In July of the first year of Ping, the generals Jiang Nan, Hu Lawyers, Dou Lin, and Wuluolantuo Lianyue rode to attack Wusun and arrived at Yilie Shuiyuan, and the chief Guia led 70,000 troops to confront each other. Before the battle, Gui A was strong and strong, cattle and sheep were all over the field, and the soldiers left the battle to fight over the livestock. Seeing the situation, the four generals gathered troops and held on. Gui'a drove the army to plunder, and the army was defeated, affecting the soldiers of Mobei Prefecture. Jiang Nan collected his troops and returned to the camp, that is, the marching order, whether it was the officers and generals of Mobei or the nobles of the kings and grandsons of Yue, those who were defeated without a fight, collected and killed, and there were more than 600 corpses abandoned in the wilderness, and all the troops were awe-inspiring.

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Xiang Ze stared ahead, and although he tried to remain as calm as possible, the anxiety in his eyes was unmistakable. The oasis wilderness on the opposite side was still so empty, and there was not a single shadow of the damn Beifu army.

Ever since he decided to fight to the death with the Beifu Western Expeditionary Army, Xiang Ze has been cheering for himself. He comforted himself, Qiuzi is respectful to the Buddha, has always been the country of Buddha's light, this expedition to the west of the northern mansion, not only related to the life and death of the Qiuci country, but also related to the fate of Buddhism in the Western Regions, the Buddha will not sit idly by, he will definitely exert great mana, so that the Qiuzi coalition army that believes in it will defeat the strong with the weak.

But deep down, Xiang Ze has been struggling, if Zeng Hua made concessions on the condition of turning the Western Regions into a prefecture directly under the jurisdiction of the Northern Prefecture, and retained the Qiuzi royal family and a certain amount of territory, would he surrender? This Beifu Western Expedition is completely different from the previous Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin, and Zhang's management of the Western Regions, and the previous Central Plains Dynasty only focused on submission to the Western Regions, and pursued a kind of bearing of the suzerainty of the Celestial Empire.

In the past, the military forces of the various dynasties in the Western Regions were always small, and they were all in the thousands. Only the Zhangjia family in Liangzhou, which was next to the Western Regions, sent an army of 10,000 people when they sorted out the Western Regions, but when they hit Gaochang and Yanqi, they were no longer able to continue to move west, why? It's not that the Western Regions are too far away, which makes it difficult to supply grain and grass.

However, the Beifu Western Expeditionary Army was completely different, and it could be seen from what it meant from their cattle and sheep to the west, which meant that the Beifu Army could avoid the biggest problem in the Western Regions of the previous dynasty - the problem of grain supply and supply. They can be like the ancestors of Dayue and Wusun hundreds of years ago, driving cattle and sheep all the way over.

At the beginning, this kind of behavior made the countries of the Western Regions feel extremely funny, and the Heavenly Empire was in the upper kingdom. I went so far as to learn the "bad customs" of those nomadic tribes. I am not afraid to laugh and be generous. But as the war continued. Only then did the countries of the Western Regions discover the seriousness of the problem, and the 150,000 troops of the middle route, plus the divisions of the north and south routes, have nearly 300,000 troops, which is more than half of the total population of the countries of the Western Regions except for Wusun. They swaggered along the land of water and grass and slowly marched westward, and the more they fought, the more courageous they became, and there was no sign of any stamina.

So when the army of Beifu marched into the Iron Gate Pass. The monarchs and ministers of the Qiuzi Kingdom felt an unprecedented panic at this time, the previous idea of waiting for the Beifu West Expeditionary Army to run out of supplies and withdraw their troops had been left behind, this time it was really a wolf, and they could already clearly see the cold light of the fangs flashing.

"Chun'er, you have fought with the vanguard of the Beifu Army, tell me what you think of them." Xiang Ze tried to drive some thoughts out of his mind, so he turned his head to Bai Chun next to him and asked, in order to divert his thoughts.

