Going out of Dafei River and heading southwest, passing through the Jishi Mountain West, the clear sky suddenly became clear in front of me, and it was a plain grassland, endless.

The scout rewards, "The sea of ​​suffering is ahead."

The sea of ​​bitterness is actually just a very small lake, with bitter water. On Qin Lang's map, it is marked as Liemohai, and he himself added a pinyin annotation to Doucuo Lake next to it.

On the south side of the small Kuhai Lake, there is a small Tucheng, Wuhai City. This is the territory of the Wuhai tribe, one of the three kings of Tianzhu King of Tuyuhun, and it is also their pasture for winter. Every early winter, they would drive yaks, sheep and horses to spend the winter. It was not until summer in June of the following year that they moved to the pasture for summer and autumn.

This place is located on the west side of the Jishi Mountains, and it is warm from the leeward, especially the warm springs nearby.

It was already summer. The herdsmen were going to start preparing for the annual migration. Every household was busy at this time. There were too many things to prepare for transferring the pasture, which was equivalent to a big move. However, at this time this year, the yaks were still leisurely eating grass by the lake, and the sheep were slowly growing everywhere.

The young and strong men have been summoned to go to the expedition. There are only women and elderly and children left behind on the grassland. Some young women and teenagers also go to the expedition with their husbands and fathers. The remaining elderly and weak have to be driven out to grazed. The cows and sheep have to be squeezed out for grazing. The milk of cows and goats has to be squeezed three times a day, and the milk that is squeezed back has to be ghee. The weather is good and you have to go to the grassland to turn cow dung and carry the dried dung home. Even early, you have to carry water to the river far away.

The heavy burden suddenly hit the shoulders of the old and weak left behind. Fortunately, the king of Tianzhu has always been strong and almost every household has slaves.

Most of the slaves were mainly Han people, and some Xiao Qiang and Tubo people were also fighting with Han people. Most of the slaves were left at home to help with their work. Too much work could not be done, and the slaves were whipped from time to time.

Several Han slaves were shepherding sheep by the lake and quietly gathered together to chat.

"Have you heard that the Han family was defeated in Chishuiyuan."

"Where did you hear that the Han family won a great victory in Chishuiyuan?"

"It was true that he had won a battle before, and he won another battle later. He killed more than 8,000 damn traitors and captured tens of thousands of cattle and sheep. However, he underestimated the enemy and was surrounded in the Nuanquan River Valley. The commander of the army heard that they were two brothers surnamed Xue. They were defeated and almost lost five thousand men. Another general surnamed Cheng led 5,000 men to support him. As a result, he was defeated and fled all the way to Chishuiyuan. Now he is trapped on the wild horse platform. I am afraid he can't hold on for many days."

Several slaves asked in surprise, "How do you know so clearly?"

"I worked in the master's tent last night and happened to see his master's father coming home. He was injured in the hot spring valley and broke one of his arm, so he was sent back. He was drinking horse milk wine and bragging there that he was too much, and he also said that our Han army would be wiped out this time."

"I heard that the foreigners captured thousands of wounded soldiers, and many of them were rewarded to those foreign soldiers as slaves."

"Then why didn't we see prisoners coming?"

"The captives must be sent later."

Several Han slaves were silent for a moment. When they heard that the Han army went deeper, everyone thought they could be rescued. Unexpectedly, the Han army went deeper to attack Dangxiang and defeated Dangxiang tribes and surrendered them, they took the heads of Dangxiang tribes and some children, and rescued the Han slaves from the tribes and evacuated them.

In fact, Qin Qiong was already very close to them the last time, but he didn't come after all.

This time I heard that a Han army came, all of which had reached Chishuiyuan and had won a great victory. Everyone was secretly happy. The slaves quietly passed the news, but who knew it was defeated again.

These slaves fell into foreign lands for various reasons, most of them were looted due to war, and some were once border soldiers.

"Can we return to our hometown in our lives?"

Some people are depressed.

A stout man said, "It is certainly possible. The last time General Qin Qiong was able to sweep the Dangxiang and force the surrender to more than 300,000 people. What does this mean? It means that the Tang Dynasty is already very powerful. Even if it fails this time, it will soon conquer again. At that time, it will definitely defeat Chou Fan and save us Han people."

In the sea of ​​bitterness, a group of swans are playing, and a group of black-necked cranes are also playing in the water.

The green grasslands, green lakes, and blue sky and white clouds. After staying here for a long time, I gradually got used to the cold miasma here and even began to like the scenery here. However, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it is still a foreign land.

Every Han slave doesn't want to escape back at all times.

However, it is almost difficult to escape back to the Central Plains here. Many people have tried it, but none of them can escape back.

There is a dangerous gorge at the entrance of Kuhai Lake for dozens of miles south of Kuhai Lake, called Huashi Gorge. This canyon is named after the flower stones, but it is also a major transportation route and a must-pass place to the mouth of Dangxiang River. It is a crossroads, and there is also a gorge between two mountains and one gorge. Therefore, the Tucheng of the chief of the Wuhai tribe is actually located at the entrance of the gorge dozens of miles south of Kuhai.

