On the desert of the Western Regions, a Qin army of 5,000 men and horses was hurrying leisurely.

This Qin army was the five thousand tiger horsemen led by Han Xin, and their mission was to rescue the king of Loulan, but their marching speed did not look like they were to rescue Han Xin.

The deputy general next to Han Xin is Xiahou Ying, at this time, Xiahou Ying has been promoted by Qin Xi to become a tiger cavalry general, and this time he followed Han Xin to go deep into the Western Regions first.

Xiahou Ying looked at the slow marching speed and couldn't help asking: "General, we were still marching fast when we came out, why are we suddenly slow and leisurely now?" ”

Han Xin sat on his horse and said with a smile: "General Xiahou, have you forgotten that we were ordered by the commander to rescue King Loulan." ”

"Since it is to rescue the king of Loulan, why does the general have to march slowly and leisurely?" Xiahou Ying asked puzzled.

Han Xin smiled: "General, if your neighbor's family fights with someone else, and the victory or defeat is not scored, you go to help your neighbor, what is this called?" ”

"That might be helping him."

"Then if your neighbor is going to be beaten to death, your house is burned, and you pull your neighbor out of someone else's hands."

"That must have saved him." Xiahou Ying was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized, and said: "The general is waiting for Loulan to destroy the country." ”

"That's right. But it's not General Ben who is waiting, but His Highness is waiting. ”

Han Xin said with a smile: "My Great Qin sent troops to the Western Regions, its purpose is not really to help Loulan quell the chaos, my Great Qin wants to unify the Western Regions." ”

"Loulan is also a friend of my Great Qin, if Loulan is not destroyed, my Great Qin will not be able to fully control the entire Western Regions."

"But Loulan can destroy the country, but King Loulan can't die, otherwise I

They also don't have any better control over the Western Regions. ”

"So the order His Highness gave us is to rescue, King Loulan, not to support King Loulan."

"I see, but General, how do we know when the best time is?" Xiahou Ying asked puzzled.

"This is going to talk about the wisdom of His Highness." Han Xin looked at it and said, "Although the Western Regions have become a mess now, His Highness's caravans are still active in various parts of the Western Regions, and these are the eyes of my Great Qin." ”

"Your Highness is clever!" Xiahou Ying arched his hand and said.

Han Xin patted Xiahou Ying on the shoulder and said, "This time, His Royal Highness sent you and me to lead the troops to rescue King Loulan, which is an assessment of you and me. ”

"The last general is stupid, and he has to rely on the general a lot!" Xiahou Ying knew that Han Xin was very capable, so Xiahou Ying hurriedly lowered her posture.

"General rest assured, as long as I, Han Xin, am here, there will be no problems in this mission!" Han Xin said confidently.

After three days of marching, the army arrived at an oasis with almost all the food and water on its body, and had to be replenished.

"The order goes down. The whole army replenishes water, but must not destroy the water source in the oasis! @违令者斩! Han Xin ordered before entering the oasis.

After entering the oasis, Han Xin asked Xiahou Ying to take people with him, and found a place where the stone formation was placed all the way.

"General, what are you doing here?" Xiahou Ying asked.

Han Xin said: "Before I came, His Highness told me that on most of the oases in the Western Regions, His Highness let the people of the Chamber of Commerce bury a large number of them

Supplies, now that we are running out of food, we can just use these supplies to replenish. ”

"It seems that His Highness has already made arrangements. It is worthy of His Royal Highness, and he is like a god! Xiahou Ying said adoringly.

"Don't say so much, dig it up, after taking away the supplies for three days, you will bury them back." Han Xin said.

Everyone took out the sapper shovels and started working, but it was about their stomachs, so they were all very hard.

The sapper shovel was also designed by Qin Xi, when Qin Xi came up with this thing, he scolded the Ministry of Engineering by the way, and now almost every soldier carries one.

Han Xin sat on the side and supervised the work, holding the last bread in his hand.

It didn't take long to dig up a box, and when everyone opened it, it was full of dry food.

"General! Got it! ”

"Keep digging, there are still a lot of them, just three days of dry food, we only have more than a day's schedule from Loulan City." Han Xin said.

"No!"

More boxes were then dug up, filled with dry food, and after three days of dry food, the boxes were buried.

Han Xin had already gotten the news that Loulan City had been surrounded, and Han Xin estimated that Loulan would not last for two days at most.

Just then, the scout returned, dragging a man from the Western Regions on horseback.

After the scout dropped the Western Regions man from his horse, he handed over and reported: "General! This man was found five miles to the south, and he claimed to be an envoy from Loulan City, and had gone to Tilan City to ask for help. ”

After this Loulan person saw that it was Qin Jun, he cried with tears streaming down his face: "Please save me Loulan from the Great Qin Heavenly Army!" Ask for the Great Qin Heavenly Army! Ask the general

Finish! ”

Han Xin frowned and asked, "You went to Tilan City to ask for help, did Tilan City promise to support Loulan City?" ”

"Back to the general's words, Tilan City has also betrayed Loulan, and is sending troops to Loulan City, the small one escaped with great difficulty, and the Tilan army is only half a day's journey from here."

Han Xin frowned and said, "Map!" ”

After the soldier set the Loulan people aside, he unfolded the map in front of Han Xin.

Xiahou Ying whispered: "General, if Tilan also arrives in Loulan, then Loulan will be broken, Loulan will be destroyed, and we will have successfully rescued the king of Loulan." ”

Han Xin didn't speak, just looked at the map carefully, and kept drawing circles with his fingers in Loulan City.

In the end, Han Xin pointed out Loulan City and said, "We must not let Tilan's army reach Loulan!" ”

"General, why?" Xiahou Ying asked.

Han Xin said: "Once the Tilan army arrives in Loulan, it will be even more difficult for our army to rescue the king of Loulan, because our retreat will be cut off by the Tilan army, and the losses will be even greater." ”

"Then the general means to fight the army of Tilan again?" Xiahou Ying asked.

Han Xin said: "Tilan City should not know that our army has penetrated to this point, and there must be no defense, so we will catch them off guard." ”

"The Tilan army will definitely arrive here tonight to spend the night, and we will end up killing the Tilan army outside the oasis."

"General, wouldn't it be better to solve it in the oasis, it's easier to ambush here." Xiahou Ying said.

Han Xin vetoed: "If the battlefield is set in the oasis, it will definitely destroy the oasis here, and it will be big by then."

The army has lost its supply space, so it can't fight here! ”

Han Xin asked someone to put away the map, and then began to give the order to fight.

The people of Loulan on the side were overjoyed when they saw that the generals of the Qin army had ordered to exterminate the Tilan army, it seemed that Daqin was really here to help Loulan, not what some people said.