When the king heard the words of the prime minister, he couldn't help but be very worried, "What does the prime minister think the great general of the Han Dynasty will do?" The prime minister shook his head, "I don't know." But I don't think he'll be as merciful as he used to be! The king nodded approvingly.

At the same time, there were also conversations and discussions like those between King Qiuzi and the Prime Minister in the palaces of the other kings of the Western Regions. The countries of the Western Regions had originally decided to take the Dayue clan as their suzerain, but at this moment, their attitudes became ambiguous again.

Eyes temporarily turned to Luoyang. Under the cover of night, a fast horse galloped from the Tiger Prison Pass, called to open the city gate, and galloped straight towards the general.

General's Palace, Hall. Huang Yueying looked at the report she had just received, frowned, and then sealed the report, called the herald, and ordered him to pass it to the general of the Western Regions as quickly as possible.

Western regions. Zhang Lang defeated the Wusun army led by Mu Zhen in one fell swoop under Loulan City, and then did not rush to enter the army, but stationed in Loulan to wait for the arrival of the follow-up brigade. Three days later, the main force of 200,000 foot cavalry of the Tiger Wing Legion and the Longtao Legion arrived. Nearly 300,000 troops descended according to the terrain of mountains and rivers, stretching for more than ten miles.

Zhang Lang sat at the head of the big tent, and the generals were divided left and right.

Zhang Lang pondered: "My army is here, and the consumption of grain and grass is huge, if it is supplied by the customs, the cost is too great!" Glancing at Zhang Jian, "Zhang Jian." Zhang Jian immediately stepped out of the ranks, hugged his fists and said, "What does the general command?" Zhang Lang said: "You are most familiar with the Western Regions, and you will send envoys to various countries to ask for food." Zhang Jian promised and retreated into the queue.

Zhang Lang asked Zhang Liao: "What is the situation of the Dayue Clan's army now?" ”

Zhang Liao hugged his fists and said: "According to the report of the spies, the main force of the Dayue Clan is gathered in Shicheng in the territory of Wensu. 200,000 defeated troops, plus 100,000 fresh troops transferred from Wusun and 100,000 Wusun surrendered troops, a total of 400,000 troops. ”

Zhang Lang stood up, walked to the map shelf, and searched the map for the location of Wensu Stone City. Zhang Liao pointed out where Wensu Stone City is located. Zhang Lang's eyes fell on the Wensu Stone City, and saw that this city was next to a big river that originated in the Tianshan Mountains, and it was close to the throat of the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains in the middle of the Western Regions, which could be described as a place where soldiers must fight.

Zhang Lang squinted his eyes, Mu Zhen is quite good at choosing places. After a moment's thought, he patted Shi Cheng, "Use the old way to deal with them." The army is suppressed head-on, and the cavalry is outflanked in a roundabout way! Far. ”

Zhang Liao clenched his fists and promised.

Zhang Lang said: "I will hand over the Tiger Wing Army and Long Tao Army to you to command, and attack the enemy army head-on." "No."

Zhang Lang turned his head to look at Ma Chao, who was eager to try, and said with a smile: "Meng Qi and my handsome wolf army, bypass the Green Ridge River in the south, first take Wensu to cut off the retreat of the enemy army in Shicheng, and then raid the enemy army!" Ma Chao nodded.

Zhang Lang returned to the main seat and sat down, glancing at everyone, "Since the strategy has been determined, don't delay any longer, tomorrow morning, the army will be mobilized." Is there a problem? ”

Everyone looked at each other, but they didn't speak. Zhang Lang said: "Okay, let's go down and rest." Everyone hugged their fists at Zhang Lang and left the big tent one after another.

Zhang Lang rubbed his forehead with his hand.

