Qilian Mountains.

It's late at night.

At night, the distant mountains, rocks and trees seem to transform into monsters of various shapes, showing their majesty in this silent and cold mountainous area. In the temporary camp of the Qiang people in Liangzhou, piles of bonfires have already been lit to help everyone resist the cold of the mountain at night.

Most of the Qiang people sleep soundly around the campfire, snoring one after another.

Looking at his sleeping companions not far away, he was confused and envious.

In the second half of the night, it was his turn to be on duty, making Mi Li both depressed and unwilling, as a famous warrior in the clan, when did he need to do these chores? However, those who are qualified to cross the Qilian Mountains to chase and kill the enemy are all famous warriors of various ethnic groups, many of whom are more famous than him, and the strength of the tribe where Mi Li is located is not strong, so he will inevitably be sent by these messengers.

There are countless Qiang tribes, known as the Qiang family, but what determines the status of each ministry depends on strength after all.

Night duty is related to the life and death of many people, which is not the slightest careless.

The attacks of the Han army in recent days have been insane, and have terrified the Qiang defenders.

After fighting so many times, the Qiang people knew that almost all of their opponents were not Han people, but Yizhou Yi people, but the military discipline orders, combat methods, and battle array use were all the number of Han army roads, and the identity of the Han army was undoubted. The Han army, composed of pure Yi people, not only has the unique tenacity and courage of the Yi people, but also learns the war skills and discipline that the Han people rely on to dominate the world, showing extraordinary and powerful combat power.

The Qiang warrior coalition composed of warriors of all ethnic groups was at an absolute disadvantage when fighting against that Han army, which was enough to prove how terrible the Han army on the other side was.

Some people also said that there were people in the ranks of the Han army, which made the Qiang warriors even more frightened.

The terrifying legend of the "divine soldier" has been passed down from generation to generation in various tribes and has become a lingering shadow of the Qiang people. Although the coalition high-level blocked the news, it was obviously unrealistic to expect the discipline of the improvised patchwork team to be, coupled with the frequent fighting, more and more evidence appeared, and the Qiang people understood that there were indeed people in the ranks of the Han army, but the number was relatively small.

There are troops with "divine soldiers", no wonder they are so strong!

The general attack launched the night before suffered a crushing defeat, which had a great impact on the morale of this Qiang coalition army.

The Han army was obviously caught off guard by the mountain sickness, but still repelled the Qiang attack, how could it be?

Didn't the mountain sickness defeat the Han army?

As we all know, even the strongest warriors are unlikely to be immune to the attack of mountain sickness!

In the eyes of the Qiang warriors who relied on instinct to fight bravely, the general offensive organization was perfect and qualified to become a classic battle. But it was such a perfect attack, but it suffered an unbelievable fiasco.

The most elite 500 warriors were almost wiped out, and in the end, many people were pushed off the edge of the cliff alive by the Han army like pigs, and the screams of despair and unwillingness made people shudder.

Since the day of the fight, Mi Li's resistance to the guards has decreased sharply.

The gun shoots the first bird.

Miscellaneous work also has the advantage of doing miscellaneous work, at least you don't have to be like the 500 warriors, who are saddled with the reputation of "the strongest warriors" and sent to carry out the most difficult and critical tasks with the least room for turn.

The Han army, which survived that round of general attack, immediately launched a crazy counterattack against the Qiang coalition army.

On the night of the general attack, not long after the Qiang people collected their troops, the Han army unexpectedly launched a counter-raid. You must know that the Han army was short of food and medicine and was tossed by mountain sickness, and was exhausted after repelling the Qiang people's attack, no one expected that the Han army had the ability to quickly organize a counterattack, and when they heard that the Qiang people on the periphery were cut down in large areas, the Qiang camp rushed to meet the enemy, and finally more than 200 Qiang warriors were killed. If it weren't for the fact that the Han army was alone, and it was already at the end of the crossbow and did not dare to fight, the price paid by the Qiang people for that attack on the camp would have been even more heavy.

