"General Zhang, this won't work, the troops are too scattered."

Han Sui said with some concern.

Because of Qin Hua's order, Zhang Liao has been on the expedition to the Western Regions for a year.

But except after two hard battles with the enemy in the early stage, these bandits from the Western Regions began to disperse.

Zhang Liao only had 40,000 troops, and according to Qin Hua's orders, they also needed to divide their troops to garrison the post stations along the road to guard the construction of the post stations.

So at this time, there were only 4,000 Iron Eagle cavalry and 3,000 trapped camps left under Zhang Liao's command.

"Lord Han Sui doesn't need to worry, I just want them to attack at this time, so that they can do it once and for all."

"You mean..."

Han Sui seemed to understand something, and after the two whispered for a while, Han Sui left the camp with four thousand Iron Eagle cavalry.

The purpose of Han Sui's trip was Dawan, and it was said that he wanted Dawan to sacrifice war horses.

In this way, Zhang Liao's battalion only had less than 4,000 soldiers left.

"Chief, there are now 4,000 soldiers left in the Han army camp, can we attack?"

On top of a cliff, several knights were watching the movements of the camp below.

Zhang Liao's camp was stationed not far from the bottom of a hillside, with a cliff behind it, except for the hillside on the right, the front was open, and there was no way to hide the traces of the army.

After thinking for a while, he observed on the cliff for a long time, and finally determined that there were indeed only a few thousand people left in Zhang Liao's camp.

"Let's go, gather the team."

After saying that, Bantianyun turned the horse's head and left first, followed by the rest of the people.

Since Zhang Liao's army entered the Western Regions, they have been open for a long time, and it is precisely because of this that although Bantianyun lost nearly half of his team in the initial battle with Zhang Liao, he still has an army of more than 10,000 people.

These armies were formed by the addition of other small bandits of bandits.

Bantianyun used his own appeal and the threat of the Han army as an excuse to reorganize nearly half of the bandits in the Western Regions, but bandits of this scale were still not Zhang Liao's opponents, so they could only hide and wait for the opportunity.

Now that the Han army is finally scattered, there are less than 4,000 soldiers left in the commander's battalion, which is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Bantianyun's army was hidden in the nearby hills, and because they had been hiding for too long, deserters had already begun to appear, and now there were only about 14,000 people left.

"Chief, I think the Han army seems to have a conspiracy, they have an army of 40,000, how can they spread their forces so much?"

The leader of a small bandit group said to Bantianyun.

"Hmph, that's because the Han army doesn't take us seriously, in the previous battles, we suffered heavy losses, but the losses of the Han army were very small, so they thought we were very weak, and now the Han army is really building fortresses and opening up trade routes, they can only disperse their forces."

After speaking, Tianyun said to another person: "Mohe, have your people scouted the vicinity of the big camp?" Was there an ambush? ”

"Report to the leader, my men have already reconnoitred the Han army camp thirty miles away, and there are no ambushes. That cavalry did go to Dawan Kingdom. ”

"Well, are you still against sending troops now?"

Ban Tianyun looked at all the other little leaders this time and said.

"Obey the leader's orders."

These people saw that Bantianyun had already done reconnaissance, so they agreed to send troops, and he was tired of this kind of hiding life, the most important thing is that their grain and grass have been consumed for so long and have been unsustainable, if they can't defeat the Han army, they will have to go back to their own homes.

Zhang Liao was sitting in the camp at this time, and Bantianyun sent people to investigate his situation, why didn't Zhang Liao investigate their situation?

It's just that Zhang Liao sent not Han soldiers, but looking for people from the Western Regions as scouts.

Because their language and clothing are the same, and the Han army itself has its own scouts, these Western Regions scouts are well hidden.

Zhang Liao had already known that Bantianyun's army was nearby, and the location he chose to camp was also investigated, the purpose was to wait for Bantianyun to appear.

If he directly attacked their positions, with the familiarity of these bandits in the Western Regions with the environment, Zhang Liao would not be able to wipe them all out, and only by luring them to take the initiative to attack would he have a chance to annihilate them completely.

Finally, after Zhang Liao divided most of his forces, they began to be unable to hold back.

"General, the secret agent has come to report that Bantianyun's army has begun to assemble."

"Okay, get ready, I'm going to give them a big gift."

"Yes."

After the soldiers left, Zhang Liao put on his armor, picked up the Baisheng sword from the shelf and hung it on his waist, and picked up his own war knife, waiting for the battle.

Because of the position of Zhang Liao's camp, it is impossible for Bantianyun to attack from the front, so it will be easily detected by the Han army, and the only attack route is the slope on the right side of the Han army's camp.

Only by attacking from there can the effect of a surprise attack be achieved, and charging from the top down, the cavalry is more powerful.

At this time, it was already in the afternoon, Bantianyun led several people to the mouth of the slope, looked at the Han army camp not far away, and saw that there were only sparse soldiers guarding the door, and the only thing that was a little threatening was that there were two rows of rejected horses in the direction of the slope.

