The sun is about to set.

Coming out of the border pass, Zhang Jun personally led the troops to the northwest.

First, you have to take a look along the way to rest assured.

On the other hand, he was also emotionally surging in his heart, and he wanted to meet the Han champion Hou again at this moment.

Zhang Jun did not despise Huo Qubing before, but his vision was limited, and he really felt that Huo Qubing led 300 soldiers to go out, which was a rash advance.

He has been at the border for many years, and he is used to being disturbed by foreigners, and he empathizes with the suffering of the border pass, so Huo Qubing was able to break six Qiang camps overnight, he was really happy, and his heart was extremely excited.

It was getting dark very quickly.

The queue marched in the dark, but fortunately, the bright moon hung high, and with the familiarity of the border army with the road conditions, it did not delay the march.

What else does Huo plan to do after he goes to the camp and breaks down, Zhang Jun has the heart to ask for advice.

In addition, the intention of the champion Hou to go west this time, to what extent to stop it, must also be asked face to face.

Coming out of the border pass and continuing to advance, you will reach Xining in the future for about 400 miles, and continue to move forward is the desert oasis of Xihai (Qinghai Lake), which is also the largest water source nearby.

The many large and small tribes under the jurisdiction of Xian Lingqiang live around this area and live by water.

The Guqiang tribe that Huo Quzhi uprooted is also one of the big tribes surrounding this area.

At this moment, the ancient Qiang Department is already in ruins, a ruin, and the remaining flames are still burning.

Under the moonlit night, several dark shadows appeared in this ruin.

There are six people in total, each with its own momentum.

The two people who were surrounded in the middle were the leaders, one was tall and strong, with a square face, thick and straight eyebrows like short knives, and there was a fierce murderous aura when frowning.

This person is one of the strongest tribes in Xiqiang, and the leader of the Qiangrong tribe is Qi Fuyu.

The other man beside him was of ordinary shape, but his arms were disproportionately long, and he felt as if he had cultivated some kind of anomalous skill, and seemed to be extraordinarily flexible, even walking with only the ends of his feet on the ground, as if he had no weight.

This person is the leader of the Faqiang tribe in another large part of the Western Qiang, Hugu Yan.

The other four were their retinue, scattered to be on guard.

Both Qi Fuyu and Hu Guyan looked around as they walked, looking very carefully.

They finally came to a location and crouched down to check.

After the ground was burned by the fire, it was covered with thick dust and black ash, and the air was still filled with heat.

But the two of them stared at the ground without a moment's notice.

The position they were looking at was a strange one, the dust on the ground jumping and undulating, the bumps were violent, and there was a sharp breath that stirred.

"Grandma Wu."

There is a special sense of friction in Qi Fuyu's voice, which is impressive.

With the voice, an old woman with a wrinkled face and a gray robe was covered with strange textures that seemed to be painted by dyes formed by mashing plants and trees.

She walked out of the shadows of the burned ruins of the ancient Qiang tribe, blinking her wrinkled eyelids, and like Qi Fuyu and Hu Gu Yan, she looked at the ground and whispered some kind of ancient witchcraft spell inherited by the Qiang tribe.

The old woman then reached out and brushed it above the ground.

There was a glimmer of light on the ground, and it disappeared in a flash.

The brightness of this moment made Hu Gu Yan and Qi Fu Yu subconsciously close their eyes.

If the Han army is here and sees this bright light, they will definitely remember the process of Huo Quai's killing of Dian Zhen last night.

"Sure enough, it's ......"

The old woman whispered in the ancient Qiang language.

She flipped open the palm of her hand caressing the ground, revealing a bloody streak in the palm of her hand, and a sound like a knife slashed through the void.

"What a fierce fighting spirit." Qi Fuyu's eyes narrowed.

The old woman said: "This is the position where Dian Zhen's body fell to the ground after being killed with a knife.

