Chapter 640 Queen

When the Huns crossed the border, the Yanqi Kingdom suffered immediately.

Burning, killing and looting are omnipotent. The Xiongnu soldiers are like a group of hungry wolves and beasts. The towns and villages they pass through are all devastated. Cattle, sheep and valuables are robbed. Men, old people and children are killed. Women are taken back as trophies and become slaves of the Huns. .

Facing the tens of thousands of Xiongnu troops, King Yanqi only dared to close the city to protect himself, and at the same time sent a message to the capital to ask for help.

After receiving the message from King Yanqi, Jiang Hao immediately convened a meeting with the generals. When he told the news that the Huns sent troops, some people were shocked and some were worried. .

"Great Guardian, please allow me to return to Yanqi to protect my father's safety." Prince Yanqi said anxiously.

Jiang Hao waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, I have arrangements for this matter. You only have 2,000 soldiers and horses, and the Huns have more than 20,000 people. It won't help if you go back."

"Through the investigation, we know that the Huns are now divided into two groups. One way is going to destroy the country. The number is about 10,000. They want to cross the Tianshan Valley and go straight to Kucha. The other way is to go to Yanqi. Next, they will pass through the mountain country. "

Hearing that the Huns would pass by the mountain country, the prince of the mountain also turned ugly. He could imagine that in a few days, the mountain country might also be robbed.

"Don't worry, we now have as many soldiers as the Huns. There are 26,000 people from Shache, and now we have added some new soldiers from Kucha, with a total of 28,000."

"The Huns are the common enemy of the Western Regions. As long as we unite and go all out, why should we be afraid of the Huns? I want to divide my troops to fight on two fronts. Now I issue a military order."

As a coach, the most important thing is to stay calm in the face of danger and not panic when dealing with things. Jiang Hao ordered everyone to stand up with solemn expressions.

"Pang Xiong, Keji, Asgar, Khotan, and Yuli, you each lead 2,000 soldiers and horses. With Pang Xiong as the leader, 10,000 people will go to the Tianshan Valley to stop the Huns."

"promise!"

Jiang Hao thinks that this combination is quite reasonable. There are his own people and the coalition forces, there are Shache surrendered troops, there are Hu people from the Western Regions, and there are people from Kucha, so that a stable triangle can be achieved.

Taking Pang Xiong as the leader is not Jiang Hao's trifling matter. In fact, Pang Xiong is very shrewd, fierce in combat and has a lot of eyes. Should be sure.

Jiang Hao continued to give orders.

"Yanqi, Shanguo, Loulan, Ruoqiang, Qiemo, Xiaowan, Jingjue, Su Mu, Husky, Cheng Yong, and Kucha all follow me to attack the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu."

"promise!"

All the generals shouted together.

"Okay, go down and prepare your own army, horses, food and grass. It's not too late. We will set off tomorrow and head for Yanqi."

The other generals withdrew, Jiang Hao left Pang Xiong behind, and took out a map drawn by himself. There were countless high mountains around and a canyon in the middle.

"This is the Tianshan Canyon, the only way from Qiuci to the North Silk Road. Now the Huns are still rushing to Qiemi Kingdom, and there is still a distance from the Tianshan Canyon. You can reach the canyon ahead of them."

"I observed the terrain of the entire canyon, and there are three places suitable for ambushes," Jiang Hao drew a circle on the three places, and continued: "After you get there, you can choose these three places to arrange. This is the case in grand strategy. When fighting Circumstances are ever-changing, and the details are up to you.”

Pang Xiong looked at the map carefully for a long time, and finally raised his head with a confident expression on his face, "General, with this map, Pang Xiong can't do it well, then I am too incompetent, please wait for my good news, General. "

Jiang Hao patted Pang Xiong on the shoulder, "The western front is entrusted to you, and the eastern front, I'm going to meet Gu Le, the right sage king of the Huns, to see how capable he is as the king of the Huns."

