The ax was missing and must have been taken away by the victorious army.
The sturdiness of the rattan armor protected the corpse from being gnawed by wild beasts, but the blood seeping out of it dyed the black rattan armor bright red, and a stench of corpses filled the valley.
Liu Zhang raised his hands to the corpse and bowed deeply, Wu Tu Gu, Xi Ni and the other Tengjia soldiers clenched their fists, their hatred could no longer be contained.
"Lord." At this time, a soldier arrived and reported to Liu Zhang: "Mrs. Xiao, General Su Lan, and General Wang Xu have arrived at the Nalan River."
Liu Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and said solemnly: "Dig a tomb here and bury all these rattan-armored warriors."
Liu Zhang returned to the camp. Xiao Furong and Su Lan had obviously heard about the destruction of the Tengjia Army, and they were all a little depressed, especially Su Lan. Her husband had single-handedly led the Tengjia Army, and now a thousand people were dead.
There were many people, so she could imagine her husband's mood and felt the same.
As the day passed, the spies were very efficient and brought back the news at noon the next day.
"Reporting to my lord, the Wusun army occupying the King's City of Jingjue is about 30,000 people, and the commander is the third prince of the Wusun Kingdom, Mi Tian." The soldier who reported the news said.
"Miten? Isn't that the lord's pseudonym?" Hao laughed loudly. He immediately sensed the atmosphere around him and knew that he shouldn't laugh at this time, so he calmly shut up.
"Mitian, is that Mitian who is critically ill and will not live to be thirty years old?" Liu Zhang asked.
The soldier said with certainty: "We have inquired clearly, it is indeed Mitian, but we don't know why he is not sick. Now Jingjue City is very hidden, and there is no flag of Wusun, but the flag of Jingjue and Shache is still flying. Everyone can only
Go west, not east, the Wusun army seems to have an agenda."
"Who is plotting? Us?" Liu Zhang took the map.
"I'm still plotting against him. No matter how powerful he is, if he dares to kill my brother Wu Tu Gu, he really won't live to be thirty years old." Wu Tu Gu said loudly.
Liu Zhang hit his forehead with his fist. This change happened so fast that he had no time to react. The situation is now complicated. The Shache Army must be on its way to Jingjue, with a strength of about 30,000. The Wusun Army is also not weak in combat strength.
It's also 30,000, which forms a tripartite confrontation, and it seems that he is still the weakest party.
You must know that although his army is all elite, and there are five thousand invulnerable Tengjia Army, the Shache Army and the Wusun Army also have their own advantages.
The Yarkand Army has five thousand elite cavalry. It can be seen in a battle, and the elite has always been the sphere of influence of Yarkand. The Yarkand Army has the right people, the right people, and the most important thing is that the Queen of Yarkand knows magic. Liu Zhang has already seen it.
The power of Tia is that sometimes the attacks of animals are much more terrifying than those of humans.
According to what Tengjia's defeated soldiers said, the huge 30,000-strong army was definitely not weak in combat power, at least they had high fighting spirit. They were by no means the bloated, corrupt and weak Wusun army in the legend. Since they dared to defeat Tengjia with huge casualties,
This can be seen when the army pushed off the cliff.
The Wusun army also has the Wusun Royal City, which occupies a geographical advantage. If Mitian finds the weakness of the Tengjia army after fighting against the Tengjia army, it will be even worse, and Mitian can lead the 30,000 Wusun army thousands of miles southward. It is definitely not the case.
Shantu will probably analyze the weaknesses of the Tengjia Army after suffering huge casualties, which must be guarded against.
In comparison, the Sichuan army has no advantage at all. This is the first time since coming to the Western Regions that it has faced an enemy that cannot be overpowered.
For Liu Zhang, the three-legged confrontation was more terrifying than the strength of the other party. If it were not for Cao Sun and Liu Dingli during the Three Kingdoms period, even if Liu Bei destroyed Sun Quan, the North and the South would be in opposition and the division would not have lasted that long.
The three pillars standing together, worrying about each other, even the weak fighting against the strong, and keeping an eye on each other are the most protracted wars.
Liu Zhang knew that Wu Tu Gu and Teng Jia's army wanted to attack, but it would be foolish for him to attack Jing Jue at this time. When he and Wu Sun's army fought, both sides would lose, and what would he do if Shache came?
But if we don't attack, is it possible that the Sichuan army will be wasted here in Jingjue?
This was something Liu Zhang could never bear. Not to mention he didn't have much time, and his army didn't have enough supplies. He had to end the war quickly.
On one side, there was a three-legged confrontation, and on the other side, he wanted to win quickly. Liu Zhang had a headache.
"Report." Just when Liu Zhang was at his wits' end, a soldier came to report: "Lord, we found Yarkand soldiers and horses on the deserted road outside Nanshan Mountain."
"Is the Yarkand Army coming?" Liu Zhang suddenly stood up.
Liu Zhang led a group of Sichuan soldiers to a mountain. He used the cover of trees to look towards the deserted road to the south. He saw a large group of soldiers and horses marching on the deserted road a few miles away. There were about 20,000 people behind them and five people separated them.
