can really come in handy.

The largest of the catapults requires 250 people, is 8.76 meters long, and fires 45 kilograms of stone projectiles that can shoot 180 steps.

This light catapult uses only three people on the principle of leverage, but the range is a hundred paces away, which can be regarded as an ultra-long-range offensive weapon in this era, and if these stones are turned into explosives, in this era, this is a weapon of destruction.

You must know that the ancient 100 paces, replaced by the modern unit system is 156.5 meters, to create damage in this range, except for the crossbow, catapult, there is no other weapon.

And now there is a light catapult.

Wang Shuang asked people to form a human wall, just to cover the catapult behind.

The cavalry charged, and the king did not blink a brow, as if the earth-shattering sound of horses' hooves was an illusion.

One kilometer.

Five hundred meters.

Three hundred meters.

It wasn't until the 1,000 cavalry in the vanguard reached two hundred meters that the king's eyes flashed, and his hand waved down at this time.

"Put!"

On the light catapult, one of the back had a soldier holding a fist-sized piece of gunpowder and lighting the lead, while the two men in front pulled hard.

Under Archimedes' principle of leverage, the glow of the burning lead cut a perfect parabola through the sky, and finally fell hard.

Qianghu's vanguard cavalry looked at the black things that flew towards him densely in the sky, and thought it was a stone, so he cursed secretly, and quickly lowered his head, and the whole person lay on the horse.

Bang bang bang~

The explosives bag had a close contact with the horses and the Qianghu cavalry on the horses, but to the Qianghu cavalry's amazement, these things wrapped in cloth and the fuses burning outside didn't seem to cause any harm to themselves, right?

In the distance, Prince Aisato had just been worried about the dense things in the sky, and in his opinion, if the dense things were stones, then maybe the thousand cavalry would suffer heavy losses.

But after seeing that thing fell, his cavalry suffered almost no losses, and the trace of worry in his heart disappeared.

At the same time, Prince Aisato also felt a little wise about attacking in batches.

I'm going to see what you can do.

He waved his hand lightly, and the second group of 3,000 cavalry was dispatched.

But at this moment, there was a sudden thunder in the sky.

No, not thunder in the sky, but thunder on the earth.

The simple cloth bags suddenly turned into a fireball, a huge fireball, burning people or things a few meters around, and finally leaving behind the charred corpses of people or horses, a huge pit with no turf left.

A thousand cavalry, just in the blink of an eye, suddenly disappeared before their eyes.

The loud sound not only shook my ears a little, but also pierced my eyes with tears from the flying sand.

At this time, Prince Aizato suddenly remembered that he had heard the news from the merchants of the Tsuki branch city to him a long time ago.

Here's what he said at the time:

The prince, Cao Chong, the son of the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, borrowed the divine thunder from the immortals and served the traitors Liu Bei and Sun Quan in one pot.

When I heard this, I thought it was a joke told by the foot merchant.

How can there be an immortal in this world, and even if there is an immortal, how can he lend you the divine thunder?

Who would have believed the man's words if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes?

But at this time, Prince Aisato believed it, because he saw the divine thunder with his own eyes.

Is it true that even the immortals help the Han people?

The immortals of the Han people helped the Han people, but why didn't the immortals of the Immortal Heaven send the immortals down to help the tribe?

At this time, Prince Misato had no master, and even he didn't know why he had so many thoughts in a short period of time.

And when the three thousand cavalry saw this scene, they dared to charge, and immediately restrained their horses and did not dare to step forward, they turned their horses' heads one after another and looked at Prince Xiangli.

If the Han people master the divine thunder, how is it different from sending their lives to rush directly like this?

Prince Aisato beckoned to the three thousand cavalrymen and motioned for them to return.

Seeing Prince Xiangli's beckoning, these Qianghu cavalry breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts, after all, if Prince Xiangli really wanted them to die, they really had to listen.

Not listening to Prince Xiangli's orders is actually not much worse than sending him to death, or even worse.

If you die, at least your children will be supported by the tribe, but if you die of disobedience, your bloodline will not be supported by the tribe.

This is also one of the reasons why the Qianghu warriors are not afraid of death.

Looking at the mess in front of the wall, Prince Xiangli walked under the horse of King Xiqiang and said to King Xiqiang: "Father, the Han people have the help of gods and thunders, I'm afraid they won't be able to rush out outside." ”

King Xiqiang remained motionless, as if he hadn't heard Prince Xiangli's words, but Prince Xiangli knew that his father had heard it, and because he didn't know what kind of anger he was going to greet his father, Prince Xiangli lowered his head and didn't dare to look at King Xiqiang.

