Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2922 Thousands of people disappeared, looking at the snow in Tianshan Mountain

Fei Qian said that there must be thieves within three days, because the thieves hiding in the surrounding area cannot store too much water. In fact, the third day did not arrive at all. When they were on the sand dunes, countless black heads popped out of the sand dunes.

This made Xu Chu think that so many thieves came here because of the fall of Xihai City, but after the battle, Xu Chu discovered that it was not at all, because these thieves were ordinary herdsmen, or ordinary horse thieves and sand thieves. After all, whether you know martial arts or not, whether you have been trained for a long time, you can't tell it on the surface, but the difference is naturally very clear after a fight.

As long as Fei Qian was in a safe position, Xu Chu could let go and fight.

After Fei dives, it is the rear camp of supplies.

The craftsmen stared wide-eyed at the front, their heads were sweating, and they were extremely nervous. Compared with the craftsmen, the soldiers under Fei Qian's command were very calm, and even moved slowly, which made the craftsmen anxious.

Take the arrow slowly, aim slowly, and then shoot it slowly...

Fighting at night requires bows and crossbows.

The rockets used for lighting were shot onto the sand dunes, making it impossible for the thieves attacking on the sand dunes to hide their whereabouts. Even if some thieves stepped on those rockets, it was too late. Arrows followed suit.

Following the sound of screams, these thieves, who looked like groundhogs coming out of the sand, uttered what might be the last roar in their lives, and collided with the heavy guards led by Xu Chu without thinking about their own safety. Together.

This made Fei Qian, who was watching the battle from the back line, feel that he should admire his courage...

Maybe it's because Fei Qian's location is the most obvious, or the sand bandits also know how to behead, or some other reason. Nearly half of these sand bandits came for Fei Qian. Like a wall of steel, his head is bleeding.

After Xu Chu chopped down more than a dozen people in a row, he put away his sword and stood behind the soldiers in the front row.

The thieves' tactics are simple.

The sand bandits lurking in the sand are to disrupt the queue, while the horse bandits hidden in the depths wait for the impact of the sand bandits to spread, then deepen the damage, and then attack the entire army commanded by Fei Qian. However, the sand bandits did not complete their task, neither did they consume much physical strength of Fei Qian and others, nor did they last until the horse bandits came.

After killing these sand thieves, and only a few sand thieves fled into the black sand dunes, Xu Chu and the others even had time to sit down and take a breath, alternately those who were accidentally injured, and asked them to clean up quickly. Disinfect and bandage the wound with spirits, and you can eat and drink some water to restore your strength...

When dawn was approaching, when the blackness in the sky gradually turned to blue-gray, an obvious black line appeared on the Gobi Desert.

Xu Chu got on his horse and shouted loudly, "Enemy attack!"southwest!Line up!Ready to strike! 』

The horse thieves came very quickly, but they also slowed down very quickly, perhaps because they found that Fei Qian's queue was not chaotic at all, which was completely different from what they expected...

The horse thief hesitated, and the formation naturally became chaotic.

Seeing this, Xu Chu immediately gave the order to attack, which completely lost all suspense in this battle.

When the cavalry gave up speed, it was equivalent to giving up victory.

The horse thieves broke up quickly, and even fled faster than they came.

After Xu Chu chased and killed those horse thieves, Fei Qian stopped paying attention to the situation of the battle, but went to the camp to watch the injured wretches.Most of these guys are being washed by the doctor with spirits, screaming in pain.

"Wash twice more." Not only did Fei Qian not arouse compassion because of the screams of these people, but he further asked the doctor to be stricter, "In addition to avoiding the wound from being contaminated with sand, you must also be careful of these thieves." Poison was fed to the blade...』

Immediately the doctor's expression became serious, not only pawing the wounds of the wounded with more heavy hands, but also verbally cursing these unlucky bastards, "Huqi told you to be careful a long time ago. You forgot, didn't you?Stretch out your hooves and pull them yourself!If you scream again and again, just use your own cloth to cover your mouth! 』

Fei Qian wandered around, but found no serious injuries, that is to say, as long as these people survived the level of the wound, then basically there will be no problems in the future.

