At the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, there is reckless yellow sand, and the desert is endless. In the seventeenth year of Yongping, the Han army went north to Cheshiguo, defeated the Xiongnu who established diplomatic relations between the two Hans and redominated the Western Regions, re-established the Western Regions Frontier Guard, and arranged border army to guard the town.
The Han garrison was called Captain Eji, and the two guards of the border army were Geng Gong and Guan Pet.
The garrison of the Western Regions was enforced on the border, and under the deterrence of the Han Iron Horse, all the small countries in the Western Regions bowed down, and the name of the Great Han was rebuilt.
In March 75 AD, King Zuo Luli of the Xiongnu led a large army of 20,000 Xiongnu to come, and 300 soldiers in front were killed in battle, asking Geng Gong whether to fight or surrender.
In the isolated city, the soldiers of the Han army have already exploded, and some people are impassioned, and they should give this Xiongnu a head-on blow and avenge the dead brothers on the front line. Some people also say that the Xiongnu are powerful, and our number is small, so it is better to contact the countries of the Western Region first, attack them together, and then go to war.
There are also people who oppose it, saying that the small countries of the Western Regions are greedy for life and afraid of death, and they have no faith at all, and once they really fight, they may defect on the spot, so it is better to abandon the city now, and fight and retreat, wait for the imperial army, and give the Xiongnu another blow!
This is the army of the Great Han, the gang of the Great Han, at that time they were still three hundred people, although they were veterans of the border, their combat ability was first-class, but they faced the 20,000 troops of the Xiongnu, but most of the people in the army were clamoring for the main battle.
Geng Gong was surrounded by everyone, his face was extremely serious, he retreated without a fight, naturally his life was in danger, and he fought and left, and when reinforcements arrived, he could also fight back, but now the big Han conquered the Western Regions, if this was directly repelled by the Western Regions, where would the big Han's face go.
Wouldn't the Han Dynasty's previous efforts to conquer the Western Regions be in vain.
After thinking for just an instant, Geng Gong spoke up to the soldiers: "Since the founding of the Great Han Dynasty, my Great Han generals, do I have a reason to retreat without a fight?" Now that my Great Han has set up the Western Regions to protect here, then this place is the territory of my Great Han, this city is my Great Han guarding the city, I am facing the territory, I am defending the city, can I let it be with people? The soldiers come to block, the water comes to cover, even if tens of thousands of Xiongnu warriors are concerned, what are my Han warriors afraid of? Besides, those who desert the city and flee will be punished by military law. ”
Geng Gong pulled out a big knife, split the battle-free wooden card with one sword, and threw it loudly. Behind him, all the Han soldiers had solemn expressions, and there was not the slightest fear on their faces.
At the head of the city, from a distance, black clouds pressed the city, sand and dust swept up with the vibration of horses' hooves, the Huns had arrived at the city in a blink of an eye, and the black pressed cavalry troops surrounded the small Jinpu city to the ground.
Geng Gong knew that if he defended the city, he must not follow the old tricks, so he ordered the soldiers to anoint the arrows with poison, and then put them into bottles and cans with fire oil and other things, and he personally climbed to the head of the city and waved his sword to command, and within three hundred steps of the Xiongnu approaching, in an instant, the arrows rained down, and the Huns who were hit by the arrows rolled off their horses.
Geng Gong ordered everyone to shout loudly: "My Han army divine arrow, the middle one will die, who dares to take another step!" ”
And there are fire oil and other things, so in some places, the fire is great, according to records, this thing may be the white phosphorus of later generations.
The Huns had never seen such a method, and the terrifying scene of seeing the soldiers who were hit by the arrows was in pain, lying on the ground groaning and tumbling, and the wounds were accompanied by festering and pus and blood gushing out, this terrifying scene made them fearful.
The first wave of offensives was thus defused.
However, Geng Gong was a little worried, Jinpu City did not have enough food and water, and if he used this as a base to defend the city, he was very unoptimistic.
He looked at the map, searched and searched, and then he found a location, which was Shule City.
Shule City is located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and after the melting of the snow in the mountains, it flows into Shule City, and the war in the Western Regions must be a priority for water. As a result, Geng Gong led his generals to break through the siege, and they occupied Shule City that night.
