My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 637: Using the troubled times as a quagmire to put China to death

Dead horses, human remains, corpses, and wailing were scattered throughout the puddles. The cavalry, rushing towards them, said to An Lushan, "Drag the fallen men into the river and kill them!"

This cavalry of about 100 people, like a river flowing from the left and right sides of An Lushan, drew their swords and rode their horses towards the Sakpruit noble knights who were fighting with the raw slave soldiers.

The moment of fierce fighting

An Lushan walked leisurely across the puddles, dragging the one-legged bronze man. The raindrops falling from the sky hit his tight armor. His body was bloated and fat, and there was no trace of the ferocity he had shown when he leaped into the air and then ran wildly on the ground.

However, Prince Osdi, who was an outstanding martial artist, was almost knocked flying by the opponent's blow, and the two knights were smashed to pieces.

They had only seen such bravery in the guardian knight Boss.

At this time, An Lushan dragged the one-legged bronze man and walked towards Osdi, who was five meters away, step by step. He looked ferocious and excited, and from time to time he slapped the heavy weapon in his hand on the ground.

In front of him, Osdi found his knight's sword, and stood up with the sword propped up on the ground. He looked down and saw that his breastplate was dented and his sternum was seriously injured.

Knights and their followers came from both sides, but were then dispersed by the Yiluohe cavalry, or were lassoed by the slaves and dragged to the ground by their necks or arms.

"Anuhu, if you can survive, take your men to deal with these barbarian soldiers." An Lushan's voice was rough and fierce in the heavy rain. A knight struggled to get up from the ground, broke the noose around his neck, and rushed over with a roar of "Ah!"

An Lushan's body was like a mountain of flesh, and he was still bumped by the knight as he moved. In a moment, it was like an egg hitting a stone. The armor of the noble knight was deformed and he was twisted in the armor.

"Tsk~ Such a small trick. If I hadn't learned this move from Xu Chu, I would have been hit by you."

An Lushan just took a look, raised his hand to pat the side that was hit, and continued to walk towards Osdi opposite.

At this time, Osdi over there clenched his teeth. He was only seventeen years old, and most of the stories about the battlefield were from the stories of bards. He thought that on the battlefield, he rode a war horse, brandished weapons, faced the rising sun, and defeated the enemy, and finally received flowers and applause from countless people.

Such a romantic and heroic scene had even appeared in his dreams countless times.

However, at this moment, all the filters were broken by the encounter in the heavy rain. He loosened his teeth, opened his mouth and shouted "Ah!", holding the long sword in both hands to meet the approaching General Ceres.

Sparks flew and the violent sound of metal clashing continued in the heavy rain.

An Lushan took two steps back. Osdi, who had already given up all his strength, kept swinging his sword forward. The tip of the sword chopped off the opponent's strange heavy troops, and countless sparks bounced densely.

"How dare you, little barbarian, be so arrogant!"

Being forced repeatedly, An Lushan became annoyed. He suddenly shouted angrily, and at the moment when the opponent was about to chop him with a sword, he suddenly raised his foot and kicked Osdi's thigh, making his lower body unstable and he staggered two steps.

The force of the sword in Osdi's hand slowed down, and knowing that the situation was not good, he quickly stepped back.

However, An Lushan was almost in front of him. He suddenly stretched out his hand and grabbed the other's ear, pulling it to the left. Osdi immediately screamed in pain and also tilted to the left.

"Ah!" He growled in pain and stabbed the knight in his hand from bottom to top.

On the opposite side, An Lushan's fat body swung his thick waist left and right like a pendulum, and he actually avoided Osdi's two consecutive stabs.

How can this be? !
Osdi was stunned for a moment, but then An Lushan grabbed his hair and his round head tilted back.

In an instant, a violent headbutt hit Osdi directly in the face!

Blood dances all over the sky.

Osdi's handsome face seemed to be opened, blood splattered, and he staggered backwards.

Before he fell, a big hand reached out from the opposite side and grabbed his collar armor.

"I am relying on you to be crowned a marquis and appointed as prime minister!"

An Lushan grinned grimly and slowly raised the one-legged bronze man in his right hand into the air.

Osdi, who was being carried, had his eyes half closed, and looked dazedly at the grinning General Ceres in front of him. His bloody lips kept moving in a mosquito-like sound, as if he was cursing or begging for mercy.