It also means that the last resort of the coalition forces in the Western Regions has failed.

This is in line with the conclusion that Fei Qian and Jia Xu negotiated, and also in line with Fei Qian's own guess about the Western Regions.

Before Lu Bu wiped out the line from Xihai City to Yumen Pass, it appeared that there were no horse thieves, but in fact it was just like pouring boiling water on an ant-exit site, and the horse thieves were not actually wiped out.

A very important reason for the uneven development of regions is the difference in geographical environment, rather than the biological differences of human beings themselves.The geographical environment of different regions affects the production activities of ethnic groups in different regions. The differences in ethnicity between the Western Regions, Guanzhong, and Shandong are also the differences caused by production activities.Therefore, it is impossible to be completely effective in dealing with these people in the Western Regions by using the methods of exterminating bandits in Guanzhong or Shandong. Have all these sand thieves and horse thieves been cleaned up?

In Fei Qian's view, the entire change of the Western Regions will take at least ten years, otherwise it is impossible to truly incorporate the Western Regions into the territory of the Han Dynasty, and in this process, it is necessary to compare the methods of educating the Southern Huns It needs to be more meticulous to filter and sieve again and again, and finally get real gold.

The "traditional" strategy, of course, is immigration.

Maybe wait for 30 to 50 years, or even [-] to [-] years, when the population of the Central Plains expands to the point that it cannot accommodate the population, the benefits of immigration will outweigh the disadvantages. For example, in the current situation of insufficient manpower and labor shortage in Chang'an, it is possible to Wouldn't it be better to use a portion of the manpower of the Western Regions than to use a portion of the strength of the big man himself?

Xu Chu did not chase the horse thief desperately, but came back after a while, and when Xu Chu came back, the sun had just emerged from the horizon to represent the strong forehead.

"According to my lord's order, destroy their water storage..." Xu Chu gestured to the water bladders hanging on the horse's buttocks, "However, there may be other places where the horse thieves hide water, and they cannot be completely removed. 』

Fei Qian waved his hands and said, "The water may not be clean, it can be used for washing as much as possible."The water bag was replaced with newly filtered water and placed in the rear camp.Can there be a live catch? 』

Xu Chu nodded, and then asked again: "Most of the offenders have no armor... this decapitation..."

Fei Qian pondered for a while, "One out of ten strategies. 』

Xu Chu was overjoyed, and immediately announced the matter, which caused a burst of cheers from the soldiers.

Normally speaking, only those with armor can be regarded as serious decapitation achievements, and those without armor are not counted at all.It's like opening a card pack, decapitation is like a legendary level, and ordinary thieves without armor can only be regarded as blue sky and white clouds.

Therefore, most of the time, being able to count as an ordinary decapitation skill already makes the pawn very comfortable.

And the real top beheading skill is like Guan Yu beheading Yan Liang, when the enemy takes off his clothes in embarrassment among thousands of armies, it is an uproar, golden legend...

But the following news is not so "legendary".

Because among the corpses left by sand robbers and horse thieves, a bald donkey was found, and it was also a painted bald donkey.

Alive.

Maybe it shouldn't be called bald donkey, because this is a pet name given to internal Buddhist monks by the Chinese people, and for this kind of monks, they should be called fan monks.

When Fan Monk was discovered, he was crushed by several corpses that looked like guards. Maybe he passed out when he fell, or maybe he was fainted by those guards. Anyway, when he started to clean the battlefield, this monk If I didn't wake up, of course I didn't have time to run.

Seeing his appearance, the soldiers knew that he was an important person without saying much, so they tied him up immediately and sent them to Fei Qian.

It's also strange, this monk struggled endlessly at first, but when he came to Fei Qian, he calmed down, looking deeply at Fei Qian with his eyes, as if he wanted to engrave Fei Qian's appearance deep in his mind, and It doesn't feel like much hatred, just full of curiosity and doubts.

Fei Qian looked at the pattern on the fan monk's chest and back, and a name jumped out in his heart, primitive shaman, or they call themselves "Benz", and their code name is...

Fei Qian forgot what the word should be called, so he reached out and pulled out the sword from the guard beside him.