Bai Chun fought hard in Yancheng with the vanguard of the Beifu Western Expeditionary Army for more than a month. Naturally, there are some tips. Hearing this, the king asked, and the other generals of the coalition army pricked up their ears to listen.

Compared to the two of them in Quci City two months ago, Bai Chun's domineering and domineering aura on his body has long disappeared. Instead, there was a vicissitudes and solemnity on his face that did not match his age, and it seemed that the brutal fighting had tempered him.

Bai Chun was silent for a long time before he replied in a low voice, "The Beifu Army is the most formidable enemy I have ever seen and heard of. They are well-trained, advance and retreat in a measured manner, and although there are thousands of troops, they are as one person. Attack, like the wind and fire, retreat, like the mountains and forests, although my Qiuzi warriors are desperate, they can only maintain a peaceful situation. ”

"A broken situation?" Xiang was a little confused.

"Yes, every time I fight, my Qiuzi warriors can only exchange a few lives for one life, and the current vanguard of the Beifu Western Expeditionary Army seems to be unwilling to even accept this kind of life exchange method, so they don't dare to force each other too much, but retreat dozens of miles."

Hearing this, the coalition generals couldn't help but gasp, they had all seen the tragic image of the 30,000 ancestors led by Bai Chun, 5,000 soldiers were killed and wounded, and blood was spilled in Yancheng. At first, they thought that it was precisely by this kind of blood-fighting method that the vanguard of the Beifu Western Expeditionary Army retreated, who knew that people just didn't want to make "senseless sacrifices", so they took the initiative to retreat.

Xiang Ze sighed in his heart, his heart was more solemn and anxious, it seems that the fate of Qiuci Kingdom and other countries in the Western Regions is probably more auspicious, and it is difficult to escape the clutches of Beifu, Buddha, why don't you bless your believers and the kingdom?

Bai Chun didn't speak anymore, just stared into the distance ahead, and the left hand holding the handle of the knife became harder and harder, and the green tendons burst out, and after a while, they were covered with beads of sweat.

Xiang Ze glanced at his most promising son, didn't know what to think in his heart, his mouth trembled twice, and finally he didn't speak, just turned his head to look at the coalition forces behind him. In the whirring wind, under the banner of hunting, tens of thousands of soldiers were silent under the scorching sun, and the entire continuous army array was immersed in a kind of silence and solemnity, only the occasional neighing of horses pierced the silence, and spread far away in the desolate oasis field.

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from a distance, which immediately attracted the attention of the coalition forces. I saw that dozens of horses soon appeared in everyone's sight. These people wore black armor, but they were all different in style, and they wore different weapons. These men rode Qinghai horses or Hexi horses, and ran in a scattered formation without hurrying, and stopped two or three miles from the coalition army, and stood there watching the coalition army.

What's going on? The coalition generals had no experience in fighting with the Beifu army, and they all set their eyes on Bai Chun.

Bai Chun said in a deep voice: "This is the civilian hunting regiment of the Beifu Army, it will not fight with the men and horses of our army, and it will naturally retreat after a while, so there is no need to be nervous." ”

"Folk Hunters?" The coalition generals felt a little strange, there was still such a class of troops in Beifu? I don't know what to do.

"It is said that they are all made up of veterans from the northern province and hunters, horse thieves and others. Good at ambushes, sneak attacks, the spies and squad patrol soldiers who like to attack our army the most, suddenly came to the whistle, extremely fierce, hit with a blow, and suddenly fled away. I am afraid that there are more than a thousand people who died in their hands. Speaking of this, Bai Chun's voice trembled, but quickly returned to normal.

"They cut off the heads of our soldiers. Sent to the Beifu military camp in exchange for payment. The head of an ordinary sergeant is worth twenty silver dollars. The officer's head was worth a hundred silver dollars. And my skull is worth ten thousand silver dollars. Bai Chun's voice was very indifferent.

