Turbulent Times Chapter 9: The fall of Longxi City

Wang Junlin has never lacked decisiveness and courage. He shot three arrows in a row, killed three people, and rushed into the crowd. After a **** battle, Wang Junlin killed seven Qiang soldiers and finally rushed out. One leg was chopped off, and after leading him for more than a hundred meters, the war horse wailed and fell to the ground.

Wang Junlin flew down before the horse fell to the ground, and rolled on the ground just to avoid the rain of arrows. Without saying a word, he got up and rushed into the dense forest nearby, followed by more than 20 Qiang soldiers. Chased in.

One of the leading Qiang soldiers was so fast that he walked on the ground as if walking on the ground in the mountains. He dodged in a hurry, but Wang Junlin had already calculated the advance amount, so the Qiang soldier screamed and fell to the ground. The Qiang soldier behind was startled, and his speed slowed down instinctively.

Getting into the bushes ahead, Wang Junlin suddenly disappeared. Seeing this, the Qiang soldiers became vigilant and slowed down, but at this moment Wang Junlin suddenly appeared from behind a big tree, with a whoosh, A Qiang soldier at the front was shot to death again.

Qiang people naturally don't just chase but don't shoot, but Wang Junlin can always dodge at critical moments.

Jungle warfare is Wang Junlin's strong point, and Wang Junlin even has the title of King of the Jungle in the mercenary world of later generations. Therefore, once he entered the mountains and forests, he was like a fish in water, from a prey to a hunter. He was a hunter, and the Qiang warriors who chased and killed him naturally became prey.

The deeper you go into the forest, the more lush the forest will be. After Wang Junlin intentionally lured the twenty or so Qiang warriors into the depths, he disappeared without a trace. The twenty or so Qiang warriors dispersed to search for Wang Junlin's trace.

They would never have thought that after entering this mountain forest, how terrifying the little soldier of the Sui Army they were chasing and killing had become...

A Qiang warrior who fell at the back was trudging between the trees, cursing something in Qiang dialect. When he passed an old tree, without any warning, a palm was suddenly stretched out from behind the tree, and it covered his jaw and mouth. Before he could struggle, the sharp short knife had already cut his throat .

Wang Junlin quietly dragged the body behind a tree and hid it, his expression remained indifferent and calm during the process.

A Qiang warrior disappeared silently in the mountains and forests. When the Qiang warriors who were still alive became alert, they were powerless to stop the pace of death.

As a special soldier of later generations, a mercenary who has been involved in various dangerous missions in the world, in fact, what he is best at is lurking, sneak attacking, assassinating, and spying. And Wang Junlin is especially good at lurking and assassination. These two skills make him incarnate into a elusive ghost, constantly creating fear with blood.

These Qiang warriors have strength and bravery, but when they can't even see the shadow of the enemy, the sharp bows, arrows and machetes in their hands become useless. The most important thing is that they have lost the ability to escape. Possibility—they went too far into the woods.

In the end, there were only five Qiang warriors left. They gathered together, with fear on their faces, calling their companions' names and cursing their despicable enemies in vain.

With this weird way of fighting, their courage has completely disappeared, leaving only fear and despair. The instinct of survival made them flee desperately down the mountain.

Suddenly, figures rose from the nearby bushes, and the figures intertwined. One of them was clutching his throat and fell to the ground.

The other four people turned their heads when they heard the sound, and all they saw was a companion who was on the verge of death with their throats slit and their hands and feet twitching unconsciously. trail.

One of the pale guys seemed to be choked by a demon, his rationality finally collapsed, he suddenly shouted frantically, turned around and ran away. But before he could take two steps, there was a sound of piercing through the air, and there was an extra feathered arrow piercing through his neck.

Because of this feather arrow, the other three people finally found Wang Junlin's trace, shouted and charged forward with a knife in hand. .

The reason why he wanted to play lurking, ambush, and assassination just now was not because Wang Junlin liked it, but because there were so many people on the other side. knife.

After ten breaths, the last three Qiang warriors also died, while Wang Junlin remained intact.

It's just that this jungle chase lasted for two or three hours, and his physical strength was exhausted.

The Ge Dao Department of the Qiang Nationality is in the nearby mountains, and there may be a large group of pursuers at any time. Wang Junlin did not dare to stay in the mountains for too long. After a short rest, he ran at full speed towards Longxi City. In his opinion, the safest The place where Longxi County City is located.

However, when he turned over the last hill and looked forward, he was taken aback, his face changed drastically, and he quickly crawled to the ground and hid himself in the grass.

It was less than five miles away from Longxi City, and on the official road leading to Longxi City at the foot of the mountain, there appeared a convoy almost identical to the one he was in before. To be precise, the militiamen were still the forty-two militiamen, but the soldiers escorting the food and military supplies were no longer Liu Gang and his party.

