Tianshan.

Across the middle of the Western Region, a towering and huge mountain range divides the south and north of the mountain into two completely different climate zones. The south is less rainy and hot and arid. Except for a few oases in the desert where caravans can rest, the rest of the place is uninhabitable for humans.

It's a dangerous place, but the situation in the north is completely different.

Although the severe cold current and heavy snowstorms from Siberia visit this area several times every year, the abundant snowfall and strong winds just make up for the lack of climate in the inland areas. Even if the grass in the cold area grassland grows slowly, the

It can nourish thousands of living things here.

The Dayue Zhi people migrated all the way westward, and finally arrived at the Bogul Prairie.

Bai Guangji, the Aries tribe of Jinxi, came to the Bogur grassland from the Altai Mountains on January 21. During the period of more than 20 days, the Aries tribe had several battles with the Huns' chasing cavalry, although in the end they all

It was considered that the opponent was forced back, but for this Hexi Qiang paid a heavy price with more than 500 soldiers killed in battle.

The essentials of marching.

It's about speed.

Although today's Aries tribe has nearly 50,000 people, of whom women and children account for about 40,000, the number of fighting men is less than 10,000, and among these 10,000 people, there are many wounded and dead.

During the battle of Zhaisangbo, the vitality of the Aries tribe was severely damaged. Those tribes that broke up on their own were just desperate for their lives, and even threw their women and children directly to Jin Xi. This was also the reason why the Aries tribe moved slowly when they returned eastward.

Bai Guangji was anxious. Along the way, he tried to admonish Jin Xi several times, hoping that she would make a decisive decision, leave this group of women and children, and lead the soldiers of the tribe, with the strong women going first. However, Jin Xi hesitated again and again, and still rejected Bai Guangji's advice.

Discuss.

Witchcraft.

It lies in convincing people and making them feel awe and surrender from the heart.

Jin Xi has been able to grow from a witch to a witch king over the years because she has received the support and love of her tribe. This support is the reward for her long-term uninterrupted care for her tribe. If the tribe is in great danger now, she

If she abandons the old and weak in her clan and escapes first, her heart will never be at peace.

Jin Xi's stubbornness and persistence finally cost the Aries tribe a heavy price. In the Ili Valley, the Aries tribe was accidentally plotted by the Dayuezhi people. In order to hold back this group of Yuezhi people, the remaining five Hexi Qiang people

Hundreds of warriors were surrounded by nearly ten thousand Yuezhi people. Bai Guangji led his troops to fight from left to right. After a day and night of fierce fighting, all the Hexi Qiang soldiers were killed.

January 23rd, noon.

The five men named Bai who guarded Bai Guangji died in battle one after another.

Bai Guangji was also injured in several places all over his body. The large amount of blood loss made his face look like gold paper, and his body on the horse was crumbling. If it weren't for the obsession in his heart to support him, he might have fallen together with the Hexi Qiang soldiers.

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This day in the Western Regions.

The blue color made it impossible to see any clouds, reminding him of the mountains and rivers of Feng Ling in his childhood hometown of Fufeng. While Bai Guangji was in a trance, a strong man's sword was raised high.

When he saw his strong soldiers beheading the last stubborn enemy chieftain, King Yuezhi and the Huns envoy Xumibuda burst out laughing at the same time.

Xumi Buda, the Huns envoy, has changed a lot in the past ten years. His beard and hair have also become paler, but his cunning is still the same as before.

Behind Dayuezhi's siege of the Hexi Qiang and Aries tribes was Xumi Buda. Under his persuasion, King Yuezhi seemed to have forgotten that the head of his ancestor was still being taken by the Huns.

This is a fact that makes people wet every day. The main reason for this is that the current King of the Moon Branch has a long blood relationship with the King of the Moon Branch who unfortunately died in the battle. Even their previous generation even fought bloody battles for the throne.

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A tribe with a large population and lack of protection from warriors is a coveted strong yellow sheep in the competition on the grassland.

Faced with this huge temptation, Yuezhi people can no longer restrain their greed.

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The world is vast.

The storm that swept through the northwest, after ravaging the wilderness of the Altai Mountains and Tianshan Mountains, continued to move south rapidly, and the entire Hexi County was soon shrouded in snow.

The Chinese New Year has just passed.

