City-State Era, A Hundred Times Faster

Even in July.

The night on the banks of the Ganges River is still unusually cold.

From time to time, the cool wind blew through, with the water vapor of the Ganges River, blowing on the faces of the soldiers who were preparing to cross the river on the bank of the river.

These are the Han people from Anxi Si~ Town.

Unnatural face - twitched a few times.

Even if the night is cold.

They didn't make a single sound either.

Arranged in columns.

One by one, leading the horses quickly across the pontoon.

The pontoon bridge was made overnight by army craftsmen.

A part of the carriage was dismantled and made into boat-shaped rafts, which were fixed on the river with ropes.

Lay the newly felled planks on top, tie ropes, and a simple pontoon bridge is completed.

This kind of pontoon can only be used in an emergency, and there should not be too many sergeants crossing the river at one time.

After seeing the pontoon bridge, Xu Fei told Gao Xianzhi that he wanted the whole army to cross the pontoon bridge.

I am afraid that the attack will not be launched until tomorrow night, which will undoubtedly bring great uncertainty to the entire battlefield, especially the reinforcements that will come to Samarkand at any time.

So Xu Fei categorically suggested that his hussars do not need to cross the pontoon bridge.

Instead, they marched for 100 kilometers and crossed the river at the crossing point 100 kilometers away, where there was an earth bridge.

The reason for Xu Fei's suggestion was that the hussars under his command were marching very fast, and this time they also brought a treasure such as a marching scorpion.

The detour is only 200 kilometers back and forth, and there are no other complicated terrains, which is not difficult for the hussars at all.

The 9,000 hussars under his command crossed the river from 100 kilometers away, and it took only 200 kilometers to reach Hengros. With his marching speed, the time consuming was faster than that of Kalulu's river-crossing cavalry.

In the entire army, only the hussars had such a fast speed.

The other armies could not reach it at all. If the whole army crossed the river from Tuqiao, I was afraid that when they reached the city of Hengros, they would meet the reinforcements of Samarkand.

So to save time, they can only cross the river at the pontoon point.

Even Xu Fei's hunters crossed the river with the army here, and Xu Fei only brought their leader Li Si with him.

Without Xu Fei's 9,000 hussars, the time pressure for crossing the river is much less.

But from the evening, the pontoon bridge was completed, and now when the sun is about to come out of the mountain, on the pontoon bridge, the mercenary cavalry of Kalulu and Xu Fei's more than 1,000 hunters have passed.

The 20,000 soldiers of the Tang Army are now crossing the river, and they have just begun.

Before noon, the 20,000 Tang army could not finish crossing.

The main reason for crossing the river so slowly was that the barbarian cavalry of Kalulu was slowing down the speed.

These barbarian mercenaries have extremely poor discipline and are extremely slow to cross the river.

Now it was Tang Jun's turn to cross the river, and the speed was more than doubled.

Blowing by the night wind.

The pontoon swayed greatly with the river Ganges.

From time to time, soldiers did not stand firm and fell to the ground.

The pontoon is still relatively wide and has not fallen off.

The ten commander in charge quickly picked up the soldier and continued to walk forward silently.

Because it gave the horse a title.

Except for the sound of footsteps, the entire river-crossing team could not hear a single murmur.

This is the military discipline of the elite Tang army.

On the south bank of the Hengros River, Gao Xianzhi and Duan Xiushi stood at the mouth of the river crossing and watched the army pass by.

Li Siye had already crossed the river with the army of 3,000 Modao.

With Mo Dao Army on the other side of the river, it is enough to establish a stable line of defense.

Even if they were found in the city of Hengluos and a large army came to attack, they would not be able to get past Li Siye's Modao army.

Gao Xianzhi looked at the army crossing the river.

To Duan Xiushi next to him, he said abruptly, "The origin of this General Xu is too mysterious."

"If it weren't for his attitude towards slaughtering barbarians."

"I can't believe him at all.

Duan Xiushi nodded and said.

"The identity of General Xu is indeed a mystery."

"When I led the army to cut wood yesterday, I met a few local people from the Stone Kingdom."

"It just so happens that some of the Kalulu cavalry can speak Shiguo dialect.

