During the war, Secretary Lang accompanied him, and almost all of the 1,000 people in the division headquarters were dispatched.

Chen Mu always thought that it was inconvenient to bring women to war, so he left Hanxiang, Xiaomei, Xiaohuan and other women in Dunhuang City.

The 1st Brigade of the 3rd Division of Shence was moving closer to Dunhuang, and Dian Allegiance succeeded Zhang Youtian and temporarily served as the post of Dunhuang City Patrol Division. Last time, Chen Mu detained many war horses from the Aziman army, and now they are all equipped by Kong Xiaoxian into the Third Division, and now the Third Division is also considered to be strong and strong, and in terms of material strength, it is second only to the Eighth Division.

Hanxiang stayed in the city, and there were more than 4,000 sappers under his command, and some construction projects that were not in a hurry were temporarily suspended, and the sappers were sent to the city to form a defense militia.

Hanxiang didn't know how to command, so Chen Mu left her a veteran Yuan Hong, the deputy colonel of the Fourth Brigade.

General Yuan sat in Dunhuang, and Chen Mu was still relieved.

Usually, Zhonglang will guide the secretary everywhere, but at the critical moment, all the arrow tokens are handed over to Yuan Hong, and Hanxiang can only give Yuan Lao General a hand, such as providing funds, allocating food, etc.

Chen Mu led his troops to break into Yulong Mountain, but only encountered a small-scale ambush on the Kashgar River, but was scattered by Zhen Badao and his troops.

In order to kill the remnants, Zhen Badao took the lead and chased him out for more than 30 miles before coming back.

The second general's biggest hobby in his life is to kill people, and this hobby is really incomprehensible.

Fortunately, he is a general, and there are enemies to kill, if it is an ordinary person, with his virtue, it is estimated that he would have been cut down by the government a long time ago.

Needless to say, the combat strength of the Eighth Division of the Ironclad Cavalry, the Gulan soldiers with backward equipment could not resist a charge at all, and now Chen Mu's biggest enemy was the stretching mountains and strong altitude sickness.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Han couldn't stand the plateau climate, his lips were purple, his breathing was difficult, and he couldn't eat.

Chen Mu ordered that those who could not stand the plateau did not need to continue to move forward, and immediately went down the mountain to Kancheng or Niyang City to wait for the troops to return.

In the early morning of February 28 in the second year of Tianci, the Ninth Division of Xuanjia of the Anxi Army launched a general attack on Weiguan.

As soon as the battle started, he didn't plan to stop, and in the words of the great eunuch Wu Dong, he smashed Huanglong with all his might. After passing the reed pass, it is Khotan City, arresting the Queen of Gulan, and asking the Queen Mother for credit.

However, Wu Dong underestimated the determination of the Gulan people to protect their homeland, and the Queen of Gulan even gave up on Khotanese City, leading 30,000 soldiers and civilians to defend the Reed Pass, and the queen personally went to the city to cheer for the soldiers and wave their flags.

Two consecutive days and nights of offensive and defensive battles.

The corpses were piled up, the fire was blazing, and the smell of burnt corpses was everywhere.

The intensity of the battle is indescribable.

In the end, Wu Dong's so-called "one drum of energy" still failed to succeed, and the troops entered a state of rest and recuperation, preparing to come back to the "second drum" in a few days.

The attack of the Xuanjia army was frustrated, and at this time, Chen Mu made a detour to Hu Crossbow Town, and the soldiers surrendered 300 enemy troops without blood.

What is gratifying is that the town guard of Hu Xuan Town turned out to be the third son of Queen Quran.

The third son's name is Dadamuti, and he has a Han wife, because the queen does not like it, so the relationship between his mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has not been good. So he even involved Dadamuti, which can be regarded as a crossbow town, and became a bitter town guard.

Chen Mu heard that the battle at Weiguan was fierce, so he didn't plan to spend too much time in Hu Xuan Town.

