Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2456 Vow to die!

The sun is gradually rising, and the snow-capped mountains behind the shining light are full of brilliance and dazzling flowers.

Gao Zhenxing led his soldiers towards the mouth of the river between the two peaks. The terrain was getting higher and the world was full of troubles. It was not easy for the horse to ride, so he got off the horse and walked slowly holding the reins. When he reached the mouth of the river, he saw the raging waves The river rushes out of the valley, the river channel is narrow, the water flow is fast, the rushing river crashes against the rocks on the bank and makes a rumbling sound, and this sound is gathered by the towering peaks on both sides, and it spreads to the ears more and more. If there are thousands of horses galloping, the shock makes people's eardrums hurt.

After the mountain peak, there is Atami. A small road overgrown with bushes and almost covered by weeds winds along the lake and stretches to the distance. Zhaosu City where the garrison of the Protectorate of the Western Regions was located in the Han Dynasty.

Turning to the north again, there is Gongyue City, one of the garrisons of the Anxi Protectorate...

The group stopped and looked back, and saw that countless Arab soldiers had abandoned their horses and walked towards the mountain pass densely packed in white cloaks.

Gao Zhenxing let go of the reins, drew out the horizontal knife, looked around the crowd, and said in a deep voice: "I will stick to this place, and if I can delay for a moment, it is a moment. If you don't want to stay, you can follow the small road on the bank of the lake in the valley as soon as possible." The path is from Xiangdong, walk out of the valley, and rush back to Gongyue City to report the news!"

All the soldiers stepped forward together and said loudly: "We are willing to follow the captain and swear to the death!"

"fart!"

Gao Zhenxing was furious, and scolded: "Our life and death are not worth it. Send the news back to Gongyue City as soon as possible, so that the army will be on guard. Being attacked by the Arabs is the top priority. If they all die here, it is difficult for the Arabs to Drive straight in, and you don't know that the soldiers are approaching the city?"

Everyone gritted their teeth, but their eyes were firm.

The Tang army was honored in the end, and would rather die than surrender, let alone be a deserter.If the two armies confront each other, if they surrender and flee alive, they will be held accountable after the war. Not only will the permanent land granted by the family be deprived, but it will also become a shame to the hometown, and the family and even future generations will be cast aside and ridiculed.

On the contrary, if you can die in battle, you will receive generous pensions, and your descendants will be exempted from most of their talents, and they will be able to enter rural schools for free. If you have military exploits, they will be directly inherited by their descendants.

Gao Zhenxing had no choice but to point to the two youngest soldiers and said loudly: "Zheng Sanwa and Li Shuanzhuo, you two took six horses and rushed to Gongyue City to report the news immediately, and the rest will fight here to the death , Stop the enemy!"

The two knew that this was a military order, so they didn't dare to refuse. They immediately wiped away their tears and swore: "After reporting the news, the two of us will return to this place. If the brothers die in battle, the two of us will also fight the enemy to the death. Never be cowardly!"

Gao Zhenxing's heart was filled with enthusiasm, he stepped forward and patted the shoulders of the two of them, and said: "This place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, one man is in charge of the gate, and ten thousand are not allowed to open it. We may not all die in battle. Let's go back to Gongyue City After that, you can immediately recruit reinforcements to come forward and counterattack back from the heights, even if the enemy doubles in number, you will definitely be defeated!"

Their eyes lit up, and they shouted: "Here!"

Get up and lead the horse, look around at everyone's robes, turn around and say goodbye with tears.

……

Arab soldiers on the hillside swarmed up like ants.

Gao Zhenxing didn't feel scared, instead, his blood was rushing all over his body. From the day he joined the army, he had already put his life and death aside. He was already tired of living a life of luxury and wealth in the past 20 years.Although he also served in the army, it was only covered with a layer of gold, and he failed to truly appreciate the glory of a soldier.

But when he was in the Western Regions, looking at the vast and vast land, seeing that even a small soldier of the Tang army could proudly stop accepting the respect and fear of the Hu people, he would be angry with unparalleled pride.

He finally admitted that people have realms, and the fundamental factor that divides people into grades and grades is not the level of official position or the amount of wealth, but the difference in realm.

Just like why he always disliked Fang Jun in the past, couldn't help but want to trouble Fang Jun, and was always unwilling to be overwhelmed by Fang Jun?
It is because he admits in his heart that he is not as good as Fang Jun, at least he is a head lower in realm.

