The walls of Guzang City, the capital of Wuwei County, are quite old. The inner city is even circular, which is very different from the Central Plains. Later, the outer land was built, seven miles north and south and three miles east and west.

The north gate of Guzang was facing Xiu Tuze two hundred miles away. Liangzhou Governor No. 8 Jiao and Wuwei Prefect Dou You were at the top of the city, looking at the Hun envoy woodenly and shouting to them in stuttering Central Plains dialect.

"The Right King of the Huns asked me to tell the Wei officials that Guzang, Hexi, was originally the homeland given by the Huns by the Qilian God. The Chinese people were not the people of the Qilian God and should leave."

Eighth Jiao ignored the "persuasion" of the envoy of the Right Xianwang. In the past two months, the Hun army has indeed been rampant in Hexi, and horses have traveled all over every county, but they tried various methods and still could not conquer the strong county cities such as Guzang, Zhangye, and Jiuquan. Many counties and towns scattered on the land of Hexi have survived, becoming the last fortress to resist Hu Chen. As long as the food is not enough, the water is inexhaustible, it can be kept!

The eighth firm eyes looked at the back of the Hun envoys, and the riders wearing pointed hats stood in the mountains. Their horses lowered their heads and chewed the leaves of summer grass, while the soldiers held bows and knives and spoke loudly, as if this was not a battlefield, but a tribal hunt. Even some tribes farther away enjoyed the food and wine snatched the plundered slaves while singing songs.

"What song are the Huns singing?" No. 8 Jiao suddenly asked Dou You who was beside him. The Wuwei prefect family has been an official in Hexi for generations and often deals with Qiang and Hu, so they know a little.

Dou You glanced at the Eighth Jiao and said, "The Hun soldiers were singing an ancient song, 'Losing my Qilian Mountains will make my animals have no vassals; losing my Yanzhi Mountains will make my women have no color'."

This is a miserable song when the Huns were beaten by Wei Qing and Huo Qubing more than a hundred years ago when they gave up Hexi and left here. In the words of the Huns, Qilian was the "Heaven". The Qilian god was the master god of the Huns. They believed that Hexi was the farthest frontier for the people who led the bow.

The Eighth Jiao couldn't help but sigh: "Although the Right Xian King was crazy and rebellious, Hexi was indeed a land of Huns. I have always wondered how the Huns had no written secretary. How could they pass on something? It turns out that every generation talked about it orally?"

Douyou didn't like to hear this, and he sneered: "Although the Huns came earlier than us, they were also outsiders. At first, this place was the Yuezhi Kingdom! Guzang City was built by the Yuezhi people, so this inner city was round. Later, the Huns killed the Yuezhi King and killed his head to make wine vessels. The Yuezhi people fled westward. The Huns just occupied the magpie's nest. Now they have the attitude to say that this is the 'homeland'? Bah! We have lived here for generations, drinking water and giving birth, and the tombs of our ancestors are still there. If this is our foreign land, how would the 300,000 people in Hexi be home!"

Eighth Jiao nodded, and his thoughts couldn't help but float away. Yuezhi, I heard that after being driven away by the Huns, they went west of the Western Regions. After two hundred years of development, they have become a big country. When Eighth Jiao entered Hexi, he was ambitious and wanted to imitate Zhang Qian and connect with the Western Regions for the fifth connection. Although the emperor was not very active in this, Eighth Jiao was still planning to do so, hoping that Hu merchants would enter the Western Regions again from Dunhuang to restore the prosperity of merchants and messengers in the past. Now it seems that there may be no chance...

He had just inspected the warehouse in Guzang yesterday, and there was not much grain left, but he only relied on the wells in the city, so nearly ten thousand soldiers and civilians could not sustain it.

Although I felt that Guzang had not had much time, verbally, the eighth Jiao still comforted Dou You and everyone: "Your Majesty will not abandon us, and we will definitely send troops to rescue Hexi."

