The southern section of Gushui.
"Chief, we are only two hundred miles away from Dongqiang land! We will arrive tomorrow!"
Hu'ermu nodded, feeling quite like he was about to return to his hometown.
"Go and tell the several thousand cavalry commanders that we must get to Yema Spring today, which is fifty miles away from the Eastern Qiang region. After arriving, we will rest tonight and set out before sunrise tomorrow. At sunrise, I want to see the Qin people's posthouse!" "
Tanqi took the order and went.
Hulmu climbed to a high ground and looked at the continuous mountains in the distance. That was the Qilian Mountains!
Since the Northern Qiang clan was driven out of the Eastern Qiang land, after years of conquests, the Huns were driven out of the Qilian Mountains. Unexpectedly, after nearly a hundred years of development, the Northern Qiang clan was reduced to begging for surrender from the Huns and the Qin Dynasty.
Hu'ermu looked at the Qilian Mountains in the distance, and seemed to also see the Yanzhi Mountains in the southeast. A Tianshan Mountain, a Tianhou Mountain, plus Longshou Mountain in the north, what a rich pasture!
"Dada, just wash your neck and wait for me at Tianhou Mountain! I will definitely lead the Beiqiang clan to rise again!"
Hulmu's cavalry galloped all the way with almost no rest, and finally approached Yema Spring when it was getting dark.
A Wanqi commander who was following him pointed forward with his riding whip: "Chief, we will reach Yema Spring in twenty miles. It will get dark soon. Why don't we rush directly through Yema Spring and head straight to Beiqiang Land? Capture those Qin troops and traitors under cover of night!"
Huermu shook his head and wiped the sweat from his face. Although it's not summer yet, traveling long distances takes a huge toll on your physical energy.
"No, let's take a rest at Yema Spring and set off at midnight. Our cavalry has been running wildly all the way and is already exhausted. I don't want to fight an uncertain battle."
Then he pointed at the army and ordered: "Let them slow down and don't make too much noise to avoid being noticed. I want to give those Qin people and traitors a surprise!"
If Wu Jian heard what he said, he would definitely ask him curiously: "Do you have a surprise too?"
Upon hearing this, Commander Wan Qi rode his horse to catch up with the leader of the team, and ordered the leading cavalry to slowly reduce their speed until they advanced slowly at a speed slightly faster than that of the infantry.
After walking a few hundred meters more, Hormu frowned, reined in his horse, stopped, pointed to a mountain in front of him and asked, "What mountain is that?"
Wan Qichang looked around and saw a not steep earth mountain standing alone on the vast grassland, or it would be more appropriate to call it an earth slope.
"Chief, that's Hongya Mountain!"
Hu'ermu laughed suddenly, making Wan Qichang laugh inexplicably.
It took a long time before Huermu stopped laughing and snorted coldly: "I laugh at Dada's lack of plans and the lack of wisdom in the Qin people. This mountain is opposite the valley. If a cavalry is ambushed on that mountain, wait for us to pass by. If you use the power from high places to rush down and kill us, won’t we be buried here?”
Wan Qi Chang was shocked and said quickly: "Then I will ask Tan Qi to investigate again?"
Hu'ermu waved his hand: "No, the reason why I ordered Tanqi to only look at the five miles in front and back is because I'm afraid that the Qin people will be alert. Besides, those Meng Tian and Wang Li of the Qin people will only huddle in the Great Wall and wait for our attack. The Qin army also They are all infantry, and the rare cavalry never dare to leave the Great Wall, so how could there be an ambush."
Wan Qichang breathed a sigh of relief and flattered him: "The leader is wise!"
After marching another hundred meters, the former army had entered the river valley. Although Hulmu was arrogant, he had been in battle for a long time and still made the whole army vigilant and speed up through the river valley.
As everyone knows, there are ten thousand pairs of hungry eyes staring at the Qiang people below on the mountain at this moment.
