After coming out of the border pass, Zhang Jun personally led his troops and marched northwestward.
First, you have to take a look along the way to feel at ease.
On the other hand, he was also filled with emotions, and he really wanted to see the big Han champion again at this moment.
Zhang Jun did not despise Huo Qubing before, but his vision was limited. He really felt that Huo Qubing was rashly advancing when he sent out with three hundred soldiers.
He had been at the border for many years and was used to being harassed by foreigners. He sympathized with the sufferings at the border, so Huo Qubing was able to destroy six Qiang camps in one night. He was really happy and extremely excited.
The sky quickly darkened.
The queue marched in the dark, but fortunately the bright moon hung high, and the border troops' familiarity with the road conditions did not delay their march.
Zhang Jun wanted to ask Huo Qubing what he planned to do after breaking the camp.
In addition, the Champion Hou's intentions for this trip to the west and to what extent he will stop before he can give up, must also be asked in person.
He has been to the Western Regions and knows Roshna's position in the hearts of the Western Regions people.
The old woman then reached out and flicked the ground.
"As expected..."
Zhang Jun paid homage with a great ceremony and said: "I was on duty at Xiguan and have not made any achievements for many years. I worshiped the general's power and was able to eradicate the ancient Qiang and other tribes. Zhang Jun came to pay homage on behalf of the people at the border."
This person is one of the strongest tribes in the Western Qiang, and the leader of the Qiang Rong tribe is Qi Fuyu.
The woman shook her head slightly and thought to herself: She and I have some relationship that you don't know about.
She has everything I don't have...and some of it should be mine!
"It won't be easy for Huo Qubing to continue traveling to the northwest." The woman whispered.
Under the moonlit night, several dark shadows appeared in the ruins.
After leaving the border gate and continuing to advance, you will reach Xining in later generations for about four hundred miles. Continuing forward, you will reach the desert oasis of the West Sea (Qinghai Lake), which is also the largest water source nearby.
The old woman said softly: "Let's go. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. The Han army has left the border and is not far from here."
After he died, his body fell here. The energy of the sword that killed him was still there, and the energy broke through his body and seeped into the surrounding ground, void, and remained there. Even if I expelled it, there was only a wisp of afterglow."
"If anything happens, we can discuss it when we go back."
After they left, two figures of a man and a woman emerged from two trees a little further away.
I had some plans before, but I didn’t think too carefully.”
The sword holder thought for a while, and among the Han army, only the chariot surrounded in the middle was the most conspicuous, and his heart moved slightly: "Are you looking at the princess's chariot?
Do you want to attack her?"
Woman in white: "It has been more than two months since he broke into the realm of heaven and human. How long did it take you to go from the first realm of heaven to the fourth realm?"
The woman in white also walked to the location where the wisp of sword energy was surging: "Huo Qubing left this wisp of sword energy in the ancient Qiang, and let some of the prisoners go, letting them go back to spread the panic that the ancient Qiang was eliminated overnight, and lured the various tribes of the Western Qiang to come and check it out.
, aiming to divide the Qiang people.
After a night of loess and flying sand, suddenly arriving at this warm oasis makes people feel as if the holy land on earth is right in front of them.
He added: "I have already sent someone to notify Luoshna in the Western Regions and asked her to meet me at Yangguan and Yumen."
"So Grandma Wu knows now?" Hu Guyan said.
After the ground was burned by the fire, it was covered with thick dust and black ash, and the air was still filled with heat.
The man in black was silent for a while: "Maybe."
What do you think of the power of this sword energy?"
If any Han troops were here and saw this bright light, they would definitely think of how Huo Qubing killed Dian Zhen with a single blow last night.
"Isn't he your opponent?"
"I really have something to ask for." Zhang Jun stepped forward quickly, Zhang Qian also moved closer, and Xu Jia on the other side also moved forward.
Qi Fuyu and Hu Guyan were both looking around carefully as they walked.
