Bai Nanyu was wearing a dark apricot-yellow dress with a waistband, dark trousers, and a cloth towel to protect her head from the wind and sand, with a few strands of hair hanging out.
She had set out from Chang'an earlier than Huo Qubing, with the purpose of tracking Zhuo Huai who was kidnapped.
When Zhuo Huai was kidnapped, Bai Nanyu had a brief confrontation with him and used her hands and feet to track his location.
Xiu Yi also sent a group of men, led by Cao Qiao, and Bai Nanyu and his ghost warriors to chase their opponents.
Both Bai Nanyu and Cao Qiao have a lot of experience. They have considered in advance that the other party may find out that they have been manipulated and use their tricks to make other plans.
Therefore, the force dispatched by Xiu Yi is extremely strong.
After the group of people reunited, they started tracking.
At this time, Bai Nanyu came to see Huo Qubing and was seriously injured. Apparently, something went wrong in the tracking.
After she sat down, she glanced at Huo Qubing. His watery peach blossom eyes were sluggish.
"After we left Chang'an, we followed the sensor and headed west. The opponent was very fast. We started tracking him one day after the incident, so we chased him all the way to the border to close the distance with him."
Bai Nanyu said: "The other party left the border, and we chased him out."
Exiting the customs to the west from Chang'an is the area of Xiqiang.
"The other party lured you to the Western Region?"
Bai Nanyu: "It's not sure whether it was a deliberate temptation, but the other party should have sensed our pursuit halfway, so they fled faster and did not stop halfway until they entered the Western Region.
We had thought about quitting, but we discovered many clues about the vertical and horizontal path.
Cao Qiao said that it was not easy to find Zonghengdao's whereabouts, and Huo Hou was sending troops to the northwest and could come for help at any time, so there was nothing to worry about.
Just last night, after we entered Jingjue, we finally caught up with each other.
The man we were chasing was going to join his accomplices. They have people from the Zonghengdao, and there is also a group of people whose identities are unknown, and their practice is very different from the Three Religions and Nine Streams system of my great Han Dynasty.
The most important thing is that Loulan, the elite army, is involved and takes action against us. "
Bai Nanyu frowned subconsciously, obviously her previous memory was not very good:
"Fortunately, Cao Qiao and I were also prepared and used two artifacts to get rid of each other.
What is surprising is that after we escaped, two of the other party were able to chase us through the air. They used their power in a way that we had never encountered before... second only to Zi. "
Huo Qubing had roughly understood the process.
Bai Nanyu and Cao Qiao were also well prepared, but after escaping, they were caught up again, which was a bit beyond their expectations.
The person who caught up was close to Zi's level. Bai Nanyu and Cao Qiao were no match for them. If they could escape, they would be lucky.
This is obviously wrong.
There are very few experts in the world who are close to Zi's level. Where did two more come out?
There are remnants of Zonghengdao in the Western Regions, and they have joined forces with Loulan and Jingjue. They obviously want to secretly help the Xiongnu and disrupt the Han annexation of the Western Regions.
Huo Qubing was thinking that Bai Nanyu mentioned that among the other people, there was a way of practice that was completely different from that of the Han people, and different from the three religions and nine streams, that is, they were outsiders.
This reminded him of Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao's report that someone was secretly stealing the country's national destiny...
Is there someone among the countries in the Western Region who conspired with Zonghengdao to do things in the dark, or was it the Huns who intervened and plotted behind the scenes?
"Cao Qiao is dead?" Huo Qubing asked.
"have no idea."
Bai Nanyu said sadly: "Cao Qiao and I both have something to save our lives. At that time, we were the only two who fought fiercely with each other and found a chance to escape.
The whereabouts of Cao Qiao are unknown. In order to protect me, two of the ghost soldiers under my command were killed on the spot, and the lives and deaths of several others are unknown. "
"The place where you encountered the accident was in Jingjue, and the garrison of Jingjue and Loulan was involved?"
"yes!"
Huo Qubing: "You go and recuperate, I will send someone to take care of other things."
As soon as he finished speaking, a light green halo fell in front of Bai Nanyu.
It's a small bottle slightly larger than the pad of your finger.
Bai Nanyu uncorked the bottle and smelled it, and said in surprise: "Taoist spiritual elixir. This elixir is too precious. My injury does not require this level of elixir..."
Spiritual elixirs are things that transcend ordinary things and are very precious.
Mortal elixirs can be divided into different levels.
Among them, the highest level A is close to the elixir level, which is rare in the world.
Some sect leaders, if they have elixirs of this level, use them as family heirlooms and would not take them unless their lives are at stake.
The Zonghengdao has a solid foundation, and it takes three sons before the Nine Masters can have spiritual elixirs at their disposal.
Bai Nanyu also has one, which is used to save lives. She hangs it in a personal belongings around her neck and carries it with her.
This was the second elixir she had seen, and she was quite moved.
"Huo Hou, this level of elixir is extremely rare. You should keep it in case you are injured," Bai Nanyu said.
