Jianghu I am the only one

Chapter 399 Arriving at Loulan
Because the Ministry of Military Affairs has been preparing for the third Western Expedition for several years, it has hoarded a lot of war materials in Suzhou Prefecture, and the preparations are very sufficient.

And because the Western Regions are in a state of disunity, individual strength is very weak, so from August to the end of the seventh year of the Qianli calendar, the war went smoothly.

Before the Chinese New Year, the Military Affairs Council handed over the results of the battle to the secretariat, and there were already [-] countries in the Western Regions attached to Dagan, and they were under the jurisdiction of the Dagan Western Regions Protectorate.

Of course, not all of these twenty countries were defeated by the Gan army. Seven or eight small countries surrendered voluntarily, and three or four small countries were forced to surrender. Less than ten small countries have actually fought against the Gan army.

In the spring of the eighth year of the Qianli calendar, the Qian army continued to advance westward, but the situation changed suddenly, and the war was no longer as smooth as before.

Because the three big countries in the west of the Western Regions, Yuezhi, Dawan, and Kangju, did not know whether they were aware of Dagan's active alliance against the Western Regions, or they were led by someone to form an alliance. Anyway, they sent troops into the Western Regions together and began to organize the remaining An alliance of more than a dozen small countries in the Western Regions fought against the Gan army together.

According to the investigation by Yubu's spies, Yuezhi, Dawan, and Kangju are said to be big countries, but they are actually only big compared to the small countries in the Western Regions. In fact, each of them has a population of only about one million.

What really cast a shadow over the third Western Expedition is that behind the action of the Three Kingdoms intervening in the Western Regions this time, there is a faint shadow of the Guishuang Empire.

The Guishuang Empire is a real big country in Central Asia. Although it is not as good as the previous Central Plains dynasties, it has a population of tens of millions and hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers.

And the population base is there, naturally there will be no shortage of masters.

Seeing that the war has been stalemate, and it is gradually coming to summer, and it will continue for more than a year, which is likely to affect Daqian's overseas expedition to Yingzhou Island, so Ouyang Ye left the god capital Luoyang again and went to the Western Regions.

Compared with before, this time Ouyang Ye had Tiger Feather as his mount. Although it was definitely not as fast as his own full strength, it was much more comfortable and even gave people a relaxed feeling.

It took three or four days to drive the tiger feathers to the Western Regions, and Ouyang Ye went directly to Loulan, where the Western Expeditionary Army's base camp was located.

Therefore, his trip originally had the intention of deterring the countries of the Western Regions and the people everywhere, so he first let the tiger feathers hover around a hundred feet above Loulan City.

Baizhang is not very tall, and Hu Yu vaguely understands Ouyang Ye's intentions, and makes high-pitched chirping sounds from time to time, almost attracting the attention of the whole city as soon as he appears.

Immediately, some nobles, wealthy businessmen, and common people in the city ran in panic, and some shouted excitedly, and the noise continued one after another—

"God, how can there be such a big eagle?!"

"There seems to be someone on the eagle's back, could it be a god?"

"God descends to earth!"

"The gods must have come to help us destroy these eastern enemies! Yes, it must be so!"

"Keep your voice down, you will be beheaded if you are heard by those who are doing big things."

"What are you afraid of? We have gods! I knew that gods would not abandon us!"

"···"

When the people in the city fell into panic and boiling emotions, the soldiers of the army were also facing the enemy-in Daqian, only a few people knew that Ouyang Ye had tamed the exotic birds, and most of the soldiers did not know about it. of.

Some dry army crossbowmen even erected the eight-ox crossbow nervously, preparing to shoot arrows at the tiger's feathers.

Those soldiers carrying automatic crossbows had already directed their crossbows towards the sky.

The good thing is that the senior generals of the dry army who were patrolling outside responded in a timely manner. Seeing this, he quickly raised his breath and shouted: "No arrows! The one above is Your Majesty!"

