A Millennium Aristocratic Family Starting from the Shang Dynasty

Chapter 409: Become a five-horse?No, it's one thing and ten things.
King Zheng and Wang Xiang built a city in the Ili Valley and left a group of officials to manage it.Wang Ze and Wang Yu also left their officials to study with them.

These officials are basically from the academy. Daqian Academy takes an exam every three years, and only those who pass the exam can become officials. If you fail, you can continue to take the exam, but you will have to pay for it at your own expense. The academy is in Luoyang, the capital of China. I think It is very expensive to study at your own expense.If you fail the exam three times, you will not be allowed to take the exam again in the future.

Those who failed were some common people who were short of money and did not want to take the exam again. If they wanted to become officials, they could sign up to go to the Western Regions and serve as officials in the Western Regions. Of course, if they made great achievements in the Western Regions, they could also be recommended by the vassal king and go to the Central Plains to serve as Jiuqing.

Therefore, many civilian students went to the Western Regions to serve as officials. It was more difficult to become an official in the Western Regions than in the Central Plains. After all, there were too many barbarians here and it was not easy to control them. However, as long as they had gained experience in the Western Regions, they would basically be talented when they returned to the Central Plains.

If you want to serve as prime minister in Daqian, you must first serve in a county.Without the experience of serving at the grassroots level, don't expect to be a high-ranking official.

With the assistance of civilian students, the management of the nine cities was relatively smooth. Even if there were some problems, with a large army on the side, there would be no trouble and they would be corrected quickly.

After the construction of nine cities in the Yili Valley, the road to Tingzhou became much more convenient, and then the army began to march towards Suiye City.

Going from the Yili River Valley to Suiye City requires climbing over mountains and ridges. The army moves forward slowly, and it is difficult for war horses to cross the mountains. Therefore, this march is not led by cavalry.

Compared with the cavalry, Daqian's infantry was stronger. It was also because of the vastness of the Western Region that they paid attention to the cavalry, but the infantry also did not fall behind.

Wang Xiang, Wang Ze, Wang Yu and others selected a thousand heavily armored warriors as the vanguard. Under the leadership of Chen Shuo and Guo Xing, they crossed the Tianshan Mountains and headed for Suiye City.

Although it was a thousand heavy armors, there were a full 5000 people when they set off. The remaining 4000 people were all responsible for carrying armor, weapons, food and supplies for these 1000 people.

The army marched over mountains and ridges, and some roads even had to cross mountains with an altitude of 4000 to [-] meters. You can imagine how difficult this march was.
Outside Suiye City, a group of slaves were repairing the city wall. A wide moat was drawn from Suiye River outside the city and went around the city.

Building a city on such a plateau border is not an easy task, and not long ago, a war broke out here.

The political environment here is complex, with 10,000+ barbarians living nearby. Not long ago, the most powerful Gray Wolf tribe just annexed the Wuzhi tribe.The strength can already overwhelm other tribes.

Chen Shuo and Guo Xing led their troops over the mountains and finally arrived at Rehai.But when we arrived here, the 100-strong army that set out had already lost more than [-] people.

Some of them were not adapted to the plateau climate and died of illness, some fell off cliffs due to rugged mountain roads, etc.However, after experiencing the training of this march, these soldiers became more and more elite.

Atami is a huge saltwater lake, and a small earthen fortress was built beside the lake. The soldiers stationed here did not expect that anyone would climb over the mountains to attack.

As for asking them to do their duty?How much money does it cost a month, so desperate?With such high-quality soldiers, Wang Xiang would not dare to send such a small number of people to attack.

After the army arrived, they launched an attack directly.How can these bastards stop a thousand heavily armored elites?These heavily armored elites picked up a tree stump and knocked it open.

In just half an hour, the earth fortress was captured.

Next, the army slaughtered cattle and sheep here, had a big meal, walked long distances over mountains and ridges, and after a brief rest, immediately rushed to Suiye City.

Outside Suiye City, the Hu people who had received the news prepared for war overnight. However, the time was too short and they only gathered a part of the army.

After the elite troops arrived, they simply rested and then started attacking directly.All of these strong men were able to use hard bows and crossbows. Half of them directly used crossbows to suppress the city, and the other half began to attack.

At first, these barbarians wanted to use cavalry to break up the thousands of heavily armored men, but they ran into an iron plate.

The power of the crossbow arrows was far beyond the imagination of these barbarians. Even the war horses could not bear it. A hail of arrows fell. Dozens of the charging barbarians fell immediately. Before they could react, several more waves of arrows rained down. .The light cavalry suffered heavy casualties.

The remaining cavalrymen were so frightened that they quickly reined in their horses and wanted to spare these crossbow formations.It's a pity that how could Daqian Elite give them this opportunity?

"Boys, kill me!" Chen Shuo yelled, grabbed a meteor hammer from his waist, and flew it out.

With a bang, it hit the head of what looked like an officer accurately. The officer screamed, his helmet was deflated, blood spattered everywhere, and he fell off the horse.

Immediately afterwards, he strode forward and the soldiers next to him also rushed forward.These heavily armored soldiers are all tall and round-waisted, and are wearing two layers of armor. Each of them is like a heavily armored tank.The Hengdao was already playing tricks in their hands. The cavalrymen were about to turn around the dock, but they cut him off with a single blow and their heads were removed.