"Divine thunder?" King Xiqiang sneered, and then fixed his gaze on Prince Xiangli.

"Can the Han people borrow the divine thunder of the celestials?"

"But.... This is indeed a divine thunder! ”

"It's just a weapon, a powerful weapon." King Xiqiang said firmly, at this time, stabilizing the morale of the army is the top priority.

"High Priest, do you say?"

Beside the king of Xiqiang, the high priest's face was covered by a black robe, and it was a long time before the high priest's voice came.

"This is not a divine thunder given by the immortals, this is just a weapon of the devil to fool people."

Prince Aisato usually respected and believed the words of the high priest, but today, he has some doubts in his heart.

Is this a weapon to fool people?

But how can there be a weapon that fools people and can make a thousand cavalry evaporate in an instant.

Prince Xiangli didn't want to continue the topic, so he bowed to King Xiqiang again and asked, "Father, what should we do now?" ”

How?

King Xiqiang frowned, the Han people have such a powerful weapon, how can they be against the enemy, let alone the enemy, and now it is impossible to even break through.

King Xiqiang suddenly had a fear similar to that of the great patriarch in his heart, the fear of the Han people.

Could it be that Ugat is right, that Han people are really so frightening?

At the same time of fear, King Xiqiang also had doubts in his heart, why did he not appear such an artifact when he fought against the Han army before, but only appeared when he escaped?

Could it be that there are any restrictions on the use of this weapon?

Although the king of Xiqiang knew about the conspiracy, how could he understand the relationship between Cao Chong and the Liangzhou family, if he figured out the joints, he would naturally not be confused by Cao Chong's use of gunpowder at this time.

After thinking for a while, King Xiqiang said to Prince Xiangli: "The Han people have strange weapons, there is no need to fight him, this grassland is boundless, I don't believe that his tens of thousands of people can stop us!" ”

King Xiqiang's words are true.

The north of Wuwei is grassland, the terrain is flat, if you want to form a defense line that stretches for hundreds of miles, it is impossible, as long as the speed is fast enough, it may not be impossible to rush out.

The army of the king of Xiqiang began to move.

Wang Shuang was only two miles away from King Xiqiang, and he naturally saw their movements clearly.

"The whole army is transferred, followed closely by this group of Qianghu mongrels."

Wang Shuang gave an order, and the wall suddenly made a turn, heading in the same direction as the King of Xiqiang.

If King Xiqiang's army was fast enough, he would naturally be able to break through Wang Shuang's defense line for a few miles, but unfortunately, his speed was not so fast.

As for the reason, of course, it is his trophy.

Among them, there were many people, slaves, gold, silver, jewelry, grain, cattle and sheep.

It's no wonder that such a team can be fast.

King Xiqiang obviously knew this reason, if it was like this, he would not be able to break out of the encirclement.

Do you want to give up these things?

But...

This was bought for the lives of tens of thousands of warriors.

But if you don't give up these things, how can you rush out?

But in other words, what's the point of rushing out if you lose these things yourself?

I have no return!

took the lives of 100,000 sons in vain, just to come to Liangzhou for a walk? And then let the wives and children of Yuezhi City continue to starve, and let the clansmen die of starvation?

No!

It's not what I want to see.

However, not being able to break out of this encirclement head-on does not mean that I have no way out, and I still have a way to go!

Since it is impossible to leave Liangzhou from the road of Xiutu City, why can't you go out of Liangzhou through Jiuquan County and Dunhuang County.

Thinking of this, King Xiqiang thought that he had another son who plundered in Dunhuang County.

In this way, when I went to the direction of Dunhuang Jiuquan, I was answered.

If you choose this way, you will save the loot and reduce the losses, and on the way to Jiuquan Dunhuang, you may be able to add some more loot.

Thinking of this, King Xiqiang stopped the team again, and his eyes looked at Prince Xiangli.

"Xiangli, you take 5,000 cavalry here to stop those Han people, if those Han people dare to come to pursue, you will deal with him and give me time to retreat."

Hearing King Xiqiang's order, Prince Xiangli nodded, but he was still a little afraid in his heart.

After seeing those divine thunders, Prince Xiangli couldn't even be afraid.

After a period of dispatch, the troops of the King of Xiqiang were divided into two, and the large army went to the east under the leadership of the King of Xiqiang, which was the direction of Jiuquan County.

A small part of the cavalry remained in place.