This high-ranking general has the strength of true energy, and with his eyesight, he can easily see Ouyang Ye on Hu Yu's back from a distance of a hundred feet, so he is also very nervous at this time, for fear that someone will shoot a crossbow arrow at Ouyang Ye if he gets nervous. .

Although Ouyang Ye would definitely not be hurt, and Ouyang Ye might not even pursue it, but the generals and marshals above would definitely not spare him lightly afterwards.

Fortunately, the literacy of the sergeants and soldiers is quite high nowadays, and there is no such thing as anyone firing an arrow in a hurry.

Ouyang Ye stood on Hu Yu's back, seeing that the intention of awe was achieved, he signaled Hu Yu to land in the camp in Loulan City.

At this time, Marshal Gao Qiang and a group of generals in the base camp of the Western Expeditionary Army in Loulan City also heard the sound and came outside the camp.

Seeing Ouyang Ye jump off the back of Tiger Feather and land on the ground without even a speck of dust stirring up, he couldn't help but sigh that Ouyang Ye's martial arts are more profound and unpredictable.

At the same time, under the leadership of Gao Qiang, these people saluted Ouyang Ye together (a military salute in the army, this is Ouyang Ye's regulation), and said in unison: "See Your Majesty!"

"Free gift!"

Ouyang Yehong replied, and after everyone stood up, he walked to the largest tent in the camp.

It may not be the tent where Gao Qiang sleeps, but it must be a large tent for discussing affairs in the camp.

In Loulan City.

First, I heard the senior general cheering up and shouting "The one above is Your Majesty", and then I saw Ouyang Ye riding a tiger feather and falling into the Qianjun camp. A little more awe.

But the faces of the nobles of the Loulan Kingdom were ugly, especially those individuals who shouted "born to help eliminate the army" before, they just stood there in a daze.

They can't figure it out right now—

Didn't the gods who came on the eagle come to help us?

But your majesty... the emperor of Daqian?

The camp in Loulan City is not big, only the high-strength personal guard brigade is stationed there.

As the base camp of the Western Expeditionary Army, Loulan, in addition to the Marshal's Personal Guard Brigade stationed in the city, also has an army stationed outside the city.

Ouyang Ye entered the big tent and sat down directly on the position of marshal. After the generals who were qualified to enter the big tent to discuss matters stood up, he directly said to Gao Qiang: "Let's talk about the current frontline situation first."

"Yes!"

Gao Qiang responded, and then used the military map of the Western Regions in the big tent to tell Ouyang Ye the specific situation of the current Western Expedition.

Because the Western Regions are vast, and the targets of the dry army are mostly small countries, the dry army has always been divided into attacks before, and at most it can be divided into more than a dozen groups to carry out military operations.

Beginning this year, the three kingdoms of Yuezhi, Dawan, and Kangju intervened in the war in the Western Regions, and the remaining small countries in the Western Regions also joined forces with each other. Only then did the Gan army change its combat mode and march with a large number of troops.

But even so, the current dry army is still divided into three routes, north, south and middle.

This branching is mainly because there are three main commercial roads going west from Loulan, and most of the small country cities are gathered near the three commercial roads.

As for the middle of the three main commercial roads, there is a desert.

But perhaps it is because of the relatively abundant vitality in this world, although there are many deserts in the Western Regions, they are not very serious.

It is also because of this that these small countries in the Western Regions can exist, and they are even quite wealthy because they guard the commercial road of the East-West Silk Road.

After introducing the current battle progress of the North, South, and Middle Routes on the front line, Gao Qiang finally said: "Actually, in terms of the strength of soldiers and ordinary soldiers, the reinforcements sent by the Yuezhi, Dawan, and Kangju countries are not as good as ours. Command is not as flexible as ours because it is an alliance army and other factors.

However, there are a group of secretive martial arts masters in their army, who are very proficient in assassination, and most of them are desperate and fearless. So far, six or seven generals of our army have died in the hands of these people. "

To be called a general in the mouth of Marshal Gao Qiang, the minimum is a general at the battalion level, so this situation is considered quite serious.

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