In his eyes, the one-legged bronze man that was raised fell down with a bang, and quickly enlarged infinitely in his field of vision.

boom!
The blood-stained iron helmet fell into the puddles, and the crimson color spread across the muddy road along with the rippling water.

……

It was August 21st when the news, along with a blood-stained iron helmet and a jewel-encrusted knight's sword, was sent back from the border between Ophelia and Analia provinces.

The main forces of the Qingzhou Army and the Yuezhou Army led by Han Xin followed the Xiliang Army and advanced to the central part of Analia Province.

Su Chen received the news and the spoils sent by An Lushan in the army. At first, he thought that it was a noble from Ofilo who was ordered to go south to Analia.

But later, I suddenly found that there were unique inscriptions on the sword, which looked like Euphratica.

He asked Wu Zixun to take it down for translation, and the reply he got was that the inscription on the sword was a person's name, the name of the sword's owner.

Osdy Sackpruit.

Combined with the information previously obtained from the captives and Adar, we have some understanding of the royal family members of the Sakprut Empire.

"Hehe... He killed a prince, and he was the crown prince. I don't know whether to laugh or scold An Lushan for being too reckless?!"

Looking at the knight's long sword with a wide blade in his hand, Su Chen's smile was a little forced.

If it was Sakpruit himself who was chopped off, he probably wouldn't have forced such a smile, and he might have celebrated it all.

The one being killed was a prince of considerable reputation, which could neither influence the outcome of the war nor be counted as a victory in a battle.

At most, it can boost morale.

But the bad impact it brought was that the entire Sakprut Empire was united and their anger was rising wildly.

"Miserable Soldier... is in a lot of trouble."

"A prince leading hundreds of people across states is itself a very suspicious matter." Inside the tent, Han Xin directly pointed out the most crucial point.

"This is clearly a pawn that they are using us to kill."

"This barbarian emperor is so cruel that he can even kill his own son!" Pang De slapped his thigh and angrily cursed: "Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. This guy is worse than an animal!"

"If we were killed with real swords and guns on the battlefield, there would be no regrets." Ma Chao frowned, and his handsome face was also filled with anger, "But he used us as his swords, which really makes us feel uncomfortable."

In fact, they didn’t know that Sakprut was no longer the emperor who was beheaded by Su Chen’s sword.

Now the other party is Arthur, who has no feelings for the murdered prince, and it is reasonable to use him as a pawn. But the other party's actions are obviously aimless, and they let a crown prince die for no reason.

"Your Majesty, the late Osdi had a good reputation among the people and was also very popular among the nobles." Han Xin knew the inside story. He thought for a moment, suddenly narrowed his eyes, and his tone became solemn.

"That King Arthur wants to drag us into the quagmire!"

"What King Arthur? What quagmire?"

Xiang Yu had just returned from outside. When he walked into the tent with Long Ju, he heard Han Xin's words.

Ma Chao, Pang De, Xiahou Yuan and others also looked over.

"Here's the thing. Do you remember that I killed Emperor Sakprut? Logically, he should have died from his injuries, but according to the intelligence, he is apparently still alive and well."

Su Chen spoke slowly and told everything about his guess that the other party was still alive, as well as the analysis of the national teacher Zhang Jiao.

"...Now, do you understand? What we are going to face next is not Sakpruit, but the resurrected King Arthur! It is not so abrupt for him to send Sakpruit's crown prince Osdi to die."

Su Chen stood up and looked at the sunlight outside the tent.

"The next battle will be the most difficult and the most challenging for the army."

In the military camp outside the curtain, patrolling soldiers came and went, the ground was gray, the sun was scorching golden, and dust was rising and spreading under people's feet.

Su Chen said something in the tent with emotion, closed his eyes, opened them again, and his expression became firm and solemn.

"It's a done deal. Since the other party has made us do the knife work and killed the crown prince of Sakpruit, let's publicize it and hang Osdi's sword in the most conspicuous place in the army. When we march, let all the Sakpruit people see it!"

"Since we are enemies, we must be thorough and thoroughly qualified enemies and exterminate our entire race!"

When Su Chen's order was issued, the northern city of Nongma had already confirmed that Prince Osdi was attacked and killed by the Seris on his way to the northern city of Mondogo in central Analia.

The propaganda offensive was then launched.

The royal family molded Osdi into the person needed by the common people. The prince, with a small number of cavalry and light equipment, rushed to Analia to help and evacuate the civilians there. A special road was opened so that the civilians could flee to Ofilo for refuge before the war came.

