Three days later, at noon.

The Hanzhou army came slowly under the warm sunshine, stopped five miles south of Damancheng, set up camp, and was not in a hurry to attack, Qin Huaidao rode forward for a distance, looking at the surrounding mountainous landforms.

Formed by the convergence of three long mountain ranges, Damancheng is a huge basin with mountains to the south blocking the desert and mountains to the west and north blocking the cold currents, making this basin abundant in rain and pleasant in the environment, and the terrain is flat and grassy as far as the eye can see.

"It's a good place."

Qin Huaidao sighed with emotion, and when he saw Fang Yiai coming over, he shook the reins and greeted him.

"See King Han!" Fang Yiai hugged his fist, his face full of excitement.

"Tell me, what's going on now?"

"The king of Hui Han has surrounded the city, and has not let go of a single person, but flew out a lot of eagles, it is estimated that it is a message, not shot, after arriving to put an explosive bag inside, the city is now in a panic, but refused to surrender, from the size of the city and the strength of the city wall, at least more than 30,000 defenders."

"Didn't cause a fire?" Qin Huaidao asked curiously.

"No, there are several lakes and rivers outside the city, and there is no shortage of water in them, so they can't burn." Fang Yiai hurriedly explained.

"Not short of water? How many lakes? ”

Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "The terrain in this area is like alpine grassland, the area is vast, and there are three mountain ranges to shelter, the geographical location is dangerous, it is convenient to go anywhere, it is suitable for raising soldiers, it is a good place, and it can be used in the future." ”

"What does King Han mean not to destroy the city?" Fang Yiai asked for evidence.

"That's true, I heard that Zhang Qian was here during the Western Han Dynasty." Fang Yiai agreed.

It is not unreasonable to become one of the important towns in the Western Regions.

Qin Huaidao liked it as soon as he saw it, and after asking some information, he stepped forward immediately, came to a place not far from the city and stopped, looking at the city in front of him, it is worthy of being the capital of the kingdom, more than twice as large as the city and Yandu City, but it is also a mud wall, it looks like the wind erosion is very serious, and it is a few years.

This kind of earthen city wall is okay to prevent wolves, and it is not a matter of concern in front of the explosives bag.

On the city walls were men on horseback, all dressed in leather armor and armed with bows and arrows, as if they were facing a great enemy.

Qin Huaidao looked at it for a while and asked, "Are all the people in the city?" ”

"There are a lot of people living outside the city, who are in charge of grazing, and they have all been taken into custody, and many cattle, sheep and horses have been seized, and when we arrived a caravan came from the west, saying that it was from Kumi, and it was through a long gorge through some kind of mountain pass."

Qin Huaidao looked at the west with some curiosity, a tall mountain range was lying horizontally, and he didn't know where the canyon was, but it was a good thing that there was a canyon, which meant that it could lead to the west, and to the west was Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan in the future, and the geographical location was very dangerous.

After chatting for a while, seeing that the Chinese military tent had been set up, he motioned to Fang Yiai to go over together and entered the Chinese military tent.

As soon as the two sat down, they saw Wang Hu coming over in a hurry, his face flushed with sunburn, and some peeling.

"Coming back? Quick, sit down and drink your saliva, and speak slowly. Qin Huaidao's eyes lit up, and there was a water bladder on the ground.

"Call General Xue, General Dorjee and Luo Ying." Qin Huaidao looked at Luo Wu.

Luo Wu agreed knowingly and hurried away.

Wang Hu poured a few mouthfuls of water, and felt that his throat was much more comfortable, and just when Xue Wanche, Duo Ji and Luo Ying came over, they said hello one by one: "Young master, the brothers have reconnoitred in the past two days, and they have also asked the captives, there is only one road to the north, this is a topographic sketch drawn. As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of paper from his bosom.

Qin Huaidao took a look at it, it was a V-shape, two mountains intersected, the middle was a buffer zone, and a northward canyon was formed under the action of crustal movement, and there was a lake in the middle.

"Everyone gather around, take a look, Wang Hu, tell me about the situation." Qin Huaidao shouted.

