Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 255 Kill
Qin Mo led [-] garrison troops into the expedition, and before they actually reached the plateau, non-combat attrition had already occurred.

Even if the marching route selected by the guide is already within a hundred miles, it is relatively the most flat and feasible area, so that the soldiers can ride on horseback...

Even the guards of the Hexi Kingdom, because of conflicts with the Qiangs in the past, ran to the plateau in their daily training in order to increase their resistance to altitude sickness...

However, due to the speed of advancing troops, they suddenly climbed from the plains to the plateau, and the soldiers could not adapt to the sudden thinning of oxygen in a short period of time.

The terrible altitude sickness made many soldiers want to die, and they rode on horses like half-dead plague chickens!

As many as two hundred soldiers, because of severe altitude sickness, had to leave the army to rest in place, hoping to adapt to the lack of oxygen before catching up with the troops.

There are also nearly a hundred soldiers, because the altitude sickness is too severe, they have to go back the same way and leave the plateau.

In this way, the non-combat attrition of [-] garrison soldiers has reached a full [-]%!
"Huh... Nai Weng finally understands why we, the Great Qin and the countries of the Western Regions, want to win over the Qiang tribes... Whoever can occupy this plateau will be almost invincible..."

Liu Ji rode on the horse with purple lips, gasped for a long time when he said a word, but he still couldn't stop his mouth, and kept talking nonsense to the soldiers under his command.

After he and a group of brothers successfully blocked the old Wei Liao and made Yingzheng's secret decree a "true secret decree" that could not be shown to Qin Mo, they also followed the expedition army non-stop, and now they are all serving as generals in the army official.

"Old Liu, please don't say a few words... The master said, what is this altitude sickness? Be careful and dizzy, and miss this great opportunity to make contributions!"

Zhang Liang weakly interrupted his poor vernacular, and reminded him slightly jokingly.

As an old man in the military and government who once assisted Qin Mo in governing the Yue people and wrote the "Military Law Thought Edition: The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on behalf of the writer, Zhang Liang is the chief missionary officer of the less than [-] soldiers this time, while Liu Ji is just a member of the army. The five hundred generals.

However, the level of military rank does not mean anything, especially the missionary officer in wartime, and he has no right to command the generals who lead the army.

So Zhang Liang is just a kind reminder.

However, Liu Ji and him have similar tastes, and the two have a very good relationship in private. When he saw him dismantling his platform, he lowered his voice and said: "Zifang, you don't understand... There may be a war at any time, I have to get closer to my brothers, Otherwise, how can we work together during the war... What's the point of spending a few words?"

This is his self-taught ability to win over people's hearts, and it makes sense.

Zhang Liang nodded suddenly, and was about to say a few words to discuss with him, the truth of winning people's hearts, but he saw a group of sentry horses galloping back from a distance in front of the marching army.

The two knew that there was an enemy ahead, so they hurriedly stopped talking.

Liu Ji urged his horse to go forward and verified that the identities of the sentry cavalry were correct, so he let them go straight to the Chinese army.

After a while, a guard of the Chinese army galloped out, holding a command flag and shouting at Liu Ji's former army: "The five hundred generals of the former army, Liu Ji's department, go out to meet the enemy after a drum!"

"The whole army prepares for battle, follow the front army~!"

At the same time, a small drum sounded under the banner of the Chinese Army's banner.

thump—

dong dong——

dong dong dong-

The clear and crisp sound of small drums, from slow to urgent, is a reminder of the drums!
Liu Ji regained his energy and immediately shouted: "Brothers, prepare for the battle, change to the main horse, check the armor and equipment... Phew, be quicker!"

The lifeless former army was instantly like boiling water, and people screamed, busy and unhurriedly preparing for the battle.

The central army and the rear army also unsheathed their bows and knives, and lifted the felt cloth to reveal the true appearance of the firearms.

The plague chickens with less than three thousand suddenly came alive at this moment!
Boom-! ! !
The more and more rapid sound of war drums stopped abruptly after a heavy sound.

Liu Ji raised the saber in his hand: "Go in~!"

Before the words were finished, the people had already set out on their horses, followed by five hundred light cavalry. Amidst the sound of roaring horseshoes, they followed the five sentinel cavalry who came back to report the news, and headed towards a mountain depression five miles away.

The central army and the rear army then moved, biting their tails and urging the horses to move forward!
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In the col, a bloody massacre is taking place!

Tens of thousands of Hu soldiers in different clothes and armor but with excellent bows and knives are besieging and killing an unknown number of Qiang people.

Among the Qiang people who were besieged, there were about 7000 warriors, but their armor was extremely simple. The better ones wore leather armor inlaid with iron, but most of them were only wearing leather robes, and they had various weapons in their hands. There are bronze weapons used, and even stone spears and arrows, which are simply blinding.

