Chapter 248 The Han army is coming, they are coming
Bai Nanyu wears an apricot-yellow dark coat with a waistband, dark trousers, a cloth towel to protect her head from wind and sand, and a few strands of hair hanging out.
She had set out from Chang'an earlier than Huo Qubing, with the purpose of tracking down Zhuo Huai who was kidnapped.
When Zhuo Huai was kidnapped, Bai Nanyu had a brief confrontation with him and used her hands and feet to track his location.
Xiu Yi also sent a group of men, led by Cao Qiao, and Bai Nanyu and his ghost warriors to chase the opponent.
Both Bai Nanyu and Cao Qiao have a lot of experience, and they have considered in advance that the other party may find out that they have been tricked, and they will take advantage of the situation and have other plans.
Therefore, the force dispatched by Xiuyi is extremely strong.
After the group of people reunited, they started tracking.
At this time, Bai Nanyu came to see Huo Qubing and was seriously injured. Apparently, something went wrong in the tracking.
After she sat down, she glanced at Huo Qubing. His watery peach blossom eyes in the past looked sluggish.
"After we left Chang'an, we followed the sensor and headed west. The opponent was very fast. We started tracking him one day after the incident, so we chased him all the way to the border and narrowed the distance between us."
Bai Nanyu said: "The other party left the border, and we chased him out."
Exiting the customs to the west from Chang'an is the area of Xiqiang.
"The other party lured you to the Western Region?"
Bai Nanyu: "It's not sure whether it was a deliberate temptation, but the other party should have sensed our pursuit halfway, so they fled faster and did not stop halfway until they entered the Western Region.
We had thought about quitting, but we discovered many clues about Zonghengdao.
Cao Qiao said that it was not easy to find Zonghengdao's whereabouts, and Huo Hou was sending troops to the northwest, so he could come for help at any time, so there was nothing to worry about.
Just last night, after we entered the essence, we finally caught up with each other.
The person we are chasing is going to join up with his accomplices. Among them are Zonghengdao people, and there is also a group of people whose identities are unknown, and their practice is very different from my Han Dynasty's Three Religions and Nine Streams system.
The most important thing is that Loulan, whose elite army is involved, is taking action against us."
Bai Nanyu frowned subconsciously, obviously her previous memory was not very good:
"Fortunately, Cao Qiao and I were also prepared and used two artifacts to get rid of each other.
What is surprising is that after we escaped, two of the other party were able to catch up with us. They used their power in a way we have never encountered before... second only to the level of Zi."
Huo Qubing has roughly understood the process.
Bai Nanyu and Cao Qiao were also well prepared, but after escaping, they were caught up again, which was a bit beyond their expectations.
The people who are chasing him are close to Zi's level. Bai Nanyu and Cao Qiao are no match for them if they can escape and come back to tell fortunes.
This is obviously wrong.
There are very few experts in the world who are close to Zi's level. Where did two more come from?
There are remnants of Zonghengdao in the Western Regions, and they have joined forces with Loulan and Jingjue. They obviously want to secretly help the Xiongnu and disrupt the Han annexation of the Western Regions.
Huo Qubing was thinking that Bai Nanyu mentioned that among the other people, there was a way of practice that was completely different from that of the Han people, different from the three religions and nine streams, that is, they were outsiders.
This reminded him of Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao's report that someone was secretly stealing the country's national destiny...
Is there someone among the countries in the Western Region who conspires with Zonghengdao and hides in the dark to cause trouble, or is it the Huns who intervene and plan behind the scenes?
"Cao Ciao is dead?" Huo Qubing asked.
"I don't know."
Bai Nanyu said sadly: "Cao Qiao and I both have something to save our lives. At that time, we were the only two who fought fiercely with each other and found a chance to escape.
The whereabouts of Cao Qiao are unknown. In order to protect me, two of the ghost soldiers under my command were killed on the spot, and the lives and deaths of several others are unknown."
"The place where you encountered the accident was in Jingjue, and were the garrisons of Jingjue and Loulan involved?"
"Yes!"
Huo Qubing: "You go and recuperate, I will send someone to take care of other things."
As soon as he finished speaking, a light green halo fell in front of Bai Nanyu.
It's a small bottle slightly larger than the pad of your finger.
Bai Nanyu uncorked the bottle and smelled it, and said in surprise: "Taoist spiritual elixir. This elixir is too precious. My injury does not require this level of elixir..."
Spiritual elixirs are things that transcend ordinary things and are very precious.
Mortal elixirs can be divided into multiple levels.
Among them, the highest level A is close to the elixir level, which is rare in the world.
Some sect leaders, if they have pills of this level, keep them as family heirlooms and would not take them unless their lives are at stake.
The foundation of Zonghengdao is quite strong, and it takes three sons and nine masters to have spiritual elixirs at their disposal.
Bai Nanyu also has one, which is for life-saving purposes. It is hung in a personal belongings around the neck and carried with her everywhere.
This was the second elixir she had seen, and she was quite moved.
"Huo Hou, this level of elixir is extremely rare. You should keep it and use it in case of injury." Bai Nanyu said.
