Chapter 221: Disaster "Sweat and Blood"

The eighteen hussars avoided a major battle for the soldiers and civilians of Qishan, and how many lives of soldiers were saved in disguise.

Lan Qi'er personally met the eighteen warriors in the court, personally gave the emperor's order, and gave the eighteen soldiers the highest praise.

Half a month passed, and the wounded soldiers were wounded, and they began to patrol the mountains and walk in the desert en masse.

The trade area outside Qishan was prosperous, and caravans from various countries were exchanging and trading materials with Loulan merchants from time to time.

On this day, the caravans of several countries in the Western Regions also coincidentally, entered the Qishan trade area in succession, and now it is good, the small trade area can be crowded, one of the caravans is a horse merchant, there are more than 50 horses to trade, this is more lively, the people, horses, and camels in the trade area are mixed together for a while, and the trade can be said to be the most prosperous area in the Western Regions.

The fifty war horses owned by the horse merchant became a problem during the exchange, and the war horses in Qishan City are not needed now, there is an absolute demand for meat horses, everything is unfortunate, all the horse merchants have are war horses, the value of war horses and meat horses is inconsistent, the difference between gold and silver is not ordinarily small, and it is not a problem for a good war horse to top two meat horses in the countries of the Western Regions.

The horse merchant and the shop owner naturally had a disagreement on the bargaining, and for a time the two parties began to express themselves, the horse merchant wanted to sell at a relatively good price, and the shop owner of course had no demand for war horses in Qishan City, and if they were purchased, they would be slaughtered and used for meat horses.

I have to explain here that the current Western Regions region is relatively stable, so all countries are saturated with war horses, and there is no good market.

For a while, the merchants of several countries were watching, and they all wanted to see if there was a market and price for the war horses, and the horse merchants heard the shop owner say that their war horses were so unmarketable, and they had to act as meat horses, their faces were displeased, and they began to talk loudly, boasting that the war horses they fed were so good and the breeds were excellent, and that their war horses were definitely better than all the war horses in the ancient country of Loulan.

The caravan personnel from all over the world can watch and see, the owner of the Qishan shop may have been excited by the foreign horse merchants, and his heart was too excited, and he didn't have a door for a while, and said loudly: Your horse can also be called a good horse, better than all the horses in my Qishan City, it's really unashamed!

I have the best war horse in the world, the best bred horse "sweat and blood horse" in Qishan City, as soon as this sentence came out, all the merchants present heard it, and they all looked at the owner of the shop for a while.

Of course, the horse merchant was not convinced, and looked at the shop owner with disdainful eyes, everyone knew that there was only a rare and precious "sweat and blood horse" in the Western Regions Dawan in the world.

Other countries do not have it, "sweat and blood BMW" is the national treasure of Dawan country, it is impossible to flow out of Dawan country, Ma Shang said: "sweat and blood BMW" you can have "sweat and blood BMW" in Qishan City, who are you covered, if you want to suppress the price of my war horse, you can say it directly, what big words, nonsense!

Think about how powerful Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was, Chengte cast a golden horse and wanted to exchange it for a BMW with Dawan Kingdom, everyone knows the consequences, but they can't be replaced, you have Loulan Ancient Kingdom, is your country a BMW?

The onlookers began to laugh and start talking.

The shop owner said: Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty didn't get it because he didn't have the ability, my Empress Loulan really has the "sweat and blood BMW", see the "sweat and blood BMW" you are not enough level, there is no chance, "sweat and blood BMW" in my Qishan City, all the Qishan people have the opportunity to witness, they are fortunate to build it, believe it or not, anyway, you can't get my empress's order, you can't enter my Qishan City, now because it's not a war period, your war horse is not I have to lower the price, in the Western Regions countries are really no market, I really can only use it for meat horses!

Of course, the horse merchant knows, no matter whether there is a "sweat and blood BMW" in Qishan, the war horse in this special period is really not able to sell the price of the war horse, and if you don't trade, you have to continue to raise, and the pasture is also precious in the desert, and you need money to feed it every day.