Although Dou You is a local snake, he is always respectful to the airborne governor of the Eighth Jiao, but now he can't help but complain when he gets off the city and returns to the hall, he can't help but complain in a low voice: "Governor, the Huns have invaded Hexi for nearly three months, where are the reinforcements?"

He calculated the route for the eighth: "General Ma Yuan from Longyou encountered the Qiang Rebellion and lacked troops. He could only defend Yunwu Valley for us, and not let Qianghu join forces. It would be fine if he didn't come. But the Wu Han boy from Bingzhou was close at hand, and the soldiers could reach him for ten days, so he kept watching from the wall. What's this mean?"

Dou You knew that the factions in Wei were divided seriously. Except for the fifth relationship, no one was convinced by these arrogant soldiers and generals, but Wu Han was too much.

"Even if reinforcements were sent from Chang'an, they would have arrived in Wuwei in March!"

"Premier Dou!" Di Jiao was a little weak. In order to save food, he had already started to eat only half a meal a day: a little corn porridge and pickles had to last for a day, because Di Jiao believed that only by climbing the city to resist the Huns' soldiers needed to eat enough.

But he still maintained the governor's dignity and scolded Dou You: "The ancients were trapped by the enemy. Even if they changed their children and ate their bones and cooked them, they would have to last until the end. It was the civil war in China. Now, can we lose our integrity when facing the barbarians?"

Dou You has been trapped for a long time. Although he dared not directly punish the eighth brother, he sarcastically mentioned something that he didn't seem to want to be related.

"Governor, I was an official in Hexi twenty years ago. At that time, Wang Mang was in chaos and surrendered the seals of the kings of the Western Regions, and all of them were changed to marquis. It happened that the garrison soldiers in the Western Regions were in love with the Han family. Thousands of people surrendered to the Xiongnu, which led to great chaos in the Western Regions. Yanqi and other countries conspired with the Xiongnu to rebel and kill the Western Regions Protector."

"Wang Mang did not let the Western Regions be ignored. Twelve years ago, he issued an edict to conquer the Western Regions. He ordered the new general of the Five Powers to be the governor of the Western Regions to raise food and grass in Hexi, dispatch troops and generals, and set out from Yumen Pass to meet with more than 7,000 soldiers of Shache and Kucha to attack Yanqi, and I am also among them."

When Dou You talked about this past, he even stroked his arm and looked at the scars on his arm for Di Bajiao.

"But the governor also knew the combat power of the new army. He defeated Yanqi and the Xiongnu. A new army rushed east and fled back to Hexi, so I was able to survive. Li Chong, the guardian of the Western Regions, was less lucky. He collected more than a thousand remaining troops and retreated to Kucha. At this moment, the princes of the Western Regions saw that Xinmang was weak and the Xiongnu became stronger and rebelled one after another. Yumen and Yangguan were closed, and Li Chong lost contact with the Dongfang. It has been thirteen years since then!"

Speaking of this, Dou You was a little moved: "I was lucky at that time. Who would have thought that Li Chong and Kucha were the days of Hexi and Dou You!"

Isolated and helpless, Dou You suddenly hurt his species. I heard that the new army in Kucha has been with it, and how long can they last?

After Yi Shi said something in his heart, the eighth Jiao was speechless for a long time. Finally, he lowered his head and pushed the pickles and porridge on his desk to Dou You: "Now the Japanese governor does not eat it, and the prefect still has to lead the soldiers to defend the enemy, so let's eat it for me!"

Dou You was also trapped for a long time. He had just gotten angry and dared to vent his anger. However, when facing the pickled vegetables pushed over, he suddenly disappeared and could only shake his head and smile bitterly.

The eighth Jiao is not a capable governor. He is quite loyal and likes to be aware of the law. It is okay to govern the people, but he is a mess in military affairs. Fortunately, the eighth Jiao is self-aware and gives full power to Dou You and others, but he cannot find fault. He is today in Hexi, so he can't blame him.

