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Nangong Jing fled to Guzang County in the north and counted the defeated troops. There were only more than 7,000 left, which made him extremely depressed and had no fighting spirit. At this time, Xiu Tuhun advised him, "General, don't be depressed, we will not have such a big casualties. I guess many people are half-escape home, like the Duye tribe, basically no one saw them. Could it be that they were all killed? It is impossible, it can only prove that they have escaped back to the tribe."

Nangong Jing was a little relieved, but he thought that there were only more than 7,000 troops left in the ten thousand army, which made him difficult to accept and explain to the horse. He pondered for a moment: "Chief Xiu Tu also led his army to guard Guzang County. I rushed back to Zhangye for help. At most, I would lead reinforcements to arrive in five days."

Xiu Tuhun's Er was hostage in Zhangye. Even if he wanted to escape, he had to consider his safety. Helplessly, he had to nod and said, "Go back, I will try my best to defend Guzang County."

Nangong Jing gave a few words, then he led several cavalry toward Zhangye.

The Han army did not immediately go north to chase the Qiang army, but rested in Cangsong County for two days. Two days later, Zhao Yun led tens of thousands of main forces to Cangsong County and set up a camp outside the county town.

In the central army's tent, Liu Hu and Wang Ping met with Zhao Yun together and reported the battle situation to Zhao Yun. Zhao Yun immediately asked: "How many casualties are we?"

"Report to the Governor, we have suffered more than 1,55 casualties, basically Wudang Flying Army, and heavy armored infantry have suffered more casualties."

Zhao Yun nodded, more than 1,500 casualties, but he was able to annihilate more than 14,000 enemies. This result was brilliant, but Zhao Yun was more concerned about the situation of the casualties. He asked again: "Their corpses have been cleaned up."

Wang Ping bowed and said, "The corpses of the fallen soldiers have been burned, and the bones are put into pots. They have been sent back to Chang'an."

"Although they are barbarians, they killed the enemy in blood for the Han Dynasty. We should treat them with the same kind of pension. I will write to His Highness the King of Han."

"Thank you, Governor." Wang Ping was grateful and hurriedly gave a deep bow.

Zhao Yun waved his hand, walked to the sand table and smiled at the military advisor Pang Tong: "What do you think of Military Advisor Pang?"

Pang Tong pointed to Guzang County with a wooden pole, "This is a city of four battles. If Guzang County is taken down, Wuwei County will be recovered. However, Guzang is the gate of Zhangye. If Guzang falls, the Han army can drive straight into Zhangye, so the horse will not wait for it to be captured by us. He will definitely send reinforcements."

Speaking of this, Pang Tong smiled at everyone and said, "My idea is to siege the city and fight for reinforcements, and use thunder means to defeat the reinforcements coming to rescue, so the defenders of Guzang County will surrender without fighting."

Wang Ping next to him said, "The defenders of Guzang County must be the defeated Qiang army. If we suppressed them with 40,000 troops, I was worried that the reinforcements would not come."

Pang Tong smiled slightly, "We can hide our strength and make the enemy scouts think that we only have 20,000 troops."

Pang Tong pointed to Xiutu County in the northwest of Guzang with a wooden pole and said to everyone: "You can hide 20,000 troops in Xiutu County, waiting for the fighter plane."

Zhao Yun looked at the generals in the tent again. Seeing that everyone had no intention of objection, he resolutely ordered: "Implement it according to the military advisor's advice."

Outside Zhangye City, there is a camp of nearly a thousand hectares, with tens of thousands of tents stretching for more than ten miles and magnificently. Among them is a large sheepskin tent covering an area of ​​five acres. This was the tent of the Qiang King Nangong. It was kept in Zhangye City after being seized by the Han army, and now it has become the tent of the horse.

The tent is magnificent, with thick Persian carpets inlaid with golden silk and silver threads on the ground, and the walls are covered with tens of thousands of various gems. Under the light, they are shining with dazzling colors. There are various gold and silver utensils and expensive Central Plains porcelain everywhere. This is an amazingly luxurious tent.

In the middle of the tent, more than a dozen girls were dancing gracefully, with silk and bamboo sounds and drums on both sides. On a large and low table, dozens of gems inlaid with gold plates and silver plates filled with delicious fruits, as well as large pieces of fragrant barbecue and aged wine.

Behind the low table were more than twenty young and beautiful women. Their dresses were half-floated and large snow-skin exposed. The horse was half lying in the arms of these beautiful concubines, enjoying wine and food, half-squinted, and admiring the graceful dance of the girls. He fought for half his life, and it was not until this time that he finally realized the enjoyment. This was the governor of Hexi that could not be treated. Only when he became the king of the land could he enjoy the luxury of the king.

At this moment, a slight riot came from outside the tent, and his personal soldiers seemed to be scolding, which made the horse slightly stunned. The curtain was raised, Nangong Jing, who was carrying a long sword on his waist and armor, walked in strode in and said angrily: "Your Highness, the soldiers in front are fighting in blood. Now is not the time to enjoy it."

The horse's face suddenly sank. He waved his hand, and the musicians and dancers retreated one after another. He turned back to his concubine and said, "You guys retreat too."

More than twenty concubines stood up one after another and walked out from both sides. Only Ma and Nangong Jing were left in the tent. The horse held the hilt of the sword beside him and said coldly: "This is the courtesy of your subordinates."

Then Nangong Jing bowed and bowed, "I am too excited to speak improperly, so I hope your highness will forgive me."

"Forget it, I won't talk about etiquette now, what's going on in the war ahead?"