Huo Qubing took out seven or eight thumb-sized vials from the magical weapon bag that he had made out of nothing. With a flick of the air, the vials were hanging in the air and lined up in a row.
Bai Nanyu was stunned.
"These...are all magic pills?"
"Not all of them. There are two who have surpassed the lower level of spiritual quality. One was given by His Majesty and the other was given by Pingxian."
Huo Qubing said: "You can use this elixir. If you don't have enough, you still have it."
... Compared with the big men who control the world, Zonghengdao is a small household at best.
Bai Nanyu had to admit that she had little knowledge, but she didn't expect that Huo Qubing would grab a lot of the elixirs that every sect tried their best to grab.
She decisively swallowed the elixir in her hand and let the qi circulate. Then she felt that qi was moving around her body and her body was getting hot.
The aroma of medicine fills the tent.
The elixir is really good, every pill is a treasure.
…
Qiuci among the countries in the Western Regions.
Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao were wearing armor and were discussing the marching route.
Letting them come to fight in the Western Region is to give them the opportunity to gain military exploits. The two of them each led the way and met once a day to exchange opinions.
At this time, they were talking, but they had a feeling, and one of them took out a flower and leaf as green as jade.
The textures on the flowers and leaves are interlaced and form an array. They are exactly the concentric lotus leaves given by Mohist Ji Qiu, which can be used to communicate messages.
Because of the small number, they are currently only equipped to officers above the rank of captain during scouting and marching.
Writings appeared on the leaves: "Rise up your troops immediately, attack Jingjue, and then march eastward to break Loulan."
The writing on another leaf read: "Recover the Lu branch, Chen Qinghui will lead his troops to join you!"
The words on the leaves flashed with murderous intent.
Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao originally planned to attack Loulan, but Jingjue came over with Huo Qubing's order and happened to kill them.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the team took the guide provided by Qiuci and headed straight to Jingjue, hundreds of miles away to the south.
…
Fu Luzhi and Chen Qing were also brave and capable captains under the Imperial Army.
They are both young, one is twenty-nine years old and the other is twenty-six years old.
Among them, the Fulu branch was the little king of the Huns whom Wei Qing had conquered in his early years. He later joined the Forbidden Army and served under Huo Qubing.
The looks of Fu Luzhi and Chen Qing formed a sharp contrast.
Fu Luzhi has a long face and a thin body. The skin on the left half of his face is raised from the eyebrow bone to the cheekbone. This is the result of being bullied by the Xiongnu tribe when he was young and having his face burned with red-hot wood. Scar, very scary.
After this man surrendered to the Han Dynasty, he first fought with Wei Qing against the Xiongnu, and then followed Huo Qubing for two years, becoming very skilled in military tactics.
He was extremely murderous and rarely kept prisoners alive in battles. He had an unruly and perverse personality. In his early years, he only obeyed Wei Qing because it was Wei Qing who captured him alive and kept him under his command.
Now there is Huo Qubing.
These two men were the only ones in the Han army who could handle him like an arm and a leg. Whether or not he listened to the orders of the other generals depended on his mood, so he was still a lieutenant despite having made many military exploits.
Chen Qing, on the other hand, was handsome and claimed to be the second most handsome general in the Han army. The first general was only slightly prettier than him.
Chen Qingsheng has a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Except for his skin, which is slightly rough and dark due to years of fighting, he is indeed very heroic and is good at wielding a spear.
Following Huo Qubing's order, the two also led troops into the Western Regions, aiming to echo each other with Yao Zhao and Zhao Ponu.
However, compared to Yao Zhao and Zhao Ponu, the two were arranged by Huo Qubing. They camped and marched secretly and have not yet appeared in public.
They also received Huo Qubing's order to break Jingjue, Loulan!
"Huo Hou asked us to defeat Jingjue first. They deserve misfortune. Come on, a small country with a population of less than one county dares to compete with a big man. It's life or death."
Fu Luzhi laughed ferociously, the scars on his face trembled slightly, and made a gesture to tell his men to get ready, then urged his horse to leave.
The people behind him were surrounded by smoke, and they followed him to ride towards Jing Jue.
After Chen Qing left, he secretly took out a small bronze mirror and looked at his face. He found that there was nothing wrong with his face and hair, as if it had been newly combed. Then he put away the mirror with confidence and chased Fu Luzhi ahead.
…
"Are you sure you can attract the Han army?"
On the northern border of Jingjue, in Qieye City, several people were sitting in a watchtower made of earthen fortresses in the city.
The person who spoke was Loulan General Shan Yan, who was in his early forties, slightly shorter than ordinary people, with a round face, and looked very kind. He looked more like a civil servant than a general.
He sits at the lower left corner of the hall.
Sitting across from him was Saitama, the elite general. He was tall and dressed in the style of the Western Regions. He had a horizontally protruding rooster-comb-like headdress on his head. He was majestic and had a lion's nose and a wide mouth.
There were also several Xiqiang generals sitting in the room, led by a Xiongnu leader.
