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Any army will have a precursor, the precursor is the vanguard army, the number of the vanguard army is not fixed, it depends on the overall number of the entire army, generally speaking, the vanguard army is 3,000 people is more orthodox. As the precursor of the entire army, the necessary scouts will definitely be sent again, and the purpose of the scouts is nothing more than spying and alerting, collecting enemy information or something.

Whether it is the Mountain Country or the Loulan Kingdom, in fact, they can't distinguish the military uniform style of the empire at all, and even don't understand the division of official positions of the imperial army, so that when Li Ren introduced himself as a general, the two cavalry captains from the Mountain Country and the Loulan Kingdom were at a loss

"Equivalent to your captain." Li Ren was arrogant with his head held high, and he straightened his waist when he spoke.

Captain? That's the general of the Western Regions? Yes, yes, the city-states of the Western Regions rarely have more than 10,000 troops, because as long as a state can command 10,000 people, it is generally the military commander of the whole country.

"Huh!?" The cavalry captain of the mountain country looked surprised and inexplicable, muttered a few words, and the merchant next to him didn't know which tendon was wrong, so he translated it.

The cavalry captain of this mountain country was wondering how Li Rendu, a high-ranking official who could command 10,000 people, could act as a scout.

"We also have the intention of being an envoy." Li Ren still held his head high, looking at everyone from a smirkling angle.

A snort of a horse came from the knight's mount on Li Ren's left, and the knight on horseback did not pull up his armor, his eyes scanned the two knights of Loulan Kingdom.

When the cavalry captain of Loulan Kingdom heard Li Ren say that he had the intention of sending an envoy, his eyes immediately lit up: "Ah! If you are sluggish, please go to Bailongdui first. I immediately tell you that I will greet you with the most solemn courtesy! ”

The cavalry captain of the mountain country slowed down, seeing that the people of the Loulan country were so eager, his eyes rolled and said, "Yes." Yes, please enter the White Dragon Pile first. I will greet you with great propriety to the king. ”

It is not surprising that the city-states in the Western Regions know the existence of the empire, and the impact of the empire's war with the Xiongnu and other grassland tribes in the northwest territory is very great, after all, the Xiongnu, Hujie, Ding Ling and other tribes are either big clans in the northern frontier, or they are powerful countries in the northwest territory, and the city-states that are not too far away from the two places will naturally pay attention.

In addition, Parthia and Bactria also sent envoys to the empire, and the envoys of the two countries first traveled to the Western Regions, which caused quite a stir at that time.

To the west of the Western Regions there is a Kangju country. In addition to being weaker than Wusun, the Kangju Kingdom was not much weaker than any city-state or kingdom in the Western Regions. Some of the city-states and kingdoms in the western part of the Western Regions were in frequent contact with the Kangju kingdom and knew that Parthia and Bactria were the two new powers. Even Parthia and Bactria needed to conquer the empire, and one can imagine what kind of state the empire was.

If the above is just a distant legend, then the imperial envoys and 80,000 national defense troops have successively marched into the Wusun territory, and fought several battles in a row to defeat the originally majestic Maudun Shobu Turtle Pond (Issyk-Kul Lake) and the Beishan Mountain Range, then the surrounding Western Regions city-states and kingdoms should understand the strength of the empire, no matter how dull they are.

The strong are always respected, because if there is a lack of etiquette, it may provoke the powerful to use force, and the mountain country is in the spirit of good hospitality and not offended. Loulan Guo was even more eager to resolve the misunderstanding and improve relations because of the relationship with Mao Dun in the early stage of collusion and sending troops.

Li Xin and other knights, who were less than thirty people, went to Bailongdui under the escort of two teams of cavalry from the Mountain Kingdom and the Loulan Kingdom, but after arriving at the ground, there was a little problem.

"The distinguished guests came from the border of the mountain country, and they should have come to the mountain country first." Shanguo came to receive the tax collector of Bailongdui, which can be regarded as a relatively high-level official. Transliterated to the name, it is another Sanji.

The tax collector dispatched by Loulan is also a tax collector, and the transliteration of his name is Wei Duli. He immediately looked at Sanji Yamaji with a tiger face: "If you think that the distinguished guests should go to the mountain country first, send the most powerful samurai. We speak with our swords! ”

The Western Regions have the customs of the Western Regions, and when encountering disputes, they do speak with swords most of the time. There will be reasons for the lack of law, and the other reason is that the laws are different for each city-state or kingdom. It does not serve as a standard for law enforcement.

