Helan Mountain is like a black dragon lying across the vast plains, resisting the yellow sand and cold current from the west.
To the west of Helan Mountain is a desert with rolling yellow sand and solitary smoke.
To the east of Helan Mountain is a fertile green grassland with endless green grass as far as the eye can see.
This is where the Yinchuan Plain, nurtured by the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River, is often called "Jiangnan on the Great Wall" by later generations. Its abundant water and grass are the best in the entire grassland outside the Great Wall.
Therefore, in the past, when the Huns crossed the Yellow River and went south, they occupied this place to graze their cattle and sheep.
After the Huns were attacked head-on by the Qin army in Daidi, the Yuezhi people from the west saw the opportunity and took the opportunity to move eastward and occupy this land, turning it into the pasture of the Kushan Yuezhi.
But in the past, the Helan grassland, where there were herds of cattle and sheep and full of laughter and joy, seemed particularly depressed and depressed today. There were faint sounds of crying, echoing slowly on the grassland.
In the far distance of the grassland, from time to time, embarrassed rangers would return on their tired horses.
"The Shuangmi tribe was defeated by the Qin people, and Shuangmi Xihou and many nobles were captured by the Qin army."
"The Kushan tribe attacked the Qin army's chariot formation and suffered heavy casualties. When the Qin army's cavalry returned for reinforcements, the two armies faced each other. The Guishan cavalry was defeated by the Qin people and fled in all directions."
"The whereabouts of the Marquis of Guishuang are unknown, and he is suspected to have been captured by the Qin people."
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Bad news came back to the Helan Grassland one after another, making the old, weak, women and children of the Kushan tribe who stayed here look ashen-faced and trembled with fear after being shocked by these news.
It was not until Sujiasha, the noble daughter of the Kushan tribe, returned to the Helan grassland with more than 10,000 Kushan cavalry and more than 20,000 cavalry from Xumi Jihou that the emotions of these old and weak people were temporarily stabilized.
"I didn't expect the Qin people's cavalry to be so powerful. Even the warriors of the Kushan tribe were defeated by them head-on. I have to thank your lady for reminding me. If my lady hadn't come to report the news, I would have waited for my Xiu Mi tribe to react. They have been hit by the Qin cavalry."
Xumi Xihou, a bearded man about forty years old, was thanking Sujatha in a pleasant manner.
At that time, the Yueshi tribes of Guishang and Xiumi besieged the Qin army's chariot formation. Xiumi's Marquis Xi was more restrained in his actions. After suffering the losses of the Qin army's chariot formation, he did not send people to attack like Guishuang Xihou, but slowed down. Slowly test and look for flaws in the Qin army's chariot formation.
Therefore, the number of people killed in the battle by the Xiumi tribe was only about two thousand, and most of them were killed by the Qin army's crossbow array at the very beginning, accidentally falling into the Qin people's trick of luring the enemy.
Xiumi Xihou deeply felt that the Qin army's chariot formation was difficult to defeat and was not as simple as Guishuang Xihou planned, so he had the intention of retreating.
At that time, Sujiasha, the daughter of the Marquis of Guishuang, sent someone to announce that the main force of the Qin army was returning for reinforcements. Both the Shuangmi and Kushan tribes had been defeated, and she told the Xiumi tribe not to fight the enemy and to retreat with their troops.
Xiumi Xihou had already thought about retreating, so he led his people to withdraw on the spot.
On the way back, he heard about the terrifying combat power of the Qin army one after another. After knowing that the Kushan tribe's cavalry was defeated by the Qin people, he was frightened and felt grateful to Sujatha.
If this woman hadn't sent someone to inform him, I'm afraid the Xiumi tribe would have fallen into the footsteps of the other two tribes and been severely damaged by the Qin army.
Thinking of this, Marquis Xumi looked at Sujasha with a slightly different look, feeling that this woman with the Dawan style was particularly attractive.
Sugatha looked calm, shook her head and said, "There is no need to say thank you, Lord Ji. You should first think about what to do next."
Xiumi Xihou frowned. Although he was a Xihou, he actually had no independent opinions. He always followed the guidance of Guishuang Xihou.
Whether he came to attack the Xiongnu to seize Henan, or teamed up with the Guishan tribe to attack the Qin army's grain team, it was all a plan made by the Guishan Jihou, and he only had to follow it.
Faced with Su Jiasha's words, Xiumi Xihou said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, we should wait for Kushan Xihou to come back. He is protected by his personal guards, so it should be no big deal. We will send people outside to meet him, and we will discuss it after he comes back. "
Sujatha shook her head and said: "I'm afraid my father won't be able to come back. Some people said that when they were escaping, they saw Qin cavalry chasing my father. Even most of their guards were killed. The Qin people were chasing very urgently. It should be Hopeless."
Xiumi Xihou's face darkened and he roared: "How dare you see Xihou being chased without saving him? He deserves to be killed."
"It has been tied to the back of the horse and dragged to death."
