Zhang Qian's arrival made Han Yan somewhat restrained, and no longer sent cavalry to raid the surrounding Huns, Qiang and Hu tribes.

In any case, the land of one or two thousand miles around Tuweizi City is now considered the territory of the Han Dynasty, and Han Yan sent troops to loot, if he was robbing the cattle, sheep and livestock, gold, sheep fat jade and Hu people and little women on his own territory.

Bowang Hou Zhang Qian, who also used to be Liu Che's companion, is now a Hou, and his identity is much more noble than Han Yan.

"General Che Cai, Your Majesty is concerned about the Tuntian affairs in the Hexi Corridor, and along the way, Ben Hou has found a lot of omissions."

As soon as the two met, Zhang Qian opened his mouth to talk about Tuntian, with no expression on his dark and thin face.

Han Yan felt slightly unwell.

The new general sat on the main seat, leaned down, and said very coldly: "The Marquis of Bowang has just arrived, how do you know that there is something wrong with Tuntian? ”

Zhang Qian took out a volume of documents from his bosom and slowly unfolded it: "When we set out from Chang'an City, there were 62,367 military households in Tuntian, 79,866 young and strong men, 297,701 women, children, old and young;

In addition, 39,000 head of cattle, horses, and livestock were raised by the Great Agricultural Order, and 53,100 head were raised by the military households, plus grain seeds, agricultural tools, etc., which were to be harvested by the imperial court in two years;

Such a large-scale migration is unprecedented, and His Majesty attaches great importance to it.

But the general of the chariot cavalry. ”

Zhang Qian's tone paused for a breath or two, glanced at Han Yan, and then continued: "General Cheqi, from Chang'an to Rouge City, the military household has lost 16,230 people, and 6,733 cattle, horses, and livestock have died of disease.

Second, the matter of tuntian was a major move of the imperial court, and the general of the Che cavalry casually threw the matter to Zhu Maichen, who did not understand agriculture and crops, but blindly drove the military households to open up the wasteland and farm, and then died of illness and death of 9,630 military households and more than 7,000 head of livestock.

Third, have the military households been reorganized?

Have you ever set a specific number of acres of cultivated land? Is there a specific proportion of food crops? How much is the grain? How much soybeans? How much is Sativa?

Finally, Ben Hou asked you, has the general of the Che cavalry ever conducted a field survey of the acres of land in the Hexi Corridor together with the officials of the Great Agricultural Order, and can you know which places are suitable for growing cereals and which places are suitable for growing soybeans?

In addition, the Guanzhong area has begun to promote the planting of wheat, flax, soybeans, rape and other crops in a large area. ”

A series of questions made Han Yan's pretty face flush.

He asked rhetorically with a gloomy face: "Marquis Bowang, this general has the grace of the emperor, and he came out to lead the troops to fight, not to go to this ghost place to open up wasteland and farm......"

Zhang Qian looked at Han Yan coldly.

After a long time, Fang sneered: "Regardless of the matter of Tuntian for the time being, General Che Cai, Ben Hou asks you, since you are leading troops to fight, have you ever been in battle?"

By the way, you have robbed the army, wantonly plagued the large and small tribes in the area of Tuweizi City, robbed gold, mutton fat and jade, grain, cattle, sheep and livestock, and the little women of the Hu people, and this marquis has already appeared in the court. ”

Han Yan was furious and slapped the case suddenly: "Zhang Qian, I didn't expect you to be such a person!" ”

Zhang Qian said coldly: "What kind of person is Benhou? ”

Han Yan sneered a few times, and pointed in the direction of Chang'an City in the east: "In the past, you and I were commensurate with each other, and we were both Your Majesty's companions, your Zhang Qian's family is poor, and in Chang'an City, that house was bought by me Han Yan at your expense;

Why, today you are a marquis, I, Han Yan, am just a small general of the chariot, so I have to be so embarrassed......"

didn't wait for Han Yan to finish speaking.

Zhang Qian suddenly said: "Han Yan, Benhou came to the Western Regions this time by order for two things, one is to tell Your Majesty about the Hexi Corridor, the Tuntian in the Western Regions, the war, etc., in every detail;

The second is to help you, the general of the chariot and cavalry, to give advice and be a guide......"

Han Yan sneered: "Bo Wanghou, you can play Your Majesty as much as you can in the big and small affairs here, and I Han Yan will recognize all the merits and demerits, as for leading the troops to fight, after all, it is still the general who has the final say." ”

Zhang Qian didn't say much, and took out a scroll of maps from his arms: "General Che Cai, this is a topographic map of the Western Regions drawn by Benhou himself, which may be helpful." ”

Han Yan took the map, unfolded it and glanced at it casually, then put it on the desk casually, and said with a smile: "Thank you Bo Wanghou." ”

"Still."

"Bowanghou may not know that when the army was launched, His Majesty personally delivered several maps of the Western Regions, which seemed to be more detailed than this volume of maps of Bowanghou, and the troop deployment, personnel, and water sources of the 36 countries in the Western Regions were marked."

