In late September, there were ghosts outside the city and rumors spread everywhere.

First, a scout stationed by the Huns near Cheshi came to report that the Han army crossed the sea of ​​sand to attack Cheshi, and in just two days it captured Jiaohe!

Then it was Wei Ze. After Wei Ze surrendered, many Wei Ze people fled to Yanqi and informed the specific situation of the Battle of Cheshi. It is said that the Han army attacking Jiaohe had a mysterious "ghost soldier", just like falling from the sky, climbing the island of Hexin more than ten feet high, with great strength. It could carry hundreds of kilograms of huge rocks to smash the door. No one was his strength. However, the Han army did not kill heavily, but just killed the second prince Wugui, and the King of Cheshi was captured and sent to Chang'an.

These words made the prince of Cheshi, who was taken away by the Huns. As a hostage, Junsu felt aroused his heart. He had always advocated being kind to the Han Dynasty and not offend the great country. Therefore, the second prince reported it to the Huns. When the Huns evacuated the military farmer of Cheshi, they arrested him. Fortunately, Yanqi was the hometown of Junsu's mother, and King Yanqi was his uncle. He could enter and leave freely after being by the King Yanqi.

When the Han army actually arrived outside Yanqi City, King Yanqi and Junsu looked at the top of the city. As those dangerous people said, there was a "ghost soldiers" of more than 300 people in the Han army. They were tall, with cow horns on their heads, and their faces were as dark as the bottom of the cauldron.

The guy in the leading group who is known as the "bull demon king" among the dangerous people and is able to tear the rebels with a terrifying ghost face and holds an exaggerated big axe. One of his subordinates is extremely powerful, and he is carrying a big tree stump on his shoulder as a weapon, and he is not too heavy to be too heavy? It is really shocking, and the Yanqi people are frightened.

These "ghost soldiers" were driving a group of cows, making creepy and strange screams, as if communicating with these beasts.

When King Yanqi saw the herd of cattle, he felt a little dizzy.

The Yanqi people will never forget what happened outside the Tiemen Pass a few years ago. The Han army did not know how it did it, but they could use the cattle as their vanguard and attack Yanqi. The Yuli coalition forces were in danger. King Yuli died tragically under the cow's hoof. King Yanqi rushed to a donkey cart for dozens of miles before he survived.

Could it be that the same trick should be used again today? In addition to spitting fire on the butt, these cows can also go to the wall? Yan Qi is a little confused.

Not to mention the ghost soldiers and the bulls behind them, there are still tens of thousands of cavalry troops.

"I heard that the commander of this Han army was the Minister of the Minister and the Envoy who formed a city overnight at the Iron Gate, used Wusun troops to destroy Kucha, and drove the cattle as the vanguard. He has now been granted the title of Marquis in the Han Dynasty and has broken the Jiaohe River in just two days. Such things must be helped by ghosts and gods."

Junsu knew that as long as he could surrender to Han, the position of King Che Shi would definitely be his own, so he kept persuading his uncle.

"The Jiaohe River is as high as a mountain. King Yanqi knew that the bull-headed ghost soldiers in the Han army could easily climb up, and how high is Yanqi City?"

"The Han army broke the Cheshi, but did not kill my father, and the same was true for the Han people. The Han people passed the message: first, they would reward gold and silver and give seals and ribbons, and then they would tie their heads to provoke the Beique. After that, the King Yanqi should consider which road to choose."

King Yanqi fell into thought, but he wanted to surrender. In the past few years, the Huns have been defeated repeatedly and the Han army has won many times. Yanqi has paid a lot of money for this. King Yanqi is already tired of being repeatedly summoned and extorted by the Huns.

But there were still three thousand Huns who retreated from the Cheshi in the city, guarding the city walls and four gates. If they wanted to surrender to the Han Dynasty, they would definitely not be able to avoid them. They might cause fire in the city and even hurt themselves.

According to the old tradition of the city walls of the Western Regions, if you encounter any problems, King Yanqi immediately said to his confidants:

"Please come from Mu Hu of the Fire God!"

...

Yanqi's language is similar to Kucha, and the customs are very similar. Common people cut their hair, nobles raise their hair, and they like white. However, the "Fire Heaven God Muhu" invited by King Yanqi, which is the Zoroastrian monk, also cut their hair to the same eyebrows, wearing a figurine of a fiery body with an eagle wing on his chest.

This Fire God Mu Hu comes from the city-state of Sogdians. It is common for Sogdian merchants to travel to the Western Regions, but the Fire Heaven Sect they believe in is too shocking because of their marriage customs and funerals. They marry relatives' corpses and even daughters, and feed their relatives' corpses to dogs and eagles. They are often excluded and disliked by the people of the Western Regions. They are only in the westernmost part of the Western Regions. The Shule Kingdom, where the Sogdians gather more, has some influence.

