Yamafu Military Affairs

Chapter 190 The Burning Talas

Tianshan mountain range, northern foot of the Alatau Mountains.

The cold wind howled and the yellow sand rolled.

The mighty and tall Kuilong horse, clad in heavy armor, and the huge crimson shadow on the saddle moved at high speed, like a series of undulating hills.

The flowing red mountains broke through the cold wind and stepped onto the desert oasis with unrivaled momentum.

"Rest for half an hour, and be ready to fight the enemy at any time!"

Xiao Gui rode his horse back and spread Qin Huai's order throughout the entire Shenwu Tianqi.

"Sir General, based on the calculation of the movement trajectory of the Western Barbarians the day before yesterday and the investigation of their Tianrui reserves consumption, the shogunate has calculated the possible locations that the Western Barbarians may choose to station their troops."

Fu Mengmaojie walked up to Qin Huai with a cowhide map on which several locations were marked with cinnabar.

"Talas, Chakri, Samar"

Qin Huai was listening to the report, and his ferocious iron finger just drew an arc on the map.

"It seems that our last encounter with the Western Barbarians was not a coincidence, but an ambush!"

He stuffed the map back into Fu Mengmaojie's hands, and the bright tiger eyes under the Qinhuai brass mask were full of murderous intent.

"General, we are traveling light this time. We have brought no heavy firepower except for the standard equipment. If we fail to capture the city after a long time, we may attract reinforcements from the Western Barbarians."

"It doesn't matter. The Shenwu Army with crossbows and heavy artillery is not far behind us. This time our mission is just to harass and defeat the enemy. No matter how many Western barbarians there are, they can't hinder us."

Qin Huai patted the sturdy horse neck covered with thick armor plates, signaling to Fu Meng Maojie not to worry.

The Kuilong horse snorted, and the hot air it exhaled penetrated the talisman armor and warmed the body of the cavalry guard.

Since this expedition was different from daily patrols, the Fujiajian and Feilong Stables prepared the armament of the Kuilong horses to the highest standards.

A row of three Tianrui witch medicines were inserted into the gaps on both sides of the horse's neck, cleverly wrapped in specially constructed talisman armor plates. A special thunder gun and a fine steel heavy spear were also hung next to the saddle armor, and the brass pipe near the abdomen was connected to a small power core, providing steam assistance for the three-meter-tall giant horse body.

"General, the things have been distributed according to your instructions. Make sure that every brother has at least one set of Tianrui Talismans."

Xiao Gui rode his horse closer and handed over the remaining blue talismans.

"Take it. Pay attention to the support when the battle comes later. Don't be reluctant to use it. This thing is not worth much money."

Qin Huai waved his hand, indicating that Xiao Gui could handle it himself.

Since his talisman mastery reached 83%, the success rate of making Qingwei talismans has greatly increased. Not counting the consumption of meteorological power, the cost of a blue talisman is only two or three Yanfu points. Using a few hundred Yanfu points can greatly improve the combat power and life-saving ability of his elite subordinates. This account will not be a loss no matter how you calculate it.

Qin Huai took out the water bag from his backpack and took a few gulps. While chewing the cold and hard dried meat, he studied the terrain around the Alatoo Mountains based on the map provided by Yanfu.

"This oasis is the last water source on the way from Suiye to Talas. The rest is all dry desert. Talas is located at the mountain pass, due west of Yuelu."

[You triggered an additional Yama event: Burning Talas! ]

[Content: Take over Talas occupied by the Lionheart Knights within three days]

Criteria: Kill the Lionheart Knights' Vice-Captain Ash Isurria

Defeat the Lionheart Knights at the outpost

Turn Talas into Tang territory (hold it for three days and make sure it is not lost)
Completing this Yamabu event will greatly increase your purchasing power, and come with an additional special reward draw for completing the Yamabu event.

Note: As the ace elite of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Lionheart Knights possess extremely advanced mobile armor and weapons. Please treat them with caution!

Looking at the Yanfu incident that quietly jumped out, Qin Huai's eyes flickered, and he turned to Xiao Gui and ordered: "Leave a notice and instructions, reminding the Shenwu Army to remember to replenish water. Two days later, I want them to appear in Talas with the Tiger Crouching Heavy Artillery and the Divine Fire Flying Crow!"

"Here!"

Xiao Gui bowed on horseback and immediately got to work.

Seeing Zuo Guoyi putting up the wooden sign, Qin Huai glanced at the position of the sun and thought that the time was almost up, so he pulled the reins, and the Kuilong horse under him suddenly neighed.

Fu Mengmaojie, who was following behind, naturally understood the general's meaning and raised his hand high.

"All troops, listen up! Move out immediately and reach Talas before noon!"