"Pang Xiong wishes my lord the victory over the Huns." After speaking, he knelt down on one knee.

Jiang Hao was taken aback for a moment, and a smile appeared on his face, "Who told you to call me that?"

The word lord can’t be called casually. In the Han Dynasty, lord had several meanings. A minister could call a lord a lord, and a servant could also use this honorific title to his master.

Pang Xiong recognized Jiang Hao as the lord, so he naturally regarded himself as a minister and servant, and regarded Jiang Hao as the lord.

"General, I will wait for a few people to discuss, and I would like to recognize the general as the master, and please accept me." Pang Xiong said with his head down.

"A few of you are discussing, who else?" Jiang Hao was a little surprised that these guys actually held a small meeting behind his back.

"Su Mu, me, Cheng Yong, Niu Kaishan, Du Bin, Corgi, Rottweiler, and Jin Da Mao, before you summoned us, we were just discussing this matter. We would like to worship the general as our lord and follow to the death." Pang Xiong said with some trepidation.

"Where are they now?"

"Should wait for news in my account."

Jiang Hao nodded, "Go and call them all."

After a short time, Pang Xiong called all eight of them. Seeing Jiang Hao standing in the tent and staring at them, they were slightly startled. They knelt down on one knee in front of Jiang Hao and shouted together: "I'm waiting to worship you!" The general is the lord, and the lord's minions, eagle dogs, please accept me."

In ancient times, the minion eagle dog was not a derogatory term, but a commendatory term, which meant a loyal subordinate who wholeheartedly defended his master.

Jiang Hao's face was calm and unwavering, and he couldn't see any emotions or anger, but his heart was very beautiful, just like turning on the beautiful air conditioner in the dog days, it was refreshing.

Is there anything more satisfying than that when someone accepts their head and bows, and you are the master.

This kind of thing only happened in ancient times,

It seems that my domineering spirit has finally been cultivated,

Three points to the vitality,

Kamepai Qigong,

Ha ha.

"Okay, since you are willing to follow me, I, Jiang Hao, will never disappoint the brothers. There will eventually be a place for our brothers in this world." Jiang Hao said sonorously.

The few people were overjoyed when they heard this, and shouted together: "Follow the lord to the death!"

"Get up, we've been brothers for many years, there's no need to be like this, and from now on, you don't need to address the lord in front of outsiders, just call him general." Jiang Hao said.

"promise."

The next day, Pang Xiong led an army of 10,000 people to the Tianshan Valley, and Jiang Hao led nearly 20,000 people to march in the direction of Yanqi.

The Tianshan Canyon road chosen by the Huns is now only a side road of the Silk Road, and it is difficult to travel through mountains and ridges.

In later generations, this road was built into a highway, which is a section of G217 National Highway, which directly passes through the Tianshan Mountains. If you have a self-driving tour in the past, you can enjoy it. The scenery of this section is very good.

10,000 cavalry may seem huge, but they quickly disappeared after entering the vast Tianshan Mountains. Human beings are still so insignificant in front of nature. The middle-aged Tianshan Mountains are covered with snow, and there are streams flowing under the mountains, surrounded by barren mountains or grasslands.

Jiang Hao helped Pang Xiong select a few ambush locations. After the team passed the first one, Pang Xiong studied it carefully. The ground here is wide and suitable for battles. He can take the lead in occupying favorable terrain to charge and have a great advantage.

Leading the team to trek forward for dozens of miles, they came to a narrow valley mouth, where there were no trees on either side, a valley cliff on one side, landslides and rubble on the opposite side, and a river valley in the middle that could pass through.

The road is not easy to go any further. Pang Xiong ordered the team to stop and rest, and went to check with his personal guards and a few generals. This is indeed a dangerous place. There is only a narrow mountain road that can accommodate two or three horses. Ma, if the march is okay, the battle will never start.

