Chapter 162: Encounter
In the dead of night, Zhang Lang had not rested, standing in front of the map, looking at the topographic map of the Western Regions that Zhang Jian had presented before. The map is very rudimentary, and it cannot be compared with the map drawn by modern high technology, but Zhang Lang seems to have seen the rolling sandstorm sweeping thousands of miles away.
Wusun! Zhang Lang's gaze fell on the body of the number one country in the Western Regions, and his brows furrowed slightly. Memories of the past flowed through his mind like a marquee, and in his original memory, Wusun was an ancient and mysterious country, but now the country seemed to be unsettled with the status quo.
According to Zhang Jian's intelligence, the territory of Wusun Kingdom spans the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, the land is thousands of miles wide, and there are nearly 200,000 armor, and its strength should not be underestimated!
Zhang Lang was a little bottomless in his heart, six thousand iron horsemen attacked, this battle must not be easy to fight, but it must be fought! Zhang Lang smiled and muttered: "Even if you are bound to lose, this battle must also be fought!" ”
In the next few days, the 6,000 cavalry who received the order sat on various expeditionary preparations, while Cai Yong actively prepared spare horses and raised dried meat and other materials for the expeditionary force. Zhang Lang, Jia Xu, Huang Yueying discussed the specific strategy of the expedition, for a few days, Zhang Lang almost never came to the back to sleep, I heard that Zhang Lang was about to go to the women, the heart was uneasy, but they were not willing to show Xiàn out, whenever it was rare to get along with Zhang Lang, always a happy look, Yan Yuyao accompanied Zhang Lang to talk about homely things, Dong Ying danced the sword, Diao Chan danced, and the Li sisters were in harmony with silk and bamboo, they hoped to use this method to dismal the fatigue of their lover, and their purpose was indeed achieved.
Three days later, Zhang Lang, Zhang Liao, and Huang Yueying's 6,000 cavalry and nearly 15,000 horses set out, and the messenger sent by Zhang Jian served as a guide.
The military situation was like fire, and the team hurried to the road, and in less than ten days, the team arrived at Yumen Pass. After a short rest, in the early morning of the next day, the army went out of the fortress.
At the same time, Zhang Jian's army retreating into the mountains was betrayed by traitors, and was once again heavily damaged by the Wusun army, with heavy losses, and the team was scattered.
A day later, Zhang Jian and dozens of other horsemen fled to the southern foot of Baishan, and at this time, nearly 10,000 troops from Yizhi and Pu joined the pursuit.
Suddenly, Zhang Jian's mount knelt down on the front hooves and threw Zhang Jian off, and everyone was shocked, jumped off the horse one after another, and helped Zhang Jian up. Thundered......! The thunderous sound of horses' hooves seemed to have reached the ears, and looking to the west, there was a lot of pressure. Zhang Jian showed a look of despair, and everyone else also showed a look of despair.
The surging cavalry of the Western Regions is getting closer and closer! Everyone couldn't help but clasp each other's arms, since they were going to die, let's die together!
The ground behind him suddenly shook, and a muffled thunderous sound came from behind him. Everyone hurriedly looked behind them and saw the battle flag of the Han army! couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then showed a look of ecstasy! Zhang Jian exclaimed excitedly: "It's the general!" Reinforcements are coming! ”
The cavalry of the Western Regions saw the cavalry of the Han army suddenly appear, and quickly stopped, looking a little nervous and flustered.
When the cavalry of the Han army came to Zhang Jian and others, Zhang Jian and the others found that only a thousand horsemen had come, and the original excitement immediately turned into disappointment, and then into worry.
"Don't be afraid! There were only a thousand Han cavalry! The general of the Wusun army shouted, waving the scimitar in his hand, "Destroy the Han army!" "11,000 cavalry from the Western Regions raised smoke and dust in the sky, surging towards the Han army, brandishing scimitars and screaming strangely.
Zhang Lang pulled down the face towel that blocked the wind and sand, turned his head and said to Huang Yueying, who was wearing armor and looking tired, "You stay." Then he raised Fang Tian's halberd, "Prepare to charge!" ”
The 1,000-heavy armored iron rider immediately untied the reins of the horse's back mount tied to the saddle, and quickly arranged it into three horizontal rows with the horse lance in hand, which was the three attack waves.
As soon as Zhang Lang pulled the reins of the horse, the figure of the red rabbit horse rose up, letting out a dragon groan, and Fang Tian's halberd swung forward violently, "Charge!" ”
Kill! A thousand ironclad heavy horsemen burst out, like a landslide, like a monstrous wave of world mode! The earth is trembling! The cavalry officers of the Western Regions couldn't help but be shocked and changed color.
Zhang Lang rushed into the enemy army first, and where he started, several enemy cavalry splashed blood! A thousand iron horsemen crashed into the middle of more than 10,000 cavalry, the iron armor collided, the horse lance waved, and the roar was earth-shattering, only to see the blood flying all over the sky, only to see the endless enemy like rolling off the war horse! A thousand ironclad warriors are like a thousand Grim Reapers, and each of them sets off an infinite sea of blood! The sea of blood is endless, reflecting the frightened faces of the strange soldiers of the Western Regions! 1,000 against 10,000, but the battle situation is tilted one-sidedly on the side of the Han army! Zhang Jian and the others were dumbfounded, Huang Yueying stared at the heroic posture of the bloody battle among thousands of troops, and couldn't help but feel excited, and it was difficult to hold on.
The cavalry of the Western Regions faced these invulnerable ironclad war horses, and their will finally collapsed, as one cavalry fled, several cavalry began to flee, and then one by one the enemy cavalry lost their armor and abandoned their armor, and finally all the cavalry of the Western Regions completely collapsed, like a flock of sheep that encountered a pack of wolves, and fled in a hurry.
Zhang Lang led the army to chase for a few miles and stopped, the other party was a light horse, and they were heavy armored iron horses, the other party desperately fled, and the iron cavalry under Zhang Lang's command had no choice.
Leading the army to turn around, Zhang Lang jumped off his horse.
Zhang Jian and dozens of people under his command knelt down in front of Zhang Lang with a thud, and Zhang Jian said with a ashamed face: "My subordinates are incompetent!" ”
Zhang Lang stepped forward to help Zhang Jian up, and said to everyone: "Everyone get up." The crowd stood up.
Zhang Lang patted Zhang Jian's shoulder and comforted: "This matter is not your fault, you don't have to blame yourself, you can persist in this matter, all of you are meritorious people!" Everyone was moved and tears welled up in their eyes.
Zhang Lang pulled Zhang Jian to introduce Huang Yueying to him: "This is the military advisor of this expedition, the staff of my General's Mansion, Huang Chengyan's youngest daughter Huang Yueying." Zhang Jian hurriedly saluted Huang Yueying, and only then did he see Huang Yueying's appearance clearly, and he was secretly surprised in his heart. Huang Yueying returned the salute.
Zhang Lang looked around and asked Zhang Jian: "You are most familiar with this place, where is it suitable for camping?" ”
Zhang Jian hugged his fists and said, "Who please belong to?" Immediately, the leader Zhang Lang, a thousand iron horsemen and two thousand war horses, headed southwest of Baishan, and the three roads of Baishan were backed by Baishan and set up camp.
Night fell. Zhang Lang, Zhang Jian, and Huang Yueying sat in the big tent to discuss the next action. Zhang Jian said worriedly: "This time the Wusun people have made up their minds!" They mobilized an army of 50,000 to attack Loulan! In addition, nearly half of the dozens of countries in the Western Regions have joined their camp! ”