Outside Yongguan, there are thousands of miles of yellow sand.
"Collect bones." Standing at the foot of the pass, Xu Mu's voice was deep.
Many of the white bones exposed to the sand were wearing tattered Ji Chao armor. Undoubtedly, these are the ancestors of the bloody battle at Yongguan.
The old soldiers accompanying the army burst into tears, knelt on the sand, and tremblingly picked up the scattered bones.
Gather carefully together and lay to rest.
"Goodbye."
Xu Mu had a lump in his throat. Just looking at the mottled walls of Yongguan City, he could imagine that the 6,000 Yongguan defenders could still hold on despite being betrayed by friendly forces and losing their food and supplies, facing hundreds of thousands of Di troops. It’s more than February, how difficult it is.
It is said that in the end, even the animal skin armor from the Di people's corpses was peeled off, boiled and eaten.
"General Li! Yong Ziying! The character of my great age!"
Three thousand people burst into tears.
"rise--"
Xu Mu gritted his teeth. He is not sad, but now, it is not time to express his heart.
"Get on the horse with me, and we will rush to the Saibei grassland."
With their three thousand men and horses, it was impossible to defend Yongguan, and there was no possibility of replicating the strategy of blocking the second city.
Therefore, he could only dig a horse trap in front of Yongguan, collect a lot of dry food and water, and continue walking deeper with his people.
"Mount!"
"General Xu has an order, I will mount the horse quickly and kill on the grassland!"
"My ancestors have witnessed that I will do my best in this life, and I am willing to use a three-foot sword to regain the old mountains and rivers!"
The three thousand warriors shook off the sadness on their faces, then mounted their horses with dignity and continued running towards the Saibei grassland.
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"General Xu, we've explored it." Several scouts on horseback rushed back in a hurry.
"Behind me, there are at least 30,000 horsemen pursuing us. However, the horse trap formation in front of Yongguan has suffered a lot."
"It's great." Xu Mu smiled.
With a map in his arms, he was not afraid of taking the wrong path. You know, this map is most likely the traitor general Huang Long, who wanted to use it to escape back to the Central Plains, so there is nothing wrong with it.
"General Xu, this, is this Yongzhou?" A general said in a trembling voice.
Beyond Yongguan is Yongzhou.
All three thousand people raised their heads, their faces suddenly turned gloomy, and then became angry again.
The Thirty States of the Epoch include not only three foreign states, but also two border states. Previously, Wangzhou, a small pass, was not enough to become a state.
However, Yongguan was seized by the Di people. In order to make up the number, a small county was changed to Wangzhou to make up for the number of thirty.
At this time, in front of Xu Mu, the old place of Yongzhou was in dilapidated mess wherever he looked. Deserted villages, dead towns, occasionally one or two bare tree branches, and three or two dried bones hanging, swaying in the sand wind.
"This is Yongzhou, our hometown in the Central Plains!"
This is no longer the old place, it’s time to lose ground. Unfortunately, with their three thousand cavalry, there was no possibility of regaining the lost ground.
"Thousands of ancestors are watching me. Everyone, rush to attack!"
The silhouettes of three thousand riders no longer stayed, and hurriedly pulled on the reins, raising up yellow sand all over the sky.
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Before Yongguan, a total of 30,000 Di cavalry gathered together, but they were unexpectedly thrown into a trap and fell into a horse trap, killing many of them.
"Hey, Montu, what are you doing?"
"The wind and sand are blinding."
The old man named Meng Tu only said one sentence and then fell silent. Looking at the newly piled sand graves, he felt inexplicably relieved.
"Damn it, those three thousand Central Plains people are really going to the grassland! I'll chase them quickly!"
Throughout the ages, only the Di people have attacked the borders of the Central Plains. There is no reason for the Central Plains people to invade the grasslands.
"Duhou, there's fire and smoke!"
