Guo Wu and Pang Shuo each rode with 100 steps, defeated the two bandits respectively, and fought a beautiful counterattack in front of the Khotanese people.Biku was convinced by the people of Khotan, from the king of Khotan, down to the ordinary soldiers, and admired the combat effectiveness of the Han army.The king of Khotan was originally annoyed that Dongfang Shuo had given the beauties in his palace to the soldiers of the Han army, but now he didn't even object to a word.First they don't dare, then they don't want to.Listening to Liang Xiao's meaning, Guo Wu will sit in Khotan, and the safety of Khotan will depend on Guo Wu and the soldiers under his command, how dare he offend Guo Wu.Beauty is rare, but if there is no security, no matter how beautiful the beauty is, it is for others.As for those beauties, they had no objection to this arrangement, but were secretly happy.Beautiful women love heroes, and Khotanese people are no exception.Rather than staying in the Khotanese palace to entertain people with sound and sex, and leaving the palace in the future, it is better to take this opportunity to marry a Han warrior, although the material conditions will be relatively poor, but who can guarantee that the life in the palace can last for a long time.Just when the soldiers were waiting for the merit ranking, and the beauties were carefully groomed, waiting to be selected, Guo Wu made a suggestion to Liang Xiao: interrogate the prisoners overnight, determine the camp of the bandits, and prepare for continuous combat.Liang Xiao agreed, handed over the matter to Guo Wu, and asked the king of Khotan to cooperate.The king of Khotan breathed a sigh of relief, Liang Xiao finally saved him some face, and did not let him lose his dignity.He was very active in dispatching troops, cooperating with Guo Wu and interrogating the prisoners in the middle of the night.The mercenaries were familiar with this, and they quickly got the information they needed from the captives.At dawn, Guo Wu walked into Liang Xiao's tent and handed over a sketch of the marching route.Liang Xiao glanced at it and put the sketch aside."
I haven't slept all night, is the physical strength of the soldiers enough?"
"General, the Khotanese have not participated in the war, and there is no problem with their physical strength.The morale of our army is high, and it is appropriate to chase and fight fiercely with all our might, so as not to give the bandits a chance to breathe.The general has always been strict with us, isn't it just for this moment" Liang Xiao nodded with satisfaction."
Fight well, I'm here waiting for you to triumph.""
Whoa."
Guo Wu was overjoyed.If Liang Xiao doesn't fight, he will naturally not be lazy, but will give him the opportunity to be alone.He had waited so long for this day to finally arrive.He bowed."
Thank you, General.""
You deserve it."
Guo Wu said goodbye and turned around to leave the account.Guo Wu and the others hurried all the way, full of energy and vigorous steps, and they couldn't see that they had just stayed awake all night and experienced a vicious battle.The Khotanese soldiers who accompanied him were dumbfounded, and they couldn't believe their eyes.It's all the same people, why is there such a big gap.They just didn't sleep well in the middle of the night, and they felt sluggish, while the soldiers of the Han army didn't sleep all night, but they were more energetic than them.Enjoying the awe-inspiring gaze of the Khotanese soldiers, the morale of the Han soldiers was even stronger.Of course, they are tired, but for them, for the sake of a bigger victory, the tiredness is worth it.Half a year of hard training is just to cope with today's situation.They belong to Liang Xiao's guards battalion, and generally rarely participate in battles directly, but once they are needed to participate in the battle, it must be a bitter battle, in order to achieve victory, not only their martial arts are needed, but also their courage and tenacity, so Liang Xiao has always emphasized training, and even from time to time to carry out long-distance training without sleep for several days, just to hone their will and endurance.Having not slept all night was not a serious problem for them at all.A lot of times, it's just the beginning of training, and the tougher days are yet to come.More than 30 miles of mountain road, Guo Wu and others came out at dawn, and they just arrived when night fell.They came quickly, even faster than the bandits who were repulsed.The camp was peaceful, and the herders, mainly women and children, had already fed their animals, got into their tents, and were ready to sleep.Guo Wu and the others easily surrounded the entire camp, dragged everyone out of the tent, and drove them to the open space on the side.More than 10,000 people, wrapped in tattered leather jackets, stood in the cold night wind, shivering and watching in horror at these enemies who had fallen from the sky.This campsite has been deep into the snow-capped mountains, inaccessible, and it is difficult for outsiders to find it without locals leading the way.Since the enemy is coming, the men who went out to rob must be more than lucky.The old people sighed, the women were sad, and the children were frightened, helplessly waiting for their fate.Guo Wu grabbed the reins of his horse, glanced around, and called Khotanese general Haya."
