Duan Wenyang led eight hundred soldiers and quickly entered Qingmang City.
After some careful questioning, we finally found out the whole story.
It turned out that the dozen defecting soldiers were not serious sergeants, but auxiliary soldiers who had been assigned to Heishui Mansion.
After these auxiliary soldiers came to Dongshengzhou, they thought they could get rid of their status as criminal auxiliary soldiers.
However, the brigade commander and others in Qingmang City still bullied them.
This made them think about defecting.
"Escaping a dozen auxiliary soldiers is not a big problem. Even if they don't escape, it is common for them to die of illness and death in battle in a few years."
Duan Wenyang said to the brigade commander of Qingmang City.
"Yes, yes, the general is right, and my subordinates feel the same way." Brigadier Qingmang said.
"However, the escape of a dozen people is a small matter, but the loss of a dozen horses together is a real crime!"
Duan Wenyang's tone suddenly became stern and he continued to speak to the brigade commander.
"Your Majesty has already issued a strict order. No matter what kind of horse it is on Dongsheng Continent, it cannot leave the control of our army. Even one horse is not allowed to be lost!"
"You are in Qingmang City now. You have lost more than a dozen horses in one go."
"Can you afford such a big crime?"
As soon as he heard this, the brigade commander was immediately frightened and panicked.
"General, I know my mistake. General, please give me a few days of grace and I will definitely find them back."
Because there are no horses on the American continent, Liu Yu strongly warned the troops coming here not to let the horses fall into the hands of the Yin tribes in Dongshengzhou.
Although these Yin tribes have never been exposed to horses, as long as the time is right, they are the most skilled riders.
At Duan Wenyang's urging, hundreds of sergeants dispersed to look for the escaped soldiers and horses.
After nearly half a month of pursuit, the traces of more than a dozen people were finally found.
However, several horses were still missing.
Duan Wenyang didn't take this matter too seriously.
In the wild land of Dongshengzhou, wild beasts, wind and snow are common occurrences. Maybe those horses will die on their own soon.
However, take this opportunity to find deserters.
Duan Wenyang and the others discovered a river valley full of sand not far from Qingmang City.
The vast sand all over the place made everyone look greedy.
However, the owner of this river valley is the most powerful tribal alliance nearby.
This tribal alliance regards this river valley as a place where gods live, and naturally no outsiders are allowed to set foot there.
Duan Wenyang was not in a hurry.
He first sent people to use some small daggers, mirrors and other gadgets to win the trust of these Yin tribes.
Then a group of people were sent to explore their reality.
This Yin tribe alliance has tens of thousands of people, and it is indeed the most powerful tribal alliance.
However, they had no armor, no iron weapons, and no crossbows.
For Duan Wenyang and the others, the only problem is how to conquer them.
Just simple killing will definitely not work.
Here in Dongshengzhou, manpower is very precious.
If all these Yin tribes are killed, who will go to cultivate the wasteland, who will go to farm, and who will cut down the trees?
Anyway, there is absolutely no need to rush into conquering this matter.
When Duan Wenyang returned to Bainiu City from Qingmang City, he met Yin Xian and Duan Pizhen.
The three people discussed again.
"If we defeat this Eagle Tribe Alliance, wouldn't we be able to control about one more state?"
After Duan Wenyang marked the approximate location on the map, Yin Xian immediately made a judgment.
"Yes, this Yin tribe alliance occupies about the size of the Liaodong Peninsula, and there are tens of thousands of people." Duan Wenyang said.
"Tens of thousands of people? So many people?" Duan Pixi was a little surprised.
In this wild continent, the population density is so low that it is unimaginable.
It is almost equivalent to the tragic situation after the war in the Central Plains.
Even if there are tens of thousands of people in one state, it is already considered too many.
"It's not just tens of thousands of people. According to my estimation, this Yin tribe may have even more people. It's just that they don't belong to each other, so there is no chance to calculate the total number." Duan Wenyang said.
"If we conquer this Eagle Tribe, not only will we have land, Huang Mang, but we will also have a population." Yin Xian said.
"Yes, and I also found out that there are some tribes with different customs in the south of the Eagle Tribe."
"Those tribes no longer migrated with prey and fruits, but settled in one farmland to farm, which is roughly similar to the Central Plains."