The generals looked at each other, and some even touched their necks involuntarily. Their gazes as they looked at the dozens of people in the distance couldn't help but become a little erratic, and they didn't even dare to make eye contact with the dozens of pairs of eyes that were staring at them, as if they were counting how many silver dollars their heads were worth.

The civilian hunting regiment watched for a while, and then turned its horse's head and left the coalition army with a whistle. Looking at the dozens of horsemen who disappeared into the yellow dust, the coalition army breathed a sigh of relief.

The coalition army formation has regained the same silence and solemnity as before, like the North River (Tower

Like the poplar forest on the side, waiting for him in the scorching sun and wind. It's like waiting for their fate.

Less than half an hour later, there was another sound of horses' hooves, and more than 100 horsemen galloped in. However, this time, the armor of those cavalrymen was different from that of the civilian hunting regiment that had just appeared. Their white armor should have been made of iron armor pieces, and those iron armor pieces should have retained the gray-white color caused by forging. However, their armor is the same, and it looks as if it was made by the same workshop.

"This should be the light cavalry of the Beifu Army." Bai Chun stared at it for a while, and then said affirmatively, he had been fighting hard with the Beifu vanguard army for more than a month, and he had spent a lot of work on the Beifu army.

"The Vanjun Light Cavalry?"

"Yes. The White Armor Army. Black Armor Soldiers. Bai Chun replied coldly, and then began to explain the difference between the Xiang Army and the Fu Soldiers in the Beifu Military System.

The coalition generals were a little confused, and after being amazed, they suddenly remembered. The Qiang cavalry that made the Western Regions countries unpeaceful seemed to be all black armor, could it be that these cavalry that made the Western Regions countries suffer so much were just the government soldiers of the Northern Mansion?

"Then are these white-armored soldiers cavalry or infantry troops?" Someone asks their own questions.

"These white-armored armies are also divided into cavalry and infantry troops, but their infantry troops are also equipped with mounts, and once they march, they gallop on horseback, day and night, and move quickly to prevent cavalry, and once they reach their destination, they dismount and form a formation, integrating into a heavy armored infantry army." Bai Chun's tone was full of resentment and grief, it seemed that he had suffered a lot in front of these Beifu cavalry troops.

The light cavalry of more than 100 vans soon stopped two or three miles away in front of the coalition formation, which was a safe distance, and even if the coalition forces wanted to pursue violently, it would be enough for them to pull their legs and flee.

The light horsemen seemed to be watching a group of monkeys, pointing at tens of thousands of allied troops, then turning their horses around and disappearing from everyone's sight.

The coalition generals couldn't help but curse secretly, what do these Beifu troops want to do? Didn't you make an appointment to fight here today? The Beifu army wouldn't have the courage to come, right? I want to think about it, but no one dares to be sloppy, this war is about taking the lead, the Beifu army has always pressed itself, if you accidentally lose the opportunity this time, this battle will not have to be fought.

The Qiuzi coalition army has been standing there vigilantly, waiting for the appearance of the opponent's Beifu army. But except for the successive groups of civilian hunting regiments or light cavalry of the van army who came to visit one after another, the Beifu army seemed to be still in the sky, and there was no shadow.

Xiang looked up at the sky, and the sun had passed over the middle of the east and was setting in the west. It's late autumn, and today is a cloudy day, the sun is not very violent, but this is how it also makes the soldiers of the coalition army hungry, especially the poisonous day at noon just now.

Xiang Ze did not dare to let the military formation slacken in any way, and his son Bai Chun had already warned him. He had suffered such a loss when he confronted the Beifu Vanguard Army that day. The two armies held each other for half a day, and just when Bai Chun and his soldiers were tired and relaxed, thousands of Beifu infantry troops rode their horses in a large circle, and suddenly appeared on the flank of Qiuzi's first division, forming a formation and attacking fiercely, causing Bai Chun and his subordinates to suffer heavy casualties. If it weren't for these Qiuzi warriors gritting their teeth and following one after another, if it weren't for the Beifu vanguard army retreating first, Bai Chun didn't know what his result would be.