Singled out the Khotanese people."
Haya answered, turned around and arranged for a few men, rode horses, rushed into the group of captives, and shouted loudly in Khotanese: "The Khotanese people come out, the Khotanese people come out, the king has sent us and the Han warriors to save you." ”There was a stir in the crowd, and several people walked out and gathered in front of Haye.Hayer counted them one by one and let them speak Khotanese.In half an hour, Haya singled out more than 3,000 Khotanese people, of whom more than 800 were half-grown teenagers who had not yet reached adulthood, and the rest were women.They provided an information that more than 500 Khotanese warriors were imprisoned in the mountains to do coolies.Guo Wu immediately asked Haya to arrange some people to follow the guide to rescue the Khotanese soldiers, and let the women among the Khotanese captives guard the captives, kill sheep and cook for the soldiers, and let the teenagers carry out the vigilance and feed the war horses.The Khotanese people were very excited to regain their freedom, and they obeyed Guo Wu's orders and were diligent.Soon, the water boiled, the mutton was cooked, and the soldiers feasted, feasted, and rested with Jia.The horses stood by the tents, eating their food.In the middle of the night, Haya returned, bringing back more than 400 Khotanese warriors.These warriors have been tortured a lot, and now that they have the opportunity to take revenge, they naturally can't ask for it.After a full meal, they took up arms and asked to take part in the battle.Guo Wu agreed to their request, but forced them to rest.The task of vigilance has been given to the teenagers, and they should hurry up to recover their strength and wait for the battle after dawn.The mountain road is so difficult to walk, those defeated bandits do not know that their lair has been lost, they will not risk rushing at night, and the battle will begin after dawn.Guo Wu was experienced, and things were as he expected, and at dawn the next day, after the sun shone into the camp, the defeated bandits returned to the camp in 6 years.What awaited them was the wrath of the Khotanese people, especially the warriors who had been brutally tortured, and when they saw those bandits, they shouted wildly, and they couldn't stop screaming.Fortunately, the bandits didn't have any formation to speak of, seeing Guo Wu's battle flag, and seeing the Han knights with bright armor and murderous spirit, they were already in chaos.Some people want to escape, while others can't let go of their families and just want to fight.Battle 66 continues to unfold, and bandits continue to return and join the battle.Guo Wu was methodical and firmly controlled the pace of the battle.He put Haya in command of the Khotanese soldiers, supplemented by warriors and women among the Khotanese captives, while he himself waited for an opportunity to attack with elite cavalry, disrupting the bandits' deployments and crushing their counterattacks.Under the command of Guo Wu, the Khotanese soldiers worked together to fight for a day, killing more than 300 bandits.The bandits collapsed.They failed to sneak attack, but were beaten by the Han army, and they wanted to return to the camp to take a breath and recuperate from their injuries, but they didn't expect the nest to be taken away.Now they have lost their homes and have nowhere to go, their wives and children have become captives, and all their possessions, including those looted from Khotan, have become trophies of war.Fight, not an opponent.Escape, it is difficult to find food in the mountains, and you may freeze and starve to death at any time.They had no other option but to surrender.The bandits decided to surrender, but they made one demand: to surrender to the Han army, not to the Khotanese.It was the Han army that defeated them, not the Khotanese people.Haye felt very shameless, but he had no choice but to agree.Guo Wu stayed in the mountains for another day, collected more than 200 bandits, plus their families, a total of more than 8,300 people, took all their property, and spent two days walking out of the mountains and returning to the lakeside.Liang Xiao was very satisfied, and the king of Khotan was also very happy.In any case, the difficulties he faced were finally alleviated by recovering the stolen property.The matter was resolved, Liang Xiao fulfilled his promise and rewarded the more than 30 Khotanese beauties to the meritorious soldiers that night.Guo Wu and Pang Shuo each had two, and the remaining twenty-eight soldiers were divided according to the merit book, Guo Wu's subordinates had more beheadings, and they got seventeen beauties, and Pang Shuo's subordinates got eleven.Liang Xiao asked these Khotanese beauties to put on brocade clothes, step on war horses, and accompany their masters, like shadows.For a time, the thirty warriors led by Guo Wu and Pang Shuo became the focus of attention, and in front of the tent of the Han army, enthusiastic and hot singing would sound from time to time.If it weren't for the fact that the Khotanese beauties were outstanding in terms of appearance and singing and dancing, it is estimated that the corner of the tent would have been torn by the enthusiastic girls.Two days later, Liang Xiao and others returned to Xicheng, the capital of Khotan.Here, they were greeted more warmly, the king of Khotan had already sent the news in advance, all the Khotanese magnates, including the queen, all went out of the city to greet