With Geng Gong's retreat, Shule City also began to hold on, and the city was densely covered with flags, full of wooden cannon stones, bows, knives and guns used to defend the city, and a tense defense began.
On this day, the scorching sun was in the air, accompanied by the shaking of the ground, the cavalry of the Xiongnu army rolled towards Shule City like a torrent of steel, climbing high and looking, and the Xiongnu army approached the city.
There were as many as 20,000 Xiongnu, so they were directly lined up in a phalanx of 100 people, and the two rows of cowhide drums of the Chinese army rumbled and sounded, and in the chariot, the Zuo Luli King of the Northern Xiongnu looked at the Shule City in front of him with a cold face.
Lu Li is a title of the Xiongnu, Zuo is respected, in the Xiongnu, Zuo Lu Li King, the status is slightly lower than Shan Yu, is a first-class big man, obviously, this time the Xiongnu is really moved.
King Zuo Luli was very unimpressed, but soon, he knew how difficult this city was.
These two waves of attacks were all defused by Geng Gong, and King Zuo Luli had no choice but to suspend the attack.
Geng Gong in the city was also in trouble, there were too few defenders, he thought of the prisoners in prison, Shule City belongs to the border pass, above the desert, the people's customs are incomparably fierce, those who commit adultery, those who do not agree with each other, there are countless people, so there are many prisoners in Shule City.
Geng Gong first set his eyes on the three Green Forest robbers at the end of the cage who specialized in robbing past merchants for a living, and soon, these three and a group of death row prisoners who should be executed were taken to the martial arts training ground, and at this moment, the people in the city gathered to watch.
Geng Gong gave them two choices: those who went into battle to kill the enemy, those who had made meritorious contributions could be sent lightly, or even exempted from the death penalty, and the second choice was to be in the martial arts arena, but wherever there were death row prisoners who could cross the martial arts arena from his hands, they would be free.
The leader of the Scar bandit said disdainfully: "I see that your brain is funny, now who doesn't know that the Xiongnu 20,000 outside Shule City, going into battle to kill the enemy, even if the three hundred soldiers add us, it is tantamount to seeking their own death." ”
So they all chose to face Geng Gong directly.
Geng Gong laughed, "Wait for the grass curse, and come and try your Uncle Geng's methods, which one can pass in front of me, the guilt will be absolved, and thousands of bronze money will be sent." ”
Upon hearing this, seven or eight death row prisoners suddenly attacked frantically.
But this has also become Geng Gong's personal show, the Han people are martial, and those who can be the leader of an army are all masters. These people are naturally tragic, the first five death row prisoners are in Geng Gong's hands, all of them are subdued by one move, and the three green forest thieves were also beaten by Geng Gong in a few rounds.
Seeing that Geng Gong was superb in martial arts and full of chivalrous, the three bandits outside the Cyprus were happy and convinced of Geng Gong and were willing to serve him with the army.
Geng Gong then repelled several waves of Xiongnu attacks, which made King Zuo Luli very annoyed, but he really didn't have any good way for Geng Gong at the moment.
Geng Gong defended the city, watertight, and Shule City is a small city, although there are 20,000 troops, but there is not much room to play.
But he thought of a trick, poisoning, and blocking the flow of the stream, and he wanted Geng Gong to cut them off.
Soon, the spies in the army came to report, and Geng Gong got the news that King Zuo Luli poisoned the stream, all the fish and turtles died, and the city of Shule soon faced a situation where there was no water available.
At this time, a woman from the Western Regions said that she could try to fetch water from the ancient country of Cheshi next to Loulan, where there was a royal lady who was Han.
But who went to break through, this is a question, a young adjutant general took the initiative to ask for a tread, went to borrow food and water. Before leaving, he took out a handwritten letter, which read: "Lonely and thousands of miles of march, life will follow the wind, knowing that this trip will die nine lifetimes, and send letters to the family, since ancient times loyal and filial piety, now is the dawn of life, can not send the end of the parents' pension, the child is not filial today!" ”
He pretended to surrender, and after leaving the city, he galloped wildly, but he was noticed by King Zuo Luli, who sent people to intercept him at a position of ten miles, captured him alive, and escorted him to the city.