Rather than saying that they are warriors, it is better to say that they are just Qiang men with weapons!
Except for these six or seven thousand Qiang men and women, the rest are old and weak, women and children, among whom are many yaks and livestock.

Obviously, this is a complete Qiang tribe, surrounded by the Western Region coalition forces!
The men of the Qiang people fought extremely bravely. Whether they were riding horses or fighting on foot, they all rushed towards the mountain pass screaming, including the elderly and women. The rain of arrows that kept shooting from time to time resisted the cavalry charge of the coalition forces in the Western Regions.

They want to break through a gap and protect the tribe's children from escaping!
But the extremely crude armor and unorganized charge are really vulnerable to the well-equipped Western Region coalition forces.

Even the Hu soldiers of the Allied Forces in the Western Regions were slow to move due to altitude sickness, and there were even Hu soldiers who fell off their horses due to lack of oxygen and fainted due to intense fighting...

But this can't stop the Qiang people from stretching their hips too much, rushing up a wave, then falling down a wave, the bloody smell permeates the mountain depression, and the shrill screams echo endlessly in the mountain depression.

The Qiang people were unable to break through the interception and siege of the Western Region coalition forces. Instead, under the front and back attack of the Western Region coalition forces, the encirclement circle became smaller and smaller.

From time to time, Qiang children in the encirclement were shot by feathered arrows, crying in pain, and fell into the dazzling pool of blood under the blue sky and white clouds...

The death and injury of the child drove all the Qiang people into a frenzy, and the counterattack suddenly became violent.

The only advantage of the Qiang people is that they are not affected by altitude sickness, so they are still full of combat power as the battle continues.

In the Allied Forces of the Western Regions, more and more Hu soldiers lost their combat power due to altitude sickness, and even fainted.

Under the ebb and flow, the frenzied counterattack of the Qiang people had a miraculous effect, and the casualties of the Allied Forces in the Western Regions increased sharply!

But, that's all...

buzzing-

buzzing-

buzzing-

The Allied Forces of the Western Regions dispatched crossbowmen to suppress the formation, with full penetrating and dense crossbow arrows, wave after wave were like locusts flying all over the sky, covering the madly charging Qiang people, nailing them to death on the way to charge.

Even, many Hu soldiers were shot and killed indiscriminately.

The chief general of the more than ten thousand coalition forces in the Western Regions is undoubtedly ruthless...

"It's down, we're down!"

"We are willing to be slaves, as long as we don't kill them!"

A leader of the Qiang people wearing a ferret fur on his head prevented the tribe from dying fearlessly, threw away the simple bronze sword in his hand, and prostrated himself on the ground begging for surrender.

The blood in the Qiang people's chest was shot away by the indiscriminate blanket of crossbow arrows!
After all the Qiang people prostrated themselves on the ground and begged to surrender, the crossbow arrows finally stopped covering and shooting, but immediately the Western Region Allied Forces under the banner of the Central Army sounded a hasty horn.

Then, more intensive crossbow arrows were laid down on the Qiang people who gave up resistance.

The Hu cavalry pawns who still had enough strength screamed excitedly, rushed into the Qiang crowd, swung their weapons and chopped off the heads of men one after another, dragged women onto horses, and trampled children to death...

The leader of the Qiang people stared blankly, grabbed the bronze sword thrown at his feet, and rushed madly towards the central army of the Western Region coalition army.

No one stopped him.

It was not until he rushed to the front of the Chinese army that a feathered arrow flew out.

puff--

The feathered arrow pierced the Qiang leader's leather armor and battle skirt, and pierced one of his thighs.

The leader of the Qiang people staggered and fell to the ground, and let go of the bronze sword in his hand. He crawled forward, trying to pick it up again.

A horse rode out from the formation of the Central Army of the Allied Army of the Western Regions, and immediately a blond general in linen armor galloped up to the leader of the Qiang people, and nailed him to the ground with a spear in his hand!
The leader of the Qiang people had a very tenacious vitality. He raised his head with his eyes wide open, looked at the general who was obviously a Greek on the horse, vomited blood and shouted: "Why? Why... My people have surrendered and are willing to be slaves. Why do you want to be slaves? Kill~!!!"

The Greek general looked down at him indifferently, then took off the bronze helmet on his head to reveal his face, and said in very skilled Chinese dialect: "Old friend, don't you remember me?"

The leader of the Qiang people was taken aback for a moment, but he remembered it too well.

The Greek general in front of him was the envoy of the Great Xia Kingdom, the one who was concussed by Qin Mo's spear.

The name is hard to remember, there is a long list, and the envoys of all countries call him Yaqier!

