Zhao Xun officially accepted the visit of King Qiuci in the Qiuci King's Palace, that is to say, from the moment Zhao Xun entered the royal capital, Hali was no longer the former King of Qiuci, who controlled the military and political power of a country, but a special lord with the title of king.

What reassured Han Li a little was that Zhao Xun did not settle accounts with him after the autumn. Although he has lost a lot, he is extremely lucky compared to the kings of Yanqi and Qiuzi.

Zhao Xun did not immediately take over the Qiuzi Kingdom, nor did he immediately carry out reorganization and restructuring, nor did he collect the soldiers of the cities. Of course, the pro-guard army under Zhao Xun also controlled half of the royal capital. With the cooperation of Han Li, Zhao Xun sent a group of men and horses to be stationed in various places and began to integrate into various cities.

After stabilizing the Qiuzi Kingdom, Zhao Xun immediately secretly transferred his cavalry to the north. Of course, when there are Zhao army soldiers transferred in the entire Qiuzi country, it is normal for several teams of two or three thousand soldiers to be transferred. In the eyes of others, this is just Zhao Jun's attempt to control the Qiuzi Kingdom. But no one noticed that the several armies that were moving north were slowly converging in one direction.

Langcheng, the Zhao army confronted the forefront of the Wusun army. Li Chenfeng, Xu Ye and others are all stationed here. At this moment, even Wei Zilin, who had been in the rear, also appeared here.

"General Li, General Xu, there is a message from the Qiuci Kingdom, and the Lord has successfully stabilized the Qiuci Kingdom. If nothing else, this country will be ours. Now that preparations are made over there, it's up to you to take action and cover the west. Wei Zilin said with a smile that he came to Langcheng this time mainly to start counting, collecting, and reorganizing the remnants of the more than 17,000 Qiuzi Kingdom.

To take the Qiuci country, of course, you need to take it over, and these more than 17,000 remnants of the Qiuci country soldiers will not only be able to control the Qiuci country faster, but also will not cause unnecessary 'commotion', 'chaos' and changes in the Qiuci country. This Guizi country soldier is the forerunner, which is much better than directly letting the Zhao army dispatch.

Li Chenfeng said in a deep voice: "Lord Wei, don't worry, we are here, but we are only suppressing people with power, and we don't really want to fight with Wusun Kingdom." These damn Wusun people really think that my Da Zhao can't help them, and they get carried away. This time, I definitely want them to look good. ”

Wei Zilin said with a smile: "When the 'fat' city to the west of it is broken and the Wusun army is in great turmoil, the two generals will be able to ride their horses." At that time, the thirteen cities in the western part of the country will depend on the two. ”

When Xiang Li, the commander of Wusun State in Xisha City, and the general secretly cursed that King Gaochang was a soft egg, Zhao Jun in Langcheng on the other side sent someone to issue an ultimatum to his side, demanding that the Wusun Army withdraw from the territory of Gaochang Kingdom. Zhao Jun's reasoning was that neither King Zhao nor King Gaochang recognized the credentials of the previous king of Gaochang State.

Of course, Zhao Jun and Gao Changguo did not veto the legitimacy and orthodoxy of the previous king Gao Ya, and in any case, Gao Ya was also the former king of Gao Changguo. After Gao Changguo broke through the Zhao army, many courtiers died, and these people naturally had to pay for it. King Qiuzi directly declared that the so-called national letter in the hands of Wusun State was just a villain who was bought by Wusun Guo 'privately', taking advantage of the war 'chaos' and 'privately' stamping himself, so he would never be recognized.

Wusun Guo naturally did not give any response to this, completely ignoring the existence of Zhao Jun and Gao Changguo. However, the combined forces stationed in Langcheng had to move extremely quickly, and immediately began to divide their forces and march westward.

"Could it be that their so-called King Zhao stabilized the Qiuzi Kingdom, and they thought they could defeat us?" In the fine sand city, in the face of the combined army on the opposite side and slaughtering into the territory occupied by their own side, these Wusun army generals were also a little surprised.

