Less than half a month after Ma Chao and Xiang Ao met, Xiliang was in turmoil.

Ma Teng and Han Sui broke up, and the two fought in Jincheng County. At the same time, the western army of the Yan State sent troops to Wuwei and launched a surprise attack on the Qiang people in Wuwei.

"Despicable Xiang Ao! Righteous Matten! Han Sui, who was forced to retreat to Wuwei County, was furious in Guzang (present-day Wuwei, Gansu).

Han Sui's general Cheng Gongying hugged his fist at Ma Teng and said anxiously: "Now it seems that Ma Teng has surrendered to Xiang Ao, and Wuwei may not be able to protect it, so the lord should withdraw from Wuwei as soon as possible and go to Dunhuang and Jiuquan." ”

Cheng Gongying is the most loyal and brave general under Han Sui, and he is good at riding and shooting. In the Xiliang realm, Cheng Gongying has a prestige of wearing a hundred steps through the poplar and a hundred shots.

Han Sui took a few deep breaths, calmed himself down, turned his head to look at Cheng Gongying and asked, "Dunhuang and Jiuquan have already been divided by the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions, so what's the use of going there?" ”

"The lord is wrong with this!" Cheng Gongying shook his head lightly and said: "The lord still has 30,000 Xiliang iron horsemen under his command now, and in the face of the sixteen countries of the Western Regions that are in their own hands, they can be destroyed in a single hand." ”

"After occupying Dunhuang and Jiuquan, you can rely on Yumen Pass and Yangguan (now the area of Xiaofangpancheng in the northwest of Dunhuang, Gansu) to resist the sixteen countries of the Western Regions outside Dunhuang, and to the east, Lufu and Huishui (now Jiuquan, Gansu) have dangerous passes, and it is also simple to resist the Yan army."

"Besides, the Qiang people in Zhangye County will not easily throw away their hard-won territory, right? The lord can form an alliance with the Qiang people and divide the two counties of Dunhuang and Jiuquan to wait and see the situation in the eastern part of the country. ”

Cheng Gongying said with a determined face, as if his strategy would definitely allow Han Sui to gain a foothold in Dunhuang.

Han Sui looked at Yutu and pondered for a moment, raised his head and said firmly: "According to Ying's strategy, I will order the three armies to immediately pull out the camp and raid Jiuquan!" ”

"The lord is wise!" Cheng Gongying excitedly hugged his fists and led his life. Cheng Gongying, who has followed Han Sui for many years, has long been accustomed to cutting off the claimed king and is unwilling to be subordinated. Han Sui looked at the back of Cheng Gongying leaving, and Ma Teng's face appeared in his mind, with a fierce expression.

At this time, outside the Jiuquan Great Wall, outside the Huishui City.

"General Bian, the lord has a letter, Han Sui's army has been mobilized, and it will arrive in Jiuquan in five days at most!"

Bian Jing took the book brief handed over by Jiao Jing and read it carefully several times. Bian Jing put down the book with trembling hands, his expression was excited, with a long-buried grudge.

"General Bian"

Although Jiao Jing could understand Bian Jing's mood at this time, the Xiliang War situation was too important to the lord, and Jiao Jing was afraid that Bian Jing would come and mess up the lord's plan.

"General Jiao, rest assured!" Bian Jing raised his hand tremblingly, interrupted Jiao Jing, who wanted to speak, and said: "Jing won't ruin the lord's affairs because of personal grudges, it's just that his father's hatred for many years can be avenged, and he is a little apprehensive in his heart." ”

Jiao Jing looked at Bian Jing deeply, and nodded a little uncertainly.

"I also bothered General Jiao, led the troops across the Great Wall, and blocked the entire Jiuquan."

"General Bian rest assured, the last general will definitely not let the ants set foot in the territory of Jiuquan!" Jiao Jing looked at Bian Jing heavily, and solemnly clenched his fists.

After Jiao Jing led the troops to leave for a long time, Bian Jing calmed himself down and ordered the three armies to attack Huishui City.

A few days later, Han Sui led 30,000 Xiliang elites to Jiuquan Leyun City (southeast of present-day Jiuquan City, Gansu).

"My lord, the Ten Western Regions

Could it be that the Six Nations had the power to seal the news of Jiuquan so tightly? ”

Han Sui also frowned deeply, and felt a little uneasy in his heart: "It seems that the situation in the Sixteen Kingdoms is also unclear. Quickly send scouts, and be sure to find out what is happening in Lechuan City. ”

"No!"

After another half a day, Cheng Gongying returned to Han Sui's military tent.

"Finally there is news!" Cheng Gongying rushed to Han Sui's military tent with some excitement: "My lord, the scouts who infiltrated Leyun City have reported that the sixteen countries are fighting each other because of the injustice. Leyun City was close to the forces of Xiliang Ma Teng, and he did not dare to deploy troops too obviously, probably for fear of disturbing Ma Teng. ”

"If the information is true, the major cities west of Leyun City may not be in peace. In this way, it just gave the lord a chance to quickly take Jiuquan. ”

Han Sui's expression was also a little happy. In the days since he fled Wudu, he has not to mention sleeping in the open air, and he has to pretend to be a grandson in front of the Qiang people when passing through Zhangye County, which makes Han Sui angry and distressed at the same time.

I don't know which of the sixteen countries blocked the news of the Western Regions, so that Han Sui was stationed on the Jiuquan border for nearly two days and did not dare to move. Now that he finally knows what is happening in the Western Regions and Jiuquan, how can Han Sui still be willing to stay in this place where he can only fight the northwest wind! Moreover, coming to the march for several days, Han Sui's already small amount of grain and grass was exhausted, and Han Sui was already so anxious.