However, they were ambushed by the despicable invader Ceres' army on the way, and only a few of the cavalry escaped and returned, crying out the news of the prince's death.

This piece of news, which was both true and false, caused an uproar in Nongma City from the very beginning. From the nobles to the common people, everyone was heartbroken about the ambush of the prince who worked hard for the common people.

He is so young and so full of love for the people. He may become a wise king in the future.

But in the end, he was killed in an enemy ambush, destroying his thoughts as a civilian.

As the news continued to spread, from Nongma to other cities, and then to the west of Miranter and the north of Analia Province, the grief and indignation of countless people were fermenting.

Through the governor's explanation of the relationship between the country and the people, many Sakpruits finally gradually realized that resisting the invaders was not only the obligation of the army, but also the obligation of them, the civilians.

This change was first reflected in the Xiliang Army and the Wolf Cavalry advancing westwards.

On this day at the end of August, in a place called Youyue City, a Sakprut army that had been defeated in the previous battle suddenly launched a crazy counterattack.

The Xiliang Army was well-equipped, far superior to the local noble armies. They first fired a volley of various bows and crossbows, and then the wolf cavalry and Mongolian light cavalry launched a cutting tactic against the counterattacking legion.

Even so, this legion still refused to retreat, and even organized a death squad of more than a thousand people to take the lead in attacking the main camp of the Xiliang Army.

But to the Xiliang army, such an attack was like an itch and did not cause much actual harm.

However, the opponent's will to attack is frightening.

It is obvious that these Sakpruit soldiers are no longer afraid of death.

In less than half a day, the counterattacking Sakprut Legion fought to the last man, and corpses were spread all the way from the main camp to the front of the Xiliang Army's vanguard formation.

Not a single person fled from the battlefield, and more than 7,600 people died in the battle.

However, just when Dong Zhuo thought that after dealing with this legion, he could naturally capture Youyue City and then radiate to the northern part of Analia Province.

The civilians of Youyue City rushed out of the city like a tide, holding sickles and sticks in their hands and rushing madly towards the Xiliang Army on the plains. Among them there were even many passionate nobles, riding horses and dancing with swords, or charging in front with lances.

More than 80,000 people in the city rushed out of the city gate and onto the plains, like a vast ocean rushing towards the Western Liang Army. Even the brave Wolf Riders had to keep a distance from these civilians under Lu Bu's orders.

As the Western Liang Army, the strongest legion under the Great Xia Emperor, there was no reason for them to evacuate in the face of civilians. They immediately formed a military formation and launched an orderly killing of the charging Sakpruts.

But there were too many people. Eighty thousand civilians rushed up without any formation and were knocked down by the first round of spears. Thousands of them were knocked down by the first round of spears. By the time the second round of spears came out, the crazy Sakpruits had already crashed into the shields and were pushing forward like crazy.

Swords, spears, bows and crossbows, blood and flesh exploded and splattered on the front line.

In just a short moment, many people died here.

Guo Si led the infantry. He personally held a sword and a shield and led a small team to counterattack into the crazy crowd and managed to gain a foothold in the crowd.

Dong Zhuo was worried that he might be in trouble, so he immediately ordered Li Jue to lead the Feixiong Army and attack the battlefield from the side.

At the same time, Lu Bu led the Wolf Cavalry and Mongolian Light Cavalry to the rear of the battlefield and carried out a frenzied massacre.

More than 80,000 people fought until nightfall, finally clearing the field. The army of more than 10,000 people was so tired that they collapsed on the ground. The two cavalry units that participated in the battle were also so tired that they fell to the ground, and their horses were lying on their sides with cramps.

Although they won, it was the most embarrassing battle in the history of the Xiliang Army.

But Dong Zhuo was not a kind person. After yesterday's battle, he ordered the Xiliang army to kill anyone they saw.

In the subsequent advance, almost all the Sakpruit villages along the way were destroyed, regardless of whether they resisted or not, and the farmland and houses were burned down.

At the same time, in other directions, as the death of Prince Osdi continued to ferment, more and more Sakpruts took up arms.

They rushed to the routes of the various Western Expedition armies from all over the place and used weapons and flesh and blood to block the enemy's advance.

……

the other direction.

In the city of Harabitos, a small team from Ophilo sneaked into the city. Among them, those who could speak Chinese found the leader of a caravan of aristocratic families.

(End of this chapter)