The Kuilong horse, which had replenished a large amount of water in the clear spring of the oasis, was now full of energy. Without the help of the cavalry guards, it took the initiative to move its iron hooves and strode towards the fortified city hundreds of miles away.
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Talas, the camp of the Turkic chieftain.

Snowflakes fell onto the burning flames and turned into rising white mist. The armored knights with golden lions painted on their chests held long spears, looking cold and murderous. The mixed Hu people fled from both sides of the street, but were blown into pieces by the thick and long spears.

In a wooden house built with mortise and tenon structure, a tall man stood in front of a bed, holding a huge knight's sword. He was wearing a white uniform, had neatly combed short golden hair, and a faint smile on his lips.

"Mr. Deputy Commander, we have searched all the warehouses in this city, but we have not found sufficient reserves of red mercury. Do you think the Messiah is lying to us?"

A two-meter-tall metal knight walked into the lobby, holding a Turk who was beaten and bleeding.

The blond man, or rather the vice-captain of the Lionheart Knights, Ash Isurria, turned around and spoke in a leisurely tone.

"Whether you cheat or not, between coming to the East to mine or fighting the Arab madmen, even a fool would know which choice to make."

Ash sneered and patted the Turkic leader's cheek with the broad back of his sword. "Do these savages know the whereabouts of the Parthians?"

"I don't know. They probably still think we are bandits who came to steal their cattle and sheep."

"Then it's useless. Get rid of it. Is there anything else valuable in this city?"

As the metal knight's iron fingers tightened, the Turkic leader's thick cervical vertebrae were broken and he was thrown out of the room, dead.

"We found a witch among these people's slaves. Apart from that, there are only some ordinary food and metals left in the warehouse. They are not worth much."

"Oh? Witch?"

Ash seemed to have heard something interesting and immediately became interested.

"Bring it up here and see if it's as scary as the Messianic teachings say."

"Yes."

Metal Knight is well aware of Ash's strength, so he is not worried that he will be harmed by the legendary witch.

In fact, Asher Isouria, the vice-captain of the Lionheart Knights, did have the confidence. He began to receive training as a knight's squire at the age of eight, studied at the Turin Seminary at the age of twelve, and became a non-staff knight of the Seraphim Knights at the age of fourteen. With his excellent physical fitness and balance, he mastered the basic skills of driving mobile armor before the age of fifteen. At the age of sixteen, he was successfully selected into the Seraphim Knights and participated in several raids to conquer the Kingdom of Lombardy.

Although he failed to stay in Florence and become an angel on earth with power, Ash was confident that he was no worse than any armored knight in the world.

Just as Ash was thinking about the past, a thin black figure was lifted up by the metal knight who had just left and handed to him. "Girl?"

Ash frowned as he looked at the girl's dirty rags, but still reached out to push aside her greasy and matted long hair, pinched her chin and lifted up her pale little face.

Beauty, indescribable beauty.

Even Ash, an imperial noble who was used to seeing beauties in the world, was stunned for a long while.

In addition to her stunning facial features, what impressed Ash the most was the girl's gorgeous purple eyes that looked like gemstones in the night.

Witch Demon
Forcing himself to pull his gaze out of the girl's pupils, Ash turned away and stopped looking at this stunning beauty.

"Wash her clean and put her in a nice outfit. There's a saying in the East that rare goods are valuable. Since we want to do business with the Messiah, we have to package the goods well. Otherwise, if we send her over like this, she won't sell for a high price even if she's really a witch."

"This city is no longer valuable. When will we go east again?"

Metal Knight nodded and asked about the Knights' next move.

"Further east is the Tang people's big city. If we rush in rashly, our chances of success are slim. It is better to build an outpost here relying on the high walls and wait for the subsequent supplies to arrive."

After receiving systematic officer training in Florence, Yaxiu had a strategic vision. He was not blinded by the victory. He immediately planned to occupy Talas, which was located on a major transportation route, to build a fortress, and then take the lead in the coalition forces by taking advantage of the terrain, and then attack the four towns of Anxi in order to seek the greatest benefits.

"clear."

The Metal Knight carried the witch out, but soon returned with a carrier pigeon standing on his arm.

"Deputy Head, the Holy See's instructions."

Ash strode to the side of the white dove and took out a small sealed cylinder made of black iron from its foot.

"The Templar Crusaders will arrive in Talas soon to garrison. Please prepare for the change of guard."

"what happened?"

Seeing Ash's uncertain expression, Metal Knight leaned over to look at the note.

"The Tang people's trick of killing the donkey after it has done its job has really been mastered by these old guys in the Central Powers!"

Ash squeezed the paper tightly and it broke into pieces and fell to the ground.

"Should we still build city defenses?"

The Metal Knight frowned, and the voice behind the mask sounded hesitant.

"Repair it, why not? Then increase the expenses and materials and extort money from them. You want to reap my rewards for nothing? No way!"

