Under the scorching skylight, the city gate slowly opened, and the flag representing the Khotanese kingdom was still hunting on the city tower.

The four gates were wide open, the footsteps sounded in unison, the people who heard the movement in Pishan City poured into the streets, in the whistling wind, the soldiers holding spearmen walked through the bazaars and streets like a long dragon, giving people the impression of swearing to defend the country to the death, Wei Chi Li'an walked up to the city, and the cloak was swayed in the wind and sand.

"The world is impermanent...... he whispered what he said after his father's death, looking at the army that pulled out of the city gate, no one expected the Han people to come so quickly, and when he received the second letter, the other party's scouts had already entered the territory of Pishan City, of course, he couldn't predict that he would face the Han army in this life.

Originally, he could not have fought this battle, but Khotan, as one of the most powerful countries on the South Silk Road, if he didn't even have the courage to face the soldiers, what kind of face would he have when the Han army retreated? In these two days, 20,000 troops have been mobilized from other cities, which is the limit of Khotan, and the city is not as good as the Han Dynasty, so there is no need to defend the city, but he has to prove himself anyway...... or the value of the state of Khotan.

Looking at the scorching skylight, the desert blown by the wind and sand, the oasis in the distance, and the peaceful scenery of the Western Regions, he only felt trembling.......

"If only there had been no war between Shache and Shule."

He spoke softly again, turned around and walked down the low city wall, lifted his cloak and turned over his horse, his yellowish beard trembled, and shouted: "Let's go, let's go and see the soldiers of the Han Dynasty, even if we want to be defeated, we must be defeated with dignity, otherwise why should the Han Dynasty people let me surrender to Khotan." ”

The army that went out of the city to meet the enemy was looked at by countless eyes.

Someone chimed in and shouted, "Yes-"

However, the voices that responded were somewhat uneasy, and the soldiers who had arrived from the cities of Hotan, Luopu, and Moyu heard that their enemy would be the Han Dynasty Iron Cavalry...... Many people thought that this ..... was a joke, but the war broke out in the east, Shanshan, and Jimo, and Kumi in a straight line, from east to west, and within half a month, the Han people swept several cities and approached Khotanese Mountain.

This is really not a joke, the army of more than 20,000 people trembled out of Pishan in the king's inspiring words, and waited in the field, they looked to the east, on the skyline filled with wind and sand, a black line was slowly moving, Yu Chi Li'an rode to the front, pulled out an arc-shaped long knife, "Battle-"

The sound of shouting spread, and at the end of their sight, the rolling black line seemed to contain the bones of countless people.

Knock Knock Knock –

Knock Knock –

Countless horses' hooves trampled on the ground full of sand and gravel, and under the bright sky, nearly 50,000 steppe cavalry slowly advanced in three phalanxes like a raging tide, surrounded by dense weapons colliding and the sound of horses' hooves trampling, isolating all external sounds and having the power to bulldoze everything.

The overseer shouted in the crowd, galloped on horseback to correct the cavalry of different tribes in each phalanx, and kept the whole large array stable in the situation of marching - these warriors from the grassland were originally tribal systems, obeyed by the head people, elders, etc., but over the years, the appearance of the Han army superintendent cavalry, to a certain extent, made them more inclined to obey more correct commands, these people who grew up on horseback, whether it was riding and shooting, or long-distance running, had strong combat effectiveness, and now there is more armor provided by the wolf king, Coupled with the command of the supervising cavalry, after paying attention to the formation and tactics, it is already a rare elite force.

And this push has almost proved this in the field, but the enemy in front of them today makes them feel uncomfortable, and some contempt.

"How dare you go out of the city to fight? This is kind of interesting to the king of Khotan. When I came, I read some classics about the Western Regions, and there was one called Wu Greedy and Leaving the Country, 'Forty-one households, two hundred and thirty-one mouths, and fifty-seven victorious soldiers', and there was also a single Huan country, 'twenty-seven households, one hundred and ninety-four mouths, and forty-five victorious soldiers'."

In front of the endless military array, under the white da, Gongsun Zhi glanced over there, and said with a smile to Dian Wei and Li Ke on the left and right: "These are still two countries, how can it be similar to our village fighting with another village?" ”

More than two people laughed behind him, and the guards around him also laughed.

