The robbers moved quickly, staying in the small village for more than half an hour, and then carrying the goods they had stolen from the nobleman's house, roaring all the way to the next village, and the same scene was played out in Parthia at the same time.

In fact, if a careful person checks carefully, they will find that most of what these robbers loot from the noble lord's house is only grain, gold and silver and other property are basically distributed to the villagers, and they only take a small part.

It is said that there were as many as four or five bandits in Parthia, under the banner of a black whirlwind and a half cloud, with a large number of tens of thousands and a few thousand as four or five thousand.

Parthia was a well-developed trade caravan, and the caravans from the south to the north would also bring news from all over the world, and many people here had heard of the prestige of the Black Whirlwind and Banbianyun, and knew that they were the two great bandits that were rampaging in the Western Regions. Originally, it was rumored that these two bandit gangs were suppressed by the Han army, but the two bandit gangs that had been wiped out suddenly appeared here.

For a time, everyone in Parthia was terrified and frightened. The villagers were also a little overwhelmed by the belongings and women they had received.

Just then, another group of cavalry rushed into the village. These cavalrymen were dressed in black and black armor, and the Han troops stationed in the neighboring concession were dressed in this costume, and many villagers had seen them. Seeing these Han cavalry, the villagers became even more nervous. Because they all know that the Han and Parthia are friendly neighbors, and their capital was taken back with the help of the Han army. Now, the villagers are still carrying the belongings of the noble lord's family, and the Han people must be standing with the noble lord, how can they not be afraid?

However, to the villagers' surprise, instead of accusing them of colluding with the bandits, the Han army reassured them with kind words and asked them to nominate a trustworthy person to temporarily serve as the head of the village. With the support of the Han army, the villagers who had just changed from slaves to free men suddenly became bolder, even if Vologis inquired, they didn't have to worry, it was a big deal to flee to the concession, they knew that the life of the compatriots in the concession was much better than that of Parthia.

The Han army did not stay in the village for long, and immediately followed the direction of the robbers' escape. It wasn't long before they caught up with the robbers. The robbers left behind the looted food and some of their belongings, and fled while the Han soldiers were collecting the spoils. The Han army was busy for a while before continuing to catch up.

The real black whirlwind has now become the queen mother of Kangju country, and Banbianyun has already become a pile of dry bones in the desert, and these robbers are actually pretended to be the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes on the grassland.

Because Caracalla and Aldaban had secretly colluded, and Al Shak could not be contacted, Liu Xin had to make this decision.

This war is extremely important and dangerous, if defeated, the Han is likely to collapse, but as long as it wins, not only can the Han establish the status of the world hegemon, but also can unite the people, so that the world is proud to be the people of the Han. Therefore, for Liu Xin, this battle can only be won and not defeated!

Liu Xin was confident, with the good training and high morale of the Han army, it was not difficult to defeat Daqin. The difficulty is that the Han mainland is thousands of miles away, and the logistics supply is already very difficult, if Parthia turns against the Han army at this time, stabs the Han army in the back, and cuts off the Han army's grain route, it may cause a fatal blow to the Han army.

To this end, Liu Xin must firmly control the grain route in his own hands, and in order to ensure safety, one grain route is not enough, more than two grain routes must be controlled. Liu Xin chose the grain route between Ecbatana and Ctesiphon, while bypassing the city of Susa, so as to avoid direct conflict with the father and son of Vologis, Arshak and Aldaban. Moreover, the Parthian forces were mainly concentrated in these three places, and it was impossible for the "robbers" to go there and fight hard.

The "bandits" plundered all the way, and the Han army followed closely behind them to pursue them all the way to the border between Parthia and Great Qin. Everywhere they went, in both the villages and towns, the nobles, the rich, the officials, and the slave owners were all wiped out, their property was looted, all the men were killed, the land, property, and women were all divided, and the slaves were liberated, and there was a power vacuum in these towns and villages.

The nobles, the rich, the officials, and the slave owners who had held great power were gone, and most of the freemen and slaves who had been oppressed for a long time had no ambition and were in a situation of getting by. Even if a few people have ambitions and do not have that much influence, it is impossible to make a splash in a short period of time. The current principals were all elected under the auspices of the Han army, some were free people, and some were even slaves, of course, they had already regarded the Han army as their backers, and they would not oppose the Han army, and naturally they would not destroy the transportation of grain and grass for the Han army.

The weight of grain and grass is extremely important, and of course heavy guards will be arranged during transportation, so Liu Xin is most worried about being secretly obstructed and sabotaged by the local people, rather than being cut off and plundered by the Parthian army in an open fire. Now, this grain road composed of vacuum areas has been completely in the hands of the Han army, which has solved Liu Xin's worries. Moreover, the grain and grass scavenged from the homes of the nobles, the rich, the officials, and the slave owners were sufficient to sustain the army for a month, and to relieve much of the burden of transportation.

After coming to the border of Daqin, four or five "bandits" quickly converged into a single force, about 40,000 people, and their commander was Tuoba Jun, the leader of Xianbei.

