Chapter 209: Soldiers Destroy Hu's Prison (Part 1)
At 3:00 a.m. on May 29, the fourth year of Wude, it was a memorable day. On this day, it was always regarded as a strong city wall that was almost invincible by the monarchs of all countries, especially those protected by the city. In front of a terrible army, it turned into a brick of paper-like existence.
The once famous Hulao Pass, nearly 20 meters long, actually turned into broken bricks and stones lying on the ground with a magnificent explosion.
This is definitely not a simple problem of the fall of the tiger prison, but a historic progress in the brokenness of the myth of the strong city and thick walls that has always been regarded as having a powerful role.
At three o'clock in the morning, the rolling iron stream rushed into Hulao Pass from the collapsed city wall. The exhausted defenders who had been fighting for a long time were no longer able to resist the steel heavy armored cavalry that rushed in. Under countless spears, swords and horse hooves, the resisting Xia Wangjun was finally defeated. The ones holding the weapons were trampled into corpses on the ground by the iron hooves. Those who wanted to survive could only put down their weapons and kneel on the ground.
When Liu Shan entered the city, he saw the place where the grassland soldiers fought with the Hebei army. The piles of corpses and the battlefield emitting a strong bloody smell once again gave Liu Shan a deep understanding of the combat power of the Hebei army.
Fortunately, there were grassland soldiers working together in the Hebei barracks stationed in the camp, so it would not be so easy to take down the Huzhu.
The torrent of the Iron Cavalry quickly submerged the tents. The tents were pulled down, and the soldiers inside were forced to gather together by spears. The soldiers who dared to challenge quickly became corpses on the ground. In front of the heavy armored Iron Cavalry, these troops that had not yet fully worn weapons and armor did not have much combat power. Even if they cut with knives and poked with guns, they would not cause much damage to the Iron Cavalry.
At this time, the battle in the middle camp was over. All the guards of King Xia were killed. King Xia resisted stubbornly, injured by arrows, and captured with exhaustion. When Liu Shan saw King Xia who was brought to him, the two escorted grassland soldiers hit King Xia's leg with scabbards. Liu Shan noticed that there was a broken sharp arrow on King Xia's leg. Obviously, King Xia's leg was injured by arrows and was hit hard by the scabbard. King Xia knelt in front of Liu Shan. King Xia gritted his teeth tightly, making a creaking sound of teeth shattering, and then slowly stood up.
"What a man!" After Liu Shan said that, he stopped the two grassland soldiers who were still trying to hit King Xia's legs with gestures, signaling the escorted soldiers to retreat. The two grassland soldiers retreated to both sides, but were afraid that King Xia would suddenly hurt people, so they both held the knife handle and were ready to give King Xia a thunderous blow. However, their worries were redundant at this time. King Xia had just been captured at the exhaustion, and he had no ability to hurt people at all. Even if there was, it would be difficult for him to hurt people who were standing opposite him.
"Hmph!" King Xia snorted angrily, not grateful for the treatment Liu Shan gave him. However, when he saw the enemy commander in front of him, his face could not help but change.
Nothing else, the other party's head coach is too young. With King Xia's eyesight, the man on the opposite side is only in his early twenties. At this age, he has already achieved the command of the Tang Dynasty's army. Moreover, today he won the Hulao Pass and defeated the Hebei soldiers, and his future will only be brighter. Since ancient times, he has produced heroes, but King Xia did not expect that such heroes would be defeated by him. At this time, King Xia can only sigh that since ancient times, heroes have produced heroes, and a generation of new people have replaced old people.
In fact, Liu Shan was indeed in his early twenties at this time. If he really pursued his age, Liu Shan was only twenty-two years old at this time. However, Liu Shan did not think that he was young and promising. Throughout history, there were many people who had made great achievements at a young age, and there were also people who were awarded prime ministers at the age of eight, and there were also people who were awarded generals in their teenage years. The elites in history were like carp crossing the river. Liu Shan stood by the river and could only sigh at the young talents of the ancients.
"Create a chair for King Xia." Liu Shan was not angry at all for King Xia's disrespect. If he had to follow the roots, Dou Jiande was actually the leader of the peasant army, and he was also open and honest in his life. Although he was also obedient to the Turks, in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, which rebelled against the Turks did not obey the Turks. Even when Li Yuan, who was in trouble with the Turks at this time, had to be sanctioned by the Turks. With his own strength, no family background or the help of the powerful, Dou Jiande had to be a person. Moreover, looking at the Hebei soldiers, Liu Shan was deeply shocked by the combat power of this army. Although he had won, Liu Shan understood that this was definitely not that the Hebei soldiers were not good at fighting or the Hebei soldiers were cowardly, but that the Xia King in front of him had never thought that he had any connection with the grassland soldiers, and the grassland soldiers bowed to him and obeyed him.
The defeat was only said that he was a temporary mistake and asked the grassland soldiers to light a fire in his backyard.
Moreover, there is another reason why Liu Shan wanted to keep Dou Jiande, that is, there were many remaining Dou Jiande's subordinates in Hebei at this time, and among these people, there was a well-known figure in history, Liu Heita. Liu Shan didn't expect that after Dou Jiande died, Liu Heita brought more than 100,000 Hebei soldiers to fight for his own life every day. It was not that he was afraid of him, but that he would not provoke the enemy he could not provoke. It was not that Liu Shan liked to do something like causing trouble.
It was obvious that Dou Jiande in front of him was not grateful. When he heard Liu Shan bringing him a chair, Dou Jiande glared and looked straight at Liu Shan.
"If you want to kill and cut off the enemy, you should listen to the emperor. Don't have to cry here and pretend to be merciful." Hearing Dou Jiande's words, the soldiers of Liangzhou behind Liu Shan were all angry. His commander was so polite to Dou Jiande, and the other party not only did not appreciate it, but also dared to say such words. The guards who were angry when they saw Dou Jiande did not kneel down unknowingly placed their hands on the hilt of the knife.
"Compassion? I, Liu Shan, don't understand what compassion is, nor do I understand it either. If I don't believe it, I can kill all the surrendered soldiers in front of you, so that you can see what it would be like to see the soldiers you brought to the ground alone." Liu Shan's words were still not loud, but the desolate murderous aura revealed in his words made Dou Jiande tremble.
"You" Dou Jiande's eyes wide open, his eyes wide open in a striking manner. He pointed at Liu Shan with his fingers, clenched his fist with his other hand, rubbing his bones and clattering.
However, after he said the word "you", he couldn't say anything. He looked at the young general in front of him. The other party was a man who came out of the sea of corpses and blood. Killing was just an ordinary thing for the other party. If the other party really wanted to kill his subordinates, he really couldn't.
Liu Shan looked at Dou Jiande, then sat in his position, brought a bowl of tea from the table next to him, and tasted it.
Dou Jiande hung his hand weakly, and his other clenched fist gradually loosened.
"It's very simple to want them to survive. As long as you live, they will live. If you die, I dare not keep them." Liu Shan looked at Dou Jiande who was gradually letting go of his fists, said lightly, and then signaled the soldiers to take Dou Jiande down.
Chapter completed!