But there are exceptions. King Yanqi was very interested in the Fire God. In recent years, he became more and more convinced. After the Huns entered Yanqi City, they expelled Sogdian merchants in the city. Because Sogdians were very close to the Han people, they were afraid of being an insider. However, King Yanqi hid the Holy Honoured Monk and asked respectfully at this moment.

"Why does King Yanqi believe in the Fire God so firmly?"

Junsu made some speculations in his mind, one is that Yanqi's Hu witch has repeatedly failed and lost the trust of King Yanqi. This monk has some skills. It is said that he can do magic:

Nail it from the forehead, hole it straight under the armpit, and then go out, your body is as light as flying. Or take a sharp blade and use it to pierce the abdomen. The blade penetrates the back and bleeding from the intestines for a while. However, as long as you spray wine, your abdomen will be smooth as before.

These are rituals called "Seven Sacred Knifes", not to mention that this monk can also use magical magic to spit fire, which made King Yanqi stunned.

As for the second reason, Junsu secretly speculated that King Yanqi had an extremely strong interest in certain doctrines of the Fire God, such as marrying a sister's daughter.

He heard that ten years ago, the princess Zhuo Hera of Yanqi fell in love with a shepherd. The king of Yanqi was furious and captured the shepherd and wanted to execute him. After Zhuo Hera learned about it, he managed to save his sweetheart. When the king discovered it, he immediately sent someone to chase him. When the lover was running at night in the direction of the iron gate that had not been built in Zheliu Valley, he unfortunately fell into a deep ravine with his man and horse.

Afterwards, people discovered that at some point, the couple fell off the cliff and had several pear trees that were only found near the canal plow. In spring, the white flowers bloomed, and butterflies danced gently beside them.

Ten years have passed, and no one has mentioned that matter, but now the remaining daughters of King Yanqi are old but do not marry and are locked in the palace all day long, which makes people suspicious.

Junsu suddenly understood why his mother, the sister of King Yanqi, never wanted to return to Yanqi after marrying Cheshi, and he always wanted to speak to them but stopped.

He felt a sense of disgust and anger in his heart, and just wanted to persuade King Yanqi to surrender to the Han army as soon as possible, so that the beating monk who was always far away from him was also urging King Yanqi to surrender to the Han army!

"The king should have heard that I have preached the scriptures, Ahuramazda is the incarnation of light, and Ahriman is the incarnation of darkness. The former creates all good, the six good gods, the universe, the world and the creatures, while the latter creates all evil and opposition."

"The evil gods continue to invade the world, corrupt morality, and fight against the good gods, and the two sides fight on earth."

"When good and evil are finally in the final battle, every country in the world will join in, helping the former to eventually defeat the latter and usher in permanent light!"

The worship monk held King Yanqi's hand and looked at his eyes and said, "Now, this decisive battle between light and darkness, good and evil has arrived!"

King Yanqi was a little moved: "Mu Hu means..."

The monk worshipped the zombie said: "That's right! The Huns were cruel and blocked the trade route. The kings could not restrain their subordinates and often robbed the caravans in the city. In this way, weren't the Huns just evil god servants on the Silk Road? They never produced, only knew how to destroy, which brought chaos and disputes to the Western Regions."

"But the big man is exactly the opposite."

He raised his hands and said, "The great man produced silk, and the products were abundant, which gave merchants endless precious goods. The chaotic Loulan and Shanshan under the Huns became stable and prosperous after surrendering to the great man. In this way, wouldn't the great man who brought stability to the Western Regions be the incarnation of light on the Silk Road?"

The King of Yanqi and Junsu didn't know that this was the deal reached by Ren Hong and the Sogdian Sabao Shibodao many years ago. When the Han Dynasty agreed to trade with each other, let Sogdian merchants enjoy the exclusive transfer qualifications. After obtaining a large amount of silk outside Yumen Pass, the Sogdians sat on the Han Dynasty. Not only did they act as spies for the Protectorate in various places, but Shibodao also promoted his ideas in the five Sogdian city-states:

"What hinders the trade route and delays the Sogdians' trading is evil and darkness."

"What opens the trade route and helps the Sogdians make money is good and light!"

Not everyone agreed, but this homicide monk who was welcomed by Yanqi was a fellow Shi Bodao who tried his best to encourage King Yanqi.

"Your Majesty, can you tell me why the Marquis Ren was able to drive the fire cattle at Tiemen Pass to serve as a soldier?"

"Your Majesty, why did the Han army outside the city have Niutou soldiers to help?"

These things made King Yanqi puzzled, and he also wanted to know: "Why?"

"In addition to the six great gods of good deeds, there are also some good realm gods, one of which is the Niu Jing Guersuwan!"

He showed Yanqi the sculpture of the bullhead on his cane and said excitedly: "The so-called bullhead ghost soldiers outside the city are actually the bull spirit Gursuwan, a fire god who sent the cow spirit to help Ren Hou defeat the Huns!"

History has once again shown its magical nature. It is a coincidence that no matter which civilization there is a legend of the sage monster, or it may be that the same end will be achieved.

