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

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, 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 infantry with a specific gravity is more powerful." Liu Hu said in a slight dissatisfaction.

"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. In addition to the foot, 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 do it, Zhao Yun turned around and said, "What equipment do they have as much as possible? Let me see."

"Governor, please follow me"

Zhang Ren turned around and left, making Liu Hu angry. He had to snort and followed 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 a 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. After the war horses of most of our cavalry, our cavalry will be 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 steel of the sharp blade was particularly good. It was hard and sharp, and it 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 cold and extremely sharp, and used the same fine 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 good quality, no less than the iron of our sabre. Their swords and spears should be this fine iron, which is indeed good."

Liu Hu suddenly said with some concern: "I heard that Ma bought a lot of armor from the Kushan Kingdom. Will the Qiang people also equipped 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 of it yourself?" 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 emerged the main force of the Xiliang Army, about 20,000 people, and are coming towards Wuwei County. Now fifty miles away, the main general is a horse."

Zhao Yun was overjoyed, and the horse finally went south. He immediately ordered: "Tell me my order, and the army is ready to fight."

Zhao Yun was determined to wipe out the main horses in Wuwei County, but he forgot one thing: the Kushan cavalry still escaped from the battlefield. The horse received a report from more than a dozen Kushan cavalrymen and learned about the annihilation of Nangong Jing's entire army.

This made Ma 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 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 suddenly realized that he might have been 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 moment, Ma suddenly thought of something and immediately asked: "Is there any news from Xiu Tu Ministry?"

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

Before the horse left, he sent a team to the Xiushu Department to urge cattle and sheep. Calculated by 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, the horse would think that maybe some accidents might occur, and would not take them seriously. But now he had preconceived ideas and immediately realized that this must be the Han army hiding the main force in Xiutu County and preparing to cut off his back.

The more he thought about this, the greater the possibility. Ma suddenly became nervous and didn't bother to relieve Guzang County. He immediately ordered: "The entire army retreated and returned to Zhangye."

20,000 Qiang cavalry transferred their war horses and returned to Zhangye. The horses no longer helped Guzang County and ran north as fast as possible. At this time, Wang Ping led the Wan Han army to come south quickly, but Wang Ping was finally one step late. When he led the army to Guzang, the horse led the 20,000 main force had already left first, causing the Han army's plan to cut off the enemy.

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 had given up Wuwei County. He had received the letter of eagle from Ma to send troops to help, so he waited hard 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 the person 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 a man's corpse. He held a torch and illuminated the man's face. He was shocked. This was actually Nangong Jing's corpse. 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 dead. Did he be killed on the way to ask for rescue, or did he die when he led reinforcements south and Xiu Tu Hun was in chaos. He didn't know what happened, and 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 said anxiously: "Open the city gate"

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 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. Several people ran to Xiu Tu Hun and knelt down, crying and begging: "Chief, our homeland and our wives and children have been captured. Why are we beat us? Surrender?"

Xiu Tuhun wiped his tears and asked Uribesi again, "Uncle, do you have any news about the horse army?"

"I heard that all the Kushan army was killed, and the horse 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 the horse.
Chapter completed!