"Third prince, don't be nervous." Cui Shizi said, "I just want to know why the prince came all the way to help us regardless of danger."
Arilang was silent for a while and said: "Huiyi has become the largest city outside the Great Wall by relying on good relations with Youzhou over the years. My father, who is old and fatuous, and the Turks seek skin from tigers, arbitrarily tore up the alliance, but this is all What he alone did.”
"I also hope that after you break the city, you will not harm the civilians in the city. They are all ordinary people."
"I'm not here for my father, but for them."
Arilang bowed deeply: "I would like to thank you all."
"In this case, if the prince goes back, he will fall into the tiger's mouth. Why not stay in the army for now, and I will take care of the prince later."
Arilang doesn't know what Military Advisor Cui wants to do? Do you want to keep him here as a hostage? His father didn't like him, so he wouldn't care even if he was a hostage. He moved his lips and said, "Commander Cui, my father won't care about me."
Cui Shizi's smile did not change: "The prince's words hurt my heart. I want to keep the prince because I am worried that he will be persecuted when he returns. If the prince insists on leaving, I will not stop him."
Cui Shizi took the lead in inviting Arilang out. The night was dark, and many soldiers were waiting for danger.
Arilang followed him, hesitantly.
Perhaps Military Advisor Cui was really just worried about his situation. He recalled that when the Youzhou cavalry entered Huiyi City, they did not wantonly plunder women for sex like other cavalry. Instead, they had strict military training.
Arilang let out a breath. He felt very painful in his heart. Every time he thought of his father providing the common girls in the city to those foreign races for fun, all he thought about was the scene more than twenty years ago. Why can't he be like the Youzhou army? Woolen cloth? Why are you so cruel to the people under your rule?
The eldest brother said that his brain was damaged by the teachings of Confucian scholars from the Central Plains. He was pitiful and pitiful all day long, groaning without any illness.
Hu Dali watched Military Advisor Cui walking not far away with a man who looked like a foreigner. He immediately sat up straight, clenched the spear in his hand, and found that Dudagula, the prisoner, suddenly became excited. He was tied to the ground with his back, his face was covered with dust, his clothes were ragged, and his mouth was stuffed with coarse cloth. His eyes were wide open and even had bloodshot eyes. He looked in disbelief as the third prince who returned to Yicheng appeared in the abdomen of Xuanjia Camp, and, Counselor Cui kept smiling.
This picture of a harmonious relationship was like a thunderbolt exploding in his mind. Could it be that Huiyi had specially set a trap just to kill these tribes!
You know, all seven of their khans are returning to Yicheng to catch turtles in an urn. By then, not only the khans of Gulunwugu, but also the khans of other tribes will not be able to escape bad luck.
For a moment, he had a lot of thoughts in his mind. His cheek muscles twitched and his wrists were bloody from being rubbed by the rope, but he could not eliminate his hatred for Hui Yi.
When I think about this, there is nothing else I don’t understand!
Old King Huiyi must have set a trap and tricked the seven tribesmen into coming here, and then they would be caught in one fell swoop. It was so poisonous, so poisonous.
Dudagula was so filled with hatred that he almost broke his teeth. He buried his head deeply. The Gulunwu ancient cavalry he led had been killed by Zhou Xu long ago. Now these prisoners could not be reused, so they had to rely on him.
The stones in his palms were sharpened by him, and he sharpened the ropes in the darkness. The anger and urgency in his chest made him ignore the bruises on his palms.
Cui Shizi coughed and led the third prince to the other side with a smile.
"Third Prince, if you just stay here, what else can you ask for?"
Arilang looked at Military Advisor Cui nervously.
"I will discuss it with my lord and colleagues," Cui Shizi said.
Arilang looked around. When he heard Commander Cui's answer, he nodded sadly. When he entered the tent, he looked back at the ghost conspirator by accident.
"Third Prince, is there anything else?"
"I heard that Lord Jiedushi never killed unarmed old people, young children, women and children, right?"
Cui Shizi nodded.
"This puts me at ease." Arilang returned to the tent. He sat on the felt blanket and closed his eyes tiredly. Sooner or later, his betrayal of Huiyi will be discovered. Those who treason to the country and family will have nothing to do with the world from now on. It was so big that there was no place for him. Arilang thought of his teacher. The teacher was already over eighty years old. He was a long-lived man. He was older than the world-famous Duke Xiao, but he was not as good as Duke Xiao. He was very famous. The teacher joined the army at the age of twenty, and later entered the imperial examination. He was first a Jinshi, and then entered the Erxuehongci subject. However, the court only allowed him to be a small county captain.
In Arilang's view, the teacher was knowledgeable and talented, but his official career was not smooth, but the teacher's eyes could see through the ordinary worldly things, and he taught him that only by knowing his heart in everything can he do things.
Hu Dali stared at Dudakula closely, holding the spear in his hand tighter and tighter, trying to kill Dudakula who was making small moves.