them, and the banks of the Moyu River were crowded, more enthusiastic than the water in the Moyu River.Guo Wu and Haye, as representatives of the soldiers of Khotan, walked in the front, Liang Xiao walked in the middle because of the company of the king of Khotan and Dongfang Shuo, and thousands of prisoners and nearly a thousand carts loaded with booty walked at the back of the team.The vast army of captives is shocking, the entire Khotanese country is only 20,000 people, and these captives are close to 10,000, which is really not a few.For a time, the myth of the invincibility of the Han army spread far and wide.Dongfang Shuo further contributed to the fire, he wrote a new song describing the battle, and asked Ma Rong to translate it into local sayings, accompanied by music, and teach people to sing it.He also found Huang Fuqi and asked him to arrange for the accompanying businessmen to learn to sing.Merchants have a lonely journey, singing and dancing are necessary skills to relieve boredom, so that they can learn to sing, and these songs can be spread to all directions as soon as possible.Under Dongfang Shuo's arrangement, Huang Fuqi rushed to Shache and Shule with a caravan.While waiting for Tie Hua to leave to see him, Liang Xiao was not idle.Together with Dongfang Shuo, Ma Rong and others, he traveled all over the surrounding areas of Khotan.After carefully surveying the terrain, Liang Xiao ordered people to summon the kings of Jingjue, Qule, and Humi to Khotan for a meeting.At the meeting, he put forward a request: to transform the water conservancy system of Khotan and the exquisite countries, open up the water sources of the surrounding countries, and form a larger alliance, which will jointly support the Han army guarding the town.The kings of Khotan were puzzled, and Liang Xiao immediately asked Ma Rong to give further explanations.Ma Rong first put up a map, a map of Khotan in the east and Khotan in the west, which marked the location of several important rivers and oases.As can be seen from the map, several rivers eventually disappeared into the desert, among which the Moyu River and the Baiyu River, which flow through Khotan, merge to form the Khotanese River, which can pass through the desert in summer and join the Green Ridge River.Most of the water disappeared into the desert and steamed away.Of course, there are people in the desert, but there are very few people, and most of the population is concentrated in the oasis at the foot of the South Mountain, and the more water there is, the larger the area of the oasis, and the more people can be supported.If the water flowing into the desert were harnessed, it was initially estimated that the size of the oasis could be doubled, and several oasis states could be joined together, with a total population of 100,000.With a population of 100,000, it is definitely a big country for the Nanshan countries, and no one can compare with it.Even in the Tianshan countries north of the desert, only Wusun has a population of more than 100,000, and the population of Qiuzi, the second largest country, is only more than 70,000.The king of Khotan and the king of Humi were heartbroken.They are the two strongest countries in this region, and they are also the two countries that suffered the most damage in the Battle of Wolf Valley, and if they want to keep their existing position, they can only rely on the protection of the Han army.Once these countries are united, and the Han army is stationed here, they are the indispensable right-hand men of the Han army, and the benefits that the Han people can give, of course, they will also have priority in benefiting.It didn't take much to say that Liang Xiao's proposal was approved.The kings decided to take advantage of the winter to gather their people, and under the guidance of the Han people, they carried out water conservancy transformation, diverted several large rivers flowing into the desert, and took the opportunity to replan the fields and make the most of every drop of water.Liang Xiao handed over the matter to Guo Wu and Ma Rong.Guo Wu will be the guard here, and he needs to take this opportunity to get acquainted with the soldiers of various countries.Ma Rong is proficient in surveying and mapping, and it would be best for him to preside over the water conservancy transformation.Everything unfolded in an orderly manner, and a large-scale production movement that changed the world was in full swing under the command of the Han people.Yarkand City.Tie Huali stood in a corner of the market with a few guards, looking at the girl who was playing the pipa and singing a moving song, her eyes were cold.This girl sings a new song, called The Hero of the Han Family Comes to the Western Regions, telling the story of the Han warriors with Liang Xiao as the big bandit.The story is very long, and it takes time to have a banquet when all of them are sung, but the story is very tortuous and moving, and the audience likes to listen to it.When Tie Huali heard the news and rushed to check, the invincible record of the heroes of the Han family was already known to everyone.Tie Huali was very angry, but he was very helpless.He knew that he had lost a move and was preempted by Liang Xiao.Under the guidance of a personal guard, Huangfu Qi walked quickly in front of Tie Huali, arched his hand, and said with a smile: "The captains beckon, I don't know what to advise." ”Tie Hua Liqiang laughed twice: "Please sir, I want to inquire about General Liang's itinerary: