The right virtuous king jumped like thunder and scolded.

After preparing for more than half a year, traveling thousands of miles, and gathering more than 100,000 troops to besiege Suye City, the result was just a few months of siege, and the real battle had not yet begun, and the tribes were shaken and begged to go. In particular, the Hun Evil King Department and the Xiuwei Wang Department, which were stationed in Hexi, had panicked since they came to Dawan and said that Liang Xiao had appeared near Hexi, and they repeatedly asked to retreat.

But the first to retreat was Wusun Kunmi's arrogance.

On the grounds that Akiti Castle was in danger, Hunter Jiaomi gave up the task of pinching the mountain pass and withdrew to Akita Castle. The envoy sent by King Youxian has never returned, and it is estimated that he has died in some ravine. Not to mention that the Right Virtuous King can't find them, even if the Right Virtuous King finds them, he can't identify them as the black hands of the arrogant hunters.

King Youxian knew very well that he had never been in the eyes of the hunters. He has Shan Yu's support, and he has the help of the Evil King, and he doesn't take him, the Right Virtuous King, in his eyes at all. According to the order of succession of the Huns, even if he died, it would not be his turn to be the right king.

Without strength, there is no dignity. Alone, the deterrent power of the Right Virtuous King is not enough, and he can't suppress the leaders of the tribes at all.

Within a few days, only half of the 100,000 horses remained. In addition to the subordinates of King Youxian himself, there were only the king of Rizhu and a few small tribes who had nothing to do with Hexi.

Can 50,000 horses capture Suye City? Neither the Right Hyun King nor the Richai King are sure. It stands to reason that the troops are sufficient, the siege equipment has been built, and the siege skills are much more proficient than at the beginning, and the chances of taking Suye City are not small. However, the Right Sage King and the Rizhu King have their own selfish intentions: if you take Suye City, who will Suye City belong to?

On strength. The two are not much different. On status. The Right Virtuous King is slightly taller. But the height is limited. On the authorization alone, the right Xianwang is the main general, and the king of the day is the striker, in fact, he is the deputy general. Originally, this was Shan Yu's arrangement when he was on the expedition, but later Shan Yu didn't come, and the two couldn't argue, fighting openly and secretly, and had no intention of attacking the city. It took a lot of effort to win over those small tribes with average strength, but now they have a lot of influence.

A huge battle is about to end.

The Huns attacked the city one after another, but there were many fewer tents outside the city, and Creon and Ayana breathed a sigh of relief. They knew that the most difficult time had passed, and even if the Huns continued to attack the city, the possibility of breaking the city was greatly reduced.

They were all curious, what did Liang Xiao do to let the Huns win without a fight?

Just because I don't understand. All kinds of speculations came out one after another, and the more they talked, the more they became more and more divine. It was said. Liang Xiao ambushed the Xiongnu Shan Yu, and the Xiongnu crowd was leaderless; Some people say that Liang Xiao was just outside the city, and he shot hundreds of Huns every day, and those Huns who did not see were killed by him; What's more, it is said that Liang Xiao received the blessing of the sun god Apollo, got divine power, and easily defeated the Huns.

Many people rushed to the temple of Apollo to pay tribute to Apollo, and some people discussed giving Liang Xiao a statue so that he could enjoy the admiration of the people of Suye City.

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Liang Xiao didn't know that he was about to become a god, and he was rushing back to Chigu day and night.

Even if Li Danghu and the others are added, plus the Yue people who are willing to follow him and go with him to save the Yue Clan's prince Aliusu, he only has more than a thousand horses. Whether this point of centaur can rescue Alyusu, and even whether Alyusu can wait for him to save it, he has no bottom in his heart.

He had to think about how he could stop the Wusun people from sitting big if he couldn't save Aleusu.

At this time, Huang Fuqi once again made a proposal: to form an alliance with the Wusun people.

Liang Xiao couldn't make a decision, so he invited Dongfang Shuo to discuss with Li Danghu and Li Shuyun. Although Li Danghu's official position is not as good as Li Shuyun's, Liang Xiao and the others, including Li Shuyun himself, respect him very much and treat him as a brother, and do not simply judge him by his official position.

After listening to Huang Fuqi's suggestion, Dongfang Shuo first expressed his approval. He said that for the Han people, it doesn't matter who they ally with, the important thing is that they can't let a real strong man appear in the Western Regions. Aleusu is obviously not a person who is willing to be at the mercy of others, and even if he is rescued, the alliance may not be possible. Rather than this, it is better to let them contain each other, so that the Han can profit from it.

What's more, it is very likely that Aleusu is now dead, and it is too risky to pin hope on him, and it is very necessary to send someone to find out the truth first.

Liang Xiao followed Dongfang Shuo's suggestion and asked Dongfang Shuo to go with Huangfu Qi. In order to ensure Dongfang Shuo's safety, he sent Tu Hu and other ten knights to escort him. Just in case, he asked Pu Jia to send two cronies back to Pu Zhihai, gather the people who stayed behind, and be ready to respond at any time.

Dongfang Shuo then set off, hurried to Chigu.

In order to hurry, Liang Xiao did not return the original way, and was led by a few merchants and Xiaoyue clansmen, and plunged headlong into the desert.

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Since entering the Western Regions, Liang Xiao has either been running wildly on the grassland, or walking along the oasis, and has seen the desert, but has never really entered the desert. Occasionally walking into the desert, the time is also very short, and I have not really experienced the hardship of trekking through the endless desert.

This time, he experienced the dangers of the desert firsthand.