When the Xiqiang King's army acted like this, Wang Shuang looked at Yang Xiu and asked, "Sir, what are we going to do now?" ”

Yang Xiu smiled and said, "General, I'm not a gentleman, you can call me Yang Xiu, as for what we want to do now, we will do nothing." ”

Do nothing?

"Watching these Qianghu flee in vain?"

After seeing the power of gunpowder, Wang Shuang looked at the black Qianghu army in front of him, and regarded it as a military achievement.

The corners of Yang Xiu's mouth were hooked, and he asked with a smile: "Does the general know in what direction this army is going?" ”

In what direction?

Wang Shuang fixed his eyes and said, "East." ”

Yang Xiu shook his head, a little stunned by the big man in front of him, and after rolling his eyes slightly, Yang Xiu asked again, "What's on the east side of Wuwei?" ”

Hearing Yang Xiu's words, Wang Shuang's face showed a look of sudden realization.

"To the east of Wuwei is Jiuquan Dunhuang, does Mr. mean to drive these Qianghu to Jiuquan Dunhuang County?"

Yang Xiu smiled, but did not nod.

"King Xiqiang was greedy, not satisfied with Wuwei's harvest, and went to Jiuquan Dunhuang County, so how can it be strange?"

After hearing this, Wang Shuang immediately knew what Yang Xiu meant, and there was actually a hint of cunning on his vicious face.

"But sir, since we want to drive these people to Jiuquan Dunhuang County, then we can always eat these thousands of people who came to cover the withdrawal of King Xiqiang, right?"

Yang Xiu looked at the five thousand cavalry led by Prince Xiangli, and said with a smile: "Of course you can, but we only have three thousand cavalry, so we can't keep them." ”

"If we don't have this covering mission, we naturally can't keep them, but they have to cover the retreat of the Xiqiang King, even if they use infantry, they can be surrounded."

Cavalry is infantry, but there is a premise for that, that is, the cavalry has the distance to charge, and if it is besieged, the cavalry will be restrained by the infantry.

"In this case, you can give the general an extra 5,000 military merits."

Wang Shuang didn't hide it, touched the back of his head with his hand and smiled.

"Of these 5,000 military exploits, naturally half of them belong to Mr."

Yang Xiu shook his head.

"I don't want military merit."

For strange people like Yang Xiu, Wang Shuang has seen a lot, and for Yang Xiu, who doesn't want military merits, he didn't say anything else except a smile.

After getting Yang Xiu's permission, Wang Shuang led the infantry forward to surround him.

Cao Chong's army is more infantry and less cavalry, of course, if you count the proportion, the proportion of cavalry in Cao Chong's army is high, but in Liangzhou to deal with Qiang Hu, the cavalry is still too little.

To deal with these Qianghu cavalry, if gunpowder is used, these 5,000 cavalry will naturally not be worried, but in this way, the war horses they sit on will also go with them.

And what Wang Shuangke values is the war horse under their crotch.

In Wang Shuang's shouting, this doomed war began.

In order to cover the king of Xiqiang, although the cavalry did a small run, they did not dare to really leave this place after all, on the contrary, they had to attack Wang Shuang's infantry.

The first few waves of attacks also caused a certain degree of damage to Wang Shuang's army, but when the infantry surrounded them, the cavalry had no room to accelerate, and its power suddenly dropped by more than one notch.

Thereupon...

The slaughter began.

In the end, Prince Xiangli, under the desperate protection of his personal guards, escaped from the encirclement of Wang Shuang's infantry with more than 100 horsemen, and the rest of the people were all trapped in the encirclement of the infantry.

In the encirclement, although they can still shout and scream, it is only a matter of time before they die.

However, in the eyes of Prince Xiangli, the casualties of these 5,000 people are not meaningless.

At least he delayed his father for half an hour, and with such a delay, he thought that his father would be far away, and there was no danger.

Moreover, Prince Xiangli was still glad that he was able to escape alive and not have to encounter that divine thunder again.

Compared with the happiness of the prince in the phase, Wang Shuang's eyes were shining when he looked at the horses in front of him.

With these horses, it would not be a problem to form another 5,000 cavalry.

To tell the truth, although the Qianghu invasion caused Wuwei a huge loss, it also allowed Cao Chong to capture a large number of war horses, which has to be said to be one of the benefits of the Qianghu invasion.

For Cao Chong, the benefits of Qianghu are far more than that.

Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the king of Xiqiang, and today's king of Xiqiang is very obedient.... I want to chat with more like-minded people about "{?$article_title?} ", WeChat pays attention to "excellent reading literature", chatting about life, looking for confidants~