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"Soldiers, there is something that Gui Lu has to explain to you."

"Back when I lost Shazhou, King Yueshi died bravely in battle. I always said that King Yueshi was injured by random arrows..."

"Actually, there is something else hidden!"

When the Yuezhi soldiers heard this, they were astonished, so they all widened their eyes and asked:

"Master Wan, what's the secret?"

Gui Lu sighed for a long time, and then said with a look of concern:

"You don't know what to expect."

"I'll pull out the feathered arrow that hurt King Yuezhi later, but it's a carved feather arrow!"

When the subordinates heard this, they all opened their mouths in shock.

They all know that the Qin army used goose feather arrows or even goose feather arrows, while carved feather arrows were only used by the Xiongnu and Yuezhi.

At that time, there were no Huns in Shazhou, so...

All the subordinates asked one after another:

"Master Wan, the one who hurt King Yuezhi is one of our own?"

"Who is this person? How dare you take advantage of the chaos and hurt my king!"

"If you find this person, you must cut him into pieces!"

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Chapter 496 The Wedding Dress

At this time, although the Yuezhi had a new king, many generals still missed the past when the Yuezhi was powerful, so when they heard that the Yuezhi king was hurt by his own people, they were all filled with righteous indignation.

Gui Lu sighed again. He didn't answer directly, but said:

"At that time, who led the soldiers and the king's cattle and sheep to escape from Shazhou?"

At this point, the generals understood:

"What Mr. Wan said is..."

"Hush and wait?"

Guilu replied:

"Who else could he be?"

"After that battle, the King's cattle and sheep were exhausted and he fled with them."

"Where do you know this person fled to?"

"It's the Lan's City not far from me!"

Now that all the soldiers were not willing to give up, they immediately asked for a fight to capture the traitor and ask for guilt.

Then GUI Lu took a group of soldiers and horses to the Lan's city to shout and curse.

This trick really worked.

It can even be said that the effect is surprisingly good, not only other people believe in the Qin army... at least the Yuezhi army came to capture the regicide Xundunxihou, and even many people in the Lan clan believed that it was Xidunxihou Killed King Yuezhi.

Because Xun Dunxihou did have the motive to kill King Yueshi.

One: At that time, the army was in chaos, no matter who killed King Yueshi, it could be blamed on the Qin army.

Second: If King Yuezhi is not killed, and King Yuezhi flees with his group, then the one who is now the king in Lanshi City will be King Yuezhi instead of Xidunxihou.

Third: King Yuezhi's cattle and sheep were indeed owned by Ji Dunxihou. It can be said that Xidun Xihou was the biggest beneficiary of King Yuezhi after his death.

For a moment, people in Lan's city were in panic, although they said nothing on the surface, they were discussing in private.

After a while, I don't know if this is Shen Bing's trick, or that Gui Lu was deceived by Shen Bing and misunderstood, and he has not seen the same clan of the Yue family for a long time, so he personally leads the troops out of the city to meet Gui Lu. Explain, hoping to clarify the truth and persuade Gui Lu to leave the Qin army and join the Lan family.

After a while, he never thought that Gui Lu was a sensible person from the beginning to the end, he was just pretending to be confused.

For a sensible person who pretends to be confused, how can he succeed in persuasion?

GUI Lu and Xun Dun Xihou were far away, and without saying a few words, they ordered the soldiers to attack.

At the same time, GUI Lu drew out his scimitar and rushed towards Xun Dun.

He was unprepared, and at the same time, he did not expect that the Yuezhi cavalry at this time would have such combat effectiveness... This is because the Yuezhi cavalry also changed into saddles and stirrups.

After a pause, he turned his horse's head and wanted to escape in shock. At the same time, two clever guards stepped up to the rear, one left and one right.

But how could this guard without harness be a match for Gui Lu, and as soon as Gui Lu drew his horse's head, he turned sideways to avoid a person... He could also control the direction of the horse when charging, which was almost impossible before. possible.

Then there was only a sound of "Keng", and when the two swords met, a personal guard was chopped off his horse by Gui Lu.

There was almost no suspense about this. Gui Lu with the harness could transmit the force from his hands to the saddle and stirrups, and he could maintain his balance, while his opponent was walking a tightrope, turning his hands to one side and falling off the horse.

Gui Lu kept on charging, and in the blink of an eye, he rushed behind Gideon Xihou, and chopped off Gideon Xihou, who had just started and hadn't had time to accelerate, under the horse with one blow.

Seeing this, the soldiers of the Yuezhi couldn't help but their morale was greatly boosted, shouting and charging forward.

None of the Lan's cavalry was equipped with harness, so they were no match for the Yue's cavalry in close combat. Bu was killed as soon as he fought, and fled to the city.

In the end, he was chased by the Yuezhi army and entered the city... So the Lanshi city was captured.

This was also unexpected by Shen Bing.

Originally, he sent the Yuezhi cavalry from Guilu to lead the battle just to do propaganda work.

Shen Bing was still calculating just now:

Although there are not many internal cavalry troops in the Lan family, there are only more than [-] people led by Xun Dunxihou.

However, there were more than [-] infantrymen in the original Great Xia... The tribes of the Great Xia were unified by a sudden change, and then they managed to operate in a sound and colorful manner, and their troops gradually became abundant.

In this way, it will take a few days to attack the Lan family with more than [-] people with more than [-] people from the Qin army.

Unexpectedly, when Shen Bing was thinking about how to besiege the Lan family, he heard Ren Jinzhang report:

"General, the Lan's City has fallen."