This deputy general was pierced by the left deer li king through the shoulder blade and hung on the execution column, facing Shule City. A bloody and slow torture began, the deputy general was tortured all over the body, he gritted his teeth, and a mouthful of blood sprayed on the face of the Zuo Lu Li King, and he did not ask for mercy, but was tortured and killed.
The bloody scene happened under the noses of everyone in the city, knowing that it was inevitable to die, but still talking and laughing, heroic and righteous, this is the warrior of the great Han.
The failure of the adjutant general also caused Geng Gong to face this problem again, unable to obtain water, and the devastated city faced a situation of no water.
The desert of the Western Regions, high temperature exposure, temperature difference is very large, water is gold, water is life.
Without water, the city would not be defended.
In the city of Shule, at this moment, it seemed very miserable, and the people who were usually good at life still had some rainwater in their homes, and they also took out some to drink with the soldiers to quench their thirst.
Geng Gong looked at the tragic situation in the city, and some could not bear to drink the water of the people, he and the soldiers came to the stables, and as the main general, he took the lead in rummaging around the stables.
Wearing armor, Geng Gong rummaged through other items, he rummaged through horse manure, he picked up the horse manure in the stable, wrapped it in cloth, and then squeezed the horse manure vigorously, drinking this bitter and somewhat difficult to swallow horse manure juice.
The Western Regions are hot, and the water consumption of the soldiers and people of a city is undoubtedly a terrifying figure, not to mention other people, even if the soldiers are all guarded in the stables, no matter how much the war horse can pull, it has no water to drink, and he cannot pull out the horse manure with water.
Finally, the war horse fell ill.
Shule City really reached an extremely desperate point, they dug a well on the spot, but dug more than ten feet and did not see the slightest source of water. Looking at the big dry hole, feeling the numbness due to lack of water and even hallucinations, this feeling of dryness is simply more uncomfortable than anything.
At this scene, Geng Gong looked at Cang Tian with tears in his eyes and roared: "In the past, I heard that a general of the second division was in a desperate situation, pulled out his knife and stabbed at the mountain, and there was a clear spring gushing out of the mountain, and my big man has always been blessed by the gods, so why didn't the sky bless my big man?" Am I going to be buried here like this today? If I wait, I can only watch the Xiongnu scheme succeed! ”
Geng Gong bowed down sincerely, he followed the general's example, pulled out his knife and stabbed into the ground, stabbed a few times, and at this moment, a miraculous fountain gushed out, and the power of the broken water of Shule City was immediately solved.
"God bless my big man, bless my big man!!!
Geng Gong roared. The soldiers also watched this miracle, and their desperate hearts ignited hope at this moment, and they hurriedly drank it.
Solving the water problem is undoubtedly a shot in the arm, and Geng Gong himself is indeed an excellent general. He used the water to tell the Xiongnu under the city that your dirty means are useless, and this psychological war is undoubtedly to make the Xiongnu retreat.
The Xiongnu did not buy it, but still surrounded the city of Shule, and the worst thing was that the Cheshi country, which had always placed high hopes, rebelled and also marched towards the Han army, and the situation became more and more critical. Just when Shule City was besieged for nearly a year or so, at this time, Shule City fell into another situation, lack of food.
Shule City was exhausted and almost unsustainable, and in this desperate situation, a woman stood up.
This woman has never left a surname in the history books, and we have no way of knowing who she really is, and what kind of difficulties and dangers she has gone through to achieve a hasty but thrilling stroke in the history books.
Cheshiguo rebelled, but King Cheshi had a queen, she was a Han who had migrated north of Middle-earth, and this queen missed her homeland and repeatedly risked her life to inform Geng Gong of the military situation of Cheshiguo and the Xiongnu soldiers, and even quietly provided food and salary support.
This provided Geng Gong with a chance for several months, but even so, the only grain and grass were indivisible, they could only cook armor and crossbows, and take the beef tendon and leather to feed their stomachs, during which Geng Gong and the soldiers ate and slept together, shared tribulations, and people kept falling, but there was no rebellion and surrender. Without supplies, without reinforcements, they have really reached the point of running out of ammunition.
On this day, King Zuo Luli still wanted Geng Gong to surrender and promised good wine and meat to serve, and Geng Gong said to him, persuading him to surrender, there is no reason not to send an emissary, so King Zuo Lu Li sent an emissary.