Another Wu Shanzhi stared at Yu Duli and gritted his teeth: "You guys will bleed!" ”

Yu Duli was disdainful: "Is there a warrior in the country of merchants?" ”

Li Xin, Li Ren and the others who stayed on the side couldn't understand what the people from Shanguo and Loulan were talking about, so they asked the translator next to them to repeat it to understand what the situation was.

Li Ren opened his mouth and asked, "Do you need to stop it?" ”

Li Xin shook his head, and said in a volume that only the two of them could hear: "After all, we are not real imperial soldiers, and we don't have the so-called envoy certificate, let them make trouble." ”

In addition, Sanji and Yu Duli shouted loudly, and both of them gave a cold "hum" and turned their heads to greet the samurai.

The warrior who fought in the mountain country was a man who was only about one meter six tall but extremely burly, he was bare-chested with a double axe, and as soon as he came out, he yelled at the people on Loulan's side and provoked.

Loulan Guo fought against a middle-aged man who was also one meter six tall but looked relatively thin, he held a short sword in his right hand and a shield in his left, and his face looked very calm in the face of the provocation of the warriors of the mountain country.

Now this year, I don't know if it's the food or the geographical location, the average height of the empire is 1.7 meters, generally above 1.8 meters, and it is not uncommon for people to be more than 2.2 meters tall. However, the height of the surrounding races is not very good, the average height of Baiyue, who is about to be wiped out, is 1.55 meters, Donghu is 1.6 meters, and the Xiongnu, Hujie, and Ding Ling are almost 1.6 meters. The race here in the Western Regions is Caucasian, with black hair, blonde hair, red hair, and blue eyes, and most of them are almost 1.6 meters tall when observed, but there are very few who are more than 1.7 meters.

In the pre-Qin era in ancient times, the husband was talking about a man with a height of 1.8 meters, after all, the counting unit of the Qin State is 1.8 meters in modern size.

Li Xin's team is generally more than 1.8 meters tall, and some are even two meters tall, and they seem to stand out a little when they dismount and stand, with a mighty armor, looking down on everyone.

The samurai of the mountain country took the initiative to attack in the roar, first throwing an axe, and the axe thrown out was blocked by the samurai of the Loulan country with a shield with a "bang", and the samurai of the mountain country swung the battle axe after getting close. The huge force hit the warriors of the Loulan Kingdom, who were blocked with shields, and kept retreating.

In addition, when Sanji saw that the samurai on his side had the upper hand, he looked at Yu Duli with a smile, but saw that Yu Duli's face was very calm, and he was stunned for a moment, and a miserable scream came from his ears.

The samurai of the Loulan Kingdom squatted down very abruptly on one side in the continuous retreat, and the samurai of the Mountain Kingdom, who was constantly swinging the battle axe by inertia, did not hit the shield this time, and the force caused the body to stumble, and the result was that the short sword stabbed by the samurai of the Loulan Kingdom squatted was pierced from the left rib, and the front end of the sword protruded from the back with blood.

The screams of the warriors of the mountain country were very short, and when the warriors of the Loulan kingdom drew out their short swords, the warriors of the mountain kingdom fell to the ground and kept spitting blood foam in their mouths. The stabbing place did not kill the mountain warrior immediately, but the blood foam gushing from the abdomen to the mouth blocked the trachea and finally suffocated to death.

The left rib up is the lungs, the first is indeed a moment and a half will not die, but the lungs will lose the function of ventilation if they are so heavy that they will be injured, and the trachea is full of blood, how can there be a reason not to suffocate to death?

The cheers of the people on the other side of the mountain country stopped abruptly, and in the cheers of the Loulan people and some people from all over the world who watched the excitement, the warrior of the Loulan country squatted down and cut off the head of the warrior of the mountain country who died in battle with a short sword.

The warrior of Loulan Kingdom walked in front of Li Xin with the head of the warrior of the mountain country with one hand, and threw the head of the warrior of the mountain country at Li Xin's feet with one flick.

Li Xin watched as a head rolled against his military boots. He raised his head and stared at the warrior of Loulan Kingdom and said, "Is this a provocation?" ”

The businessman in charge of the translation said "uh-uh-uh......", then it probably meant provocation, otherwise how could it be?

"Kill him." Li Xin was not hysterical. The tone was extremely calm.

A person walked out behind Li Ren, this is a soldier who is more than two meters tall.

The armor soldier drew his horse chopping knife as he walked, and because he couldn't see any expression on his face, his eyes were very calm when he saw through the armor. The horse chopping knife was lying on his side with both hands, and step by step he walked towards the warriors of the Loulan Kingdom who had already put on a defensive posture.