After he died, the corpse fell here, and the sword that killed him did not fade, and the qi machine broke through his body, seeping into the surrounding ground and void, and could not be left. It's just a lingering afterglow that I spur. ”

"The sword qi overflows for a day, and it can still cut the hand of Grandma Wu, which is the first realm of heaven and man practiced by the Han people?" Beggar Fuyu frowned.

"The first realm is not important, the artistic conception contained in this knife is even more terrifying, full of indomitable and invincible spirit. I wasn't sure which Han general it was before, who could break through my six Qiang villages in one night. The old woman said in a deep voice.

"So Grandma Wu knows now?" Hugu Yan Road.

"The middle army of the Xiongnu royal court was defeated by a general of the Han people a month ago led by ten thousand troops, and tens of thousands of royal court soldiers and horses fled north, and all parties were shocked when they heard it."

"What does Grandma Wu mean is that the Han generals who led the troops to defeat the Xiongnu royal court came to our Xiqiang?"

Hu Gu Yan and Qi Fu Yu both showed shock, more shocked than seeing the wisp of sword qi.

Being able to penetrate the royal court army that dominated the prairie seemed to them to be a miraculous feat, far more surprising to them than breaking through six Qiang villages in one night.

"The Han land has long been spread, saying that the general who defeated the Xiongnu Chinese army is called Huo Quai, and the Han people call him a god general! Is he coming? ”

"I received news that the Han emperor gave his imperial sister to him as his wife in order to reward him, and spread it to the world. He should be newly married soon, how can he appear in Xiqiang? ”

"If Dian Zhen knew that he was coming, he would never dare to be so presumptuous......"

"This sword qi was deliberately left by the Han generals to warn us?"

The old woman said softly: "Let's go, this place is not suitable for a long time, the Han army has left the border pass, and it is not far from here." ”

"We'll discuss it when we go back."

Before leaving, they looked at the place where the sword qi burst out on the ground, and soon lost their trace.

After they left, two figures, a man and a woman, appeared on the two trees a little farther away.

These two people are the previous bronze mask women, with a bewitching temperament.

The other holds a knife in one hand, and is masked with a black cloth.

"You are right, depending on what he means, he wants to strengthen the exchanges between the Western Regions and the Han Realm, and open up the road between the Han and the Western Regions." Humane in black.

"Last night, you thought he had too few soldiers to go to the Western Regions openly, and now?" The woman's voice was soft.

The black-clothed knife wielder was silent for a while: "Maybe." ”

"Not perhaps, if given time, he will.

The deputy general under his command, Zhao Ponu, after defeating the Huns, disappeared again.

I questioned the five parties with vertical and horizontal techniques, and came to the conclusion that Huo Qubing asked him to lead the army to the northwest first. ”

The woman in white also walked to the position where the sword qi was agitated: "Huo Quzhi left this wisp of sword qi in Guqiang, and let go of some of the captives, so that they could go back and spread the panic of Gu Qiang's removal overnight, and lure the various departments of Xiqiang to come to check, aiming to divide the Qiang people."

How powerful do you think of this sword qi? ”

"The strength of the Three Realms of Heaven and Man is amazing. But...... Not my opponent yet. The black-clothed man with the knife said.

"Isn't it your opponent?"

The woman in white: "It has been more than two months since he broke through the realm of heaven and man. How long did it take you to go from the first realm of heaven and man to the four realms? ”

"You always seem to be talking to this Huo Quai?"

"It's not about him, it's about the facts."

The knife wielder snorted lightly, did not argue, and changed the topic: "I don't understand, you stared at those Han army galloping teams from a distance for a long time before, what are you looking at?" ”

"I'm not looking at the Han Army." The woman said lightly.

The knife bearer thought about it, and in the ranks of the Han army, only the chariot that was surrounded in the middle was the most conspicuous, and his heart moved slightly: "Are you watching the princess's car?"

You want to do something to her? ”

The woman shook her head slightly, secretly thinking: I have some relationship with her that you don't know.

She has everything I don't have...... And some of that should have been mine!

"Huo Quzhi wants to continue to march to the northwest, it won't be so easy." The woman whispered.