Coach Xiangli said coldly: "No matter what his reason, what this commander needs is to let the so-called coalition army on the opposite side go back in a gloomy manner." Now that we have 80,000 soldiers here, are we still afraid of them? Command all cities to kill all enemy troops who enter the city! ”

"In addition, all generals and colonels close to the east are ordered to strictly guard the places and not allow enemy troops to enter the interior." Xiang Li knew very well that the Wusun army occupied thirteen cities in the western part of Gaochang Kingdom, but the center of defense was still centered on Xisha City, close to several towns in the east. If the enemy army on the opposite side is allowed to enter the hinterland and drive the local residents of Gaochang Kingdom, it will bring a lot of trouble.

Hell, why didn't Zhao Jun even encounter strong resistance from local residents when they destroyed the Qi Kingdom, the Gaochang Kingdom, and dozens of large and small countries? Thinking of the increasing number of horse thieves and the Gaochang people who refused to cooperate in the hinterland, Xiang Li couldn't help but curse secretly.

They only saw the effect, but they didn't pay attention to how much Zhao Jun had paid to achieve his current goal. If it was just to capture these areas, the Zhao army would have completed the task long ago. It is easy to conquer a foreign place, but it is not easy to firmly occupy it and completely annex it.

In order to be able to immediately settle down in the occupation of Yanqi State, Gaochang State and the surrounding large and small countries, Zhao Jun did not know how much he had paid. There are countless kinds of materials that have been transported from the rear alone. Of course, after paying so much, Zhao Jun also stabilized these regions in the shortest possible time, plus the various gold and silver utensils seized, so that Zhao Jun got a lot of supplements from the money. If it weren't for the fact that the Zhao army in the Central Plains had been immersed in development and had not fought a big war with other princes, I was afraid that this Western Regions alone would have made it difficult for the Zhao army to continue.

After a few days, the Xisha City defended by the Wusun army was not attacked by the Zhao army, but all the residential areas west of the Xisha City, outside the thirteen cities in the west, the herdsmen who raised livestock in the wild, and the small towns and villages were attacked by the opposing coalition forces.

"Rubbish, a bunch of rubbish! In less than five days, more than 5,000 warriors were lost in various places. In addition, more than 20,000 of our war horses were also robbed by the enemy! At this time, Xiang Li, the commander of the Wusun Army, was angry and scolded the generals under his command.

"Didn't Ben Shuai give you a warning, let you be on guard, be careful! But what about you? In this way, he was attacked by enemy forces far less than his own. ”

Xiang Li's anger is surging up because of nothing else. However, in the intervening days, except for the larger thirteen cities, which were not attacked by the enemy head-on, the defenders stationed in various places, and the soldiers who were responsible for collecting grain and grass in towns and settlements, were all attacked by the small groups of enemy troops. Even several teams transporting grain and grass for the city were attacked by the enemy one hundred and thirty miles west of the city.

When Xiangli heard the news and arrived, thousands of dans of grain and grass were burned, three thousand guards were killed, and the accompanying Gaochang people disappeared without a trace.

"General, it's not that we are unfavorable in battle, but that this enemy army is extremely familiar with the terrain of this western land, and they are scattered into small groups, and they are no different from the local horse thieves. We were in the middle of the city, unable to pursue. In addition, because of our expropriation of grain and grass, the inhabitants of Gaochang Kingdom in the western part of the country were extremely dissatisfied, so they cooperated with this coalition army to carry out a surprise attack on us. A general whispered.

"General, the last general thinks that there are not many enemy troops who have crossed the border, and most of them are facing each other in Langcheng, which is opposite us, and they are also afraid that we will go straight to Langcheng. Therefore, it is not necessary for us to leave most of our men and horses behind in the cities, but we must work together to find this group of enemy troops first and destroy them. Another sturdy general said, "When our country has prepared the logistics properly and the grain and grass materials arrive, we can wave our army to the east and break it down." ”

Although it seems that Zhao Jun obeyed the Guizi Kingdom, this not only did not add help to Zhao Jun, but also added pressure to it. The Zhao army did not have many garrisons west of Liangzhou in Zhao, and this time they stationed 30,000 to Qiuci to deter Qiuci. This is a great opportunity for us. Therefore, the last general thought that Zhao Jun's action was deliberately provocative, and the purpose was to make us nervous and make us have problems in logistics. ”

Xiang Li was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, each city has a certain number of troops stationed to defend the city, and the rest of the soldiers will go out of the city to pursue, and these enemy squads will definitely be wiped out." In addition, under the rule of the thirteen western cities, anyone who goes against our army and contacts the Zhao army will be killed. Anyone who reports Zhao Jun's traces to us will be rewarded! ”

To the west of Xisha City, outside the ancient city of Lancheng, fifty miles to the north is the Langu grassland. The water and grass here are abundant, and it is the largest grassland suitable for free-range livestock in the territory of the thirteen cities in the west and seven cities in the north, and at the same time, it is also the most suitable grassland for raising war horses in the western region of Gaochang Kingdom. It is flat and surrounded by rivers. In the past, almost all the war horses in the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom were provided here.