Because this small town has become an important place for traders in a radius of hundreds of miles. In the past, many Han merchants also came to sell goods, and Tubo, Supi, and even Nipola merchants also traded to the Central Plains through here. Therefore, this small plateau town has become a rare city that has flourished all year round, unlike ordinary shepherds or lands, which have flowed impermanently in all seasons.

Under the night, a Tang army arrived quietly.

This group of people was led by Qin Lang. They set out from the north and rushed for 400 miles a long distance, killing all the way here.

Qin Lang’s goal is the Wuhai City, which stands against the Dahuashi Mountain.

After splitting troops with Chai Shao, Qin Lang led the elite central army to come here for a long distance, but Cheng Yaojin and others who did not go to rescue Yema Beach were also of deep meaning.

"Wuhai City is just a small city, built against the mountain, with a large earthen enclosure, similar to Fuqi City, but not that big, and there are not many soldiers in the city."

The scout reported to Qin Lang that all the young and strong men of Wuhai tribe went to Chishuiyuan with the King of Tianzhu. Originally, the only ones who stayed behind were old and weak. Although Wuhai City had a city, like Fuqi City, there were no real urban residents. The market inside only opened once every half a month. Only in the three days of the market would Wuhai be more lively.

Usually, the chief and his family live in it, which is equivalent to a luxurious shepherd's tent, earthen wall, and a more luxurious sheep pen.

More herders are still scattered around herding cattle and sheep, living by chasing water and grass.

This result was expected, but it still made everyone feel relieved.

As Han Jian ran along the way, he became more and more powerful, and everyone felt uncomfortable. If they met a strong city guarded by heavy troops, it would be a life-threatening death.

A simple arrangement was made and siegeed from all sides.

After lurking not far outside the city, taking a break and recovering some physical strength, the Tang army launched a surprise attack.

Xi Junmai and Changsun Chong led the Youyu Hou Army to lead the rush, while other armies led by Duan Zhixuan, Zhang Shigui and others also launched a raid.

Only the central army led by Qin Lang, as the general reserve team of the entire army, is also responsible for blocking and intercepting the escaped enemies.

Under the night, the tall exposed stone mountain appeared and appeared faintly.

The dog barked and the horse was neighing, and Wuhai City was in chaos.

In less than half an hour, Tang Jun took the small town.

No enemy who escaped the net escaped did not escape and stopped him here from Qin Lang.

Each division counted the results of the battle. There were only a few hundred people in the city. The resistance he encountered was very weak. He almost instantly took it down. He killed dozens of people in front and behind, and then captured the others and controlled the Tucheng.

The lights were on, and Qin Lang looked at the small earth city. The empty earth enclosure was divided into three parts: East and West City and West Inner City, and there were not many decent houses.

The captured population is also the weak and the weak, and I have not seen many young and strong people.

Tuoba Si'an, the younger brother of Tuoba Si'an, told Qin Lang that two hundred miles south of here was the Hekou Camp of their Dangxiang Tuoba family.

However, Qin Lang was not going to Dangxiang for this trip, so he didn't care much about this news.

He was playing with the red flower stones he picked up on the road in his hand, but his eyes were staring at the map in front of him.

"Let the brothers hurry up and take a break, have a good night's sleep after a full meal, and set off tomorrow morning."

Duan Zhixuan came here a few times, "Do you need to stay here?"

"Of course, otherwise why did I go so far? It's very important here." Qin Lang knocked on the location of Wuhai on the map. "This place is almost a big traffic road. I need a general to guard here. Duan and Zhang, who would you two want to stay?"

Neither of them wanted to stay in this small place, and they wanted to go to the Chishuiyuan battle even more.

"Why use a ox knife to kill a chicken?" Zhang Shigui did not hide his thoughts.

Duan Zhixuan didn't say anything.

Seeing this, Qin Lang turned his attention to other generals, Gao kid Gao Zhensheng and Xi Junbu. He was his confidant general, so he would be relieved to keep them.

"Shishuai, I'm willing to stay."

In the end, Gao Kan took the initiative to stand up.

Qin Lang nodded with satisfaction. He might not have a great chance of making contributions after staying, and those who are willing to stand up are still quite noble and honest. Qin Lang naturally likes such subordinates very much.

"Okay, then let Gao Kan stay in Wuhai City. I will help you with Tuoba Si'an, Changsun Chong, and Guo Zhizhao. I will give you three thousand men to stay here, Tuoba Si'an!"

"The last one will be there."

"You rushed back to the mouth of the river immediately and recruited troops from the Tuoba tribe to help the guards. I don't need you to recruit many troops, but you must be fast. How much can you bring back within three days, do you understand?"

Tuoba Sitou was excited and "I understand."

"The matter is done and there are many rewards. At that time, at least you will be the governor."

Tuoba Si's head immediately patted his chest and swore heavily, and at least three or five thousand men would have to bring back, otherwise he would unscrew his head and play the ball for Duke Wei.
Chapter completed!