Liang Xiao came to Jiaohe City again, and the number of people accompanying him increased to more than 2,700.

The last time he came, he only had infantry and cavalry brought from Dayuan, and the old and small ones brought him from Dayuan. The Western Regions did not take him seriously. This time, he used the power of sweeping the Hexi River and had more than two thousand cavalry accompanying him. No small country dared not take him seriously anymore. Whether it was willing or reluctant, they could only send troops to accompany him. Faced with the grain and cattle and sheep that Liang Xiao asked to buy, they did not have the confidence to offer him as much as possible, and they did not dare to raise the price.

Fortunately, Liang Xiao was not a Hun, so he never planned to force the quest, but a fair deal. For those small countries with very good attitudes, such as Yuli, who had treated him for the first time, he sent someone to give him a gift, which made Yuli King very pleased. These scenes were seen by the soldiers of Kucha, Wulei and other countries, and were less rejected.

Liang Xiao knew that the only purpose of the Xiongnu controlling the Western Regions was to exploit. They both exploited countries and exploited passers-by merchants. The Xiongnu occupied a large area of ​​grassland and had a large number of cattle, sheep, camels and horses, but they had few agriculture and had poor risk resistance. The agriculture of the countries in the Western Regions oasis could give them more protection, especially when the year was not good, which was likely their life-saving straw.

The countries in the Western Regions are not fools. From the official position of the Dufuwei, you can know what their status is in the eyes of the Huns. They are not willing to accept the exploitation of the Huns, but their strength is limited and they are not opponents of the Huns, so they have to admit defeat.

If Liang Xiao wanted to seize control of the Western Regions, he could not take the same approach as the Huns, but could only do the opposite. The difference between him and the Huns was that he did not need to exploit the countries and merchants of the Western Regions at all. As long as he could gain a foothold in the Western Regions, the normal taxes paid by the Han merchants would be enough for him to spend. Anyway, the wool came from the sheep, and the profits were still earned from the powerful and wealthy countries of the Western Regions.

He walked slowly. On the one hand, he delayed time, and on the other hand, he also hoped to give the countries of the Western Regions an opportunity to observe and recognize the difference between him and the Huns. Obviously, this achieved good results, although it was not a question of eating and drinking. Some people kept a distance from him, and at least no one took the initiative to attack him. Instead, more and more people joined him.

With two thousand and seven hundred cavalry support, Liang Xiao's waist became much harder. He once again came to Daban Fortress.

The King of Cheshi had already received the news that he sent heavy troops to guard the fortress.

Liang Xiao set up a camp beside the big siege in front of the fortress. He was not in a hurry to attack the city, and practiced siege tactics every day. There were many cities in the Western Regions and were not unfamiliar with siege tactics. However, compared with the Han army's siege tactics, they were too juvenile.

Liang Xiao ordered people to build a city wall of about 30 steps long, and sent soldiers from various countries to take turns to fight, making a move to prepare to attack Dazhang, and having a lot of fun. When the chariots on the fortress saw it, they found it funny and a little uneasy. There were only a thousand guards in the Dazhang Fortress, and it was advantageous to rely on them. If Liang Xiao trained these people, it was hard to say whether the Dazhang Fortress could be defended.

The Daban guard Mo An dared not neglect him. He immediately sent a letter back to Jiaohe City. When King Moyu of Che received the news, he became more and more uneasy. The total strength of Che's troops was only five or six thousand, and he had to be divided into various places. One thousand people guarding Daban was already his limit. If he sent troops to support him, Jiaohe City would be empty. What made him even more helpless was that if he left the city to fight in the field, he was not sure to defeat Liang Xiao.

Mo Yu rushed to Wutugu, north of the mountain, and met with the Xiongnu's child servant, the Duwei.

He was in a bad mood these two days. Liang Xiao crossed the Western Regions and rushed into the grassland from Pulihai. He had blood flowed thousands of miles, nearly ten thousand corpses, and countless war horses and cattle and sheep. After receiving the news, the Right Xianwang sent an envoy to severely denounce it. If a similar situation occurs again, he, the lieutenant of the child servant, will not be able to save him.

The Tongfuwei is a fat man. He will peel off the taxes collected from the Western Regions. Losing this fat man means a major loss.

However, the troops under the sacrificial army were limited, and there were only dozens of riders. How could he do with Liang Xiao?

Facing Mo Yu, who was in powerless, Xue Gui couldn't show his fear. He shouted angrily: "What's there to be afraid of? Is Daban so easy to attack? Can you train the siege tactics by building a mud wall? It's ridiculous. Cheshiwang, are you scared by the Han people?"

Don’t whisper in a low voice and dare not speak too much.

"But they are indeed a lot of people. If it takes a long time, I am afraid that I can't hold on. The whereabouts of King Hunxie are unknown and the troops are fighting incessantly, probably because they can't count on it. I also asked the Duwei to submit a request to the Youxian King to arrange reinforcements and prepare early."

Xuegui became even more angry. He also wanted to invite the Youxian King to send reinforcements, but the Youxian King was in Dayuan and he didn't know when he would come back, and he didn't dare to ask. He was stern. "I know how to cook this, so you don't have to worry about it. Just guard the city with peace of mind. Just three thousand people and a group of sheep are like, which is worth your fuss. Are you, the King of Cheshi, doing it too comfortably?"