……

On the morning of the next day, the border army, under the leadership of Zhang Jun, marched all the way to the West Sea after a night and half a day, during which they only rested for two hours.

Xihai is an inland lake formed by the fault collapse between Datong Mountain, Riyue Mountain and Nanshan Mountain in the Qilian Mountains.

After a night of loess flying sand, I suddenly came to this oasis with a warm breath, which made people feel that the holy land in the world was close in front of them.

The sun was shining, and Zhang Jun and the others saw Huo Qubing standing on a high ground from a distance, with a calm demeanor, looking at the West Sea.

There was only a thirty-man Praetorian Guard behind him.

Jin An stood beside him, snorting boredly, and hearing the sound of the car and horse approaching behind, Jin An took the lead in turning his head to look over.

"Xiguan is too guarded by the Zhang Army, I have seen Lang Zhongling!"

Zhang Jun bowed and said: "I am on duty in Xiguan, I have not made achievements for many years, and I have been able to uproot Guqiang and other departments by worshipping the general Shenwei." On behalf of the people at the border gates, Zhang Jun came to visit. ”

The soldiers of the border army behind Zhang Jun, under the leadership of Xu Jia, also performed at the same time, and the atmosphere was solemn.

Huo Quzhi turned around, glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "On this trip, I wanted to go all the way to Shaming Mountain, Yangguan, and Yumen, and by the way, I met the prestigious Roshna in the Western Regions, but now, ...... The trip is coming to a halt.

I will soon be leaving for Chang'an. ”

Zhang Jun and the others were taken aback, they didn't know what was going on in Chang'an, and Huo Qubing wanted to terminate the trip and rush back.

Huo Qu came to the frame and said to Liu Qing: "We'll leave in a while, do you want to come down and take a look at Xihai?" ”

"Oh. Then you talk first, and I'll come down later. Liu Qing showed his head in the car and shrank back.

"Zhang Taishou, but you have something to ask me?" Huo Quzhi looked back at Zhang Jun.

"Indeed, I ask for advice on all things." Zhang Jun stepped forward quickly, Zhang Qian also leaned closer, and Xu Jia on the other side also moved forward.

"Taishou, please say something."

"I wonder why Huo Hou suddenly wants to go back to Chang'an? Originally, Huo Hou came to Xiguan this time, where were the soldiers going, and to what extent did they stop fighting? Zhang Jun said respectfully.

Xiguan Taishou, is a feudal official, Zhang Jun saw that Huo Qu was sick and did not have the respect before, just because of the marching map and Huo Qu's illness and ability, he swept the soldiers of the ancient Qiang tribes at night.

Huo Quzhi: "I came out this time, first, I promised Liu Qing. Going to the northwest is a greedy idea to kill multiple birds with one stone.

I had some plans, but I didn't think too much about it. ”

He also said: "I have already asked someone to inform Roshna in the Western Regions and ask her to meet me in Yangguan and Yumen. ”

"Roshna's status in the Western Regions is respected, and Lang Zhongling asked her to come to see her, is there a bit of a lack of courtesy?"

This was asked by Zhang Qian, and it was also a reminder.

He had been to the Western Regions and knew Roshna's status in the hearts of the people of the Western Regions.

"If a weak country has no diplomatic relations, where does it come from to be respected?

If the situation is today, the Han and Xiongnu are contending, and the Western Regions are just the spoils of the victors. If Roshna can see the situation clearly, she must choose a side to cling to, and I will ask her to invite her, and she will come. Huo Quzhi said.

Zhang Jun had already understood what Huo Qu's illness meant.

That's why he wanted to bring Liu Qing with him, Roshna is also a woman, take Liu Qing with him, meet him as a princess, better start to communicate, and there is no shortage of courtesy.

In later generations, this is called lady diplomacy.

Huo Quzhi wanted to help Han open up the Western Regions and make arrangements as soon as possible.

Zhang Jun said again: "Then why did Lang Zhongling suddenly want to return to Chang'an, but what happened to Chang'an?" ”