The Han army retreated, and the chaos in the Qiang camp gradually subsided.

What was even more unexpected was that at dawn, the Han army made a comeback.

Although the vigilance was strengthened after the first attack, it was not far from dawn at that time, and after a night of tossing, the Qiang people were so tired that they just wanted to fall asleep, and the Han army, which was smaller in number, more difficult, and more intense in battle, would naturally only suffer worse physical consumption, not to mention that the two sides were affected by mountain sickness to different degrees. No matter how you look at it, the Han army should not have the ability to continue the attack, so the additional sentry posts are not particularly careful.

After all, it's almost dawn, and it is impossible for the Han army to come again!

Everyone thinks so.

But the Han army attacked again, when everyone thought it was impossible.

Nearly 100 Qiang people have become ghosts under the knife in a daze.

In the next two days, the Han army did not desperately flee as it had done a few days ago, relying on the favorable terrain, while guarding the road to prevent the Qiang people from breaking through, and at the same time dispatching men to attack the Qiang camp through the mountains or cliffs. The strength of the Han army is limited, but the kind of small-scale attacks and harassment one after another, also disturbed the Qiang people, let it go, someone will die, always be careful and it is difficult to tighten the string for a long time, physically and mentally exhausted.

The coalition is an improvised patchwork of tribes, and everything is fine when the wind is good, and when there is adversity, it is easy to disagree.

The failure of the general offensive had a great impact on the morale of the Qiang coalition army.

Several leaders combined, some people think that their side still has an absolute advantage, and the Han army is just dying and struggling, continuing to attack, consuming the last drop of blood of the Han army, and victory is a matter of course. Some people also believe that the Han army held the danger and resisted the attack of the Qiang people with a small number of troops, making it difficult to give full play to the strength advantage of the Qiang coalition army, and should immediately divide the troops to go around behind the Han army and block its way back. There are also people who believe that the Qiang family in the world should immediately contact the Qiang tribe on the plateau, even if it costs some money, and ask the brother tribes here to help, so that this Han army will be unable to fly.

As a result of the discussion, no one could convince anyone.

In the end, they compromised with each other, attacking head-on, dividing their forces and asking for help from other tribes.

Even ordinary Qiang warriors like Mi Li know that it is a taboo for soldiers to be undecided, not to mention the so-called "three-pronged move". However, the coalition forces did not have a strong leader to control the overall situation, and several leaders were of equal strength, and they all wanted to take credit for this pursuit in order to gain favor from the Liangzhou army, and in the end, it was impossible to expect too much from such a result.

After the division of troops, the combat strength of the coalition army was weakened, and the coalition army had to wait for the troops to move to the rear of the Han army, and it would take time to request local reinforcements.

As the saying goes, "either the east wind overpowers the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind", under the advantages of one another, the Han army, which is alone, behaves more actively, repeatedly using the terrain to attack the Qiang camp.

What's even more terrifying is that the Han army actually secretly intercepted and killed the envoys sent to contact the local Qiang people! The leader of the coalition army had to send more messengers and take a longer detour, hoping to bypass the interception of the Han army and successfully contact the Qiang tribe on this side of the Qilian Mountains, so as to jointly deal with this desperate Han army, which still did not let them worry.

When the coalition forces chased through the Qilian Mountains, they thought that they could fight a quick battle.

By now, this idea is clearly unrealistic.

A siege with outnumbered outnumbered people turned into a protracted war of attrition,

Thinking that it would be difficult for the battle to end quickly, he was likely to miss the tribe's mountain festival, and sighed to himself.

Just then, he heard a strange noise.

By the time he realized it was the sound of a crossbow bolt coming out of the string, it was too late.

A rudimentary wooden arrow is right in the throat!

Mi Li put his hands on his neck, trying to make a warning, but he couldn't say anything.

Someone rushed over and held him up and slowly lowered him to the ground so as not to alarm the others. More shadowy figures emerged from the darkness and crept towards the camp.