“.…… In front of me, I heard that Khotan is still one of the big countries in the Western Regions, with a population of more than 80,000 and more than 30,000 soldiers and horses. I actually dared to go out of the city to face the battle, in my Han, 200,000 soldiers and horses have seen it, and I also cut off Yuan Shao's head with my own hands, such a small country dares to use its arms as a car! ”

The words rose sharply, and the most powerful wolf king among the entire more than 100,000 people pulled the reins, looked ahead and raised his arm, "Beat the war drums, tell the three of Lou Ban, Leak Mud, and Ah Hun Ya in front of you, and put the scum in front of you ...... Sweeped! ”

Several war drums sounded.

On the right flank of this formation, in front of the two thousand Bingzhou iron cavalry, Lu Lingqi shook the red feather with her hair in her bundle, heard the sound of war drums, and carried the crescent halberd on horseback with a shaky appearance, and her father next to her halberd stopped her, "At this scale, we don't need to go up in person, those Xianbei and Wuhuan riders can trample them to death." ”

"Hmm....." The somewhat embarrassed girl gently stroked the long mane of the curly-haired red rabbit, blushing helplessly, "Of course my daughter knows, it is to scare and scare them." ”

"Haha! Lingqi doesn't need to be embarrassed, you have no experience in the army, so naturally you don't know the sound of the snare drum. ”

Lu Bu retracted his gaze from the front and turned his head: "In the future, if you follow the army a few more times, you will naturally understand the meaning conveyed by the drumbeat, and after the battle, my father can also teach you to distinguish." ”

He said with a smile.

In this vast world, out of the Han Dynasty, there are grasslands and the Western Regions outside, and there are even broader places here, the road to the future is becoming clearer and clearer, and now that Lingqi has grown up, Lu Bu decided to teach her all and inherit the mantle, and Zhen'er hopes that he can follow the text and walk out of another way in the future.

After all, if you can fight, this generation will finish it.

The ground under his feet recovered, under the light of the sky, the three steppe cavalry launched a charge like an iron wall, the total number of 50,000 cavalry gradually dispersed from the dense, Lou Ban led the left flank of 20,000, slowed down, looked at the gradually clear Khotanese formation in front, and issued an order: "Don't rush hard, we just need to monitor the Xianbei mud in the middle." ”

At the same time as the deputy general Gu Jin nodded, the Xianbei cavalry in the middle had already accelerated the momentum, and he didn't care about the actions made by the Wuhuan cavalry, after all, the lock slave was in front of the chaos, which stained the wolf king's heart, and now he needs to come up with a better record to show his loyalty, as for Qianman's letter that day, he has long been left behind.

"Batha! Directly smash the formation of these Western Regions people, and let them see what it means to fight-"

The horn of the Xianbei people sounded, and the tide swept away.

The dense hooves of the horses were churning on the ground, the stones and gravel were splashed in the air in the tremor, and the smoke and dust rolled up by the three cavalry were like three tides, surging towards the Khotanese army formation outside the opposite Pishan City. The cavalry at the forefront tightened their horses' bellies and lowered their bodies to avoid the first rain of arrows.

However, the attack did not go as expected.

"Huh? What's going on? ”

Gongsun Zhi, who was watching the battle situation, frowned on horseback, the conventional battle sequence, entering the range of throwing arrows, should be the first rain of arrows to fall, blocking and killing the cavalry's attack, but the opposite side is like a pool of stagnant water, and the entire army formation is silent, making him feel a little incredible, "........ these guys are ready to resist the impact of the cavalry?" ”

In several other Han flag phalanxes, Zhang Fei urged the horse to stand side by side with Xiahou Yuan, and the tiger beard was angry, but it was an appreciative tone: "These people in Khotanese are really fucking courageous, and they should all be tiger warriors......"