Zhang Qian nodded slightly, and walked out of the Chinese army's tent without saying a word.

will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected.

Today's Han Yan, who commands more than 30,000 elites of the Northern Army, plus more than 30,000 servant troops and county soldiers, can be said to be in power and complacent, and he does not take him as a Bowang Marquis in his eyes at all.

Talking too much will only increase your troubles.

Fortunately, Han Yan was not the main force in this battle, and thousands of people and horses with Huo Quai's disease swept across the Western Regions, and the next thing became much simpler.

After staying in Tuweizi City for a day and a night, Zhang Qian, Marquis of Bowang, said goodbye to Han Yan and went all the way to the west, naturally as an envoy of the Han Dynasty, he went to the Western Regions again to complete his great cause of 'Lianhu against Hungary'.

The time Yang Chuan was waiting for had come.

It is estimated that after Zhang Qian left Tuweizi City for three or four hundred miles, Ah Tie's four-way soldiers and horses quietly approached.

Among them, three teams were ambushed in the north of Tuweizi City in advance, forming a patchwork 'iron triangle', specifically to deal with the elite iron cavalry of the Northern Army of the Han Dynasty, but one of them swaggered to the outside of Tuweizi City and began to make trouble.

The thousands of soldiers and horses led by Ah Tie were originally dominated by Hun youths, and they wrapped a tattered sheepskin robe outside the leather armor and iron armor, and played the banner of the Right Xian King, so as soon as they appeared, it caused chaos.

"Huns!"

"The Huns are coming!"

“……”

There was a commotion at the head of the city, and the county soldiers recruited by the Xiongnu servant army and Zhu Maichen were mainly responsible for the defense of Tuweizi City.

For these people, the cavalry of the Huns has always been the overlord of the steppe.

On the contrary, it was the 30,000 elite iron cavalry of the Northern Army who were supposed to build a walled city in the favorable terrain around Tuweizi City, and they were horns and supported each other with Tuweizi City, but unfortunately, Han Yan was a half-hung general, who knew the trick of such a troop arrangement, and let all 30,000 elite iron cavalry be stationed in the city.

At this moment, listening to the noise of the city, the elite of the Northern Army sent several teams of sentry spies to the city to spy on the military situation.

Han Yan heard the sound of drums and horns at the head of the city, and rode a jujube red war horse to the head of the city.

"General Che Cai, attacking the Hun cavalry, there are about 2,000 men and horses."

A captain of the Northern Military Academy strode over and said, "General, do you want to send a group of soldiers and horses out to meet the battle?" ”

"Only two thousand centaurs?"

Han Yan raised his eyes and looked into the distance, and said with a nonchalant smile: "It seems that Huo Quai's battle is not very good, and he sent a report to the imperial court, saying that he has swept the Hexi Corridor, and entered the Western Regions with the main force of the Right Xian King, and is now hunting at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains."

Unexpectedly, he fought in front, but a Hun soldier and horse could still emerge from behind, and I don't know if he Huo Quai's lie about the military situation, or the main force of King Youxian did not flee to the Western Regions at all? ”

None of the several lieutenants of the Northern Military Academy around him answered.

For these people, except for the general Wei Qing, the only person in the Han Empire who can convince them is the champion Hou Huo.

Han Yan is a small companion Lang official, and she has never led troops to fight.

Now, standing on the wall of the earthen fence that Huo Qubing fell, but questioning Huo Quai, it is disgraceful to think about it...... Extremely!

Han Yan obviously felt the cold eyes of the captains under his command, his face only sank slightly, and then he smiled: "Which general can go out of the city to face the battle?" ”

A lieutenant bowed: "The last general is willing to go." ”

Han Yan was overjoyed, and pointed to the Biao men and horses in the distance with the horsewhip in his hand: "General Yuwen invites the battle, the general will be pleased, give you 5,000 men and horses, go out of the city to meet the enemy, and clean up those Hun barbarians who don't know what to do." ”

The captain took the order and took five thousand elite iron horsemen out of the city to meet the battle.

For a time, the battle achievements were clanging, and the horns sounded in unison.

When the soldiers and horses of Ah Tiesuo saw the Han army out of the city, they put a few waves of wolf tooth arrows indiscriminately, whistled, turned around and ran, flags, weapons, water bladders, quivers and other things were thrown on the ground at will, and even the Chinese army was thrown away in a hurry.

This is the forward force that came to attack and harass.

The 'General Yuwen' rushed to kill for a while, wanting to turn back to the city, but he couldn't hear the sound of gold at the head of the city, so he simply chased away.

Seeing the two soldiers and horses rolling away, Han Yan sneered again and again: "The Hun dog thieves of only 2,000 people dare to bare their teeth in front of the general!" ”

A lieutenant arched his hand and said: "General Che Cai, the Hun cavalry is elusive, good at luring the enemy deep, and then, several thousand troops on both flanks and the rear guard to harass, General Yuwen is alone in the depths, I'm afraid there will be a loss, or ......