The ministers ordered all the troops to stay in the military formation, take the dry food and water they carried with them, fill their stomachs first, and then cheer up and continue to wait.

After a while, someone finally couldn't help it.

"Your Majesty, why don't we return to Yancheng." The one who spoke was the king of Shule, who only came to aid the country of Qiuzi this time, and he was not ready to fight to the death.

Xiang Ze couldn't help but glance at Bai Chun when he heard this, and found that his son's face was becoming more and more iron-blue, and he might have noticed something, so he arched his hand and apologized to Nanmi, and then rode his horse close to Bai Chun and asked in a low voice.

"Chun'er, what's wrong?"

"I think the Beifu army is to wear down and hit the morale of our army, to fight hard, from the morning to now, our army is already tired and sleepy, if the Beifu army strikes another thunderous blow..."Bai Chun couldn't go on.

"Chun'er, what should we do then?" Xiang Ze couldn't help but be surprised, and asked hurriedly.

"Father, we have to grit our teeth and wait. The Beifu army is the best at outflanking and suddenly attacking. Speaking of this, Bai Chunyi pointed to the distance and continued to whisper, "Our spies spread out for dozens of miles, but only two or three out of ten returned, and I think most of the spies have been robbed and killed by the Beifu light cavalry and the folk hunting regiments that are wandering around. What does this mean? This is because the Beifu Army is watching us closely, waiting for the best opportunity, and once there is a loophole when our army retreats, it will be doomed. ”

"Only when it is close to dusk can we slowly retreat back to Yancheng. I don't think the Beifu Army has the courage to attack our prepared army at night. "Indeed, Bai Chun calculated very well that a night attack with cold weapons could only attack unprepared camps and scattered formations. And once faced with a team that was waiting for the battle, and before the enemy was defeated, he messed up in the dark, and the Beifu army should not make such a low-level mistake.

Xiang Ze thought for a while, but had to nod. In his heart, he was already feeling remorse for his "recklessness", and he couldn't imagine that the Beifu Army was so treacherous, and even such a "sacred thing" as a decisive battle had to be helpless and play some tricks. But since he has already fought and must persevere, Xiang Ze gritted his teeth, rode his horse to Nanmi, and repeated Bai Chun's words. After listening to this, Nanmi also realized the seriousness of the matter, so she closed her mouth and stopped yelling.

It was almost time for Shen, and the coalition forces suddenly heard a buzzing sound looming in the wind, as if the sound of gods and Buddhas came from the sky. Everyone couldn't help but be startled, and they all looked into the distance.

At this time, after a day of exposure, the oasis field was already filled with a kind of heat, and this upward heat made everyone's vision become a little distorted. In this dreamlike scene, everyone saw a little white shining in the distance, like a lake full of scales suddenly appeared in a mirage.

The low, mysterious hum was getting closer and closer, and it was shaking the hearts of all the coalition forces more and more, and in the shaking sight, a sea of white slowly appeared from the northeast.

The endless white armor shines in the sunlight, like Lin Ruye's spear piercing the sky, and the hunting fluttering flags are thousands, full of anti-"S", making the three-color five-star flag in the middle particularly conspicuous.

The endless white-armored army broke through the sky and marched towards the coalition army with a solemn and solemn expression, and a overwhelming momentum rushed towards the coalition army through a neat buzzing sound.

The white sea soon rolled over the distant hills, slowly forming a formation several miles ahead of the coalition forces. At this time, in addition to the low humming sound and neat footsteps, there were also successive passwords and neighing sounds floating over the military formation, which showed the momentum of the Beifu military formation.

In less than half an hour, without warning, the Beifu army suddenly stopped, along with the buzzing and footsteps, and the entire oasis suddenly became silent, except for the flag popping in the wind, even the eagle in the sky left far away. The nearly 200,000 men of both armies seemed to hold their breath, waiting for the last moment to arrive.