"I remember that in Xianyang, you were the first to take the lead, prostrate to the first emperor of the Qin people, and begged the Qiang people to join the Qin Empire..."

"Now, this is the price you pay for falling to the Qin people!"

Yaqier saw that he seemed to remember himself, so he gritted his teeth again.

Annoyance appeared on the face of the leader of the Qiang people who was gradually losing color, and he turned his head to look at his clansmen who were being massacred, and at those poor children screaming and wailing under the horseshoes... Two lines of blood and tears flowed from his eyes.

Yaqier smiled when he saw this, and looked down at the Qiang leader who regretted and shed blood and tears, and asked, "Tell me, you despicable barbarian, do you regret it?"

The leader of the Qiang people looked up at him again, the remorse on his face became stronger, but he laughed out loud.

That Jie Jie's laughter, like a night owl, sent chills down one's spine!

Yaqier couldn't laugh anymore, he stared and shouted: "You are regretting, why are you laughing...Damn barbarian, don't laugh!"

Blood gushed out of the Qiang leader's mouth and nose, but he laughed louder and louder: "Quack, quack, quack!!!"

Yaqier only felt his hair stand on end, and he grabbed the spear nailed to the leader of the Qiang leader with his hand, trying to stir the spear shaft to stop his laughter.

However, when his hand touched the spear shaft, his expression suddenly changed.

shock!

There are vibrations from the ground!

That was the huge shock that only thousands of cavalry galloped!
"Meet the enemy~!"

"Fast to the north to meet the enemy~!!!"

Yaqier screamed in a different voice, like a panicked girl whose panties had been stripped off.

He clearly knew that there were no other Western Region troops in the surrounding area except for his more than [-] Western Region Allied Forces.

He also knew that apart from the Qiang people who were about to be exterminated by himself, there was no Qiang tribe nearby that could gather thousands of cavalry.

So he knew that most of the people who came were Qin cavalry!

The cavalry coming from the north is also following the Qin people's route to the plateau!

puff--

Yaqier pulled out his spear, and before he even had time to add another spear, he completely took the life of the Qiang leader, then turned his horse's head in panic, and returned to the flag of the Chinese army: "Damn...Damn it! Where are the sentry cavalry...why are there no sentry cavalry guarding the north?"

His doubts were quickly answered.

Because at the mountain pass in the north of the mountain pass, several cavalrymen of the Qin army appeared. The black and red Qin armor on their bodies was really recognizable, and their horses had bloody heads hanging on the side of their horses.

Obviously, the sentry cavalry he sent to guard the north became the first military exploit of the Qin army!

He forgot that the Qin army had binoculars, and he could spot the sentinel cavalry sent by him outside the visible range of the naked eye, and surrounded and wiped them out!
beep-

The rush horn of gathering troops echoed in the mountain depression.

The tired allied forces of the Western Regions quickly shrank, panicking like a bereaved dog, and no one had the heart to take care of those Qiang people.

The moment the cavalry of the Qin Army appeared at the mountain pass, all the Allied forces of the Western Regions knew that their good days of rampaging on the plateau were over!

"Rush out~!!!"

Yaqier couldn't wait any longer, and before all the coalition forces from the Western Regions could shrink back, he gave an order to command the cavalry of the coalition forces that had already retracted, and charged several cavalry soldiers of the Qin army at the mountain pass.

There are two exits from this mountain depression, but the other exit is a rugged and narrow mountain road. If the more than [-] coalition troops under his command take that rugged mountain road, it will definitely be a terrifying massacre when the Qin army catches up and chases them down. rout.

Therefore, it is the best choice to rush out immediately before the Qin army encircles the northern mountain pass!

Tread-tap-

When life and death were at stake, the coalition cavalry ignored the severe altitude sickness, resisted dizziness, and desperately urged their horses to rush to the mountain pass.

As for the cavalry of the Qin army at the mountain pass, seeing a large group of coalition cavalry rushing towards them, they seemed to have no intention of confronting them head-on.

After a circle in the pocket of the mountain pass, he pulled his horse and fled quickly!
Leave an empty and unguarded mountain pass!
This made the cavalry of the coalition army overjoyed, and the speed of the horse immediately increased by three points again.

If you rush out, there is hope of survival if you rush out. Even if you are no match for the cavalry of the Qin army, you can retreat while fighting.

Even, even if they are defeated, the vast land can have one more hope of escaping and ascending to heaven!
But no one noticed that before the cavalry of the Qin Army left, they went around the mountain pass, and why.

Lots of this in one fell swoop!
Until the coalition cavalry rushed to the mountain pass, the horse's legs were mixed with a few thin ropes that could not stop any horses or infantry.

boom boom-

There was a sky-shattering explosion, black smoke and flames rose into the sky, and the booby-trapped thunder was at its peak!

(End of this chapter)