On the left and right sides, a cavalry force of 5,000 people was galloping towards King Jingjue City. They should be the vanguard of Yarkand.
It was also the 5,000 Qiang Di and Xiliang prisoners that Latiya exchanged with Su Lan and Sanxue Cordyceps in Wang Yi's hands.
"Looking at it like this, it seems that Shache doesn't know that Wusun has occupied Jingjue King City." Xiao Furong said to Liu Zhang in confusion.
Liu Zhang frowned and thought for a long time, then he suddenly realized: "He has a big appetite. This is to plot against the Shache Army. Is there a place to set an ambush ahead?"
Liu Zhang asked a soldier who had explored the terrain in this area. The soldier nodded: "Ten miles ahead of Yarkand, there is a mountain pass. Behind the mountain pass is King Jingjue City. An ambush can be set up at the mountain pass."
"What should we do?" The generals all confirmed Liu Zhang's idea. Wusun Army must have ambushed Shache Army.
"Gather the whole army and prepare for battle." Liu Zhang ordered in a deep voice. Originally, he did not dare to attack Wusun's army because he was afraid that Yarkand would take advantage of it. Now that Yarkand had attacked first, he would be a fisherman.
Wutu Gu immediately became energetic. Five thousand Tengjia troops, two thousand Dongzhou soldiers, one thousand white pole soldiers, and one thousand horse archers were assembled. Liu Zhang led ten thousand people and slowly walked towards the mountain pass from the jungle.
When they saw Yarkand's 5,000 cavalrymen crossing the mountain pass and still not seeing the Wusun ambush, some Sichuan generals began to wonder whether the Wusun army had not set up an ambush at all.
Only Liu Zhang was startled. Prince Mitian not only had a big appetite, but also had a very powerful strategy. He obviously deliberately let go of the five thousand cavalry, and wanted to ambush the large force of the Yarkand Army.
The 30,000-strong Yarkand Army is equal to the Wusun Army. How could it be so easy to ambush? Everyone knows that the 5,000 Yarkand Cavalrymen are Latia’s most elite soldiers. If logic is normal, the Wusun Army should definitely ambush the 5,000 cavalrymen.
cavalry.
But now we are letting go of the five thousand cavalry, but want to ambush the large Yarkand army. This is ambition, courage, and a strategy to win with one blow.
"It seems that this Prince Mitian has a problem." This thought flashed through Liu Zhang's mind. Could it be that Prince Mitian had been sick for so many years and pretended to show it to others? How terrible is this person? Liu Zhang became more cautious.
Not long after the five thousand cavalry of the Yarkand Army passed the mountain pass, the large force entered the mountain pass. Up to this time, the Yarkand Army was still unaware. Just when the camel team in front was about to pass the mountain pass, Latiya suddenly felt the ground shaking, and her side
At first glance, I was shocked.
I saw countless cattle and sheep with their tails on fire rushing out from the mountains on both sides and rushing wildly into the Yarkand Army. The Yarkand Army was suddenly ambushed and hit by so many cattle and sheep. There was chaos.
Latiya can control ordinary animals, but that takes time, not to mention the crazy cattle and sheep. Countless cattle and sheep ran rampant in the narrow passage, directly knocking the Yarkand Army and the camel team into pieces.
"Boom."
"Kill."
Countless round stones were unloaded from the mountains on both sides, and then a large number of Wusun troops screamed and killed the Yarkand army. However, these Wusun troops did not completely strangle the chaotic Yarkand troops. Instead, they all rushed towards Latiya.
place.
Latia frowned solemnly. When she was ambushed, she thought it was the Han army that had arrived in Jingjue ahead of time, but then she realized that it was not the Han army at all. The clothes of those soldiers were very familiar to Latia, and there were so many of them.
Wusun Army.
Wusun is far away from Yarkand. How did these Wusun troops appear?
But Latia had no time to think about this, and immediately ordered the cavalry to return for reinforcements. He also ordered soldiers to guard the center.
But now that the Yarkand soldiers are in chaos, how can they return to the rescue? Moreover, the Yarkand soldiers are obviously not as powerful as the Wusun army, and they are constantly being strangled by the Wusun army. Under Latiya's order, the Yarkand army failed to move closer to the center, and instead became more powerful.
confusion.
The Wusun army was already in front of them, and Ye Ke hurriedly led his men to meet them, protecting Latia. Latia took out her piccolo, and the sound of the flute came out.
Liu Zhang in the distant jungle listened to the sound of the flute and looked at Latiya intently. She was indeed the girl from before. Liu Zhang also wanted to see the true power of her piccolo.
As the sound of the flute came out, more than a dozen small snakes crawled out of Latiya's cuffs and trouser legs, and from the bamboo cage pulled by a row of people in the army, countless poisonous scorpions and poisonous insects emerged and crawled towards Wusun's army quickly.
In this way, poisonous substances are constantly emerging from small holes in the mountains on both sides and in the deserted roads.
Even where Liu Zhang was lying in ambush, venomous snakes and insects crawled out in large numbers, making anyone's scalp numb.