"It seems that the Han army has also noticed this slope, and it is still a 'heavy army' defense, haha."

Ban Tianyun looked at the two rows of rejecting horses with some amusement, as well as the dozens of soldiers behind him, did he want to resist his more than 10,000 soldiers?

For the sake of prudence, Bantianyun came here and did not attack directly, but came to scout the side again.

In the end, he finally made up his mind to attack, but at this moment, there was a sound of gongs from the Han army camp, and several Han soldiers were pointing at him.

Bantianyun knew that he had been discovered, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, but he didn't expect that a perfect raid was actually discovered because of himself.

However, this did not have much effect, in order to hide his embarrassment, Bantianyun immediately ordered an attack.

Behind him, rows of cavalry appeared on the slope like a flood and quickly swept downward.

Zhang Liao knew that the enemy had finally appeared when he heard the sirens outside, and brought his soldiers to set up a formation between the camp and the repulsive horses standing at the bottom of the slope.

The battle was all 3,000 trapped camps, and the rest of the soldiers all hid behind the trapped camps, picking up bows and arrows to serve as archers.

Although the trapping camp is half a heavy infantry, but they do not have a big shield, this time in order to fight with Bantianyun and them, Zhang Liao specially equipped them with a big shield, in order to defend against the impact of the cavalry.

Watching the trapping camp quickly establish a formation, Bantianyun couldn't help but feel envious, when would his team be so well-trained.

In fact, he had already seen the rapid formation of the Han army, so it was not strange this time.

It's just that he didn't have much contact with the camp, he only knew that this was the guard next to the commander of the Han army, and he didn't make much moves in the previous battle, but looking at their armor and movements, he knew that these soldiers were by no means weak.

But this time, Bantianyun was fourteen thousand against four thousand, and he had an absolute chance of winning in his heart.

Not long after the formation of the trapped camp was completed, the bandits also rushed down the hillside, crossed the rejection of the horses, and seemed to be rushing towards the formation of the trapped camp.

Suddenly, a war horse fell inexplicably, and then another, and another.

Bantianyun hurriedly looked around, but he didn't see the archers who were then ambushed, how could these knights fall to the ground inexplicably?

But at this time, the charging team could no longer stop, and the front servants fell to the ground one after another, and there was an acceleration of the slope, and the knights in the rear did not have time to stop.

Either trampling on the body of your companion and moving on, or tripping over your companion.

The bandits who had been charging at high speed actually stopped before they could fall into the formation of the camp.

Bantianyun, who had good eyes, found that many of the war horses suddenly fell into the ground with their front or back feet, which caused them to turn over.

"Trapped?"

Bantianyun finally knew what had happened, but at this time it was too late to regret it, so he could only urge his subordinates to continue attacking.

Although there is a trap to block, but only lost less than 2,000 people, he still has more than 10,000 soldiers, as long as they can defeat the 4,000 Han army in front of them, capture or kill the commander of the Han army, then the victory still belongs to them.

But Bantianyun ignored the strength of the trapped camp.

After the sparse arrows in the rear of the Han army stopped, the camp of the Three Thousand Traps did not wait for the arrival of the bandits in place, but steadily advanced.

"Drink~~"

The trapped camp shouted, and the sound was loud and uniform, so that the nearby war horses were frightened.

The cavalry, which had lost their speed, could only engage in hand-to-hand combat with the trapped camp, but in the face of the dense spears of the trapped camp, they could only be poked to death and dismounted.

The bandits began to all descend the hill, and their numerical superiority allowed them to be besieged in groups.

But the trapping camp also has corresponding training for this situation, and quickly forms a circle formation, like a hedgehog that has been covered with thorns, so that the bandits have no way to speak.

At the same time, the formation of the trapped camp is still moving, harvesting the lives of one bandit after another.

The ground was littered with the corpses of the bandits, and the trapping soldiers didn't care to step on their corpses and move on, like a merciless killing machine.

As the battle continued, the trapped camp was still killing mercilessly, and the blood of the bandits had stained the land red.

Bantianyun watched from the hillside, and the number of people on his side plus the number of people who died in the trap had exceeded 5,000, but the trapping camp only suffered a few hundred casualties.

A 1-10 battle loss, what a terrible army it is.

The same thought also appeared in the bandits who besieged the trapped camp, but they could only continue to attack with the help of people who were constantly urged to do so.

At this moment, some soldiers in black armor suddenly appeared on the cliff next to them, and they were the three thousand soldiers taken away by Gao Shun.

They didn't know when they climbed to the top of that cliff, and began to think about the robbers pouring arrows.

Although there were only 3,000 soldiers' arrows, this was undoubtedly the last straw that crushed the camel's back, these bandits from the Western Regions could no longer bear it, and fled towards the flat ground in front of the Han army camp, they no longer paid attention to the scolding of the leaders behind, even if they wanted to kill people and establish power, such deserters would not be able to take their turn.

