Chapter 609 Kill the Huns

The vast Gobi is uninhabited, and the wind blows Shalong and the sky is full of dust.

There are no vegetation, no birds, and sandy beaches everywhere.

Now Jiang Hao's army has about 260 people, but they only have 103 horses, so the whole team can only walk slowly.

Jiang Hao was sitting on his horse, overlooking the boundless sea of ​​sand. At this moment, Su Mu rode over and reported: "Marquis, the inventory is clear. The dry food is enough for all of us for four days, and the water is almost drunk just now. Swords and guns The only battle armors are those that were snatched from the prefect's soldiers."

"There is an oasis in front of us, we can replenish fresh water, and four days of dry food is enough for us to walk back to the Duhu Mansion," Jiang Hao said.

Fortunately, they are soldiers of the Protectorate's Government, who have lived in the desert all year round and are familiar with the environment here. The oasis in front of them is where they rested last night. There is a small river flowing through it, which is a branch of the Kongque River. The green grass allows the horses to drink water and graze. It is a fixed resting point on the Western Region Road.

"But Marquis, the Protectorate's Mansion has been smashed, and there will be no supplies in the future, so how will we live when we go back?" Su Mu was worried about the taste.

"We have nearly 300 strong soldiers, how can we still starve to death." Jiang Hao said firmly, if so many people are still hungry together, it can only be said that the general is a waste.

However, Jiang Hao said that he is a strong soldier, which is really bragging. There are not enough horses, weapons and armor. The soldiers of the prefect's government are still unarmed, so can this be called a strong soldier?

But Jiang Hao believes that someone has everything.

When he finds a suitable opportunity, he replenishes the horses, weapons, and armor, and reorganizes the team. He believes that these guys will become strong soldiers.

The team moved forward all the way, and the speed was not fast. The team of more than 200 people was pulled into a long line, and the horses walked with their heads bowed. The team had no banners, followed by a group of guys in underwear. team.

The sun was slanting to the west, and the sun hung on the horizon and turned a little red, but Jiang Hao knew that the sky in the Western Regions was long, and there should be about two hours before the sky completely darkened.

"All rest!"

After walking for more than forty miles, Jiang Hao could see that everyone was very tired, so he called for a break, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the sand.

"Is there still water?" a soldier asked.

"No, I've finished drinking just now. If you hold on, you'll probably arrive at the oasis in half an hour. You'll be full when you arrive at the oasis." Someone replied.

In the desert, water is life.

Even the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions live by water around the edge of the desert. The snow water left by the Tianshan Mountains, Kunlun Mountains, Qilian Mountains and other mountain ranges nourish the earth and grasslands, and this is how these countries come into being.

But these countries are also greatly influenced by the geographical environment of the Western Regions.

In fact, in Jiang Hao's view, these so-called thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are more like scattered towns and cities. Some small countries only have hundreds or thousands of people, and they dare to call themselves a country. A country with 10,000 people is already considered a top power.

The ghost blowing the lamp made the ancient city of Jingjue famous, but the real situation is that there are only more than 3,000 people in the Jingjue country, and 500 soldiers.

The most famous Loulan ancient country before, caused a sensation because of a Loulan girl. Speaking of which, Loulan is considered a big country among the countries in the Western Regions. It is recorded in the Han Dynasty that there are 14,000 people and 3,000 soldiers. Loulan is thirty miles and six kingdoms. Ranked eighth in existence.

At this time, the most powerful country in the Western Regions was Wusun State, with a population of about 600,000 and soldiers of 100,000. It was a superpower among the countries in the Western Regions, but its position was further north, equivalent to that of Kazakhstan today. In the area, the ground is full of water and grass, so it can support so many people.

Just as Jiang Hao was thinking about the Western Regions, a war horse galloped towards him in the distance, with a fast speed, and a cloud of smoke and dust rose from behind.

