Huangfu Song, one of the three heroes in the late Han Dynasty, had gray hair and several arrows. One of the armor-breaking arrows pierced through his armor and penetrated into his body. The blood stained its lining red. His armor was covered with marks of swords.

Huangfu Song only had the last few breaths left.

Chu Tian, ​​Xu Fengnian and others did not expect that in order to block the gap, Huangfu Song led the five Northern Army units to resist the offensive of the Mongolian army and severely damaged the Roman army, the Arab Empire Servant Army, and the Khwarezm Servant Army, but the price paid was his life.

"Cough cough cough..." Huangfu Song wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his arm. He was already in his twilight years and contributed his last little effort to the Han Empire. "I didn't expect that my Huangfu Song died in Liangzhou all his life. This should be considered a fallen leaf... The fallen leaves return to their roots..."

Everyone present was silent, and the atmosphere was extremely heavy and depressing.

In order to revive the Han Empire, Huangfu Song suppressed the Yellow Turban Uprising, rebelled by the Western Qiang, fought east and west, and in the last battle, he defended Yumen Pass for the Han Empire, blocked the gap, and protected the pass standing west of Liangzhou.

"Cough cough cough... After I die, please ask the general to bury me under Yumen Pass... a piece of yellow earth is enough..."

Huangfu Song coughed violently, vomited blood from his mouth, and the spirit in his eyes quickly disappeared.

The miraculous doctor Hua Tuo, who came with the army, shook his head gently. One arrow had already hurt the vital points. Huangfu Song's vitality disappeared too quickly, and even Hua Tuo did not have time to rejuvenate his life.

"God go, we will defeat Temujin and avenge you."

Chu Tian bid farewell to Huangfu Song, one of the three heroes in the late Han Dynasty. Just like Lu Zhi on that day, Huangfu Song did not ask for a grand burial, did not need a wooden coffin, but just buried himself with loess, and would always guard Yumen Pass.

As Huangfu Song said, he was originally from Xiliang, born in Xiliang and died in Xiliang.

The surviving Five Northern Army Clans and the Sanhe Cavalry were sent off to the high-ranking Han general Huangfu Song.

In troubled times, too many famous generals have died.

"It is the best way to end such a chaotic world as soon as possible. Otherwise, if Temujin conquers the empire, more people will die in the pass..."

Xia Tianliang was worried that Chu Tian would be affected, so he spoke out and persuaded him.

"This decisive battle in the Western Regions will definitely hit Temujin hard."

Chu Tian asked Huangfu Song to buried him in the Yumen Pass area and guard Yumen Pass according to Huangfu Song's last words.

All the defenders of Yumen Pass remained silent, especially the Five Northern Army Clans and the Sanhe Cavalry who followed Huangfu Song to fight in the east and west. The negative emotions of grief and grief filled the crowd. Some Northern Army Clans and Sanhe Cavalry planned to leave the pass to fight the Mongolian army, but were stopped by Zhu Jun, who replaced Huangfu Song.

Zhu Ye became the only survivor among the three heroes in the late Han Dynasty.

"Use stones and wood to repair gaps, bury corpses, and prevent the Mongolian army from making a comeback."

Xu Fengnian didn't care about falling into a low mood and directed the Xiliang Legion to set up wooden fences at the collapsed city walls, and piled up stone walls behind the wooden fences, ready to fight at any time.

The Mongolian army has not retreated yet.

Xu Fengnian counted the losses. His Xiliang Legion had about 70,000 to 80,000 troops stationed at Yumen Pass, and until now, only 30,000 to 40,000.

The 100,000 Guanzhong reinforcements from the brave old Qin lost 30% to 40%.

Feng Yi's Legion of Killing the Thorns and Xie Ai's reinforcements in Wuwei County each suffered losses.

Among them, Feng Yi's thorn-killing army, general Zhang He was injured by the Mongolian army's catapult.

The troops sent by the old Qin of the Ranran to support Yumen Pass were actually quite a lot, with a total of 130,000 people.

Chu Tian noticed the first time that a small person named Xie Ai under the command of the old Qin Ranran.

