Urban Sims

Chapter 126
Stone City is a pass fortress located on the Tianzhu Mountains on the southwest plateau.

This fortress has a circumference of three miles and a height of tens of feet. The whole body is made of stone. It is stuck between two steep mountains. One side faces the thin-air Daliangchuan Plateau; the other faces the flat Ganquan Corridor... Strategic location is extremely important.

Therefore, if the Stone City is in the hands of Dazhou, it can guarantee the safety of the Silk Road; if it is in the hands of the Tupan Kingdom, the condescending Tupan army can cut off the connection between Dazhou and the Western Regions at any time. , the Silk Road, will cease to exist.

More than 30 years ago, in order to seize this dangerous pass from Turpan, Dazhou mobilized 30 elite troops, stormed for eight months, and took the stone city at the heavy price of 10 casualties.

In the following decades, the unwilling Turpan Kingdom launched dozens of large-scale and large-scale attacks in order to regain the Stone City. The two sides fought many tragic offensive and defensive battles, but the Stone City was firmly in the hands of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

However, because the supply line is too long and the transportation of food and grass is difficult, the garrison of the Great Zhou Kingdom in Stone City has always been around 3000 people. With the geographical advantage, it is no problem to resist ten times the enemy's attack.

If the number of enemy troops besieged is thirty or forty times greater, the situation in Stone City will be precarious after a long time.

Yumen Pass is about [-] miles away from Stone City, and reinforcements are required to arrive within five days, and they can march hundreds of miles every day. This is not a small challenge for the Ganzhou Army, which is mainly infantry.

Moreover, Stone City is located on a plateau at an altitude of 5000 meters. The environment with low oxygen content will cause great delay and trouble to the soldiers' physical load and marching speed...

Even so, after the military order was issued, it only took one day for the [-] Ganzhou army to be fully assembled, food, grass and supplies, all loaded into the carriage, and all arrangements were well-organized, like a precision-operated war machine, without any chaos .

After the whole army informed the enemy, they learned that they were facing a strong enemy of more than 10 people. The generals and soldiers at all levels did not panic and panic, and laughed as usual. .

Cowardly and cowardly, they can hardly be found, at most they just look dignified and take it seriously...

The spirit and appearance of this army completely fits the image of an elite and strong army.

……

The next day, early in the morning.

Yumen Pass, the gate of the city.

Group after group of soldiers wearing armor and holding weapons, holding banners and marching at a uniform pace, like a long snake, came out of the city gate, slowly twisting and advancing towards the tall mountains in the southwest direction, stretching Ten miles long.

Zhou Ming, Li Dazui, Chu Jingling, seven clan soldiers and a group of ten people also rode horses and appeared in the middle of the conscripting team.

The old general originally disapproved of Zhou Ming and the others going out together. The battlefield is dangerous and swords and arrows have no eyes. In this war, how should I explain to the people of the world?

Zhou Ming’s method of persuading the old general was very simple. He directly asked someone to bring a five-stone hard bow, set the arrow and drew the bow. After pulling the bowstring into a full moon shape, he shot ten arrows in a row. The arrow hit the center of the target a hundred steps away, and his face did not turn red. Out of breath, it drew applause.

The old general also looked shocked and couldn't believe it.

As for the bodyguard, Li Dazui, with his strange strength, he can freely move freely among thousands of troops. It is more reassuring to have him personally protecting him than sending an elite centurion to guard him.

The old general did not object to Zhou Ming and his party's follow-up.

……

After three consecutive days of rapid marching, the army, which had traveled nearly [-] miles, reached the outer edge of Tianzhu Mountain.

The terrain is high and difficult, and the higher the altitude, the heavier the burden on the soldiers' bodies, the tired looks, and the slower the marching speed.

The morale of the army is still high, but it has also dropped significantly. The old general sent many batches of banner soldiers and urged him to speed up the march several times, but the effect was not very obvious...

Arriving within two days for the remaining [-]-mile journey has become an almost impossible task.

And Stone City sent out a messenger to ask for help, and there was also an increasingly urgent military situation: "Lun Zanqin's offensive is looming, and Stone City is in danger! If reinforcements don't arrive within two or three days, the city will be lost!"

How to speed up the march has become a top priority.

Inside the coach's big tent.

"The current plan is to divide the army into two, and send a group of elite soldiers to rescue first, so as to alleviate the urgent need of Stone City!" said the first officer.

"How many people should be sent?"

"Five thousand is enough."

"It's definitely not enough! Lun Zanqin is a famous Tupan general, with five thousand elite soldiers, he will definitely not be able to shake his one hundred thousand army! Even, there is a possibility that he will fall into his plan to encircle him... At least ten thousand elite soldiers are needed to take the risk. ’ said another general.