The reason why the Xiongnu dared to go here was to deceive Jiang Hao and the others, who did not understand the situation, came from the back, and then attacked from both sides. King Youxian himself led a team to kill from Yanqi and Shanguo, in order to attract attention .

But who knew that Jiang Hao was an asshole, and had already seen through the conspiracy of the Huns.

Several generals got together to deliberate for a while, and finally decided on a plan to divide their troops and set up ambushes in several places, just waiting for the Huns to come.

The Xiongnu army on the west road consisted of 10,000 people, under the command of Youxian King's younger brother, Gu Bile. When the army arrived at Qiemi Kingdom, the 10,000-strong army stopped directly outside the city of Qiemi without hesitation.

"Go and inform the Lord Qimi that the army is passing through the border, and ask him to provide one month's grain and grass, some cattle and sheep, and by the way, send two more women over." Gu Bile's opponent ordered a commander.

The commander-in-chief took the order to lead people to Qimi Kingdom to pass on the news. King Qimi, who was already trembling with fear, showed a mournful expression on his face. The food and grass for an army of 10,000 could be at least a month's supply by opening his mouth, and Qimi Kingdom was small. This almost emptied the treasury.

But what to do if you don’t give it, the end is likely to be trampled by the Huns’ war horses, robbing food and women, and killing many people.

Small countries are being bullied, and they don't even have the right to refuse. The end of resistance is death.

Qi Mi said to his subordinate ministers: "Let's prepare according to the requirements of the Huns."

The minister asked: "How do women prepare? The other party wants ten young, hairy and beautiful women."

The commander wants two, and the commanders under him are not stupid, so why should they have one each, and when they arrive in Qiemi country, they directly add ten women.

The king waved his hand, "Choose a batch from the maids and send it, alas~~". Ten maids were selected, crying and screaming one by one, they knew that there were only two outcomes when they were sent there,

"Death" and "life is better than death"!

Someone couldn't help scolding his king for being incompetent, and was immediately tied up by the guards, gagged his mouth, and sent it along with the food.

After eating and drinking enough, there were waves of women's screams in the barracks, and they didn't stop until midnight. When the Huns set off, someone found the corpses of several women abandoned in the place where the Huns were stationed, each of them was bruised and pale. , looking at the sky with dull eyes, dying with regret, having died for a long time, and suffering countless insults before him.

The Xiongnu soldiers also had strict discipline. They were not allowed to take women with them when they went out to march and fight.

In their view, women are nothing more than tools to vent their desires, and they are not treated as human beings at all, especially Hu and Han women are slaves and toys to vent their animal desires.

The Xiongnu team finally entered the Tianshan Mountains, and the temperature was even colder. Looking at the endless snow-capped Tianshan Mountains, Gu Bile wrapped himself in a sheepskin coat and cursed, "Let us take this dangerous mountain road. They go to the mainland. We are not a bird here." Shit, they can loot along the way, delicious food and drinks, and women to warm the bed, but we are freezing in the snow-capped mountains."

A confidant commander next to him said with a smile: "Commander, it will be fine when you arrive in Kucha. Kucha has a large population and richness. It's not just what we do. The women in Kucha are all blond, blue-eyed and graceful, and they are very good-looking. Turn around Get a few beauties, hahaha."

A sinister smile appeared on Gu Bile's face, "I heard that Princess Qiuci, who became the Queen of Shache, was beautiful and beautiful, and became the fiancée of the Han Chinese who pretended to be the guardian. When we get rid of those miscellaneous soldiers, I will He must have snatched the queen here."

"Then the commander can be the king of Shache?" The commander said jokingly.

"King Shache, hahahaha, it may not be impossible." Gu Bile laughed wildly.

It takes one hundred and seventy to eighty miles to cross the Tianshan Mountains. If it is on flat ground, the cavalry will only need two days for this distance, but in the mountains, they will have to walk at least five days.