The fan monk looked calm, as if the shiny sword didn't exist at all.He knelt on the ground, but straightened his back as much as he could, raised his head, and looked at Fei Qian, neither sad nor happy.

"interesting. ’ Fei Qian didn’t cut down the monk with a war knife, but drew two stacked “Swastikas” on the ground, and then looked at the monk’s trembling body, and asked in the language of the Huns, ‘Do you know this? 』

The monk did not respond.

"Do you know how to speak Xianbei dialect? 』Fei Qian switched to Xianbei language.

The monk still didn't respond.

"Tsk..." Fei Qian finally said in Qiang language, "Can you speak Qiang language?"If I don't understand anymore, I can't help it. 』

Fan Seng looked up at Fei Qian: "Qiang language...I, I know a little bit. 』

"very good. Fei Qian turned around and sat down, looking into the eyes of Fan Seng, "Let's play a game, from now on, neither you nor I can lie, I'll ask you questions, if you can answer, it's your turn to ask me , If you can’t answer, or can’t speak, then I will continue to ask the next question until you can answer, and it will be you who ask the question.Answer, ask, can't answer, can't ask, and lying is the end of the game.understand? 』

"Is this the first question?My answer is, yes. Fan Seng smiled slightly, his eyes shone with the brilliance of intelligent beings, "Now it's my turn to ask questions, right? 』

Fan Seng deliberately caught Fei Qian with a small loophole, and gave Fei Qian another one.

Fei Qian laughed, "That's right.Well, you belong to this sect, don't you? 』

Fei Qian pointed to the two "Swastika" symbols stacked together on the ground.

The monk nodded, then shook his head again, "It was before, but now we believe in Buddhism."Are you the Master Simingfei of the Five Gods? 』

Fei Qian hummed, "It should be me.Are you the one who poisoned the water? 』

"Yes. Fan Monk's eyes were full of light seeking answers, "Did you not drink the water here?" 』

Fei Qian smiled, "Drink it."you……"

Fei Qian had just spoken halfway, before he had time to ask, the fan monk became angry, "You are lying!"None of you are poisoned!You didn't drink! 』

"Take him to have a look. 』Fei Qian ignored the furious fan monk, and motioned for the guards to escort the fan monk to the filtering and cleaning equipment next to the water source.

Soon, Fan Seng was looking around, and even saw with his own eyes a soldier installed filtered water, his expression was completely sluggish, as if half of his soul had been taken away in an instant, and he returned to Feiqian again. After being depressed for a long time in front of him, he raised his head and said to Fei Qian: "Please tell me why I can detoxify...I can exchange everything you want to know..."

Fei Qian was silent for a moment, then nodded, "Using cloth, sand, sawdust, charcoal, etc., compact it in multiple layers, with wooden boards as intervals, and add lime to the filtered water to detoxify. That's it." 』

Fei Qian didn't go into details, and even intentionally or unintentionally left out the very important heating link, but this still shows that the current fan monks thought it was a great method, but it has no effect on the Han people.

The light in Fan Monk's eyes gradually disappeared, and finally he lowered his head.

Fei Qian stood up and motioned to the guards, "Ask how they got here, whether they have a means of contact, and whether they have any plans for the follow-up..."

The guards took orders and took the monks to the side for interrogation.

Fei Qian stood with his hands behind his back, looked in the direction of Xihai City, pondered for a long time and said, "We need to speed up." 』

Xu Chu glanced at the monk, and then asked: "My lord's intention is that this monk is actually the last resort of the Western Region coalition forces. After the Western Region coalition forces know that this method is ineffective, it is... oh, so the Western Region coalition forces are really good." Damn it!He even used the West Sea as bait!In fact, it is to plot against the lord! 』

"Why should Zhongkang be angry?In battle, the only matter is life and death. Fei Qian laughed, "If my predictions are correct, there must be someone out there contacting the monks. Seeing that it is not good, they immediately fled... I am worried that the Western Regions will collapse soon... It seems like they are scattered. Fleeing to every corner of the Western Regions like a bug...』

The Allied Forces of the Western Regions used Xihai City as bait, so why didn't Fei Qian also use the Western Regions as bait?

