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There was a sudden burst of shouting and scolding outside the tent, accompanied by the sound of some weapons colliding, the sound was not close, it should have come from the periphery of the team.

Wei Yan frowned and said, "It's closer to Aksu, and there are more and more horse thieves, and before it gets dark, they are attacking the camp." ”

Guo Jia said: "This horse thief in the Western Regions is really an outlaw, obviously seeing that our soldiers are strong and strong, a gang of people still don't believe in evil and bump into it." ”

Wei Yan walked and lifted the curtain to take a look, and saw that in the southwest corner of the camp, a group of horse thieves of about 200 people was attacking the camp fiercely, and then someone ran to report the news to Guo Jia.

Xing Tian was a veteran of a hundred battles, just a group of horse thieves, and it was enough to have him in command, so Wei Yan returned to the tent and explained to Guo Jia, and the two studied the route to Aksu and what they needed to do after arriving in Aksu.

The camp had just been planted, the outer trenches had not yet been dug, and some measures to defend the camp had not yet been built.

However, although the defense is the weakest, the team that was attacked is not a soft persimmon, these two thousand elite cavalry, but the best of the best elite soldiers, the combat power is extraordinary. Now, they have regarded the attack of horse thieves as a daily pastime and an opportunity to make a fortune, although there are always casualties among officers and soldiers in every battle, but who cares about casualties when they eat this meal? As soon as they saw the attack of horse thieves, the soldiers greeted them with great interest.

The battle lasted only a little tea, and the horse thieves turned from offensive to defensive, and the leader of the horse thieves whistled and turned his horse away. The horse thieves left behind twenty or thirty corpses and fled. There was a horse thief who had been hit by an arrow and fell from his horse, one foot still hanging in the stirrup, and was dragged by the horse all the way upside down, and dozens of gold leaves were scattered from his arms, and the gold leaves were scattered all the way, shining brilliantly in the setting sun.

"It's developed!Hahaha, it was shot by Lao Tzu, don't rob it!"

An archer ran out in high spirits to recognize his master, and leaned down to pick up the gold leaves. Those Xiliang elite horsemen were killing sexually, but these horse thieves ran away, they were unwilling, and seeing that these horse thieves had some dry goods on them, they couldn't help but be hot, and immediately many soldiers jumped on their horses, beat their horses and whips, and chased the horse thieves.

Xing Tian clasped his hands and shouted loudly: "Don't chase too far!"

"These bunnies!" Xing Tian scolded with a smile and collected the knife.

For the soldiers who chased out, Xing Tian didn't take it too seriously, and it was not once or twice that he encountered horse thieves along the way, and the largest number of horse thieves per share did not exceed five hundred, in this desert west of Dunhuang, it was impossible to have a large team of horse thieves, because they could not afford to raise themselves, and the horse thief team must be strong, so with the strength of their own soldiers, there was no danger in catching up.

This way of marching is very boring, the desert wall, when I first look, the overwhelming heaviness and desolation is quite shocking, but after watching for a long time, it makes people fade out of the bird, so let them adjust the fun. Compared with the soldiers of the Central Plains, the Xiliang soldiers have less oil and water, everyone is bitter haha, it is rare to be able to make the wealth of horse thieves, and they can also eliminate harm for the people, and Xing Tian will go to them.

This area was a rolling dune area, and about 500 cavalry chased out, and the horse thieves who chased them around three times disappeared.

The kung fu of a meal has passed, and no one has come back, Xing Tian can't help but be suspicious, if the horse thief deliberately escapes, it is indeed impossible to catch up with them and annihilate them all after a meal, but Xing Tian is very sure of his soldiers, they are wild and return to the wild, but after a long period of training, they will not be obsessed with money to this part, although they chase down, they will definitely see well, and there is no possibility of staying away from the team.

"Alert now!"

If Guo Jia was not here, Xing Tian would have gathered troops and horses to chase down to investigate the movement, but at the moment, his safety was the first priority, and after walking nearly half of the way, he would soon arrive in Aksu, but he couldn't go wrong at this time.

After Xing Tian's whole army was on alert, he sent a scout horse to chase down along the horseshoe prints to investigate the movement, and immediately rushed to Guo Jia's tent and reported the situation to him, Guo Jia also noticed that things were a little suspicious, if it was really Xing Tian's Xiliang soldiers, it didn't matter if he chased too far or even got lost, but if the five hundred cavalry were eaten, and there was not even a person who fled back to report the news, what would it mean?

These 500 cavalry are not ordinary rangers, they are Xiliang Jing Cavalry!

Guo Jia said in a deep voice: "We can't send troops out anymore! First call the probe to find out the news, and then the whole army will be on strict alert!"

Xing Tiandao: "Yes, the last general also means this, the situation is a little suspicious, and we have to find out the situation." ”

At this time, Wei Yan also rushed over when he heard the news, and Guo Jia instructed: "General Wei, ask your people to supplement the periphery, I'm afraid there will be chaos, be careful!"

