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Chapter 114 What kind of witchcraft is that?
Two days later.

A Qiang army of more than 80,000 people marched rapidly towards Longyou County.

Although these Qiang leaders did not agree with the statement of the Xiongnu Tuye captain Wukun, they even felt that the Xiongnu were frightened by the Han army in the battle of Mobei six years ago.

That's why people say things like "boosting others' ambitions and destroying one's own prestige".

But they finally accepted Wu Kun's suggestion and decided to take the initiative to pick the weak ones and attack the 15,000 Han troops in Longyou County with lightning speed.

The key to this battle is speed!
We must attack the Han army when it is unprepared, before it gains a foothold in Daxia County, Longyou Prefecture!

They did reach a consensus on this point.

After all, at any time, lightning surprise attack is the most cost-effective way of fighting.

It is easy to achieve victory when the enemy is off guard. If this can cause chaos and panic among the enemy, the victory can be further expanded, forming an unstoppable momentum, and then the 15,000 soldiers and horses will be in their pocket.

But they don't know.

This 15,000-strong Han army was the unit that Liu Ju, the crown prince of the Han Dynasty, served under.

Li Xi and Xu Ziwei probably did not expect that the Qiang people would accidentally go straight for the prince, but they did make some preparations.

Previously, when Li Xi was explaining the strategy to Liu Ju, he specifically mentioned that these 15,000 soldiers were the elite of the elite of the Han army, and their overall combat power was even stronger than the 20,000 Han troops led by Xu Ziwei who rushed to Wuwei County.

Three more days passed like this.

The Qiang army had already entered Daxia County, located in the north of Longyou County, only fifty miles away from the Han army camp.

"Captain Wukun, I'm sure the Han army would never have expected the Qiang army to arrive so quickly!"

Nacuo, the leader of the Fengyang Qiang, was full of confidence in this battle. He pulled the reins, stopped his horse, looked south, and said loudly to Wukun, a Xiongnu man standing beside him:
"Before dark today, our army will be able to reach the Han army camp. By then, most of the Han army may still be making fire and cooking. Even if we hastily organize a resistance, it may be too late!"

"Captain Nacuo, don't be careless. As far as I know, the Han army has always had the habit of setting up secret sentries within a radius of fifty miles."

Wu Kun looked around at the towering mountains and ridges near and far, and said solemnly,

"Even if our army's previous movements were not discovered by the Han army, they will soon be discovered by the Han army's scouts. We must not take it lightly."

"so what?"

The leader of the Laozu Qiang tribe, Dang Ji, looked at Wu Kun with contempt and said loudly,

"Even if our army's movements are being monitored by the Han army's scouts, as long as we continue to maintain our current marching speed, the Han army's scouts will send the news back to the camp just as our Qiang army arrives in front of the camp. They still won't be able to prepare for battle!"

While talking.

Wu Kun's eyes suddenly focused, and he pointed to a mountaintop a few miles away with a look of doubt on his face:
"Second leader, what is that?"

Upon hearing this, Nacuo and Dangji looked in the direction Wu Kun pointed.

At some point, a red object shaped like a long lantern was slowly rising into the sky from the forest near the top of the mountain, and it was getting higher and higher, looking like a small blood-stained cloud.

"What kind of witchcraft is that?"

Upon seeing this, Nacuo and Dangji looked at each other with suspicion in their eyes.

As Qiang people, they have lived in this area since childhood and have never seen anything like this.

And this thing could actually soar straight up into the sky. For them, who had less knowledge of the world than the Han people of this era and had a stronger belief in witch gods, they could only explain it as a witch with witch power! "What do you think, could this be a trick of the Han army?"

Wu Kun was relatively rational. He frowned and said with some concern.

"You mean, the Han army actually possessed witchcraft, which I have never heard of before?"

Nacuo and Dangji couldn't help but ask.

Wu Kun shook his head helplessly:
"It may not be witchcraft. I am just guessing whether this is something new created by the Han army. After all, the Han Kingdom is vast and rich in resources, and there are also many talents of all kinds. They can always create some unexpected things..."

"Then what is the purpose of the Han army creating this thing?"

Nacuo and Dangji were puzzled.

"I can't really say. Maybe it's a warning for the sentinels, or something else. But it's just my guess at the moment."

Wu Kun smiled bitterly with worry. At this moment, he already had a bad premonition.

Nacuo and Dangji thought about it carefully, but then raised another question that left Wukun even more speechless:
"If the big man can use this kind of magic item to replace the secret sentry for early warning, doesn't that mean he has mastered the magic power?"

"..."

"Then we can't attack the Han army by surprise this time. Should we withdraw our troops immediately?"

"..."

Now faced with the problems posed by these two Qiang leaders, Wu Kun felt overwhelmed.

In fact, he had had this feeling long before this. Perhaps because of the different customs and culture, the Qiang people's way of thinking is always very tricky, and in daily communication he always feels powerless and has difficulty communicating.

Moreover, unlike the Xiongnu's understanding of the Han Dynasty, the Qiang people are still at the same arrogant stage as the previous Yelang and Dian Kingdoms in many aspects.

As a result, many of his suggestions were difficult to be adopted, and he felt exhausted all the time.

However, Wu Kun would not forget his real mission this time, which was to resolve the conflicts among the Qiang tribes and unite them under the order of the Chanyu.

He had to provoke a war between the Qiang people and the Han people, and the more intense the war was, the better.

As long as the Qiang people held back the Han Dynasty in the northwest, the Xiongnu in the north could seize the opportunity to make a move, making it difficult for the Han Dynasty to take care of both ends and try to regain the vast grazing grasslands south of the desert.

Even he had to admit that after the battle in Mobei.

The Han Dynasty had left a huge psychological shadow on the Xiongnu. If the Han Dynasty had not been tied up by other forces first, the Xiongnu from top to bottom would not have the courage to easily send troops to invade Han territory again.

Therefore, he was serious about using these Qiang people and was equally serious about helping them.

If these Qiang people cannot cause a certain degree of trouble and loss to the Han army, then they will naturally lose their value...

After weighing the pros and cons in his mind for a moment, Wu Kun laughed again and said to Nacuo and Dangji:
"My two leaders, nothing has been determined yet. Therefore, I think that since our army has already sent troops here, both the losses and the morale of the troops have been greatly reduced. We cannot give up halfway because of such a small matter."

"Perhaps we are just overly concerned. If we miss the opportunity for a surprise attack, it will be too late to regret it later."

"Captain Wukun, what you said makes sense."

Nacuo and Dangji nodded in agreement and shouted to their subordinates,
"Pass the order down, all troops, speed up the march. This time we will teach the Han army that we Qiang people are invincible!"

(End of this chapter)