He hissed and took a few breaths of air. He didn't care about the fighting in front of him. He leaned back and lay down in a pile of lush grass between the cliffs. He has always been a very thoughtful person, but these days he has been running for his life.
After eating and drinking without rest, he was extremely tired and his brain was not as flexible as before. After a while, he felt his whole head hurt.
In recent years, the economy of the Central Plains has continued to develop. Not to mention the businessmen traveling to and from the border areas, those people are naturally fat. The lives of ordinary Han people and even ordinary Mongolians are gradually getting better, and everyone can see it.
Many farms were opened, pastures were established, and workshops and mines emerged from scratch. These would bring prosperity. Officials and herdsmen who became farmers or workers gathered everywhere, expanding military fortresses into market towns.
It also continuously absorbs Mongolian herds or other specialties, forming a virtuous cycle.
Anyone who is included in this cycle gradually has money and goods in their hands, which prompts them to want to exchange other goods or buy something.
Perhaps one day, the Northern Xinjiang Defense Line will no longer be a line of defense that swallows up the Central Plains' finances, but will become a place that produces wealth and can even attract people from the Central Plains to continue to migrate here.
In this process, only thousands or hundreds of Mongolian households may lose some rights, but they will get the opportunity to live in a prosperous environment and their descendants will integrate into civilization. Compared with the grassland regime, the Central Plains area is reborn.
The Zhou Dynasty was, after all, an overwhelming civilization.
As for the thieves and bandits, they are just like that. What they lose is insignificant, but the benefits are obvious. They can only fiddle with it a few times, and then they surrender when they need to.
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty's control of northern Xinjiang still uses the Tunbao as the point and the road as the line, it has not yet fully covered the entire area, leaving gaps for countless people on the border to patrol, but the position of many people has become more and more important.
The more it leans towards the Central Plains.
If the Great Zhou Dynasty loses its advantage over the grasslands, the trade between the Central Plains and the grasslands will inevitably stop, and so many border residents will no longer be able to benefit from the supplies along the way. Just the village where Wuxian is located will lose money every month out of thin air.
With an income of dozens of dollars and several stones of food, you will soon fall into the same extreme poverty as before.
What's more, Zhou's military performance is enough to prove that he is a behemoth who rose up after trampling on powerful enemies and possesses powerful power.
Not long after the rumors spread in the capital about reducing the number of troops in northern Xinjiang, the Mongols began to prepare for war with all their strength. It seemed that they were unwilling to miss any opportunity. In fact, anyone with a discerning eye felt that the Mongols were too weak.
It was clearly Dazhou who took the initiative to sell a flaw, and the Mongols knew that this might be a flaw, but they had to go for it. Because if they didn't fight, it would appear that they were afraid of Dazhou, which would be very detrimental to Genghis Khan's prestige; and because if they didn't fight, it would be very detrimental to Genghis Khan's prestige.
Well, there are so many people from far away gathering on the grassland. Every day they eat horses and chew them, which consumes a lot of pasture and invades the pastures of many tribes. In the long run, this situation cannot be maintained at all.
Therefore, the Mongols seemed to be taking the initiative, but in fact they had to fight. They had to use their least good siege skills to hit the defense line that Zhou had maintained for several years. Then they had to fight against Zhou with a tired army that was far stronger than before.
field regiment.
Under this situation, bandits and grassroots bandits will sooner or later turn to the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the Mongols to stand out with their iron cavalry and kill them like madmen. It can not only block the connection between the two defense lines of the Zhou Dynasty, but also Eliminating a large number of unreliable characters can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
But……
Wu Xian gritted his teeth for a while, laughed miserably for a while, and laughed so hard that the gums in his mouth were broken and blood flowed out. The weather was not cold yet, but he was blown by the mountain wind. From time to time, he felt the breath of fireworks passing over his face, and he felt that his whole body was shaking. cold.
If the Mongolian army masters the magical weapon of iron artillery, the advantage will return to the Mongolian army? It does not talk about the victory or defeat of the fighting between the armies on both sides, nor does it talk about whether the Mongols can bite so many cities and passes in the Central Plains. It only talks about the immediate situation. , so many farms, pastures, workshops, and roads from the north of Yanshan Mountain to the depths of the grassland will inevitably be swallowed up by the Mongols. Everyone in the northern Xinjiang will have to crawl under the rule of the Mongols.
Wu Xian felt from the bottom of his heart that there was no problem with this, I could accept it!
Youyan Han'er has worked for the Khitans and the Jurchens, so what does it mean to work for the Mongols? Those are the most familiar operations, and Wu Xian is very sure that if he works for the Mongols, he will be very loyal. , a very useful subordinate.
Ordinary people think about things simply. Whoever allows them to live a good life with light corvee and little wealth is a good court and a good emperor worthy of seeking refuge. And most of the Han children wandering on the border have struggled out of the harsh reality. They Not only do you have your own interests in mind, but you also have real survival issues.
What is more important than eating meat is, of course, survival. Whoever is stronger in the grassland or the Central Plains can survive by following him. Everyone will naturally follow the strong one.
Now that the Mongols have mastered such a powerful thing as the iron artillery, what if there is even a little bit of news beforehand? I, Wu, am very smart, and I have already kowtowed to the Mongolian army in front of me and since then I have been on horseback.
In this mountainous area alone, I can recruit 10,000 elite soldiers for Genghis Khan! All of them are men who can run long distances and fight tough battles without fear of death! There are 10,000 people who are the vanguard for the Great Khan. It is not as good as now just killing people. , much more cost-effective?