The high-spirited Xiongnu envoy walked into the city of Shule. He looked at the predicament in the city, the yellow-faced and thin women, the yellow-faced children, and the chapped lips and emaciated warriors. The predicament of Shule City is clear at a glance.
He smiled, with a haughty and disdainful smile on his face, no wonder there was the idea of surrender, just this, what is the point of stubborn resistance?
How does this fend off their god-like army?
It turned out to be exhausted, I knew this earlier, so why bother?
Other thoughts such as worries in his heart had dissipated, and in his eyes, it was undoubtedly a formality with Geng Gong. Talking about conditions is nothing more than a matter of chips, which is not a matter, he feels that as long as Geng Gong is given a bite to eat, he will kneel down like a dog and beg him.
What's more, the conditions they give are very generous.
He walked up with a rebellious face, extremely flamboyant, while Geng Gong and his generals were quietly looking at the Xiongnu envoy in front of the sand table.
Seeing that Geng Gong and his subordinates looked bad, especially when they heard one of them screaming with hunger, the messenger's face became more and more disdainful. He was not lazy to do some courtesy, and he said directly to Geng Gong: "If a certain person surrenders, open the city gate widely, and be the king of the white house." ”
Geng Gong's cheeks that looked majestic were instantly angry, and he slapped the table like a fierce beast looking at the messenger in front of him and said, "An inch of land under my feet is my Han territory, how can the Xiongnu talk about naming me king?" I tell you, but all my Han soldiers have not stopped breathing, Shule City will not give an inch of land, but there is one Han people here, and the three hundred national soldiers should be a wall of flesh and blood. ”
This sonorous and powerful voice, combined with the devouring cheeks, directly made this Xiongnu change his face greatly.
The script was completely beyond his imagination.
Not only him, even King Zuo Luli thought that Geng Gong couldn't hold on, so he wanted to surrender, otherwise how could he let the messenger in after persuading him to surrender?
But at the moment, these words clearly show his attitude, if it does not fall, it is impossible to do so.
So, what exactly does Geng Gong want to do?
His face was shocked, and when he looked at the vicious three people in front of him, he unconsciously retreated a few steps, and the arrogant face before also disappeared instantly.
Instead, he was afraid.
Accompanied by Geng Gong's shout, "Go to the city tower, set up a pot, and boil water." ”
At the head of the city, the autumn breeze was cold, and on the head of the city, a large cauldron was set up, and the boiling water bulged into huge bubbles, emitting huge distillation gas.
The revenge for the scene where the Xiongnu tortured the Han generals before appeared.
And also be cruel.
When King Zuo Luli saw this scene, he was furious, and he sent troops to fight, but those Xiongnu soldiers were a little weak after seeing Geng Gong's behavior.
On the city tower, Geng Gong happily shouted to the army below: "Hahaha, come, don't you want to kill you Uncle Geng!" ”
"Come on!"
"Come up!!!"
"Uncle Geng is here, you guys are here!!!
Geng Gong laughed loudly as he and the soldiers ate and drank loudly.
Ambition is hungry for meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood.
This sentence is well documented.
The Huns were terrified, and this time, they withdrew again.
The messenger is food, but it is also the proof of the death battle between the two armies.
But one messenger was not enough, and the crisis of food interruption in the city was not solved, and King Zuo Luli began to cook meat under the city, and the aroma of meat drifted into Shule City with the wind, which was undoubtedly a disaster in the city.
A sixteen-year-old soldier could not stand it, he was so hungry that his will could not hold on, and he cried and shouted in the city to persuade everyone to surrender.
He collapsed, physically and mentally, more than three hundred people only relied on a small city to defend for a year, at this moment, with the smell of meat, his tense nerves were directly broken.
He cried and begged everyone, and knelt on the ground crying.
At the critical moment, Geng Gong arrived, looking at the sixteen-year-old soldier who collapsed and collapsed to the ground crying, Geng Gong's eyes were also full of tears, but he still drew a knife to kill him.
He violated military law and was immediately killed if he retreated.
Military law does not tolerate the slightest favor.
