Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 498
"Lieutenant Gongsun, should we go back and report? Guishuang people are calling!"

Si Tali looked around cautiously, and quickly asked, in his opinion, these things can already prove Guishuang's attack, but Gongsun Zan ignored him, he held a long knife, looked at it seriously for a moment, shook Shaking his head, he said: "I'm not sure yet, the long knife is from Guishuang, but Guishuang has been in foreign trade with Dahan for more than ten years, and many of Guishuang's items should have been passed to the Western Regions."

"What's more, even if they are from Guishuang, we have to be able to determine their number, identities, etc., whether they are soldiers of Guishuang or rogues over there." Gongsun Zan looked into the distance and said, "We still have to search .”

"Captain, this place is so vast, how do we search?"

"We have traveled for so long, and many small countries have not said that they have been invaded or plundered. It seems that our enemies are still ahead and have not yet reached the heart." He pulled Sitali from the side, Said: "Next, I will ask Chen Jun to accompany you. You take a few people and go back to the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Let him give orders, and all countries are on alert, and check if there are bandits from outside the Great Wall!"

"Please!"

"The rest, follow me to continue searching!"

After Gongsun Zan's army passed through the desert, they finally saw the mountains and forests. This made Gongsun Zan extremely happy. The people who were the happiest were the people from Dongyi. They never thought that there were such strange places in the world. There were grasslands and deserts. With barren land, mountains, rivers, and forests, Dongyi people may not be happy, but it is different when there is water.

Seeing the lush, tall and majestic green hills in the distance, the Valiant Battalion couldn't help but exclaimed. Gongsun Zan left some people who were optimistic about the camel supplies, and the rest packed lightly and headed into the forest. There were still no people here, and occasionally they could hear When the wolf howled, the soldiers searched everywhere, and as a result, they found a lot of traces here.

There were traces of vehicles and horses passing by, and there were dropped goods. Even these goods were brand new and had not suffered any damage. The more things they found, the more careful everyone became. Gongsun Zan didn't want to spend too much In time, the soldiers were directly asked to scatter to search, but they were ordered not to go too far, and they must not lose contact.

Speaking of which, Mi Reyi, a man from Kangju who has been following Gongsun Zan, was the most shocked. He had never seen such an army. The scorching heat, the cold night, and the uninterrupted marching took only five days to cross the desert. As a local, he couldn't bear it!
After rushing to the forest, these soldiers all lowered their bodies and searched around, like skilled hunters one by one. Some soldiers, unable to see the boundaries in the distance, climbed to those tall trees two or three times. If they didn't move, I don't even know where he is, his figure is completely covered by leaves, and their contact method is amazing.

They learned the calls of various birds and informed each other of the situation. Gongsun Zan often reacted differently to the calls. Mireyi was still at a loss after listening to them for several days. However, At any rate, he understood a bird's cry, which was a sharp cry, three times in a row, which meant that there was a wild beast ahead, which he personally experienced.

Thinking of the bear that nearly tore him apart just now, he firmly remembered the cry.

After hearing a crisp sound, Gongsun Zan stood up abruptly. This action startled Mireyi beside him. Gongsun Zan quickly rushed forward, and the soldiers behind him also quickly followed. Gongsun Zan Frowning, he took off the strong bow behind him and looked through the bushes. In the distance, there were about seven or eight carriages and horses. Some people stood on the carriages and looked around vigilantly.

Gongsun Zan looked at his appearance carefully, and suddenly shouted: "Gongsun Zan, the captain of the brave man, is here, who is in front?!"

Hearing Gongsun Zan's voice, those people were startled, and then they reacted, but quickly shouted: "We are foreign trade merchants!!", Gongsun Zan walked out of the forest with a bow and arrow, and when he heard Gongsun Zan After the shouts, these people got up early and looked around in fear. When they saw Gongsun Zan in armor walking over, they almost burst into tears.

With the support of the two, an old man walked up to Gongsun Zan.

"General! Thank you, General!" Trembling, he saluted Gongsun Zan.

Gongsun Zan quickly helped him up and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"Guishan people! They attacked the merchant traveler and followed them all the way. They also cut off the communication between Liule and the outside world and surrounded Liule. We fled all the way, and we all fled. Many people were caught. We hid in the Here, I pray every day." As he was speaking, many birds suddenly flew up in the distant mountains and forests, screaming in a hurry, and scattered towards the surroundings.

When the old man saw it, he panicked immediately, and everyone was also extremely frightened.

"Come with us, we don't need horses and chariots. The mountains and forests here are not suitable for riding horses. We have spare horses!" Gongsun Zan ordered, and the surrounding soldiers of Dongyan also showed up one after another, leading the people forward They rushed in the direction they came from, and Gongsun Zan walked at the end, leading everyone, walking cautiously. The situation was very bad. If they were the only Dongyi people who escaped, it would not be difficult to get out of here!
However, with these merchants, Gongsun Zan didn't know if he could avoid it.