The horse merchant is finished trading, and the other caravan personnel began to trade with other shop owners, this process is to communicate, the desert caravan is limited, most of the caravan personnel are already familiar with the shop owners in Qishan, but they have heard that there is a "sweat and blood BMW" in Qishan City, so they are chatting about the "sweat and blood BMW".

The fact that there is a "sweat and blood BMW" in Qishan City has been confirmed by the owners of the shops, although they have not seen it, they are all suspicious in their hearts.

It was past noon, and the trade area had stopped with the departure of caravans from various countries, and it was conceivable that the matter of "sweat and blood" in Qishan City would be known all over the Western Regions within half a month?

Because I don't know the origin of the "sweat BMW" for a while, the people of Dawan are even more surprised, how can Loulan Guguo also have a sweat and blood BMW, the monarch of Dawan immediately issued the strictest thorough investigation order, the result is that it has to be done, there is no result, the result is no, the country's control of the "sweat BMW" is more rigorous.

The court of the Han Dynasty passed the report of Wang Guifei, of course, and also learned that although Emperor Liu Xun of the Han Dynasty did not have real power on the throne, his heart was also moved, and his dignified Han Emperor has not ridden the "sweat and blood BMW" That, the ancestors have not gotten the golden horse, and the empress of the ancient country of Loulan actually has a BMW, isn't this like a joke?

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu Xun couldn't sit still at the court meeting, thinking that he would get a BMW, so he proposed that the current Han Dynasty had been stable again, and its economic strength was also abundant, and it was time to send troops to attack the ancient kingdom of Loulan.

The real controller of the court, the general, the great Sima Huo Guangqi, heard the meaning of the Han Emperor Liu Xun, and immediately had his own idea in his heart, that is, he must control the power of the central government, that is, he must not send his own personal soldiers and generals, because almost all of the generals in the court are his own personal soldiers, such as his son, his nephew, etc., are in charge of the power of the central army.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty saw that there were no ministers in the court to echo him for a while, so he said: General Huo, what do you think of my monarch's will?

Huo Guang heard that the emperor was asking him in the court, so he immediately said: The minister thinks that the holy will can be done, and the minister thinks that this campaign is of great significance, and the minister can be the generalissimo by raising one person?

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty said: General Huo wants to protect that general?

Huo Guangdao: The minister thinks that it is most appropriate for the general Zhao Chongguo to be the commander, Xu Tingshou is the vanguard, and the general Qin is the best to supervise the army.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty could hear it in the court, this was Huo Guang's intention to use the war to support Zhao Chongguo, who had just been promoted to general, at the border pass, and he was cutting the military power he had just established in the central government!

This is really, the road is my own, the little central military power I just established was buried by my own vanity, the matter has come to this, I am unhappy in my heart, and I can't compete with Huo Guang in the court, I am not qualified to compete with it, I can only acquiesce, I can only hope that the general can return triumphantly!

Zhao Chongguo, the marshal of the Han army, is not an ordinary person, can he get the cronies of the Han Emperor Liu Xun, can he be ordinary, he also knows what he is facing in this battle, this is no longer a matter of victory or defeat for Loulan, the internal situation of the Han Dynasty is more uncertain than the war, and his future fate is really hard to say.

Marshal Zhao Chongguo got the order of the emperor and Huo Guang, he did not rush to send troops, and took advantage of the time to gather troops and grain and grass, began to carefully study Qishan, this person's research is not useless, because there are generals who have experienced entering the Qishan Pass in this expedition, and gave Marshal Zhao Chongguo the most real summary and analysis of the battle situation through a special sand table.

Marshal Zhao Chongguo and the generals made a final summary, the Han army was defeated in several battles can have a lesson, the battle plan is naturally avoided, the army chose the strategy of steady and steady, on the one hand, because the Han army was defeated in several battles, and did not find out the specific situation in Qishan City, Qishan must be a mountainous area, it must be easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is absolutely undesirable for the army to rush forward.