"Don't worry, my lord, I'll go up to it!" Wei Yan patted Guo Jia's chest and reassured, and hurriedly walked out of the tent, Xing Tian couldn't rest assured, and also said goodbye to Guo Jia with a fist, and hurried out to arrange.

Guo Jia frowned slightly, and said to himself, "It shouldn't be...... At this time, apart from the king of Aksu, what other force can send an army that is enough to wipe out five hundred Ganliang Elite Cavalry silently?"

Immediately, Guo Jia shook his head again: "Could it be that he was bribed by Timur? No! If Timur had bought him, it would have been impossible for him to have the courage to make a complete break with the Yuan clan in such a short period of time, when Timur's army had not yet come to the city." Besides, if it's him, why bother, wouldn't it be better if we wait for us to fall into the net?"

This latter one is the most critical, the suspicion of King Aksu was immediately cleared, but if it wasn't for him, then it really can't imagine who else could be. After being suspicious for a long time, Guo Jia didn't have a clue, so he had to wait for the tanma to find out the situation.

The scouts sent by Xing Tian also knew that the situation was serious, so they naturally would not rush in a swarm like the brothers who chased them out, and they used the method of connecting bead horses, sending a scout from a distance of arrows, and advancing to find the enemy's traces one after another, so as to ensure that as soon as there was a warning signal, it could be quickly transmitted back to avoid being cut off again.

When the news returned, the whereabouts of the five hundred men were unknown, and the scouts found a site of fierce fighting, in a sand pit valley, littered with horses' hooves, and vaguely recognizable traces of blood trampled into the sand.

This explains why all the 500 iron horsemen disappeared and none of them escaped, they must have chased those horse thieves into a death valley, high gorges on three sides, and the horses could not climb it, so they had the idea of killing them in one fell swoop, and as a result, there must have been another ambush behind the sand valley on both sides, and after they entered the death valley, they sealed the exit and slaughtered.

Xing Tian knew very well the combat effectiveness of his soldiers and horses, even if the other party took advantage of the territory, sealed the exit, and shot with strong arrows from the high ground on three sides, to kill all these five hundred people in the pit valley without breaking through, his strength was at least four thousand people, such a force, except for the king of Aksu, it was only possible for the little whirlwind's Naiyi to pour out the nest.

However, Naiyi is a horse thief, and horse thieves kill people and are killed at the same time, not to fight with their own will, they will go out of their nests, abandon all their inheritance and swear to fight with Guo Jia, and avenge his brother?

Xing Tian, Wei Yan, and Guo Jia discussed repeatedly, and they couldn't figure it out, it was impossible to continue to divide the troops to pursue the enemy's traces, it was already dark, Guo Jia ordered the whole army to be on strict alert, and everyone was waiting for him, including himself, who was also neatly dressed and ready to break through at any time.

But after waiting all night, he was not disturbed at all, and when it was dawn, everyone was tired and sleepy, Guo Jia discussed with Xing Tian and Wei Yan, and decisively decided to give up the investigation of the whereabouts of the five hundred soldiers and set off on the road.

Guo Jia has never been in such an embarrassing situation, he knows that there is a dangerous enemy watching him in the dark, like a sinister wolf, waiting for him to relax at any time, pounce on him and bite him hard, but he can't march quickly, everyone is already very tired from tossing this night, if you hurry up again, when you are exhausted, even if you are an elite army, how much combat power is left? However, knowing that danger was imminent, he still had to calm down and move forward at an even speed, and along the way he was ten times more careful than usual, and this kind of psychological and spiritual torture made people even more exhausted.

After a day's march, nothing happened without incident.

When camping, Guo Jia gave an order to wait for the day and be on strict guard in a difficult tone.

He knew the enemy's purpose very well, and this enemy, who had hitherto been incomprehensible, was like a cunning wolf, and like a patient hunter, who was secretly tiptoeing at himself, knowing that he had much more troops than himself, but who was always patiently chasing and tormenting, trying to exhaust him from the will to the body, and only then stretched out his fangs and opened his bow and arrows.

However, you know his purpose, but you can't help but do what he wants:

If the march is fast, it is the exhaustion of physical strength, and if the march is slow, it is the torture of will;

If we do not take all kinds of precautions during the march, we may be taken advantage of by the enemy; taking all kinds of precautions is a double drain on physical strength and spirit.

When you are stationed, you are facing a strong enemy that may be twice as large as you, how can you still take the means of resting in batches, everyone must be ready to respond at any time, otherwise once someone raids the camp and is too late to respond, it will be a nightmare to destroy the camp, but this invisible enemy can rest calmly.

This is a terrible enemy, Guo Jia knows that he will definitely come, but he does not know when he will come. At night, after the three armies were stationed, Guo Jia summoned his generals to discuss countermeasures for the current situation.