As early as when the Xiongnu attacked Kucha, they sent several groups of soldiers and horses from the Western Qiang into the Western Regions, and joined forces with Loulan to form a coalition.
One of the Xiongnu troops stayed in the Western Qiang before entering the Western Regions, connecting various tribes of the Western Qiang and disrupting the Western Pass in the Han territory.
Now that the Han army has reached the Western Regions, the Huns are following suit.
The troops and horses that were previously in Xiqiang also came to the Western Regions to join together and plan to sabotage the Han army's actions.
"According to the information I got, some of the people we ambushed know Champion Hou. Since there are still people who escaped alive, Huo Qubing will send people to attack after receiving the news.
He doesn't know the number of soldiers and horses our Xiongnu has here. If he dares to come, he will set up an ambush to kill him. "
Dadaanghu Lanji, headed by the Xiongnu, said: "Kill the Han army first so that Qiuci and other countries can see the situation clearly. Then go north and join our Western Xiongnu army."
The ultimate goal of the Han and Xiongnu troops in the northwest was to seize the Western Region.
The two parties are using their own methods.
The Xiongnu were suppressed by Huo Qubing on the frontal battlefield, so they could only attack from inside the Western Region and attack the ambush of the Han army to reverse the unfavorable situation of the war.
"What to do with these people?"
Saitama, the elite general, looked towards the core of the palace.
In the middle of the hall, there were seven or eight seriously injured people lying there. They were all prisoners.
Including the ghost warriors under Bai Nanyu and several embroidery experts under Cao Jiao.
In the hands of the embroiderer, several people had cracked brows and were dead.
There is only one ghost warrior left under Bai Nanyu's command, and he is dying, it is the Matryoshka doll ghost.
She fell to the ground seriously injured, revealing a pale face.
"There are many good people among these Han people. If we don't send out troops, it will be difficult to catch them."
Saitama said with hatred: "I have a lot of elite troops, and dozens of them were killed by their counterattack before they died.
Someone came and hung them all outside the city to die of exposure. "
The matryoshka ghost fell to the ground, blood dripping from the corners of her mouth, but she held her neck and said angrily: "My Han army, the champion, is nearby. I see how many days you can live well..."
Saitama left his seat and stepped forward, stretched out his foot to step on the neck of the matryoshka ghost, and slowly exerted force: "What about the champion, he will still die if he comes."
The matryoshka doll's throat squirmed, trying to speak, but it could no longer make a sound, and its neck bones were immediately trampled to death.
Night falls.
In the border city of Jingjue, a scout came to report that the Han army was approaching at high speed from thirty miles away.
"Idiot, we have indeed led you here. This time we will definitely inflict heavy damage on these Han troops."
Qi Yu, Shan Yan, and several Xiqiang generals stood up one after another.
The coalition forces they led had previously fought against the Han armies under Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao, but were defeated miserably with heavy casualties, so they hated the Han armies very much.
Now that they had the support of the Huns' troops and their whereabouts were hidden, they felt that the Han army was not aware of the ambush of their troops and was secretly preparing for it, and their confidence increased greatly.
Just as they were preparing to go out to fight, they suddenly heard a loud noise that was heard throughout the city.
Such a big movement...is the city gate broken? !
Just after receiving the scout report, the Han army was still thirty miles away. How could they reach the outside of the city so quickly?
Several people walked out of the room and heard shouts from outside. Some elite soldiers shouted loudly and asked about the origin of the attacker.
Immediately, a voice shook the border town: "Your Majesty, the Champion of the Han Dynasty, is the captain of the Hu Yang School, Yao Zhao!"
"Your Majesty, the champion of the Han Dynasty, the eagle strikes the captain Zhao Ponu!"
"Your Majesty, the Champion of the Han Dynasty, Li Yi Xiaowei will restore the Lu branch!"
"Chen Qing, a Han Imperial Guardsman, Fenwei Colonel, and a more handsome man than a champion!"
There is no queue for this last one, which sounds a bit strange.
But it didn't stop the four voices coming from four directions outside the city.
Most of the people in the city could not understand the Chinese content. Just hearing the Chinese language, they were sure that the Han army was really coming. They blocked the gates on all four sides, obviously wanting to catch all the people in the city.
Qi Yu, Shan Ru and others suddenly realized that the report they had received earlier stated that the Han army was thirty miles away, which was a trick of the Han army to confuse the enemy.
They openly deceived the enemy, but actually marched secretly and made a surprise attack to the outside of the city.
boom!
There was another loud noise, and the second city gate was broken!
Clang, clang, clang!
There was the sound of metal clashing outside the city. The Han army was rapidly advancing into the city. Horse hooves were like thunder, and a confrontation broke out!
"It came so fast!"
Ps: I’d like to correct a small mistake in the previous chapter. It was previously written that the places adjacent to Kucha were Shanguo and Qule, but they were actually Quli. Qule is in the south of the Western Region, and Quli is in the middle. This has been changed.
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