Gu Shiguo.

Its southeast leads to Dunhuang, its south leads to Loulan and Shanshan, its west leads to Yanqi, its northwest leads to Wusun, and its northeast leads to the Xiongnu. It is an important trading station on the Northern Silk Road.

Before the Dayuezhi people moved westward, Gushi was the territory of the Wusun tribe. The grassland along the northern slope of the Tianshan Mountains provided rich food for the cattle and sheep of the grassland people, which allowed their descendants to receive sufficient nutrition.

,Four years ago, the Dayuezhi people occupied Gushi from the Wusun people and regarded it as the residence of the royal court.

Four years later, the Qin army swept across the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains with thunderous force. The Dayuezhi people, who considered themselves the boss in the Western Regions, did not even have a decent battle, so they fled in panic to the Altai Mountains.

May.

The weather was gradually getting hotter, and all the troops who were encircling and annihilating the Dayue clan met in Gushi. In addition to the troops on the south and east routes, the king of Wusun, Kunmo Liejiaomi, represented the Wusun Kingdom.

The Wusun are also called Kunrong in Chinese historical records, and their king's name is Kunmo. This tribe used to be nomadic in the Dunhuang area on the west side of the Qilian River in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Died in the conflict between the Yuezhi people.

Liejiaomi was blamed for killing his father. The Wusun tribe once placed their hope of conquering the Dayue clan on the Huns. After all, the Huns were the most powerful force on the grassland. However, as the Dayue clan and the Xiongnu

Liejiaomi was disappointed with the close cooperation in dealing with the Aries tribe.

With no choice, Lie Jiaomi unexpectedly received a mission from the powerful eastern country Qin. The Qin envoy Lu Jia was very eloquent. It was his advice that rekindled the fire of revenge among the Wusun tribe.

, this time he sent troops, Liejiaomi not only had the purpose of revenge, he also wanted to establish a powerful country belonging to the Kunrong tribe in the vast area from Lake Ilk in the east to Hanhai in the west.

All armies gathered.

The equipment of the Qin army's sharp cavalry, as well as the superb tactical discipline displayed, shocked the Wusun people who were accustomed to being free and loose. After leaving Hexi for several years, they had repeatedly heard Hu merchants from the Western Regions talking about the power of Qin, but this time they really

What they saw was beyond their expectations.

A warrior in the military.

Gathering together in one place, in addition to drinking wine and eating meat, competing in strength and bravery is an inevitable choice.

This time, the Wusun tribe, the countries in the Western Regions, and the Qin Army's Hexi troops gathered together for a rare occasion. After many suggestions, a wrestling match began in the Gu Shi Kingdom.

Five warriors from each side competed in archery, equestrian skills, and the combat ability of a team of five. Of these three competitions, the first two mainly tested the individual soldiers' abilities, while the last one considered the battlefield.

Based on the tacit understanding of the group, if after three competitions, one of the parties wins two of them, then he will be the first to pursue and kill King Dayuezhi, and the other two failed armies will take on the task of covering it.

Liejiaomi was very satisfied with this arrangement. Horseback riding and archery were the strengths of the grassland people. The generals of the Western Regions countries did not have any objections. To be honest, they were more of a soy sauce player. Not only

This is because the coalition forces themselves are not strong, and also because they have their own plans within the coalition forces. If the warriors they send really win the first place, it will be difficult for other countries in the future. Therefore, the best result is to let

Da Qin and Wu Sun won the honor, and it was enough for them to finish third safely.

As for the Qin Army, Luo Jia had a stern and calm expression. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or unhappy. The Hexi Qin Army was a force he had formed by himself. No matter what event he competed in, Luo Jia would do it.

He felt that the officers and soldiers of the Qin army would not embarrass him, whether it was the Wusun or the Xiongnu, these were the opponents that the Qin army had to face.

Outside Gushi City.

On the open desert beach.

The three armies moved together, the flags were rolled up, and on a high platform built with poplar trees, a group of generals were lined up, but in the middle was a scribe who was about thirty years old.

This person is Lu Jia. Today he was recommended as the candidate to host the game.

The scribes in the army were naturally different from the rough men. Lu Jia wore a light fur coat and looked a bit like a knight with a light carriage and a horse. After enduring the wind, frost, snow and rain outside the Great Wall, his face gradually showed a little...

Mature and steady.

When the Qin State was first established, the lobbyists included Lu Jia, Kuai Che, Zhao Ping, Lou Jing and others. Among these people, Lu Jia had the most peculiar experience of returning to Qin. He was actually persuaded by Li Yuan when he was lobbying for Liu Bang, the king of Han.

He was forcibly detained and finally had to surrender to the Qin State. However, after he decided to serve the Qin State, Lu Jia's performance made people marvel at Li Yuan's ability to recognize people.

During his trip to South Vietnam two years ago, Lu Jia brought news about Zhao Tuo in Lingnan to the Qin State. At the same time, it also laid the foundation for the final reconciliation between the two countries. This time on his mission to Wusun, Lu Jia lived up to expectations. You must know that he

His opponent is the cunning Huns envoy Xumi Butong.

After Lu Jia sang aloud, the first archery competition began.