This truth shocked King Yanqi. In this way, everything incredible is understandable!

"It turns out that Ren Hou has many miracles in his military use, and the Fire God is helping him!"

The monk who worshiped the Horror continued to work hard: "Does the king continue to accompany the darkness and continue to let the Yanqi suffer? Or do you devote yourself to the light and let Yanqi enjoy peace and prosperity forever?"

After receiving support from faith, King Yanqi dispelled his last doubts. He stood up and pulled out his knife, cut off the harness that the ancestor Shan gave him, and said ruthlessly: "I have decided, throw myself into the light and drive away the darkness!"

But at this moment, his confidant hurriedly reported:

"The king, the captain of the Xiongnu, has sent Hu Wu to the city to perform a trick to defeat him!"

...

Under Yanqi City, the person who was carrying a big tree stump was the powerful Gan Yanshou, but he was stunned at this moment with his head raised.

But he saw that Yanqian was not very tall, and a Hun witch in sheepskin and feathers came out of the Huns holding bows. He held a cloth banner in circles and muttered something. Then the Huns carried a black horse onto the city. The old Hu witch held a rope and performed for the Han army in public...

"Rope Art?"

Ren Hong was also a little confused. The Hu witch tied the neighing black horse around the front and back feet, tied a beautiful knot, and then jumped around the horse and started a trick.

The Han people couldn't understand, but the Huns in Xiu Tu tribe knew exactly what this was, and their faces showed a look of fear.

Jin Sang immediately came over to tell Ren Hong: "Marty of Xi'an, this is the Hu Wu of the Xiongnu who is doing something bad!"

Yang Yun also remembered something and told Ren Hong about a past story recorded in the Luntai Edict: "During the Zhenghe period, a border army was waiting to write a letter saying that he saw the Huns sending Hu witches to tie the front and back feet of the horses on the border, put them on the barrier city, and rode a fast horse to say, 'Qin people, I will give these horses to you.'"

"This incident was spread to the court. Emperor Xiaowu showed the letter of horse binding to the prime minister, censor, and the 2,000-stone court officials. All the doctors and Langguans with extensive knowledge, and everyone thought that the enemy tied their horses, which was very ominous. I also looked up the "Book of Changes" and the "Big Brutal" line was in the Ninth Five, and the Huns were trapped."

"So Emperor Xiaowu was overjoyed and summoned the alchemist and the Taishi to watch the stars and watch the qi, and Taibu used turtles and yarrows to make fortunes. They all thought it was auspicious and the time could not be obtained again. He also said, "The Northern Expedition sent generals to lead the army to advance, and he would definitely win in Mount Qi." He told the generals for the generals, and the result was the most auspicious general."

Ren Hong is so lucky! However, Emperor Wu of Han was indeed very superstitious. He was such a wise and wise emperor when he was young, but he was almost obsessed with the fact that he was a wise emperor in his later years. Because the alchemist repeatedly deceived him, he began to use Yue Wu and Hu Wu, hoping to find another way to find a way to live. During the witchcraft disaster, he even agreed to Jiang Chong to lead the Hu Wu Shangjun to dig up the dolls, making things even more chaotic.

Needless to say, the result of the war between Zhenghe years was that Li Guangli made arbitrarily in order to make meritorious service and atone for his sins. The entire army was wiped out in Yanran Mountain. Not long after Old Li surrendered, he was pitted by Hu Wu again. The Hu Wu received the benefits of Wei Lu, and said that the former Shanyu asked for a dream and wanted Li Guangli to be buried with him. In the end, Li Guangli was killed and sacrificed to heaven.

It is said that Li Guangli cursed the Huns before his death, and after his death, the superstitious Huns were afraid again and even set up a temple for Li Guangli.

There is a follow-up to this matter. Yang Yun said: "After Ershi's defeat, Hou Matong captured several Hu witches, and then he knew the reason for binding horses. It turned out that whenever the Huns heard that the Han army was coming, they sent witches to lay cattle and sheep in advance on the roads and in the water they passed to use to curse. As for the method of binding the horses, it was also used to hate victory over the Han army."

Ren Hong understood that polluting water sources is a bit useful, and Huo Qubing might have hit this trick, but the master of jumping with a horse on the top of the city is really a bit...

Yang Yun was overjoyed and laughed so hard that his stomach hurt: "The Huns probably wanted to use Hu witch to bind horses to win, so as to defeat our 'Nutao Ghost Army'."

"Only magic can defeat magic?"

Ren Hong shook his head and raised his hand. Han Gandang, Gan Yanshou and other Niu-headed warriors retreated. Under Xin Qingji's shout, they traveled thousands of miles, and the weapons that they could not bear to throw away were carried up no matter how troublesome they were, and they debugged and aimed at Hu Wu on the top of the city.

Only technology can defeat "magic"!

"Big Yellow Crossbow, prepare!"

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ps: Chapter 2 is before 0 o'clock.
Chapter completed!