The sunset is like fire.
Huo Qubing stood on the top of the mountain, turned around and looked south.
To the south of Yanzhi Mountain is the Qilian Mountain.
Behind the Qilian Mountains are the residences of the Qiang and Di people with complex terrain.
"Barbarians, trying to do things in series ..."
Huo Qubing was sick in the northwest of 50,000 soldiers, and 20,000 troops were approaching Wusun quickly, and another 20,000 embargo went to Pu class.
The leader of one of the teams is Luo Xiu, who is good at painting skin and bones under Xiu Yi. He can turn into an ox and plow fields. He is dressing up as him and leading the troops to march. Therefore, Huo Qubing, who is being investigated by the outside world, is leading his troops to march westward. This is a suspicious plan.
The real Huo Qubing lives in the Hexi Corridor, waiting for work.
Outside the Western Pass of the Han Dynasty, the biggest threat in the past was the Qiang and Di tribes.
They joined forces with the Xiongnu and cut off the Han's route to the Western Regions, causing great harm.
The Han Dynasty has repeatedly attacked it in recent years and has wiped out the area hundreds of miles outside Xiguan.
Some of these tribes defected to the Han one after another.
However, the other part of the Qiang and Di tribes, because they had deep and irreconcilable hatred with the Han in the past years, contracted their defense lines and took advantage of the complexity of the terrain to retreat to distant areas.
In the past year, the Han army opened up the Hexi Corridor, further compressing the activity space of the Qiang and Di tribes.
Let them not dare to make any move.
This time, Yudu mobilized all the forces he could mobilize and sent envoys in advance to go deep into the Qiang and Di tribes to lobby. Knowing the interests, he promised to return to them the area where the Qiang and Di tribes originally operated after reoccupying the Hexi Corridor.
The Qiang and Di tribes did not want to sit still and wait for death, so they agreed to join forces and summoned various ministries to form a team with a total of 14,000 people.
The leader's name is Yun Rong.
Most of the Western Qiang led by him fought against the troops of Zhao Ponu, Fu Luzhi and others when the Han army conquered the Western Regions.
Yun Rong's left eye was shot blind by the Han army, and his face became more ferocious.
He wore an animal skin hat, and a piece of animal skin hanging down covered his blind eye. He was tall and thin, with long and thin cheeks, and the skin under his cheekbones was concave.
Inspired by the Xiongnu, the coalition forces composed of the Qiang, Di and other ethnic groups were heading north over the mountains and ridges.
"There is no need to worry, Chief. It will be dark in another two hours. We have entered the Qilian Mountains, climbed over the mountains in front, and walked more than ten miles to the area agreed with the Huns."
Next to Yun Rong, the deputy accompanying him was his younger brother, Yun Jiang.
He is slightly taller than an ordinary person, moves vigorously, is thirty-one years old, and carries two short guns crossed on his back.
"When I think about having to fight back to Hexi, I just hate that I am walking too slowly.
This is where we are, but it has been occupied by the Han people. This time with the Huns, let the Han people know that we are great. "Yunrong's one eye shined.
Yun Jiang chuckled and said: "In the past few days, we have sent people to investigate the terrain in Hexi. The Han people have invested hundreds of thousands of hard labor here and built a lot of construction projects. There are also clans building horse farms here with tens of thousands of horses.
The people who investigated said that a Han clan girl came to the racecourse to ride horses. The skin was white and the meat was tender. When they were taken back to the village, they must be treated well. "
Yun Rong muttered: "If we occupy this place, how can we return to the stronghold?"
Behind the two men were all warriors from the Qiang and Di tribes, marching through the mountains and fields as nimble as apes.
Some of these Qiang and Di tribesmen were armed with daggers, while others were armed with wooden spears and shields, and their weapons were uneven.
The tribesmen of the Qiang and Di tribes formed a temporary army and lacked training and cooperation. However, they had flexible tactics, were familiar with the terrain, and were not weak in combat power.
Yun Jiang glanced at the people behind him: "The chief, please don't trust the Huns. They want to take advantage of us. In my opinion, they just stole things and retreated. Depending on the terrain, the Han people can't do anything to us."
The Han people's subsequent counterattack will be borne by the Huns. "
Yun Rong smiled and said: "I don't know the Huns' plans? We are also using them.
There are two things in our favor in this battle. First, the Han people established a county here and gathered more than 400,000 hard laborers.
After we kill them, these hard laborers will definitely take advantage of the situation and resist.
Four hundred thousand hard laborers, their attack alone would make it difficult for the Han army to deal with it.
Secondly, the main force of the Han army was attracted by the soldiers and horses dispatched by the Xiongnu general Yudu to join the battle in the Pulei and Wusun areas.