Stepping over the hillside and across the grassland, a narrow valley road appeared in front of it. The narrow road can only accommodate two or three horses passing side by side. Next to it is a valley tens of meters deep. It is extremely difficult to survive if you fall.

"My sons and daughters, proceed carefully." Gu Bile looked at Gu Dao and ordered.

After giving the order, looking at the high mountains on both sides, surrounded by silence, Gu Bile frowned at the commander beside him and said, "Whoa, why do I feel like I'm in such great danger around here?"

The commander looked around, found nothing unusual, and said, "Commander, you may be too nervous. Those Han people would never have imagined that we would go this way. They must have gone to Shanguo and Yanqi long ago. Against the king."

Gu Bile looked around again, but said nothing.

Fortunately, this narrow valley road is not long, only about 100 meters, and it will become wider after passing. The army quickly passed the valley road and moved forward again.

The Xiongnu army walked forward for more than 30 miles, and there was a gravel slope in front of them. The road was not wide, and it could pass four or five horses. However, it was not sad that there were streams and rivers next to it. The Huns did not care, and sat on the horses. move forward.

suddenly,

There was a rumbling sound in the ear, and the sound vibrated back and forth in the closed valley, like a thunderbolt.

Those Huns looked at the place where the sound came out, and when they saw it, they were so frightened that their eyes were tearing apart, and their hearts were about to fly out.

"Not good, the landslide!" Someone yelled.

I saw that there were countless gravel landslides, and countless boulders rolled down from it, rumbling down.

Those huge boulders were moving very fast, rolling faster and faster along the hillside, like shells being fired. A boulder about the size of a watermelon bounced down and hit a Hun soldier on the head, just like an egg hitting a rock. The Hun soldier's head exploded at once.

The speed of the stone did not slow down, and it smashed three or four Xiongnu soldiers in a row, and then rolled into the valley, picked up a splash of water and disappeared.

There are more than thousands of stones on the mountain, and they were smashed down together, like a thousand artillery fires. Those Xiongnu soldiers were really hit by seedlings, and countless people were smashed to death.

Seeing that the situation was not good, the other Xiongnu soldiers rode their horses and rushed into the river next to them. Only then did they escape. In just a few minutes, three or four thousand Hun soldiers were smashed to pieces, and most of their horses were lost.

Although those Huns who jumped into the river escaped temporarily, they didn’t feel well. The river was about waist deep, and the horses and robes of these Huns were all soaked at once. You know, it’s winter now, and the river bank is already There was ice, and the flowing river was extremely cold, colder than lying naked in the snow.

Although these Xiongnu soldiers escaped unharmed, they committed a serious crime. Their lips were purple with cold and their bodies trembled. They tried their best to move their horses ashore, but when they were blown by the wind on the ashore, they immediately felt frozen. Those sheepskin jackets are as hard as steel plates, making it difficult to move hands and feet.

Gu Bile was naturally one of them, his whole body was stiff in fur coat, his teeth chattered from the cold, he felt extremely sad when he looked at these men and horses, grandma, she hadn't met the Allied Forces of the Western Regions yet, she just died in an accident while on the way Half.

"Hurry up and find a place to rest, light a fire to dry your clothes, and then count the troops." Gu Bile ordered through gritted teeth.

But at this moment, a sound came from outside the valley. These sounds were too familiar. As a Hun who lived on horseback all year round, he naturally knew that it was the sound of horseshoes coming from a large group of horses.

A centurion approached the front and was able to see the situation ahead. He shouted loudly: "There are a large number of enemies ahead, and they are the Western Region coalition forces."

Gu Bile's eyes were fixed, and he suddenly looked up to the direction of the hillside, and found someone standing up from the hillside, holding a high flag, looking at them in a mighty manner.

"Ah~~~"

Gu Gile roared angrily.

He finally knew that this was not a natural disaster, but an ambush set up by the enemy.

"Retreat, get out of here quickly!" Gu Bile ordered immediately.