"Premier Dou." The eighth Jiao used a weak voice to continue to comfort him weakly: "This dynasty is not a new king, and Your Majesty is not Wang Mang. Reinforcements, reinforcements will definitely..."

Before he finished speaking, an official hurriedly reported: "Governor Wu, Prefect Dou, and Hu soldiers arrived!"

Bajiao and Dou You were shocked. Could it be that the Huns gathered in Zhangye and Jiuquan? Dou You immediately asked: "His Hu Kou arrived at the city?"

The official replied: "No, but the lieutenant saw that horse dust rolling over ten miles away from the northeast seemed to have arrived."

Eighth Jiao's heart suddenly sank. Since it was Xiu Tuze's side, it was even more impossible to be reinforcements. What's more, the right part of the Huns had already emerged from the northeast. Now there are thousands of cavalry coming from the northeast. Could it be that the Shanyuting also divided its troops?

He and Dou You had no intention of having a meal anymore, so they hurried out of the official office. When they were walking on the street, they suddenly heard the neighing sounds outside the city, as if the Huns were in a mess.

When climbing the stone steps, I heard the shouts of killing from far to near.

Eighth Jiao looked at Dou You, and his expression changed several times. Dou You was a martial artist, so he ran up two steps in three steps. Eighth Jiao was a scholar. His exile during Xinmang almost died of illness and was always weak. Now he is half hungry and can't run for a long time. He even has to hold the wall and breathe heavily. He can only listen to the soldiers on the top of the city, from being surprised and silent, and finally thunderous cheers sounded!

Eighth Jiao became even more eager. With the help of his followers, he tried hard to step on the ladders, and almost staggered.

"Why is my governor still here!"

But Dou You ran back, his face flushed, helped Di Bajiao up and pulled him up.

And the eighth Jiao had already heard the shouting of "Wan Sheng" at the entrance of Guzang's city and guessed what happened.

"Come?"

"Yes, here it's here!"

After getting affirmation, Di Bajiao held Dou You's hand, hungry and tears filled his eyes.

Stepping on the city where Guzang changed hands several times, looking at the hot land burning with scorching sun, in the sight blurred by tears, the eighth Jiao saw a burst of rolling cocks from Xiu Tuze, thousands of ring-headed swords reflecting the sun, sweeping across the Xiongnu camp where she was relaxed.

The sharp sound of copper trumpets kept coming from all over the world. This was the standard configuration of the Wei cavalry. It was loud and sharp, distinguishing it from the low trumpets of the Huns. After the Xiongnu tribes were suddenly attacked, the scattered soldiers ran around in confusion, some fled far away, and some joined the battle group. In the morning, the Huns, who were still drinking water outside, hurriedly organized a counterattack, but their enemies rushed over in a mess, and used their might to kill the Hu soldiers.

The Huns began to retreat and evacuate to the northwest. They never liked to fight head-on battles.

The eighth Jie was excited and tearful, and she also saw clearly the flags flying above the reinforcements: the five-color five-de-enchant flag, and the big word "Wu"!

"Prepare to open the city and assist friendly forces in expelling the captives." Dou You decisively issued an order.

When he turned around, the eighth Jiao hugged him, his smile was filled with joy: "This governor doesn't like Wu Han, no...I hate this person!"

Wu Han also had been in Liangzhou for more than a year. As the governor of this prefecture, No. 8 Jiao had many violent conflicts with him, and even wrote a letter to impeach Wu Han and disrupt Longyou, which led to the follow-up of his transfer to Bingzhou. No. 8 Jiao thought that because of this festival, Wu Han had been delayed in saving Guzang.

But it's too late to come, it's better than not.

"Today." The eighth pointed to the outside and said, "This governor will regard Wu Han as his close relatives and friends, respect him, and reward the King of the Great Wei with the cheers of Guzang!"
Chapter completed!