Simply, in this mountain forest, the enemy had no way to chase them with their horses. They galloped all the way without resting much. When they walked out of the mountain, the soldiers outside the mountain had already noticed the sound in the distance. With the supplies away from here, the rest of the people were waiting for Gongsun Zan's arrival. Gongsun Zan and the others came and got on the horse without saying much. The merchants who came also got on the horse one after another. Take a horse together.

Gongsun Zan gave an order, and the soldiers rushed away at high speed!

Just after leaving the forest, a group of people rushed out of the forest. They realized that the other party had fled here on a horse, and roared angrily. However, Gongsun Zan didn't care about the situation here, and led the group of merchants towards the original road. Returning, on the way back, Gongsun Zan realized that the Guishuang people were also divided into many cavalry teams, constantly searching for merchants.

Under the guidance of the merchants, Gongsun Zan also found many wandering merchants, and occasionally encountered soldiers from Guishuang. However, this army could always dodge, rush left and right, more flexible than rabbits, Sometimes they close up, sometimes they disperse, which makes the bandits who came to pursue them very aggrieved. They rushed all the way to the vicinity of Kucha Kingdom before stopping to rest.

Of course, it wasn't because the soldiers of the Valiant Battalion couldn't run anymore, it was because the merchants couldn't take it anymore. After riding for many days, their thighs were worn out, their legs were in severe pain, and they were dehydrated due to the extreme heat. After waiting for some reason, they couldn't bear it any longer, so Gongsun Zan asked Mireyi to take these merchants back to Kucha, and told the local king that there were bandits invading, and the city gates could not be opened.

After arranging the merchants, he sent someone to get in touch with Dong Zhuo to inform him of the situation here, and asked Dong Zhuo to lead the army here quickly, while he himself repaired around. After two days of repairing, he led the army again. After rushing to the Liule area, he wanted to keep abreast of the enemy's movements and entangle them when necessary, so that they could not escape easily.

The envoys sent by Gongsun Zan found Dong Zhuo's army half a month later with the help of the kings from all over the country, and hurriedly delivered Gongsun Zan's letter. Dong Zhuo had already led his troops to station in Luntai at this time. In the letter, he immediately ordered the soldiers to send troops. In the letter, Gongsun Zan explained everything in detail.

First of all, this group of troops is not the official army of Guishuang. According to what the merchants said, the current Guishuang King Wei Sutipo, the only son of the former Guishuang King Hu Bisika, is not very shrewd. However, he was also very supportive of the foreign trade with the great Han and did not oppose it. However, because of his stupidity, several princes from Malacanda, Lan's City, and Minagala opposed his rule together. .

What's ridiculous is that this Wei Suti didn't suppress it, but let them do things on the grounds that these areas were backward and wasted national power. This was exactly what the princes wanted, and they didn't pay attention to the king. However, only in Malacanda, the king here seems to have the same understanding as Weisudeva. He proposed that Weisudeva cannot be the king, and the king should be the younger brother of King Hubasika, Nishika.

In the name of supporting Nishika, he launched a war against Weisudeva. Weisudepo hated his uncle Nishika the most in his life, so he couldn't sit still. There was a battle near the mountain, and Weisudeva had the upper hand.

Originally, these had nothing to do with the business travel, but after the defeat of the Malakanda army and the king was captured alive, Weisutippo did not forgive his soldiers, but threatened to wash all the participants with blood, which made Malacanda's army fled in the direction of Dawan and Liule one after another, and the business brigade of Dahan was also attacked by them.

Dawan had already fought with them, and Liule was no exception. However, because there were a large number of exiled rebels looting everywhere outside the Great Wall, it was impossible for the two countries to convey the news to the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and they seemed unwilling to recruit them. The attacks of the Han army were therefore only active in Dawan, Liule, and Shache, that is, the Congling area.

Dong Zhuo then sent the letter to the school lieutenant of Shuluntai, asking him to submit it to the temple, and then hurriedly led the army to Congling.

The army marched forward, mighty and mighty, Dong Zhuo urged all the way, but the marching speed was not fast, this place is really weird, a few days ago, it was still extremely hot, unbearable, but now, it has quickly become cold, the cold wind is biting , The snow was heavy, the wind and snow here were very heavy, and the march suddenly became a very difficult thing, and even some couldn't see the road clearly.

Although this was a bad thing for Dong Zhuo, it was great news for Gongsun Zan who was far away.

These days, he led the Valiant Battalion to move back and forth around Congling, constantly harassing, while the Guishuang rebels were also furious, and sent a large number of cavalry to search for them and ambush them, but this was of no use. None of the brave battalion soldiers were caught, and they ran back and forth in the Congling area with these Guishuang rebels.

The sudden blizzard did frighten Gongsun Zan, making it difficult for them to escape, but it was the Guishuang people who were more frightened.

I saw those Guishuang people, looking at the continuous snowstorm, kneeling on the ground, crying, fleeing frantically in fear.

But Gongsun Zan, who was observing them from a distance, showed a kind smile on his face.

Could it be that it doesn't snow in your place? ?
That's fine.

(End of this chapter)