He said to Dadamuti: "Originally, we didn't plan to fight so badly, and if we continue to fight like this, we have to fight with deep hatred." Once hatred takes root, it is very difficult to appease. I have an idea that I hope you will go to your mother with my sincerity and make Her Royal Highness give up resistance. We promise that we will never harm the people of Gulan and the royal family of Gulan again, and support the orthodox blood of the royal family to inherit the throne, as long as you are willing to cooperate with the Liang army and pay tribute to the Emperor of Liang, we will ensure that you will be the king forever. This is not my personal decision, but the decision of the Anxi Army Headquarters and the Great Liang Emperor. ”

Dadamuti saw that the Liang army was strong and strong, and he had already killed in the back, and now as long as Chen Mu pulled the soldiers to the back of the reed pass and attacked from both sides, Her Royal Highness the Queen wanted to fight again, and she was also powerless. So he promised Chen Mu to follow Chen Mu to the north.

Chen Mu left the cripple and the 800 people of the first regiment of the temporary fourth brigade in Hulu Town, and carried out the work of maintaining stability, production, and prospecting according to the plan.

The rest of the people went north.

On the way, I heard a report from a scout that the city of Khotan was empty. Chen Mu sent Wang Caotian to attack the city and asked Wang Caotian to treat the people well.

There were more than 6,000 people left, Chen Mu took it directly behind the reed pass, and from a distance, the smoke of gunpowder was filled, and the two sides had just had another fierce battle. At this time, it was the tenth day of the Xuanjia army's siege, and it seemed that both sides were very tired.

But when Her Royal Highness found out that there were enemy troops behind her, she knew that the tide was over. She rushed to the edge of the city wall and tried to commit suicide by jumping off the city, but was stopped by her men. Soon after, the third prince, Dadamuti, came to see his mother.

Dadamti said to his mother: "General Chen Mu said that he would support me as the king of Quran, doesn't my mother worry about letting her son inherit the throne?" ”

Queen Gulan said: "The matter has come to this point, and it will not be possible if you don't surrender, otherwise there are more than 10,000 soldiers and civilians left in Weiguan, and more than 50,000 people in Khotan, I am afraid that they will suffer." It's just that you can surrender, but the Queen Mother can't. It's not that I'm worried that you and your Han daughter-in-law will treat me badly, but that I don't have the face to face the people of Gulan and my 30,000 followers. I pass on the position of the great sect leader to you, and I hope that you will inherit the mantle and legacy of your mother, and be kind to the people and your brothers and sisters. ”

Queen Quran had a stubborn personality and was bent on death, but she still drew her sword in her bedroom and killed herself.

At this point, the reed pass was broken.

But it was not Wu Dong who first ascended the reed pass, but Chen Mu, the general deputy of Anxi.

"Chen Mu, open the door!" Wu Dong rode on a horse and stood under the city and shouted.

"Wu Jianjun, don't worry, Khotan City has been taken by me, and the third prince Dadamuti has been set up to inherit the throne, the dust has settled, now that our task is complete, you can take the troops back."

"What? Have you taken Khotan? ”

"Yes." Chen Mu smiled and said, "So I don't think it's necessary for you to enter the customs." ”

"As the commander of Anxi, I want to see it with my own eyes."

"I don't think it's necessary. You have fought with the defenders of Weiguan for ten days, and the losses must be not small, and the two sides are deeply resentful, so it is better not to meet. I fear that when your men come in, they will act recklessly, uncontrollably, and brutalize the surrendered soldiers and civilians. If this is the case, how can we be at ease as generals? ”

"Chen Mu, are you planning to disobey the military order?"

"Hehe, the same Anxi Seven Generals, what can you do to me? If you are not convinced, you will go to the headquarters of the Anxi Army to sue me. ”

"I'm ordering the superintendent!"

"I'm sorry, I didn't hear that." Chen Mu turned around and said to Shi Jin: "Guard the door for me, if someone dares to trespass, it will be killed!" ”

Shi Jinchong's bald head poked over and looked at the city: "Wu Dong, I'm grass!" ”

Wu Dong was so angry that he screamed, and shouted to Xiang Dangyang under the city to supervise the Eighth Division, but at this time, Xiang Dangyang was "drinking" with the second general Zhen Ba.

The second general said that he was not satisfied with the drink, and he had to accompany the prison army.

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