As Liu Ze expected, a few days later, Prince Wusun personally led 7,000 Wusun warriors to the upper valley of Bailing, and then Khotan, Cheshi, King Gumo, Qiuzi, Shache, Prince Wensu, and Princess Shule all rushed to Bailing Upper Valley with troops ranging from 2,000 to 6,000. Under the auspices of Liu Ze, nine tribes, including Prince Dawan, formed a united front. All the nine clans handed over their military power and jointly elected Liu Ze as the commander to command the battle.

At this time, the agents sent by Liu Ze also returned to the upper valley of Bailing and delivered the news of the Xiongnu. The main force of the Northern Xiongnu is fighting fiercely with Xianbei in the area of the Ulungu River, and now the fierce battle between the two sides is in a state of stalemate. Due to the tight war on the eastern front, the Xiongnu have transferred the surplus troops of the western front to the eastern front, at this time the Xiongnu defense force in Guishan City is only about 5,000 people, and the Xiongnu soldiers in Hotan City are only more than 1,000 people.

For Liu Ze, this is completely good news, after the alliance of the nine major tribes, the total strength has exceeded 30,000, and now the Xiongnu are fighting on the eastern front, and there is no flawless westward at all, and at this time it is an excellent period to recover southern Xinjiang and Dawan. Liu Ze ended the intensive training of the troops and discussed with the leaders of the nine major tribes to attack Hotan City first. Liu Ze's mention was unanimously affirmed by the nine major tribes.

In the autumn and August of the fourth year of Guanghe, Liu Zeqin led an army of more than 30,000 people to kill the upper valley of Bailing and directly take Hotan City. He appointed Guan Yu as the general of the left forward, Zhang Fei as the general of the right forward, each leading 5,000 cavalry, Wu Anguo led 3,000 troops as the rear officer, Pan Feng was the middle officer, and ordered the first to supervise the transportation of grain and grass.

There were only more than 1,000 remnants of Yu Xian who were cowering in Hotan City, and they were besieged by Guan Yu and Zhang Fei's two armies, and after less than two hours, the city was breached, and more than 1,000 Hun soldiers were slaughtered. Hotan City is the first important town in southern Xinjiang, and it is also the capital of Khotan, Liu Ze led the army to take Hotan City in only a few hours, and the dream of recovering for ten years has become a reality today, the leaders of the major tribes are in tears, and the king of Khotan even almost knelt down for Liu Ze.

Liu Ze treated it indifferently, his goal was by no means this small Hotan City, even if he took Hotan City, it would not have much strategic value, Hotan was located in the desert of southern Xinjiang, and there was a lack of products, so it could not support the supply of grain and grass for tens of thousands of troops. His goal was Guishan City, the former capital of Dawan, and from Ling Xian's mouth, Liu Ze learned that Dawan was rich in products, rich in rice and wheat, and was the only country in the Western Regions that paid equal attention to farming and animal husbandry. Before the winter comes, Guishan City must be taken, otherwise with the support of the nine major tribes of Nanshan, this army of 30,000 people will fall into a food shortage, and the snow in the Western Regions in winter is several feet thick, without the support of the city, it will be difficult for this army to survive in the wasteland with only ice and snow.

After a short rest, Liu Ze immediately ordered the whole army to set up camp and march westward, and as for Hotan City, it was handed over to the king of Khotan.

After all, Hotan and Guishan City are separated by more than 3,000 miles, and it will take at least nearly two months to get there based on a daily march of fifty miles. Liu Ze not only strictly demanded the speed of the daily march, but also attached great importance to the logistics support, after all, the farther west, the longer the supply line, the soldiers and horses did not move, and the grain and grass went first, which was the first condition for the march to fight. Ling Xian's ability was beyond Liu Ze's imagination, and the old man, who was close to the age of six, seemed to have extremely strong energy and will, and under his careful organization and scheduling, the surplus grain saved from the mouths of ordinary people was continuously supplied to the front, providing Liu Ze's army with a strong forward momentum.

In mid-September, Liu Ze's army arrived in the territory of Dawan and took the Ershi City, which was known as the southern gate of the Green Mountains. In that year, Emperor Wu sent the general Li Guangli to the west to conquer Dawan, which was to defeat the Dawan army in Ershi City, force Dawan to kill its king, and sign the alliance under the city. But today, the second division city is an undefended city, the Xiongnu for the decisive battle with the Xianbei people on the eastern front, including the second division, the original Dawan six garrison points of the troops are all transferred to the eastern front battlefield, and now only Guishan City is left in Dawan and there are 5,000 Xiongnu cavalry in the defense.

The Nine-Nation Alliance Army commanded by Liu Ze was warmly welcomed by the local residents in Ershi City, who were originally the aborigines of the Dawan Kingdom, who were brutally exploited and oppressed by the Huns.

The support of the local residents gave the allied forces who were struggling with food and grass to get a little respite, but the Huns emptied all the supplies in the treasury when they retreated, and the local residents were extremely poor, making it difficult to continue to supply the allied forces. Therefore, it is imperative that Guishan City must be taken, which is only the only hope to ensure the survival of the army. The war on the Eastern Front may last for a long time, but it may end soon, if Guishan City cannot be taken in time, and when the Huns on the Eastern Front come to reinforce it, the enemy will be on the back and the enemy will probably suffer the doom of the total annihilation.