According to Liu Xin's order, after the 40,000 steppe cavalry arrived at the border, they should first find a place to hide and wait for the follow-up Han army brigade. However, Tuoba Jun was eager to make meritorious contributions. The most important thing is that these cavalry composed of herdsmen burned and looted all the way, and they were very addicted, regained their self-confidence, regained their wildness, and left Liu Xin's orders behind. Tuoba Jun whipped his horse and led 40,000 steppe cavalry across the border and into the province of Asia Minor of the Great Qin Empire.

Caracalla adopted the advice of Lu Yi to wait for work at ease and attract the Han army to go on an expedition, so he naturally kept an eye on the movements of the Han side.

However, Liu Xin was also very cautious, and after he decided to drive the expedition in person, he closed all the passages from the Han Concession to Daqin, and all caravans from the Han Dynasty were only allowed to reach the Concession at the farthest, and even Parthia was not allowed to enter, and caravans from other countries were not allowed to enter Parthia through Kangju and the Concession. In this way, it was possible to prevent the leakage of the movements of the Han army to the greatest extent.

Therefore, when a large number of Han troops arrived in the city of Khotan one after another, Caracalla did not know it. But he made some preparations, stationed four legions in the province of Asia Minor, which bordered Parthia, and laid a trap for the Han army to be fooled.

Although it was difficult for Daqin's fine works to penetrate into the concession and Kangju, the eyeliner of Caracalla and Gaita was already dense in Parthia. When the "bandits" entered Parthia, Caracalla and Gaita received the news almost simultaneously, and they also learned that the Han army would actually cross the border to pursue them. The brothers, Caracalla and Geta, reacted very differently immediately.

Caracalla naturally kept an eye on the movements of the Han army that had entered Parthia, and soon inquired that they were all originally stationed in the concession and Kangju, and not from distant Chang'an. This is not that Liu Xin deliberately concealed his strength, but because the Han troops stationed in these two places were mainly cavalry, and Liu Xin replaced them with the infantry of the Third Army, which could enhance the offensive and mobile of the troops.

After learning of this situation, Caracalla dispatched three legions, quietly crossed the border into Parthia, and chose to pass through the line of Susa, hoping to sneak attack the empty Han concession and deal a heavy blow to the Han army.

Gaita also sent men into Parthian territory, not to raid the concessions, but to find the fierce "horse thieves" and try to form an alliance with them. These "horse thieves" can flee thousands of miles under the pursuit of the Han army, and they are by no means idle, and if they are operated properly, they can be a great help to him. Moreover, these "horse thieves" have been fighting with the Han army for many years, and they may know a good way to deal with the Han army.

Just as Caracalla and Geeta were each making wishful thinking, the group of "horse thieves" suddenly merged and appeared in Asia Minor. The "horse thieves" moved quickly, swept all the way through, and did not kill anyone when they saw it, and did not rob the rich and give to the poor as they did in Parthia. It's not enough to kill people, they even have to set fire to the places they pass and scorch them.

The sudden change disrupted the deployment of Caracalla and Gaita. Caracalla immediately adjusted, so that the three legions that had just entered Parthia immediately returned to the division, and at the same time two additional legions were transferred into Asia Minor, with the strength of six legions to deal with this group of "horse thieves". And Gaita did not want to see all these "horse thieves" fall into the hands of Caracalla, and also sent two legions into Asia Minor, wanting a piece of the pie.

Unaware of the dangers ahead, Tuoba Jun was still immersed in the countless victories he had achieved in the past few days, looking forward to going straight to Rome and then receiving Liu Xin's appreciation and commendation. Suddenly, a black and oppressive military formation appeared in front of the team, and the heavily armored Daqin soldiers lined up in a neat phalanx, pressing over step by step, and the rows of spears flashed with a cold cold light.

"Kill!" Tuoba Jun didn't pay attention to these infantry at all, drew his scimitar, shouted loudly, and rode his horse forward. The nomadic cavalry of the Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes behind him also screamed and rushed over. When the two sides were a hundred paces apart, the nomadic cavalry had already begun to show their superb riding and archery skills, and waves of arrows rained down on the Great Qin army array.

Although some people fell from time to time, the Great Qin soldiers did not panic in the slightest, stepping on the corpses of their comrades, and greeted them unhurriedly, and the spears in their hands mechanically stabbed out, retracted, stabbed again, and retracted.

A group of cavalry who rushed to the front slammed into the Great Qin army's formation, and suddenly the people turned on their backs, and the screams rang out. The cavalry was stabbed into a sieve on the spot, and many Great Qin soldiers could not withstand the powerful impact brought by the galloping horses, which shattered their internal organs and spurted blood.

However, after a delay, the momentum of the cavalry attack gradually weakened, and the advantages of the tight Great Qin army formation began to be brought into play. Batch after batch of nomadic cavalry fell under the spear, while the casualties of the Great Qin infantry became less and less.

Tuoba Jun saw that the situation was not good, and with a whistle, he walked away. In addition to the impact power, the cavalry also has a treasure, that is, super mobility, and he wants to use this to drag those heavily armored Daqin infantry to death.

At this moment, shouts were issued from all directions at the same time, and several Great Qin phalanxes pressed over, and Tuoba Jun found himself surrounded. Facing an enemy more than ten times larger than himself, this grassland warrior had no choice but to look up to the sky and sigh: "I regret not listening to Your Majesty's words, and I will die today!" ”