For thousands of years, Yunzhou had always been the military buffer zone and boundary between the dynasty of the Central Plains and the nomads in the north.
Outside Yunzhou City, it was a desolate place with few people. This place was filled with barren deserts and endless mountains. Usually, there was not even a living thing.
But today, the desert was completely filled with Turkic cavalry. They were like an earth-shattering locust plague, like lava erupting from the ground, surging towards Yunzhou aggressively. At this moment, the sky turned pale and the wind blew.
The three hundred thousand Turkic soldiers were preparing to launch their final assault on the Cloud Plane.
Cloud Prefecture's Great General Xue Ne stood on the beacon tower, staring at the black Turkic cavalry…his expression frozen and his mind blank!
There were only fifty thousand people in the Cloud Plane. Let alone two hundred thousand saber-wielding Turkic soldiers, even two hundred thousand rats would make the Cloud Plane fall.
" General, the Turks are preparing to launch their final attack…" The deputy general in tattered armor and covered in blood walked up to Xue Ne and gave a nonsensical report.
Xue Ne asked,"How much food has not been shipped out?"？”
"According to the general's orders, we have already arranged for 30,000 soldiers to move the food to Shuozhou, but only half of it has been moved.”
"General, Yunzhou cannot be defended. His Majesty did not send any troops over, which means that this place is going to be abandoned. The army of Bingzhou has already retreated, so we should retreat as well!”The deputy general couldn't help but say.
"Shut up. If you dare to spout nonsense again, don't blame me for punishing you by military law!”Xue Ne shouted.
Retreat? After giving up on Yunzhou, the 30,000 soldiers were still on the way. If they retreated now, not only would they be wiped out, but their food would also be lost.
Xue Ne shouted and raised his black spear high." Pass on my orders. Defend Yunzhou to the last soldier to buy time for the 30,000 soldiers in the rear. If the city falls, Xue Ne will not live in vain. He will set off with the entire army!”
"Yes!"
The tattered battle flag on Yunzhou fluttered high in the air. The wounded soldiers were helped up by their comrades. They held their spears and swords and glared at the enemies in front of them like an ant tide.
The 20,000 Tang Dynasty troops instantly burst into a raging storm!
At this moment, someone shouted," General, there seems to be someone below the city! They're from our Great Tang!"
The person below the city was Xue Chuyu!
"Big Brother, it's Chu Yu. Open the door quickly! There are important military orders!" Xue Chuyu shouted from below.
"General, that man said he was your brother!”The deputy general said to Xue Ne.
"Brother, my brother is in Chang 'an. How could he come here? This person is definitely a spy and is pretending to be my second brother. Watch me kill him with an arrow!”Xue Ne said.
He picked up his bow and aimed it at Xue Chuyu. His eyes widened instantly." It's really Chu Yu!" Open the door!"
The reunion of the Xue brothers after a long separation was not as joyous as they had imagined. Instead, Xue Na pulled a long face and pointed at Xue Chuyu's nose as he scolded," What are you doing here at the border? Why not stay in Chang 'an? Do you know how dangerous this place is? Get lost immediately!"
Xue Chuyu didn't say anything. He only looked at his elder brother with tears in his eyes.
Seeing her brother Xue Ne again after three years, Xue Chuyu almost couldn't recognize him.
The three years of military life at the border had brought him too much change. His entire face had turned into a square face with distinct edges and corners that were suffused with a bronze color. He even had some mustache and a full beard. He looked like a standard soldier. One could imagine how hard he had lived these three years. All of this was to shelter the Xue family from the wind and rain.
"Big brother, I'm here to deliver military orders! Would one day be enough for all the soldiers in Yunzhou to transport the food?”Xue Chuyu said as she composed herself.
"Where did you get a day?" Xue Ne asked.
"Let me talk about this later. Big brother, do you think it's enough?”
"If there is one day, it will definitely be enough!" Xue Ne nodded.
"Alright then! Big Brother, hurry up and get your soldiers to transport the food to Shuozhou!”Xue Chuyu said excitedly.
"What are you talking about? If all the soldiers of the Cloud Prefecture were to transport food, who would defend the Cloud Prefecture?”Xue Ne questioned.
Xue Chuyu pointed at the mountains over there.
A strong wind suddenly blew, and the commander's flag was raised high on the mountain. Ten yellow dragon flags with the word Li flew in the wind.
The mountain was filled with people in black armor. Their voices shook the sky as if there were millions of people.
The Li dragon flag caused the Turkic soldiers five to six li away to feel uneasy.
"That's the imperial flag of His Majesty. Has His Majesty arrived at the border? What should we do?"
"The mountain is covered in black clouds, and there are at least 100,000 Tang soldiers!”
"Bullsh * t, it's not just 100,000. Did you see the 10 flags?”
"Are we still going to fight? They occupied the terrain, and it was impossible to guard against an ambush!”
"Also, the Emperor of the Great Tang is a powerful man in the world. Our Khagan can't stop them. There's a saying in the Central Plains that when the Emperor is angry, millions of corpses will fall.”
……
The wind and the crane were jittery, and the Turkic soldiers were in disarray and restless.
Seeing that the morale of the army was about to waver, the leader, A Shi Fu Nian, had a solemn expression on his face. His brows were tightly furrowed, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The nearby Turkic prince Ashidewen grew anxious. Seeing his father remain silent, he felt that if this went on, the morale of the army would fall apart!
Ashderwin raised his scimitar and pointed it forward as he shouted,"Turkic warriors, can a mountain scare you?" You are the fiercest wolf soldiers of the Turks. Have you forgotten that we have broken through three provinces? Three hundred thousand Turkic wolf soldiers! Even if their bullsh * t emperor came, he wouldn't be a match for us, let alone a bluff!”
"Come, three thousand Turkic cavalry, follow me! Open a path for the Turkic army!"
"Kill the Tang army!"
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