There is Jiamu in Xiqiang Kingdom, which is rich in oil, like a tree and a vine, and is very flexible and strong. It's a specialty of this place, and nowhere else.

Woven into armor with such rattan, worn on the body, it is difficult for knives and guns to penetrate, and bows and crossbows can be guarded. And the shield made of shaped vines is a favorable weapon for the Xiqiang army to protect itself when the two armies fight.

The reason why the Western Qiang State can dominate the Western Regions with an army of less than 10,000 people is that the bravery of the cavalry and the sharpness of the weapons are one aspect, and this kind of sophisticated armor and shield also plays a decisive role.

Prince Xiqiang is young and proud, both a prince and a fierce general, who has repeatedly led troops into battle, and is very supported by the warriors under his command. In his ambition, the territory of the Western Qiang Kingdom is far from enough, and sooner or later, he will rely on the white horse spear and the heart of a warrior to create a great kingdom in this Western Regions.

This pride reached its peak after the elimination of the 3,000 Han troops on the Western Expedition. The hero of the country, the wind of the king of the future! Similar praises are heard endlessly, and the whole country praises!

King Xiqiang is very proud, the prince he chose is so good, what is there to worry about when this inheritance is handed over to him? Therefore, he no longer had the slightest scruples, and put all his army in the hands of the prince, and went to fight! Play to your abilities.

So, feeling the gaze of the king and all the subjects behind him, Prince Xiqiang, who was in power, did not hesitate to fight after discovering the enemy situation again.

The terrain around Xiqiang is complex, the desert Gobi Canyon is deep, and the cold wind runs through the east and west, adding a lot of desolate and fierce temperament to the people of this country. Especially the warriors on horseback, no matter how powerful the enemy is, they only fight, and never retreat!

The strength of the Xiqiang people, even the Huns only became allies with them, and they exchanged ideas. Instead of treating them as vassals as they did with other countries in the Western Regions.

As for the Han Dynasty army that came from afar, it was never put in their eyes. After World War I, that's it. Therefore, Prince Xiqiang and his 7,000 cavalry, who were chasing after him at the moment, were holding a cat-and-mouse game mentality to look at the upcoming slaughter or slaughter.

However, the Han army was very cunning, and they did not flee on the Gobi Desert, but ran for dozens of miles without their lives, ran into the barren and grassy canyon in the oblique thorns, and disappeared without a trace.

Prince Xiqiang once heard that in the ancient military wisdom of the Central Plains, there is a saying that "the poor are not chasing". But he never thought so. Slaughtering them all in one go is his favorite way!

Moreover, although he knew that the terrain ahead was a little complicated, he and his cavalry were not worried at all. Is there anyone who is more familiar with all the terrain around this thousands of miles than them? If it was said that the Han army wanted to set up an ambush here, then they were destined to waste their efforts.

Although there are many hills and valleys in this area, they are all very gentle, and most of them are sand dunes, and even stones are rare. What did the Han army use to set up an ambush? Dig up dirt and sand with swords to block the cavalry of the Xiqiang Army? And then rush out to cover up? That's a joke!

The hooves of the Xiqiang cavalry did not even stop, and they directly chased after the fleeing Han army and stepped into the wider canyon. Prince Xiqiang and several generals under him are not ignorant of soldiers, but they are carried away by victory, and they are extremely arrogant for the sake of greed!

Although people's imagination is endless, there are always unimagined ways of warfare, which have long appeared in this world. If the people of this Xiqiang country have never heard of it, then they can only blame themselves for being lonely and unheard.

The consequences of information closure and arrogance may be very serious, so serious that you will lose your life, destroy your army, and even destroy your city and country! If Prince Xiqiang had been a little more cautious, would the consequences have been different? It's a pity that there is no regret medicine to sell in the world, so his fate and the fate of his father and the fate of the entire Xiqiang Kingdom have long been doomed.

The canyon is not long and wide, and seven or eight horses can walk side by side. The fierce wind passed through the valley floor, and the wild grass on both sides fell with the wind, and although it was late spring and early summer, the green had not yet flourished.

From the vast land suddenly gathered into this valley, thousands of horses galloped down, there seemed to be the sound of waves and tsunamis, spears like a forest, shields into a array, such momentum, it was shocking! Prince Xiqiang, under the personal escort, took the lead, shaped like a sharp sword.

Just when they were about to reach the other end of the canyon mouth, the Xiqiang army saw that after the Han army banner that was being chased in front escaped from the valley mouth, it stopped strangely, and then quickly changed formations, lined up in formation, and blocked their way with a tiger's eye.

The Xiqiang army was stunned and didn't understand what the more than 1,000 Han troops in this area were going to do. Do they think that with their strength they can stop this great force that crushes like a landslide and a tsunami?

The horse is like thunder, there is no time to think about it, Prince Xiqiang pointed his spear, and the general of the left wing led his 1,000 elites to kill the past, and rushed directly at such a horse speed, if the cavalry that had been stationary on the other side did not escape quickly, it would really be a dead end.

The distance between the two armies was getting closer and closer, but strangely, those Han troops not only did not flee, but instead lined up in a goose-winged formation, firmly blocking the entire exit of the canyon, staring at them with a cold eye.