Finally, when he rolled to the edge of the prisoner, he raised his spear. Unexpectedly, an arrow was faster than him.
The sharp arrow pierced Dudakula, and everyone stood up in panic. The crowd was crowded, and a few who took the opportunity to sneak away rushed out of the guarding area with dozens of days. After a random shot, Hu Dali discovered Dudakula disappeared.
Zhou Xu put down his bow and arrow: "He rolled downhill."
Hu Dali's eyes widened: "I'll chase him."
"I'll chase after him later." Zhou Xu said with a smile, "I shot him with an arrow, and he wouldn't live long. He will probably die when he returns to Yiyi."
Hu Dali didn't understand what Lord Jieduzhi was doing. He smiled nervously and asked with a twitch in his mind: "General, are we going to fight tomorrow morning?"
Zhou Xuxiao looked at him: "Are you afraid?"
Hu Dali slapped his chest fiercely, and a group of cavalrymen gathered around him. Their cheeks were all red with excitement. Hearing the words of Master Jieduzhi, he loudly said: "Whoever is afraid is a coward!"
"I've never been afraid of those bastard Turks!"
"I'm not afraid either. I kill enemies in my dreams at night!"
Zhou Xu looked at the familiar or unfamiliar faces under the firelight. Some of them were young and some were old, but without exception they were all descendants of Youzhou. They were passionate, they were brave, and they just wanted to protect their home and city.
Cui Shizi walked to the lord's side. When the soldiers and barbarians saw the gentle military advisor, their voices involuntarily lowered their voices and looked at Cui Military Advisor with a naive smile.
"We'll fight again in a few days." Zhou Xu smiled and said, "Let them have civil strife first."
"Oh." Hu Dali actually didn't understand why Lord Jiedushi wanted them to have civil strife.
"Sooner or later, we will fight, but I don't want your sacrifices to be in vain." Zhou Xu looked at the faces, which represented the lights of each family behind them. It is not difficult to break the Ruibao Formation. All it takes is human lives, especially the opponent's. I don't know that they have heavy cavalry. If it is a last resort, Zhou Xu will do this, but if it can reduce his own casualties to the greatest extent, Zhou Xu is also happy to use some tricks.
"You are my comrades." Zhou Xu patted Hu Dali's shoulder: "As long as you don't die, you will get promoted after you go back, everything you want."
The soldiers present also looked at Lord Jiedushi with unspeakable excitement. Many veterans who had followed Lord Jiedushi in their early years secretly had red eyes.
Cui Shizi murmured.
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you. When the king raised an army, he repaired my sword and spear, and I share the same enemy with you."
There was a beginning, and the rest was like a spark lighting up a haystack, igniting a raging flame, and the sound was loud.
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I am in the same river with you, and the king is raising an army. I am repairing my spear and halberd, and I am working together with you!"
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I wear the same clothes as you, and the king raises his troops to repair my armor and soldiers. Let's go together with you!"
Hu Dali was the first to kneel down on one knee, his armor clattering, and the sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami behind him shook the sky.
"I am willing to die for the general!"
"I am willing to die for the general!!"
Wearing black cold armor, Zhou Xu held a knife in his left hand and a golden crow whip in his right hand. The night wind blew through his eyes, reflecting the cold and dark night sky.
It also blew away the only decoration on the man.
The slightly old sachet embroidered with orchids fell on the man's belt, shaking slightly, as if it was also shaken by the call.
Chapter 88 War (2)
Return to Yicheng.
"Have they not moved yet?" The old king, the seven khans, and Suzilakun arrived at the highest point of the city wall early. When they climbed up and looked into the distance, they saw the Youzhou Xuanjia Cavalry Battalion stationed in the distance. It was like a black felt cloth covering the already slightly cold grassland.
"No." The eldest prince replied, and when he lowered his head, he glanced at Tumi'er, the left concubine behind his father.
Su Rilakun looked at the Ruibao formation a thousand meters outside Huiyi City. The pagoda cavalry were still patrolling and training. The wooden pillars were cross-fixed with hemp ropes to form a wooden frame, and the shelves were inlaid with long knives, or spears, and Ruibao. Because the formation was easy to carry and easily sourced from local materials, the pagoda riders were deployed quickly. Outside the long row, sharp blades, long thorns and other objects shone coldly.
The impact of the cavalry has always been very strong, but if they encounter the Ruibao Formation, the greater the impact, the faster they will die.
Coupled with the three three-bow beds/crossbows on the city wall for long-range shooting, Suri Lakun can guarantee that as long as Zhou Xu appears within a kilometer range, no, even if he is a little away from a kilometer range, he can be shot on the spot. .
After all, humans are made of flesh and blood, how can they compete with weapons?
Why are they so slow to move? According to his idea, he should start the journey today. It takes time to move a large group of teams, and it will also take a day for them to actually return to Yi.
Do they want to wait a few days before attacking? Why? What is their purpose?