A few hundred miles before Yongguan is the Saibei grassland. At this time, these 30,000 people had only been running for a few hours before they saw bursts of thick smoke suddenly rising from a distance at the border of the grassland.
This wasn't the Di people in the felt tent cooking, it was more like a fire.
"Could it be that those Central Plains people are setting fires!"
"Hurry up, go back to the grassland! If anyone comes, hurry up and inform King Zuo Khan. Make sure there is no mistake."
"Let goshawk!"
Like bursts of thunder, the hooves of thirty thousand people trampled the deathly silence around them.
Several circling goshawks had just reached the border of the grassland. Before they could explore for a while, they were shot down by a dense wave of flying arrows.
Xu Mu took a breath and looked up at the green and yellow colors in front of him. Spring has just begun, and the grass that withers every year has not yet become green.
Taking out the map, Xu Mu didn't even look at it twice. Not long after, the sound of rushing horse hooves was heard.
At first I thought they were pursuers, but unexpectedly, they were just some Di people who had gathered hastily. There were about four to five thousand people, and they were still wearing crooked animal robes and armor.
Bursts of horse arrows shot through instantly.
"Detour!" Xu Mu said in a deep voice.
"Chang Wei, with two thousand cavalry and ten cavalry, will smash these Di dogs to pieces!"
Chang Wei raised his pear-wood iron spear, raised his arms and roared wildly.
Not long after, groups of horses were rushing across the grassland.
"charge--"
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"The fires and smoke in this scene are clearly a trick to lure the enemy!" Duhou, who was chasing him, was shaking with anger.
I chased the fire smoke all the way to the end, but there was no trace of anyone.
"Quickly, get back on your horse! Those Central Plains people are in the other direction!"
Hurrying slowly, I rushed all the way, only to find countless corpses of Di people, densely packed along the way. Countless felt tents were broken and supplies were looted. Many angry Di people were roaring to get their horses and chase them.
"Duhou, we have entered the grassland for three hundred miles."
Near the border of the grassland, several smaller tribes were washed away and at least half of their young adults were killed.
These people are all warriors of the grassland, but they haven't been called up yet this time.
"Damn it, I want to kill all the people in the Central Plains!"
At the end, the old man named Meng Tu half-closed his eyes, laughed for no reason, raised his head again, and took a sip of kumiss.
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Tap tap tap.
The sound of galloping horses is far from dying.
Xu Mu's face was covered with smoke and dust, and he looked around. Previously, at the border of the grassland, there were not many felt tents of the Di tribe. Now, upon closer inspection, I found that the deeper into the grassland, the closer to the streams and rivers, the more Di tribes lived together.
According to the map, they should have entered the grassland about six or seven hundred miles away.
The deeper you go, the more dangerous it becomes.
Riding three thousand horses into the grassland seemed reckless, but in fact, it was Xu Mu's method of retreating while advancing. King Zuo Khan wanted to block Hezhou City, so he had no choice but to risk his life and survive, and fight into the grassland alone. The greater significance is that this is the first time in hundreds of years in the Central Plains that an iron hoof has trampled the tranquility of the Di people's grassland.
"Anyone who offends our Central Plains shall be punished!" Xu Mu raised his sword and pointed angrily, startling many nearby Di people to howl and run away hastily.
The three thousand cavalry roared loudly, sounding like thunder, as if they were about to lift the sky over the grassland.
"Chang Wei, take people for a spin and tell them that we are waiting for three thousand Central Plains Heavenly Soldiers to kill the Prairie Royal Court!"
"Little boss, this will attract a lot of dogs."
"Afraid of me!" Before Xu Mu could answer, many veterans who were with the army were already laughing and cursing at Chang Wei.
"General Xu led us into the grassland. In the past hundreds of years, we have never had such a feat in the Central Plains! How magnificent!"
"Enough, enough!"
"My life is worth it!"
Three thousand miles away, many people looked up and cried. If there is wine at this time, when the strong love is intense, it is impossible to say that it will be revealed.