The knight's sword stabbed heavily into the stone floor, and Ash's voice suddenly rose an octave.

"it is good"

Before the Metal Knight could respond, a sudden thunder sounded in the distance.

Boom~Boom~Boom!
Thunder suddenly breaks out from the ground!

Under the blazing sun, several bolts of thunder suddenly fell from the cloudless sky. The green dragon thunder struck the city gate tower, blasting countless pieces of wood and stone into pieces.

At the end of the horizon, the majestic figure of the Shenwu Tianqi appeared, with blood-red steam gushing out of the Kuilong horse under his crotch. Fifty-nine [Flying Cavalry Guards], led by Qin Huai, formed the shape of a sharp arrow and galloped across the plain.

Wedge formation!
"Enemy attack!"

The Lionheart Knight, who was covered in dust and dirt after being blown away by the thunder, climbed up the city wall and looked at the red ocean rushing in the distance. Without thinking, he raised his hand and fired a specially made red mercury flare.

The knight servants on the city wall suppressed their fear and tried their best to control the Dragon Roar heavy artillery to aim at the unstoppable Shenwu Tianqi.

Load, calibrate, and fire!
The shells left burning arcs in the air and kept exploding around the Shenwu Tianqi. Qin Huai held a dark silver Mo Dao that was more than ten feet long in his hand, and the green light in his eyes was leaping wildly like wildfire.

"fire!"

Qin Huai roared, and the fifty-eight [Flying Cavalry Guards] behind him all flipped out a blue meteorite talisman painted with scarlet Taoist patterns.

Dozens of fire meteors condensed out of thin air in the sky, the wind was howling, Qin Huai was full of murderous intent under his brass mask, and the Mo Dao in his hand extended an extremely blazing red blade.

The entire Western Region of Talas is burning again!

"Angels, what the hell is this?!"

Looking at the meteor shower that seemed like a natural disaster, the Lionheart Knight had never realized how insignificant he was. Glancing at the attendants around him who knew there was no hope of escape and were madly venting their gunfire, the knight gritted his teeth, leaped under the city wall, and held onto the edge of the city gate with his ferocious iron hands.

All the hard gold pipes on the Lionheart Knight's body broke, and the steam emitted by the power core due to overload burned into blue-green flames. The solid giant door weighing more than ten tons was slowly closed under the peak output of the mobile armor of up to 3000 horsepower!

The torrent swept across the place, meteorites like flaming clouds fell from overhead, the sharp wedge-shaped heavy cavalry came and went like the wind, and the Shenwu Tianqi, riding on the five-meter-tall Kuilong horse, rushed straight into the stone gate like a prehistoric behemoth, accompanied by golden and red streams of light!
The strange and crazy knife in Qin Huai's hand was wrapped in wildly compressed red slurry, and it chopped out fiercely almost at the moment it hit the stone gate.

The immeasurable kinetic energy and potential energy were all transformed into the purest destructive force at this moment, and the thousand-forged steel knife mixed with mithril and refined gold made a grinding sound as it could not bear the heavy weight.

break!
Before the knights and attendants on the city wall could react, the orange-red flames instantly filled their eyes and sent them to hell. Within a few breaths, the gate of the city wall was filled with mechanical debris and charred corpses.

A large number of knights in golden armor poured out of the barracks behind the city gate. Qin Huai, who led the Shenwu Tianqi to successfully break through the gate and rush into the city, roared and raised his hand to pick up the thunder gun hanging on the side of the saddle.

"pistol!"

The scarlet giants moved in unison, leaving shooting windows for their brothers, and then the lead bullets and iron sand that had been soaked in Tianrui for a long time were blasted out together, rushing straight towards the Canjin defense line like a black curtain.

Bang! Bang! Bang!
The sound of metal clashing continued, and the Lionheart Knight retreated a few steps but suffered no substantial damage.

Black ripples appeared in Qin Huai's eyes, and the Mo Dao in his hand was raised high.

【Mad Lion II (Dual Core)】

Category: Mobile Armor

Quality: Excellent

At the request of the Eastern Roman Empire, the Minerva Agency designed a mobile armor specifically for the Lionheart Knights. It is equipped with a dual power core, and long-term wearing can enhance the wearer's nerve reaction speed and basic physical quality.

Using more advanced shadow metal technology, the peak output is as high as 3000 horsepower!

It is exclusive to the Royal Knights of the Eastern Roman Empire, and they can cooperate with each other to perform unique military skills of mobile armor.

Note: Expensive materials, strong specialization, high energy consumption. These disadvantages are not disadvantages in the face of sufficient strength!

The distance from Suiye City (Tokmak) to Talas (Taraz) is about 350 kilometers, and the oasis is in the middle of the two. The sandy desert is slow to move, but with the help of steam, the cavalry will move much faster.
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