Qiang Qin

Auntie country.

It leads to Dunhuang in the southeast, Loulan and Shanshan in the south, Yanqi in the west, Wusun in the northwest, and Xiongnu in the northeast. It is an important trading station on the Northern Silk Road.

Before the Dayue people moved westward, Gushi was the territory of the Wusun tribe. The grassland along the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains provided rich food for the cattle and sheep of the grassland people, so that their offspring could get enough nutrition. Four years ago, the Dayue clan occupied Gushi from the Wusun people and regarded it as the residence of the royal court.

Four years later, the Qin army swept across the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains with a thunderbolt. The Dayue clan, who regarded themselves as the boss in the Western Regions, did not even have a decent battle, so they fled to the Altai Mountains in panic.

May.

The weather was getting hotter, and all the people who besieged and wiped out the Dayue Clan joined forces at Gushi. Except for the troops from the South and East Roads, the King of Wusun, Kunmo, who represented the Wusun Kingdom in the battle, was all over the place.

Wusun is also known as Kunrong in Chinese historical records, and their king is named Kunmo. This tribe used to nomad in the Dunhuang area in the west of the Qilian River during the Spring and Autumn Period, but then the father of Liejiaomi, Nandumi, was in a relationship with the Dalai Lama. He died in the conflict between the Yuezhi people.

Lie Jiaomi bears the vengeance of killing his father, and the Wusun tribe once placed their hope of defeating the Dayue Clan on the Huns. After all, the Huns are the most powerful force on this grassland, but with the Dayue Clan and the Huns Lie Jiaomi was disappointed in the close cooperation in dealing with the issue of the Aries Tribe.

With no choice, Lie Jiaomi unexpectedly waited for the mission from the Eastern Powerful Qin State. The Qin envoy Lu Jia's eloquence was first-rate. It was his persuasion that rekindled the fire of revenge from the whole Wusun tribe. , This time, Lie Jiaomi not only had the purpose of revenge, but also wanted to establish a powerful country belonging to the Kunrong tribe in the vast area from Ilk Lake in the east to Hanhai in the west.

The army gathered.

Qin Jun Ruiqi's equipment, as well as the superb tactical discipline displayed.It surprised the Wusun people who were accustomed to being free and undisciplined. They had been away from Hexi for several years. Over the years, they had repeatedly heard about the power of the Great Qin from Hu merchants in the Western Regions, but this time they actually saw it, which was beyond their expectations.

Athletes in the military.

Gathering together, besides drinking and eating meat, competing for strength and bravery is an inevitable choice.

This time, the Wusun tribe, the countries of the Western Regions, and the Hexi troops of the Qin Army met together in a rare way.After many proposals, a wrestling match began in Gushi Country.

Five warriors from each side will compete in archery, horsemanship, and the combat ability of a team of five. Of these three competitions, the first two mainly test the soldiers' individual abilities, while the last one is to consider the combat ability of the soldiers on the battlefield. The degree of tacit cooperation between the groups above, if after three competitions, one of the parties wins in two.Then the first credit for chasing and killing King Da Yuezhi belongs to him, and the other two armies that failed will take on the task of covering.

For such an arrangement, Lie Jiaomi was very satisfied, riding horses and archery.It is the strength of the grassland people, and the generals of the Western Regions have no opinion. To be honest, they exist more as a soy sauce role.Not only because the coalition forces themselves are not strong, but also because the coalition forces also have their own plans. If the warriors they send really win the first place.Then the face of other countries will be difficult. Therefore, the best result is to let Daqin and Wusun get the honor, and it is enough for them to get No.3 safely.

As for the Qin army, Luo Jia had a solemn and calm expression. From his face, it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or displeased. The Qin army in Hexi was formed by him alone. I feel that the generals of the Qin army will not embarrass him, whether it is Wusun or the Huns, these opponents must be faced by the Qin army.

Auntie outside the city.

On the open desert.

The three armies moved together, the flags were rolled up, and on the high platform built with poplar wood, a group of generals lined up, but in the middle was a scribe who was about [-] years old.

This person is Lu Jia.Today he was recommended as the candidate to host the tournament.

Military cadets are naturally different from rough men. Lu Jia is wearing a light fur coat, which looks a bit like a knight-errant in fur and horse. Very mature and steady.

At the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, there were several lobbyists including Lu Jia, Kuai Che, Zhao Ping, and Lou Jing. Among these people, Lu Jia had the most peculiar experience of returning to Qin. Forcibly detained, and finally had to surrender to Qin State, but after confirming to work for Qin State, Lu Jia's performance made people can't help but sigh Li Yuan's knowledge of people.

During his trip to South Vietnam two years ago, Lu Jia brought news about Zhao Tuo in Lingnan to Qin, and at the same time, laid the foundation for the final reconciliation between the two countries.This time when he went to Wusun as an envoy, Lu Jia also lived up to everyone's expectations. You must know that his opponent was the treacherous Huns envoy Xumi Potong.

After Lu Jia sang loudly, the first competition of archery began.

The Wusun tribe first sent three soldiers who were the most proficient at archery in the tribe. They used fixed target positions, moving target positions, and several arrows as the evaluation conditions, and the final referee for the archery segment was Li Zhongxiang, who is known as the famous arrow in Hexi.