"Report to Your Highness, we have been intercepted by the Han army's heavy armored infantry and cavalry. The enemy's number is at least 20,000. Bei Zhi led the army to fight fiercely with the enemy. But the damn Duye fled the battlefield without authorization, which led all tribes to follow suit. Bei Zhi had to lead the army north to retreat to Guzang County."

Although Nangong Jing did not say it clearly, the horse still understood. Nangong Jing failed. The horse was furious and slapped the table and asked, "Then how many troops are left in you?"

Nangong Jing said in a hatred: "Once the war fails, all tribes will only care about their own interests and flee one after another. The troops who followed me to withdraw back to Guzang County are less than 10,000. Currently, Chief Xiu Tu Da, the chief of the Great, is here to ask His Highness for help."

"Only ten thousand people are left, you are very good at leading troops."

The horse was so angry that he gritted his teeth, and his eyes were about to spit out fire, "You still have the face to see me."

"After defeating the Han army, Bei Zhi will take the blame from His Highness, but Guzang County is in danger now, so I hope Your Highness will go to rescue him."

The horse was walking back and forth in the tent with his hands behind his hands. The situation of the enemy is unclear now, and he did not want to go to rescue him rashly, but Guzang County is also important, and it is the east gate of Zhangye. Guzang was occupied by the enemy. Zhangye generals had no danger to defend. The Han army could march straight in and kill to the city of Zhangye. This was another dilemma that the horse was unwilling to face, which made him feel embarrassed.

At this moment, a soldier reported at the door of the tent: "Your Highness, I have a letter of eagle sent here."

Ma was overjoyed and it was almost time to come. He immediately ordered: "Give me a letter."

A soldier entered the tent and presented a book of eagle letters. The horse took the eagle letter and opened it. The eagle letter said that about 20,000 Han troops arrived in Guzang County and besieged the four gates of the county town. Guzang was in danger and begged to ask reinforcements to come and ask for help.

Ma pondered for a moment and said, "The Han army besieged the city without attacking, and it must be waiting for reinforcements in Jincheng County. Time is too late. We must rush to Guzang before the main force of the Han army arrives and defeat the besieged Han army. We must seize this opportunity."

Nangong Jing was overjoyed and immediately bowed and said, "I am willing to be a pioneer in my duties."

Ma thought for a while and said, "Well, I will hand over the Kushan army to you. You can lead 5,000 Kushan army to Guzang for rescue, but don't act rashly, wait for me to lead the main army to arrive."

Nangong Jing was originally the leader of the 5,000 Kushan Army. He temporarily handed over the Kushan cavalry to Ma because he wanted to seize the position of chief of the Nangong army. Now Ma returned the army to him, which greatly increased his confidence. He immediately said: "The humble position is out immediately."

Kushan was a great country west of the Pamir Mountains, with a territory of thousands of miles, as famous as the Han Dynasty, Anxi, and Rome and other empires. It was an empire established by the Dayuezhi people. The Dayuezhi people first lived in the Hexi Corridor, and later moved westward to Central Asia and split into five tribes. Among them, the Kushan tribe gradually rose, and it continued to annex various small tribes and finally established an empire spanning thousands of miles.

After the Northern Huns were defeated by the Han Dynasty, they moved west to Central Asia and were defeated by the Kushan Empire. They eventually had to flee to Europe, causing storms in Europe, completely changing European history.

Although the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Kingdom had no idea of ​​expedition in the east, this time, Ma sent people to recruit warriors in the Kushan Kingdom, which aroused the king Dulin's nostalgia for the Hexi Corridor of the Yuezhi people's hometown. Only 5,000 troops were sent to assist Ma in resisting the Han Kingdom. This was certainly a plot of the Yuezhi people's hometown, but it also hidden the Kushan people's ambitions for Hexi.

The five thousand Kushan cavalry were the direct army of Kushan King Dulin, and were elite soldiers among the 200,000 Kushan army. They were generally tall, wearing double tight leather armor, wearing white cloaks, carrying Kushan swords, holding sharp spears in their hands, and under their crotch were all Dayuan horses.

Each soldier also had a spear bag containing ten short spears made of fine steel. Since the Kushans did not have stirrups, it was very difficult to ride and shoot on horseback. Therefore, the cavalry did not have a bow and crossbow, but used four-foot-long short steel spears to throw them out with arm strength ten steps away from the enemy, and their lethality was also amazing.

The Han army also learned about the short steel spears of the Kushan people, which were equipped in some cavalry and had great lethality.

Although the Kushan cavalry only had 5,000 people, their combat effectiveness was very strong. It was precisely because of this elite cavalry that Nangong Jing was full of confidence in rescuing Guzang.

As long as he does not encounter the heavy armored infantry of the Han army, he can defeat any other Han army team in one battle.

Nangong Jing led 5,000 Kushan cavalry to run away. Two days later, he gradually arrived in Guzang County. More than ten miles away from the county town, he held his war horses and ordered the soldiers to rest on the spot. He also sent a scout to inquire about the news.

Guzang County is surrounded by endless grasslands. To the west is the snow-capped Guzang Mountain and is also part of the Qilian Mountains. The sun shines on the top of the mountain covered with ice and snow, dazzling and shining with golden light. Guzang Mountain is also called the holy mountain by the Huns.

Just as the soldiers were resting by a small river, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from a distance. Nangong Jing hurriedly stood up and saw the scouts he sent were running by. This must be military information. He immediately ordered, "Get on the horse."

Five thousand Kushan cavalrymen turned over their horses, and Nangong Jing urged the horses to meet them and asked loudly: "What happened?"

"Report to General, we have discovered the enemy situation, just ten miles away."
Chapter completed!