(Thanks to Dameng, Chubby, peace of mind, the second more.) ）

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The pale white round sun was half-hidden among the thin clouds, and the wind and sand blew from the top of the desolate solitary peak, and a knight stood on the peak, looking at the horizon like a sculpture.

Under the lonely peak, there is a shallow river, and several Han and Hu soldiers are unsaddle and drink horses. There were also a few sergeants on the banks of the river, either adjusting bowstrings or sharpening their blades with grinding stones. An officer with two flag feathers on his back and a negative feather as the leader was pacing back and forth, looking a little anxious.

After a while, the officer stopped, turned his head and said to a Hu Dao who was adjusting his arrow feathers: "Xi Nu, are you sure that the appointed time is at the beginning of noon?" ”

The officer turned his head, and his face was as if it was Du Xun who was the leader of the Jiaohebi Jiatun Ding team.

Du Xun did not follow his old boss Guo Xi to the south road, but as a support force, he led his team to be included in the Duhu Mansion, and belonged to the third team of the White Tiger School, one of the three schools of the Duhu Mansion. Right now, he's leading his men on a mission.

After leaving the country of Wensu, the army of the Northern Province has entered the border of Wusun and needs to get in touch with Wusun Dakunmi to obtain transit permits and grain and grass support. At this time, the relationship between Wusun and the Han court was a real nephew-uncle relationship, which was quite close. If you ask who the most reliable and relied on ally of the Han in the Western Regions is, Wusun deserves it.

With such a powerful ally and help, of course, it was impossible for Chen Tang not to use it. The conscription order had already been issued, but Wusun was too far away from the capital to protect the mansion, and it was not until the Western Expedition army passed through Qiuzi that the liaison personnel sent by Wusun took over.

The Wusun side sent a translator, a hundred chiefs, and more than 30 horsemen. Of course, this is just a liaison team, and its role is to communicate information with each other and act as a post officer. And the real support will not be available until Akaya Castle.

Du Xun cooperated with Wusun Baichang Xi Nu this time to greet the envoy sent by Wusun Dakunmi. This time it is a real nobleman who will bring the latest edict of the Great Kunmi.

Xi Nu is a Wusun man in his thirties, lean and lean, with deep eye sockets, brown eyes, and two mustaches under the hooked nose. In terms of rank, Xi Nu's hundred chiefs are equivalent to the tun commanders of the Han army, which is higher than Du Xun, but as a subject country, in principle, he is one level lower than the official, so Xi Nu is only at the same level as Du Xun, and in joint operations, he is even more deputy.

Xi Nu looked up at the sun and said, "Come soon, we Wusun people are not as accurate as you Han people about the time." ”

Xi Nu is not wrong about this, Mo said that the Wusun people, including the Xiongnu Zhuhu in the Western Regions, have a very vague concept of time, and often use expressions such as "a day's horse", "a place of an arrow", "a sheep or a leg of mutton" and so on.

As early as before Yijiazi, the Wusun royal court was still a felt bag, and it changed with the season. It was not until the Han Dynasty married into two authentic princesses successively, bringing advanced culture and ideas, that Wusun Kunmi officially built the city and became a country in the true sense of the word. At the same time, it also introduced such a timekeeping tool as the carving, and the concept of the hour appeared in the life of the Wusun people.

However, there are still a few who can afford to use copper engravings, so most of the Wusun people still use the ancient fuzzy timekeeping. Although the two sides agreed to meet at the beginning of noon, for the Wusun people, the "first moment" can probably be between plus or minus one or two moments. Well, even a little longer, it's not surprising.

Du Xun has served in the Western Regions for more than ten years, so he naturally knows the Hu people's concept of time, so he has to keep his anxiety and wait patiently.

At this moment, I suddenly heard a shout: "It's coming!" They're coming! ”

Everyone stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked westward.

