My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 576 Black Tide
The sky is high and the clouds are light.

Three hundred thousand soldiers and horses came from the east, stretching across the wilderness for dozens of miles, extending from east to west.

Outside the city of Hasai, a large number of Mongolian cavalry gathered in small groups towards a black line spreading on the horizon. In the eyes of the Western soldiers in the city, it was a surging black tide.

The huge black tide extended over, and there were many scattered scouts.

They roamed the wilderness, sweeping every corner visible to the naked eye. Even if there was a wild beast, they would draw their bows and shoot them.

"My Heavenly Father...Holy Lothar, how many Eastern soldiers are there?!"

As the black tide spread, countless flags were flying in the wind in different arrays, and below were layers upon layers of different armies.

The 20,000 Qingzhou Army was divided into four large formations of 5,000 people. In addition to the normal configuration of light cavalry, the 4,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry were separated from the main force of the Qingzhou Army, but they were also closely following. Even if they were not running at the moment, they were moving forward. Under the iron hoofs, smoke and dust were still billowing, rising over the horses and filling the air.

Among the array, Xia Houyuan looked at the outline of the traditional western city in the distance, somewhat lost in thought; his clan brother Xia Houdun beside him narrowed his one eye slightly and tightened the reins with excitement: "Mengde, you see... we also have a chance to fight to the west. !”

Among the tiger and leopard riders, smiles gradually appeared on the faces of Zhang He and Xu Huang.

It was a dense crowd of men, women, old and weak, stumbling around in a crowded group. There were various identities among them. At this moment, all the identities were reduced to the same level.

Ling Qi galloped away.

Twenty thousand Xiliang troops served as the central formation, and there were also many carefully selected tribesmen from the Qiang tribe. Together with Xiliang, they were divided into four combat arrays in front, back and behind. Each array was about a mile apart, with a tight guard towering in the center. The great encyclopedia of the Xia Kingdom.

The two main cavalry regiments of the Xia Kingdom, the String Controlling Wolf Cavalry and the Flying Qiang Cavalry, hovered on the left and right wings of the entire marching formation, throwing up vast amounts of smoke and dust.

The rear army at the rear was the slave army from the snowy plains and the mountain soldiers recruited from Yuezhou. Tens of thousands of people were slowly advancing behind them. The front army followed closely behind the Chinese army, and the rear army had not yet completely come out of the mountains and forests.

His name was Guo Si. He was once a horse thief in Xiliang. He was favored by Dong Zhuo. He had done countless wrong things with Dong Zhuo, but he had never regretted it.

"Don't waste time. Send the order immediately and let him surround the surrounding fields of this city. No one in the city can escape."

Su Chen stood up holding on to the armrest, clasping his hands behind his back, looking into the distance with cold eyes, his scaled hem and cloak blowing loudly.

"The captured prisoners are simply used together. Keeping them is a waste."

The emperor's order was issued, and soon the merchants, broken soldiers, villagers, and nobles of Hasai City, who were like livestock, were driven out of the extremely large army and headed towards the city.

The Huwei battalion wore iron armor, carried several short halberds on their backs, and held long halberds and an iron shield in their hands. They were armed to the teeth.

The black armor made a metallic sound while the white velvet between his neck ruffled slightly.

The rows of colorful flags are even more dazzling, but the towering dragon flag of the Eastern Empire is the most eye-catching and attracts the most attention.

The two battalions were divided into two formations, the front and rear. The Shenji battalion was in the rear to guard against any changes in the rear. The Tiger Guard battalion was the same as before, guarding the emperor's imperial chariot and the Xia Kingdom's imperial flag as they walked slowly.

Lu Bu was wearing an animal-faced, head-swallowing chain armor, and his scarlet brocade robe was fluttering in the wind; Ma Chao was wearing a silver-armored lion helmet, and he was wearing a white cloak that fluttered wildly.

Time passed and everything started over again, and the former horse thief finally got on the right track.

Occasionally, Lu Bu turned his head and looked towards the center of the formation. In addition to the tall flag of the Xia Kingdom, there was also a flag with the word "Xiliang" written on it.

"Li Jue and Li Ru can change their ways and start over, so why can't I!"

Guo Si pulled out the sword from his waist and said loudly, "The Grand Master has an order. This battle must not bring down our majesty in Xiliang!"

"Leave the rest of the siege to the professionals. Send the order to Xia Houyuan and ask the Qingzhou Army to prepare for the siege. There is no need to prepare equipment. There is no need to take it so seriously with a mud pill!"

It was only a year since I came to this world. After learning everything, I hugged my former master and cried like a child...

The passionate heroism has long since faded from him, leaving only the coldness and ruthlessness of the king looking down on the world.

When the Qingzhou Army received the order, Xiahou Dun jumped out of the horse. With the big gun raised, the five thousand array behind him moved.

"Dong Zhuo, you and I were bastards in our previous lives. Have you ever imagined that in this new life, we can join forces to defeat the barbarians in the West?"

The moment the desolate horn blew, the Western soldiers walking on the distant city wall stopped and looked outside the city in horror.

