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An hour later, Zhao Yun led the generals to the northwest of Guzang County, where fierce fighting broke out.Geili Literature Network

Zhao Yun asked with a smile: "I heard that the enemy in this battle is very special. They are not Qiang people, but Guishuang people. Is that true?"

"It should be! Five thousand Guishuang cavalry are well-equipped, but they can't resist the bee crossbow of the Han army. The bee crossbow is really a great weapon against cavalry!"

"Worse than heavy armored infantry?" Liu Hu next to him was somewhat dissatisfied.

"Of course it can't be compared with heavy armored infantry!"

Zhang Ren smiled slightly, and said again: "However, if the enemy has bee crossbows, I'm afraid the heavy armored infantry will also suffer."

The implication is that the heavy armored infantry can't resist the shooting of the bee crossbow. Liu Hu's face is flushed. He has actually done experiments. A hundred steps away, the iron crossbow of the bee crossbow can penetrate the thick armor of the heavy armored infantry. I heard that Cao Jun also possessed a bee crossbow, which made Liu Hu feel a little worried.

Now Zhang Ren mentioned his sore spots, and just as he was about to have an attack, Zhao Yun changed the subject, "Let me see what kind of equipment they have!"

"Commander, please follow me!"

Zhang Ren turned around and left, which made Liu Hu so angry that he could only grunt resentfully, and followed Zhang Ren along with the others.

Zhang Ren led the crowd to a high ground where all kinds of spoils for cleaning up the battlefield were piled up. Nearly [-] war horses were quietly drinking water and grazing by the river not far away. They had completely recovered from the bloody battle. Quiet in the heat of battle.

Zhao Yun glanced at the horses from a distance, and was amazed by the majesty of these horses. Zhang Ren smiled and said: "These are Dawan horses. Although most of them are medium-sized, they are also very strong, surpassing the horses of most of our cavalry. Our cavalry Blessed."

Zhao Yun smiled, and his eyes fell on the weapon in front of him again. He picked up a spear casually and took a closer look at the spear. Neither the shaft nor the sharp blade was as well-made as the spears of the Han army, but the sharp steel blade was made of steel. Especially good, extremely hard and sharp, better than the spears of the Han army.

"Captain, look at this sword!"

Zhang Ren picked up a sword and handed it to Zhao Yun, and said with a smile, "They don't have swords, they all have swords, but their swords are really good."

Zhao Yun took the sword and slowly drew it out of its sheath. He saw that the long sword was cold and extremely sharp. It was made of the same refined steel as the spear. There is a kind of fine iron of excellent quality, which is no less than the iron quality of our saber, and their swords and spears should be this kind of fine iron, which is really good."

Liu Hu suddenly worried and said: "I heard that Ma Chao bought a lot of armor from Guishuang Kingdom. Could it be that the Qiang people are also equipped with such spears and swords?"

Zhao Yun shook his head with a smile, "His Royal Highness said that the output of this kind of refined iron is not large, and the Guishuang Kingdom strictly prohibits takeaway. Even their army, only the king's most elite direct army has this kind of refined iron weapon configuration."

Zhang Ren smiled in surprise: "In this way, the Guishuang cavalry that was wiped out today is their elite army."

"What do you think?" Zhao Yun asked with a smile.

Zhang Ren sighed, "That's true. This army is well-trained and experienced. The cavalry is uniform when running. It can be called an elite army. It's a pity that they encountered our bee crossbows. Otherwise, the two armies will fight fiercely, and we will be killed or injured. It's a terrible situation, and it may not be able to defeat the opponent."

Just as he was speaking, a scout from a distance rushed over, rushed to the crowd, reined in his horse and said, "I want to report to the governor, we found the main force of the Xiliang army, about [-] people, coming towards Wuwei County. Now fifty miles away, the main general is Ma Chao."

Zhao Yun was overjoyed, Ma Chao finally went south, he immediately ordered: "Pass my order, the army is ready to fight."...

Zhao Yun wanted to wipe out the main force of Ma Chao in Wuwei County, but he forgot one thing. More than a hundred Guishuang cavalry escaped from the battlefield. News of the annihilation of the army.

This made Ma Chao immediately vigilant. Of course he knew that the Guishuang cavalry had encountered the bee crossbow of the Han army, which was the most powerful crossbow. It is not surprising that the Guishuang cavalry suffered a disastrous defeat.

But what Ma Chao thought was another way. The bee crossbows of the Han army have always followed the main force and will never be carried by the vanguard. Then the more than 2 troops outside Guzang must be the main force of the Han army, and it should be Zhao Yun's army. , then there should never be only 2 people.

Ma Chao suddenly realized that he was most likely caught in the trap. The Han army only surrounded Guzang County with 2 people, and did not attack the county seat, just to lure them to rescue them. Unable to return to Zhangye.

At this time, Ma Chao suddenly thought of something, and immediately asked, "Is there any news from the Xiutu Department?"