Duan Wenyang's words immediately made both Yin Xian and Duan Pixi interested.
"What, farming?"
"What do these Yin tribes grow?"
They have all seen the slash-and-burn cultivation of the Yin tribe.
Not to mention that they couldn't understand what crops were being planted, even many Yin people couldn't understand what crops were being planted.
"I don't know what kind of crop it is, but just to talk about it, it must be corn and rice sold in different Central Plains." Duan Wenyang said.
The three people discussed it for a long time, but they still couldn't figure it out.
If these Yin tribes farmed, what kind of land did they farm?
However, no matter what the three of them discussed.
For the Yin tribes on this continent, another catastrophe is about to begin.
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Luoyang, Imperial Palace.
Amidst the majestic drum music, another prisoner presentation ceremony was held in the Ancestral Temple.
The protagonists of today's prisoner presentation ceremony are several leaders of the Huns tribe, a small overlord in the Western Regions.
Since these Hunnic tribes rebelled, they have swung back and forth between the Sasanian Dynasty and the Ran Pingxi Kingdom.
From time to time, they invaded the border between the two countries.
Ran Liang, who didn't want to endure it any longer, personally led his troops to the Huns' lair.
Three people, starting from the leader of the Huns, were all killed.
Except for some Huns tribes who fled to the northwest, no one in the entire Western Region was known as the King of the Huns.
The dozen or so Hunnic prisoners presented by Ran Liang were nothing unusual in terms of appearance or experience.
This kind of featureless prisoner presentation ceremony has long lost interest among the people around it.
Even Liu Yu was unwilling to take another look at the Hun prisoners after he arrived at the Ancestral Temple.
At this time, Ran Liang had already led his army to defeat the Huns tribe, his former allies.
And they conquered a large area of land from the Aral Sea to the Caspian Sea, and the local Khorezm, Huns, and Nyssa people all surrendered one after another.
Ran Liang's strong attack immediately caused the Sasanian Dynasty to make the most fierce counterattack.
The newly appointed Sasanian king personally led an army of 100,000 servants, and divided the troops into three groups to attack Ran Liang's territory.
At the same time, the Sassanid counterattack in the east soon left the kingdom's western frontier empty.
The Roman Empire, an old enemy, had just been reunified under Constantine I.
The Roman Empire's ambitions for Sasanian Persia certainly would not let them let go of this opportunity.
Emperor Constantine I, who was sitting in the east of the empire, quickly sent envoys across the Caspian Sea, arrived at Ranliang's territory, and conveyed his proposal to form an alliance with him to fight against Sasanian Persia.
However, Ran Liang did not have the authority to respond directly to the invitations from the Roman Empire's envoys.
Because the person proposed by these Roman Empire envoys was the monarch of the Han Empire, not a feudal monarch under the rule of the Han Empire.
Therefore, when Ran Liang offered prisoners to Luoyang this time, he also sent someone to inform Liu Yu about this.
Historically, the Han Empire and the Roman Empire were the two supreme beings at the east and west ends.
However, these two empires rarely communicated directly, and they only speculated on each other's beauty in fantasy.
Now that he finally had a real opportunity, Liu Yu certainly didn't want to give up.
However, Liu Yu was not very interested in the alliance's attack on Sasanian Persia.
Not to mention whether the Roman Empire had an advantage over Sassanid Persia, the Roman Empire's consistent tendency to treat its allies made Liu Yuti uninterested.
The expansion of the Roman Empire can be said to be a history of divisions, alliances, and fights with a group of allies.
Except for the many barbarian allies when the empire died, all the Roman allies in the early and mid-term were eaten by him one by one.
Liu Yu quickly formed an envoy team, which also served as a caravan, heading to the Western Regions and going directly to the Roman Empire as an envoy.
Regarding the candidates for the chief and deputy envoys, Liu Yu chose his nephew Liu Xun as the chief envoy and Ge Hong, the "alchemist" as the deputy envoy.
The territory that Ran Liang had established was really too big, and Liu Yu already felt that it was necessary to entrust another clan to the Western Regions.
As the emperor's nephew Liu Xun who once led the army in battle, he was naturally the best candidate.
Not only is there no hidden powerful clan, it can also revitalize Han culture in the local area.