Even though these barbarian cavalry looked like they were showing off their strength, when they were charged by these thousand heavy armors, they were immediately killed and wounded like chopping melons and vegetables.

"Guo Heizi, don't let them close the city gate!" Chen Shuo shouted, then threw a meteor hammer and smashed the head of a cavalryman.

Guo Xing immediately abandoned the barbarian Qingqi and rushed towards the city gate with a few people. "Fire the arrows! Fire the arrows!" When the barbarians in the city gate saw the heavily armored soldiers rushing over, their expressions changed greatly, and they hurriedly shouted, "Fire the arrows."

Dozens of arrows flew out, Guo Xing raised a large shield with one hand and rushed forward.The two-meter-tall strong man was a top-notch hero even among the thousands of elite men in heavy armor. The large shield in his hand was as light as thatch and blocked all the arrows.

Guo Xing was almost unstoppable when he charged. Even war horses could knock him away. How could the soldiers guarding the city stop him?

Just as a dozen soldiers were about to close the door, Guo Xing slammed out with his shield.Directly knocking those who closed the door away.

A few bastards picked up knives and wanted to stab Guo Xing, but Guo Xing flicked his shield and a big dick was thrown at him.

'duang! With a crisp sound, the bastard flew out with his weapon, his neck appeared at a strange angle, and he fell into a baby-like sleep.

The remaining Zahu took the opportunity to shoot arrows, trying to kill him, but the arrows pierced the first layer of the armor and stopped. Then they were all swept away by Guo Xing's shield.

Then Guo Xing let out a loud shout, raised his shoulder, and pushed open the door that weighed several hundred kilograms.The heavily armored soldiers behind him also rushed forward one by one and pushed the other door completely open.

Countless arrows fell, and these people were directly shot into hedgehogs.Guo Xing and others had nowhere to hide. They used one hand to protect their eyes and chest, and the other hand to chop with a knife.

Most of the barbarian bows and arrows are soft bows, and there are even no crossbows.Even if they are shooting at close range, they can't help the elites wearing two layers of heavy armor.

Even though it looks like the one being shot now looks like a hedgehog, in fact it is just a broken skin at most.

Seeing how brave these people were, the barbarian generals guarding the city knew very well that if they did not close the gate as soon as possible, Suiye City would not be able to defend it.

Guo Xing led several heavily armored soldiers to resist the door, preventing the barbarians from closing the door. Dozens of people came to fight to close the door, but they could not close it. Seeing this scene, the guard directly ordered to use swords to fight against the door. The men laid siege.

It's a pity that the gate of Suiye City is narrow, and at most twenty people can rush up at a time, and most of these people are wearing leather armor. The sword in their hand cuts on the heavy armor, making a clanking sound, but it can't pierce it at all. armor.

Guo Xing wore rattan armor with a layer of fish scales on the outside, and a layer of fish scales on the inside. It had a very high defense against swords, guns, swords and halberds.

Facing these bastards, Guo Xing was like a bear. He looked at the barbarian who was no taller than his shoulders and took out a hammer from behind. He didn't use any moves and just hit those heads.

With a bang, the Hu man's head was deformed, and then red and white splattered all over the floor. Then there was another sweep, which directly hit the ear of another yellow-haired Hu man next to him. Blood splattered everywhere, and his whole body was covered with blood. Fly out horizontally.

The barbarians around him slashed their swords at Guo Heizi, only to be bounced away by the armor, and some even had their swords cracked.

After years of continuous development in Daqian, the iron smelting technology has continued to improve, and the iron armor has become stronger than before. The weapons in the hands of these barbarians were unable to break through the armor for a while.

In one moment, only a few heavily armored soldiers blocked dozens of barbarians.

The bravery of Guo Heizi and others provided time for other armored soldiers. These heavy armored soldiers directly defeated the Hu people's light cavalry, and then rushed directly to the city gate.

Chen Shuo led the charge with heavy armor. Some of the soldiers shot with hard bows and crossbows, suppressing the city. Another group of warriors held long spears and rushed directly to the gate.

The crossbowmen fired at the few warriors wearing iron armor among the Hu people. Facing Dagan's stone-hard bow, the Hu people's iron armor could not withstand it.

"Kill the Hu!" Many spear soldiers roared and rushed directly towards the barbarian army formation.

These soldiers did not avoid swords at all, and their spears were like piercing sugar-coated haws, piercing the barbarians at the city gate into a string and forcing their way into the city.

After breaking through the military formation, the remaining barbarians were killed in fear. These heavily armored soldiers relied on their precious armor and rushed into the enemy formation with hammers and sharp blades, killing them indiscriminately.

The Gray Wolf tribe, which had just subdued many barbarians, was beaten so hard that they howled like ghosts and fled for their lives.These heavily armored soldiers were not in a hurry to chase and kill, but drove them to kill little by little, always keeping these barbarians in a state of confusion.

However, a mere thousand men in heavy armor were able to capture Suiye City, which was garrisoned by tens of thousands of people. The 4000 people who served as auxiliaries behind were stunned.

"One Gan is like Wu Hu, no, this is one Gan is like Ten Hu!"

(End of this chapter)