Gushiguo.

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

Before the Dayuezhi people moved westward, Gushi was the territory of the Wusun tribe. It followed the grassland on the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains to provide rich food for the cattle and sheep of the grassland people, which allowed their descendants to get enough nutrition. Four years ago, the Dayuezhi people occupied Gushi from the Wusun people and regarded it as the royal residence.

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

May.

The weather gradually became hotter, and all the troops surrounding and annihilated the Dayuezhi met in Gushi. In addition to the troops on the South and East Roads, Wusun King Kunmo Liejiaomi, who represented the Wusun Kingdom.

Wusun is also called Kunrong in Chinese historical records. Their king is called Kunmo. This tribe was nomadic in the Dunhuang area of ​​the west of Helian River during the Spring and Autumn Period. However, his father, Nandoumi, was buried in a conflict with the Dayuezhi people.

Liejiaomi was born with the hatred of killing his father, and the Wusun tribe once placed the hope of attacking and destroying the Great Yuezhi on the Huns. After all, the Huns were the most powerful force on this grassland, but with the close cooperation between the Great Yuezhi and the Huns on the issue of dealing with the Aries tribe, Liejiaomi was disappointed.

Without a choice, Liejiaomi unexpectedly waited for the mission from the Eastern power Qin State. The Qin envoy Lu Jia was first-class in eloquence. It was his advice that rekindled the fire of revenge from the Wusun tribe. This time, Liejiaomi sent troops, not only with the purpose of revenge, but also wanted to establish a powerful country belonging to the Kunrong tribe in the vast area starting from Yilk Lake in the east and ending at Hanhai in the west.

All the troops gathered.

The equipment of the Qin Ruiqi cavalry and the superb tactical discipline they showed surprised the Wusun people who were used to being free and casual. After several years of leaving Hexi, they have repeatedly heard the Hu Shangshang of the Western Regions talk about the power of the Qin Dynasty over the years, but this time they really saw it was beyond their expectations.

A soldier in the army.

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

This time, the Wusun tribe, the Western Regions countries, and the Qin army and the Hexi troops gathered together in a rare manner. After many suggestions, a struggle began in Gushi Kingdom.

Five warriors from each side competed with archery, equestrian and team combat capabilities of five people. These three competitions. The first two mainly test the soldiers' personal abilities, while the last one is to consider the tacit understanding of the group on the battlefield. If one of the sides wins two of them after the three competitions, then the first achievement of chasing the Great Yuezhi King will belong to him, and the other two failed troops will be responsible for the task of covering.

Lie Jiaomi was very satisfied with this arrangement. Riding horses and archery are the strengths of the grassland nations, and the generals of the Western Regions had no objection. To be honest, they existed more as roles, not only because the coalition forces themselves are not strong, but also because the coalition forces have their own plans. If the warriors sent out really win the first place, the other countries will not be able to live in the face of the next one. Therefore, the best result is to let the Qin and Wusun receive honors, and they will be enough to get the third place safely.

As for the Qin army, Luo Jia had a stern and calm expression, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or displeased from his face. The Qin army in Hexi was a unit he formed. No matter what competition was, Luo Jia felt that the Qin army soldiers would not embarrass him. Whether it was Wusun or the Huns, these opponents were all the Qin army had to face.

Outside Gushi City.

On the open deserted beach.

The three armies moved together, and the flags were rolled up. On the platform built with poplar trees, a group of generals were arranged in groups, but in the middle was a scholar about thirty years old.

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

The Chinese scholars in the army are naturally different from those of the rough men. Lu Jia wore a light fur and looked like a light fur. After being beaten by the wind, frost, snow and rain outside the frontier, his face gradually became somewhat mature and steady.

When the Qin State was first established, several lobbyists include Lu Jia, Kuai Che, Zhao Ping, Lou Jing, etc. Among these people, Lu Jia's experience of returning to Qin was the most strange. He was forcibly detained by Li Yuan when he was on an envoy for the Han King Liu Bang, and finally had to surrender to Qin State. However, after confirming that he served for Qin State, Lu Jia's performance made people sigh at Li Yuan's wisdom of knowing people.

During his trip to Nanyue 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, Lu Jia lived up to expectations when he was on the Wusun mission. You should know that his opponent was the treacherous and sloppy Xiongnu envoy Xumi Butong.

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

The Wusun tribe first sent three soldiers who were the best at shooting in the tribe. They used fixed target positions, moving target positions, and several arrows to shoot at the same time as the evaluation criteria. The final referee of the archery stage was Li Zhongxiang, who was famous for the Hexi magic arrows.

Not only were the soldiers of the Western Regions impressed Li Zhongxiang's archery skills, but Wusun Kun was not as good as the warriors who had seen Li Zhongxiang's extremely accurate shooting skills, they had to take the lead.