Seeing that he was angry, Mo Yu didn't dare to say anything again, so he had to leave in shame.

After driving Mo Yu away, Xuegui's mood did not improve. He was not worried about Daban. The terrain of Daban was almost in danger. Not to mention 3,000 people, Liang Xiao might not be able to capture it. What he was worried about was that Liang Xiao invaded the Western Regions, and the countries in the Western Regions responded one after another. If it could not be stopped in time, the Xiongnu's rule in the Western Regions would be shaken and might even collapse.

I know what I did. The Huns had no good impression of the Western Regions. They all rely on force to suppress. Once the force is insufficient, the collapse will inevitably occur. If you lose the Western Regions, you will be unforgivable and you will not be careless. It is best to take advantage of Liang Xiao’s unstable foothold and defeat him in one fell swoop. Liang Xiao took the initiative to attack the city, which may be an opportunity. If you can’t attack the city, it is a good time to attack.

Just as Xie Gui was thinking about beating Liang Xiao for a slap, news came from the east that Pulei King Pujia returned to Shuyu Valley. With the help of some Dayuan infantrymen, he repelled the attacks of the Huns, defended the Puleihai area, and strangled the passage of the Huns to the south.

Xuegui was shocked. He realized that Liang Xiao was very ambitious and attacking Cheshi was only one aspect, and his appetite was even greater.

He did not dare to neglect his slightestness, and while sending someone to send a letter to the King of Youxian, he rushed to Daban City and supervised the battle himself.

He was very unlucky. Because he was unwilling to climb over the mountains, he went to the north of the mountains and wanted to enter Daban from the north of the mountains. The road here was flat and the influence of the Huns was also the area of ​​influence. The tribes such as Qimi, Shan Huan and other tribes have always bowed to the orders of the Huns. Every time they passed by, they would be treated with the most respect. But this time, he did not see the Qimi people nor the Shan Huan people, but saw the Han people and Yuezhi people.

To be precise, Li Danghu saw him first.

Although it was the first time that Li Danghu was a son of Longyou, he participated in the battle at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and every year he tried every exam. Li Guanger also had a meeting with him, and his combat experience was much richer than Liang Xiao.

When he went deep into the army alone, he didn't even dare to close his eyes when he went to sleep, and he was always vigilant. Now he went deep into the grassland, he didn't dare to be negligent.

What's more, he still had Liang Xiao's clairvoyance in his hand. With this magical artifact, he noticed Xie Gui as early as when Xie Gui first appeared. When Xie Gui discovered him, the cavalry surrounding the two wings had already arrived.

"Kill!" Li Danghu kicked the war horse hard, rushed out, raised the bow in his hand, and shot a whistle.

The whistling left, opening the prelude to the battle. Fifty knights each rushed out from both sides, galloping wildly, and passing by Xie Gui and others. The bowstrings and the feather arrows sprinted, making the Xie Gui and others feel embarrassed. They are used to being rampant, and they didn't expect to meet Han people here, and they are in a hurry to attack, and they are in a hurry and suffer heavy losses.

In one round of shooting, only one-third of the dozen knights were still sitting on the horse's back.

Xuegui was also shot by an arrow, grinning in pain and sweating in cold sweat. He ran away while pulling his bow and shooting arrows. As soon as he shot two arrows, Li Danghu arrived and hit his back with an arrow.

Xie Gui screamed and fell off his horse, crawling desperately on the cold grass. Two men arrived, jumped off the horse, held Xie Gui down, lifted up his fur coat, and fell out the golden belt and the seal bag on it.

"Haha, he is a noble man." The men were overjoyed. It was enough to catch the Huns, but they were naturally overjoyed. Originally, there were only ten horses to see the noble man. They thought they were at most ten men, but the ten men could not afford a gold belt, and it was even more impossible to have an official seal.

Li Danghu was also surprised. He jumped off his horse and took the silver seal handed over by the Lang Guan, and his eyes lit up. "Prince of the servant?"

The Huns themselves had no words, and they usually used Chinese characters in formal documents, and even more so in official seals. The four characters of the Dubuwei were all Chinese characters, and Li Danghu recognized them at a glance. Of course, he knew what kind of official Wupuwei was, but he was a little surprised to catch Wupuwei so easily.

After being seriously injured, Yu Gui refused to give in. He said viciously: "How did you get here?"

Li Danghu smiled without saying a word, squatted down, reached out and patted Yugui's face. "How did you get here?"

Yu Gui glared at his eyes and was about to speak, when the Lang Guan next to him was annoyed and raised his hand and slapped him in the face. "Answer your questions well and give you some pleasure. Otherwise, you will be stripped naked and fed to the wolf."

As the servant commander, Xue Gui was a little Shanyu-like existence in the Western Regions. How could he suffer such a hardship? He was slapped by this slap and his ears roared. It took him a long time to come back to his senses. He became much more honest and told Li Danghu that Liang Xiao and his three thousand men were preparing to go to Daban to supervise the battle before Daban Fortress.

Li Danghu smiled. He was worried about how to sneak into Daban City, but he didn't expect to meet the Huns' servant guards here. With this official seal, would the people of Daban dare not let him enter the city?

"It's God's will. If that's the case, I'll lend it to your head."

A man pulled out a sharp sword and cut off the head of the slasher.

(To be continued.)
Chapter completed!