Chapter 51 Hot Knife Cuts Oil

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 51 Hot Knife Cuts Oil

Of course, there were also some fierce thieves who, after realizing that they could not escape, chose to resist desperately. Their counterattacks had no effect under the hooves of the Han cavalry and only aggravated their own death.

The Han cavalry pursued them all the way to the small city before stopping because of the archers on the city.

These soldiers are treasures in Zhang Yue's hands, and he is not willing to let his soldiers die or be injured needlessly.

The horse thieves who had fled under the city wall were temporarily given a chance to breathe under the cover of their own archers.

However, the people in the city did not dare to open the city gate at this time. The brief confrontation just now had frightened their courage.

They were afraid that once the city gate was opened, the Han cavalry would take advantage of the situation and rush in.

Doso's hysterical shouting could be heard throughout the town, but no matter how loud his voice was, he could not save his fate of failure.

"Enter!"

At this time, the Han infantry also marched towards the small town with neat steps.

Although they were no more than a hundred people, they marched out with the momentum of thousands of troops, and their neat footsteps beat the hearts of the defenders in the city.

Under this situation, some people in the city began to have other thoughts.

"end!"

Zhang Yue gave an order and the Han infantry stopped just outside the shooting range of the archers in the city.

"Mark, did Dong Shanru and you two see it?"

Zhang Yue asked the two uncles beside him with a smile.

"Ming Gong, these horse thieves are very unfamiliar with the use of bows and arrows. They don't look like archers who have been trained for a long time!" Dong Shan was the first to reply.

"What does Markle think?"

"My lord, from what I can see, the bows used by the bandits must be the horned bows of the Huns. These bandits have a close relationship with the Huns!"

"Yes, Ru Mou guessed correctly, these thieves must have been supported by the Huns."

Of the 200 horsemen that the horse thieves attacked, only a few dozen people finally escaped back into the city. The rest either died at the hands of the Han army or surrendered and became prisoners of the Han army.

The captured horse thieves were forced by the Han army to pick up their scimitars again.

But this time their opponent was no longer the Han army, but their original partners.

Zhang Yue knew from the first time he cut off an enemy's head that he was not a good person, and he did not want to be a so-called good person.

“Without mercy, we cannot control the army, and the Holy Mother cannot be a general, nor can we lead a group or a country to become strong.”

"No matter how small a country is, if it loves war, it will prosper; no matter how big a country is, if it forgets to fight, it will be in danger!"

Zhang Yue's goal is to become an excellent general, and his belief is to be "a sage within but a king outside".

His kindness will only be given to his friends, and his enemies will only feel his power and cruelty.

In order to reduce the casualties of the Han army, he used the surrendered bandits as cannon fodder for the siege without any pressure.

History is written by the victors. Temujin massacred so many people back then.

Not only did no one in later generations criticize him, but countless people worshiped him crazily.

"Killing one is a sin, killing ten thousand is considered a hero, and killing nine million is considered a hero among heroes..."

After understanding these things, Zhang Yue no longer had any psychological pressure. In his heart, anything that was beneficial to the Zhuxia people was right and good.

Anything that is not good for Zhu Xia is bad and evil and must be destroyed.

However, Zhang Yue was not Temujin or a Manchu after all, so he still could not completely ignore human life.

Therefore, before the prisoners attacked the city, he still ordered the Han army's crossbowmen to use full firepower to suppress the bandits at the top of the city.

"kill……"

After the Han army suppressed the bandits at the top of the city with their crossbows.

Forced by the Han army, the prisoners formally launched an attack on Tucheng.

The bandits at the top of the city face the attackers who were their accomplices not long ago.

Suddenly, his hands and feet panicked and he became helpless.

The Han army had already stormed the city in its first exploratory attack.

"Armed Soldiers Attack!"

With such a good opportunity, how could Zhang Yue miss him?

After giving the order, he temporarily handed over the command to Han Jiang.

He personally led the armored Han infantry and rushed to the top of the city through the gap opened by the prisoners.

"kill"

Zhang Yue roared and slashed a bandit to the ground with one sword.

"Second and third sons, follow me and kill the enemy!"

Zhang Yue led the charge and directed a group of soldiers to kill towards the city gate.

At this time, two thieves suddenly launched a sneak attack from under the city wall with bows and arrows.

"Bang" sound

The arrow hit his shoulder guard.

Zhang Yue broke out in a cold sweat.

He casually picked up a short knife and threw it at the surrendering bandits.

"ah"

Hit the thief right in the head.

At this time, the follow-up Han soldiers had also arrived.

Under Zhang Yue's command, they quickly cleared this section of the city wall.

Seeing that the city wall was about to be breached, Dosuo could no longer sit still.

He chopped down a bandit who was trying to escape and shouted, "Kill me!"

Then he rushed towards Zhang Yue with a few of his cronies holding a machete.

Seeing Duosuo rushing toward him, Zhang Yue suddenly felt extremely excited.

He did not dodge, but rushed forward with his men.

"clang"

The two weapons collided together, Zhang Yue felt a strong force coming from the sword, and he couldn't help but take three steps back.

"What a strength!"

Zhang Yue secretly thought that this was the first person who could force him back since he arrived in this era.

Dusuo was even more surprised. He didn't expect that such a thin body could burst out with such strong power.

Although both of them took three steps back, he knew in his heart that he was actually at a disadvantage in terms of strength.

Because he charged forward with all his strength, while his opponent only used his strength under normal circumstances.

After this fight, Duosuo already had the intention to retreat, but how could Zhang Yue let him retreat calmly.

Although he did not know Duosuo's identity, it could be seen from his dress that even if he was not the leader of the bandits, he must be an important figure.

Zhang Yue immediately launched a crazy attack. Under the stormy attack, Duosona dared to escape easily, but escaping would only make him die faster, so he could only fight with all his strength.

After Duosuo was suppressed by Zhang Yue, the remaining bandits were no match for the Han army.

Even if their personal combat power was about the same, they could not stop the Han army.

Because the equipment gap between the two sides was too big, it was difficult for the bandits' bronze daggers to hit the Han army's armor and cause serious damage to the Han army.

A single swing of the Han army's long sword or ring-headed sword could kill or injure the bandits.

Half an hour later, the city gate was finally opened.

"kill……"

The Han cavalry quickly rushed into the city.

Duosuo panicked, and his arm was cut off by Zhang Yue's sword.

Duosuo gritted his teeth, endured the pain, jumped down from the top of the city, and fled towards the north.

At this time, an arrow suddenly shot from the north and hit Duosuo's chest.

Dosuo looked at the place where the arrow came from, with an expression of disbelief in his eyes.

Luntai Kingdom

The Han Dynasty was one of the city-states among the 36 countries in the Western Regions. It was originally the Lundou Kingdom. It was located in the middle of the Western Regions and was an important hub on the northern route of the Silk Road.

The Han Dynasty was destroyed by Li Guangli in the third year of Taichu (102 BC). Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty restored the country to the Wulei Kingdom in the second year of the Han Dynasty (72 BC). The Han Dynasty established the envoy Xiaowei Tuntian here, and its former address is in the southeast of Luntai County, Xinjiang today.
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