Yudu was known as a divine general among the Xiongnu, and he was undefeated in battle.
He mobilized 40,000 elites to participate in the battle this time. Who would have thought that so many soldiers and horses were all empty troops, and the real target was Hexi. "
He also said: "In recent years, Han Huo had been sick, and there were countless people who killed me and other ethnic groups.
This time he was also deceived by Yudu. The orthodox soldiers went to Pulei. How could we not seize this opportunity?
As long as he united with the Huns, he broke the retreat of the Han army returning to Han, and then let the Xiongnu and the Han Army fight. Huo Qubing and his His Majesty's immortal would be severely damaged. "
The two were talking, and in the distance, a female leopard -like figure approached quickly.
But she was a young woman with wheat-colored skin and slightly longer cheeks. She was dressed in Qiang costume and wore a complicated pendant polished with bone and wood on her head, which swayed gently as she walked.
This woman is Yun Jin, the younger sister of Yun Rong and Yun Rong. She is very skilled and is responsible for exploring the road.
"Northern Qilian Mountain, all the racecourse established by the Han people is as usual. According to the plan, the Huns should have arrived, and they can act together when they are dark." Yun Jinhui reported.
Yun Rong nodded, and the group waited patiently until it got dark.
"Set off!"
The team began to advance north after nightfall.
After climbing over the mountains, a mountain pass appeared in front of us.
After passing through the mountain pass, the terrain becomes open and the plain area of the Hexi Corridor is the most fertile land.
At this point, Han people began to set up defenses.
Continuing to the north is the direction of Yanzhi Mountain.
The Xiongnu soldiers and horses, led by the great shaman Boguna and Enshi, also launched after nightfall.
They forcibly tore apart the Western Xiongnu's defenses on the periphery of this area, and came menacingly. They tied the Western Xiongnu tribesmen who had defected to them behind their horses, dragged them to death, and fought their way into the HX area at the foot of Yanzhi Mountain, covered in blood.
The Qiang and Di tribes and the Xiongnu, dozens of miles apart, started the operation together.
"Big Shaman, the situation is wrong."
After entering Hexi, Enshi suddenly became alert.
His eyes sparkled in the dark night, scanning his surroundings:
“Although the main force of the Han army was led to Pulei and Wusun by the general, their defense in Hexi should not be so lax.
The two layers of defense we penetrated were all the Western Huns who stayed behind. Where was the Han army's defense? "
Before he finished speaking, something unexpected happened suddenly.
Arrows like rain shot from the darkness.
On the other side, under the Qilian Mountains, tribesmen of the Qiang and Di tribes rushed down like a tide.
The area where they appeared was behind the racecourse built by the Li family in Longxi.
In the night, the buildings of the racecourse were dimly lit.
Yun Rong shouted: "Do it..."
With a sneer, there was a sharp sound in the dark night.
Yun Rong's hair stood on end, and he felt a huge force pouring into his body before he could avoid it, causing huge pain in his chest.
He was driven by inertia and flew up from the ground involuntarily.
A hole was shot in his chest by a huge spear-like arrow.
The Han's heavy crossbow... The Han had an ambush... This was Yunrong's last thought.
Zhao Ponu led five thousand forbidden troops and was ordered to lie in ambush in the dark. He used military slips that were concealed from the sky to conceal his plans and prepare for the attack.
After Yun Rong led his men into Hexi, the Han army immediately cut off their retreat from the rear.
This is what Huo Qubing meant when he said that his opponents would have no place to run and they would be completely annihilated.
This battle should smooth out the situation in Hexi and put an end to all future troubles!
The Han troops beside Zhao Ponu lined up in four rows, stepping on the bow strings of the giant crossbows with both feet, and fired arrows in rows in turn.
Around the ranch, lights suddenly burst into flames, and thousands of torches were lit at the same moment.
The surrounding area is as bright as day.
It was the Li clan in Longxi and other clans who received the order and were responsible for cooperating in the battle.
The defense members of the clan were standing around holding torches.
The head of the Li clan in Longxi and other senior members of the clan were watching the battle from a wooden building.
A bed crossbow was strung up through a winch, and with a numbing vibration, giant arrows were shot out one after another.
The arrows below were so dense that they almost covered every inch of the void, like a meat grinder, with flesh and blood flying everywhere.
Heavy city crossbows and bed crossbows have arrows as thick as giant spears, powerful enough to penetrate even armor.
Someone was shot and nearly chopped in half.
There were also four or five Qiang and Di people who were strung together.
The fighting on the battlefield was so brutal, tragic and bloody.
It was the first time for most of the clan members to see fighting on the battlefield up close. They were all horrified, but at the same time they also felt a very strong... pleasure!