On the other hand, the number of the Han army far exceeds that of the Qishan army, and the choice of positional warfare is the most reasonable and advantageous tactic for the Han army, forming an evenly matched attack to achieve a balance in the number of casualties among the soldiers, the Qishan army is only six or seven thousand people, and it cannot afford to be killed or wounded, and it will be defeated, of course, this time must be reflected in a few days, as long as the grain and grass are sufficient, the Han army will win, it will be, and it is definitely not a problem to recover Qishan.

The Han army can start from Chang'an City after full preparations, it is inaccurate to say that the army started from Chang'an City, the troops around Chang'an City are under the control of Huo Guang and his descendants, and they do not listen to the transfer of Zhao Chongguo, the generalissimo of the west, and the soldiers out of Chang'an City are only five or six thousand.

In order to reduce the trouble caused to the emperor by conscription, Zhao Chongguo had to start from Chang'an City, and went out of the rear of Chang'an City to march to the west of the generalissimo's order, and began to assemble heavy troops in the real sense, the Han army, known as the 50,000 army, was merged with the westward march of the team, and the 50,000 army was not a problem, and the army was ready when it arrived at the Han border, and the grain and grass were sufficient.

On this day, the Han army of 50,000 entered the area of Shanjun City, Wang Guifei saw the Han army on the city wall and went straight to Shanjun City, her heart was happy, and she immediately led the generals in the city to greet it in person, the Han army has arrived in Shanjun City, the news naturally alarmed the countries of the Western Regions, and most of the 36 countries in the Western Regions did not react much, because at this time, most of the 36 countries in the Western Regions had already expressed their respect and submission to the Han Dynasty, and it was not worth the Han army to use force.

Qishan City even got the news, Lan Qier and the others actually had an ominous premonition, because the news of the "sweat and blood BMW" in Qishan City had already spread out of Qishan City, the consequences of the news were very serious, everyone's premonition was really in front of them, it seems that the Han army is coming straight to Qishan again!

Lan Qi'er had to issue another mobilization order above the court, and Qishan City began to prepare passively again, so she could only prepare passively.

After a day's rest in Shanjun City, the Han army went straight to Qishan City, and Wang Guifei also got the permission of General Zhao to go with the army.

The battle between the two armies is about to break out, the Han army is not unprepared this time, and various arrangements have been made early, the Han army is to take positional warfare as a strategy this time, that is, to archers against archers, many generals of the Han Dynasty have tasks, there are those in charge of archers, there are those in charge of siege vehicles, there are those in charge of anti-rolling wood and stones, there are those who are in charge of anti-poison bees, and there are those who are in charge of building bridges and paving roads, which can be said to be very detailed in the layout.

The generals have studied the coping strategies according to their respective tasks, the siege vehicles have naturally to be treated with fire prevention, the anti-rolling wood and stone are naturally prepared with wooden stakes and planks, the anti-poison bees are tied with a large number of torches, the moat has already been concepted, and the overall bridge has been built.

Archers are the most important, the Han Dynasty has invented a relatively advanced bow and arrow cart at that time, the reason is concise, that is, there is a rectangular plane on the bow cart, and a double bow handle is designed on the flat plate, that is to say, the arrow feathers issued by the Han bow and arrow car are with the help of a double bow handle, the power is greatly enhanced, the range is nearly twice that of ordinary bows and arrows, and the speed has also been greatly improved, but the following is the best tool for siege, the vehicle is also made of a carport, which is specially made for the safety of soldiers, it is really fine and fine, This archery cart was made by the Han army as many as four.

The Qishan army also had a city defense arrangement long ago, which was prepared according to the strong attack of the Han army, which was unacceptable and unrealistic.

The early morning sun can appear, the Han army can be assembled in the camp, the war drums are beating, the generalissimo gave the marshal's order in the Chinese army tent, the Han army of 30,000 out of the camp advanced to the battle against the Qishan Pass, and the 20,000 army waited in the camp to work!