During this Spring Festival, the State of Qin for the first time legally designated the Spring Festival holiday as fifteen days. The long holiday also gave the famously rigorous Qin people a rare opportunity to relax.

The huge business opportunities in Chang'an have attracted profit-seeking merchants from the Western Regions, Wusun, Dayuan and other countries. Among them, there are even big Hu merchants like Wu Shiluo who have established themselves in the East Market early and have begun to expand their shops to Luoyang, Jixian, Handan and other places in Guandong.

At the same time, the Chiroute from Yongqi to Jincheng and Gaizang City was completed in November last year thanks to the day and night work of tens of thousands of Guandong prisoners of war. This made the eastern end of the Silk Road smoother. stand up.

To the east of Gaizang City.

A Qin army marched in the wind and snow, and the fierce-edged banner was rolled up by the strong wind, but the eyebrows of the sergeant holding the flag were dyed snow-white, but he remained stubborn. Hold on and lift the heavy bamboo basket high above your head.

"Great Qin——! This is King Wu's chariot!" A man from Guanzhong who had fled to the side of the road murmured in a low voice with a look of shock on his face.

"King Wu, why are you rushing so urgently in this heavy snow? Could it be that there is a big change in Hexi?" Hearing the exclamation of his companion, Hu Shang, who was accompanying him, had a change of heart.

"What happened to Brother Wushi?" asked the man from Guanzhong.

"Haha, it's just some speculation. There is no basis. We'd better go and get to the previous stop earlier, which is better than being frozen in this heavy snowstorm." Hu Shang, the bearded man, replied with a smile.

Hexi Corridor.

It is self-evident that the geographical location connecting Guanzhong and the Western Regions is important. However, in this winter, troops and horses in Hexi and Longxi where the Qin army was stationed were frequently mobilized. Does this indicate that Qin is preparing to fight with the Huns? If war breaks out in Hexi, the Hexi trade road may become blocked in a short period of time, and once the transportation of goods is blocked, the price will inevitably rise several times.

Hu Shang had a flexible business mind and thought of this level faster than his companions in Guanzhong. However, he obviously did not want to reveal this level of business knowledge that he had realized.

The merchants on the roadside were whispering to themselves, while the fast-moving Qin army had disappeared into the long wind and snow. In the spacious carriage covered with thick furs, King Wu Li Yuan squinted his eyes slightly, closed his eyes to rest, and returned the message. In planning, emergency military information from the Western Regions came one after another from Hexi.

The Dayuezhi people have joined forces with the Huns!

This unexpected change made Li Yuan's layout in the Western Regions suddenly difficult. Although the Yuezhi tribe was severely damaged by the Huns' attack, but who should they compare with? Compared with the Xiongnu and Da Qin, Yuezhi calculation It's nothing, but if compared with the countries in the Western Regions, Yue Zhi is a huge force.

Qin's allies in the Western Regions are mainly the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions headed by Loulan. However, most of these small countries are located in the oases south of the Tianshan Mountains. Some small countries such as Jingjue only have one city. If The Yuezhi people sent troops to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, and these small countries were afraid that they would not be able to resist.

In addition, after the battle between Hexi Qiang and Quanmo, Jin Xi finally woke up from the bloody lesson. She personally led more than 5,000 surviving Aries Guifang tribe warriors to break through the Yuezhi people's encirclement and interception, and on January 20th,

On the seventh day, we arrived at Dunhuang City, the westernmost border of Hexi County of Qin State.

After Jin Xi and other tribesmen arrived in Dunhuang, they did not directly enter the territory of Qin. Instead, they chose to stick to the Luobu Daze area between Loulan and Qin. Judging from their appearance, they should be still hesitating whether to enter Qin's territory.

When the Guirong Baiyang tribe was at its most powerful, with a total population of about one hundred thousand, it could be called a large tribe in the Altai Mountains and the Irtysh River Basin. There were more than fifty small tribes attached to it, and in

After this unprecedented disaster, not even a tenth of the tribe who returned with Jin Xi to the east was left. Among the 5,000 people, there were only about 600 healthy women, and there were only about 20 children under ten years old.

With the current situation of the Aries Tribe, it would be difficult not to mention restoring the strength of a powerful tribe and not being annexed. Jin Xi was also worried about how the Qin State would treat them. After all, no matter it was the previous Gui Fang,
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