Moreover, as a child of the royal family, he was bound to receive more attention from the Roman Emperor Constantine I.
As the deputy envoy, Ge Hong was also assigned multiple tasks by Liu Yu.
Not only was Ge Hong asked to lead people to record and map the wind and geography along the way, he was also asked to search extensively for books, picture books and translators within the Roman Empire.
Of course, as all technical secrets of the Han Empire, they must be kept secret and the accompanying personnel must be monitored.
After two full months of preparation, a delegation of more than a thousand people set off westward in a mighty manner.
at the same time.
As the middleman, the great Han Pingxi Wang Ranliang was having a hard time at this time.
The city of Bhanla.
Since the Sasanian Persian army began to counterattack, Ran Liang took the initiative to retreat from some territories.
However, the fierce offensive of Sasanian Persia soon expanded to the city of Bhanla.
This is the center leading to the river area, so Ran Liang naturally cannot give up.
However, these Sasanian Persian fronts arrived too quickly.
The troops sent out by Ran Liang have not yet withdrawn.
At this time, there were less than a thousand soldiers in the city, and the rest were all servants.
These servants and horses can defend the city well, but it would be a disaster if they went out to fight in the field.
Therefore, Ran Ling personally led the guards out of the city to counterattack, first to dampen the vigor of Sasanian Persia, and then he could calmly defend the city.
Outside Bhanla City.
Facing Ran Liang who came out of the city to fight, the Sasanian Persian forward generals did not pay attention at all.
He ordered the army to rest in place to replenish its strength, and only sent five hundred Sasanian cavalry to attack.
Five hundred Sasanian cavalry were full of confidence and rushed towards Ran Liang's formation.
"kill!"
"Kill!"
Following roars in Persian, five hundred armored cavalry armed with long spears rushed over diagonally from the front.
"Hold! Hold!"
Ran Liang held a spear and raised his arms in the array and shouted.
"Ding!"
"Ding!"
With a soft sound, swarms of feather arrows hit Ran Liang.
Because the armor and stomach worn today are complete, these feather arrows caused no other damage at all except causing a sound.
These troops of the Western Han Dynasty quickly completed their defense and had an immovable momentum.
The five hundred Sasanian Persian cavalry were not to be outdone, and they all rushed towards them with swords and guns raised high.
The rumble of horse hooves came like thunder.
"Kill the thief!"
Ran Liang roared loudly, and hundreds of elites behind him also roared in unison.
"Kill the thief!"
"Kill the thief!"
Finally, five hundred Sasanian cavalry rushed in towards Ran Liang's formation.
"Hehe, just a few hundred Orientals will definitely be defeated in one attack!"
The Sasanian general watched the battle from a distance, already planning to win easily.
"boom!"
As the first sound of horses colliding came, the Sasanian cavalry clashed with the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty!
"kill!"
Ran Liang held a spear, passed through the shield bearers in the front row, and stabbed a Sasanian cavalry fiercely.
The momentum of this Sasanian cavalry was blocked by a thick shield as tall as a man in front of him. He was so anxious that he had no way to dodge.
The Sasanian cavalry waved their spears and slashed at the swords coming from the left and right. They did not notice Ran Liang's spear at all.
"puff!"
With a soft sound, the spear bit the Sasanian cavalry in the face like a poisonous snake.
"ah!"
The cavalryman let out a miserable cry and waved the spear in his hand crazily.
However, although the movements under the severe pain were still fast, they had lost their accuracy.
A Han soldier on the left swung a long ax and hit him in the neck.
The Sasanian cavalry stopped all movements in an instant and fell off his horse with a thud.
A large amount of blood spurted out from the half-cut neck.
It was like a fountain, splattering blood on Ran Liang's face.
"Hugou, take your life!"
Ran Liang continued to wave his spear, and saw cold light flying, and blinded the eyes of a Sasanian cavalry mount.
The injured horse went completely crazy, raising its front legs and swinging its body wildly.
The Sasanian rider on the horse looked panicked and tried hard to pull on the reins, trying to control the furious horse.
However, everything is in vain.
The horse leaped high and knocked the cavalryman off his horse.
"Kill the thief!"
A sword shield man in the front row had quick hands, eyes and hands. He leaned down and jumped forward, looking at the cavalryman's face with the sword in his hand.