"Isn't this too scary?" Liu Zhang hurriedly asked all the soldiers to take out the anti-virus medicine and prepare to take it. The Tengjia Army was better, with only its eyes and mouth exposed, the Dongzhou Soldiers, the White Rod Soldiers, the Archers, and the horses.
But it's not completely protected.
Although if you are really attacked by a large number of poisons, medicine is useless, because you can't keep taking medicine, and the poison can keep biting you, but it is better than nothing. During the expedition, Liu Zhang had already brought a lot of medicine, and King Mulu's
There are a lot of medicines.
However, the snakes and scorpions that climbed out did not even glance at Liu Zhang and the Sichuan army, and all gathered towards the mountain pass.
In the blink of an eye, the mountain pass was already densely packed with venomous snakes and scorpions, and they were so dark that they kept getting closer. Even the Sichuan army felt their heads swell when they saw it, but those Wusun soldiers were not afraid at all. Some Wusun soldiers were
The snakes and scorpions were crawling all over him, but he still didn't retreat. He picked up his spear and charged forward.
At this time, the Wusun soldiers were less than ten meters away from Latia, and when the poison gathered, they were less than five meters away. With a desperate charge, they were already close to Latia.
Latia didn't have much force. She didn't expect that there was an army that was not afraid of snakes and scorpions. Seeing this scene, she had to stop playing the flute. There was only one way in front of her, so she turned the camel and ran away.
"Boom." A Wusun soldier lit himself on fire, and then rolled towards the snakes and scorpions with all his strength, making a dense "bang" sound. Where he was rolled, all the snakes and scorpions were burned, dead and injured, and the Wusun behind him
The army pursued Latiya, and the Yarkand army was completely in chaos.
"The Wusun Army has medicine to prevent snakes and scorpions, and it is very powerful."
King Mulu suddenly said that Liu Zhang had also discovered that there were so many snakes and scorpions biting Wusun Army. Wusun Army's armor basically covered the whole body, but unless it was rattan armor or full-body iron armor, they could not stop it at all.
Withstand the bites of snakes and scorpions.
However, after being bitten, most of the Wusun soldiers survived. Those who died were bitten to pieces.
King Mulu is very familiar with this. King Mulu raises snakes and scorpions. Of course, he has researched on the antidote to these poisons. King Mulu has a medicine that can resist the bites of a large number of snakes and scorpions for one to two hours.
It's just that the ingredients for this kind of medicine are really scarce, and Liu Zhang's army is only equipped with a small part, and most of them are disposable medicines.
The Yarkand Army was already in danger under the fierce attack of the Wusun Army. The cavalry fought back from across the mountain pass. However, a large number of Wusun soldiers poured out from the rear from the Jingjue Kingdom. Facing the chaotic mountain pass, the cavalry could not charge at all unless they trampled on their own people.
We also have to avoid those cattle and sheep.
Latia was chased out of the mountain pass by the Wusun Army. There were only a dozen people left around Latia, and the piccolo didn't even have time to play. The Shache Army was about to be defeated.
"The whole army is ready to attack." Liu Zhang ordered in a cold voice. Su Lan waved his hand, and the cavalry archers pulled up the war horses that were lying on the ground, took off the horse's mouth cage, and got on the horse.
"Listen, the horse archers suppressed the pursuing Wusun army from a distance. Four thousand Tengjia soldiers fought with Wusun's pursuing troops. Two thousand Dongzhou soldiers followed me to take down Latia. The remaining one thousand Tengjia soldiers and white pole soldiers stayed behind."
Liu Zhang gave an order loudly.
"Why stay behind?" Xi Ni asked loudly, and the Tengjia Army was eager to send troops immediately.
"Execute the order." Liu Zhang shouted loudly. He took off his sword as he spoke, and with the protection of Hao Sheng and Qu Lingchen, he rushed out and rushed towards the direction where Latiya escaped.
Eight thousand Sichuan troops rushed out, and the cavalry archers were the first to rush out, drawing their bows and firing arrows. The powerful power of the compound bow shot through the pursuing Wusun army from a distance of a hundred meters, and the Dongzhou soldiers followed closely.
Under the leadership of Liu Zhang, they attacked Latiya.
Liu Zhang knew very well that if the Sichuan army wanted to control the war situation, it must capture Latiya. Taking Latiya would mean controlling the Yarkand Army and those snakes and scorpions. Otherwise, the Sichuan army would be completely destroyed in the three-party melee if they rushed out.
"The invulnerable army has come out, and it seems that there are quite a lot of people." On the hill to the right of the mountain pass, two men were fighting. The one in front was Prince Miten, and the one who spoke was a civil servant in his fifties standing behind him.
, it was the old imperial doctor who first fabricated the illness together with Mi Tian, Mo Dalhan.
"After worrying about it for so long, I finally came out." Mi Tian sneered, "Just come out."
Mi Tian seemed to be relaxed, and the old imperial doctor said: "Your Highness, can we order the entire army to attack now? Latiya will fall into the hands of this army."