During the day, the sun is scorching, the sun makes me dizzy, and I want to go into battle shirtless, and at night, the cold is pressing, and people shiver from the cold. Those who have not experienced it themselves can never imagine the feeling of being hot and cold in one day and two nights.

What's even more terrible is the lack of water, before entering the desert, they filled all the containers with water, and the Pu people and Xiaoyue people repeatedly told them to save water, but as soon as they were thirsty, those knights who had just arrived from Chang'an couldn't care so much, so they picked up the water bladder and filled it. Pu Jia was so anxious that he repeatedly begged Liang Xiao to give an order to control drinking water, otherwise it would be difficult to get out of the desert.

Liang Xiao also knows the danger of the desert, once there is a shortage of water, the loss will inevitably be heavy. He repeatedly explained the situation to the knights, and even did not hesitate to apply for military orders, which was able to barely control the situation. Even so, there were still many knights who couldn't stand the torment of thirst and secretly drank water.

Twelve days later, when they walked out of Bailongdui and saw the meandering river on the west bank of Puchang Sea, it was a wonderful feeling of escaping death.

After replenishing supplies and replacing some horses in Loulan Kingdom, Liang Xiao couldn't take a break, and then went up the river. After walking for another three days, they arrived at the country of Yuli and met Zhen'an.

When he saw Liang Xiao, the expression on Zhen'an's face was extremely rich, joy and sorrow, shame and shame, happiness and helplessness, mixed together.

"Your Honorable Envoy...... Where did it come from? Zhen'an tried her best to pretend to be very casual and asked.

Liang Xiao couldn't help but be a little amused. It's all come to this, what are you pretending to be? He looked at Zhen'an twice, and said lightly: "From Puchanghai." ”

Zhenan was surprised, and a little uneasy. "Why did your envoy go to Puchanghai?"

"Because I went to Hexi first, and together with Captain Ma Qidu, I toured around the weak water area to see the scenery of Yue's hometown." Liang Xiao smiled slightly. "Captain March's archery skills are really good, and he is also generous. You see, most of our war horses were sent by him. ”

Zhenan was taken aback. Liang Xiao even knew Ma Qi's name, and knew that Ma Qi's archery skills were good and generous, obviously seeing Da Maqi. He became more and more uneasy, glanced at it, and saw that there were many more fresh faces behind Liang Xiao, and most of them were Han, so he was more vigilant.

"Your Envoy ......"

"These are my robes, just from Dahan." Liang Xiao couldn't help laughing. "The Huns have gone to Dawan, Hexi is empty, they are like entering a no-man's land, this road is very easy. How about the crown prince, did you take Akaya Castle? Did you win the black single? ”

Zhen'an couldn't hold it anymore, so he took two steps forward and held Liang Xiao's reins. "Your honor, save my prince. If you don't come back, I really won't be able to hold on. You don't know how I got here for the past two months. As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes and he burst into tears.

Liang Xiao was embarrassed to tease him again, jumped off the horse, helped Zhen'an aside, and asked carefully.

Zhen'an has had a hard time these two months.

Alyusu was lured into the Akatani by the Wusun people, and Wudan immediately closed the mouth of the valley and cut off everything from the Yueshi people. Jinan was originally with Aliusu. Originally, Alyusu hoped that the subordinates who stayed outside would be able to reopen the valley and pick him up. As a result, I waited for more than ten days, but I didn't see any reinforcements.

Alyusu had no choice, so he sent dozens of troops, including Zhen'an, to venture over the mountains and forests and get in touch with his subordinates outside the valley, only to know that they had been trying to find a way to meet Alyusu, but the Wusun people guarded Taniguchi tightly and didn't give them a chance at all. For more than ten days in a row, they lost thousands of men, but the Taniguchi position remained unmoved.

Zhen'an sent people to sneak back into the valley, so that Alyusu could hold on patiently, and he himself sent people to ask for help, and did everything possible to collect troops, continue to attack Taniguchi, and share the pressure on Alyusu. While paying heavy casualties, Aleusu finally withstood the onslaught of the Usuns.

However, everything was reversed with the return of the hunt. After returning to Akaya Castle with his army, he stopped attacking Alyusu and instead attacked the Tsukishi people outside the valley. Without Aliusu's command, the Yueshi suffered heavy losses, and even Zhen'an himself was wounded.

"Hunting arrogantly back?" Liang Xiao was surprised. "When did he return to Akaya Castle?"

"It's been at least half a month."

Liang Xiao estimated the time and felt relieved. At this time, it didn't take long for Hunter to attack the mountain pass. Yamaguchi should still have a fried hand. As long as the mountain pass is not lost, it will be difficult for the Huns' baggage supplies to be transported to Suye City in time, and if you want to besiege the city for a long time, it is not enough to rely on plunder. If they hold out for a while, they may have to retreat on their own.

With the mountain pass, the Xiongnu had to walk at least two thousand miles more, and if the battle line was too long, it would be difficult to continue, even if it was a nation on horseback. This time, he fought thousands of miles, at the cost of countless war horses exhausted and died. On average, one person loses three or four horses. If it weren't for the limited number of people, who had been robbing the logistics forces of the Huns along the way, and finally penetrated deep into the lair of the Huns, he would not have been able to support it until now.

"Hunting arrogantly, this is trying to trap your prince." Liang Xiao comforted Zhen'an and said: "The prince is brave and tenacious, and he is not so easy to die." Now let's think about how to get the prince out. ”――

(To be continued.) )