Huo Qubing took out seven or eight thumb-sized vials from the magical weapon bag that he had made out of nothing. With a flick of the air, the vials were suspended in the air and lined up in a row.
Bai Nanyu was stunned.
"These...are all panacea?"
"Not all, there are two who have surpassed the lower level of spiritual quality, one was given by His Majesty, and the other was given by Pingxian."
Huo Qubing said: "You can use this elixir, there is not enough."
...Compared with the big men who control the world, Zonghengdao is a small household at best.
Bai Nanyu had to admit that she had little knowledge, but she didn't expect that Huo Qubing would grab a lot of the elixirs that every sect fought desperately for.
She decisively swallowed the elixir in her hand and let the qi circulate. Then she felt the qi moving around her body, and her body gradually became hot.
The aroma of medicine fills the tent.
The elixir is really good, every pill is a treasure.
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Qiuci among the countries in the Western Regions.
Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao were covered in armor and were discussing the marching route.
Letting them come to fight in the Western Regions is to give them the opportunity to gain military exploits. The two of them lead their own way and meet once a day to exchange opinions.
At this time, they were talking, but they had a feeling, and one of them took out a flower and leaf as green as jade.
The textures on the flowers and leaves are interlaced and form an array. They are exactly the concentric lotus leaves given by Mohist Ji Qiu, which can be used to communicate messages.
Because of the small number, they are currently only equipped to officers above the rank of captain during scouting and marching.
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Writings appeared on the leaves: "Raise your troops immediately, attack the best, and then march eastward to destroy Loulan."
The writing on another leaf read: "Recover the Lu branch, Chen Qinghui will lead his troops to join you!"
The words on the leaves flashed with murderous intent.
Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao originally planned to attack Loulan, but Jingjue came over with Huo Qubing's order and happened to kill them.
Two-quarters of an hour later, the team took the guide provided by Qiuci and headed straight to Jingjue, hundreds of miles away to the south.
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Fu Luzhi and Chen Qing are also brave and capable captains under the Imperial Army.
They are both young, one is 29 years old and the other is 26 years old.
Among them, the Fulu branch was a small Xiongnu king whom Wei Qing conquered in his early years. He later joined the Forbidden Army and served under Huo Qubing.
The looks of Fu Luzhi and Chen Qing are in sharp contrast.
Fu Luzhi has a long and thin face and a thin body. The left half of his skin is raised from the eyebrow bone to the cheekbone. This is the result of being bullied by the Xiongnu tribe when he was young and having his face burned with red-hot wood.
Scar, very scary.
After this man surrendered to the Han Dynasty, he first fought with Wei Qing against the Xiongnu, and then followed Huo Qubing for two years, becoming very skilled in military tactics.
He was extremely murderous, rarely leaving prisoners alive in battles, and had an unruly and perverse personality. In his early years, he only obeyed Wei Qing because it was Wei Qing who captured him alive and kept him under his command.
Now there is Huo Qubing.
These two men were the only ones in the Han army who could handle him like an arm and a leg. The orders of the other generals depended on their mood whether they listened to them or not. Therefore, he was still a lieutenant despite having repeatedly achieved military exploits.
Chen Qing, however, has a handsome appearance and claims to be the second most handsome general in the Han army. The first general is only slightly prettier than him.
Chen Qingsheng has a Chinese character face, thick eyebrows and big eyes. Except for his skin, which is slightly rough and dark due to years of fighting, he is indeed very heroic and is good at wielding a spear.
Following Huo Qubing's order, the two also led troops into the Western Regions, aiming to echo each other with Yao Zhao and Zhao Ponu.
However, compared to Yao Zhao and Zhao Ponu, the two were arranged by Huo Qubing to camp and march secretly, and have not yet appeared in public.
They also received Huo Qubing's order to destroy Jingjue, Loulan!
"Marquis Huo asked us to defeat Jingjue first. They deserve misfortune. Come on, a small country with a population of less than one county dares to compete with a big man. It's life or death."
Fu Luzhi laughed evilly, the scars on his face trembled slightly, and made a gesture to let his subordinates get ready, then urged his horse and left.
The people behind him were surrounded by smoke, and they followed him to ride towards Jingjue.
After Chen Qing left, he secretly took out a small bronze mirror and looked at his face. He found that there was nothing wrong with his face and hair, as if it had been newly combed, so he put away the mirror with confidence and chased Fu Luzhi ahead.
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"Are you sure you can attract the Han army?"
On the northern border of Jingjue, in Qieye City, several people were sitting in a watchtower made of earthen fortresses in the city.
The person speaking was Loulan General Shan Yan, who was in his early forties, slightly shorter than ordinary people, with a round face, and looked very kind. He looked more like a civil servant than a general.
He sits at the lower left corner of the hall.
Sitting across from him was Saitama, the elite general. He was tall and dressed in the style of the Western Regions. He had a horizontally raised headdress like a rooster's comb on his head. He was majestic and had a lion's nose and a wide mouth.
There were also several Xiqiang generals sitting in the room, led by a Xiongnu leader.
