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Chapter 1117 Afterglow
Mongolian soldiers have no salary.

Because Genghis Khan said that it is impossible to reap the benefits of a fisherman, and only by killing bravely can one get wealth.

This can greatly arouse their fighting spirit when expanding their territory.

It's a pity that the battle to conquer the Western Regions is only halfway through, and Mangge is about to return east.

In other words, the Mongolian soldiers in the army did not take care of their families or herd animals for a year. They traveled long distances and walked back and forth, but they did not gain anything except exhaustion.

Few people think about their mood.

In the eyes of Xixia, Jin, Song, and people from other countries, they are butchers, invaders, fierce and terrifying, and they are brutal images wearing armor and holding machetes.

In the eyes of the Golden Family and their in-laws and nobles, they are stereotyped warriors, numb herdsmen, and numbers.

That night, when the cavalry who fled from the south rushed back to the camp regardless of their horses, the tents were set ablaze, and the horses neighed and trampled over in fright, when the Tang army followed closely behind, they shot randomly with crossbow arrows and stabbed with spears.

When all this happened, many soldiers who were regarded as numbers finally collapsed.

"Do not kill me!"

A Yuan soldier named Na Risong rushed out of the camp, only to see that the rout soldiers who had knocked down his tent had fled far away, while two of the four people who slept with him in the same tent had escaped and one died. .

The remaining one was seriously injured and was rolling on the ground, blood gushing from his neck.

Na Risong looked down, he didn't put on his armor, and the horse didn't know where he had fled, so he had to kneel on the ground.

All kinds of voices around him were loud, and he tried his best when he shouted, without even thinking about whether the enemy could understand his Mongolian.

"Don't kill me... I don't want to fight anymore!"

With this cry, all the sufferings of the past few years came to my heart.

His family lived on the banks of the Uragai River. His grandfather was a heroic warrior who followed Genghis Khan in his conquests and brought back a lot of belongings, but he never came back during the second expedition of the eldest son.His father had three sons. After his death, the three brothers each shared a hundred head of cattle and sheep.

Seven years ago, Na Risong was conscripted to attack Ari Boke.

For this reason, he sold all his cattle and sheep, and bought harnesses and weapons.

But this was no longer his grandfather's time, and even if he won a battle, the spoils were pitifully small.From the Uragai River to Kaiping, to Mobei, Hetao, and the Western Regions... He has traveled thousands of miles, winning and losing, but gaining nothing.

Three years ago, he was injured and lost his war horse, so he could only ride a few bad horses back to the Uragai River. Only when he got home did he know that his mother and second brother had died long ago.

Fortunately, not long after, his injured elder brother also died.

He took over his elder brother's wife and the remaining twenty cattle and sheep.

The good times didn't last long, he was called up again last year, and he sold his wife in order to buy new horses.

He will always remember that day, when Mu Qiri was taken directly into the tent, and the look in his eyes that turned his head before leaving was so numb.

A man handed the steed and leather armor into his hands, turned around and walked into the tent, panting loudly on purpose.

At that time, he thought to himself, go to war and plunder like his ancestors, and everything lost will come back.

No!

This westward journey is all land that was slaughtered, burned, looted, and slaughtered by the ancestors, and there is nothing to snatch.

After finally defeating Ulu Hunai, King Anxi ordered to return east.

The horses were starving and thin, and the young warriors were middle-aged, injured, sick and tired, and physically weak.

Three generations of grandparents and grandchildren have served the Golden Family for three lifetimes, and in the end they have nothing.

Tonight, the horse he bought after selling his wife was gone, the leather armor was not on, and there were only ruthless soldiers of the Tang Army rushing towards him...

"Don't kill me! I am Nari Song on the banks of the Uragai River! I just want to go back to the grassland to graze, and I don't want to take up a machete to fight again!"

When fighting can no longer bring endless wealth, but can only bring endless suffering, the once brave Mongolian warriors will also be tired of fighting.

If you are tired of war, you will beg for mercy and surrender.

……

When Li Xia rode by, he saw this pair of pleading eyes.

The long spear in his hand retracted slightly, but did not kill them.

He could already feel the decline of the Mongol army's combat power, especially after Kublai Khan and Ali Boke competed for the Khan position for several years.

The rise of the Great Mongol Kingdom is due to the fact that Temujin established a simple and effective regime with a strong ruling ability. This regime encountered several extremely decadent and very rich Central Plains regimes, so through plunder, it can greatly motivate Mongolian warriors .

It is conceivable how hungry warriors stood in front of rich cities for decades, how much they wanted to break through them.

This made the Mongolian army so strong that it was unstoppable.

But still the same sentence, its prosperity is also booming, and its death is also sudden.Even without Li Xia, such a crude regime can only last for a hundred years without foreign enemies.Even without Li Xia, the Golden Family has been fighting among themselves.