There was a sound of hurried footsteps at the door, and Yang Kun, the captain of the tiger body, lifted the curtain and entered, until he was in front of Zhang Lang, hugged his fists and said: "General, Luoyang's urgent matter." Then he presented the letter with the seal in his hand to Zhang Lang. Zhang Lang took the letter, picked up the seal, took out the letterhead, and read it. smiled slightly, and muttered: "Yuan Shao and Cao Cao really fought!" All right! After thinking about it, he picked up the brush, wrote a reply letter, handed it to Yang Kun, and instructed: "Seal it immediately, and hand it over to the herald to send it back to Luoyang." Yang Kun took the reply letter with both hands and ran out. Soon after, the fast horse carrying Zhang Lang's reply letter galloped away from the barracks.

Early the next morning, the army marched out, and the 300,000-strong army marched along the Peacock River to Weili. Weili, a small country in the Western Regions, is located in the green state area between the Peacock River and the Tarim River, with a population of 300,000 and 30,000 soldiers.

A few days later, the army arrived at Wei Li, and tens of thousands of his subjects from the king to the king went out of the city to greet him, and the smell of worry was evident in the respect.

After a short stop at Yuli, the army continued westward with 100,000 loads of grain and grass donated by King Weili and a large number of gold and silver treasures. Along the Tarim River all the way to the west, ten days later arrived at the opposite bank of Shicheng, Zhang Liao made a big fanfare, set up camp under the banner of the general, and confronted the army of the Dayue clan on the opposite bank.

That night, Zhang Liao had just finished arranging the guard task, and the generals retreated, and a guard rushed in to report: "General Qiqi, Lord Zhang Jian has brought back a large amount of grain and grass. ”

Zhang Liao was overjoyed, and hurriedly left the big tent and ran to the gate. When I came to the vicinity of Yuanmen, I saw that the big cars were being transported into the barracks, and it was Zhang Jian who was riding on horseback next to him and directing. Zhang Liao stepped forward and shouted with a smile: "Zhang Jian." Zhang Jian hurriedly turned his head, saw Zhang Liao, quickly dismounted, hugged his fists and said, "General." ”

Zhang Liao looked at the grain trucks in front of him, nodded happily, patted Zhang Jian's shoulder, and praised: "Good job!" ”

Zhang Jian shook his head, "The general is falsely praised!" This time, I went to various countries to ask for grain, but only five countries took out grain and grass, and other countries were ambiguous and prevaricated. Pointing to the grain transportation team, "There are only 300,000 loads of grain and grass, I'm worried that it won't be enough!" ”

Zhang Liao pondered: "It's not a big problem, after all, we still have grain and grass from Yumen." He turned his head to Zhang Jian and said, "You have worked hard all the way, go and rest." Zhang Jian shook his head and said, "I'm not tired." Zhang Liao smiled. Zhang Jian looked in the direction of the big tent, "Where is the general?" ”

"Gone.

Zhang Jian nodded.

In the middle of the night, a huge electric light suddenly crossed the night sky, followed by thunder and explosion, followed by heavy rain.

After the night, the camp was muddy, and the Tarim River, which had been relatively gentle, was rolling. Zhang Liao looked at the Tarim River in front of him, his brows furrowed.

In the afternoon of the same day, the herald rushed to report that the Peacock River and Lop Nur were flooded, and the grain transport team from Yumen Pass was living on the east side of Lop Nur and could not advance. Zhang Jian said with a look of self-reproach: "I actually forgot that these few months are the rainy season in the Western Regions!" Chao Zhang Liao hugged his fist, "General, this rainy season has been coming for more than three months, and the grain transportation team is afraid that it will ......."

Zhang Liao was furious, "Why didn't you say such an important situation earlier?" ”

Zhang Jian's face was full of self-blame.

Zhang Liao frowned and said: "400,000 quintals of grain and grass are only enough for our army for two months, if the war is stalemate, the consequences will be unimaginable!" Zhang Jian hurriedly said: "Do you immediately send a messenger to inform the general?" Zhang Liao shook his head, "Impossible." The general's actions are kept secret, and I don't know exactly where they are now! After a pause, he whispered: "I just hope that this war can go smoothly!" ”