As early as when the Xiongnu attacked Kucha, they sent several groups of soldiers and horses from the Western Qiang into the Western Regions, and joined forces with Loulan to form a coalition.
One of the Xiongnu troops stayed in the Western Qiang before entering the Western Regions, connecting various tribes of the Western Qiang and disrupting the Western Pass of the Han Dynasty.
Now that the Han army has reached the Western Regions, the Huns are following suit.
The troops and horses that were previously in Xiqiang also came to the Western Regions to join forces and plan to sabotage the Han army's actions.
"According to the information I got, some of the people we ambushed know Champion Hou. Since there are still people who escaped alive, Huo Qubing will send people to attack after receiving the news.
He doesn’t know the number of soldiers and horses our Xiongnu has here. If he dares to come, he will set up an ambush to kill him.”
Dadaanghu Lanji, headed by the Xiongnu, said: "Kill the Han army first so that Qiuci and other countries can see the situation clearly. Then we can go north and join our Western Xiongnu army."
The ultimate goal of the Han and Xiongnu troops in the northwest was to seize the Western Region.
The two parties are using their own methods.
The Xiongnu were suppressed by Huo Qubing on the frontal battlefield, so they could only attack from inside the Western Region and attack the ambush of the Han army to reverse the unfavorable situation of the war.
"What to do with these people?"
The elite general Saitama looked towards the core of the palace.
In the middle of the hall, there were seven or eight seriously injured people lying there. They were all prisoners.
Including the ghost warriors under Bai Nanyu and several embroidery experts under Cao Qiao.
The person who embroidered the clothes had a few cracked brows in his hands and was dead.
There is only one ghost warrior left under Bai Nanyu's command, and he is dying, and he is none other than the Matryoshka doll ghost.
She fell to the ground seriously injured, revealing a pale face.
"There are many good people among these Han people. If we don't send out troops, it will be difficult to catch them."
Saitama said with hatred: "I have an excellent army, and dozens of them were killed by their counterattack before they died.
If someone comes, hang them outside the city and let them die of exposure."
The matryoshka ghost fell to the ground, blood dripping from the corners of her mouth, but she held her neck and said angrily: "My Han army, the champion, is nearby. I see how many days you can live well..."<
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Saitama left his seat and stepped forward, stretched out his foot to step on the neck of the matryoshka doll ghost, and slowly exerted force: "What about the champion, he will still die if he comes."
The matryoshka doll's throat was squirming and it wanted to speak, but it could no longer make a sound, and its neck bones were immediately trampled to death.
Night falls.
In Jingjue Border City, a scout came to report that the Han army was approaching at high speed from thirty miles away.
"You idiot, we have indeed lured you here. This time we will definitely inflict heavy damage on these Han troops."
Qi Yu, Shan Yan, and several Xiqiang generals stood up one after another.
The coalition forces they led had previously fought against the Han armies under Zhao Ponu and Yao Zhao, but were defeated miserably with heavy casualties, so they hated the Han armies very much.
Now that they have the support of the Xiongnu troops and their whereabouts are hidden, they feel that the Han army is not aware of the ambush of their troops and is secretly preparing for it, and their confidence is greatly increased.
Just when they were about to go out to fight, they suddenly heard a loud noise that was heard throughout the city.
Such a big movement...is the city gate broken?!
I just received the report from the scouts that the Han army was still thirty miles away. How could they reach the outside of the city so quickly?
When a few people walked out of the room, they heard shouts from outside. Some elite soldiers shouted loudly and asked about the origin of the attacker.
Immediately, a voice shook the border town: "Your Majesty, the Champion of the Han Dynasty, is the captain of the Huyang School, Yao Zhao!"
"The champion of the Han Dynasty, the eagle strikes the captain Zhao Ponu!"
"Your Majesty, the Champion of the Han Dynasty, Li Yi Xiaowei restored the Lu branch!"
"The Imperial Guards of the Han Dynasty, the Fenwei Colonel, and Chen Qing who looks better than a champion prince!"
There is no queue for this last one, which sounds a bit strange.
But it does not hinder the four voices, coming from four directions outside the city.
Most of the people in the city couldn't understand the Chinese content. Just hearing the Chinese language, they were sure that the Han army was really coming, and they blocked the four gates respectively, obviously wanting to catch everyone in the city.
Qi Yu, Shan Ru and others suddenly realized that the report they had received earlier showed that the Han army was thirty miles away, which was a ploy by the Han army to confuse the enemy.
They openly deceived the enemy, but actually marched secretly and made a surprise attack to the outside of the city.
Boom!
There was another loud noise, and the second city gate was broken!
Clang, Clang, Clang!
The sound of metal clanking came from outside the city. The Han army was rapidly advancing into the city, their horses' hooves were like thunder, and a confrontation broke out!
"It came so quickly!"
Ps: I’d like to correct a small mistake in the previous chapter. It was written that Shanguo and Qule are adjacent to Qiuci, but it is actually Quli. Qule is in the south of the Western Region, and Quli is in the middle. This has been changed. p>