In the last two years of fighting, it is obvious that the organizational capabilities of the Mongolian army are not enough to cope with changes in the battlefield.

The management of the Mongolian army is very rough. When facing the enemy with corrupt management, the rougher it is, the stronger it is.But lack of fighting spirit is equivalent to lack of strength. Once you are at a disadvantage, the rougher you are, the less resilient you are.

Therefore, Li Xia avoided Zhang Hongfan's [-] Han cavalry, but turned around and dared to attack Mangge's [-] troops, and even Tuohu had more than [-] troops.

On the one hand, sneak attacks are more successful. On the other hand, it is true that the Mongolian army is not as good as the Han army.

In this case, the Tang army doesn't need to kill those Mongolian soldiers who have no fighting spirit, just let them spread their fear...

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The horseshoe passed in front of his eyes, and Na Risong, who was kneeling on the ground with his head in his arms, looked up and saw that Tang Jun had already run past his eyes.

He breathed a sigh of relief, thanking the Changshengtian for his blessing.Then he got up and ran in the other direction.

At this moment he decided that he would steal two horses, leave the barracks, and return to the beautiful Uragai River.

Ahead, there was the sound of horseshoes.

That was the soldiers and horses of Marshal Yuxi Timur from the camp next door.

The general of the Yuan army who rode his horse shouted at Na Risong and the others: "You deserters, don't turn around immediately, follow us to kill the enemy!"

Na Risong didn't hesitate, turned around and ran to the east.

He didn't intend to kill the enemy.

Because he promised Tang Jun not to fight again, Tang Jun also spared his life.This is a promise, and the man on the grassland is the most important promise.

He was going to bring Mu Qiri back, even if he stole her out.

And after that?
Maybe it is for others to graze, at least they are living and have names...

"puff!"

The head of Na Risong who was running suddenly fell to the ground.

Blood spurted from his neck, his head rolled on the ground, and he died.

He did not die in the hands of the Tang army, but was regarded as a deserter and died in the hands of the general of the Yuan army.

He was the same warrior again, the dull herdsman, a number again.

It's just a number, just one of tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people.

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The horse's hooves stepped on the pool of blood.

Yuxi Timur drove forward and looked at the camp that was trampled into a mess by Tang Jun.

The scimitar in his hand was still dripping blood.

"Anyone who dares to escape will be killed."

"puff."

"puff."

"puff……"

The surrounding deserters were immediately chopped down to the ground.

Yuxi Timur never believed that the Han army could fight better than the Mongolian army.

The Mongols are the most powerful warriors since ancient times, and only then can they establish the Great Mongolian Kingdom with the widest territory since ancient times.

As for the Han people, in his opinion they are even weaker than the Semu people.

"Warriors, did you see it? The Han people dared to come over, and Tolica next door and his trash were killed by the Han people and cried loudly. Let them see how the warriors of the Ministry of Defense killed the enemy!"

"Kill the enemy! Kill the enemy!"

The soldiers under Yuxi Timur's command were more or less rewarded for their military exploits, so they still maintained their fighting spirit.

"These deserters have forgotten the honor of the Great Mongolian Kingdom. They made the glory of Genghis Khan dim like dusk, but we will reproduce the glory of the Great Mongolian Kingdom!"

"kill!"

……

The general of the Tang army in front heard the killing cry, turned his head in surprise, and shouted: "Ma Muhe, stop him!"

"Yes!"

Ma Muhe immediately turned his horse's head and organized his cavalry to form a defensive line, so as not to be knocked into chaos by the Yuan army from behind.

Seeing that the opponent was getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but cursed: "Idiot, return the glory of the Great Mongolia? You are all Yuan soldiers."

Ma Muhe was the general who returned from the Mongolian army to the Tang army who had shot and wounded Hai Dongqing before. This sentence at this time may have fully explained the contradiction and embarrassment of the Yuan army on the opposite side.

But at this time, the two sides who were fighting face to face did not realize it.

"Stop them for me! Shoot the arrows!"

While speaking, Ma Muhe immediately shot an arrow.

He is a sharp archer, and he hit a centurion of the Yuan army with one arrow.

Yuxi Timur was furious, and rushed forward immediately.Seeing the commander in action, the soldiers of the Yuan army were greatly encouraged and followed suit one after another.

The strength of the Tang army was finally exhausted.

Ahead, Yang Ben had ordered the horn to be blown.The sound of the horn is short but dense, which means that the soldiers and horses after the breakup can keep up, and they can leave after charging east for another round.

It is not easy for 7000 people to crush the camp of more than [-] troops at once. The Yuan army has already reacted, and they can accept it when they see it.

When Ma Muhe heard this, he reined in his horse and wanted to leave.

Suddenly he got off his horse and let out a long neigh, but it knocked him to the ground.

Yuxi Timur had already rushed to the Tang army in person, and found that the general who had become the Tang army's successor was a Mongol.

"Traitor! Go to hell!"

(End of this chapter)