The armor soldiers on the side of the empire were dispatched, and the people around them were quiet at first. Then there was another cheer. Seeing the lively people cheering, the people of the mountain country cheering, and the strange thing is that the people of the Loulan country also cheered.

The Imperial Armor slowly picked up speed, and swung his sword in his trot, a flash of liman accompanied by a severed shield and a "hiss" of flesh.

The cheers were as if they were being choked by the neck, and the scene fell silent for a moment.

When he passed by the half-squatting Loulan warrior, it happened to be the Loulan warrior who fell to the ground from his right shoulder to his waist, and half of his body gushed out a crimson liquid like a fountain, and then he fell to the ground with a muffled sound.

The Imperial Armor Warrior walked halfway, and three Loulan Kingdom warriors walked out behind him.

The three warriors of the Loulan Kingdom roared and immediately trotted, and they rushed straight towards the Imperial Armor who did not turn around, during which everyone around them watched quietly, not even making an exclamation.

The Imperial Armorer was still continuing to walk, until the three Loulan warriors approached within six steps, he turned around with the saber and turned around on the spot, the blade was very accurate and slashed one of the Loulan warriors obliquely from the bottom to the top, and then turned in a circle on the spot and held the saber with both hands in two rounds, one of the remaining two Loulan warriors flew into the sky, and the other was cut off and fell to the ground.

It was too late to say that it was too fast, everything just happened in a few moments of breathing, and the warrior of the Loulan Kingdom who had lost his legs threw away his weapon and hugged his broken leg and howled miserably.

In the midst of the screams, the Imperial Armor Warrior walked over without saying a word, holding the hilt of the knife with both hands, the tip of the knife stabbed downward, slowly stabbing downward, and the sound of the blade rubbing against the human bones could be heard, until the tip of the knife completely sank into the chest of the Loulan warrior, and then he pulled it out neatly.

Li Xin was originally going to give the order to be on guard, but seeing that the people around him seemed very calm, and it was too calm, Du Li, the tax collector of Loulan Kingdom, was still smiling at himself, and he smiled extremely sincerely, as if the sneak attack behind the samurai sent out there did not exist at all, and the situation was a little incomprehensible.

The imperial armor soldier who killed the warrior of Loulan Kingdom with broken legs did not step towards his own people this time, he looked at the side of the Loulan people with a horse chopping knife that was still dripping blood, but saw that five more warriors came out of the side of Loulan Kingdom, and they immediately launched a charge after shouting. His legs changed to the posture of a horse's step, and the saber was also held and pointed forward, and then he also charged with small steps.

"Is Loulan going to war with us?" Li Ren held his hand to the hilt of his sword early, and when he was about to order the crossbowmen in the team to prepare, Li Xin opened his mouth.

Li Xin said: "Wait and see what happens for the time being. ”

This is the Western Regions, they were thirty-six people when they set out from Neishi County, and they encountered many defeats of the Xiongnu on the way, killing four people, and two seriously wounded companions were taken back by a lightly injured companion, and there were only twenty-nine people left in the team.

Twenty-nine people, although armed to the teeth, can face hundreds of thousands of Loulan people, and there may be more potential Loulan friends, once they fight...... The results are worrying.

The five Loulan warriors who launched the charge were dealt with by the imperial armor soldiers in the first photo, and the remaining three Loulan warriors also slashed the imperial armor, but the bronze sword slashed on the imperial armor and only broke the windbreaker and immediately made a metallic sound, and then the Loulan warrior who slashed the imperial armor with the short sword was immediately cut off by the horse sword, and the remaining two Loulan warriors were also cut in half one after the other.

The cloak on the Imperial armor soldier standing in place was torn in many places, and there was a wound in the left leg that was not protected by armor. He stood in place for a long time, and when he saw that no new Loulan warriors came out, he squatted down and grabbed the corpse of a Loulan warrior and wiped the saber, and after a short while, he walked towards Li Xin and the others.

The imperial armor returned to their own team, and there was a new movement on the side of the Loulan people, which was to run out of twenty or thirty people to clean up the corpses of nine Loulan warriors, and after leveling the corpses, they put a circle shape in the shape of a large circle with broken corpses, and then led a snow-white horse, and the tax collector Du Li personally drew a short sword and stabbed the horse's neck.

In the sound of the horse's wail, the blood from the neck flowed downward, and the horse's four hooves also bent their knees and fell to the ground, lying in the center of the large circle of corpses.

"Really? Just now, the warriors of Loulan Kingdom were more like sending them to death? Li Xin was a little surprised and said, "Are you sure?" ”

The armor soldier who went out to fight nodded affirmatively: "Yes! ”

"What's going on?!" Li Ren was stunned. (To be continued.) )