The huge army advanced, and the noise it made made the Western soldiers in Hasai City feel their teeth.

A general who commanded the infantry array listened to the order, then looked in the direction of Dong Zhuo and laughed ferociously.

The two of them rode on their own horses and arrived in a foreign land. Their expressions were more solemn and solemn than before, and they were holding weapons, as if they were gods descending to earth.

Su Chen was wearing a mountain armor, like a dragon circling the sky and clouds. He sat on the big white tiger chair with a golden sword, and watched the civil servants holding feather fans and wearing crane cloaks processing information one by one.

He murmured softly.

Among them, a brown-haired Satsuma woman was pushed and fell, crying and sitting on the ground without wanting to get up. Then the Qingzhou soldiers hiding among the prisoners came and slashed her white neck with a knife.

At this time, under the White Dragon banner, the commanding cavalry from the front, back, and left came over from time to time, approaching the emperor's chariot.

They had survived the massacre in the wilderness before, but then they were gathered and violently driven closer to the city wall.

On the side, there are courtiers holding swords, and Taoist priests holding whisks, wearing Taoist buns, and chanting sutras with their eyes closed.

The flags were clattering. Su Chen turned away from Zhuge Liang and looked at the Hasai city wall in the distance. He was highly skilled in martial arts and had excellent eyesight. He could see the crowds of people on the wall which was not too high.

Woo! !

The wind blows across the fields.

Immediately, he waved his hand: "Send an order to General Guo. Enter the barbarian land and fight me hard. Don't fall into Xiliang!"

It seems dense, but the middle is still empty. Here are the two emperor's guards, Shenji Camp and Huwei Camp. The former carries a crossbow on his back, a knife hanging on his waist, and a thunderbolt.

Dong Zhuo, who was sitting in the center of the formation, seemed to have something in his heart. He subconsciously looked towards the left wing. His thick beard was stretched like a steel needle, his plump lips were grinning, and he smiled proudly while standing on horseback with a big belly.

The sound of human footsteps and horse hooves spread out.

Seeing the scene in front of them, the cries of the prisoners became even more violent. They pushed forward with all their strength. The vast crowd was in panic. The old man who was staggering was pushed to the ground, and pairs of shoes stepped on them. It was difficult for him to get up; the pale-faced child held his mother's hand and looked around in fear. They were all human shoulders, arms, and backs, and he couldn't see what kind of scene was ahead.

Behind them, the entire flat field, road, and wheat field were filled with silhouettes of people and war horses. There were also many Mongolian cavalry from the grasslands wandering around, shooting those who rushed out of the queue one by one.

"Do you think I'm cruel?"

Looking into the distance, Su Chen's face was unusually calm. On the left and right of the ancestral hearse where he was, in addition to Dian Wei and Xu Chu, there were also generals such as Xiang Yu and Long Qie.

Xiang Yu and Long Qie looked at each other and laughed.

"Your Majesty, Xiang killed more people than this back then!" When he said these words, he was not only stepping down the steps for the emperor, but also telling Su Chen that massacre of a city was nothing. It was very common in wars, even if it was Tian Khan, Li Shimin, who single-handedly created the Tang Dynasty, also did such a thing.

"Since it's not cruel, let's massacre this place first, and use blood and blades to tell many barbarians in the Western world that I have led hundreds of thousands of troops to come for revenge!"

Su Chen stepped forward, grabbed the whip and pointed it forward: "Send the order to the Qingzhou Army to attack the city first, followed by the Xiliang Army to break through the city and slaughter the city for three days."

His eyes were sharp, and the whip cracked in the air.

"Siege the city——"

Not far away, the messenger rushed forward and blew the horn.

In front of the entire military formation, the Qingzhou Army, which was marching with the prisoners, heard the sound of the horn. The Qingzhou Soldiers who were among the crowd waved their butcher knives and frantically slashed at the nearby prisoners.

The frightened Samoan people, whether they were nobles or poor people, fled towards the Hasai gate in fear.

The archers of the Qingzhou Army walked behind the group of prisoners with arrows in hand, approaching the city wall in front. The moment they entered the range covered by the arrows, they raised them towards the city wall one by one.

A large amount of wailing and crying reached the top of the city.

Behind the wall stacks, almost everyone lowered their weapons and looked silently at the Satsuma people under the crowded city wall, wondering what to do for a moment.

The general ran on the city wall, shouting anxiously: "Draw your bow, the enemy is coming!"

However, as soon as the general finished speaking, there was a whooshing sound in the air, flying over the wall.

Before the general's face and mouth could close, his eyes suddenly widened and looked forward. Then he staggered and fell backwards with a bang. An arrow penetrated his mouth, and the arrowhead was filled with pieces of flesh. and blood seeped out from his neck.

The war started instantly.

next moment.

Buzz

A dense rain of arrows rushed into the sky from below, drawing a long arc, and then poured down the city wall.

The soldiers of Hasai City who were running on the city wall fell to the ground one by one.

"Siege the city and go up the ladder!"