For Li Zhongxiang's archery, not only the soldiers of the Western Regions were impressed, Wusun Kunmo and a group of warriors also had to bow down after seeing Li Zhongxiang's extremely precise archery.

The three people from the Wusun tribe, with fixed and moving targets, finally hit all the arrows. In the last round, the three of them ended the competition with three arrows in a row.As for the Allied Forces in the Western Regions, Loulan, Khotan, and Shule each sent a warrior to fight. As a result, two arrows were missed in the mobile position and the volley position.

When it was the Qin army's turn to fight, Luo Jia smiled lightly, ordered the flag to be rolled up, and recruited a small team, and the team led a random selection of three people to fight. Luo Jia's move made the young and vigorous Wusun King Liejiao Mi can't help showing anger.

"Qin Guo, are you belittling my Wusun warrior?" Lie Jiaomi shouted at Lu Jia. There was no way, Luo Jia couldn't understand his Wusun dialect, and Lu Jia had been in the Wusun tribe for a few months anyway. Mostly understand what he means.

Lu Jia cast a questioning look at Luo Jia, and Luo Jia responded with a faint smile. Following the direction of his finger, the unknown Qin pawns had already started the game. Arrows were fired from both fixed and moving targets, and the salvos were in all directions. Using almost the same posture, the three soldiers of the Qin army fired five consecutive arrows in a very short period of time. Although there were sporadic misses among them, this achievement has already surpassed the Wusun people.

Lie Jiaomi's face was a little ugly. He didn't expect that he would lose to the Qin people in the most certain part of the game. In the next two competitions, the Wusun people had superb skills, and the Qin people had superb skills. But with advanced tools such as saddles and stirrups, the two sides fought a tie. As for the last team combat ability, the Wusun warriors who were accustomed to individual cavalry combat only lasted for a quarter of an hour before their entire army was wiped out.

The competition is over.

In the final result, the Qin army won the victory, but seeing the casual look on the faces of the soldiers of Zhan's small team, it seemed that they were not very excited. Perhaps in their eyes, the Wusun people were not a real opponent at all. However, if such a competition is held within the Qin army, it will be much more intense.

May [-]th.

Luo Jia led a group of Qin cavalry to go northward, while Wusun King Kunmo's tribe detoured around the Yili River Valley and surrounded the Dayuezhi people who had fled in the Altai Mountains from the west.

Behind them, Li Zhongxiang led the Allied Forces of the Western Regions to protect the back road. At the same time, he also provided the necessary supplies for the Qin Army. As for the Wusun people, they don't need these. As long as they can find water sources, the barren grasslands are everywhere. .

——.

Kobdo Lake.

The royal court of the Southern Huns.

The envoys of the Yuezhi people came one after another, which made Hu Yanxie very annoyed.

Hu Yanxie was not interested in King Yuezhi's request for him to send troops to rescue him, even if King Yuezhi offered all the money and jewels he had saved, Hu Yanxie would not be tempted.

Take millet from the fire.

Huyanxie would not be so stupid. Back then, when King Yuezhi agreed to attack the Baiyang tribe with Maodun, he did not inform Huyan tribe in advance. I didn't see how many Yuezhi people sent them over on their own initiative. Now that disaster is imminent, but he wants the Huyan tribe to fend off the resentful Qin people. How is this possible?

The Yuezhi people are quite easy to dismiss, after all, the Huyan tribe has no friendship with them, and the emissary of the Great Chanyu, Xu Mibutong, has also been stranded here. His purpose is different from that of the Yuezhi people. Instructed, the Huyan tribe must take advantage of the emptiness in the Hexi area of ​​the Qin State, mobilize all the forces in the tribe, and cut the Qin State's transportation line into two sections.

Hu Yanxie hesitated.

To be honest, based on his experience in the last battle of Hexi, he vaguely felt that the Qin army's conquest of the Dayue Clan this time would not be so simple. Obviously, the Hexi Corridor is the weakness of the Qin army. Such an obvious loophole lies in the In front of him, Hu Yanxie worried that this would be another trap laid down by the Qin army.

The Huyan tribe managed to recover a bit of vitality by the shore of Kobduo Lake. If they attacked rashly and ended up with the whole tribe exterminated like the Zhelan tribe, then Huyanxie would be the sinner of the whole tribe.

"Youxian King, I have already told you all the orders of the Great Chanyu. The Shanyu army has now assembled in Mobei. Just wait for you to launch an attack here, and the more than [-] warriors of our Great Huns will be mighty! Go all the way south, and tear up all the rammed earth walls laid down by the Qin State—!" Xu Mibu persuaded.

"Xumi Envoy, it's not that I, Hu Yanxie, didn't obey the order of the Great Shanyu. It's because my Huyan tribe's vitality has not recovered, and the soldiers are exhausted. If they lose again—!"

"Youxian King, it is not too late to send troops. Da Shanyu has made a plan. Before June [-]th, the army of the virtuous king must appear in the Yanqi Mountain area. If it is too late, then please invite the virtuous king himself. I will explain the situation to the Chanyu." Xu Mibu Tong said in a bad tone with red eyes.It was related to the entire military deployment of the Huns, so he had to repeatedly state the relationship to Hu Yanxie. (To be continued..)