He made a tombstone for this soldier with his own hands, and his heart also hurt, and he gave the order to kill horses and eat meat with tears in his eyes.
Everyone knows that war horses are more important than people, and it is impossible to kill war horses unless they have to. Killing the war horses is also equivalent to giving up the back road of abandoning the city and breaking through.
Before starting, the soldier reluctantly stroked the warhorse. And the war horses, for the soldiers, accompany them even more than their wives, and for them they are more like relatives who accompany them day and night, but at this time, they have to be slaughtered.
At this time, Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was arguing about whether to send troops to rescue.
The chief commander of the Eastern Han court was named Fifth Lun, and he advocated not saving, and he was an upright and upright Zhongxing famous courtier, and there was a reason why he advocated not saving at that time.
It was not Geng Gong's generals who asked for help, but Guan Gong's subordinates who relied on Geng Gong at that time, the urgency of the border pass, and what was the situation at the border pass, he said very clearly, but at that time it was a great change in the Korean coup, the young Emperor Zhang of Han had just ascended the throne, and the government of the Great Han Dynasty was unstable.
In addition, there is no information, and it has been several months since the news of Guan Pet's request for help arrived in Luoyang, and in his opinion, in a few months' time, Geng Gong's hundreds of people have long been unable to withstand it, and it is simply too late to send troops, but it will cost the people and money, and this is also the proposition of the fifth lun.
But above the court, there was not only one voice, at that time, there was also a minister, named Situ Baoyu, who had outstanding political achievements and was also a virtuous minister, who fought for the border army generals. At that time, there was a sentence that directly touched the young Emperor Zhang of Han.
"The officers and men of our army are trapped in isolated cities on the border, and the situation is critical, and if they abandon them, externally, they will condone the violence of barbarians and internally they will slander their loyalty and conscience."
Situ Baoyu, who was accompanied by righteous and straightforward speech, suddenly fell silent in unison, and above the main hall, even the Great Sikong Fifth Lun, who had previously opposed it, was silent.
There is no way to refute this sentence.
In the history of the founding of the Great Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu are a strong enemy, a strong enemy for hundreds of years, it was the Han warriors and Han generals who blocked them outside the border with flesh and blood, and countless myths were born, but now, such loyal subjects are not saved?
When the young Emperor Zhang of Han heard this, he was furious, and he shook the pardon in his hand sharply, and a majestic voice came out.
"To live to see people, to die to see corpses, my great Han soldier, although far away will be saved."
"Immediate dispatch"
With this order, the Han troops in Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang combined with 7,000 troops and sent out troops in a mighty manner.
Above the desert, the flag of the Great Han Army fluttered in the sky, and the Great Han soldiers rode on high-headed horses under their crotches and pointed directly at Yumen Pass from three places, quickly rescuing Geng Gong and Guan Pet.
Whoever is a great Han and the common people will be saved from afar, and whoever is a strong enemy of a great Han and a strong man who clearly commits a crime will be damned from afar! And this is the Great Han, and this is the Han people.
The army in three places was mighty, and the horses marched forward to the rescue in the desert. The Han military flag fluttered in the wind, and the Chinese characters on that banner came to life almost at this moment.
These 7,000 people attacked the Che division by surprise, and the siege of Liuzhong was established, and the combat strength of the Han army was really fought, and tens of thousands of soldiers dared to fight the main force of the Xiongnu, and the combat strength of these 7,000 people was not weaker than that of 40,000 Xiongnu cavalry. But unfortunately, at this time, Liu Zhong's captain Guan Pet had already died in battle.
And this raises a new problem, in the eyes of Wang Meng, the commander of the reinforcements, Guan Pet is still like this, not to mention Geng Gong across a Tianshan Mountain, it must not be saved.
So the commander of the reinforcements, Wang Meng, and others prepared to return to the dynasty, not because they didn't want to see it, but because it was winter, the Tianshan Mountains were difficult, and in their eyes, it was obviously not worth it for this inevitable result.
However, Fan Qiang, who was sent by Geng Gong under Guan Pet, strongly demanded that he go to the rescue of Geng Gong.
However, the leaders of the three armies, for various reasons, did not go all 7,000 people, but gave Fan Qiang 2,000 soldiers to rescue, so Fan Qiang took these 2,000 soldiers non-stop and went to the rescue.