While the sound from the east resounded below, ladders were unfolded in the hands of the dark Qingzhou Army soldiers. Under the cover of the archers, they rushed towards the not-so-high city wall.

The crowd surged forward like a swarm of ants.

The shouts of fighting resounded in this once peaceful border town. The Qingzhou soldiers, who had been frustrated that they had not been able to fight for several years, climbed up the ladder and frantically vented the energy they had been holding back all these years.

This is the siege mission that their general has finally won from the emperor. It is the first battle in the Western world, and they must make a good start.

On the city wall that was several miles long, Qingzhou soldiers with blades in their mouths were rushing towards the city like evil ghosts with arrows stuck in their bodies.

Countless surging shouts spread, the three-headed dragon flag planted on the city tower was burning, flaming arrows were nailed to the human body, mottled blood stains extended, and countless chaotic footsteps rushed at the top of the city, guarding Hasai City. The general was covered in blood, and his shoulders and necks were cut several times by the crazy enemy troops. His personal guards tried to bandage him, but they were all shot to the ground by a hail of arrows poured in from them.

The ladders are still coming up, and the arrows are still crazily suppressing the city.

He has never seen such a crazy army. The densely packed crowd braved arrows and stabbed spears, climbing up desperately, and even once the opponent stood up, they would crush his subordinates back. .

This is not a war, it is simply a one-sided massacre!

As soon as his thoughts came up, more arrows rushed towards the city. The densely packed Qingzhou Army was advancing from the stationary city wall section in cooperation with each other.

The general had disheveled hair and a few arrows stuck in his back. He was looking at the top of the city with his dying breath. An Eastern general, wielding a long ax, was walking among the crowd.

He turned his gaze to the outside of the city, and another black army began to approach the city gate.

"Keep it..."

He finally shouted this, and the Eastern man carrying the long ax had already arrived in front of him, and the heavy giant ax slashed down with a buzzing sound——

"The enemy general is dead, come with a team and follow me to seize the city gate!"

Xu Huang put away his heavy long soldiers, issued orders to the left and right, brushed off his cloak that was dragging on the ground, and immediately led some of his soldiers to charge towards the stone steps of the inner city wall.

At this time, the city was reorganizing its army to reinforce the city. When they arrived, the Eastern troops who rushed into the stone steps of the inner city wall had already reached the city gate. With the help of several people, the heavy gate slowly opened.

Woo! !

The desolate horn horn sounded, and outside the city gate, a battalion of Xiliang troops had been waiting. When he saw the city gate open, Guo Bang excitedly drew his sword on his horse and waved it.

"Your Majesty's gift is that after entering the city, the princes will not seal their swords!"

When the waiting Xiliang army heard that there would be no restrictions, they all became excited. First there was a voice: "Long live your Majesty!"

Followed by five thousand people without any formation, holding swords and shields, carrying bows and crossbows, running wildly towards the fully opened city gate.

Five thousand people swarmed into the city. The Hassai soldiers who wanted to rush to the city gate were killed like a landslide the moment they came into contact with this powerful old force, and they ran in chaos through the streets of the city.

Just like a pack of wolves meeting a flock of sheep, the Xiliang army that had risen to kill and the Qingzhou army that rushed down the city wall cooperated with each other and rushed towards the streets of Hasai City.

Soon, smoke pillars rose up in the city along with the flames. Groups of soldiers from both armies rushed into the streets, lit torches, smashed doors and windows, and threw the torches in, causing countless panicked Samoans to shout and run around, and then fought with the collapse. The soldiers crowded in the streets and were massacred one by one by the guns of the Xiliang and Qingzhou troops who were pushed in formation.

Various fleeing figures, men's and women's voices screamed horribly, were pierced by spears, or knocked to the ground and trampled by rushing horses' hooves. The soldiers who were slaughtered then turned to other directions after mending their knives. Only piles of corpses were left stretching for almost half the street.

As the army fought in the city, more Xia soldiers and horses rushed into the city. Suddenly, the number surged from 10,000 to tens of thousands, like a tide sweeping through every street. With the emperor's will, they let go and clashed. They opened shops on the street and snatched away the property they wanted. If anyone dared to stop them, most of them would be hacked to death.

Whether they are civilians or soldiers in Hasai City, they are treated almost the same.

There was also a Satsuma woman's shrill scream from the attic, and then it fell to the street with a bang. Bai Huahua's body squirmed on the ground in pain, her hands and feet were broken when she fell, and twisted to the side, and she rushed downstairs. A Qiang Xiliang Army soldier stepped forward and chopped him to death with a knife.

The fire in the city became more and more intense. As the wind became more fierce, the city's lord's palace made a loud bang and was knocked away by soldiers like beasts with brute force. The lord here had just taken office. A noble member of the O'Lain family was dragged out like a pig or a dog and thrown into the street.

……

At the east gate, various corpses lined the streets. Huge chariots entered the city gate, their wheels rolling over these corpses as they moved up and down.

Su Chen stood on the chariot, pressing the hilt of his sword, looking at the tragic situation in the city, and just said something softly.

"This place will be reserved for logistics, and no foreigners can be allowed here!"

(End of this chapter)