The two people clustered in the middle are the leaders. One is tall and strong, with a square face, thick eyebrows as thick and straight as a dagger, and there is a sharp murderous look when he frowns.
They finally came to a location and squatted down to check.
"Last night you thought he had too few soldiers to openly go to the Western Regions. What now?" The woman's voice was soft and charming.
There is a special friction in Qifuyu's voice, which is impressive.
Zhang Jun had already understood what Huo Qubing meant.
"Roshna's status is respected in the Western Region. The doctor ordered her to come to see her. Is there any lack of etiquette?"
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"It's not maybe, if you give him time, he will definitely be able to do it.
The light at this moment was so bright that Hu Guyan and Qi Fuyu closed their eyes subconsciously.
"You always seem to be talking to Huo Qubing?"
"Prefect Zhang, do you want to ask me something?" Huo Qubing turned around and looked at Zhang Jun.
"I'm not looking at the Han army." The woman said calmly.
"Grandma Wu."
"It's not to him, it's to state the facts."
“If a weak country has no diplomatic relations, how can it gain respect and status?
"It has been spread in the Han Dynasty for a long time that the general who defeated the Xiongnu army was named Huo Qubing. The Han people called him a divine general! Is he here?"
There are six people in total, each with his or her own style.
"I received news that in order to reward him, the emperor of the Han Dynasty married his imperial sister to him and spread the word to the world. He should have been married not long ago, so how could he appear in Xiqiang?"
This man is the leader of the Faqiang tribe, another major tribe of the Western Qiang, Hu Guyan.
But their eyes were bright, and they both stared at the ground for a moment.
She opened her palm that was touching the ground, and a bloodstain was revealed on her palm, and a sound like a knife sounded across the void.
I will leave for Chang'an soon."
The prefect of Xiguan was a high-ranking official in the border area. When Zhang Jun saw that Huo Qubing had gained much respect, he had no respect for him before. Just because of the marching map and Huo Qubing's ability, he swept the front lines of the ancient Qiang tribes at night.
"What Grandma Wu means is that the Han general who led the troops to defeat the Xiongnu royal court came to our Xiqiang?"
This question was asked by Zhang Qian, and it was also a reminder.
The sword holder made a light noise, without arguing, and changed the subject: "I don't understand. You were staring at the galloping Han troops from a distance for a long time. What were you looking at?"
"Zhang Jun, the governor of Xiguan, has met Lang Zhongling!"
"The saber energy can still be cut after a day of leaking out, and it can still cut Grandma Wu's hand. What level of heaven and human is this for the Han people to practice?" Qi Fuyu frowned.
"The strength of the three realms of heaven and man is amazing. But... he is not my opponent yet." The sword-wielding man in black said.
Jin'an stood beside him, snoring in boredom. Hearing the sound of carriages and horses approaching from behind, Jin'an turned his head first and looked over.
Huo Qubing turned around, glanced at everyone, and said slowly: "On this trip, I wanted to go all the way to Shaming Mountain, Yangguan, and Yumen, and by the way meet Roshna, who is famous in the Western Regions, but now... the schedule is longer
Stopped.
Zhang Jun and others were taken aback. They didn't know what happened in Chang'an. Huo Qubing wanted to stop his trip and rush back.
Hu Guyan and Qi Fuyu both looked shocked, even more shocked than when they saw the wisp of sword energy.
The sun was shining slantly, and Zhang Jun and others saw Huo Qubing standing on a high ground from a distance, looking calmly at the West Sea.
The old woman said: "This is the position where Dianzhen's body fell to the ground after he was killed with a knife.
"I want to know why Huo Hou suddenly wanted to return to Chang'an? Originally, when Huo Hou came to Xiguan this time, where did he plan to attack, and to what extent did he stop?" Zhang Jun said respectfully.
"Oh. You guys talk first, I'll come down later." Liu Qing showed his head in the car, then shrank back.
At this moment, the ancient Qiang tribe is in ruins and ruins, and the remaining flames are still burning.