Su Rilakun frowned, not only because of the abnormal behavior of the Youzhou Cavalry, but also because he felt anxious that he had sent his personal guards to find out what happened to the Futu Cavalry in the rear and no news had been sent back yet. This kind of vague trouble made him But the clueless premonition made him a little restless.
Since yesterday morning, the tribesmen of Gulunwugu were injured and asked why the Turkic Futu Cavalry massacred them. In the afternoon, two or three tribes actually suffered the same massacre, and it was definitely said that they were massacred by the Futu Cavalry. The three small tribes only had about a thousand people in total, but his ruthless style of slaughtering them all at once had made many khans wary and dissatisfied with him.
Last night, the old king held a banquet, and the beautiful dancers entertained them well and said many good words to calm down the anger of the seven khans.
However, the expressions of these seven Khans were still extremely gloomy, and they even looked at him, Tumi'er, and even the old king with suspicion.
Surilakun knew that cracks had appeared in the alliance.
Even if he tried his best to guarantee that those small tribes that were massacred were not caused by his Futu Cavalry, they still didn’t believe it and asked him to hand over the Futu Cavalry. How could he hand it over!
So far, he has lost all trace of the remaining pagoda riders.
Suzilakun put his hand on the city wall and slowly tightened it. The veins appeared on the back of his hand. The Futu Cavalry were the elite cavalry among their Turks. Each of them was good at riding and shooting and had a strong body. They were equipped with the same weapons as Youzhou. With iron armor like the Xuanjia Battalion, spears, bows/crossbows and shields, it is a real iron cavalry, led by two veterans.
Now, the pagoda with two thousand people riding in it has disappeared? Missing on the grassland of Nuoda? Suzilakun didn’t believe it! My heart was so aggrieved that I was going crazy. Not a single enemy on the other side was killed, but their Turkic side had so many cavalry missing inexplicably, even more than the people of other tribes combined! The backup he had left for the Youzhou Iron Cavalry was gone.
Suzilakun knows very well what it means to go missing on the grassland. Most of them mean death!
The smile disappeared from the old king's face. He put his hand on his beloved concubine's shoulder and looked at Youzhou Xuanjia Camp in the distance.
"It will probably snow," the eldest prince said.
The weather today is not good, it is gloomy and it smells like a storm is coming.
"Big Prince, if Tianshi can listen to your orders, wouldn't it be better for you to let a rain of meteorites from the sky smash the Youzhou Iron Cavalry to death." The Khan of the Sijie Tribe sneered. Who knows that his family members have been killed by the alliance? When people are slaughtered, no one will be in a good mood, especially the old king who still acts as a good guy with Xi Ni.
The eldest prince's face turned red when he heard Sijie Khan's angry taunts, but he remained silent.
"Suri Lakun, the formations under the city have been set up, why haven't your pagoda riders come up yet?" The ancient Khan of Gulunwu asked: "There are a thousand riders in total, and we can see them clearly from the city. By then, I guess the Youzhou cavalry will be able to see clearly, a thousand pagoda cavalry is really a big deal."
"As the first ones out of the city to fight the enemy, the Pagoda Cavalry will never back down, and they always have to practice cooperating with each other first so that they can better attack the enemy." Su Rilakun said with a cold face. The seven khans were like vultures on the grassland. As soon as his side showed weakness, the other side's arrogance became arrogant.
"Suri Lakun, have your remaining pagoda riders come yet?" Beyegu's Khan asked impatiently: "This week, the barbarians came to attack them as soon as they asked for a fight. You Turks have agreed to do so." Qianfu Tuqi, ah, are you only going to take out a thousand now?"
"There are not enough people to eat across the street. There are not only food in Youzhou but also
In Xuanjia Camp, I also saw the dogs raised by Zhou Manzi, the Tuoba cavalry, plus the prisoners, there are three or four thousand people. Are you going to fight with a thousand cavalry? "
Suzilakun suddenly turned around and looked at Banyegu Khan, his eyes flashing coldly.
Suzilakun sneered and said: "What you are saying is that this war is only about our Turks. Your soldiers are just watching from the side. Now we are both prosperous and devastated. If I fail, you will be better off. .”
"Ha, what did I say?" The Khan of Gu Lun Wu Gu laughed strangely: "So you still have this idea in mind, let us people go first, right? We were the ones who sent the scouts and light cavalry to harass and delay the Youzhou cavalry before. People have contributed the most, and the most people have died, but now in the end, it is still up to us to fight."
"It's okay to fight. I didn't expect you Turks to fight against our own people."
Seeing that the atmosphere was becoming more and more tense, the old king came out and coughed: "Stop arguing. Now we are in the right place at the right time. As long as we are harmonious, we can definitely defeat Zhou Xu."
He looked at the seven khans one by one: "Everyone, we should focus on the overall situation." He emphasized his tone and said: "I promise you, once Youzhou is defeated, when we take over the Central Plains, the Central Plains will You can eat the fat in the hinterland first."
Gu Lun Wu Gu listened to the old king describing a bright future again, and he took a deep breath to suppress his anger.