War itself is full of crimes, and the only criterion for distinguishing right from wrong is to see where the butt is.

If it is hung on a tree, it can't reach the sky or the ground, then there is no way...

Xu Chu frowned, then turned to look at the place where the monk was.

"If we are poisoned, then the Allied Forces of the Western Regions will come aggressively, taking advantage of our weakness..." Fei Qian laughed, "It's a pity I didn't think of this earlier, otherwise people would have to pretend... It's a bit troublesome now...」

Fei Qian said so, but in fact it is very troublesome to pretend to be poisoned, unless Fei Qian can spare some lives and let these people really drink the water directly...

In fact, for human beings, water is not the most terrifying way for disease to spread, but the characteristics of the Western Regions make water sources a rare thing, so naturally more attention is paid to this aspect.

After a while, the guards came to report, and it turned out to be similar to what Fei Qian had predicted. In addition to these troops of the fan monks, there was also a small group of troops. After being poisoned, he has already escaped...

"Pass down the order, the cavalry and infantry will branch," Fei Qian said in a deep voice, "the infantry will escort the craftsmen's luggage and move slowly according to the original plan... What about the cavalry, Zhongkang led two thousand as the front, and a certain Tong Yu as the rear, heading straight to the West Sea city! 』

Xu Chu can lead the army, and then the soldiers will act immediately, preparing to prepare, and lining up.

The monk looked at it, suddenly burst into laughter, and yelled something, but it should be his own original language, which he couldn't understand at all.

Fei Qian walked up to the fan monk and asked, "Why, are you making fun of us for being late?"Don't worry, although it may not be possible to contain all the people, some important people can still be caught.For example... Busen? 』

When Fei Qian said the word Busen, the smile on that monk's original face froze for a moment, and then he forced himself to say: "General, you are wrong, our leader is Taxa..."

"No. Fei Qian shook his head and smiled, "You lied."you lose.Before killing Busen, I will let someone tell him that it was you who informed him, and let him curse you... Then we can know whether the power you believe in has any effect... Are you ready to choose to accept it? Which result? 』

If the Buddhist monk is really dead, it proves that the Buddha can be deceived. If the Buddhist monk does not die, it can also be used to prove that the Buddha's curse is useless.

Fan Monk seemed to understand this problem, and struggled angrily, but was immediately pushed down to the ground, like a dying fish twitching, and after a while, he howled and hit the ground with his head There was no more brilliance in his eyes, only a blank despair remained in his eyes.

"If one day you don't hold a sharp blade, you can make him happy with one word, and sad with one word..." Fei Qian said slowly, "It can be called a good command..."

"Without a sharp blade? ’ Xu Chu asked, ‘It’s better to hold it. 』

Fei Qian smiled and said, "But you have to hide the blade behind your back, otherwise you'll have to fight here for a hundred years!" 』

"century? ’ Xu Chu raised his eyebrows and said, ‘My lord, don’t be joking, this area of ​​the Western Regions can be completely wiped out in ten years at most! 』

Fei Qian glanced at Xu Chu, "Then Zhongkang thinks we have ten years to spend here?" 』

"Uh... this..." Xu Chu froze for a moment, then lowered his head with his hands folded, "I'm subordinate to Meng Lang. 』

"No problem. Fei Qian waved his hand and said, "Not only must we think more and know more than these people, but we must continue to do so... Otherwise, they will not despair and surrender.Marching into the Western Regions was not to show how powerful the Han Dynasty was, but to let all Han people learn from the Western Regions and know that if they fall behind, they will be beaten. 』

Xu Chu lowered his head and said yes.

Immediately, the army moved into action, divided into two parts: cavalry and infantry. Fei Qian and Xu Chu led the cavalry to Xihai City at noon on the third day.

The situation was similar to what Fei Qian had predicted. During the period when he and Xu Chu arrived in Xihai City, the Allied Forces of the Western Regions had no time to organize a second sneak attack around the rear, and there were no additional ambush arrangements, which made Xu Chu somewhat useless. depressed.

However, what Fei Qian didn't expect happened only after he arrived in Xihai City...

(End of this chapter)