There are one and two, and as the deserters continue to appear, the rest of the bandits do not want to continue the war and begin to run for the distance.

At this time, even the little leaders knew that there was only one way to escape.

Because they were all cavalry, they did not choose to flee to the slope on the side of Bantianyun, and all rushed to the open flat land in front of the Han army camp.

At this moment, at the corner of the mountain on the left side of the Han army, a Han cavalry rushed out, led by Han Sui, who had already gone to Dawan Kingdom.

In fact, Han Sui had already received the news that Zhang Liao was fighting with the bandits, and it stands to reason that he should have appeared half an hour ago, but Han Sui also had a small idea in his heart, that is, he hoped that Zhang Liao could die in this battle, so that he could take Zhang Liao's place.

There are not many generals under Qin Hua's command now, except for this Zhang Liao, Han Sui believes that he is the best general under Qin Hua, even his friend Ma Teng is not as good as himself.

Now that Qin Hua has become a state pastor, he has no time to manage the army, as long as this Zhang Liao dies, he can command the entire army of Liangzhou.

But Han Sui never thought that Zhang Liao had prepared other trump cards in addition to his trump card, whether it was Gao Shun's 3,000 archers, or the trap on the ground, or the terrifying trap camp, Han Sui believed that even if he didn't appear, Zhang Liao would be able to defeat this army of bandits, but he couldn't pursue them.

But even though Han Sui had already guessed that Zhang Liao would not die in this battle, he still delayed for nearly half an hour before giving the order to attack, just for that glimmer of hope.

The Iron Eagle Cavalry was originally an army formed for pursuit and harassment, and facing bandits with no fighting spirit was like chopping melons and vegetables.

Seeing that his team was completely defeated, Bantianyun was unwilling to stop any longer, and waved his hand to signal his subordinates to leave with him. Although his team was almost wiped out this time, Ban Tianyun was ready to continue to lobby those bandits who did not participate, and he was even ready to lobby the countries of the Western Regions to send troops to resist the Han army with him.

But Bantianyun just took two steps, but found that the people on the side did not follow.

When he turned his head, he saw Mo He staring at him coldly, while the rest of the people slowly drew the scimitar on their waists.

Suddenly, a cloud flash of light flashed in the middle of the day, and said to Mo He: "You betrayed me, and it was you who told the Han army about our actions." You also gave me false information. ”

At this time, Bantian Yun suddenly realized why there were so many accidents in the foolproof battle, it turned out that Mo He, this kid, misled himself.

Mo He looked at Bantianyun and said coldly: "I was originally a general of the Elite Country, and I was framed to become a bandit." When I was captured by the Han army before, the commander of the Han army promised me that as long as I help him defeat you, I will be able to obtain the position of the governor of the Western Regions of the Great Han Dynasty, and only then can I take revenge and return to my family. And when I was the general of the Elite Country before, I knew how murderous and hateful you bandits were, and after I joined, I knew even more how despicable and lowly you were, how could I always be a bandit? ”

After speaking, Mo He said to the rest: "Tie it up, take it away, and we can go back to our families." ”

"Yes."

These people are Mo He's cronies, and they are also his former subordinates, who were framed in the Elite Country, and these subordinates also escaped with him.

Since then, Bantianyun's forces have been completely defeated by Zhang Liao.

In this battle, nearly 10,000 bandits were killed, 6,000 were captured, and less than 2,000 escaped in the chaos.

Zhang Liao asked the bandits to identify each other, identify the leaders and some of the more notorious bandits, and behead them all, including Bantianyun.

Then they were salted in lime so that they would not decay quickly, and they were displayed one by one in front of various countries to promote the majesty of the Han army.

As for the remaining bandits, Zhang Liao also followed Qin Hua's example, cutting off all the heads of those bandits who had died and piling them up into a Jingguan to deter the rest of the bandits.

The 6,000 captives were left behind to do the hard labor of building the post fortress, and the rest were all brought back to Liangzhou.

Qin Hua had already sent a letter, asking Zhang Liao to return to Liangzhou as soon as possible after settling the matter in the Western Regions.

For this reason, Zhang Liao didn't have time to find the treasures left by those bandits, so he could only hand over this matter to Gao Shun.

Zhang Liao left Gao Shun with 10,000 troops to help him guard his captives, protect the construction of the post station, and search for the treasures that the bandits of the Western Regions had accumulated over the years.

And Mo He also got his due reward, and Zhang Liao canonized him as the governor of the Western Regions in the name of Qin Hua (in fact, it was illegal... ), as Gao Shun's deputy, assist him in his work.

At this point, the matter of bandits in the Western Regions came to an end temporarily, and Zhang Liao was able to lead less than 30,000 soldiers under his command to rush back to Liangzhou.