And now, after the Wusun army took control of the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom, it became a place for the Wusun army to raise the livestock of the army. Among them, the most important is more than 30,000 'fine' war horses. They are all the spare horses of the Wusun army and the mounts of the defenders stationed in the city.

Because this place is located behind the fine sand city, on the side of the ancient city of Lan, the defense here is not very tight. After all, there were no other armies approaching here except for the Wusun Army. And a small group of horse thieves, it is impossible to rush here to act. Anyway, there are also war horses for the army here, and there are still 4,000 defenders in the camp. Coupled with the unwillingness to be separated from the ancient city of Lan, they are not afraid of any horse thieves.

This time, the Wusun army here paid the price for their carelessness. As for the understanding of the terrain of the land occupied by the Wusun army, the Zhao army may be far inferior to the current Wusun army, but the Wusun army is also not as good as the residents of Gaochang who grew up here.

For Zhao Jun, there are not only 3,000 enemy troops here, but more importantly, more than 30,000 war horses. For the demand for war horses, Zhao Jun has never been too small. In the Central Plains Zhao Di, Zhao Xun has made all states suitable for raising horses, and all of them raise horses. Even, Zhao Xun ordered to encourage Mingma to raise horses. In order to make horses flourish in the states of the Central Plains, a large number of horses entered the country, so that the price of horses decreased, which is also an important means of generalizing horses.

Xu Ye looked at the horse and said to himself: "I don't believe it, if you fight here and take away your 30,000 war horses, you can still have the 'fine' strength to pay attention to the southwest." "The Western Regions personally attacked this place to attract the attention of all the Wusun troops to the various teams that had entered the west. and to provide convenience for the Zhao army in the southwest of the Qiuzi Kingdom.

Gently raising his hand, the five thousand Zhao army iron horsemen behind him 'drawn' out the horizontal knife.

Looking at the camp with smoke rising in front of him and the horse wrangler still driving the horses in the distance, Xu Ye's eyes narrowed. Suddenly burst into shouts: "Kill!" ”

Suddenly, Xu Ye was in front, taking the lead, and then the cavalry of the Zhao army rode their horses and charged, following closely behind. The five thousand cavalry surged forward like a huge sea 'wave' in anger, and rushed towards the Wusun camp with the force of the sea 'wave' capsizing.

When the Zhao army was 'approaching', the Wusun army, who was preparing dinner in the camp, finally noticed the abnormality. In their opinion, the rumbling of the galloping horses should be the sound of their own wranglers preparing to gather their horses and drive them out, and they did not expect that a large army of enemies would appear here.

"Woo woo woo ......" With the sound of a long horn, thousands of Wusun troops finally came out of the camp. At the head of the group was the guard, a fierce man with a yellow beard all over his face. At this moment, he was riding a tall horse, rushing to the front with a knife, and he was still cursing and swearing.

Because although there were many knights who attacked, they did not play the banner, nor did they reunite in an orderly manner. Therefore, the Wusun army commander thought that the other party was a multi-way horse thief gathering to fight the idea of war horses.

"Where did the thief come from, dare to beat me......"

When they were twenty paces away, the commander of the Wusun army saw the commander of the enemy army, and immediately roared and asked, and was ready to use the identity of the Wusun army to deter the other party. After all, there were four or five thousand knights killed on the other side, which was much more than there was here.

"Look for death!" Xu Ye snorted coldly and threw his gun. I heard a piercing roar, like a ghost crying wolf, and a touch of black mang suddenly appeared, piercing the 'chest' of the commander of the Wusun army, and lifting his body from the horse, and slamming it to the ground.

Countless war horses rushed by, and the Wusun army commander became a pile of rotten 'meat' in the blink of an eye. This Wusun army commander is also a fierce general in the Wusun army, otherwise he would not be in charge of the daily stocking of these war horses. But because he underestimated the incoming cavalry, he was killed by Xu Ye with one blow before he could make a move!

