The shadow of a person's name tree, sometimes fame is really useful. Dongfang Shuo relied on the banner of Huo Guang, which was full of Guan Lou, and the seemingly confident big door, and sent the most elite 10,000 cavalry to meet the menacing Qiang cavalry, so that Du Song Ruozan, a Qiang wise man, was convinced that he was facing Huo Guang.

When he thought that he was sure that it was Huo Guang who was in charge of Longdi Pass, Du Song Ruozan really retreated ten miles and set up camp on a higher hillside.

Dusong Ruozan camping is also very particular, there are no tall trees on this hillside, from the hillside down a radius of dozens of miles can be seen, and there is a small stream not far away, to ensure that the water is sufficient.

"Da Lun, why did you withdraw from the army? Why don't you kill all those Han soldiers in one go? In the tent, Mangburo asked Du Song Ruozan in confusion.

"In the previous battle, it was not only me who tested the Han army, but also Huo Guang who tested our army. I couldn't be sure if Huo Guang had any other deployments, so I withdrew first. Du Song Ruozan said thoughtfully.

"The Han emperor's army of more than 100,000 is trapped in Mobei, even if this Han man named Huo Guang returns to Longxi, there are only tens of thousands of horses around him, what else can he deploy?" Mangbroch was still puzzled, this battle was just a small-scale trial, and he felt very unpleasant.

"You also saw the combat effectiveness of this Han army just now, how many casualties did we have?" Du Song Ruozan glanced up at Mangbrozhi and asked in a calm tone.

Mangbrozhi opened his mouth and paused for a moment, and then said: "More than 3,400 people were killed in battle, and I think the Han army has less than 3,000 people killed, I have to admit that this Han army is very strong in combat, but there are definitely not too many of them." ”

"It's different...... The damage in this tentative battle was almost one-on-one. That is to say, to destroy 10,000 Han troops, we also have to pay 10,000 people, how many people are Huo Guang here? Twenty thousand? Thirty thousand? Or fifty thousand? We came with almost the strength of the whole clan this time, and even if we lost 20,000 or 30,000 people, it would be unbearable. It would be nice to give us a few more years to develop....... It's a pity......" Du Song Ruozan said with some seriousness, but when he talked about the back, he seemed to be talking to himself.

Because of the nomadic nature of the Qiang people, these 100,000 cavalry are almost the youth of the entire clan.

In fact, in terms of physical fitness alone, the explosiveness and endurance of the Qiang people are higher than those of the Han people, but in the trial confrontation just now, Du Song Ruozan found that the Qiang people lagged behind the Han people a lot in terms of weapons and equipment, such as the weapons are not as sharp and strong as the Han people, and the Han cavalry are all wearing armor, and the worst is a leather armor, but the Qiang people are almost cloth or fur clothes, and the defense is much worse than the Han people. Dusong Ruozan's so-called "a few more years of development" refers to the development of the Qiang people's own smelting technology, the creation of sharp and strong weapons, and the manufacture of armor suitable for cavalry. It's just that Du Song Ruozan also knows that the Qiang people are developing, but the Han people are also developing, and even the Han people have developed faster in recent years. This is also why this time Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty toured the north, he would unite with the Huns against public opinion, because he knew that if he waited a few more years, even if the Qiang people were established and developed, they would not be the opponents of the Han people, and the Qiang people would be trapped on the plateau forever. And this time is not only their best chance to seize the southwestern territory of the Great Han, but also the last chance in the next few hundred years.

Du Song Ruozan is a true wise man, who can not only unify the loose Qiang people with his own strength, but also make the backward civilization develop rapidly, and can also look at the whole world and see the development of the next few hundred years.

This is a war that the Qiang people have to fight, a war that must be won.

If they win, the Xiongnu will defeat the 150,000 Han elites on the grassland, so as to occupy the northern counties of the Han Dynasty, and the Qiang people will be able to occupy the land of Longxi, Hexi and Bashu. Defeated, the Qiang people had no choice but to retreat to the barren plateau, and there would be no chance to advance eastward within a hundred years, and under the elimination of one and the other, the Han dynasty would be stronger and more prosperous.

Du Song Ruozan is the kind of existence that is enough to provoke the backbone of a nation, he has ambition to take revenge, and he always maintains a calm and calm bearing in front of his people, but no one can understand how heavy it is for a person to support the backbone of a nation......

In Longdi Pass, Dongfang Shuo pondered alone. In the confrontation with the Qiang people just now, on the one hand, Dongfang Shuo deliberately wanted Du Song Ruozan to think that Huo Guang was in charge of Longdi Pass. When Dongfang Shuo confirmed that the alien wise man was Du Song Ruozan, he immediately removed the other banners except Huo Guang's banner, because Dongfang Shuo could be sure that it was impossible for a true wise man not to understand Huo Guang, who was famous all over the world, and no matter what kind of wise man he was, he would be extremely cautious when facing Huo Guang.

At this time, Dongfang Shuo had to rejoice that the real commander of the Qiang people was Dusong Ruozan instead of Mangburozhi. This trick is only useful for the wise, and it will only be self-defeating to change it for a reckless man like Mangbroch.

