Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Not far ahead, we happened to meet a scout who came back to report the news.

"Marquis, a band of horse thieves was found in the valley four miles ahead. There are about ninety warriors and one hundred and seventy horses..."

"The terrain of the river valley is..." Then the scout described the terrain of the river valley and the horse thieves' defense in detail!

Zhao Guanghan said to his left and right: "It seems that these people should be the ones who attacked Yang Changshi!"

"Second and Third Sons, the horse thieves who attacked Yang Changshi are just ahead. It's time for you to make a contribution..."

The river valley is flat and people can escape from all sides. It is not difficult to defeat the horse thieves, but if you want to annihilate them all, you need to make a good arrangement.

Zhao Guanghan drew a sketch of a river valley on the ground.

Then he lowered his head and thought.

After a long time, he raised his head and gave the order, "Send orders to Zuo Guan's front team, this is so..."

"Call the right officer to the front team, so and so..."

"Send orders to the right officer's rear troops to build a camp..."

Zhao Guanghan immediately led his men and horses, with their titles and horses' hooves bound, into two teams and headed towards the valley where the horse thieves were located to outflank them.

Not long after, the two teams had successfully arrived at the attack position.

At this time, the horse thieves in the valley still knew nothing about it and were happily preparing dinner.

About half an hour later, the sound of chiming came to mind almost simultaneously from the north, east, and west.

This was the signal sent out after the outflanking Han army arrived at the target location.

The sound of chirping is also a signal of attack.

"Second and third sons, come in!"

Zhao Guanghan gave an order, and the Han cavalry rushed straight into the horse thieves' camp like tigers descending from the mountain.

Before the horse thieves in the valley could react, they were rushed into the camp by the Han cavalry.

The sudden attack completely confused the horse thieves.

It took a while to react, but they did not resist or run away, but fell to their knees one by one docilely.

"This is a horse thief!"

The Han army was also a little confused, and the reaction of the horse thieves was completely different from what was expected.

The Han army felt as if they had been preparing for a long time and used all their strength to punch the cotton.

There were so many horse thieves, but no one resisted or ran away. They just knelt on the ground with their heads touching the ground like an ostrich.

There is absolutely no fierce look that a horse thief should have.

"Tie them all up!"

After Zhao Guanghan thought for a moment, he still dealt with it in the usual way.

Soon these horse thieves were all strung together and tied together.

"Find their leader!"

Zhao Guanghan ordered

Soon a slightly better-dressed horse thief was brought to Zhao Guanghan.

Zhao Guanghan originally wanted to interrogate him, but he just knelt down docilely on the ground and babbled in a completely unfamiliar language.

What is even more strange is that the language this person speaks is actually different from that of other countries in the Western Regions.

Zhao Guang's translator in Han's army also couldn't understand their language.

Unwilling to give up, Zhao Guanghan found several more horse thieves for interrogation, and the results were the same.

"Marquis, how should we deal with these people?"

Zhao Guanghan pondered for a moment, "Let's take them on the road first, they are still useful!"

"promise!"

At this time, two other groups of Han troops had also arrived in the river valley.

The two conductors came over with depressed faces.

"The subordinates pay their respects to the military lord!"

Zhao Guanghan nodded, "Give me the order and go back to camp!"

The team headed towards the camp at the mouth of the Sancha River in a strange atmosphere.

The Han troops who had originally won the battle bowed their heads and remained silent.

On the contrary, the captured horse thieves seemed happier.

Half an hour later, Zhao Guanghan led the team back to Sanjikou.

At this time, the Han infantry had established a camp on a high ground near Qiemo River.

The fire-headed soldiers have also prepared hot meals.

After eating, Zhao Guanghan called all the officers in the army and above to his camp.

"Gentlemen, our mission this time is to occupy the Qiemo Kingdom..."

"Marquis, it's not difficult to occupy it, but I'm afraid it will cause panic among other countries, which will not be conducive to Silk Road trade?"

The one who spoke was Zhao Yi, who had already assumed the command of Zuo Guan.

"What Commander Zhao said is true, you need to have a famous teacher!"

Several other officers also agreed.

Zhao Guanghan laughed and said: "King Qiemo colluded with the horse thieves to attack the Han army. Is this reason enough?"

Zhao Yi was stunned: "The reason is enough, but we have no evidence!"

Zhao Guanghan smiled and said, "The evidence, isn't the evidence just outside?"

Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "The military lord is brilliant..."

At this time, Commander Han Ye, the right officer, also raised his hand and said, "The horse thief captured today is proof..."

Zhao Guanghan smiled with satisfaction and said, "Gentlemen, what crime should I face if the king colludes with horse thieves and attacks and kills Han officials?"

Han Ye was the first to speak out, "The former commander-in-chief once said... If a king is guilty of Han crimes, his head should be beheaded and hanged on the North Tower to express gratitude to the world!"

Zhao Yi also raised his hand and said, "Good, what Commander Han said is true!"

Zhao Guanghan laughed and said, "You guys have a good time to rest. We will be ready for the end of the war tomorrow!"

…

Seven days later, the Han army under Zhao Guanghan finally arrived at Qiemo City.

The arrival of the Han army caused a panic among the Qiemo people.

King Qiemo quickly ordered everyone to return to Qiemo City and immediately closed the city gate.

Qie Moren's reaction was already expected by Zhao Guanghan, so he didn't take it seriously.

Although not weak at all, the Han army still set up camp on a high ground three miles away from the city step by step.

…

In Qiemo City, King Qiemo was waiting anxiously in his palace.

Although it is called a palace, it is actually just a small courtyard with three entrances.

Although the palace is small, it is quite gorgeously decorated.

Qiemo is located on the South Silk Road, so although the country is small, it is not poor.

When King Qiemo was waiting impatiently, Qiemo Fu Guohou, Zuo Duwei and the chief translator finally arrived.

"How, can we find out clearly, which country's army is coming from outside the city?" King Qiemo asked eagerly.

The Marquis of Fuguo said, "Looking at the way they are dressed, they must be Han soldiers!"

King Qiemo was stunned, "Han Army! What are the Han Army doing here?"

All three of them shook their heads.

King Qiemo was full of doubts, "Is it really the Han army outside the city?"

The auxiliary prince said, "This is unknown. No one in the countries dares to pretend to be the Han army..."

At this time Captain Zuo said, "In my opinion, we still have to send people to negotiate with the people outside the city. We need to first find out the identity and purpose of the people outside the city..."

Having said this, everyone looked at Qie Mo, the only translator.

Although the translator was frightened, he was the only one in the country who knew Chinese, so he had no choice but to stand up under the gaze of everyone.

"Why don't I take people out of the city to find out..."

Qie Mo, Wang and the other three people immediately said, "Very good, very good...Then I will ask you, Chief Translator Lao..."

Half an hour later, a Qiemo man came to the Han army camp with three or four followers, holding jade in one hand and brocade in the other.

The person who came was none other than Na Qiemo, the translator.

"The translator from the lower country... I want to see the noble man from the upper country..."

When he heard that the Qiemo people had sent someone, Zhao Guanghan didn't care about himself and immediately had someone take him to his camp.
Chapter completed!