I used the Zongheng technique to inquire about the five directions, and came to the conclusion that Huo Qubing asked him to lead his army to the northwest first."
The old woman whispered in ancient Qiang language.
The position they were looking at was a bit strange. The dust on the ground was jumping up and down, the bumps were violent, and there was a sharp breath.
On the morning of the next day, the frontier army, led by Zhang Jun, marched all night and half a day, during which they only rested for two hours, and approached the West Sea.
The ancient Qiang tribe that Huo Qubing removed was also one of the large tribes surrounding this area.
There was only a thirty-man Imperial Guard behind him.
These two people are exactly the bronze masked women from before, with enchanting temperaments.
The other person next to him has an ordinary figure, but his arms are disproportionately long and thin, giving the impression that he has practiced some kind of magic, and he seems to be particularly flexible. He even walks with only the tips of his feet touching the ground, as if he has no weight.
Following the sound, an old woman with a wrinkled face and a gray robe was heard. The clothes were covered with strange textures painted with dyes formed after mashed vegetation.
His deputy general Zhao Ponu disappeared after defeating the Xiongnu soldiers.
The frontier soldiers behind Zhang Jun, led by Xu Jia, also performed salutes at the same time, and the atmosphere was solemn.
She walked out from the shadow of the burned ruins of the ancient Qiang tribe, blinking her wrinkled eyelids, and like Qi Fuyu and Hu Guyan, she looked at the ground and whispered something inherited by the Qiang people.
Ancient witchcraft mantra.
Before they left, they took another look at the place where the sword energy burst out on the ground, and quickly lost sight of it.
"It doesn't matter which state it is in. The artistic conception contained in this sword is more terrifying. It is full of indomitable and invincible spirit. Before, I was not sure which Han general could destroy six of my Qiang strongholds in one night." The old woman said solemnly.
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Being able to penetrate the Wangtingzhong army that dominated the prairie was a miraculous military achievement in their eyes, and was far more surprising to them than defeating six Qiang strongholds in one night.
"If Dian Zhen knew it was him coming, he would never dare to be so presumptuous..."
The other four people are their entourage and are on guard duty.
The current situation in the world is that the Han and the Xiongnu are fighting each other, and the Western Region is just a spoil for the winner. If Roshna can see the situation clearly, she must choose a side to rely on, I will send people to invite her, and I expect she will come." Huo Qubing said.
"Did the Han generals deliberately leave this saber energy behind to warn us?"
The other man held a knife in one hand and covered his face with a black cloth.
"Prefect, please tell me if you have anything to say."
Many large and small tribes under the jurisdiction of Xianling Qiang surround this area and live by the water.
"You are right. Judging from what he means, he wants to strengthen the exchanges between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty and open up the road between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions." The man in black said.
The West Sea is an inland lake formed by the collapse of faults between Datong Mountain, Riyue Mountain and Nanshan Mountain in the Qilian Mountains.
After saying this, Huo Qubing came to the carriage and said to Liu Qing, "We'll be leaving in a moment. Do you want to come down and see the West Sea?"
"What a fierce fighting spirit." Qi Fuyu narrowed his eyes.
"The army of the Xiongnu Royal Court was defeated by a Han general leading thousands of troops a month ago. Tens of thousands of the Royal Court soldiers fled north. All parties were shocked when they heard about it."
Huo Qubing: "I came out this time because I agreed to Liu Qing. When I went northwest, I wanted to do more with one stone.
A flash of light actually appeared on the ground and disappeared in a flash.
That's why he took Liu Qing with him. Roshna was also a woman, so she took Liu Qing with her to meet him as a princess, so that he could communicate with her more easily, and she was not lacking in etiquette.
In later generations, this was called lady diplomacy.
Huo Qubing wanted to help the Han Dynasty open up the Western Regions and make arrangements early.
Zhang Jun asked again: "Then why did Lang Zhongling suddenly want to return to Chang'an, but what happened to Chang'an?"