On the other side, Zhou Yu looked at the situation over there, and was also quite surprised, and glanced at Sun Ce, who was also unaware of the situation, in disbelief, "Could it be that the other party has another way to deal with it?" ”

"50,000 cavalry rushed into battle, and I would avoid its edge if I changed it, which is enough for Khotan!" Sun Ce rode his horse and galloped a few steps, then stopped and raised his whip: "...... Let's wait and see what happens, if they can repel these three cavalry, I will give them face and fight in person! ”

This sudden and strange scene made the Han array feel strange At the same time, the Khotanese army was in the main formation, the air was almost solidified, the sound of horses' hooves shook the ground, and the three directions advanced over, countless people pinched their weapons and stood behind the wooden shield, trembling and looking at the angry tide rushing in the distance, nervous to a state of fear, except for the roar of the angry waves, they could no longer hear any sound, the soldiers of Khotanese did not have never seen cavalry, but had never seen such a huge number, 50,000 cavalry rushing in the field, The field of vision is full of people and war horses. In fear, they were almost deaf and did not hear the military orders shouted by the generals in front of them.

So much so that the opponent entered the range of the arrow and forgot to shoot the arrow.

Wei Chi Li'an rode on horseback, reined in his horse, looked at the soldiers and horses in front of him in a daze, and shouted: "What are you still doing in a daze, the enemy has killed you!! "The fierce horses rushed towards the army. The guards around him followed.

In the Khotanese army formation, the foot soldiers in the front row trembled and pinched the sword and shield, stared, and took a big gulp of the scorching air with a long mouth, and in front, he saw his own king suddenly turn over and dismount and come this way, stretched out his hand and pushed his companion next to him, and the king's voice shouted: "Set up a shield for defense——"

The soldier turned his head blankly: "Huh? ”

".........." Wei Chi Li'an looked at the soldier speechlessly, pulled out the blade from his waist, his chest rose and fell violently, and he squeezed out half a sentence with difficulty: "Defense!" Believe it or not I'll kill you, herald! Heralds! Let them guard against ......."

However, ahead, the vast cavalry, has become clearer and clearer.

Twenty zhang.

……

"I can't beat it...... Just surrender. ”

"It's not like the Han Dynasty hasn't descended before."

".......That's not a shame."

Bang.

It was the sound of weapons falling to the ground, followed by the sound of more weapons falling to the ground, and the array of more than 20,000 people suddenly rose and fell, and the figures who were originally standing in formation squatted down almost at the same time, holding their heads in their hands and making a gesture of surrender.

Wei Chi Li'an stood in the crowd of squatting people, his mouth wide open, and it was difficult to make a sound.

In the skylight, the roaring hooves gradually became smaller, and the Xianbei riders who launched a frontal impact stopped at a distance of five zhang, looking at each other with a look at each other, the first hard battle since entering the Western Regions, but the result made them feel a little uncomfortable.

"You didn't plant!" Wei Chi Li'an walked in the kneeling military formation, and shouted to the dense Khotanese soldiers around him: "Let the Han people look down on you, do you know, we can fight this battle, at least let the Han people understand that the Khotanese people are valuable, why are you in such a hurry to surrender?!" ”

Countless soldiers, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Hun cavalry around him looked at him, and when someone was about to draw a bow and arrow at someone who was unwilling to surrender, he heard a sound-

Bang dang!

"Surrender! I surrender—"

Wei Chi Li'an shouted, threw away the weapon in his hand, and knelt on the ground with a bang, raising his hands above his head.

…….

Afar.

"This battle was fought...... If you don't fire an arrow, it's over? ”

Gongsun Zhi whispered, touched the short beard under his chin, and glanced at Li Ke: "Bring that person to see me." As he spoke, he turned and walked towards Da Xu. And Zhang Fei, Sun Ce and the others laughed, and when they returned to the formation, they actually looked down on these people for their previous appreciation.

The wind and sand are getting bigger, the diffuse sand and dust began to invade this piece of heaven and earth, after capturing 20,000 Khotanese soldiers, the Western Expeditionary Army is camped outside the city to rest, Gongsun Zhi led the generals under his command in the afternoon, entered Pishan City to hold a meeting, has been close to the Green Ridge (Pamir Plateau) after turning over there, is to enter Dawan, and even the Kushan land.

Now it was necessary to say something to the generals, and the king of Khotan, who summoned him after dark.