Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 330 The Fog Continues
Ao Wen ordered Da Lun to gather the rest of the soldiers together, and said with emotion: "We went deep into the hinterland of Mount Mo, surrounded by the enemy, no one will come to rescue us, and no one can come to rescue us. Are you willing to fight with me? In the end, until death?"

The soldiers responded in unison: "Yes!"

Aowen said: "Very good."

Immediately, manpower was arranged to demolish the doors and windows of the palace and use them as defensive tools.

There are abundant food reserves in the palace, mountains of wine and meat, and two sweet wells, so food will not be a problem for the time being.

That night, all the soldiers in Loulan let go of their bellies and were full of food and meat.

In the middle of the night, I suddenly heard the sound of golden drums outside the palace.Aowen couldn't take off his clothes, so he slept under the palace wall. Hearing the sound, he hurriedly summoned soldiers to climb to the top of the wall.

But seeing panicked figures at the roadblocks in the distance, but darkness under the wall, he immediately drew out his saber and concentrated his attention on guard.

After waiting for a long time, there was still no movement. Only then did they realize that this was the enemy's plan to disturb them, so they ordered the soldiers to put away their weapons and spread out to rest.

After half an hour, the sound of the golden drum reappeared, but it was still just the enemy's bluff.After repeating this many times, everyone in Loulan was exhausted.

However, when the drums sounded again, they all had to go to the city to defend themselves in case the Khotanese really launched an attack.

Aowen thought to himself: "This is Xi Dun's tactic of exhausting the enemy's heart. He will definitely launch a real attack tomorrow morning. Tomorrow will be the last sun rise I see."

That night, it was not only Aowen who couldn't sleep, but also Xidun and his son.

Hearing the sound of drums outside the barracks, Xi Dun was very satisfied, and said to the second prince beside him, "Xu Sha, tomorrow you will lead the team to attack Moshan Palace."

Xu Sha is a concubine, not born to a queen, but he is more favored by his father than the eldest prince Yong Dan, Xi Dun always takes him with him when he travels.

Hearing that his father asked him to be the commander of the siege, he hesitated for a moment before answering: "Yes."

Xi Dun said: "This is the map of the palace. Aowen will definitely focus his troops on the gate of the palace. In the morning, I will send the eagle to attack from the main gate to attract the attention of the Loulan people.

You took the opportunity to lead the black-armored warriors up the city from the left wing. This is the entrance to the garden, the weakest part of the palace's defense. The Loulan people don't have enough troops to defend this place. If you pass through here and then outflank it, it will be effective in one fell swoop. "

Susa said: "Yes." After hesitating for a moment, he asked: "How do you plan to deal with Prince Aowen?"

Xi Dun said: "Aowen looks very proud and conceited. I think he won't be captured alive and humiliated. But even if I catch him, I won't touch him, I will just tie him up and hand him over to The Moshan people dealt with him. He occupied the Moshan palace and forced the handprint king to death, so one can imagine what will happen to him."

After a pause, he continued: "Actually, I like this Aowen very much, he has courage and arrogance, but this is his own death, Wentian can't blame me in the future."

Xu Sha said: "I heard that Prince Aowen is the future Crown Prince of Loulan. He was killed here. How can the people of Loulan let it go?"

Xi Dun laughed loudly and said: "Xu Sha, you don't understand, the people of Loulan will really suffer from being dumb this time! Although Moshan and Loulan are not in harmony, they are not enemy countries, and the two countries have never declared war. The army broke into the Moshan Palace and forced the handprint king to death, which is tantamount to an assassination, no matter where it goes, it is unreasonable. He must die tomorrow, and the best thing is that the Loulan people have nothing to say about it."

Xu Sha muttered his lips twice, but he didn't say anything.Xi Dun noticed it immediately, and said, "Why, do you want to plead for Aowen?"

Xu Sha knew that his father was resolute and would never change his mind because of other people, so he replied against his will: "He is the Prince of Loulan, and I just saw him for the first time today, how dare I plead for him?" Xi Dun said: "Well, you can be forgiven for pleading for him."

Xu Sha couldn't help being surprised when he heard the words. Although he was loved by his father, his father always thought that he was too gentle and generous. Whenever his heart softened, Xi Dun would always scold him sharply, but today it was just a sentence "" Extenuating circumstances", is really unexpected.

Xi Dun added: "Killing Aowen with Mo Shan's hand is a big blow to Loulan. However, I don't have to force him to die, unless...unless that person kneels down to beg me in person."

As soon as Susa heard that things had turned around, he was about to try to find out who "that person" was, when he suddenly saw Zuo Daxiang Qianmu hurried in and said: "Your Majesty, there is military information coming from the chariot division."

Seeing his unkind look, Xi Dun asked, "Is it possible that Moshan's army did not capture Jiaohe?"

Xi Mu said: "Yes, not only that, but the commander-in-chief, General Kang Ning, was also shot and killed at the foot of Jiaohe City."

Xi Dun snorted, and said: "The elite troops of Che Shi either went to Bailongdui to encircle the horse thieves, or they were restrained in Yanjin. Jiaohe was already an empty city. Kangning had [-] fine cavalry, and it was easy to level Jiaohe. Will something like this happen?"

His voice suddenly became high-pitched and severe, "Who, who is commanding the defense?" Sugi didn't dare to look at the king's face, lowered his head, and said, "It's Youlong."

It turned out that Xiao Yang encountered a bizarre experience after entering the Che Shi as a wandering dragon, and was unexpectedly entrusted with the important task of defending the city by the Che Shi King Libi.Xiao Yang ordered to voluntarily abandon Yecheng, the gate of Jiaohe, the capital of the king, and concentrate all his troops to guard Jiaohe.

After Moshan general Kang Ning broke through the Cheshi border, he encountered almost no resistance along the way, as if he had entered the land of no one.

However, just as he was about to arrive in Yecheng, he suddenly encountered a rare thick fog, and people could not be seen at a distance. People and horses in the army collided with each other, and there were many accidental injuries. Kang Ning had to order a temporary stop of the march.

The fog lasted all day and disappeared suddenly at night.Kang Ning broke camp overnight and rushed on the road, and finally arrived at Yecheng the next day. He thought there would be a fierce battle at the gate of the royal capital, but he didn't know that the city gate was wide open and there was no one in the city, which was surprising.

Kang Ning even thought that this was a trick of the Che Master, and wanted to lure the Moshan Cavalry into a street fight in the city. He sent out sentries repeatedly to investigate, and captured a Loulan guide A Fei. After interrogation, he found out that the Che Master had abandoned the defense of Yecheng, and now The commander in charge of the chariot division is the immortal Desert Ranger Youlong.

When Kang Ning heard the words, he was dubious, so he sent his army to the Jiaohe city.At that time, the sky was dim, and he thought he was strong and strong, and there was no danger to defend the cross river. He wanted to persuade King Cheshi to surrender, but when he stepped forward to shout, he was shot through his chest by a purple feather arrow flying from the city wall.

The Moshan army was horrified when they saw that the chariot division had such a powerful bow that could shoot far beyond the power of ordinary crossbows. They immediately relaxed their formation and retreated to Yecheng for the night under the command of deputy general Asai.

There were all kinds of strange sounds inside and outside Yecheng that night—wheezing, beating gongs, beating drums, and chopping things.
(End of this chapter)