The main general of the Wusun army was killed by the attacking enemy before he could go into battle, which suddenly shocked the entire Wusun army and its morale fell. At this moment, these soldiers of the Wusun Army also discovered that the attacking knights were by no means horse thieves, but standard troops, and they were the kind of 'elite' divisions.

However, at this moment, these Wusun troops no longer need to know whether it is the army or the horse thieves who are attacking, whether it is the people of the Zhao army or the people of Gao Changguo. Because as soon as the two sides 'engaged' the battle, the Wusun army suffered a big loss, and it was far from being the opponent of the other side. The weapons in the hands of the attacking knights are extremely sharp and varied. Throwing guns, crossbow arrows, and horizontal knives are all 'fine' products.

And after Xu Ye killed the enemy's main general, how could he not seize this opportunity and immediately order the whole army to attack. The cavalry of the Zhao army brandished horizontal knives and 'shot' crossbow machines, and where they passed, blood and 'flesh' flew sideways.

In just half an hour, the Wusun army of this Languyuan was completely exhausted. For the Wusun soldiers, Xu Ye killed them all, leaving no prisoners. The horse herdsmen of Gaochang Kingdom, who had been captured by the Wusun army, were called up and asked to drive the horses themselves.

In order to keep these war horses, Xu Ye also planned for many days for this operation. The 30,000 horses were divided into multiple groups and quietly hid in the surrounding mountains and valleys. Moreover, in the surrounding area, Xu Ye has also gathered a lot of horse thief strongholds, which will become an area for Xu Ye to store materials and temporarily repair.

After killing all the Wusun army, he let some of the soldiers take the lead with their horses and follow the predetermined destination. And himself, with most of the remaining people, rushed in another direction with great momentum. You must know that in the ancient city of Lan, fifty miles away, tens of thousands of Wusun troops are stationed.

The only thing that reassured Xu Ye was that the operation did not send a signal from the end of the operation. And the spies arranged around did not find that the Wusun army had escaped. The slower it can be discovered by the Wusun Army, it is naturally the best. And even if it is discovered, the Wusun army in the ancient city of Lan will follow the trail of most of Xu Ye's men and horses leaving, ignoring the few teams that drove the horses. This is also the reason why Xu Ye traveled when the night 'color' was approaching, and when the night 'color' came, it was the Wusun army, and he would not continue to deliberately inspect the movements outside the city.

Xu Ye knew very well how much Zhao Jun had paid for this land in the Western Regions. In Zhao Xun's words, if we can gain a little benefit from this war with the countries of the Western Regions, we will get a little benefit, and we must make the enemy pay for our efforts. These war horses were ridden by the Wusun army from the Wusun country, and now they are in their own hands, which can not only add 30,000 war horses to their own side, but also make the Wusun army lose 10,000 or 20,000 cavalry.

When the ancient city of Lan received the order of the commander Xiang Li, he strictly investigated the horse thieves and foreign cavalry in the territory, and when he was about to retrieve the war horses from the Langu Plain, he found that this place had already become a ruin. At this time, it had been two days since the Zhao army attacked here. The guard of the ancient city of Lan was almost scared to death, and immediately sent someone to investigate, and the soldiers reported the news to the commander and worked together.

And Xiangli, who is located in Xisha City, is about to go crazy at this time. Aside from the Langu Plain, in the past ten days, dozens of places under his rule have been attacked, including grain collection teams, teams transporting grain and grass materials, and patrol teams. Tens or hundreds, as many as thousands of soldiers were killed.

When he received the news from Lan Gucheng, Xiang Li didn't say anything, and directly sent back the military order, asking the defender of Lan Gu to apologize for his crimes. But the generals around Xiangli all know that Xiangli at this moment is really on the verge of exploding.

After sending back the military order to execute a guard, Xiang Li felt that he had vented some anger a little, and immediately roared loudly: "Order the defenders of all cities to immediately increase their patrols, and be sure to pursue the traces of these enemy troops." If there is a situation like Xianglan Gucheng in anyone's territory, he will not report to this general, and apologize for his sins with death! ”

"The traces of this enemy army are all between several cities in the east, so let these eastern cities cooperate in the sweep. If these 'bastards' are not removed, under our rule, sooner or later they will be dragged away by Zhao Jun. This is extremely detrimental to future actions. We must not allow our advantages to be lost. ”