With sharp eyes, Jiang Hao could tell at a glance that it was the scouts he had sent out.

When the scout came to Jiang Hao, he dismounted from his horse and stood in front of Jiang Hao. He cupped his hands and saluted, and said nervously, "Marquis, we found a team of Huns in the oasis ahead."

Jiang Hao is cautious in doing things. As long as he is marching, he must act in accordance with the Art of War. The location is also.

So even though they were in such desperation now, Jiang Hao sent a few scouts ahead to explore the way.

When the others heard that there were Huns, they immediately stood up.

No matter when, the Huns are enemies to the Han people.

"How many people are there?" Jiang Hao asked.

"I observed from a distance that there was almost a group of people, about 50 people, drinking horses, eating food, and setting up tents. It seemed that they were going to spend the night in the oasis." The scout said.

"Has it been discovered?"

"No, I was far away. When I found someone in the oasis, I immediately dismounted to investigate, but the other party didn't notice."

Jiang Hao's mind immediately started to think.

Ever since Wang Mang implemented a policy of discriminating against foreigners, the originally stable external environment has suddenly become chaotic. Thirty-six countries in the Western Regions have been demoted, and the thirty-six countries have developed suspicions against Wang Mang. The southern Huns also rebelled, and the northern Huns saw the civil strife in the Han Dynasty, and once again raised troops and began to send troops to capture the Western Regions, disturbing and looting the border towns of the Han Dynasty, and the flames of war broke out again.

It is not surprising that there are Huns in the Western Regions.

In addition, the people of the Western Regions are ambitious and want to unify the Western Regions, and they themselves start to fight, and the Western Regions are also constantly fighting.

The current Western Regions can be said to be in chaos.

But at this moment, there are still some people in the Han people who are playing a game of power grabbing. The Dunhuang prefect played Chen Da to death.

From then on, Yumen Pass and Yang Pass were closed, and communication with the Western Regions was cut off, so Wang Mang might feel safer.

What should I do if I meet the Huns in the Western Regions?

did not say,

just one word,

kill!

Jiang Hao scanned the six team leaders under his command and asked, "What do you think we should do?"

"Everything is subject to the army's order." The six shouted together.

Jiang Hao suddenly stood up, and said in a deep voice: "Okay, then gather all the soldiers that can be fought, and kill them by surprise!"

"promise!"

The six people responded in unison.

Jiang Hao has a lot of people now, but there are only a hundred people who can fight. Jiang Hao ordered Pang Xiong, Niu Kaishan, Du Bin, and Ke Ji to form four teams, each leading 25 people.

Su Mu and Cheng Yong led the infantry behind.

Jiang Hao and the others were less than 10 miles away from the oasis at this time. A group of people rode horses to the vicinity. During the march, Jiang Hao sent more scouts to investigate. A few hundred meters away, hiding behind a sand dune.

Take two people to run up the sand dunes in person, and lie down on the sand dunes to observe the situation in the distance.

I saw that a dozen tents had already been set up by the river, some people gathered their war horses to drink water and graze grass, and some people built a fire and were boiling mare's milk, looking very idle.

Jiang Hao waved to Pang Xiong and Niu Kaishan who were beside him. The two followed Jiang Hao and slid down the sand dune quietly. Lying in the shade of the sand dune, Niu Kaishan asked in a low voice, "Mr. Jun, what should we do?"

"Let's do it like this. I'll take Dubin and Corgi to attack from the left, and you and Pang Xiong will attack from the right. Let's take a surprise attack from both sides!"

Jiang Hao stretched out his hand and gestured in the air.

"No problem, Marquis." Pang Xiong said.

The three of them got off the sand dunes, and Jiang Hao immediately ordered, "Brothers, prepare to fight."

The others were silent, but they all clenched their swords tightly.

Jiang Hao got on his horse, holding a bow and arrow in his hand, his legs clamped around the horse's belly, and the horse started to run, "Brothers, kill!"