An hour later, Zhao Yun led the generals to the northwest of Guzang County where fierce battle broke out. At this time, the Han army had basically cleaned up the battlefield. When he heard that the main general Zhao Yun was coming, Zhang Ren hurried to greet him. Greeting Literature Network

Zhao Yun asked with a smile: "I heard that the enemy in this battle is very special. He is not a Qiang person, but a Kushan person. Is that true?"

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

"The specific gravity infantry is more powerful?" Liu Hu said in dissatisfaction next to him.

"Of course it cannot be compared with heavy armored infantry!"

Zhang Ren smiled slightly and said, "But if the enemy has a bee crossbow, the heavy armored infantry will suffer."

The implication is that the heavy armored infantry could not withstand the shooting of the bee crossbow. Liu Hu's face was swollen and red. He actually did an experiment. A hundred steps away, the iron crossbow arrow of the bee crossbow could shoot through the thick armor of the heavy armored infantry. I heard that Cao's army also had the bee crossbow, which made Liu Hu's heart a little worried.

Now Zhang Ren mentioned his pain point. Just as he was about to have an attack, Zhao Yun turned around and said, "What are they trying to get? Let me see!"

"Please follow me!"

Zhang Ren turned around and left, making Liu Hu angry. He had to snort and follow Zhang Ren with everyone.

Zhang Ren led everyone to a high ground, where various wars were piled up to sweep the battlefield. Next to the small river not far away, nearly three thousand war horses were quietly drinking water and eating grass by the river. They had completely quieted down from the bloody fierce battle.

Zhao Yun glanced at the war horses from afar and was surprised at the majesty of these war horses. Zhang Ren smiled and said, "These are all Dayuan horses. Although most of them are middle-aged, they are also very strong. They surpass the war horses of most of our cavalry. Our cavalry is blessed."

Zhao Yun smiled and his eyes fell on the weapons in front of him. He picked up a spear and looked at the spear at a high speed. Neither the spear nor the sharp blade was as well-crafted as the Han army's spear. However, the sharp blade was of very good steel, extremely hard and sharp, and was better than the Han army's spear.

"The Governor looks at this sword!"

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

Zhao Yun took the sword and slowly pulled out the sheath. He saw that the long sword was so cold that it was extremely sharp. It was made of the same steel as the spear. He nodded and said to everyone: "I heard from His Highness the King of Han that the Kushan people have a kind of fine iron of excellent quality, no less than the iron of our sabers. Their swords and spears should be this fine iron, which is indeed good."

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

Zhao Yun shook his head with a smile, "His Highness of the King of Han said that the production of this kind of fine iron is not large. The Kushan Kingdom strictly prohibits takeout. Even if their army is in, only the king's most elite direct army has this fine iron weapon configuration."

Zhang Ren smiled in surprise and said, "To put it this way, the Kushan cavalry that was wiped out today is their elite army."

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

Zhang Ren sighed, "It is true. This army is well-trained and experienced. The cavalry runs in an orderly manner and can be called an elite army. It's a pity that they meet our bee crossbow. Otherwise, if the two armies fight fiercely, we will suffer heavy casualties and may not be able to defeat the other party."

As he was speaking, a scout rushed over from a distance, rushed to everyone, and stopped the war horse and said, "Report to the Governor, we have discovered the main force of the Xiliang Army, about 20,000 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: "Tell me my order, and the army is ready to fight."...

Zhao Yun was determined to wipe out Ma Chao's main force in Wuwei County, but he forgot one thing, and more than a hundred Kushan cavalry escaped from the battlefield. Ma Chao received a report from more than a dozen Kushan cavalrymen at this time and learned that Nangong Jing's entire army was wiped out.

This made Ma Chao immediately alert. Of course, he knew that the Kushan cavalry had encountered the bee crossbow of the Han army. It was the most powerful crossbow arrow, and it was not surprising that the Kushan cavalry was defeated by this.

But what Ma Chao thought of was that on the other hand, the Han army's bee crossbows have always followed the main force and will never be carried by the vanguard army. Then the more than 20,000 troops outside Guzang must be the main force of the Han army, and it should be Zhao Yun's army, so there should never be only 20,000 people.

Ma Chao suddenly realized that he was most likely trapped. The Han army only had 20,000 people surrounding Guzang County, but did not attack the county town, just to lead them to rescue. Once they fell into the siege of the Han army, they might not be able to return to Zhangye.