Ten thousand of the Qin Dynasty's elite cavalry were neatly assembled, with their heads tied, and their horses' mouths bound. All reflective objects were blocked, except for the sound of breathing, and the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
The general whispered: "General, what should I do with this detective?"
Wu Jian made a gesture of wiping his neck: "Even if they find out that there is one missing knight now, it will be too late!"
In front of the mountain, the former general Feng Ta was waiting in full formation, while the rear general behind the mountain was also staring at the rear of the Qiang troops.
No matter how alert Hulmu was, he never expected that thirty thousand deadly cavalry were hidden on this inconspicuous mountain!
Just as Huermu's Chinese army entered the river valley, they saw a sudden burst of fire on the mountain, and countless flaming arrow clusters came in like a storm.
Hormu was shocked and shouted loudly: "Spread out, spread out!"
Although he ordered to pass through the river valley quickly, more than 30,000 people were piled up in the river valley, and it was impossible to go fast! Before the Qiang man could make any move, the arrows had already stabbed into his body.
Immediately afterwards, 10,000 Great Qin cavalry were like gods descending to earth. Taking advantage of the high slope, three thousand people in a team gradually rushed down!
Wu Jian was in the middle army. When the front army had rushed halfway, he shouted: "Follow me, general, and kill them!"
Then he rode his horse and rushed out first. Seeing how brave the coach was, the three thousand people around him were not willing to lag behind. They rushed past Wu Jian, surrounded Wu Jian in the center and charged down.
Seeing that the cavalry rushing down the mountain were unstoppable, Hormu shouted loudly: "The front army goes forward, the rear army goes back, and rush out of the valley!"
But how could Feng Ta in front of the mountain and the rear general behind the mountain give him a chance? When they saw the first wave of arrows, they attacked front and rear, one to attack the front army and the other to attack the rear army.
Thirty thousand Qin elite cavalry surrounded 30,000 Qiang soldiers, shouting for a moment to kill Zhentian.
The Qin army held newly assembled sabers, and the Qiang soldiers' copper and iron sabers were slashed at each other, and they were cut off in an instant.
Seeing that the Qiang soldiers had no weapons, they were unable to escape in the narrow valley. The horses under them could not run. The cavalry that could not run were not as good as infantry!
In desperation, not knowing who took the lead, all the Qiang soldiers turned their horses and rushed towards the valley water, intending to cross the river and escape.
Huermu was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, his voice was hoarse from shouting, and he whipped the Qiang soldiers who fled away from him with a whip.
"You idiots, don't go to the river! Dismount and face the enemy! Idiots! Come back!"
The cavalry that cannot run is not as good as the infantry. The cavalry in the river is a living target!
However, no one can hear his words now, even the tens of thousands of cavalry commanders have disappeared. Seeing that the Qin army was close at hand, Huermu roared angrily, turned his horse and rushed towards the valley stream with the fleeing Qiang soldiers.
The Qiang soldiers who were the first to rush to the valley river did not hesitate at all and rode their horses into the river. You know, the valley water at this time was infinitely larger than the Shiyang River in later generations. Lop Nur, the famous place of death, was still lush with water and grass, and the cavalry could only move forward with difficulty.
Just when the first wave of Qiang soldiers was about to land, countless torches suddenly surged from the other side, illuminating the entire east bank as if it were daytime.
Wu Jian had long expected that the Qiang soldiers would choose to cross the river to escape in panic, so he ordered 3,000 men to ambush here and handed over almost all the bows and crossbows to them.
The Qiang soldiers were shocked. Some tried to rush up, some turned their horses around and wanted to go back to the west bank, and some even called Tianshan for protection...
The Qin army didn't care about their parents. Each person had three or four crossbows beside him, and countless arrows were shot at the Qiang soldiers crossing the river as if they were free.
Hu'ermu had just rushed to the west bank and was dumbfounded when he saw the scene in front of him.
The river water had turned dark red and shone strangely under the light of the torches. I definitely couldn't go into the river in this situation, so I turned around and tried to flee north.