Xie Ai is an unknown wise general, but if anyone knows his experience, he should not underestimate him.

The military generals of the Liangzhou forces in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (Former Liang) led their troops with scholars, defeated the Central Plains and Guanzhong forces (Last Zhao) three times. The most glorious time was to defeat the 120,000 troops in Guanzhong with 20,000 Liangzhou infantry and cavalry.

In the Battle of Yumen Pass, Xie Ai's Wuwei County troops played a key role in the end, and bought time for Chu Tian's reinforcements.

Temujin withdrew his troops, and he was helpless against Chu Zimou, the general of the Han Empire.

He always believed that the time for the decisive battle had not yet come, and it was impossible to weaken Chu Tian's strength.

Whether in the small-scale conflict in Hetao or Monan, Temujin had limited damage to Chutian's forces, and even suffered more losses.

This made Temujin more cautious about Chu Tian, ​​thinking that he must wait until the time is ripe before fighting against Chu Tian.

The princes of Xiliang were almost negligible. Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's army suffered heavy losses. The real threat was the arrival of the Guards army.

Chu Tian was the most powerful prince of the Han Empire, and the Guards Legion was the most elite army under Chu Tian's command. Therefore, Temujin did not dare to underestimate the Guards Legion.

Even Temujin's Qiexue army dared not confront the Guards' Army head-on, because the Guards' Army had too many troops...

The Guards Army said it was a legion, but in fact there were several legions in it...

"The Western Regions Protectorate is just a bait. It is time to open the Hexi Corridor to the Western Regions and attract it to the Western Regions. The Han Empire could not bear the too long supply line, and victory would belong to the Heaven of Eternal Life!"

Temujin ordered the retreat.

The four major Qiexue, Mu Huali, Boerhu, Borshu, Chi Laowen were all gathered together. The Qiexue army, whom Temujin had been reluctant to use, was almost completely organized, and his main force had not suffered many casualties.

Temujin broke through the formation of the fifth army camps in Jiuquan County, and the Qiexue army, who were all equipped with it, suffered only minimal losses.

The four Qi Xue looked at Yumen Pass behind him, feeling unwilling.

During this expedition to the Western Regions, Temujin began to assemble all the main generals and attract Chu Tian and others to the Western Regions.

As for Mobei, there are still tens of millions of tribes and hundreds of thousands of iron cavalry. Temujin can use the teleportation array to return to Mobei at any time.

Scouts deployed on the frontier of the Han Empire will immediately send information about the Han Empire's sneak attack on the northern part of the Mo.

What is important is not the deployment of military generals, but the deployment of troops.

Temujin can quickly wander around the world, relying on the convenience of teleportation array. As long as he deploys cavalry in various places, he can come to a city at any time and command cavalry to fight quickly.

On the contrary, because the number of people transmitted by the teleportation array is limited and expensive, it is actually impossible to achieve rapid maneuvers of a legion of a scale of 100,000.

Chu Tian gathered troops in Jiuquan County and spent several days.

The four pioneers of Ma Chi, Wanyan Chen, Ali Hague, Crassu, Yelu Chucai and others, all looked at Yumen Pass before leaving this place.

They knew that the Western Regions would be the battlefield for the main forces of the two empires to fight.

There are two situations in Temujin's strategy. The best situation is to capture Yumen Pass, annex the Western Regions, and then divide the troops into three groups to attack Guanlong, Bingzhou, Youzhou, and annex the Han Empire.

Secondly, the attack on Yumen Pass failed, and the main force of the Han Empire was attracted to the Western Regions, and then annihilated it in field operations, severely damaged the main force of the Han Empire, killed its main generals, and then attacked the Han Empire.

"The battle in the East is too cruel, with hundreds of thousands of casualties and injuries. My Roman legion..."

Crassu's Roman legion was severely injured by Huangfu Song and Zhu Jun's Han army, and half of the 5,000 people died, causing Crassu's heart to bleed.

In the eyes of Khan Temujin, the life of the Roman legion was not a human life, but a bargaining chip for competing with the Han Empire.

That night, the Mongolian cavalry that broke the rear burned fifty Xiangyang artillery, and the fire filled the crowd, alarming the defenders who were resting in Yumen Pass.