"Soldiers are precious and fast. If [-] elite soldiers are drawn out, the marching speed will not increase much, and the remaining [-] soldiers, horses and luggage will most likely be targeted by Lun Zanqin and become his target!"

Another general worried and said, Lun Zanqin is the God of the Tupan army, he is as bold and astute as a fox in using troops, and he is especially good at besieging and attacking reinforcements and cutting off people's food and grass. In order to save Stone City from this person, Zhou Jun, who is not well-suited for activities in the plateau area, will definitely be caught by him and cause heavy losses if he does not plan carefully.

There was no debate in the big tent for a while.

"Stop fighting!"

The old general sitting on the commander's seat slapped the table in front of him, stood up, his iron armor was shaking, he looked at the generals and said, "Choose five thousand elite soldiers, and I will personally lead this army! Starry night rushes to the rescue of Stone City ! Follow-up soldiers and horses must arrive in four days!"

"promise!"

None of the generals raised any different opinions, and they all bowed their hands and promised.

That night, the [-] elite soldiers were selected, dressed lightly, and only brought food and grass for three days. After a short rest, they set off under the stars and the moon, and walked through the mountains and valleys. The old general Su Lie, who is vigorous and vigorous, is constantly cheering for the soldiers.

Seeing this scene, the eyes of all the soldiers were flushed, and their extremely tired bodies seemed to be injected with a wave of energy, and their steps were more determined and powerful.

A military song suddenly came from the front of the queue:
"The imperial style of the four seas is covered, and the water is clean for a thousand years; the military uniform is not changed, and today is a success..."

Hearing the singing, the soldiers in the rear also sang along, and the singing rang out:
"Looking back at Weisai, which is as low as a horse, I gradually see that the Beijiang River flows straight to the east; Tianwei rolls directly to the Yumen Fort, and the Huyu area is full of commercial songs!"

"The Music of the Great Array" composed by Zhang Chaoyi, a general of the Wei State a thousand years ago, after he conquered the Western Regions.

This song is also the song that old general Su led 50 elite soldiers to cross the Dayin Mountain and attacked the Turkic Khan camp at night. He sang "The Music of the Great Array" with the [-] soldiers because of the ice and snow blocking the road. , the snow mountain collapsed, and the road appeared, and only then did they achieve the glorious record of capturing the Turkic Khan alive.

Today the old general sang this song again, the five thousand soldiers naturally understood that this was the old general's encouragement to them, their morale immediately rose, and the marching speed accelerated a bit.

In this scene, Zhou Ming, who followed, was filled with emotion, and asked Li Dazui to bring a pen and paper, and wrote a poem under the bright moonlight:
"A glass of turbid wine goes thousands of miles away, Yan Ran is not reined in, there is nothing to do, the ground is covered with frost, people can't sleep, the general's white hair is crying for his husband..."

Looking at the words on the paper and thinking for a while, Zhou Ming shook his head: "No, these soldiers must miss their home very much, but most of the soldiers have already regarded this place as their home. They regard it as their own destination... What is more in their hearts is the love for this land and the sacred duty of guarding the border... What flows in their hearts is the most simple and sincere patriotism. Know your mission and be fearless."

"Or "Broken Time? Night March" is more suitable for them."

So, in no time, a strong poem came to life on the paper:
When drunk, he turned on the lamp to watch the sword, and dreamed back to blow the horns. Eight hundred li points burned under his command, fifty strings turned over, and the battlefield fell into the autumn.

The horse is like a white dragon flying fast, and the bow is like a thunderbolt.Settle the king's affairs in the world, win the fame before and after his life, and the general will be in vain!
……

Two days later, after another two days and nights of rapid marching, except for a few people who were left behind, five thousand elite soldiers finally arrived at a place less than five miles away from Stone City in the middle of the night. In the night, the dilapidated city was still facing Hundreds of trebuchets attacked, and stones rained like rain.

Fortunately, on the top of the city, the big flag with the green border and yellow background and the word "Zhou" painted on it is still standing.

Even this flag is dilapidated and crumbling.

"Soldiers, kill!"

In the early hours of the morning, [-] soldiers rested for two hours. Before Lunzanqin's army made adjustments, the old general ordered [-] reinforcements. Then they cut through three hastily organized defense lines of the Turpan Army. With the help of the defenders in Stone City, [-] reinforcements, like a source of new life, poured into Stone City.

The morale of the remaining [-] defenders in the city was greatly boosted and cheered.

The enemy troops outside the city jumped and cursed, their morale plummeted.

　This time I can only update eight chapters. Grandma has already left. At 5:12 on May 23th, I saw her go with my own eyes. Now I will be busy with her funeral, mourning, entertaining relatives and friends, and helping the family. It will take a week. There is no way to code words. The next update may be after May 55th (strive to release a few more chapters at a time), but please rest assured that this month, the third copy can definitely be finished. Of course, the quality is somewhat Oops.

　　
　
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