Hanhou

The doormen were buried properly, and the Xiongnu army took a short rest for half a day before continuing to march towards the edge of the desert.

Liu Ling lost his use value, and was not taken on horseback by Yi Zhixie, but thrown to a Wan Zhang at will.The latter picked her up from the ground, and threw her directly onto the horse's back like a cow or sheep.

The big rough hands wandered around her waist, and the greedy eyes made Liu Ling angry and disgusted, and even more uncontrollable fear.

"The old man of the Han family is really delicate." Wan Chang pulled off Liu Ling's cloak, and grabbed it with his big hands.On the snow-white and delicate shoulders and neck, large blue marks appeared soon.

Liu Ling bit his lip, suppressing the fear in his heart, forcing himself not to panic.

When the head of the Han family died and Yi Zhixie threw her under the horse, Liu Ling suddenly came to his senses. This is not the land of Han, and he is no longer the head of the Han family. Everything she relied on was followed. The death of the doorkeeper disappeared.

In the eyes of these Huns, she is just a more beautiful woman, whose value is far less than that of the dead disciples, and she is not worth mentioning at all.Can not provide more benefits to the Huns, she is no different from those captive slaves.

Even worse than slaves.

She took the initiative to deliver it to her door, pretending to be smart, and voluntarily put a rope on herself.

It's cruel, but it's an out-and-out reality.

Liu Ling is not stupid.

In the midst of anger and fear, she became more and more sober and understood her current situation.

If she hadn't deliberately fled to the Western Regions, if she hadn't decided to join the Xiongnu, if she hadn't left Border County, her brother wouldn't have died, and she wouldn't have ended up where she is today.

It's too late to regret it now.

Yi Zhi was obsessed with beauty, she tried her best, and there was still a possibility of turning over.The reality is, the other party didn't take her seriously at all, found that she was useless, and threw it to his subordinates at will without any hesitation.

What should she do?

Liu Ling bit his lip, suppressed the resentment and injustice in his heart, and began to seriously plan how he could survive and get rid of the fate of being a plaything and a slave.

The big hand on the waist suddenly exerted force, Liu Ling's heart shuddered, his eyes became complicated, and he finally made up his mind.

A white hand protruded from the cloak, covered the long chest of the Xiongnu, and gently touched the edge of the leather robe.The small chin was raised slightly, the corners of the lips were turned up, and the warm breath brushed over the rolling Adam's apple.

Resisting the disgusting body odor, Liu Ling smiled sweetly, causing Xiongnu Wanchang's throat to dry up for a while, and his big hands to be more forceful.

"set off!"

After finishing the rest, Yi Zhixie ordered to hurry up.

Walking out of this desert and crossing the border between Anxi and Daxia, you can completely get rid of the Han army.

The Huns mounted their horses one after another, tightened their leather robes and cloaks, and covered their mouths and noses with coarse cloth and animal skins to resist the oncoming sandstorm.

There is a large oasis on the edge of the desert, and beside the clear pond, date palm trees stand in patches.The head-shaped crown sways gently with the wind, and a large bunch of green fruits hang down from the crown.

There are five or six tents in the oasis, with a square bottom and a pointed roof, with obvious resting features, which are completely different from the Huns.

Stone piles were piled up beside the tent, and more than a dozen camels were tied to them.

Two black-skinned slaves with sarongs around their waists and curly hair and black beards were carrying rattan baskets to prepare food for the camels.Hearing the sound of rumbling horseshoes, he turned his head and saw the yellow sand rising all over the sky, his face changed drastically, and they shouted in panic.

They mistook the explorers for desert bandits, and immediately alerted the owner in the tent.

Hearing the cries of the slaves, seven or eight tall men in cloth robes and cloth towels on their heads walked out of the tent, holding bows and arrows and machetes in their hands, with extremely fierce expressions.

On the surface, they were businessmen walking between Anxi and Daxia, but in fact they used the cover of the merchants to spy on information for Anxi.

The Parthian Emperor Phrates II had just succeeded to the throne, and his majesty was no match for the old emperor. He was suppressed by his uncle and nobles who held real power.

The new emperor was eager to take power, and found that the old emperor's defeated Daxia was ready to move again. He accepted the advice of his close ministers and decided to launch a war abroad and draw more nobles to his side with the bonus of war.

In view of this, more and more royal spies pretended to be businessmen to spy on the information in Daxia and the rest of the aristocratic fiefs.

This caravan resting in the oasis is one of the intelligence teams who were born in the Royal Guards and loyal to Emperor Anxi.

They returned from Daxia, and they were supposed to return to the capital as soon as possible, but they were stopped by the sandstorm, so they could only take shelter in the oasis temporarily until the storm passed.

Unexpectedly, although Sha Feng escaped, he was delayed on the road and met a Hun cavalry.

Because it is pretending to be a caravan, it is natural to carry a lot of goods.Seeing the tents and wooden boxes in the oasis, the Huns cavalry reacted quickly, screaming strangely, and rushed up brandishing short knives, their intentions being self-evident.

More than a dozen Huns rangers lined up, let go of the reins while galloping, opened their bows, and aimed at the Parthians running towards the camels.

The latter tore off the cumbersome robe, revealing the leather armor hidden under the robe.When the sound of breaking wind came, he grabbed the trembling slave and blocked the flying bone arrows.Then he threw away the corpse, cut off the rope tied to the stone pile, jumped up and sat on the camel's back, waved the rein, raised the scimitar, and killed the Huns.

If Zhao Jia was present, he would be surprised.

The fighting methods of these Parthians are very similar to Ding Ling and Yuezhi's camel riding.It's just that the resting knights are used to using scimitars, not Ding Lingren's spears, nor Yuezhi's short knives and battle axes.