At this time, Liuzhong to Shule were separated by lofty mountains, and the Tianshan mountain range was endless, like a heavenly graben, and it was the season of heavy snow, and the snow in the mountains was several feet, but these two thousand people did not dare to neglect at all, braving the snow to climb the mountain, day and night.
At this time, Geng Gong was still holding on, he was waiting for reinforcements, he had been waiting, he expected to see the Han reinforcements carrying the thunderous momentum, and the horse stepping desert appeared on this thousands of miles of desert to save them.
He felt that there was, he felt, the big man... Will not give up on them.
So, he's still holding on.
In order to delay time, in order to give hope that he didn't know if he would have in his dreams, Geng Gong sent a death squad.
He is going to burn the grain and grass of the Huns and delay a little longer.
And the composition of this death squad is led by the three green forest thieves who were tamed before, plus his new deputy general, and in the night, several people went out of the city and lurked in the granary of the Xiongnu.
Three dead men touched it overnight, buried saltpeter, sulfur, burned the granary, accompanied by the monstrous fire, the Hun defenders were also awakened, they ... Can't leave.
The Xiongnu soldiers who came like a tide surrounded them, and the Scar-faced boss who had spoken out in the face of Geng Gong's conditions before, he looked fierce and showed strong muscles, and the three bandits smashed the wooden wall out of a gap, giving Geng Gong's adjutant a chance to escape.
And the three people, the Xiongnu soldiers who were also driven over, pierced their hearts with ten thousand guns.
Every righteous person who slaughters dogs, but the sons and daughters of the rivers and lakes have truly achieved the dignity of their family and country.
After that, they will face an even more brutal attack from the Zuo Lu Li King, but both he and his soldiers are ready.
Oath to die together with Shule City.
In the city, a son who said goodbye to his old mother gently picked up the family's agricultural tools and resolutely joined the army.
And then, the second, the third.
More and more big men came out. With all kinds of weapons in their hands, they walked to the army behind Geng Gong, the wind and sand splashed, the sand filled the sky, but the size of this team was getting bigger and bigger.
And among them, there are loving fathers who have suffered the pain of losing their sons, and there are orphans who have lost their parents, the city is broken, and they are greeted by death, instead of passively waiting for death, or surviving to the Xiongnu for half their lives, they choose to stay, fight side by side with Geng Gong, blood spattered five steps.
An atmosphere of sorrow enveloped Shule City, and women, children, and children said goodbye to the strong men who died in tears, and turned to hide in the tunnels.
Qinghai Changyun Fuluochuan, the isolated city looks at Yumen Pass.
But let the Han general ride there, how can he teach the Xiongnu to live the Tianshan Mountain.
Dozens of soldiers stood at the head of the city, looking at the Xiongnu army under the city, they pulled out their long swords, with the momentum of looking at death as if they were at home, at this moment, they could feel the oppressive force of the Xiongnu, but they also felt the murderous aura in their blood.
The overwhelming Xiongnu iron horses urged the horses' hooves, and after the Xiongnu warriors approached, they climbed the city gate, and a fierce bloody battle at the head of the city began.
The Han soldiers had already killed the red eye, and they were fighting hard with long swords in their hands.
Sword in hand, or stab, or chop, or slash!
As soon as they marched forward, they fought and shook the sky, and on the flat earth, one Han was five hus, and above the city, it was more than one Han as five hus. I don't know how long they fought, they were all blood, they had their own, and there were Huns, but miraculously, they held it again.
They once again held the city of Shule.
The setting sun and the golden light sprinkled on their heads, and the surviving warriors, exhausted, fell on the head of the city, ignoring the bloodstained sleeves, briefly treated the wounds, and went to a deep sleep.
Suddenly, a sound of horses' hooves stomping on the ground sounded, and there were still quite a few of them, and it was estimated that there were thousands of people. Some soldiers picked up the bows in their hands and cursed, and some soldiers raised their swords and wanted to charge, but when they stood up and looked at the city.
They were all stunned.
At the end of the distance, a well-trained iron horse crushed like a torrent, the horse's hooves stomped on the ground, and the momentum shook the sky, and in the middle of the army, a Han military flag fluttered in the wind above this 10,000-li territory.
