"General Gao Gao Lang and Lu Jian Jun have arrived!" The herald shouted a majestic cry outside the tent, followed by Gao Chong and Shaoyuan, who opened the tent and walked into the big tent one by one. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The subordinate officers of the Western Regions Metropolitan Protector and the subordinate officers of the vanguard of the Northwest Army in the account immediately stood up and bowed, "See General Gao Gaolang, see Lu Jian Army"

Gao Zhong and Shaoyuan also raised their hands to return the salute, "Everyone, I am too late, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Sit down, this time the three-way soldiers and horses came here, the main position should have belonged to the Western Regions for many years, but this time the Huns were extremely strong, and for the first time, the regular mobile troops of the Han Dynasty came, and they also sent the supervising army, and the old and refined Western Regions protectors immediately understood the emperor's intentions and took the initiative to give up the main position, so on the main seat, it was Gao Zhong and Shaoyuan who sat on the two young generals.

Seeing this, Gao Zhong should also give in, after all, this is not the time to shirk, in terms of meritorious deeds, he and Shaoyuan's background only needs a little credit enough for them to stand above the court, or this is the unique advantage of the family and the protégé of the Son of Heaven. "What is the current situation, where are the Huns?"

The lieutenant of the Northwest Army stood up, "General Zhonglang, and follow the end"

The group of people came to another large tent, this tent was obviously not used for deliberations, only maps and books, and the obvious map of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, the red dots on it were so dazzling. The lieutenant pointed to the map and said, "General Zhonglang, please see, according to the report of the spies five days ago, the eighteen countries in the north of the Tianshan Mountains have basically all fallen, because of the lack of countries that can be transferred, all the spies have been withdrawn, and it is not yet known where the Hun soldiers have arrived, but if it is not bad, the Hun spies should be seen within three days."

Shaoyuan looked at the map and shook his head helplessly, "When we left Yumen Pass in the west, the red dot was only half of here, but I didn't expect that as soon as we arrived here, the situation had deteriorated like this."

Gao Chong also nodded, "The Huns are indeed holding back their strength this time, Captain, the Huns I caught early this morning, if I expected it to be good, it should be the Huns' spies who are too deep, that is, their vanguard will never be too far from here." ”

Both the lieutenant and the capital guard looked surprised, "Has the Commander already interrogated those prisoners?"

Gao Zhong shook his head, "That's not true, now they're still in prison"

The two of them asked Gao Zhong with black lines, "Why did the adult see that he was a spy who was too deep, and not a real pioneer spy?"

Gao Chong shrugged his shoulders, "It's very simple, because they didn't burn down the house, although they robbed the food, and the difference is that they ate the people's food and slept in the people's houses, obviously they did such a heinous job, but there were no strong traces of fighting, guess why? Think about it, when will the people relax their guard relatively much? Or what will they face when they will relax their guard relatively quickly?"

The two people were asked like this, but they looked at each other, the behavior of the Huns was too abnormal, not the previous behavior, and they had not been to the scene, how to answer this question.

Shaoyuan was so reasoned by Gao Pet, and remembered his own experience, "That is, these people didn't expect that they were Hun soldiers"

Gao Zhong looked at them and nodded, "That's right, I didn't expect them to be Hun soldiers, but why didn't I think they were Hun soldiers?"

Shaoyuan turned the other way this time, pondering Gao Chong's thoughts from Gao Chong's answer: "They don't look like soldiers, but like ordinary people, they must be in poor spirits, grabbing food and killing people, but instead of arson, they stay overnight, because they have nowhere to go for a while, they can only stay overnight, why nowhere to go, because they are too far away from the troops, they can not attract attention without setting fire, and they can sleep with peace of mind, and they didn't guess that the Han soldiers came so quickly." At the end of the sentence, because they are alone and the food and grass are exhausted, they can only keep a low profile, but they really can't help but kill people!"

Gao Pet shrugged his shoulders "That's my guess, of course, further confirmation, we still have to interrogate"

Lord Du Hu nodded, and continued, "The matter of the spies is not so important, but they came suddenly, but it is a bit unexpected, we need to arrange defense immediately at this moment, and prepare early"

They returned to the edge of the map again, and Gao Pet looked at the map and asked, "I want to hear your opinion."