In the past few days, Wu Xian's partner who had been living with him for several years suddenly died. He was a Taoist priest and knew a lot of acrobatics. The little dolls and girls in the village liked him, and those people also died. .
Even if Wu Xian is a bit cold-tempered, he will inevitably be sad.
What he was sad about was not the death of those people, but the worthless death of those people, who died under unnecessary killings by the Mongols.
The last time the Mongolian army broke into the Central Plains, it was true that they killed millions of people and burned hundreds of cities, but at least they were acting in compliance with the military orders of the Mongolian Khan. Those who surrendered were not only not killed, but also captured by the Mongols. Obtain a certain position and ensure your own safety.
At this time, they were not being reasonable at all. They were simply massacring for the sake of massacre, without giving anyone a chance to survive.
It is said that dogs rely on human power, but the dogs of this group of Khwarezm soldiers who were conquered by the Mongols are even more ferocious than the Mongols! Maybe this group of people is afraid that the Han people will defect to Mongolia in large numbers, which will dilute the importance they receive. This is why he kills people recklessly!
In this case, what should I do with someone?
It is said that if the Mongols have such a sharp weapon, they will have the upper hand for a while. However, I originally set my heart on the bright moon, but the bright moon shines on the ditch. The Mongols kill people to an unreasonable level. Doesn't it mean that I have to commit suicide?
No choice.
We still have to find a way to go south. And we have to do it quickly.
We need to rush to a certain pass where the Zhou army is stationed in the shortest possible time, tell them the news that the Mongolian army has gunpowder weapons, and remind them to take precautions. Then use this feat to get an opportunity to leave northern Xinjiang and go south.
Go, stay away from the battlefield and find a safe place.
Wu Xian made up his mind again.
He carefully retreated to the other side of the cliff that was isolated from the mountain stronghold. Then he pulled out the sword from the corpse of the man he had just killed and tied it tightly to his waist.
He couldn't outrun the blockade of the Mongolian cavalry with just two feet, so he had to find a good horse instead. He looked into the deep valley next to him and saw that the horse that had rolled down was already dead. He couldn't help but
pity.
Then we have to see where the other people who are chasing me are.
We have to set up a trap to get rid of all these people, and then seize their horses to escape!
Wu Xian laughed ferociously and walked away.
At this time, the fighting in the stronghold he was paying attention to was coming to an end. The Mongolian soldiers crossed the road like wolves and tigers, fighting to their heart's content, killing everyone they saw, men, women, old and young. In several places in the stronghold, they were piled up and chopped down.
The head; blood kept gathering in the low-lying areas, and then seeped into the soil, turning the entire ground purple-black, and the fishy smell overwhelmed the sulfur smell produced by the explosion.
The leader of the village was still resisting, but there were no subordinates around him to protect him. He was waving his sword wildly and shouting, and was forced into a corner by two unusually strong Mongolian warriors.
One of them slashed with a sword, causing the leader to parry with all his strength. The other person rushed up from an diagonal direction and pierced his chest with a thick iron spear. After a dull scream, the leader lost strength and collapsed. Take the
The Mongolian warrior holding the knife stepped forward and hugged his soft neck, cutting the bones and muscles with the long knife horizontally, letting the blood surge like a spring and spray on his face and body.
The road leading from the stockade to the back mountain was occupied by the Khwarezm people who were running happily. Yueli Timur, with a group of subordinates, were rushing towards the valley behind the mountain where women and children were hidden. These bandits seemed to like to hide in
Before the war, women and children were transferred and placed elsewhere.
It's a pity that on this trip, the Mongols made up their minds to slaughter as much as they wanted. They couldn't escape from every village and every secret place where people could hide.
After a while, the Mongolians running around in the village knelt down and kowtowed. Muhuali slowly walked into the village without saying anything. He pressed his thighs with both hands and took a few breaths while hunched over.
.
He started climbing the mountain when the battle was fierce. When he approached the village, the battle was almost over. Mongolians age very quickly after getting a little older. Moreover, he was injured during the Western Expedition, and the hamstring of his left leg
After being torn apart by arrows, he couldn't heal, and he couldn't use any strength to climb up.
But Muhuali is still as smart and capable, and his trust in Genghis Khan has not diminished, so everyone is used to following his instructions. Everyone also knows that if he can perform in front of Muhuali, his successors are likely to
Genghis Khan looked at him differently.
Anyway, everyone is good at killing people. Needless to say, the Mongols, the Khwarezm people were still a little constrained at first. After sweeping through many mountain villages and killing thousands of people in one go, they became more and more bloody.
, so hard that my hand slipped.
Several Mongolian officers were about to step forward to demonstrate their merits when they suddenly saw Huo Luchi, carrying a bow and arrow, hurrying up from the bottom of the mountain and getting behind Mu Huali.
The officers stopped in a hurry, bowed and remained motionless.
I vaguely heard Huo Luchi whispering: "... I just found him on the other side of the mountain ridge. I'm afraid he saw us fighting... He was very skilled. Six of us died and our horses were taken away... We have sent people to chase, but
not necessarily……"
"Very good." Mu Huali nodded.
Huo Luchi was a little stunned, and continued subconsciously: "Even if the Yellow Sheep escapes to the horizon, he can't escape..."
Mu Huali patted him on the shoulder: "It's not a problem to escape a few yellow sheep. If they are smart yellow sheep, it will be better."