"Mr. Guilu Wan asked the general to receive it!"

Shen Bing was taken aback:

"What? The Lan's City has fallen?"

Ren said:

"That's right, Xun Dun Xihou has been beheaded by Mrs. Gui Lu Wan!"

Shen Bing was speechless for a moment.

What is the reason for fleeing from Shazhou to Lan's so hard, and operating in Lan's for a long time?

Is it for the purpose of handing Lan Shi over to Shen Bing?

This is too unfair.

But of course Shen Bing would not be polite, and the army marched towards Lan's City as soon as he gave an order.

Lan's houses are somewhat similar to those in the Western Regions, they are all earthen houses, but they prefer to paint the walls with white, which is quite glaring when the sun shines on them.

When Shen Bing led his troops into the city, the people of the Lan clan who wore black or white turbans on their heads knelt down to greet them.

Shen Bing was used to conquering so many cities, so he just rode his horse and walked in the middle, all the way to the imperial palace where he was stationed... It was actually just a few earthen houses.

This shows that Xun Dunxihou was not extravagant and devoted himself to the construction of the Lan family. He probably never thought that he would eventually make a wedding dress for Shen Bing.

Then take a count of the people and the army in Lan's city...

There are 20 people in 3 households, [-] troops, and more than [-] Yuezhi cavalry brought by Xun Dunxihou.

This also shows that the Lan clan does not have a large number of conscripts. Only 20 soldiers are recruited from [-] people, which is almost one out of seven, which is much less than the ratio of five out of five nomads.

Therefore, it should still focus on people's livelihood.

Thinking of Shen Bing felt a little pity, if this Xundun Xihou was still alive, he could continue to run the Lan family.

But think about it, Xun Dunxihou was loyal to the former Yueshi King, and he was afraid that he would end up against Daqin in the end, so it's better to die.

For this prisoner of the Lan family, Shen Bing felt that he could use it with confidence.

The first is the four thousand Yuezhi cavalry, they are actually in a state of confusion without knowing the truth.

The so-called "unknown truth" here means that they didn't know and were not sure whether Xun Dunxihou really killed the former Yuezhi king.

If yes, then they became rebels.

if not……

In fact, the latter is meaningless, so what else?

Can you still complain about the injustice for King Yueshi and Xun Dunxihou?

So he had to surrender Daqin to obey Guilu's command.

As for the [-] Great Xia soldiers...then there is no problem.

Xun Dunxihou These Yuezhi people are not of the same clan, neither are Gui Lu, nor are Shen Bing.

Anyway, they are not of the same clan, so whether Xun Dun Xihou, Gui Lu or Shen Bing will be their king... What's the difference?

So Shen Bing not only won the Lan's City, but also tens of thousands of soldiers, although the quality of these soldiers is not very good.

Chapter 497 Seleucid Empire

Although Shen Bing's excuse for attacking Lan's City was good, it still alarmed King Frates I of the Parthian Kingdom.

Phrates I was an aspiring king... It is an unchanging rule that a wise king emerges in troubled times, because if you are still a foolish king in troubled times, you will easily perish by the external environment instead of developing.

At this time, Anxi is in troubled times, and there is a lot of pressure.

The pressure came not from the nomads in the east, but from the Seleucid Empire in the west.

This Seleucid Empire is no longer a nomad, but a Macedonian.

This empire was established by Alexander the Great who conquered the Persian Empire. After Alexander's death, his territory was divided and his general Seleucid was established.

Therefore, the Seleucid Empire still retains the combat method of Alexander when it was dominated by infantry and attacked by a phalanx with super long spears.

This method of combat can be said to be the nemesis of nomadic cavalry, because no matter how brave the cavalry is, they will never be able to break through the ultra-long spear phalanx.

As a result, Anxi was defeated by the Seleucid Empire several times and was forced to pay tribute to it.

Phrates I was surprised when he heard that Lan's City changed hands overnight.

Because Frates I had dealt with the Lan family before, he knew that the cavalry from the east was not weak, and only a few thousand people defeated the tens of thousands of troops of the Great Xia and unified the Great Xia.

Because Phrates I had always planned to become independent from the Seleucid Empire... In fact, Anxi was already independent, but after independence, he was defeated by Seleucid, and he could only pay tribute and become his vassal state again.

Phrates I was unwilling to continue like this.

From the perspective of rest, if you want to fight against the Seleucid Empire in the west, you must unite with the nomads in the east.

Therefore, it maintains a good relationship with the Lan's City in the southeast and Dawan in the east... It is also in Anxi's interest that Daxia is unified into the Lan's City. It is natural for the alliance to fight against Seleucid. The family is better, but Daxia, who is fighting on his own, is muddy and cannot support the wall. If he wants to borrow some soldiers and food, he will have to quarrel for a long time inside.

In Frates I's view, the Lan family is likely to develop and grow in the next few years and become a powerful ally of Anxi.

However, suddenly, before Frates I could react, Lan's City actually changed hands?

Frates I hurriedly said to his subordinates:

"Go and find out, what is the origin of the new army?"

But one day the spies brought back news:

"Your Majesty, it is said that it is the original army from here."

"That is the country of silk. The silk that was sold to our country before came from this country!"

Just like when Shen Bing hadn't opened up the Hexi Corridor before, there were private business exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, business is usually ahead of the army.

The reason is simple. The army wants to fight with real swords and guns, but the businessmen exchange what they want and bring what the other party wants.