Chu Tian climbed the city wearing a cloak and looked at it, which made countless Han Empire princes burned down by the Mongolian cavalry.

Temujin didn't want the princes of the Han Empire to obtain such a powerful weapon for siege, so he would rather burn it.

Large siege equipment is difficult to transport. Generally, when withdrawing troops, they are often destroyed without leaving anything to the defenders.

"Temujin indeed withdrew his troops. This further confirms our conjecture-Temujin wants to lead us to the Western Regions."

Chu Tian's eyes reflected a fire that soared into the sky. He had seen through Temujin's plan, but he and Qianlong Lao Qin and Xu Fengnian had to take the risk to save Huo An.

This is Temujin's plot.

The Han Empire did not save the Western Regions, Temujin annexed the Western Regions, controlled the 36 countries in the Western Regions, and connected them with the Chagatai Khanate, the Ili Khanate, and the Golden Horde. Then he rewarded Ogedei for land and population. Ogedei took two or three years to reestablish the Khanate.

Once Temujin is connected with the four Khanate countries, the Tubo region, Guanlong region, Hetao region and Youzhou region of the Han Empire will face huge pressure.

Huoan was just unlucky and happened to be in the position of the Western Regions Protectorate.

"Can the lord of Tubo send reinforcements to the Western Regions Protectorate?"

"The population in the Tubo region is not large, and they probably have their own troubles, so most of them cannot send reinforcements."

"It seems that it depends on us and Lao Qin."

Chu Tian held his hands behind his back and looked at the Western Regions.

Even though I knew this was a Temujin trap, in order to obtain points and rescue the Western Regions, I had to go to the Western Regions.

"It is said that the old Qin of the Ragnarok has defeated the main force of the King of Xixia Li Yuanhao, and the Golden Fire Cavalry has also suffered a lot."

Xu Fengnian is paying attention to the movements of the old Qin.

If Chu Tian alone went to the Western Regions Protectorate, the cost he would bear would be too expensive. Therefore, someone had to share such a cost.

The brave old Qin, who runs the 8,000-mile Qinchuan, is the best ally in the Western Regions.

The price of the old Qin sent troops to Luntai was less than the price of Chutian dispatching troops from the south of the Mo, Bingzhou, Jizhou and other places. Because the Guanlong area is closer to Luntai, the capital of the Western Region Protectorate.

"Old Qin promised to send troops of 100,000 to 200,000, plus the reinforcements at Yumen Pass, the troops should be more than 200,000. Huoan has been in the Western Regions for many years, and the mobilization rate in the Western Regions is higher, so it should be no problem to recruit 200,000 to 300,000 troops. In addition, my troops have a 500,000 expeditionary force. The total strength of the Western Regions is 700,000 to 800,000."

The seven or eight hundred thousand army is already the limit of the military strength that the Western Regions can bear, and it is extremely difficult to replenish.

Not to mention, some troops must be left to defend Tubo, Hexi Corridor, and the grasslands in the south of the desert.

Mingguan is still having a headache for the rebellion of the Liaodong tribe, and the rebel army of the Goryeo Kingdom also makes Mingguan run away.

"The expedition to the Western Regions was full of dangers, but we had to do it. We were not necessarily defeated by Temujin. Temujin led us to the Western Regions to fight the decisive battle, perhaps it was a trap he laid for himself."

Luntai, the capital of the Western Regions Protectorate, is located on the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and the northern edge of the Tarim Basin. It is the royal city of Luntai, one of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

Later, General Li Guangli of the Western Han Dynasty captured Luntai City, and with this place as the center, he commanded the countries in the Western Regions, and is currently under control by Huo'an.

Huo'an rebuilt the Western Regions Protectorate, conquered the Western Regions countries, and rebuilt the authority of the Western Regions Protectorate. The people in Luntai City were available, with a population of 400,000.

Gao Xianzhi, the general of Huo'an, drove the population and cattle and sheep captured from Yemili City, the royal city of the Ogedei Khanate, to Luntai City, to enrich the population and livestock of Luntai City.
To be continued...