Seventeen soldiers, wearing Liu Gang's military uniform and armor, carried their weapons, and held the relevant documents carried by Liu Gang. What made Wang Junlin feel the most chilling was that the seventeen people pretending to be Liu Gang and his party were not Qiang, Tuyuhun or Turkic people, but pure Han people. Obviously these are seventeen traitors. What Wang Junlin didn't know was that these seventeen people were the seventeen Han believers of Nestorianism in Yongzhou, and of course they were also the seventeen dead men.

Two miles behind this convoy, a thousand Qiang cavalry followed carefully, and behind them were six or seven thousand Qiang soldiers without horses.

"It's getting dark at this time, and they want to take advantage of the bad night vision to open the gate of Longxi city? But there are 5,000 defenders in Longxi city, with excellent armor and weapons, and occupying an advantageous location. I heard from Liu Gang that the prefect of Longxi and the guards The generals are all powerful people, even if they cheated to open the city gate, since the Qiang people are not outstanding in combat power, how can they win the favor and occupy Longxi City?" Wang Junlin was a little puzzled.

But what Wang Junlin didn't know was that on the other side of Longxi City, that is, on the north side, another cavalry of 1,000 men escorted Dugu Moyu, the governor of Yongzhou, to Longxi City. The first two hundred people were Han Chinese, and the rest were Turkic. After the thousand people, another two thousand Turkic cavalry followed quietly, also two miles away.

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In the third year of Renshou, on the tenth day of the eighth month, the Gedao tribe of the Qiang nationality pretended to be a grain transportation team of the Sui army and opened the gate of the southwestern city of Longnan. At the same time, at the North City Gate, the Turkic cavalry pretended to be the soldiers of Dugu Moyu, the governor of Yongzhou, on the grounds that Dugu Moyu had a sudden illness and was returning for treatment, and Zhang Chengju, the guard of Longxi City, saw with his own eyes that there were soldiers helping Dugu Moyu out of the carriage , thus opening the city gate and easily letting the Turkic cavalry enter the city.

Wang Junlin stood on a hill five miles away from Longxi City, watching the fires that suddenly ignited near the north and south gates of Longxi City. He saw with his own eyes more than 6,000 Qiang infantry entering the city. He knew that Longxi City had fallen into the enemy's hands.

At the same time, Yujuluo, the governor of the Great Sui Dynasty, commanded 100,000 troops, and the vanguard had already moved to Tianshui County.

Wang Junlin did not leave Longxi immediately. After thinking deeply, he thought this was an opportunity to change his destiny. He believed that no one knew the process of the fall of Longxi City before him. Of course, some information needs further investigation.

Wang Junlin spent a day lurking near Longxi City, and managed to capture two scouts from the Gedao tribe and a Turkic scout successively. The method of torture in later generations was simply not something these three foreign scouts could bear. Wang Junlin easily learned the whole story of the fall of Longxi City from them.

Then, Wang Junlin went south to Tianshui County on the horse he had snatched from the Turkic scouts.

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Since the founding of the country, the kings and ministers of the Sui Dynasty have planned to include the Hexi Corridor into the territory, open up the Western Regions, and restore the glorious territory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, how to attack the Tuyuhun people who occupied the three counties of Wuwei, Zhangye, and Xiping, and how to counterattack From the inevitable intervention of troops from the Western Turks, and taking the opportunity to take back Dunhuang County, etc., a series of plans and plans have been studied from the three provinces and six ministries of the imperial court to the governors, governors, prefects and Cheqifu of the Northwest states and counties. Discuss and prepare for this matter, such as the unimpeded official road from Daxing City, Kyoto to Jincheng County, the grain, grass and military supplies hoarded in states, counties, counties, and forts along the way, and so on.

So, when Tuyuhun's army came to invade Jincheng County, the troops from other counties in Yongzhou rushed to the front line immediately according to the plan, and the imperial court's 100,000 troops could be dispatched so quickly.

Of course, while the kings and ministers of the Sui Dynasty were plotting against Tuyuhun and West Turks, the other party was also not idle. Compared with the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty, the lives of Tuyuhun and West Turks were much poorer. Therefore, the desire of the Tuyuhun and the Western Turks to seize Yongzhou in the Sui Dynasty was far stronger than the plans of the Hexi Corridor by the monarchs and ministers of the Sui Dynasty.

Originally, various contradictions within the West Turks and between the West Turks and the Tuyuhun people were also very deep. In addition, the Sui Dynasty secretly sent people to make troubles, and the internal disputes in the West Turks never stopped. Wars also come every few months. Under such circumstances, there is no way to send troops to the Sui Dynasty.

However, this situation gradually changed until three years ago, when a mysterious sect called Nestorianism began to spread rapidly in the Western Regions and even the entire Northwest. The result of this change was that the Western Turks, Tuyuhun and Qiang people secretly united and took the initiative to attack Yongzhou.

Judging from the current situation, under the secret control and guidance of this mysterious sect, the plans of the three clans are going smoothly. For Tai Sui, Longxi County fell into the enemy's hands. Because the back road was cut off, food and grass were cut off, and morale was low. , Jincheng County is in danger.