When the Parthians rushed over, the Huns realized that they were definitely not ordinary businessmen.

Reluctantly, the battle had already been provoked, and before they could figure it out, the Anxi people had already rushed forward.

Camels used in combat are as fast as war horses.In addition, the stature is taller, allowing the rest cavalry to be a bit higher than the enemy, and swing the scimitar condescendingly.

Replaced by the same number of Great Xia cavalry, they will never be the opponents of the Parthians.

Unfortunately, it was the Huns they encountered.

Even though they were defeated by the Han army and had to migrate westward, the Xiongnu's combat effectiveness was still strong.Not to mention a few camel riders, even if the number is doubled, they can still be overturned head-on.

Camels and war horses staggered past, machetes and short knives collided with each other, sparking dazzling sparks.

The Parthian cavalry's blade fell to the ground, and the waist and abdomen were pierced by the Huns' rangers. They screamed one after another and fell to the ground one after another.

The Xiongnu wanted to go west and find a place to settle down as soon as possible, so they had to learn more about the local conditions.According to Yi Zhixie's order, the rangers did not kill them all, but left two survivors, tied their hands and dragged behind the horse, turned around and returned to Yi Zhixie.

When the Xiongnu Rangers and Anxi Camel Riders clashed, the Han army led by Zhao Jia and Wei Yue was heading west along the river and arrived at the Shayan Group where the Huns had rested.

When the scouts were searching for clues, they happened to discover new soil under the sandstone and found the body of the doorman.

"General, they are Han Chinese!"

Wei Wu checked the clothes and hair bun of the doorman, turned over his hands and neck, and confirmed that he had been dragged by war horses and flogged before his death, which was obviously done by the Huns.He couldn't help clenching his teeth tightly, and his fingers cracked.

"Identification possible?"

Zhao Jia and Wei Yue got off their horses one after another, and walked to Shayan.

Wei Wu groped around the doorman's waist, and found a wooden sign on the inside of his belt, with the words Huainan Wangfu on it.

After receiving the wooden sign, Zhao Jia's expression moved slightly, and he turned to look at Wei Yue, wondering if the other party's guess was the same as his own.

"This matter is strange, we need to send a letter to Wuyuan County as soon as possible, and ask the local official temple to find out whether the tomb of the former Huainan Prince and Weng Zhu is still in the county." Wei Yue said.

Zhao Jia nodded, turned around and took the sheepskin from the horse's back, and handed it to Wei Yue.Wait for the other party to write a text message, wrap the wooden sign together, and send it back to Bianjun by Feiqi.

Because the army was fighting outside, they focused on destroying the Xiongnu, and Chang'an handled Liu Qian's death in a low-key manner. Zhao Jia and Wei Yue didn't know that the former Huainan prince was dead, and the whereabouts of the lord Liu Ling was unknown.

From the wooden sign they found, they could only infer that this person should be inseparable from the Huainan Palace.

Liu An has passed away. Before arresting the remnants of the rebellion, most of Huainan King's followers were eliminated.What is the identity of this person, what is his relationship with the Huainan Palace, and why he appeared here is still a mystery for the time being.

"Could it be him that the guiding sign that was discovered earlier?" Zhao Jia guessed.

If the guess is true, then there is a reasonable explanation for everything seen along the way and the death of this person.

This person mixed with the Xiongnu team and deliberately left marks along the way to guide the Han army.Accidentally discovered by the Huns, he was whipped, died of serious injuries, and was finally buried in the desert.

But one thing doesn't make sense.

It was really the Huns who did it. Why did they bury him instead of leaving him dead in the wilderness?

Are you worried about being discovered by the Han army?

Zuo Siyou couldn't figure out the answer, and the army wanted to continue to pursue him. They couldn't stay for too long, so they could only bury the disciple's body again, and sacrificed it with Han rituals to call out his soul.

"Wait until the triumphant return, and then send you back to your hometown."

"set off!"

The [-] Han riders got on their horses again, rode their horses and swung their whips to the sound of horns, and galloped westward.

The other army led by Cao Shi, Li Danghu and Han Yan received the map sent by Zhao Jia and was also speeding up, hoping to catch up with Yi Zhixie as soon as possible and wipe out the remnants of the Huns.

I don't know whether it should be said that they were unlucky, or that the tradition of "lost" came down in one continuous line. Li Danghu, who was a pioneer to explore the way, accidentally went astray halfway, took a long detour, passed through the nomadic area of ​​​​the Yuezhi, and went straight into Uganda. Sun boundary.

Knowing that tens of thousands of cavalry suddenly entered the country, and they looked like the legendary Han Dynasty army, from the Wusun King to the Wusun State Division, from the Wusun nobles to the ordinary people, they were panicked, their heads were covered with question marks, and their faces were covered with a smile. Capitalized stupid.

How could the Han army appear here?

There is absolutely no reason.

King Wusun summoned the general overnight and asked sharply what was going on, whether the troops guarding the border were dishonest and attacked the Han Dynasty caravan pretending to be bandits.

If this is not the case, there is no explanation at all. They are far apart, and there are large grasslands and deserts in between. What is the reason for these Han troops to travel long distances and rush into Wusun aggressively.

The more King Wusun thought about it, the more he felt it was possible, so he almost pointed at the general's nose and cursed.

The general was very aggrieved, but he couldn't refute.

It is true that the Wusun army has a long history of criminal convictions, and once they caught a lot of braids, they didn't have the confidence to speak at all.

With the blessing of previous convictions and scandals, Wusun Wangting took the initiative to introspect and search for evidence to stamp himself. It never occurred to him that the Han army was not here to find fault at all, but just misdirected and went the wrong way.