I saw that each of the soldiers in the front row of the ambush was holding a bucket, and Liu Zhang could faintly see the reflection of the water inside.
Liu Zhang was sure that it was water. If it was oil, there would be a smell coming from so many open barrels.
Liu Zhang was completely puzzled. He had seen sneak attacks with bows and arrows, he had seen sneak attacks with stones, he had seen sneak attacks with tung oil, but he had never seen sneak attacks with water, which was more like concentrated sulfuric acid.
It was getting dark, and even though it was already April, the wind in the grassland was still blowing like a knife.
"It's so cold." Su Lan said. It was obvious that the Parthian Empire was not as cold as here, and Su Lan was not used to it. Wu Tu Gu quickly put a bedding-like coat on Su Lan.
"Husband, why don't you go back first and see how to catch all these men in one fell swoop?" Xiao Furong said.
Liu Zhang nodded hesitantly, and wanted to go back and make plans first, then set up camp and go around the Gobi Desert tomorrow. But when Liu Zhang stood up and the cold wind blew, his heart suddenly brightened.
"I understand, what a cunning Westerner."
Liu Zhang finally understood why these Pu people used water to sneak attack. Maybe water attack here is more effective than concentrated sulfuric acid. In such a cold weather, if water is poured on the wide road below at night, won't it all freeze into ice the next day?
If Ako's army passed through here, the cavalry would not be able to pass, and the entire army would be wiped out. Only then did Liu Zhang see firewood piled among the weeds in Tushan. It was obvious that he was waiting for Ako's cavalry to pass through the wide road.
Throw down the firewood.
These people from the Western Regions don't have sharp weapons such as rockets, so these simple methods are really good. If they hadn't discovered it themselves, Ako's army of 5,000 people would have died without knowing it.
However, two thousand people were lying on that dirt bag, and Ako was discovered by himself because it was a surprise attack and he had no time to check. It would not take a minute to deal with these two thousand people.
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Ako led his army to Pulei City. He saw the lazy defenders at the top of the city. As expected, they were defenseless. He immediately led the Di cavalry to attack the city. The city wall of Pulei State was only less than two feet. They could suppress the opponent with cavalry and archery.
At first, coupled with the fact that the opponent was caught off guard and could not organize a defense, Pu Lei was quickly captured.
Akko led his army into Pulei City. Before they reached the palace, they saw the king of Pulei State and his minister Wu coming to greet them. Everyone had a look of fear on their faces.
"I didn't know that Zhelan's leader, the magic soldier, has arrived. I beg Zuo Shuai to forgive me." The king brought dozens of warriors to pay homage to Ako. Zhelanying's prestige greatly increased after he obtained the Hetao. Ako, as the number two figure, also rose with the tide, and Zuo Shuai'a
Ke is still very famous in these small countries. As soon as he sees the flag, the king knows who is coming.
"Hmph." Akko snorted coldly, looked down at the king and said: "I, the leader of Zhelan, am a grassland tycoon. After taking the Hetao, everyone in the grassland was convinced. I heard that you dare to gather other countries, confuse the people of other countries, and want to fight with Zhelan.
Leader Lan is against me. Don’t you want to live?"
"No, no." The king quickly lowered his head to deny, his voice trembling, and his fat body was as frightened as chaff. But Akko didn't see it, and a sneer flashed in the eyes of the king who lowered his head.
"How dare you say no? Do you really think that I dare not destroy your little Pulei?" Ako snapped. Pulei is a small country with a total population of only a few thousand people. It really can't stop Ako's 5,000 people.
, if the city is attacked, the strong men of Pu Lei can still throw stones. Once they enter the city, the civilian army will be no different from ordinary people.
However, it is easy to destroy a Pulei country, but it is difficult to subdue other countries. If the Pulei country is destroyed and cannot find an agent, Pulei will not be stable. It is not impossible to massacre the city, but other Cheshi countries will definitely be disappointed. Then
We must unite to fight against the Di people.
Akko knew he couldn't do this, he was just threatening the king.
"That was all because one of my captains was confused, and I strongly opposed it. Now that he has made such a big mistake, Xiao Wang regrets it endlessly. As long as Commander Zuo and Chief Zhelan forgive him, Xiao Wang will not dare to betray Chief Zhelan for the rest of his life. At the same time,
I am willing to compensate Chief Zhelan."
The fat king waved to the people behind him, and several large carts came over. Akko didn't say anything. In fact, this was the best effect. A successful quick raid would definitely deter the cart masters from other countries. Killing blindly would not work.
Now that Pulei Kingdom has been conquered so quickly, I believe other countries will be wary of it.
As the former country of Pulei that had offended the Di people, of course it had to pay compensation, but Pulei was a small country, and Ako did not plan to ask for much compensation.
But when he saw Pu Lei's compensation, Akko was still shocked. Pu Lei had brought five carts of gifts, one of which was gold, silver, jewelry, jade, etc., as well as many raw copper ore, iron, and other gifts.
There is a cart of black wood.
Needless to say gold, silver and jewelry, the iron and copper nuggets in the grassland are not as precious as those in the Central Plains. These copper nuggets and iron nuggets are obviously refined and can be turned into weapons with simple smelting. The grassland is very
There was a shortage of weapons, so almost all of them were bought from the Central Plains, which were expensive.