"Order the three armies, raid Lechuan overnight, and take Jiuquan Zhishu Lufu!"

"No!" Cheng Gongying clenched his fists and left happily.

Inside the city.

"Han Sui's army should be almost there."

"Han Sui didn't find anything wrong?"

"It doesn't seem to be!" Jiao Jing carefully looked at the information in his hand again and continued: "Han Sui fled from Jincheng County in a hurry, and marched in a few days to Wuwei and Zhangye counties, and I am afraid that the baggage in the army will have been exhausted long ago. Now that we have found out the information we have set up, I am afraid that we will be anxious to attack! ”

"Humph!" Snorted coldly and said, "Can the thistle terrestris be arranged?" ”

"The general is wise, throwing thistles with a catapult, even if the lord comes, I'm afraid he won't expect it, let alone Han Sui, who is in a hurry."

Bian Jing nodded when he heard this, and suddenly his eyes lit up and said: "Quickly pass the order, and burn all the thistles red before throwing!" ”

"Uh" Jiao Jing was stunned for a moment, and then laughed excitedly: "Hahaha hot thistle terrestris, I can't catch it, I can't step on it, Xiliang Iron Riding is expensive!" ”

After the excitement, Jiao Jing rushed out of the tent in a hurry, and he was a little afraid in his heart: This General Jiao is too poisonous!

"How many defenders are there in the city?"

"General, there are less than a thousand defenders in the city, and most of them are old and weak."

"What are the people?"

"There are quite a few people, most of them are foreigners from the Sixteen Kingdoms of the Western Regions. As for the Han Chinese, it seems that there are not many! Cheng Gongying thought for a moment and continued: "But what is a little strange is that the defenders in the city do not look on the slightest guard. ”

"The lord's 30,000 troops are crossing, even if the sixteen countries of the Western Regions do not value the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains, they should also get the news at this time."

Han Sui thought for a while with a calm face: "No matter!" The grain and grass are exhausted, if you can't attack Lechuan tonight, there will be no way to solve the problem of food tomorrow! As long as you fight quickly and take down Le Juan, even if there are ambush soldiers, this general can hold Le Juan. ”

Cheng Gongying nodded, secretly thinking so.

"Order the three armies to attack the city immediately!"

"No!"

"Kill!" In the silent night, there was a sudden shouting of killing, which resounded throughout the night sky. The few torches on the city wall were shaken by the sudden shouting of killing, and they were shaking to extinguish.

"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Le Jun, who seemed to be weakly defensive, reacted extremely quickly after hearing the shouting of killing. The defenders on the city wall soon lit all the unlit torches on the wall, and in an instant, the city wall was brightly lit.

Han Sui, who was running, saw the bustling defenders on the city wall by the torches on the city wall, and his heart was settled.

"Warriors, climb the city wall and reward a hundred taels of silver. If you can kill the enemy general, gold and beauty are at your fingertips! Kill with Ben! ”

Han Sui burst into a loud drink, trying to boost the morale of the somewhat tired soldiers. There must be a brave man under the heavy reward, Han Sui shouted, and a group of Xiliang soldiers looked at the defenders on the city wall with green eyes.

"Han Army! It's the Han Army! When Han Sui's army reached the city wall, the defenders in the city seemed to see clearly what the enemy force was attacking. shouted loudly in words that Han Sui couldn't understand.

When Han Sui heard this, he was even more relieved. There are many foreign tribes in Xiliang, and as one of the leaders of the Xiliang forces, Han Sui also knows some foreign languages. Since he couldn't understand it, it must be a small country among the sixteen countries of the Western Regions that didn't have much power.

Han Sui was a little ruthless, a little happy and smiling, leading the soldiers who carried the ladder to kill, and went from under the city wall in the blink of an eye.

As Han Sui expected, although the defenders in the city were resisting stubbornly, the gap in strength allowed Han Sui to easily capture the city gate within half an hour.

"Open the gates! Let my West Liang Tie ride on the flat Lejuan! Han Sui roared angrily, as if venting his helplessness and anger at the changes he had suffered for several days.

"Boom!" The city gate was slowly opened, and then the shouts of killing began, and the Xiliang Iron Cavalry placed in the rear army launched a charge, rushed through the passage reserved by the foot soldiers, and quickly entered the city.

"Put!" At the moment when Xiliang Tieqi rode into the city, Han Sui clearly heard a military order in Chinese, and Han Sui felt very familiar.

The continuous sound of breaking the air interrupted Han Sui's thinking. Han Sui raised his head and saw scarlet balls in all directions in the night sky.

What is it? Han Sui exclaimed in his heart, there was really an ambush!

Without waiting for Han Sui to figure it out, the scarlet balls fell one after another into his army. There were the most balls in the sky over the cavalry camp, almost covering the top of the cavalry camp's heads.

"Ahh The ball landed on the shoulders of the cavalry or infantrymen, making a sizzling sound and even emitting white smoke.

The unwitting war horse accidentally stepped on the scarlet ball, and was burned more crazy than a soldier. For a while, in the entire Xiliang soldier camp, the neighing of war horses and the screams of soldiers were mixed.

"Who's it, come out!" Han Sui's eyes were red, and he screamed in a heart-splitting voice inside and outside the dark city.

"Fire lost, let go!"

Another military order passed through the noisy battlefield and reached the ears of the Xiliang soldiers.

Immediately followed by the fire in the sky, like an angry fire dragon, ruthlessly rushing towards the camp of the Xiliang Army.

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