Clang!

In the Western Regions army, a loud voice was heard.

Suo Ge and Gui Xu Mi and them, seeing that the Yumen Pass could not be attacked, even if Nanqi broke into the rear, they still couldn't take this pass, they could guess that what should have happened to Nanqi.

It is possible that the support of the Han army came, so he could only withdraw his troops and not attack for the time being.

Seeing the enemy retreating, Ma Chao collapsed and sat on the ground.

Zhao Yun put down the silver spear and sat on the side, they were all gasping hard, the Yumen Pass was now very difficult to defend, and the enemy's offensive was getting more and more fierce, but fortunately it was still defended.

The soldiers on the castle tower began to identify the corpses.

The corpses of their own people were brought down for burial, and as for the corpses of the enemy, they were thrown under the pass and waited for the people of the Western Regions to drag them back.

However, before the corpse was dragged away, vultures appeared in the sky, they were carnivorous birds, and they were attracted by the smell of blood here at first, and after eating the flesh of the corpse a few times, they got used to it.

Every time there is a war inside and outside the Yumen Pass, there will be a large number of vultures waiting, and after the war, they fly down to help the people of the Western Regions dispose of the corpses, even if the vultures can eat no matter how much they can eat, there are so many corpses, they can't eat them all.

The rest will still be dragged back by the people of the Western Regions.

For the people of the Western Regions to dispose of the corpses, Ma Chao will not stop them, let them drag them away, otherwise the accumulated corpses will not only stink, but also easily attract epidemics.

War is so cruel that people are bound to die.

Whose people die more depends on whose strength is weaker.

"Only General Zhao and General Tian are here to support?"

Ma Chao came back to his senses and asked.

Tian Yu responded: "The lord got your news and was worried about danger, so let us hurry to support first, and the army is following in the rear." We have war horses, and the speed is very fast, but the march of the army also needs to carry grain, grass, baggage, etc., and now it is still four or five days away from Yumen Pass, I estimate that there are still four or five days away. ”

Four or five days!

It's not long to say it's long, and it's not short to say it's short.

The people of the Western Regions outside the pass may launch several attacks, but with the addition of Zhao Yun and them, they can still resist for a while, even if the cavalry cannot defend the city, they can still hold the rear.

When the cavalry dismounts, it is infantry, and it is okay to defend it.

Zhao Yun said: "The enemy was defeated today, and he shouldn't come to attack again, but the enemy who appeared behind the pass came in from there?" ”

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed in the direction of the North Mountain to the north.

Ma Chao nodded and said: "That's right, there is a valley over there, but the enemy has suffered a big defeat, and in a short period of time, he will not dare to pass through this valley again." ”

Tian Yu said: "If the enemy dares to come again, we can still fight, unless they can find a way to deal with our cavalry." ”

The most effective weapon against cavalry is a long-range weapon.

It's just ordinary bows and arrows, etc., and they can't help the heavy cavalry.

When it comes to long-range weapons, the people of the Western Regions can't compete with their guns, artillery, and repeaters.

They are still very confident that they can keep it.

Zhao Yun suggested: "It is still necessary to arrange a group of people to keep an eye on all the passages on the other side of the valley. ”

"Good!"

Pound nodded slightly.

In the end, the person in charge of going to the valley was Ma Dai, who could defend it, and if he could not defend it, he would retreat immediately, and then let the cavalry deal with the enemy who came in through this side.

——

Evening.

Nanqi finally retreated, and briefly talked about the process of this battle, and Gui Sumi.

"You mean, the Han army also has muskets?"

Zhang Min heard the news and asked in disbelief.

Nanqi had seen the muskets of Taiping Dao, and nodded solemnly when he heard this: "It should be muskets, but those muskets are different from ours, they are lighter to use, they don't need to be reloaded frequently, they are more powerful and have a longer range, far better than us." ”

Zhang Min was thoughtful.

If the muskets of the Han army are more powerful than those of Taiping Dao, they will be a threat.

The artillery of the Han army has far surpassed that of Taiping Dao.

In this way, the gap between them is even greater.

It's not easy to catch up.

"So what do we do?"

Soge said worriedly: "The support of the Han army is coming, and the weapons are stronger than ours, so if we continue to fight like this, we have no chance of winning!" ”

Zhang Min said with confidence: "The Han army is only coming now, and Yang Zhao's infantry will not be able to come so soon, don't worry!" ”

After a pause, he said again: "The cavalry is coming, then the infantry is also fast, it should pass through Hexi, according to the time, the Qiang people and that part of the Yueshi people are almost done." ”

Hearing his words, Gui Sumi and Soge felt a little relieved.

"Over there in the valley, do we want to attack again?" A general from the Western Regions asked.

They thought about it for a long time, and finally shook their heads.

The Han army will definitely be on guard in the valley, and there will be cavalry interception, it is not easy to attack, so you can only look at the Yumen Pass, and you can almost storm it today, if it is not for the cavalry to help, it will be difficult to retreat, maybe it will be successful.

They prepared and continued to storm Yumen Pass.

Zhang Min got the news that Nanqi brought back, and hurriedly sent it to Zhang Ning, telling Zhang Ning that Yang Zhao's firearms had been upgraded again, and he had to make preparations for dealing with it as soon as possible.

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Xiaoyue, living in Qinghai, Gansu Province.

Fuqu is the strongest surname within their Xiaoyue clan, and now the entire Xiaoyue clan, and it is also the person with this surname who is in power.

On the other hand, there is also a large moon clan.

The Great Moon clan migrated twice, and finally came to the north bank of the Amu Darya River, and at the beginning of the first century AD, destroyed Great Xia, established the Kushan Empire, dominated Central Asia, and was very strong.

However, the Kushan Empire of the Great Moon Clan is now affected by the Taiping Dao.

Most of their people were followers of the Taiping Dao, and so was the king.

The Xiaoyue clan, which was still near Qilian Mountain, was also infiltrated by Taiping Dao, but it did not penetrate very deeply.

When Yang Zhao pacified the Central Plains, Taiping Dao was deployed in the northwest to preach, in addition to the Xiaoyue clan, as well as the Qianghu tribes.

There are many tribes in Qianghu, including Xian Ling, Sister Le, and Dang Fried......

The largest of them is the first zero.

The various tribes crusaded against each other and often fought wars, among which there was a tendency to unify the Qianghu, especially after the Taiping Dao preaching, they gradually tended to be unified, and there were fewer wars.

The current Qianghu, under the leadership of the first zero Fengni, rendezvous with the Xiaoyue clan's Fuqu Liba, the two sides gathered more than 50,000 soldiers and horses, and they were ambushed near Qilian Mountain.

These more than 50,000 people are the sum of all their troops, and there will be no more, after all, the place is relatively poor and the population is sparse.

In addition, the people of Taiping Dao were also very righteous and gave them dozens of artillery.

"The two generals, Yang Zhao's soldiers and horses, have entered Zhangye and come to the vicinity of Dichi."

At this time, one of the scouts came back and said excitedly.