The sun sets, and the yellow sand fills the sky.

Huo Qubing brought people to Xiguan, it was the third day, and he seemed to have stayed in the border city for three days without any action.

Xiguan Taishou Zhangjun was about 50 years old, his cheeks were thin, and the cheekbones on one side were somewhat concave, which is said to be the scar left by the arrow on his cheek when he was young in battle.

His combat style is not weak at both offensive and defensive ends, and he holds the army steadily.

Longxi Li is a big surname, and Zhang Jun's mother's surname is also from Li.

Knowing that Huo Qubing brought the princess to the border pass, Zhang Jun was shocked, and personally rushed from the county town of the border county to find Huo Qubing and Liu Qing to speak many times.

There is only one meaning, I hope that the champion Hou can pay attention to the safety of the princess and not go out.

"The champion Hou is young and vigorous, and he doesn't know that the situation in Xiguan is more complicated than that of the Huns. The Huns are like wolves, and the Qiang are like evil foxes, more cunning and slippery, and rarely fight with us. This Xiguan has been disturbed by it for many years and has no good solution, which can be seen. ”

Zhang Jun and Zhang Qian are knowledgeable, and the two are complaining about each other.

Zhang Qian said: "Champion Hou has come all the way, and the march does have the tendency of thunder. But in any case, he shouldn't have let the princess take the risk.

If there is a mistake, we will all be guilty of death. ”

"Have you talked to the princess about what's at stake?" Zhang Jun said sadly.

Zhang Qian said: "How can you not say it, I have been to the princess several times."

But the champion and the princess are husband and wife, no matter how I say it, the princess only says that she is married to her husband, and she trusts the champion Hou.

How do you think that's good? ”

Zhang Jun gritted his teeth: "If there is no other way, I will secretly arrange all the way to the soldiers and horses, you are also the one who led the troops through the West Pass, and the soldiers and horses I sent secretly followed the rear of the team out of the customs, and protected the princess along the way."

If something happens, you send a signal, and they will rush to the aid before it's too late. ”

Zhang Qian frowned: "Although it is also a policy, it is estimated that it is difficult to implement, so the champion Hou Xingjun...... I'm afraid your people won't be able to keep up. ”

The two were talking in a car, and the destination was a courtyard where the princess was temporarily staying in the city.

The two also wanted to make a final effort to come to Liu Qing and try to lobby.

"Before you came out of Chang'an, what did Your Majesty say?"

"Your Majesty said that I should travel west with the Champion Marquis, and do what I am told along the way."

Zhang Qian sighed: "Your Majesty has much faith in the Champion Hou, you should have heard about it, otherwise Your Majesty would not marry the pearl of my Han clan to the Champion Hou." ”

When they arrived at the place, the two got out of the car.

It was already dark, so they climbed the steps of the princess's mansion and told the porter to report it.

Not long after, the two of them saw Liu Qing in a red Liuxian dress in the main hall of the mansion.

"I've seen Princess Pingxian." The two of them performed together.

After Liu Qing sat the two of them, Zhang Jun put his hands on his knees, leaned forward slightly, and got straight to the point:

"We came here to dissuade the princess. I heard that the champion Hou is going to leave Xiguan tomorrow, he is Lang Zhongling, and there is an edict from His Majesty, so I can't stop it. But I want to tell the princess not to follow the champion Hou out of the customs.

The walls of this North Pass are thick, as long as they are in the pass, the old minister is sure to protect the princess's safety. ”

"Don't worry, I won't go out with my husband...... At least not tomorrow. Liu Qing said softly.

Zhang Jun let out a long sigh, and felt that it was not right: "It won't be tomorrow...... What does that mean? ”

"My husband had already taken people out of the city after it got dark, and I didn't want to cause trouble for him, so I stayed first, and he said that he would come back to pick me up after clearing the obstacles outside. It's going to take a few days, so I'm going to stay here for a few more days. Liu Qing smiled.

Zhang Jun looked sluggish.

You two are having a good time, and you are going to sweep away the foreign rangers outside in a few days?

At this moment, a defender in the city came over and whispered to Zhang Jun to report.

It is said that the champion Hou went out of the city, because his official position was much higher than that of the local guards, and even the border army was subject to his control, so no one dared to stop him.

In addition, more than 100 border troops were recruited by him and went out of the city with them.

"Champion Hou only brought two hundred forbidden troops and more than one hundred border troops, and he has already gone out of the customs?"

"The forbidden army led by the champion Hou is less than two hundred, and together with the more than one hundred troops, there are only three hundred troops." The soldier said.

