The pork butcher is smoother than a pig butcher!

Chapter 184 The Entire City Died for Their Country
The eastward speed of the old yellow wind (sandstorm) did not stop for even a moment after crushing the ants on the grassland.

The scale was enormous, blotting out the sky.

Until it was pushed flat to the first peak of Junma Mountain, which is over 3,000 meters above sea level.

The majestic mountains blocked the sandstorm.

The wind speed was quickly reduced, weakening by more than half.

After being blocked by Junma Mountain, when the old yellow wind (sandstorm) reached the sky above the border town, it no longer had the momentum it had when it crushed Gan Minglan and others on the grassland!

The people of the border town who live on the east side of Junma Mountain are blessed.

But the situation in Yulinwei, which was 800 miles away, was undoubtedly dire.

Yulinwei is located at the junction of the Loess Plateau and the southern edge of the Ordos Sandy Land in southern Mongolia.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, nomadic tribes from the north established a kingdom in the Ordo Desert.

And this nomadic civilization continued for hundreds of years.

During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, due to factors such as population growth and climate change, small areas of sandy land began to appear in the area.

Over the next thousand years, the area of ​​sandy land continued to expand.

Today, the Ordos Sandy Land is a vast desert.

Those who suffered the most from the Ordo Sandy Land were all the border soldiers and their families in Yulinwei.

One wind blows all year round, from spring to winter.

The house needs lights on during the day, but outside, you can't even see a footstep.

I'm talking about Old Huang Feng from Yulinwei!
This year's northwest winds seem to be several times stronger than in previous years.

The sky over the entire Yulinwei area was dark and gloomy, with chaos and dust flying everywhere.

The sky darkened, sand and stones flew, and the wind howled.

This massive yellow typhoon lasted for seven days.

It wasn't until the wind stopped for half a day that the border troops dared to leave their camp.

The door slid open with a "whoosh".

The yellow sand that had been piled up at the entrance for seven days was instantly removed from the room.

Looking outside, the yellow sand in the garrison courtyard was knee-high!
In the military field, the wheat seedlings that had just sprouted an inch were buried solid.

The information was gradually compiled together.

The eight-character description is: There is no worst, only worse.

North of the garrison, beyond the twelve-meter-high Great Wall, lies a sandy slope stretching for miles, as high as the wall itself.

The general was terrified:

"Quickly, quickly, organize people to go out of the city and dig sand!"

"Notify the military households to have their families go along!"

Sand digging is an annual task that must be carried out in the border town.

The purpose was to dig away the sand brought by the old yellow wind from under the wall, to prevent the Mongols from stepping on the sand to cross the city wall.

Yulin Weigang had most of his elite troops transferred to Xijing to suppress the bandits, along with General Zhao Muyun.

Only a little over 10,000 troops were left to defend the city.

In order to be efficient, almost all the garrison troops and their families went outside the city to participate in the sand-digging operation.

Often, what you fear most is exactly what comes to pass!
North of the Ordos Sandy Land lies the Ordos tribe of Southern Mongolia.

They were selected from the various commanderies and households of the Great Yuan Empire, and were the most loyal guards of the Heavenly Khan.

This elite guard once served the Heavenly Khan and his direct descendants.

His descendants also inherited the family business and have always gathered around the god worshipped by the Heavenly Khan.

How could a tribe that harbored the hatred of the destruction of the Great Yuan Empire and held the Bei Kingdom in its heart not keep track of the enemy's movements?

The walls of Yulinwei were very high, and the watchtowers and watchtowers of Yulinwei were very dense. The Bei army of Yulinwei was also very strong.

The Ordos tribe raided the pass year after year, but was defeated every year.

This massive sandstorm, while blowing away the tents of the Ordos tribe, also presented them with a glimmer of opportunity. Ignoring the sandstorm, they immediately mustered 20,000 cavalry from their base and set off towards Yulinwei.

Old Huang Feng is amazing!
The cavalrymen traveled over 300 li (approximately 150 kilometers) in seven and a half days.

When the Ordos tribe arrived at Yulinwei, they saw a dense mass of border soldiers and their families digging sand outside the city walls.

The eyes of the Ordos tribe chief gleamed:

"There's an old Chinese saying: 'It's better to arrive at the right time than to arrive early!' Warriors, it's time for you to show your prowess!"

We might not win in the street fighting inside the city, and now they've all fled outside. Heaven has blessed us; do you want this opportunity to claim the credit that's practically handed to you?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"Hulala"

The cavalry of the Ordos tribe brandished their scimitars and charged madly toward the city walls, while their families hurriedly hid inside the city.

The sand dunes formed by the yellow sand are four or five miles long. Among the people digging the sand, there are always the old, weak, sick, and disabled who can't run fast.

These people quickly became victims of the Ordos tribe's cavalry.

By the time the border troops of Yulinwei began to organize a counterattack, more than a hundred soldiers and their families had been killed or wounded.

This completely ignited the fighting spirit of the people of Yulin.

A military general from the State of Bei once commented on the Yulin Guard in this way:

"Yulin is a formidable stronghold in the world, with the most elite soldiers and the most talented generals, but its land is the most barren and its supplies are the most scarce."

The garrison in Yulin was known throughout the entire border region for its fighting prowess, but also for its poverty.

Poor and arrogant!

Whenever the Tatars raided the border, the families of the military households didn't need to be mobilized at all.

As long as someone shouts a few words, people of all ages and genders will grab their weapons and charge.

They cut it down without hesitation, without any unnecessary words.

At this moment, the people of Yulin, with their strong sense of national and personal grievances, felt a surge of anger and hatred.

Outside the city walls, it was a scene of flashing swords and bloodshed, with rivers of blood flowing freely.

As the fighting continued, the Ordos tribe's cavalry finally managed to scale the sand walls and scale the walls, eventually reaching the city.

The fight lasted for three days and three nights.

Not a single soldier surrendered, and the entire city perished after leaving behind two-thirds of the enemy's dead.

The leader of the Ordos tribe, along with the remaining six thousand cavalry, launched a campaign of burning, killing, and looting in several counties under the jurisdiction of Yulin Guard.

They stole all the grain, iron pots, gold and silver jewelry, and young and beautiful women.

The men, naturally, all suffered violent attacks.

Even after receiving news that Yulinwei had been attacked by the Tatars, Xiong Zhen, the deputy commander-in-chief left behind in the border town, immediately dispatched 10,000 troops to its aid.

The time it takes to deliver the message, plus the eight-mile march.

When the 10,000 border troops arrived in the jurisdiction of Yulinwei, they saw that almost every household near the official road had white decorations hanging in their homes.

The commander, General Tian, ​​dismounted in a village to inquire about the situation. He learned that they had come from the border town to provide reinforcements.

The elderly people wept bitterly:
"Why are you taking so long? Why are you taking so long! The Tatars only left three days ago; they should be back at their base by now! We can't catch up with them anymore!"

"Waaaah! Those damned Tartars stole all of Ang's rice and cooking utensils! They even killed Ang's two sons and five underage grandsons! Ang's Zhang family line is extinct!"

"Sir, all the men in our families have been killed by the Tatars! You must avenge us!"

The Tatars treated all men equally, killing them on sight.

The common people were naturally not as fierce as the soldiers of Yulin Guard. Unarmed, they were no match for the cavalry on horseback.

They lost the money and food they relied on for survival, and also lost the main breadwinner of the family.

It really is:
The family was destroyed and people died.

shocking.

(End of this chapter)