A general stepped forward and replied, "No news!"

Before Ma Chao set off, he sent a small team to the Xiutu Department to urge the cattle and sheep. According to the time calculation, even if the cattle and sheep could not arrive for a while, some subordinates should have come back to report first, but now there is no news, which is very strange up.

Normally, Ma Chao would have thought that some accident might have happened, and would not have taken it too seriously, but now he had preconceived ideas, and immediately realized that this must be the main force of the Han army hiding in Xiutu County, preparing to cut off his retreat.

The more he thought about this possibility, the greater the possibility. Ma Chao suddenly became nervous, and he didn't care about rescuing Guzang County. He immediately ordered: "The whole army retreats! Return to Zhangye."

The [-] Qiang cavalry transferred their horses and returned to Zhangye. Ma Chao stopped supporting Guzang County and galloped northward at the fastest speed. At this time, Wang Ping led [-] Han troops to rush south. In the end, Wang Ping was one step too late. When he led his army to Guzang, Ma Chao led the [-] main force and left one step ahead, which made the Han army's plan to cut off the enemy's rear route frustrated.

The [-] army immediately surrounded Guzang County. At this time, Xiu Tuhun didn't know that the Guishuang cavalry was wiped out, and he didn't know that Ma Chao had given up Wuwei County. Wait for reinforcements to arrive.

At four o'clock, a group of more than ten Han cavalry rushed to the north gate of Guzang County. They dropped a sack in front of the gate and flew away.The defenders on the city were startled, and they all probed to check the movement outside the city. After a while, several Qiang soldiers went down to the city in a cage, and found the sack discarded by the Han army, which seemed to be a person.

They went up to the city with the sack on their shoulders, and they were anxious for someone to report to Xiu Tuhun. After a while, Xiu Tuhun hurried up to the city, "Who is in the bag?" he asked anxiously.

The soldiers dispersed one after another, and Xiu Tuhun stepped forward, only to see that the bag had been untied, revealing the dead body of a naked man. He held up a torch to illuminate the man's face, and was shocked that it turned out to be Nan Gongjing's dead body. His legs went limp, and he slumped on the ground, muttering to himself, "What's going on? What's going on here?"

Nangong Jing was already dead. Was he killed on the way to ask for help, or was he killed while leading reinforcements south?Xiu Tuhun was in a mess, he didn't know what happened?I don't even know what to do with myself?

At this moment, the soldier shouted again: "Chief, there is a situation under the city!"

He hurried to the front of the battlements, looked down, and saw a group of old people coming down from the city, all holding torches, wearing Qiang costumes, Xiu Tuhun asked loudly, "Who are you?"

"Chief, it's us, I'm Uribesi!"

Uribesi is the elder of the Xiutu Department, Xiutuhun was taken aback and asked anxiously, "Why are you here?"

"Chief, something happened to the tribe, let's go into the city."

Xiu Tuhun was frightened and said urgently, "Open the city gate quickly!"

The city gate opened, and a group of elderly people entered the city gate. They knelt down and burst into tears. Xiu Tuhun stomped his feet anxiously, "Don't cry, tell me quickly, what happened to the tribe?"

Uribesi cried, "Chief, the tribe is finished. Everyone in the tribe has been captured by the Duhan army. The cattle and sheep are gone."

Xiu Tuhun seemed to be poured over his head by a bucket of ice water, and he couldn't say a word for a long time. His tribe was destroyed by the Han army, and they were finished.

At this time, thousands of soldiers from the Xiutu Department rushed to hear the news. They heard that their wives, children, and parents were captured by the Han army, and they shouted anxiously. Hundreds of people ran to Xiutuhun and knelt down, crying and begging Said: "Chief, our home, wife and children have been taken away, why are we fighting, surrender!"

Xiu Tuhun wiped away his tears, and asked Uribesi again, "Uncle, do you have any news about Ma Chao's army?"

"I heard that all Guishuang's troops were killed. Ma Chao has already fled back to Zhangye and will not come again."

Xiu Tuhun let out a long sigh, then turned around and asked more than a dozen generals of the Nangong Department, "What do you mean?"

More than a dozen generals all cried: "We don't want to fight anymore, everything is up to the chief!"

Xiu Tuhun took off his shirt, and ordered his subordinates: "Tie me up, and we surrender."

Guzang City was slowly opened, and eight thousand Qiang troops in the city, led by Xiu Tuhun, went out of the city to surrender to the Han army. This time, Zhao Yun no longer treated the prisoners of war leniently. The people escorted them to Chang'an, which was based on the experience of resettling the Wuhuan people. Without chiefs and nobles, the tribe would naturally die out, not only the Xiutu tribe, but also other tribes.

As Guzang County was occupied by the Han army, it meant that Wuwei County was recovered. After the Han army rested for ten days, Zhao Yun led an army of [-] to Zhangye County, kicking off the prelude to the decisive battle with Ma Chao.