According to the original plan, the two armies of the north and south should not have played the banner, mixed in the Guishan rebels, in the name of the tired Sejia, began to attack the Guishan, however, the rebel leaders were all beheaded by Huaxiong, these plans were naturally nullified, the army played the banner of the Han Dynasty, with Sun Jian's department as the vanguard, Huang Zhong led the cavalry and the left wing, Dong Zhuo sat in the middle army, and Cao Cao ruled the rear army.

The army marched out, but it did not attack directly at Maracanda.

After entering the territory of Guishan, the generals looked at the situation in their hands, and they were not even too unfamiliar, the role of the Xiaoyong battalion was exerted to the extreme at this moment, and before the Guishan people could react, Dong Zhuo already knew their respective situations.

Subsequently, the army dispersed in all directions, Sun Jian led the three battalions of the southern army, a total of 10,000 people, and set off towards the south, the terrain in the south of Kushan is very complicated, surrounded by mountains, leaving only the entrance in the northwest, and in the south of Maracanda, there is an army brigade, which is responsible for guarding this important passage, if it can be captured here, on the one hand, it is to cut off the road for the Malakanda soldiers to retreat south.

On the other hand, it can also block the reinforcements from Kushan's country here, so that they can't pass through.

The three battalions led by Sun Jian are Xu Chu, Ma Chao, Sun Ce, these three people, in addition, there are Gongsun Chan personally led nearly 1,000 people, responsible for opening the road, here are everywhere in the mountains and forests, it is really difficult to walk, so Gongsun Chan came to lead the way for Sun Jian according to Dong Zhuo's order.

Kushan Empire, from south to north, and the south has more territory, the north is small, pot-shaped, in the middle of the north and south, is a mountain range, Maracanda is on this mountain range, if you want to go to the south, you have to go south to reach the plain, and then rush to the Lan City of the Great Xia people, through the Lan City, in front of the Gao Annex, but between it and the Gao Annex, there is a big river to block.

King Marakanda, also known as the King of Sogdia by the Kushans, the people here, most of them are Sogdians, they came from the Western Regions, probably during the Han and Hun Han periods, forced by the oppression of the Xiongnu, came here, established a kingdom, and later, was conquered by the Kushan people, became part of the Kushan Empire, and was also one of the more powerful princes of the Kushan.

In Guishan, in addition to the Sogdians, there are four princes, in the mountains, the one who blocks the way is the Great Xia, however, Sun Jian does not want to capture the Lan City, the Lan City as the only way to connect the north and south of the Guishan, the strength of the defense, even stronger than the royal city, Sun Jian only led these horses, it is impossible to capture the Lan City.

Sun Jian's main purpose was to cut off the connection between Malacanda and Bactria and other regions, the northern part of Kushan, cut by the river, divided into two pieces, Marakanda is in the east of the river, and the Bactria people are in the west, so to get to Lanshi City, you have to cross the river to Bactria first, and the Kushan took great pains to build a passage, the Sogdians occupied this passage at the beginning, forcing the Kushan people to make a detour, cross the river from Huazimo, and attack Sogdia.

Rushing all the way, at the forefront, it was Gongsun Chan and Sun Ce, Gongsun Chan didn't understand in his heart, why Sun Jian would let his eldest son serve as the vanguard, this is the most dangerous official position, it is to rush to the front, there is a fear of life, of course, there are dangers in battle, but the vanguard is undoubtedly the most dangerous, and the young man followed Gongsun Chan's side.

Gongsun Chan couldn't help but admire in his heart, Gongsun Chan can run wild on horseback, rarely rest, in addition to the good horses, the most important thing is that their whole army is light armor, and only strong bows and swords are used as weapons, Sun Ce can wear armor, hold a spear, and can follow his side, rest together, and set off together, which is very remarkable.

"Bo Fu... You go back and tell General Sun not to cross the ridge and rest where he is... We have come from a long journey and cannot go to war directly... I'll go and check the surroundings again. Gongsun Chan whispered, Sun Ce nodded, and immediately left here, Gongsun Chan ordered everyone to dismount and quietly approach, this is the narrowest area of the river, in winter, dry season, this is the only area that can rush to the other side.

Of course, you can take a boat on weekdays, but the shipbuilding industry in the north of Kushan is not as developed as in the south, and there is no fleet that can provide tens of thousands of people to cross the river.

Gongsun Chan didn't get too close, he couldn't let others find out too early, he didn't bring too many people, just a few people, cautiously approached between the trees, Gongsun Chan couldn't understand that in the territory of the Han Dynasty, around any important city, there would be no woods, but any such woods that were an eyesore should be cut down immediately, because this would allow the enemy to hide.

It may even become a sharp weapon used by the enemy in the siege of the city, and the enemy directly takes materials here to make siege equipment, however, in the territory of Kushan, such a thing is rare, especially in the territory of the Sogdians, not only do they not cut down these forests, but they also directly build villages in the woods, do they think it is so easy to hide themselves??

Gongsun Chan didn't understand that if he was the main general and learned that there was an enemy village in the woods opposite, then he would definitely set fire to the forest, and with the strategy of fire attack, he would be able to wipe out such a village without much effort...

He carefully observed the city opposite, it was not a complete city, it was more like a checkpoint, it was built taller, much taller than Maracanda, the gate was closed, it seemed that there were no people living here, it was a pure checkpoint, there were only soldiers stationed in it, this checkpoint was backed by the riverbank, and in front of the gate were placed items such as horses and the like.

