However, ten days had passed, and the Qiang ghosts had not waited for reinforcements.
"Did the general encounter an ambush or did he not send any troops to rescue him?" Qiang Ghost looked at the empty eastern horizon from morning to night, but saw nothing.
He didn't know what he was expecting. He was worried that Xiexu would fall into a trap by sending people to help, and he was also afraid that they had been abandoned.
Therefore, Qiang ghosts are conflicted in their hearts.
And where did the Dunhuang reinforcements that were supposed to arrive within ten days go?
On the yellow sand road, a huge cavalry was marching hastily, and the general at the head was bookish, elegant and peaceful.
"General, are we lost?" The lieutenant general didn't know whether he should speak, but after leaving the last hanging spring, the general did not go north towards the established trade road to rush for reinforcements. Instead, he went all the way west and led the army to a place.
They are also unfamiliar with the place.
"Follow the flying birds and you won't go wrong!" Xiao Xudan was extremely calm.
"Do you know what I am famous for?" Xiao Xu saw the deputy general's serious look and spoke again.
"The battle of Guanyi, the capture of Xinzheng, and the siege of Daliang!" These three battles produced three famous generals.
The great talent in the world, today's emperor is far away; the rising star, the posture of a famous general, Wang Ben: the posture of a Confucian general, Xiao Xu!
This is a story well known to all the four counties of Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Jincheng and Zhangye.
"Then why do we have such a fight?" Xiao Xu continued to ask.
"Force Hezong to return to aid, save Qin, and disintegrate the Hezong alliance!" the deputy general continued to answer.
"So, we are not sure about the condition of the charioteer, but Qiang Gui is one of the youngest and best generals in the Qin Dynasty, and he was also my deputy general. I trust him!" Xiao Xu said seriously.
Among the three, the emperor used his troops with surprise, Wang Ben used his troops with courage, and he himself was good at defense, each with its own strengths.
Qiang ghosts have been with him for a long time, and are naturally good defenders. He believes that no matter what the situation is, relying on Cheshi Wangcheng, Qiang ghosts can defend it.
"General's plan?" The deputy general was still a little confused.
"Lop Nur! Loulan Royal City!" Xiao Xu said two place names in a dull voice. They had a guide who knew how to get to Loulan Royal City, but what he wanted was to attack Loulan Royal City by surprise, and what he wanted was for divine soldiers to descend from heaven and gods to descend to earth. Therefore,
Take a road no one has ever walked before.
Now is the season for migratory birds to return. Therefore, wherever the geese arrive, they are at Lop Nur. When Lop Nur arrives, is Loulan City still far away?
"Many people think that a famous general needs to be proficient in various military arts and tactics. In fact, it is not the case. A new trick can be used all over the world. Surrounding Wei and rescuing Zhao is very simple and very practical!" Xiao Xu continued to teach the generals under his command.
In fact, he has always only known one kind of tactics, which is to surround Wei and rescue Zhao, and attack those who must save them. This is true both on the battlefield and in strategy.
On the battlefield, he can quickly find the point that the opponent cares about the most, and then assemble heavy troops to destroy the opponent, forcing the enemy to save it, and then surround the point for reinforcements.
Strategically, he can also find a city that the enemy cares about, capture it, threaten it, force the enemy to return to defense, break the opponent's established strategy, and cause problems on the opponent's front.
It's the same now, go to rescue the driver?
There was no battlefield art. Apart from fighting to the death with the opponent's army that was several times larger than his own, he had no initiative at all.
This is not what he wants, so what he wants is to take the initiative on the battlefield into his own hands.
The most important thing is that he, like the Qiang ghosts, suspects that the other party will set up an ambush on the road. In that case, it will be difficult for them to rescue the driver.
Therefore, after leaving Xuanquanzhi, he led his army all the way west, bypassing all the cities in the Western Regions, and walked into the vast yellow sand Gobi and oases. Following the guidance of migratory birds, he headed for Lop Nur, this god-given lake, thus
Find Loulan Royal City!
The geese led the way, and five days later, a vast blue lake appeared in the eyes of the army.
Xiao Xu quickly got off his horse and ran to the edge of the lake. Without caring about anything else, he picked up a piece of water and put it into his mouth, and then spit it out.
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"General, we have already checked and found that the water in this lake is not drinkable, it is salty!" the deputy general said hurriedly.
However, Xiao Xu smiled happily, pointed at the big lake and shouted, "We are here! Lop Nur!"
The lieutenant general was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly understood that the emperor had said that the Loulan Royal City was set up next to Lop Nur, and Lop Nur was vast, blue and salty, just like the sea.
"Lop Nur!" The deputy general was also excited. In the past five days, they were also worried that there would be errors and deviations in guiding the geese. Therefore, although they said they were convinced, they were very panicked in their hearts.
"The entire army will camp and repair on the spot, and all the scouts will disperse to search for the Loulan Royal City!" Xiao Xu continued to order.
The scouts also started to move one after another and began to disperse along the river bank, looking for people. It would be best if they could catch a local to guide them.
The fact is that the wild geese are also accurate in guiding the way. The wild geese will look for the areas with the richest aquatic plants, fish and shrimp to live and reproduce, and the same goes for people.
Therefore, the shore of Lop Nur Lake where the army led by Xiao Xu arrived was only half a day's journey from the Loulan Royal City, just to the southwest of them.
"The whole army has been repairing all night, and will arrive at the Loulan Royal City at noon tomorrow and spend the night in the Loulan Royal City!" After Xiao Xu received the scout's report, he issued another military order.
The vanguard army goes first, leaving a guide and clearing the way for the army, waiting for the arrival of the army.
At noon the next day, when the Qin army appeared under Loulan City, the entire Loulan City was filled with fear and shock.
Their army went to attack Cheshi and Daqin. They thought that no matter how hard they tried, the war would not reach the royal city, and even if it did, it would not be so fast.
But now, the mighty black dragon is surrounding the royal city, and the number of guards they can use to resist it is actually less than a thousand!
"Attack the city!" After the army surrounded Loulan King's City, after a short period of repairs and preparation of siege equipment, Xiao Xu finally issued the order to attack the city.
Water dragons were connected one after another into Lop Nur. As the Qin warriors stepped on the wheels, the water lines reflected brilliant rainbows in the sun and shot towards the Loulan Royal City made of sand.
The originally indestructible royal city became soft under the water of the lake, and among the Qin army, siege hammer trucks made of iron skin also slowly rushed from the Qin army camp towards the place watered by the lake.
"Boom..." Under the fierce attack of the siege vehicles built by the Gongshu family's overbearing machine skills, the indestructible wall of Loulan City was dug into big holes with just three hammer blows.
"Kill!" Xiao Xu continued to issue the order.
This is the crushing of lower civilizations by higher civilizations. In every aspect, Great Qin crushed the countries in the Western Regions.
Prime Minister Loulan was confused. Every siege equipment of the Qin army was something they had never seen before, including water dragons and siege engines.
The city walls they relied on to resist the armies of the Western Regions were as useless as if they were made of water in front of the Qin army.
Xiao Xu also accomplished his set goal and led the Qin army to spend the night in the Loulan Royal City.