"Clang!"
This reckless cavalryman was indeed experienced in the battlefield, and he immediately raised his long knife to block.
Seeing this, the sword and shield hand of the Han Army did not hesitate at all, and immediately slashed with his sword again.
The reckless cavalryman was half lying on the ground, trying to block the attack while waiting for an opportunity to retreat.
Unexpectedly, just halfway through the movement of his hand, he suddenly felt a heartbreaking pain in his calf.
"ah!"
A scream came out of his mouth unconsciously.
It turned out that a Han army axe-hand on the other side swung his long ax and chopped off half of the cavalryman's calf.
The tight chain mail could not stop the heavy long axe.
Taking advantage of this moment, the long swords of the Han army's sword and shield soldiers also immediately chopped down, and the sword ended the screams of the reckless cavalry.
"Kill the thief!"
With roars one after another, the Han infantry relied on the large shields and spears in the front row to intercept the menacing cavalry head-on.
After the cavalry lost their momentum, they immediately fell into a disadvantage in the fight.
Seeing that the situation was not good, a large number of reckless cavalry turned their horses' heads one after another and retreated towards the rear, planning to charge again.
"Fire the arrow!"
When Wang Zhen saw this, he immediately roared and issued an order.
The Han army's crossbowmen, who had been prepared long ago, immediately fired their crossbow arrows at the retreating cavalry.
Although the reckless cavalrymen were covered in armor, the protection behind their horses was weakest.
The powerful and heavy Han Dynasty Crossbow can fire enough arrows to cause damage.
"ah!"
"hiss!"
With a burst of people roaring and horses roaring, the retreating cavalry left another mass of casualties.
Manbai Zongbi, who was watching the battle from a distance, was completely shocked by the scene in front of him.
"How is this possible? Are the Han people so bloody?"
Man Bai Zongbi's impression of the Han army has never been so bloody.
Even though he lost to the Han Jin King Huan Wen last time, Man Bai Zongbi felt that he had been tricked by the opponent. It was not that the Han army surpassed him in courage and bloodiness.
However, Wang Zhen and the hundreds of people in front of him blocked the charge of Mang Tieqi.
Demonstrating extremely tenacious blood, Man Bai Zongbi had to exclaim.
"Marshal, Sahonin is back!"
A general next to him said.
Sahenin is the reckless general who just led five hundred cavalry to attack.
Manbai Zongbi's face was gloomy.
That Sahenin ran over with a dissatisfied look on his face, dismounted from his horse and kowtowed to apologize.
"Marshal, the general just underestimated the enemy. Marshal, please give me another 300 men. We must kill all the Han troops in front of us!"
In the previous confrontation, Sahenin lost more than a hundred people at once.
For Mangren, this is already a major failure.
"Sahenin! I will give you 500 more people, plus the more than 300 people now, to eat these Han troops in one go, or else I will kill you!"
Man Bai Zongbi pointed the riding crop in his hand at Sahenin and said fiercely.
Sahenin was not panicked at all.
"Marshal, don't worry, if I don't kill all these Han dogs, I will come to see them myself!"
After saying this, Sahenin went to greet five hundred more reckless soldiers.
at the same time.
On the top of Taiyuan City, King Huan Wen of Jin, as well as the Han troops and people guarding the city, were all aroused with great enthusiasm by the battle just now.
"Haha, this Wang Zhen finally has some blood in him!"
Huan Wen couldn't help but praise when he saw that Wang Xun led his army to block Mang's charge and killed several times the enemy with very low losses.
"Your Highness, Wang Zhen, these elites, although they are rebellious, are still good soldiers." Cheng Yaomang also echoed from the side.
"Your Highness, look, the reckless people are coming back again." Zhang Yi suddenly pointed in the distance and said loudly.
I saw a large number of soldiers and horses moving back and forth in the Mang people's array.
"Come here, beat the drum for me and cheer up the brave warriors below the city!"
Upon seeing this, Huan Wen immediately gave orders to the trumpeters on the top of the city.
"Dongdongdong!"
As waves of loud war drums sounded, the people on the top of the city who were helping in the battle also let out rounds of cheers.
"The big man is mighty!"
"Kill all the wild dogs!"