In the past, if he heard that so-and-so was blood-stained on the battlefield and died generously when facing the enemy, Gao Zhenxing would probably sneer at it. It is better to live than to die. If everyone is dead, what is the use of more honor?

But at this moment, looking at the densely packed enemy army on the hillside, he and the dozens of companions around him seemed like a solitary boat about to be submerged in the vast ocean, without the slightest feeling of fear, let alone the fear of running away.

If a husband does not eat five tripods during life, he will cook ears with five tripods when he dies!
"Everyone!"

He looked around and said loudly: "We are soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. Since we have decided to stick to this place, we have nothing to complain about. If the enemy wants to sneak attack Gongyue City, they can only step on our corpses. Let's go, then if you run away in fear at this moment, don't blame me for being a deserter and beheading you!"

The soldiers had no fear at all, and shouted: "Fight to the death! Fight to the death!"

"it is good!"

Since they were united and determined to die, Gao Zhenxing immediately commanded: "Pull up the Thunderbolt, and don't use it unless it is absolutely necessary!"

They carry only a dozen or so thunderbolts. Facing thousands of enemy troops and reinforcements several times larger than this, no amount of lethality is enough. It's better to save them until the end, so that they can kill more people when life is in danger. More enemies.

"All the bows and crossbows are gathered in one place, and listen to my command!"

"Here!"

Immediately, the only dozen or so crossbows in the team were gathered and controlled by the pawns with the most accurate shooting skills.

"See those guys with iron helmets?"

They are condescending, with a very good line of sight, and countless Arab soldiers squirm like ants.Most of the Arab soldiers are only covered with a white cloth cloak, which is probably related to the gods they believe in, but very few of them can wear leather armor, and even fewer wear iron helmets. Occasionally, some people in the crowd wear chain armor , Those who stick to the armor are simply lice on the bald man's head, and they are officers at first glance.

Everyone nodded in unison, Gao Zhenxing said: "Don't waste arrows, everyone aimed at the officers wearing iron helmets and clothes, as long as most of the officers can be shot and killed, no matter how many enemies there are, they will be nothing but loose sand! "

"Here!"

Everyone concentrated and calmed down, raised the bows and crossbows in their hands, and each looked for the target to aim.

Gao Zhenxing aimed at an enemy first, pulled the trigger, and the crossbow arrow was shot out by the extremely tense crossbow string, with a soft "bang", it crossed a distance of tens of feet almost instantly, and hit the man's chest accurately.The Arabian officer was brandishing a scimitar and screaming, commanding the soldiers to attack. Suddenly, a crossbow arrow shot at him. The sharp cluster of arrows easily pierced the leather armor on his body and pierced fiercely into his chest. The shaft of the arrow didn't even penetrate the body, only a section of the white-feathered arrow tail trembled.

"what!"

The Arab officer let out a roar and fell backwards.

At the same time, Tang Jun's crossbow arrows were fired one after another, and officers were hit by arrows from time to time among the charging Arab array.

The Arabs were in chaos immediately, and their charge was frustrated.

A soldier beside Gao Zhenxing helped him carry the horizontal knife. Seeing this situation, he couldn't help but click his tongue and muttered: "If I had known this situation earlier, I would have brought some muskets."

The crowd joined in.

Gao Zhenxing shook his head, did not speak, and continued to look for the next target.

The number of muskets in the Anxi army is limited, and most of them are concentrated in the personal troops of Sima Xue Rengui of Anxi Dufu. After all, operating muskets requires a lot of training. Actually there is no difference...

It is even more impossible for the vanguard scouts to prepare muskets.

After all, the mission of the scouts is to detect intelligence. Occasionally, a battle breaks out with the enemy scouts. A musket that can only be aimed at killing power is really useless.

The Tang army was condescending, and the crossbow arrows shot down from the top of the mountain one by one. Although they were not fast, nor did they have the overwhelming power of the bow and crossbow volley, but these scouts were all elites in the army. They were very good at archery and almost never missed. Every time an arrow was shot, an officer in the Arab army fell down.

This caused great confusion in the Arabs' charge formation, and many soldiers lost the command of their commanders and were at a loss.

Fortunately, the Arabs are not fools after all, so they quickly came up with countermeasures...

(End of this chapter)