Loulan Mud City is thousands of miles away from Hexi, if you want to use manpower to transmit military information, it will take several days to rush for 800 miles, and the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, and a few days later it will already be a different scene. It was precisely because of this consideration that even if the Hexi Han army intended to echo with Qincheng, it could not rush to the aid in time, so Yi Zhixian dared to deploy 30,000 elite cavalry outside Sangnan Pass, and after he was frustrated in the mud city, he dared to march to the mud city with great fanfare.

Of course, Yi Zhixian couldn't expect that Le Yi had already cultivated a batch of spear falcons that could be used to transmit military information, so his defeat in Loulan seemed unexpected and irresistible.

The number of cavalry in the Hexi Han army was not large, and if it was a frontal battle with Yi Zhixie's 30,000 Dadan Yu Wang Tingjing's cavalry, it would definitely be defeated, but the surprise attack was different, and it was in the early hours of the night, in a place that everyone could not predict.

Li Guang led the cavalry of the Hexi Han army to raid the army of Yi Zhixian on the way in the early morning, and the two armies fought for a long time, and finally because the Hun cavalry was stopped and cut off from the head and tail, there was chaos, and had to be defeated. Li Guang took advantage of the situation to pursue, and the battle in the future became simpler. Although there were still 20,000 Xiongnu troops when they fled from Sangnan, they had lost the possibility of turning back to fight Li Guang.

The Han army in Hexi chased out of Sangnan Pass for 500 miles before leading the army back.

Sannan, a border pass that had been calm and clean until then despite its extremely important location, had experienced a baptism of blood in two days, and the gate had become dilapidated.

After Li Guang led the army back to Sangnan Pass, he camped here and organized the corresponding repair of Sangnan Pass to threaten the Mobei Xiongnu and provide a barrier for the mud city. Naturally, it's hard to say whether there is a threat to Mud City.

"General, our army is stationed in Sangnan, Hexi is empty, will the Huns take the opportunity to march into Hexi?" At the head of Sangnan City, Li Guang's former and current personal soldiers were standing with Li Hu and Li Guang, looking at the vast grassland outside the Guan.

After the victory in the First World War, Li Guang was full of spirit, his wrinkled face was full of energy, and after listening to Li Hu's words, Li Guang didn't care, and said with a faint smile: "How dare the Huns march into Hexi?" Now that the Xiongnu are in decline and have only suffered setbacks in the Western Regions, the Xiongnu should consider how to regain the situation in the Western Regions, rather than marching into Hexi and triggering a decisive battle between the Han and the Xiongnu. ”

"I see." Li Hu, who is now a middle-level and high-ranking general in Li Guang's army and plays the role of Li Guang's right-hand man, nodded suddenly when he heard this, "Doesn't that mean that Yi Zhixian will lead the army to kill back?" ”

"Yi Zhixian will naturally have this plan." Li Guangdao, looking at the north, had a scorching and exuberant look in his eyes that did not match his age, and said disdainfully: "Of course, no one wants to do this thing. This time, Yi Zhixian not only suffered a setback in Mud City, but also suffered a big loss in the hands of us and others, which can be described as a loss of face, how could he not lead the army to retaliate? ”

"So what should I do?" Li Hu became worried, "We only have less than 20,000 cavalry now, how can we deal with Yi Zhixie's next retaliation?" ”

"Huh!" Li Guang immediately laughed when he heard this, he looked at Li Hu, "Who said that we only have more than 10,000 cavalry?" ”

Li Hu was stunned for a moment, puzzled: "The general of this battle has mobilized all the combatable cavalry in the four counties of Hexi, and there are no soldiers in Hexi who can come to the aid ......" Saying that, Li Hu immediately thought of a possibility, and couldn't help but be surprised: "Could it be that Your Majesty also sent reinforcements over?" ”

"If Your Majesty sends reinforcements, it will be a national war." Li Guang shook his head, "Now is not the time to fight with the Xiongnu State. ”

"And where else are the reinforcements?" Li Hu was even more puzzled.

"Have you forgotten who brought His Majesty's order to appoint Ben as the commander of Hexi to Jiuquan, and asked Ben to gather the battleable cavalry of the four counties of Hexi early in order to be ready to call on at any time?" When he said this, a look of pride and relief appeared in Li Guang's eyes, and behind these looks, there was a touch of respect.

"This last general knows that it is General Qin." Li Hu said, "However, General Qin only brought five hundred heavy horsemen to Mud City, how could he deal with the upcoming tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of troops of the Xiongnu?" ”

Li Guang laughed heartyly twice when he heard this, and did not directly answer Li Hu's question, but asked: "Do you know that when you go to the Western Regions to seek a country, why would Your Majesty let Qincheng take the role of a martial artist in this kind of matter?" ”

"It's always been strange in the end. It is said that diplomatic relations are presided over by civil officials in the DPRK and China, let alone entering such a dangerous realm as entering the Western Regions alone, how could His Majesty send a military general like General Qin to come, and only gave him a few hundred heavy horses. Li Hu said, "It's really a bit ...... to leave this kind of thing to a martial artist It's hard to figure out. ”

It is light to say that you can't figure it out, and it is Li Hu's original intention to say that it is unbelievable.

Li Guang stroked his beard and smiled, then turned straight again, and said to Li Hu seriously: "If you think that Qin Cheng is just a martial artist, then you will never be able to understand His Majesty's intention of using Qin Cheng to come to the Western Regions, and you can only be a military general in your life, and you can't expect to go one step further." After that, when Li Hu was stunned, Li Guang said solemnly: "You have to remember that Qin Cheng is not just a martial artist, nor is he just a general. He is the general of the Han Dynasty, and he is in charge of the country's military affairs, how can such a person be a martial artist? A few years ago, he almost entered Minyue alone, and then implemented the new law, which time did not show the extraordinary talent of the general? Ben would have said that, do you understand? ”

Li Hu seems to understand whether he understands or not.