Liu Qing interjected: "The husband left sixty forbidden soldiers to protect me, and he took one hundred and forty people. ”

Zhang Jun got up with a bang, his face was serious: "In which direction did Champion Hou go?" Hurry up and keep up. Outside the city here, the forces are staggered, and there are often sentries staring at the people entering and exiting, even if they leave the city secretly in the night, it is difficult to ensure that they will not be known. ”

The subordinate who reported said: "Captain Guo on duty also thought of this and wanted to send someone to follow."

But the people led by the champion Hou turned into a cloud of fog when they left the city, and they disappeared without a trace, and our people didn't know where to chase them? ”

Zhang Qian narrated on one side: "People who don't complain about you, when the champion Hou came, the marching method used was indeed wonderful, but if you don't pay attention to it, it will be difficult to find." ”

Zhang Jun looked at Liu Qing and paused: "Thirty miles away from the border pass, there are not only the Qiang people, but also the cavalry of the Western Huns, who come and go from time to time.

The Xiongnu and Qiang people, as well as the Loulan and other departments further away, colluded with many parties, plundered, and disturbed our Han Pass for a long time.

Champion Hou was too light on the enemy, too light on the enemy, and only went out with a few hundred soldiers...... Alas. ”

He looked at Liu Qing, whose face was as usual, and thought: Your husband is too arrogant, he will suffer a big loss, maybe his life will hang by a thread, this princess doesn't seem to be worried.

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The moon hangs in the sky.

"Head, news came from the outpost that about an hour ago, a Han army did leave the border city of the Han border.

But after they left the city, they used a certain marching method of the Han people, and the trace is difficult to find. ”

One hundred and fifty miles away from the border pass, there is a pass, Mu Lang dragged two thousand Qiang people, hid troops here and camped, and waited for a long time.

The so-called pass is a dangerous place, the yellow sand in the northwest is flying, and the low mountains on the ground are continuous.

The pass in front of them, the terrain on both sides is high, and the middle is concave like a river, which is one of the paths to go out of Xiguan and continue to the northwest, and there is another road that is better to walk, but there are more people looting and ambushing on all sides than here.

Mu Langtuo judged that the number of the Han army was only two hundred, but since it was a forbidden army, it must be elite.

Therefore, he will definitely choose this seemingly difficult pass, but it is actually safer, so he will bring people to ambush in advance, wanting to fight a surprise attack by the Han army.

Hearing that the other party was out of the border city, Mu Langtuo perked up:

"It is possible to determine how many of them there really are?

The marching method of the Han people is similar to our Wuyin method, and there will be traces left by them when they use it, so that people can take a closer look. ”

"Yuto, who is good at tracking, is already looking for it. Soon the news arrived.

The Han army that left the pass was about 300 people, and the news sent said that Yuanguan was a team composed of the forbidden army and part of the border army. ”

"Three hundred soldiers, don't dress up for business travel and hide...... Want to go straight out? ”

Mu Lang was cruel by nature, but he was not stupid, and thought: "Will the Han border army not know about the danger outside this Xiguan?" Now that you know, why don't you remind the Han people of the forbidden army. I thought they would unite with the border army, but only three hundred people came out?

This matter is somewhat unusual, and I am afraid that it is fraudulent.

The order goes down, and no one is allowed to move without my order. Let's find out the situation first. ”

Soon another message came: "Yuto, who is proficient in the method of tracking, has failed to find the trace of the Han army. ”

"Yuto's nose is more sensitive than that of a wolf, and he didn't even find the Han army?"

Mu Langtuo thought about it, but was a little relieved: "The other party only dared to go out of the customs with only 300 people, and most of the reliance was that this military method could hide his whereabouts." They want to secretly pass through this northern pass, but it is inconvenient when there are too many people. ”

"Revisit."

A quarter of an hour later, news came again.

The other party's trace has still not been found.

"It doesn't seem to be wrong, the Han army relies on the method of concealment and wants to slip past our eyes. No wonder so few people think we can't find them. ”

Mu Lang dragged out: "If they want to continue to the northwest, there are only two big roads, and the other small roads are difficult for horses.

Anwa, you immediately take half of the men and horses, go to another main road to squat, use witchcraft, and see if you can find each other. If I find someone, I'll immediately bring someone to reinforce me. If I find the Han army here first, you will lead the troops back to help me!

They must not be allowed to escape.

In addition, the other party is out of the customs, the trail is hidden, and there are other hidden soldiers and horses, it is difficult to say, be cautious.

According to the tome, if you find something wrong, let them go first.

Out of Beiguan, there is an opportunity to clean up and slaughter those Han soldiers. ”

Anwa was his deputy, tall and thin, with a brown-red complexion, in his thirties, but his face made him look older than his actual age, and he carried a scimitar at his waist.

The sound of hooves was like thunder.

Mu Lang dragged into deep thought, that Han army ...... Even Yuto, who is good at tracking, can't figure it out, so which way will he go?