Speaking of this, the captain of the Northwest Army immediately cheered up, and with one hand, he picked up a small wooden stick and began to demonstrate. "Ladies and gentlemen, at present, the Xiongnu's troops have spread to the entire northern frontier, and with our current strength, it is absolutely unwise to go north to recover the northern frontier with an egg and a stone. In the opinion of the last general, with our current strength, we should stick to the two mountain passes in the south of the Tianshan Mountains and wait for the arrival of the imperial army.

"I don't know" was crisp, clean, blurted out, and the high-quality answer was enough to shock the two people.

"So, this time, the only force we can use is less than 5,000 men and horses in front of us?"

Gao Chong looked at their shocked appearance, and said calmly, "Don't panic, when you arrive at Yumen Pass, you have already sent a letter to the imperial court again to mobilize the army to help, at first the imperial court didn't know that the northern Xinjiang soldiers were so sharp, and now the second letter should have arrived in Luoyang, and I will repair another book, which will definitely attract the attention of the imperial court."

The captain of the Northwest Military Academy was calm, and he also knew very well that the distant water could not save the near fire, and their fastest and most powerful reinforcement was still the Northwest Army Corps, "So when will the Northwest Army advance westward? The main force of the Northwest Army Corps will come, and the Western Regions will naturally not be a problem."

Gao Chong still shook his head, "When I went west out of Yumen, Yumen Pass was under martial law, and it seemed that traces of the Huns had been found, if it was really the traces of the Huns, in a short period of time, the Northwest Army should not be able to go west to support"

For a while, the atmosphere was extremely embarrassing, the Han army, which was less than 5,000, seemed to have become a lonely Ping in the northwest and could not continue, and Gao Chong was strange, "Why do you all look so dignified?"

The envoy sighed and said, "General Zhonglang, how to fight against the Huns?"

Gao Zhong crossed his hands and said strangely, "Why do you always look so far ahead? Have you ever wondered what we are going to do?"

The captain of the Northwest Military Academy said without hesitation, "Of course, it is to fight against the Huns and recover the northern frontier."

Gao Zhong shook his head: "Wrong, that is the task of the entire Han army! And our task at this stage is to hold the southern frontier and block the Xiongnu! Our task is to delay! Delay until the arrival of reinforcements!"

The eyes of the people present lit up, and they remembered their tasks, yes, our task is only to delay time, until the arrival of reinforcements! Seeing that the people present seemed to have recovered their emotions, Gao Zhong breathed a sigh of relief: "The way to delay time, I already have a small plan, wait for me to interrogate those Hun prisoners, and then think about it separately, but I am interested in listening to your defense plan, captain, and talk about it."

The lieutenant arched his hand, picked up the wooden stick in his hand, and gestured on the map, "General, please see, there are two mountain passes in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, one east and one west, the east mountain pass is two hundred miles north of Pei Shan country, and the west mountain pass is in the territory of the Blue House country. We are divided into three troops, control the two mountain passes, leave a team of men and horses to respond to the last, reinforcements on both sides at any time, our army is well-equipped, morale is high, the Xiongnu lack of siege experience, one eliminates the other, as long as we can keep Pei Shanguo, keep this base for westward expansion. The supplies are continuous, and our army will be able to hold on for a while, waiting for the imperial army to come to help."

Gao Pet nodded, "That's right, then I'll immediately repair a letter with Lan Lou Guo, as long as Lan Lou Guo agrees, we will immediately pull it over, and remember, our task is to delay, it is to consume, don't rush for quick success, it's a big deal!"

Everyone gave up their hands and "we will obey"

Gao Zhong nodded and pointed to the map, "Then go on, tell me what the situation of the more than ten countries that have fallen, and see if there will be any tricky things for the Huns"

In the military tent, a group of people were still secretly discussing how to defend the first line of Shannan, and suddenly heard the call outside the door, "Lord Zhonglang, Lord Supervisor, King Peishan sent an invitation, and set up a banquet in the palace tonight to entertain the two." ”