Dongfang Shuo looked at the oil lamps on the several cases in front of him, and said alone: "Judging from the temptation just now, Du Song Ruozan is also testing the combat strength and reality of our army, although our army has paid more than 3,200 deaths, but it also makes Du Song Ruozan firmly believe that it is the Hou Ye who personally sits here, so at least there will not be Du Song Ruozan's desperate attack on Longdi Pass." ”

Dongfang Shuo was just talking to himself, because this kind of duel between wise men, no one could help him here at all, and his self-talk was actually very similar to Du Song Ruozan. It's just that one person is talking to himself, and the other is playing the harp to the cow at Manbroch.

"From the perspective of the combat strength of both sides, the physical fitness of the Qiang people is a cut above that of our army, and the explosive endurance of the Qiang people is particularly outstanding. However, their weapons and protection are far inferior to our army, if in another three or five years, once the Qiang people develop, the threat to the Han is not weaker than that of the Xiongnu! Dongfang Shuo continued to recall the bits and pieces of the trial battle between the two armies in the afternoon, and what he saw was exactly the same as Du Song Ruozan.

"What would I do next if I were Dusong Ruozan? Dusong Ruozan's greatest reliance is not the 100,000 army, nor does it have to be in Chang'an, their fundamental purpose is actually to force His Majesty to return to the army, or drag it until winter comes. In other words, in a short period of time, Du Song Ruozan will not attack with all his might, so there will definitely be no less tentative attacks. And once he discovers the truth of our army, Longdi Pass will not be able to stop Du Song Ruozan, is this why Hou Ye wants me to hold it for forty days? So what has Hou Ye been doing in the past forty days? Dongfang Shuo continued to mumble to himself, and from his own position, and from Du Song Ruozan's position, he actually discovered the subtle changes in the current situation little by little.

On the one hand, the Xiongnu and the Qiang people put a dilemma on the Han Dynasty, that is, before the onset of winter, the army of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty either retreated south in a hurry, or was trapped in the grassland by the heavy snow in winter, and both could not escape the result of annihilation. And around this purpose, what Du Song Ruozan and the Xiongnu Shan Yu and even the Right Xian King have to do is to drag out the time, drag the time for two months, as for Du Song Ruozan to force Chang'an, it is more of a gesture. In Huo Guang's plan, whether it is the confrontation between Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu Shan Yu, or the mutual containment of Zhao Ponu and the Right Xian Wang, or even the offensive and defensive battle between Dongfang Shuo and Du Song Ruozan, they are actually dragging time for Huo Guang, but this time is ten days less than the time of the Xiongnu and the Qiang people.

"Order, step up the manufacture of rolling logs, and all archers close the building to prepare for battle." After thinking about many tricks, Dongfang Shuo immediately ordered a new round of deployment to Longdi Pass. He understood that no matter what Huo Guang was doing, what he had to do was to hold Longdi Pass in the next few days, and at the same time, he could be regarded as containing Du Song Ruozan.

On the shore of the West Sea, Huo Guang's 5,000 cavalry stood on horseback. At their feet, dozens of Qiang corpses lay on the grass, and all the Qiang horses' horses fell in pools of blood.

"Master Hou, these are their perimeter guards, and they have all been cleared." Shangguan Ji rode a war horse and said respectfully to Huo Guang. Just ten miles away from them, a tribe of Qiang people the size of seven or eight thousand people was stationed on the shore of the West Sea.

"Go ahead, not a single one will be left. Be careful not to slip through the net. Huo Guang raised his eyes to look at the flickering firelight ten miles away, and said in a very flat voice.

"No." Shangguan Ji replied with his fists clenched on his horse. Then he stretched out his arms and waved them in two directions, left and right. Then the 5,000 cavalry, under the gesture of Shangguan Ji, silently divided into two groups, and rushed towards the Qiang camp ten miles away under the cover of night.

When the five thousand cavalry disappeared into the night, Huo Guang was accompanied by only thirteen horsemen, except for the twelve guards, who did not leave an inch, it was the strange knight in iron armor and carrying an iron box on his back.

Soon a burst of shouts and screams came from the Qiang camp, and Huo Guang knew that Shangguan Ji's men and horses had begun to attack this Qiang camp. Under the cover of this night, the Qiang people were defenseless, and the camp was already full of old and weak women and children, Huo Guang was not worried about the outcome at all.

The calm surface of the lake above the West Sea reflects a bright moon, and if it were not for the incessant screams and wails, it would be a very beautiful picture. It's a pity that this is war, and there is not the slightest mercy in this war with aliens. Gradually, Huo Guang saw that the lake under the moonlight slowly turned red from a distance, and the blood-colored bright red reflected by the moonlight did not look so real. After about an hour, the sound in the distance became quieter and quieter, and finally there was almost no sound, but the blood-colored lake had already permeated the shore of the lake where Huo Guang was standing, and a faint smell of blood also wafted from the West Sea.

"Stomping..... Stomping ....." A not-so-loud sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and under the moonlight, a knight in Han army armor galloped towards Huo Guang.

"Master Hou, there is no fish that has slipped through the net." This was just an ordinary Han cavalryman, and Huo Guang saw blood stains on his body and face that had not yet dried up, but these blood stains were obviously not his own.

"Got it." Huo Guang nodded lightly in response, then clamped his legs between the horse's belly and led the rest of the people towards the slaughtered Qiang camp.