Wang Hu was not frightened, pointed to a place and hurriedly said: "King Han, generals, according to reconnaissance, the terrain in the north is like a trumpet, there is a valley in this place, which is the only way, and the slopes on both sides are steep, about 100 meters high, and the soil is loose, which is not conducive to climbing, I have tried it myself." ”

"You mean to ambush here?" Qin Huaidao asked, also breaking his mind.

As soon as everyone heard about the ambush, their eyes lit up and they stared at the sketch.

Wang Hu explained: "King Han, the locals here call it the Black Wind Mouth, if you want to return from the north, you must pass through this place, even if the enemy thinks that we will ambush us, there is nothing to do, if you go around, there are towering snow-capped mountains on both sides, there is no way to go, and there is another point, there is a river flowing from north to south, and the army cannot do without water." ”

"Makes sense, you kid can." Fang Yiai said excitedly, quickly looked at Qin Huaidao, and added, "King Han, it's our turn to fight this battle, right?" ”

"The enemy army is at least about 50,000, and your army is still besieging the city, where are the troops? Let's leave it to the old man. Xue Wanche also hurriedly said.

Dorjee is not far behind: "Don't worry, two generals, it's all up to you to fight all the way, our army hasn't caught a battle yet, why don't you let me brother me?" ”

"Why?" Fang Yiai and Xue Wanche said almost in unison, how can they want to have good military achievements?

Qin Huaidao saw that the three of them were going to fight, and smiled, the competition of conscience is a good thing, and he did not stop it, but pulled Wang Hu to interrogate the details carefully, and at the same time supplemented the sketch to make the picture more specific and intuitive.

It didn't take long for the three of them to be embarrassed to fight anymore, and they all looked at Qin Huaidao.

"Don't fight?" Qin Huaidao said with a smile.

The three of them hurriedly shook their heads, for fear that Qin Huaidao would be angry.

"If you don't fight, just listen to me." Qin Huaidao smiled and turned the newly drawn topographic map around, put it in front of everyone, pointed to a position and said: "Dorjee's troops are better at mountain warfare than yours, so this battle is mainly Dorjee, and there will be opportunities in the future, don't fight again." ”

As soon as the military order is issued, it is not appropriate to oppose it again.

Fang Yiai and Xue Wanche nodded regretfully, Dorjee's eyes lit up, he smiled, and finally took the opportunity to perform meritorious service, and secretly swore that he would fight this battle well, and hugged his fists and said: "King Xie Han trusts." ”

"Don't rejoice too early, this battle is not easy."

Qin Huaidao interrupted: "If the Shule and Tocharians come together, the troops will be at least 100,000, and if one is not good, it will backfire, so you must plan carefully, Luo Wu!" ”

"Here!" When Luo Wu heard that he still had his own business, he was immediately overjoyed.

"Remember the battle in Wolf Valley, right? Bring me all the oil, the enemy may arrive at any time, time is pressing, immediately mobilize the heavy army Liu Renshi, Fang Yize and Liu Yanjing to assist in digging a pit and burying it, and set up a trap. ”

"Obey!" Luo Wu agreed and strode away.

"Dorjee, lead your troops up the mountain on foot, ambush on the top of the mountain on both sides of the Black Wind Mouth, prepare more feather arrows, clothes, the mountain is cold, the enemy doesn't have to squat to defend, go and prepare."

"Understood, King Xie Han!" Dorjee went happily.

"Fang Yi's love!"

"In!"

"After the army is ambushed, you lead your troops to attack the city, but you are not in a hurry to kill it, put pressure on the defenders in the city, let them release eagles to rescue, and attract the enemy to come as soon as possible, this king does not want to squat on the mountain for too long, once the ambush is successful, this king will release a signal, and then give me a broken city."

"Obey!" Fang Yiai saw that he could attack the city, and smiled happily.

Xue Wanche looked lonely, and stopped talking.

Qin Huaidao said with a smile: "General Xue don't need to worry, there will be battles in the future, you lead your troops to patrol the surroundings, especially a few mountain passes, to prevent other reinforcements from killing, as for Luo Ying, stay to assist in guarding the prisoners, protect the baggage, and support at any time, there must be no mistakes." ”

"Obey!" The two replied solemnly.

A breath of slaughter that was coming from a big war suddenly erupted.

Sharp, furious!