At this time, Ma Chao suddenly thought of something and immediately asked: "Is there any news from Xiu Tu Ministry?"

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

Before leaving, Ma Chao sent a team to the Xiushu Department to urge cattle and sheep. According to the time, even if the cattle and sheep cannot reach for a while, some subordinates should come back to report first, but there is no news now, which is very strange.

If it were normal, Ma Chao would have thought that something might have happened and would not take it too seriously. But now he had preconceived ideas and immediately realized that this must be the Han army hiding the main force in Xiutu County, preparing to cut off his retreat.

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

20,000 Qiang cavalry transferred their horses and returned to Zhangye. Ma Chao no longer helped Guzang County and ran north as fast as possible. At this time, Wang Ping led 30,000 Han troops to quickly come south, but Wang Ping was finally one step late. When he led his army to Guzang, Ma Chao led 20,000 main forces to leave first, causing the Han army's plan to cut off the enemy's retreat to fail.

The 50,000 army immediately surrounded Guzang County. At this time, Xiu Tuhun did not know that the Kushan cavalry had been wiped out, nor did he know that Ma Chao had given up Wuwei County. He had received a letter of eagle from Ma Chao's troops to help, so he waited for the arrival of reinforcements.

At the fourth update, a team of more than a dozen Han cavalry rushed to the north gate of Guzang County. They threw a sack in front of the city gate and ran away. The defenders on the city were alarmed and looked out to see the movement outside the city. After a while, several Qiang soldiers took a cage to go down to the city and found the sack discarded by the Han army. It seemed that there was a person inside.

They carried sacks to the city, and someone rushed to report to Xiu Tuhun. After a moment, Xiu Tuhun rushed to the city, "Who is in the bag?" he asked anxiously.

The soldiers scattered one after another, Xiu Tuhun walked forward, and saw that the bag had been untied, revealing the body of a man who was **. He held a torch and illuminated the man's face. He was shocked. This was actually Nangong Jing's body. His legs became weak and he immediately collapsed on the ground, muttering to himself, "What's going on? What's going on?"

Nangong Jing was already dead. Was he killed on the way to ask for rescue, or was he killed when he led reinforcements south? Xiu Tu was in a mess. He didn't know what had happened? He didn't know what to do?

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

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

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

Uribesi is the elder of Xiu Tu tribe. Xiu Tu Hun was shocked and asked anxiously: "Why are you here?"

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

Xiu Tu was frightened and ordered: "Open the city gate quickly!"

The city gate opened, and a group of old men walked into the city gate. They knelt down and cried. Xiu Tu was so anxious that he stamped his feet, "Stop crying, tell me quickly, what happened to the tribe?"

Uribesi cried and shouted, "Chief, the tribe is over, everyone in the tribe has been captured by the Duhan army, and all the cattle and sheep are gone."

Xiu Tuhun was poured from the head by a bucket of ice water. After a while, he couldn't say a word. His tribe was destroyed by the Han army and they were finished.

At this time, thousands of soldiers from Xiu Tu team rushed over after hearing the news. When they heard that their wives and children were captured by the Han army, they were so anxious that they shouted. Hundreds of people ran to Xiu Tu Hun to kneel down and cried and begged: "Chief, our homeland and our wives and children have been captured. Why are we going to beat us? Surrender!"

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

"I heard that all the Kushan army was killed, and Ma Chao has fled back to Zhangye and will not come again."

Xiu Tuhun sighed a long time, then turned around and asked the dozen generals of the Nangong tribe, "What do you mean?"

More than a dozen generals cried and said, "We don't want to fight again, everything is up to the chief!"

Xiu Tuhun took off his shirt and ordered his subordinates: "Tie me and we will open the city and surrender."

Guzang City slowly opened. Under the leadership of Xiu Tuhun, the eight thousand Qiang troops in the city went out of the city to surrender to the Han army. This time, Zhao Yun no longer leniently treated prisoners of war. He drove Xiu Tuhun and all the generals above thousands of commanders into the prison van and ordered people to take them to Chang'an. This was to learn from the experience of resettling the Wuhuan people. Without the chiefs and nobles, the tribe would naturally die out. Not only the Xiu Tu tribe, but other tribes also dealt with it.

As Guzang County was occupied by the Han army, this meant that Wuwei County was recovered. After ten days of rest, Zhao Yun led a 40,000 army to march towards Zhangye County, kicking off the decisive battle with Ma Chao.
Chapter completed!