Before he could get his thoughts down, he suddenly heard a muffled sound, as if something had suddenly collided together.

A little farther away, just led people to ride away, and only two or three hundred feet out of the deputy Anwa. In the middle of the team they galloped, they rushed out of the air without warning.

The team was well-armoured, spear-wielding, and swept out of the void like a whirlwind, and the spear flashed like a thunderbolt.

In an instant, the cold light gathered, and the team that rushed out was extremely fierce.

Screams erupted.

With only one face, the thousand-man team led by Anwa was caught off guard by the other party and torn apart from the middle and broken into two.

No, not two, because the team that suddenly appeared was in a horizontal plane, and they came out in unison. A total of more than ten horsemen side by side, separated by three or four zhang from each other, like more than ten war spears, suddenly stabbed out from the void.

The eyes of the more than ten cavalry were like ice, and the moment they rushed out, they swung their spears and pierced many Qiang rangers in succession.

Blood splashes, life and death are instantaneous.

But the cavalry team that rushed out did not change their expressions, and after one target was stabbed to death, they immediately moved on to the next target, showing amazing lethality and discipline.

As the number of people in the team who rushed out increased, they found that behind the more than ten people who were killed, there were sharp arrows.

No wonder the attack of more than ten people in front was so sharp, and the Qiang people were defeated as soon as they touched it, but it was the Han army in the rear that gathered their strength and transmitted it to the person at the front, so they could be invincible and kill with their moves.

In the blink of an eye, the more than 1,000 people led by Anwa were divided by the impact.

The sound of the war spear piercing through the Qiang people's bodies and rubbing against the bones sounded so clear!

A cavity of blood was sprinkled on the loess.

Anwa's team was like a long snake, stabbed by more than a dozen war spears from the flanks in no particular order, and the formation was suddenly chaotic, and it was bitten by the other party, and it was difficult to get out.

Mu Langtuo saw this scene from afar, and shouted in shock: "Han army, it's Han army, kill it!" ”

The timing of the appearance of the Han army is actually not good, if you wait a little longer, it will be easier for Mu Lang to drag the two armies here to disperse and annihilate them.

But the Han army chose to kill the two teams at the moment when they just separated, and the intention of killing both of them at the same time was clearly revealed.

And it is to eat his other half of the centaur under the nose of Mu Langtuo.

What kind of army can be so brave!

Mu Langtuo stared at the Anwa team that had been crushed by the surprise attack in the distance, and in an instant, it was already a team with heavy casualties, and his hands and feet were cold.

He rolled over his horse and shouted, "Rush with me!" ”

He was surrounded by Qiang rangers who had plundered merchants and killed countless people all year round, and he was not afraid to fight the Han army.

However, these Qiang rangers, in the distance of two or three hundred zhang following Mu Lang to gallop to reinforcements, witnessed the team led by Anwa in front of them being stabbed, killed, and routed.

By the time they had rushed out, a third of Anwar's men had fallen in a pool of blood.

The Han army turned a blind eye to the Qiang people who were rapidly approaching a hundred zhang away, and no one even glanced at Mu Langtuo, just slashing and killing the opponent.

The kind of indifference and ferocity in the face of life and death made a chill unconsciously soaked in the Qiang people who came to reinforce it.

You must know that there is a battle loss ratio in battle, and when more than one-third of your own manpower dies, the psychological defense line of most teams will be on the verge of collapse, and deserters will begin to appear.

Under the forty percent battle losses, it is a rare strong army that has not been defeated.

The Qiang rangers are not short of ruthlessness, and their riding skills are also very exquisite.

But it is impossible to make them have a firm belief in combat, after all, they are rangers, and they are the first to plunder and reap benefits, and there is almost no blood courage to fight to the death.

And it is a habit for them to retreat when they encounter a strong enemy.

In the past, when the Han army was fought, they ran away when there were many people, and the Han army retreated and came back, which was their combat attribute.

When the gallop approached, he saw that half of the people were killed by the Han army, whether it was the Qiang who rushed over to support, or the Qiang who were raided, they all began to show signs of rout.

Scattered and fleeing, more and more people fought.

Mu Langtuo shouted angrily, but it was difficult to stop his subordinates from escaping.

Seeing that he was powerless to return to the sky, even when he himself was about to turn his horse's head and retreat, he saw that on the edge of the battlefield, a horse seemed to come out of thin air.

It was a terrifyingly tall horse, muscular and huge hooves stomping the ground.

The horse seemed very eager to rush into the fight.

The man on the horse, dressed in a reddish-brown official robe, glowed with a ray of blood in the moonlight.

Mu Langtuo's scolding of his subordinates stopped abruptly, and suddenly his hairs stood on end.

He saw the man who had broken through the sky, and he was turning his head to look at him.

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