If you want to break through the city gate, it is estimated that it will be a little difficult.

Gongsun Chan observed for a while, then rested here, after nearly two hours, everyone was also recuperated, Gongsun Chan left them to continue to garrison here, observe the enemy's situation, and then he returned to meet Sun Jian, Sun Jian has not crossed the mountain at this time, if he climbs out, such a big movement, it is impossible to hide the enemy, Sun Jian understands this, so he obeys Gongsun Zhan, stays here, and repairs.

After Gongsun Chan arrived, he was immediately brought to Sun Jian's side by the soldiers, Sun Jian looked at Gongsun Chan and hurriedly asked, "Captain, how is it?" Gongsun Chan said: "General, the enemy did not send scouts to patrol, but the city walls are tall and the city gates are closed, if we attack, we are afraid of heavy losses, not to mention, when they pursued our men and horses in the past, they were able to send nearly 10,000 people, it is conceivable that there must be more than 10,000 men and horses in their city..."

"If we storm the city wall with the same number of people, it will be a victory, and I am afraid it will be a disastrous victory..."

Sun Jian thought for a while and said: "What the captain said is reasonable, but Dong Gong gave me fifteen days, and I will take this place within fifteen days, and now six days have passed in a hurry, if I don't attack by force, I'm afraid that I won't be able to complete the military order!" Gongsun Chan smiled and said, "General, the generals who defend the city here hate me to the core...."

"Oh? The captain wants to lure them out?? ”

"That's right, instead of attacking, it's better to ambush them, the ambush can't be successful, even if it's in the field, it's better than attacking the city..."

"En..." Sun Jian pondered for a moment before he nodded, he looked at the surrounding terrain, waved his hand, and called the big man over, he said: "Zhong Kang, later, you will follow General Gongsun and ambush in that wood, and when they are about to cross the hills, I will cover the army and rush to kill, you directly cut off their back road and trap them here!" ”

"Respectfully!"

"Meng Qi... Lead the cavalry, don't act rashly, and when we are engaged, you lead the cavalry to chase down the remnants, and you can't let the enemy escape from here! ”

"Respectfully!"

After giving orders, Gongsun Chan set out, first encouraging the soldiers of the brave battalion, they heard that they were going to provoke the Kushan army of nearly 10,000, they were all very afraid, their faces were pale, although outsiders have always praised their unparalleled ability to escape, but they do not like the feeling of being hunted down, if they can, how much they wish to return to Donghao, to catch their fish.

Gongsun Chan gave an order, the soldiers of the Xiaoyong battalion rushed out, such a big movement, immediately frightened the enemies on the city wall, they saw those familiar horse bandits in the distance, and hurriedly roared, Gongsun Chan led the Xiaoyong battalion, slowly approached the city wall, but did not reach the other party's shooting range, Gongsun Chan raised his head and looked seriously.

Soon, the enemy chief went up to the city wall and looked down, although it was far away, Gongsun Chan couldn't find the location of the thief chieftain at all, but the thief chief, that is, the Sogdian general Hai who guarded Xinha City, saw Gongsun Zhan who was under the city wall, he recognized this guy at a glance, and suddenly, anger burned in his chest, his father, that is, the general who originally guarded Xinha, Lao Hai, was killed by Gongsun Zhan!

His father, the elder Hai, was the bravest and most irascible general among the Sogdians, known as the first general of Sogdia, and he had participated in many battles of the Kushan against the rest of the country, and in the case of the defeat of the whole army, he was the only one who did not experience defeat, and many times won more with less, and it was also because of his bravery that the king of Kushan canonized him, a Sogdian of the third caste, to Xinha, the most important region, as the leader of this place.

is such an irascible general, when he encountered Gongsun Zhan's brave battalion, how could he tolerate Gongsun Chan to spread wild in front of him, lead the army, and chase and kill many times, but none of them were able to catch up with Gongsun Chan, whether it was an ambush, whether it was to lure the enemy, there was no way to keep this hateful horse bandit, when Gongsun Chan appeared in front of him for the fourth time.

The old general couldn't stand it anymore, took all the troops in Xinha City, and began a long journey to catch up, even after chasing for more than ten days, when he was about to catch up, this group of cunning guys crossed the river, and also damaged the bridge, the old general couldn't hold back the anger in his heart, spurted blood and fell to the ground, was seriously injured and died, and died four days later.

In the north of Guishan, the most sturdy old general, was so damaged in the hands of the Xiaoyong battalion, even Gongsun Chan didn't know, however, his son Hai Yi hated Gongsun Chan to the core, and at this moment he saw the enemy who killed his father, how could he endure it, the whole person stood up, his face was red, and his whole body was trembling with anger, it seems that he inherited his father's irritability.

"General, these horse bandits have always been cautious, and they fled after we found them, and they must have been deceived when they came up so boldly today...."The captain on the side said, Hai Yi smiled and said, "I know... Behold, in the woods in the distance, the birds hovered above, and refused to fall, and they had an ambush, and there they were..."

"Hehe, I will lead the cavalry to chase and kill them, you lead the rest of the soldiers and horses, hide behind the city gate, and wait for their ambush soldiers to come out, you directly charge and kill their ambushes from behind..."

"General, it's better for us to set fire to the forest directly..."

"Those people run faster than rabbits, set fire to the forest, as soon as they escape, we will never catch them again, he takes me for a fool, then I will be a fool, keep him, cut off his head, priest gods, avenge my father!!"