The desert weather in September became very fast, and it was still very hot in the afternoon, and the ground was already covered with hoarfrost at night.

Fortunately, at this time, the ratio of the strength of the two sides was six to one, and their own side had a numerical advantage, but in terms of quality, Liu Ze could not guarantee that the 30,000 army could confront the 5,000-strong Hun cavalry head-on. But now that he has two trump cards in his hands, it seems that he has to use some tricks.

The defender of Guishan City is the Hun left general Huhexie, it is the younger brother of Shan Yu Huton, with a big waist and a round waist, born very strong, known as the head of the four great warriors of the Huns, very short-tempered, at the moment is drinking in the city, the war on the Eastern Front is in full swing, he repeatedly asked for war, but his brother Hudun refused, just asked him to guard Guishan City, seize the time to complete the autumn grain harvest, and transport the grain and grass to the battlefield on the Eastern Front. Huhe's evil body has experienced a hundred battles, but at this time, he was used by his brother to watch the city to collect grain, and he had nowhere to spill his anger.

But the autumn grain collection is not an easy errand, due to the Huns war tight, this year in Guishan City is the implementation of the tyrannical expropriation, by the strong resistance of the Dawan aborigines, after all, the grain has been taken away, this winter to let the people live.

Hoheevil has used violent and bloody methods, and has killed many people in the past few days, but there are still people who continue to resist and refuse to hand over all the food. Hoheevil decided to lead his troops out of the city tomorrow and kill all the villagers who refused to cooperate. He drank and scolded: "These cheap bones, if the tiger doesn't threaten, they should be sick cats!" ”

At this time, the spy came back and reported: "General Qiyu, the rebels in the south have occupied the Second Division City. ”

Huhe evil wine woke up halfway and said, "It's so fast, who is the leader?" ”

The news of Yu Xian's defeat in Nanshan had already reached here, but the war on the eastern front was tight, and the Xiongnu army couldn't take care of going to Nanshan to quell the rebellion.

The spy said: "It is a Han general, known as the Sun God Envoy by the Nine Great Tribes, and it was he who killed General Yu Xian." This time, more than 30,000 people from the nine rebel clans were dispatched, and they were all led by this person. ”

The deputy general next to him, Biler, said: "I heard that although this person is young, in the battle of Bailing Shanggu, he broke nearly 2,000 people with 300 horses, which should not be taken lightly, and this person actually gathered more than 30,000 people from the nine major tribes, and the general must be careful." ”

Hohe laughed and said: "A group of rabble, what are you afraid of, if it weren't for my brother's order for me to guard this Guishan City, Lao Tzu would have led the army to break through Nanshan and kill him without leaving a piece of armor. ”

While he was talking, another spy came in to report: "General Qiyu, the rebel army of 3,000 cavalry is coming to Guishan City, which is less than thirty miles away from the city. ”

Huhe stood up and shouted, "Good come, give me three thousand soldiers, go out of the city to meet the battle, give them some color and see!" ”

"General, the enemy's more than 30,000 people only sent 3,000 people as the vanguard, be careful of deception. As long as we hold on to the city, and when the reinforcements from the east arrive, the rebels will be defeated if they attack inside and outside. "Buehler was a little worried.

Hu Hexie laughed and said: "A few rebels, Lao Tzu has not taken it seriously, when Lao Tzu was crisscrossing the Western Regions, 10,000 iron cavalry wiped out 200,000 soldiers and horses of the four countries, these 30,000 people are not enough to stuff Lao Tzu's teeth." ”

What else did Biler want to say, Huhexi rushed outside in a big stride, ordered three thousand elite cavalry, and rushed out of the city.

The vanguard of the coalition army was Pan Feng, who unhurriedly led 3,000 cavalry to look at Guishan City, and marched to only forty or fifty miles away from Guishan City, but saw the yellow dust rolling in front of him, presumably the Huns went out of the city to meet the battle. Pan Feng stood on the corner, took out a big knife, and shouted to the opposite side: "Who is coming, the name will be killed!" ”

The leader of the other party was Hu Hexie, holding a big axe to open the mountain, where could he understand Pan Feng's words, he roared and rushed over, and with an axe, he slashed straight at Pan Feng's head. Pan Feng raised his knife to fight, and the shock was numb, and he secretly said that this Hun will have a lot of strength. After only three walks, Pan Feng was defeated and led the army to retreat south.

Huheye laughed and said to the adjutant general Biler, "How? As soon as Lao Tzu came out, these traitors fled. Sons, kill it, kill a head and reward a sheep, kill an enemy general and reward ten cows, kill the sun god envoy, and reward a thousand households! ”

The spirit of the cavalry was greatly shaken, and they all fought bravely to be the first, and pursued in the direction of the enemy's escape. Pan Feng's soldiers were defeated like a mountain, and he lost his armor along the way, and the wolf bèi fled.

The Hun cavalry pursued desperately, and chased nearly a hundred miles in one breath, and it was less than dozens of miles away from the Second Division City.

Bile looked at the terrain, secretly screamed badly, and said to Huhe: "General, be careful of deception!" ”