Sugatha replied calmly.
What was on his mind was the report from the tribe that he saw the Lord of Guishuang being chased by the Qin army in the direction of the 10,000 Guishang cavalry. It may be that the Lord of Guishang wanted to go after seeing the collapse of his army. Assemble 10,000 soldiers and horses to guard from the other direction.
It's just that those 10,000 horses had been taken away by Sugasha before that, and the Marquis of Guishuang would probably be in vain.
"The Qin army is so powerful that we cannot win. I am just preserving the strength of the tribe. Only by preserving these 10,000 horses can we protect the women and children of the tribe back to Hexi and prevent our Kushan tribe from becoming extinct here. "
Sugatha whispered in her heart.
The reason why she left with these ten thousand people first was because she saw that at that time, the Marquis of Kushan City seemed to have lost his mind, like a gambler in desperate situation, trying to make money at all costs. victory.
If the Marquis of Guishuang is really crazy and sends these ten thousand people to fight the Qin army, if he loses, the entire Kushan tribe will be finished.
The tens of thousands of old, weak, women and children left in Helan Mountain will become unprotected fat meat, and sooner or later they will become slaves of other tribes.
Therefore, Sugatha would rather abandon her father and return to Helan with these ten thousand people to save Kushan's fire.
She raised her head, looked at Xiumi Xihou in front of her, and said solemnly: "The Qin people have 200,000 troops on the grassland, which is more than the people of our two tribes combined. Their cavalry is powerful enough to defeat ours." Warriors, their grain teams are guarded by solid chariot walls and powerful crossbows. We are no match for them. Fighting the Qin people will only cause the blood of us Yuezhi people to drain on the grassland, so leave."
"Marquis Xi, the two of us will return to Hexi, return to our original land, and give this place to the Qin people. Helan does not belong to our Yueshi."
Xiumi Xihou was silent.
In his mind, he thought of the terror of the Qin army's chariots and crossbow formations, and also thought that even the most powerful Kushan tribe had been defeated by the Qin people. Coupled with the disastrous defeat of the Shuangmi tribe, he really had no confidence to compete with the powerful Qin army.
He nodded and said: "Okay, then we will withdraw."
Sujatha's brows widened and she smiled sweetly at Xiumi Xihou. The delicate and exotic flavor made Xiumi Xihou's eyes light up.
He couldn't help but praise: "I heard that your daughter's mother is from the royal family of Dawan. She is indeed of noble blood. She can be called a pearl on the grassland."
Sugatha smiled.
The reason why she reminded Xiumi's troops to retreat was because she took a fancy to the character of Xiu Mihou and felt that she was sure to turn him into an ally.
If it were the insidious and cunning old pervert Shuang Mixihou, she would not have warned him, wishing that he would also be severely wounded by the Qin army.
Only an honest man like Xiu Mihou, who has no independent opinions, can become her ally. Under her guidance, he can protect the severely damaged Kushan Yueshi and return to Hexi. The two groups join forces to recuperate and recover from this catastrophe. .
But Sugatha still has a big worry, which is a big hidden danger.
She is not the Xihou of the Kushan tribe, nor is she the heir.
By nightfall, Sugatha's fears became reality.
Just when the Kushan tribe and the Xiumi tribe were gathering their tribesmen to prepare for migration and return to Hexi.
The eldest son of Guishuang Jihou Lajia Gu came back. He returned to Helan with 10,000 cavalry gathered along the way.
"Return to Hexi? What did you say!"
After Lajiagu learned about Sugasha's plan to lead his men back to the west of the river, he scolded him on the spot, pointed at the two items on his horse, and spoke excitedly.
"Look what I got from the Qin people's cavalry. This is it. The Qin people rely on this equipment to defeat our Yuezhi warriors on the battlefield!"
Lajia Gu said with saliva splashing.
These were the high-bridge saddles and stirrups that he snatched from a patrolling Qin army cavalry squad after suffering dozens of cavalry casualties.
He had already imitated the cavalry of the Qin Army and tested these two things on his own horses, and he was very clear about the functions of the two treasures.
"The high saddle can be made of leather and wood, and the thing hanging on the side of the horse for stepping on can also be made of wood strips and leather."
"My Yuezhi warriors put their feet inside, which not only makes it easier to get on the horse, but also frees their hands on the horse. They can run and shoot like the Qin people, and can charge with weapons in both hands!"
"We can build a large number of these two things and equip all warriors on their horses. With them, we can defeat the Qin people's cavalry!"
"The Qin Army's cavalry only has more than 10,000 cavalry left, and our two armies combined have more than 50,000 cavalry. As long as we can defeat the Qin Army's cavalry, victory will still belong to us. What is there to be afraid of? of!"
Lajia Gu is full of confidence, just like his father, a prince.
The two artifacts of horse fighting made many people's eyes shine and they regained their confidence.
Sugatha looked at this scene and her brother's confident look, her face turned cold.
There was a hint of murderous intent in her beautiful eyes.
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