Fan Qiang, who was the leader, shouted loudly with all his strength: "The last general Fan Qiang, personally led the Han reinforcements to pick up General Geng... Go home!!! ”
Under the yellow sand, at the head of this isolated city, warriors stood up one after another, they looked at the big Han iron horse under the city, and at this moment, their eyes were full of tears.
For more than a year, more than a year of perseverance, they watched the soldiers around them fall one by one, watching the former robes, former comrades-in-arms, die one after another.
And with time, with the lack of water, food, and the death of killing horses again and again, that hope was also worn away, disappearing a little...
Looking at the cavalry under the Xiongnu, they couldn't help but question themselves every night, will the Great Han really send troops to save them?
A few hundred of them could hold the Xiongnu army, that was because the cavalry was not good at attacking the city, that was because there was a barrier of Shule City!
But if it is on the flat ground, if the Han wants to rescue them, at least a few thousand people will be needed to tear open the opening of the Xiongnu encirclement and save them.
But how many brothers will die along the way?
Thousands of people saving a team of less than a hundred people, this deal, but everyone in their right mind, knows, is a very loss. But their only remaining hope has not been extinguished, just because they believe that the great Han will not abandon the people of the Great Han!
Strong men, will not give up any soldiers.
So they hold on to the city, they can't hold out, they are waiting, waiting for the only expectation in their hearts.
The Great Han will send iron horses to rescue them from fire and water.
They insisted again and again, repelled again and again, and even when the reinforcements arrived at the city, they instinctively raised their bloodstained, very weak arms, and wanted to attack.
At this moment, there were tears under their eyes.
Geng Gong saw the flying Han flag, even if it was the fierce general who had been hungry for meat and laughed at the Xiongnu blood in the city before, this moment was also moist.
But looking at the Xiongnu who were about to be surrounded, Geng Gong also forcibly endured the emotions in his heart, and he tore his throat and shouted loudly, "Brothers, follow me... Go home!!! ”
At this moment, there were only twenty-six people left in Shule City.
This group of iron-clad men, their big knives were blunt, their armor was torn, their faces were like withered, their clothes were ragged, they dragged their bodies full of wounds, they supported each other's bodies, and they walked out of the gates of Shule City that had been closed for nearly a year
Under the slanting sun of this flying sand and stone, their dark faces were illuminated by red light, and they could not see their faces clearly, but only those eyes surging with blood were telling the soul of this immortal Han army.
These twenty-six people joined the Han army, but how could the Xiongnu easily let them go, they chased and blocked the Han army, so an encounter began.
At the head of the sunset city, above the vast desert, a majestic pass stands majestically on this desert, he is like a natural barrier, rejecting all the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods!
This is the Jade Gate Pass.
At this moment, the Zhonglang general of Yumen Pass was on duty as usual, and suddenly, above the desert, along with the sweep of wind and sand, a Han army iron horse rolled in like a torrent.
He immediately thought of Fan Qiang, who had gone to rescue Geng Gong before, and after confirming his identity, he opened the city gate, but at present, the number of Han army iron cavalry is obviously much less.
At this time, he also saw the only people left in the team. The appearance is miserable, most people have long been gone, and this Jade Gate Guanzhonglang will shed tears.
"Come back... Just come back! ”
The soldiers present also quietly reddened their eyes.
For Geng Gong and others, after a year of holding on, and experiencing the invasion of wind and snow, through the encirclement of the enemy army, and over the barrier of high mountains, they finally returned to Middle-earth and returned home.
At this time, including Geng Gong, there were only thirteen defenders of Shule City.
And Yumen Guan Zhonglang will personally boil water for them to relieve their fatigue, and write a letter on it, which can be regarded as an end to this warrior story.
"Geng Gong single-handedly defended the isolated city, and when the Xiongnu rushed against tens of thousands of people, he was exhausted for more than a month. Digging mountains for wells and boiling crossbows for food, out of the hope of death and no life. There are thousands of ugly killings and injuries before and after, and the pawns are all loyal and brave, and they are not ashamed of the big Han. Respectful righteousness has never existed in ancient and modern times. Yimeng Xianjue, to be a strong general. ”
And this is the famous thirteen soldiers in history.