The Wusun tribe first sent out the three most proficient archers in the tribe. They were evaluated based on fixed target positions, moving target positions, and firing several arrows simultaneously. The final judge of this aspect of archery was

Li Zhongxiang, who is known as the Hexi Divine Arrow.

Not only the soldiers of the Western Regions were impressed by Li Zhongxiang's archery skills, Wusun Kunmo and other warriors also had to surrender after seeing Li Zhongxiang's extremely precise shooting skills.

The three members of the Wusun tribe used fixed and moving targets to fire all their arrows. In the last stage, the three arrows in a row ended the competition. As for the Western Region Allied Forces, Loulan, Khotan, and Shule each sent one

The warriors went into battle, but two arrows were missed each in the moving position and the volley position.

When it was the Qin army's turn to fight, Luo Jia smiled lightly, rolled up his flag, and summoned a small team. The team led the team to select three people to fight. Luo Jia's move made the young and energetic Wusun King Liejiao

Mi couldn't help but look angry.

"Qin, are you looking down on our Wusun warriors?" Lie Jiaomi shouted at Lu Jia. There was no way, Luo Jia couldn't understand his Wusun language, and Lu Jia had been in the Wusun tribe for several months.

You can probably understand what he means.

Lu Jia cast a questioning look at Luo Jia, who responded with a faint smile. Following the direction of his finger, the unknown Qin soldiers who went out to fight were already starting to compete. The arrows were fixed and moved at the target position, and the volleys were fired in the right direction.

The three soldiers of the Qin army used almost the same posture to fire five arrows in a row in a very short period of time. Although there were sporadic misses among them, this result had already surpassed that of the Wusun people.

Lie Jiaomi's face was a little ugly. He did not expect that in the most certain link, he would lose to the Qin people. In the next two competitions, one of riding, the Wusun people had superb skills, while the Qin people

However, they had advanced tools such as saddles and stirrups, and the two sides fought to a draw. As for the last team combat capability, the Wusun warriors, who were accustomed to individual soldiers and mounted warriors, only lasted for a quarter of an hour before the entire army was wiped out.

The competition is over.

In the final result, the Qin army won the victory, but the casual look on the faces of the small group of generals did not seem to be very exciting. Perhaps in their eyes, the Wusun people were not considered real opponents at all.

, if such a competition were held within the Qin army, it would be much more intense.

May 30th.

Luo Jia led a group of Qin cavalry to the north, while Wusun King Kunmo's tribe circled the Ili Valley and outflanked the Dayuezhi people who had fled in the Altai Mountains from the west.

Behind them, Li Zhongxiang led the Western Region Allied Forces to protect the retreat. At the same time, he also delivered necessary supplies and baggage to the Qin Army. As for the Wusun people, they did not need these. As long as they could find water sources, the wilderness grasslands were their supply locations.

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Khovd Lake.

The Royal Court of the Southern Huns.

The Yuezhi people's messengers came one after another, making Huyanxie extremely annoyed.

Hu Yanxie was not interested in the Yuezhi King's request for him to send troops to rescue him. Even if the Yuezhi King offered all his accumulated wealth, silk and jewelry, Hu Yanxie could not be tempted.

Take millet from the fire.

Huyanxie would not be that stupid. When the Yuezhi King agreed to attack the Aries tribe together with Maodun, he did not inform the Huyan tribe in advance. And those cattle and sheep people of the Aries tribe who were divided by the Yuezhi people,

I didn't see many people from the Yuezhi taking the initiative to send them. Now that a disaster is imminent, he is asked to Huyan tribe to block the angry Qin people. How is this possible?

The Yuezhi people are easy to get rid of. After all, the Huyan tribe has no friendship with them, and Xumibutong, the envoy of the Great Chanyu Maodun, has also been staying here. His purpose is different from that of the Yuezhi people. According to Maodun

According to instructions, the Huyan tribe must take advantage of the emptiness in the Qin State's Hexi area to mobilize all the forces in the tribe to cut the Qin State's transportation line into two sections.

Hu Yanxie hesitated.

To be honest, based on his experience in the last battle in Hexi, he had a vague feeling that the Qin army's conquest of Dayuezhi this time would not be so simple. It is obvious that the Hexi Corridor is the weakness of the Qin army. Such an obvious loophole is placed in the

Facing the situation, Hu Yanxie was worried that this would be another trap laid by the Qin army.

The Huyan tribe finally recovered a little strength by the shores of Lake Khovd. If they attack rashly and end up with the whole tribe wiped out like the Zhelan tribe did, then Huyanxie will be the sinner of the entire tribe.

"King Youxian, I have informed you of the Great Chanyu's orders in full. The Chanyu army has now assembled in Mobei. As long as you launch an attack here, our more than 200,000 warriors of the Great Huns will attack in mighty force.

Go all the way south and tear into pieces all the rammed earth walls set up by the Qin State——!" Xumi Butong persuaded.

"Mr. Sumeru, this is not because I, Huyanxie, did not obey the orders of the Great Chanyu. It is actually because my Huyan tribe's vitality has not recovered and our soldiers are exhausted. What if we are defeated again——!" How could Huyanxie be wrong?

"King You Xian, it is not too late to send out troops. The Great Chanyu has decided on a strategy. Before June 4th, King Xian's army must appear in the Yanqi Mountain area. If it is too late, then King Xian himself will be invited
Chapter completed!