But when he saw more than a dozen horsemen suddenly appear on the hillside in the distance, he looked over here for a while, and seemed to have spotted them, and immediately rushed down the hillside and ran towards them.

As soon as Du Xun made a gesture, the Han and Hu teams immediately turned over and mounted their horses, lined up in rows, bent their bows and drew their swords, and maintained a state of attacking at any time. Although it is very likely that the person who came was the promised envoy of Wusun, in the land of the Western Regions, which was soaked in iron and blood, danger is never reserved, and you can never be sure whether the friend who came was still an enemy.

"It is our messenger...... The first one is to hit Hu Jun. Xi Nu rode up the low hill, squinted a pair of thin eyes, put his hand on his brow, and after looking at it carefully for a while, he reported loudly.

Du Xun exhaled lightly, returned the knife to its sheath, reached out and pressed it, and motioned for the soldiers to put away their blades.

At this moment, the knight on the lonely peak suddenly shouted: "No, there is an enemy!" ”

"What?" Du Xun raised his head in surprise and shouted at the knight who served as a sentry on Gufeng, "It's Wusun who is here to attack Hu Jun, and Xi Nu has confirmed it." ”

"More than ten rides, the back ...... And there's more! With a look of horror on his face, the knight turned his horse and galloped down, shouting as he ran, "Withdraw, withdraw!" ”

"What?" Du Xun and his squad of knights were inexplicable.

"Run-have-Kangju...... "The shout from afar was not from the Lone Peak Cavalry Outpost, but a warning from the Wusun people who were galloping in.

With the call of the Wusun people, behind them, a row of riding shadows appeared on the ridge line of the mountain. Subsequently, more and more, more and more ......

"Damn it!" Du Xun's eyes were like copper bells, he suddenly turned the horse's head, raised the horsewhip high, and whipped it hard, "Run!" Back to camp! ”

A goshawk swept through the sky, curiously looking at this "strange" scene on the ground: more than 20 horsemen were fighting their horses and galloping wildly, hundreds of steps away, densely packed, no less than hundreds of horses, chasing wildly......

After about a moment, the pursuers and fugitives drew closer and closer, from hundreds of paces to 100 paces. When the fleeing horse overturned a earthen beam, a baggage team with a head and tail of two miles appeared in front of him. There were high piles of grain and grass, and large herds of cattle and sheep. At a glance, there are a lot of people and horses, but most of them are conscripted servants, and the army that really escorts grain and grass is only a few dozen people.

Du Xun's face changed suddenly: "Oops! ”

Xi Nule stopped his horse, looked at the baggage below, and then looked back at the chasing horse with smoke and dust, and gasped: "Du team rate, what should I do?" ”

Du Xun's face changed, and he gritted his teeth: "Hit Hu Hou and lead the team to go first, the Kangju people will definitely not take care of you when they see the baggage." Even if you want to chase them, you will have to divide your forces, so that you will have a chance to escape. ”

Hu Hou panted and looked at Du Xun: "What about you?" ”

"I am a sergeant of the Han Dynasty, and I will never sit idly by and watch our army's grain and grass being robbed." Du Xun pulled out the ring head knife, his face was solemn, "The third Shi of the Jiatun Ding team of Jiaohebi obeys the order." ”

"Whoa!"

"Lead away the pursuers and ensure the safety of Wusun to attack Huhou; Protect the baggage and wait for help. ”

"Whoa!"

Du Xun looked at Xi Nu, who smiled bitterly: "When you set off, the interpreter has an explanation, and everything is only the order of the Du team." Xi Nu, will stay. ”

Du Xun laughed: "Good man, don't worry, our army's camp is not far away, as long as Hu Hou arrives, reinforcements will be dispatched immediately." Immediately bowed his hand to Hu Hou, "Farewell, I wish you well." ”

More than ten horsemen rushed down the mountain beam like the wind, facing the baggage team, and in the shocked eyes of the baggage soldiers, they roared like thunder: "Enemy attack - prepare for war - "