Many times, in order to obtain iron tools in the grasslands, they bought iron tools in the name of buying iron pots and then cast them into weapons. You can imagine how difficult it was for the grasslands to obtain iron tools.
The Sichuan army's control of Xiqiang's iron weapons was also an important weapon to deter Xiqiang.
Although this amount of iron and bronze is not a huge wealth for the entire Di Renjun, it is definitely all of Pu Lei. Together with the gold, silver and jewelry, it is estimated to be the entire treasury of the country, and the black wood is of great use.
Very big.
Black wood is a coniferous wood from the Tianshan area. It is very tough. Generally speaking, black wood is purchased in the Central Plains for construction. Buildings made of black wood are not only strong, free from insect rot, but also warm in winter and cool in summer.
The black wood obtained by the grassland people alone is generally used as wooden poles for weapons. For such weapons, the wooden poles are almost the same as metal, and the combat effectiveness and weapon breakage rate will be greatly reduced.
Therefore, this black wood, like copper and iron, is also used to make weapons.
So many generous and practical things were actually given away, which probably emptied all of Pu Lei's savings. Ako didn't want to say anything else and accepted the gift.
Seeing that it was getting dark, Ako spent the night in the city. To be safe, he did not even eat the food sent by the king, but only dry food. This battle was won easily, but the harvest was huge, which not only shocked Pu Lei
, and also obtained a lot of trophies.
Akko thought, but suddenly frowned, and realized something was wrong. The Pule Kingdom was preparing gifts too quickly. When he entered the city, the king presented five carts of gifts. Wasn't this too fast?
A little bit?
Even if the iron, copper, gold, silver and jewelry belong to the treasury, the black wood should definitely not be, because black wood is a rare wood and is rare in the Tianshan Mountains. Moreover, it is the cold moon and it is more difficult to collect. There is no way for a Pu Lei country to have so much black wood.
What to do?
But then I thought about it, maybe the Pu Lei Kingdom wanted to build some kind of building, or maybe they were casting weapons. Didn't you see those copper and iron blocks were ready? Maybe they were casting weapons to cooperate with the Xianbei people in attacking the Di people.
Akko breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this. Fortunately, he came early and got a big deal.
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At the Pulei Palace, there were several people gathered in a circle. One of them was a fat king, but he was not sitting on the main seat at all. In Pulei Kingdom, the king was the biggest, but a young man was sitting on the main seat.
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The young man has a hooked nose and a handsome face, but he has a lot of wind and frost. At first glance, he looks like a ruthless character. His identity is the little king of Che Shihou's country, named Dahamu.
The Cheshihou State is north of the Tianshan Mountains. It is the largest country after the split of the Cheshi State. One country can compete with several other countries, so this is the country to the south of the Beilu State, and the buffer of the Beilu State is to buffer the consequences of the Cheshi State.
The alliance with several countries including the former Pulei Kingdom and the Puleihou Kingdom.
It was in this way that the countries north of the Tianshan Mountains reached balance.
But at this time, the little king of Cheshihou Kingdom came to Pulei Kingdom. Nadahamu snorted coldly: "I didn't expect that Zhe Lanying was so decisive and led his army so quickly. If it weren't for the Xianbei people,
If we had reported the news in advance, we would have been caught off guard."
After Zhe Lanying captured the Hetao, She Tunxiang annexed Western Xianbei. The Xianbei tribe below was unable to resist the Di people, but they were unwilling to admit it. On the surface, they were loyal to Zhe Lanying, but in fact they wanted to liaise with the Xianbei people. This time Zhelan
Ying decided to raid Pulei, and the Xianbei generals had already quietly informed Pulei.
No matter how fast Ako was, it was an army after all. No one could ride fast alone. Ako had only traveled two-thirds of the way when Pu Lei had already received the news and told the charioteer Hou Guo.
, Che Shihou's country immediately sent the young prince Dahamu to support the Pulei Kingdom.
"It's a pity that after Ake, the left commander, dies this time, I'll see how the Di people dare to be arrogant." said a Pu Lei general.
But the fat king was worried: "If we destroy Ako's five thousand troops, will we incur the wrath of Zhe Lanying, and then the whole army attacks our chariot division. I heard that Zhe Lanying is very good at direct confrontation, so we can't stop him."
Stay here, and Akko has five thousand troops. Will our ambush really be effective? What if it cannot be destroyed..."
The King of Pulei was worried about his five carts of gifts, which were really all the property of the former Pulei country, and also borrowed part of the Pulei back country. This could achieve two purposes. The first was to appease Akko's anger and not immediately
To kill Pu Lei on a large scale, the second step is to increase the weight of Akko's troops to facilitate an ambush.
But after all, it was all of Pulei's property, and it was borrowed from Pulei Houguo. It would not be a joke if it were lost.
The two thousand troops were put together by the former Pulei Kingdom and the Puleihou Kingdom, as well as some small countries close to the former Pulei Kingdom. They were almost deployed in full force, but even so, the fat king still had no chance of winning.
"Don't worry, your majesty." Dahamu called his majesty, but he showed no respect for the fat king. Apparently, it was because he was from a country behind a great country, and he was the natural leader here.