"After questioning, they said that they had never heard of Han remnants.

At this time, Gao Xianzhi was also a little uneasy in her heart, and she still had some scruples about Xu Fei.

This is also one of the reasons why he sent Li Siye across the river ahead of schedule.

The Tang army under his command was able to slightly block Xu Fei's hussars, that is, Li Siye's Modao army.

This is also Gao Xianzhi's precautionary measure for the army.

At this time, a torch was suddenly lit across the river.

The torch wrote a Tang character in the air, and it went out three times in a row.

This is the password that Gao Xianzhi and Xu Fei agreed upon.

The hussars on his behalf had taken control of the barbarian mercenaries of Kalulu.

A signal to start a siege.

After Gao Xianzhi saw the signal, he immediately gave an order to Duan Xiushi next to him.

"Quick, give General Xu an order to start the siege!

Duan Xiushi picked up the torches prepared by her side.

The Tang character was also drawn three times.

Across the Ganges River.

Xu Fei sat firmly on the horse.

Beside him is Huo Qubing's 500 hussars.

Not far away, his 8,500 hussars, in a moon-shaped formation, surrounded Kalulu's 7,500 barbarian cavalry.

They had 1,500 cavalry and were sent to the Western Front to scout the city of Samarkand.

The Kalulu cavalry looked at the surrounding hussars in horror.

In their eyes, Xu Fei's hussars are a group of red-clothed devils.

Looking at the uneasy barbarian cavalry, Xu Fei waved at him.

Li Si's hunter carried a cloud ladder and threw it in front of them.

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Immediately afterwards, Li Si stepped forward and said: "General Xu ordered that the cavalry of Kalulu dismount, carry them up the ladder, and attack the city of Hengluos!"

"Within half an hour, fill in the moat."

"In an hour, climb the city wall. 99

"Disobey the order, kill without mercy!

"Those who climb the city wall first will be rewarded with 30,000 gold."

"Those who capture the city gate will be rewarded with 50,000 gold, Tang Dynasty identity, Chang'an residence.

With Li Si's voice falling.

There was a commotion among the Galorok cavalry.

Then the two leaders of these cavalry stood up.

"General Xu, we are only hired to fight in the field, and siege city siege is not what we are good at. 35

"Please take your life back!

"Yes, General Xu, although the bounty you gave is very high.

"But the siege will cost us a lot.

"You Tang people have a saying, you have a life to take a life flower, we don't do this kind of thing!

"Yes, we are just mercenaries."

Xu Fei grinned.

You don't need any reminders from him.

Huo Qubing, who was beside him, suddenly drove forward.

While drawing out his spear, he sternly said: "Those who disobey the military order will be killed without mercy!

"cut!"

The spear in his hand drilled out like a long snake.

Violently pumped on the body of the two leaders.

Was knocked off the horse on the spot.

On the side, Li Si, who had been waiting for a long time, was also welcome.

Pulling out the hunting knife, he stepped forward and stabbed one person, killing them.

The leader of these two barbarian mercenary cavalry.

A low-grade purple and a medium-grade purple were killed just like that.

They were also pre-ordered by Xu Fei.

To upgrade the quality of Li Si, after killing them, Li Si can become a four-star purple middle grade as long as he leaves the secret realm.

But that's not enough, Xu Fei wants to make Li Si rise to the lower rank of orange.

The Lord of Hengros City is his next target.

Xu Fei killed the barbarian mercenary leader.

Shocked the 7,500 barbarian cavalry.

There was some commotion among their ranks.

Xu Fei raised his hand directly.

Fifty hussars rushed into their ranks.

Dozens of barbarian cavalry officers were beheaded in a row.

After the beheading, the hussars cut off their heads and threw them in front of the barbarian cavalry.

Looking at the bloody head of the general.

At this moment, their brains came to their senses. Opposite them were a group of demons, the red-armored demons.

The invincible devil!

The fear of the red-armored demon re-occupied their hearts.

The barbarian cavalry could only shiver at this time.

Li Si stepped forward again.

He shouted sharply: "Those who disobey the military order, behead!

"Siege!!!" Six.