Mingjin withdraws troops? ”

Han Yan laughed, pointed at the two clouds of smoke and dust rolling away in the distance with a horsewhip, and said leisurely: "The Han Iron Cavalry has always been a Han and five Hu, General Yuwen led the most elite Northern Army Iron Cavalry of our Han Dynasty, although there are only 5,000 men and horses, if the Huns want to hunt, they need at least 25,000 men and horses."

Ben will not be afraid of the Huns' deception, but he is worried that they will not dare to fight against our Han army.

Pass my general's order, bury the pot and make rice, so that the soldiers can be on call at any time after the war meal, and once the message comes from General Yuwen's side, immediately send someone to cover up and respond! ”

The generals were helpless, and said in unison: "No!" ”

In Tuweizi City, curling smoke wafted up, making Yang Chuan, who was hiding in the distance and observing, dazed: "What is this Han Yan doing?" ’

The war is about to break out, and it's not in the meal, why are you still burying the pot to cook?

Ponder for a long time.

Yang Chuan finally determined that Han Yan would not fight at all, and Ah Tie's team of 2,000 people, after a slight attack, transferred away 5,000 elite iron cavalry of the Northern Army, and looked at the smoke rising in Tuweizi City, he estimated that Han Yan should send troops out again in the future.

On the one hand, it was to receive the 5,000 soldiers and horses who went out of the city.

On the other hand, even if Han Yan judged that the 'Huns' had any conspiracy, he relied on the 30,000 elite iron horsemen in his hand and did not take the enemy into account at all......

What a bullshit car riding general!

The lion and tiger also need to go all out, knowing that the other party may have an ambush, but he still continues to send troops out, is this not a pure pig brain?

But that's fine.

In this way, Yang Chuan, who was watching on the side, did not need to spend much effort to get it done......

……

Sure enough.

Half an hour later, the elite of the northern army in Tuweizi City, another 5,000 men and horses were sent out, and they made a big circle from afar to cover the north.

Immediately afterwards, what made Yang Chuan laugh was that after another cup of tea, an elite Han army of 10,000 people drove out of Tuweizi City with great momentum.

Looking at the direction of their march, it was natural that they made another big circle and headed north.

It's like...... Encirclement vs. counter-encirclement?

Yang Chuan was a little stunned.

He made up this scene in his mind-

Tuweizi City, in the big tent of the Chinese army of Han Yan, the chariot general, the emperor's companion with a very handsome face was full of confidence, stretched out a delicate and slender finger, drew three arrows lightly on a map, and said indifferently, "This army of soldiers and horses pursues down, this army of soldiers and horses goes around the right flank of the enemy, and this army of soldiers and horses goes around the left flank of the enemy; When the Huns are out of ambush, you will attack them on three sides and annihilate them in one fell swoop......

Of course, Yang Chuan does not know what the specific situation is.

He just relied on the reality of the battlefield to make some basic inferences, deductions and calculations, but he inadvertently became the truth.

The three-way army sent out by Han Yan was full of 20,000 elite iron cavalry, and it was really as Yang Chuan expected, the soldiers and horses that pursued down, and the piece of fat that was thrown out was a bait, specially used to attract the firepower of the Huns.

The other two troops and horses are naturally 'praying mantis catching cicadas and yellow finches behind', wanting to give the enemy a 'counter-encirclement' when the two armies are in a scuffle, and destroy the invading enemy with one blow.

This kind of child's play command and operation made several captains of the Northern Army stunned, but they couldn't say one, two, three.

Who made Han Yan a general of the chariot?

And so.

The 20,000 elite iron horsemen were naturally led by Ah Tie to a desolate place, passed through a large grassland, entered the vast Gobi Desert, and caught the hide-and-seek......

……

As dusk approached, more than 2,000 soldiers and horses of Ah Tie returned.

More than 300 steps away from Tuweizi City, these 'hateful Huns' swaggered down their tents and began to bury pots and cook in front of Han Yan, ignoring the Han defenders at the head of the city.

"General Che Cai, those 20,000 soldiers and horses...... I'm afraid I'm already besieged. ”

A captain's face showed a look of worry, and he whispered to Han Yan: "This army of soldiers and horses should be the Huns who left with a feint before, they are back, General Yuwen and them, I'm afraid the situation is not good." ”

Han Yan was also irritable.

When the army went out on the expedition, along the way, the scouts, scouts, and embroidered messengers who went back and forth should have a steady stream of rewards for the battle ahead.

But for some reason, no one returned the ...... in these few hours.

"Chen Liang, why don't you send a group of soldiers and horses out of the city to find General Yuwen and others?"

Han Yan frowned, and she had no idea for a while, so she had to turn her head to look at the captain of the Northern Military Academy: "General Chen, you take five thousand soldiers and horses from the headquarters and make a hard trip." ”

"No matter what, we must find General Yuwen and the 20,000 elite iron cavalry......"

(End of chapter)