The three members of the Wusun tribe were fixed and the moving targets finally shot without any flaws. In the last part, the three men ended the competition with three consecutive arrows. In terms of the Western Regions Alliance, the three major powers, Loulan, Khotan and Shule, each sent a warrior to fight, but they lost two arrows in the mobile and volley positions.

When it was the turn of the Qin army to fight, Luo Jia smiled lightly, ordered a roll of flags, and called a small team casually. The team led the team to select three people to fight. Luo Jia's move made the young and energetic Wusun King Liejiaomi couldn't help but show his anger.

"Qin State, is this despising my Wusun warrior?" Lie Jiaomi shouted at Lu Jia. There was no way, Luo Jia couldn't understand his Wusun words, and Lu Jia had been in the Wusun tribe for a few months, so he could probably understand what he meant.

Lu Jia threw his inquiring eyes at Luo Jia, responding to Luo Jia's faint smile. Following the direction of his finger, the unknown Qin soldiers who were fighting were already starting the competition. Fixed, the moving target position was shot without any flaws, and the three Qin soldiers in the volley were almost in the same position, firing five arrows in a very short time. Although there were sporadic missing targets, this result had surpassed the Wusun people.

Lie Jiaomi's face looked a little ugly. He did not expect that in the most secure victory, he would lose to the Qin people. In the next two competitions, riding, the Wusun people had superb skills, while the Qin people had advanced tools such as saddles and kicksticks. The two sides fought a draw. As for the last team combat ability, the Wusun warriors who were used to single-soldier rangers fought for only a quarter of an hour and were wiped out.

The competition ends.

In the final result, the Qin army won the victory, but seeing the casual appearance of the soldiers in the small team of soldiers, it seemed that they were not very excited. Perhaps in their eyes, the Wusun people were not considered real opponents at all. If such a competition was held within the Qin army, it would be much more intense.

May 30th.

Luo Jia led a Qin cavalry northward, while the tribe of Wusun King Kunmo went around the Ili River Valley and faced the Great Yuezhi people who fled in the Altai Mountains from the west to carry out encirclement.

Behind them, Li Zhongxiang led the Western Regions coalition forces to protect the retreat, and at the same time, he also provided necessary supplies and supplies to the Qin army. As for the Wusun people, they did not need these. As long as they could find water sources, their supply locations were everywhere in the wasteland and grassland.

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Lake Cobdo.

The Southern Xiongnu royal court.

The messengers of the Yuezhi people were one after another, making Hu Yanxie so upset.

Hu Yanxie was not interested in the request of King Yuezhi to send troops to rescue him. Even if King Yuezhi gave all the wealth and jewelry he had saved, Hu Yanxie would not be moved.

Take millet from the fire.

Hu Yanxie was not so stupid. When King Yuezhi agreed to attack the Aries tribe, he did not know the Hu Yan tribe beforehand. The cattle and sheep people from the Aries tribe divided by the Yuezhi people did not see the Yuezhi people sending them over. Now that the disaster is coming, he asked him Hu Yan tribe to block the resentful Qin people. How is this possible?

The Yuezhi people were still easy to deal with. After all, the Huyan tribe had no friendship with them, and the envoy of the Great Shanyu Maodun, Xumi Butong, was also stuck here. His purpose was different from that of the Yuezhi people. According to Maodun's instructions, the Huyan tribe must take advantage of the empty opportunity in the Hexi area of ​​Qin State to mobilize all the forces in the tribe to cut the Qin State's transportation line into two sections.

Hu Yanxie was hesitant.

To be honest, based on his experience in the last battle in Hexi, he vaguely felt that the Qin army's conquest of the Great Yuezhi this time would not be so simple. It is obvious that the Hexi Corridor was the weakness of the Qin army. Such an obvious loophole was placed in front of him. Hu Yanxi was worried that this would be the trap that the Qin army had been conquered.

The Huyan tribe finally recovered a little vitality on the shore of Lake Kobdo. If he attacked rashly and ended up destroying the entire clan like the Zhelan tribe, then Huyanxie would be the sinner of the clan.

"Youxian King, I have told you all the orders of the Great Shanyu. The Shanyu army has gathered in the north of the Mo. Just wait for you to launch an attack. The more than 200,000 warriors of the Great Xiongnu will go south in a mighty way south, tearing all the rammed earth walls laid down by Qin--!" Sumeru persuaded.

"Summer envoy, this matter was not something that I, Hu Yanxie, did not obey the orders of the Great Shanyu. It was because my Hu Yan tribe had not yet recovered and the soldiers were exhausted. If they were defeated again-!" Hu Yanxie was in a difficult situation.

"Youxian King, it is not advisable to send troops. The Great Shanyu has decided the following strategy. Before June 4, the Xianwang's army must appear in the Yanqi Mountain area. If it is too late, please ask the Xianwang to explain the situation to the Great Shanyu himself." Xumi Butong's eyes were red in an anxious manner and said in a bad tone. It was related to the entire military deployment of the Huns, and he had to repeatedly explain his strong relationship to Hu Yanxie.
Chapter completed!