The clan is engaged in business, and its caravans travel north and south. Who has not been robbed by the bandit-like Qiang and Di tribe?
The loss of property is not uncommon, and it is not uncommon for clan members to be killed.
A female family member was traveling, was robbed, humiliated, and then demanded a large amount of property.
"...Kill these beasts!"
A clan elder clenched his cane tightly, his knuckles turning white, feeling scared and happy at the same time.
On another battlefield, it was even more bloody.
The Xiongnu tribe was far more elite than the soldiers and horses of the Qiang and Di tribes.
After being attacked, they immediately gathered into formation, using shields and horses to block the crossbow arrows and protect themselves.
Enshi, the general of the Heavenly Soul Division, calmly ordered: "... everyone in the Heavenly Soul Division gathers together and uses soul skills to defeat the enemy!"
The shadows behind the soldiers and horses of the Tianhun Department were twisted.
They seemed to be merging with the shadow, trying to melt into it, get out of trouble, and then fight back.
But just as they were preparing to counterattack, blend into the shadows, and activate the soul weapon technique, formation patterns crisscrossed the ground.
Tigers roared and dragons roared in the formation pattern, and the powerful military force bound the shadows of the Xiongnu tribesmen in the military formation.
The unity between the Heavenly Soul tribe and the shadow was forcibly suppressed.
The screams one after another gave Boguna a layer of goosebumps all over his body.
Although he received the inheritance from the great shaman Enchi, after all, he was not as experienced as Enchi in countless wars.
After becoming the great shaman, this was the first time he visited the battlefield in person. The changes in front of him made him uncontrollably fearful.
Suddenly, Boguna took out a leather scroll, cut his forearm with a dagger, blood dripped on the leather scroll, and softly chanted the shaman's mantra.
In an instant, the wind howled and sand flew all over the sky.
A sandstorm rolled up on the ground.
The arrows fired by the Han army were all crushed by the flying sand.
"We took advantage of the strong wind to tear apart the Han army's siege, and then fought back from the outside."
"good!"
Boguna and Enshi quickly gathered some soldiers and stood at the core of the sandstorm, as if they were protected by the power of heaven and earth, flying sand and rocks flying hundreds of miles in an instant.
When the flying sand and storm began to weaken, Boguna breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"Fortunately, I have been prepared for this. This time I have returned and brought back several legendary treasures from our grassland tribes. Otherwise, this situation would have been dangerous!"
As he spoke, the wind and sand weakened further.
Bogu Naman thought that by activating the Wind Swallowing Scroll, he had at least escaped the siege of the Han army.
However, he couldn't help but be startled when he saw it, and blurted out in a low voice.
But in mid-air, I saw Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong, and White Tiger standing on all four sides.
They each correspond to the seven constellations of stars, and a star map is spread out around them. The big stars roll around, tightly binding the nearby heaven and earth.
The great shaman felt that he had escaped from the siege through the air, but it was just an illusion.
The flying sand and strong wind moved a distance of three or four feet in place, and were crushed to the ground by the power of the Four Symbols Divine Weapon Talisman.
In the night sky, four mythical beasts are as big as mountains, like gods overlooking mortals.
This scene is extremely magical.
The great shaman and others were terrified, but the Han army soared in momentum and cheered in unison.
Enshi said: "Fight to the death with the Han army..."
Before he could finish his voice, a red light suddenly flashed in the night sky.
Enshi's voice stopped abruptly, and his eyebrows cracked a very fine blood line.
Opposite, Huo Qubing, wearing official robes and a scarlet cloak, was stalking in the night, holding the Hong Ming Dao in his hand and stepping out.
Enshi was a general under Yudu, but he was killed by a sword.
"Are you the new shaman of the Xiongnu?" Huo Qubing looked at Boguna.
"Yes..." Boguna said tremblingly.
The pressure and sharpness brought by Huo Qubing tore his pride to pieces, making him unable to help but feel fear, and his teeth were chattering and shaking when he spoke.
"You ... have you seen we want to attack Hexi?" Bomona asked unwillingly.
"I'm asking questions, when is it your turn to ask me!"
Boguna suddenly felt a huge pain in his left shoulder, and soon found that his left arm had fallen to the ground.
Huo Qubing struck out with the knife so fast that he couldn't even see where it was coming from.
The severe pain made Boguna's eyes darken, and the world seemed to be shaking.
At this time, the Han army stopped firing. Chen Qing and Fu Lu Zice rode up to kill them, their spears flying. The Han army behind them rushed out with all their strength and started a close confrontation with the Xiongnu soldiers.
"You have plans, you won't win!"
Boguna took out an object and pressed it on the broken arm to stop the bleeding.
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