Li Guang sighed, a little annoyed by Li Hu's hatred of iron and steel, but he also knew that it was impossible for everyone to have the ability to be a man and a country, so he continued: "The general is a civil and military all-rounder, and he acts and seeks the country, not only by the sword in his hand, not only by the millions of Han troops behind him. As he spoke, Li Guang pointed to his head and said, "It's still here." ”

"What does the general mean is that General Qin can retreat the 100,000 Xiongnu army with his own wisdom?" Li Hu was surprised.

"Correct." Li Guang smiled with satisfaction, then sighed lightly, then laughed at himself, and finally looked at the north and sighed: "Manpower is poor after all, only wisdom is endless." ”

Li Hu was stunned.

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From the Huns sending the Qianli King Gulu to lead 5,000 elite cavalry to garrison outside the Loulan Mud City, threatening the King of Loulan to sign an alliance with the Xiongnu, to Guludu being defeated and killed; From Yizhi's oblique entry into Loulan, making a good gesture, to his civilization mask being torn, personally leading an army of 30,000 to break through the Loulan border pass, intending to destroy Loulan, but was defeated by the Han army halfway, embarrassed to return to the territory of the Xiongnu, this series of events through various ways, in a short period of time spread throughout the Western Regions courts.

In this farcical incident, the domineering and unreasonable nature of the Xiongnu was exposed, and the countries of the Western Regions also realized that the Xiongnu were not trustworthy and could not be communicated, because they bullied the weak and could launch their army that was absolutely terrifying to the countries of the Western Regions at any time.

On the contrary, the Han who saved Loulan in the "dire straits" and was polite and did not take advantage of people's danger left a good impression in the center of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions countries greatly increased their favor towards the Han Dynasty. And the strong military strength of the Han Dynasty made these countries feel safe.

At this time, Zhang Qian, who lobbied the other countries, took advantage of the situation to issue a call to the countries of the Western Regions to face the Xiongnu who might invade the south at any time, and there were only two ways, one was that the countries of the Western Regions united to resist the Xiongnu together, so that there was the possibility of self-protection; The two formed an alliance with the Great Han, so that the Great Han could support the countries of the Western Regions in the East, and the two sides could echo each other.

Because the Xiongnu since the northward migration of the previous robbery-robbery of the Han into robbery-robbery of the Western Regions countries, the countries have long been very jealous of the Xiongnu, but because there is no suitable opportunity and informant and can not embark on the road of unity, now by Zhang Qian said this, the countries immediately took action, began to negotiate the road of unity, alliance with Han, and rejection of the Huns.

The situation in the Western Regions has changed dramatically so far.

However, these timid and cautious countries are now only negotiating alliances, allied with Han, and rejected Hungary, and they all know that after Yizhi's army defeated Loulan, they will definitely lead a large army to retaliate. And how the seemingly weak Han army preserved Loulan under the imminent revenge of the Xiongnu became the focus of everyone's attention.

If the Han army was extinguished by the Xiongnu army in an instant, then the plan to ally the Han and reject the Huns could naturally only be in vain, if the Han could withstand the retaliation of the Huns, there is no doubt that these countries in the Western Regions would immediately sign an alliance treaty with the Han.

The thirty-five countries of the Western Regions set their sights on Loulan at the same time.

There, there was a great general of the Han Dynasty, named Qin Cheng.

It is up to him to decide what the situation will be in the Western Regions.

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After the king of Loulan learned that the Han army of Hexi had defeated the 30,000 inbound army of Yizhixi, the king of Loulan personally ran to the post house and thanked Qin Cheng in person.

When the king of Loulan came, the Xike teaman accompanied him. I don't know if the king of Loulan came to the post house, whether it was the original intention of the king of Loulan or the idea of the Xike teaman.

However, since King Loulan came, Dou Fei took the opportunity to mention the signing of the covenant.

"Presumably, the envoy should be able to think that after Yizhi's army defeated Loulan, according to the temperament of the Huns, he would definitely send a large army to retaliate, right?" King Loulan did not answer Dou Fei's question, but said, "I wonder if your envoy has a way to deal with it?" ”

Qin Cheng and Dou Fei glanced at each other, and at the same time called out to the old fox in their hearts.

"King Loulan will wait and see." Qin Cheng said expressionlessly.

Seeing off King Loulan, Qin Cheng returned to the room, and Liu Mu and the others followed into the house.

"I'm going to take a nap, what are you all going to do?" Qin Cheng looked at everyone in surprise.

Liu Mu glanced at Yi Xue'er and the others next to him, and said to Qin Cheng: "King Loulan finally came to the post house today, and you just let him go?" ”

"What else else?" Qin Cheng asked rhetorically.

"Of course it was to persuade him to sign a covenant, aren't you very eloquent?" Liu Mu said as a matter of course.

Qin Cheng shook his head, "Zhao Xin is still in the city, and he is still safe and sound, which means that King Loulan has no intention of signing an alliance with us." ”

"Then you can't just let him go, General Li led the army to fight a big battle, bleeding and sweating, and he thanked him and it was over?" Yanagi was not convinced.

"Don't worry, King Loulan will still come." Qin Cheng sat down appropriately, and Chengzhu said in his chest.

"Are you sure?"

"Of course. And I can also tell you very responsibly that the next time King Loulan comes, he will definitely hold the covenant in both hands and beg me to sign it. ”