The left wing general of the Xiqiang Army flashed his eyes, and he saw that the sharp cold rays of the other party were raised in unison, this is the crossbow arrow of the Han army, they are about to release the arrow! However, the general in the charge did not feel particularly nervous, he only lowered his body slightly, and then used the large shield in his hand to cover the front. At the same time, he turned back and shouted loudly.

"Shield! Keep rushing! ”

Although the nine-armed chain crossbow is powerful, they have already learned it. As long as there is rattan armor and shield protection, it will not play much role at all. Xiqiang Jun secretly sneered, stupid Han people who don't know how to be flexible! It seems that today's Han army, like the one that was destroyed, will not be able to escape the fate of death.

The Xiqiang army, which only cared about chasing prey, did not find it at all, and I don't know when, the shadow of the Han army began to appear on the heights on both sides of the canyon. The canyon is actually not high, if someone looks up at this time, they will clearly see how terrifying the light in the eyes of those Han soldiers is under the iron-blue sky.

Hou Huo, the commander of the Red Fire Army of the Han Dynasty and the champion of the hussar generals, stood alone under a half-withered and half-glorious tree. This tree is called Populus euphratica, and it is extremely difficult for other trees to survive in the sand dunes and Gobi, and only this kind of tree can stand tall in the sky. It is said that it is a thousand years of life, a thousand years of death, and another thousand years when it decays into dust!

Huo Quzhi's face was very calm, by this time, victory was already completely assured, and there was no need to spend her energy thinking about it anymore. Leave the rest to your soldiers to avenge their comrades!

Seeing that the fierce Xiqiang White Horse Army really entered the army and was all introduced into the preset ambush circle, not to mention that the soldiers of the Red Fire Army were excited, even Zhang Qian, who had always been cautious and steady, trembled slightly. He, like many soldiers in the army, was in this situation, and when he peeked at the figure standing with a sword and a flying robe, he secretly exclaimed, what a famous teacher is a master apprentice! This is the second Yuan Zhao, a shadow of the living!

"Let's get started! Destroy them all, and don't let them escape! ”

The general's order was not very impassioned, and his voice was very flat. But the lives of the seven thousand elite Xiqiang warriors will soon be wiped out in these few words, and their souls will be scattered!

Zhang Qian personally waved the order flag, which is a unique flag language in the Red Fire Army. It was said to be late, but it was fast, Li Wang, the left general of the Western Expeditionary Army, who had already been closely watching the signal of the Lingqi at the mouth of the valley, took the lead in shooting the first crossbow arrow.

This crossbow bolt is very ordinary, and it is no different from the crossbow bolts that have been fired from the crossbow machine in the past. But on this crossbow arrow, which is just an ordinary crossbow arrow, a special material is smeared. It was the latest fuel developed on the Changle Plateau. The name Yuan Zhao gave it was "Phosphorus Fire".

Under the friction of extreme speed, it burns in the wind and burns, which is a very useful fuel for fire attack. Yuan Zhao did not hesitate to secretly equip the Red Fire Army with this kind of thing that had not yet been made public to the world for the sake of his beloved apprentice's successful campaign.

Most of the enemies encountered along the way are vulnerable, and only knives and crossbow arrows are enough. Therefore, such a killing weapon is simply not used. However, for the Xiqiang Army, Huo Qubing wanted to test it on them to see what kind of powerful method this extremely vicious thing that Master said! I'm looking forward to it.

Seeing that the Han army was unexpected, it really began to release arrows, and the Xiqiang army used shields to cover them while rushing forward with horses, but the remaining distance of twenty or thirty zhang rushed over and killed them all!

Xiqiang white horses are like a snow tide, each one is extraordinarily handsome, rushing between the hundreds of cavalry in the front, jumping a few feet, before the horse's hooves hit the ground, feeling the huge impact on the shield, knowing that it is to block the shot of the crossbow arrows, they hold the shield steady, while holding up the spear, ready to rush to kill.

However, the mutation happened at this time. After the horse's hooves landed, they were unsteady on their feet, or immediately fell, or jumped and kicked like frightened, as if they wanted to get rid of something. The cavalry on the horse was caught off guard and fell off their horses one after another, and for a while exclamations and casualties occurred at the same time.

The people in the front didn't know what had happened, but the people in the back could see it clearly and couldn't help but be shocked. Many of them were too late to regain momentum, and even men and horses collided with them, killing and wounding one after another, and then the fire broke out.

It turned out that the Red Fire Army had already laid a large area of wolf's tooth jagged barbed wire at the exit of the canyon, and the grass was sprinkled with thistles. After the lure led by Li Wang bypassed the safety zone on one side, and then blocked it with crossbow arrows, in the confinement of several deaths, not to mention the cavalry, even the tiger and leopard could not escape!

After a large number of crossbow arrows were fired, the material smeared on the arrows rubbed into flames, and after shooting into the panicked Xiqiang front army, those vine armor shields soaked in grease ignited when they caught fire, and in the blink of an eye, they were already flying flames, and ghosts were crying wolves!

At the same time, the entrance to the canyon has been similarly blocked, and the Han troops on both sides have also begun to release arrows, surrounded on all sides, and the slaughter has officially begun!