The ninth son of the emperor was demoted at the beginning. I have a famous Chinese general.

"Haha, you dare to attack Hulan with only 60,000 people? You are simply courting death."

Looking at the enemy camp, Guan Yu said sarcastically.

Field warfare and siege warfare are completely different.

The reason why Hulan retreated to Hulan was that the enemy had 30,000 cavalrymen and it was impossible to compete with them in a field battle.

But defending a city is different. The cavalry is completely useless and can only be used as infantry.

In this situation, relying on the strong city defense, it was simply a dream for only 60,000 people to capture Hulun, which was defended by more than 10,000 people.

That’s right, the garrison in Hulan City was not the 8,000 that Li Chenglin knew, but a full 11,000.”

The number of defenders in the Hun camp outside the city was not five thousand, but seven thousand.

These extra 5,000 were selected from slaves and secretly trained before Ning Quan went on a diplomatic mission to the Western Regions.

The Beiting spies did not get this information in time.

Although they had only received one month of training, it was enough for them to defend the city.

"Haha, they want to die, so we'll help them."

"General Ben is not considering these things now, but how to kill as many enemy troops as possible."

Li Jing had a cold expression and his tone was filled with murderous intent.

Li Jing's strategic mind is unmatched by ordinary people. Others take one step at a time, but he takes one step at a time and looks ten steps ahead.

From the moment he decided to take action against Beiting, he had a complete plan in his mind.

Li Jing believed that as long as the plan went smoothly, Beiting would soon be in His Highness's possession.

Not only Beiting, but also the Huyan tribe of the Xiongnu, thousands of miles away, could not escape the fate of being destroyed.

"General, I admire your strategy."

Guan Yu clasped his fists in compliment.

"Haha, General Guan, you're too polite."

"No matter how good my strategy is, it still requires brave generals like General Guan, General Huo, and General Lu to implement it."

Li Jing said modestly.

"General, rest assured. I will definitely live up to your trust."

Guan Yu patted his chest and promised.

"Well, let's go down and rest, and prepare to face the enemy tomorrow!"

Li Jing nodded.

........

The next day, early in the morning.

Outside Hulun City.

The Beiting army lined up early.

With Li Chenglin's order, a battle of offense and defense officially began.

Tens of thousands of Beiting soldiers rushed towards Hulun City, and the defenders did not show weakness. The archers on the city wall immediately shot arrows.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..."

In an instant, a rain of arrows flew down from the sky, sweeping towards the Beiting soldiers.

"Bang bang bang..."

Suddenly there were bursts of loud noises and screams.

The Beiting soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

But more soldiers still bravely advanced. They rushed to the foot of the city under a hail of arrows, then set up ladders and began to climb up.

"Shields protect, spearmen thrust!"

Seeing this, Guan Yu roared angrily.

Immediately, the shield soldiers stepped forward and used their shields to block the enemy's arrows.

The spearmen attacked from the gaps, stabbing the enemy with their spears.

"Ah~~"

In an instant, screams were heard everywhere.

After a brief confrontation, hundreds of soldiers were stabbed and fell from the city.

But the remaining Beiting soldiers were not afraid at all. They continued to climb hard, vowing to capture Hulun City.

This made Guan Yu sigh that the quality of Beiting soldiers was indeed very strong.

But no matter how strong they were, it was useless. The defenders had the advantage of the city walls, and Hulun City was only so big. The number of troops that Beiting could deploy was limited, so Hulun was not at a disadvantage in terms of military strength.

As expected, an hour later, after losing more than 2,000 people, the Beiting army retreated in a panic.

But this is just the beginning.

Soon, the second wave of attack came.

The two sides started fighting again.

The battle lasted until the afternoon, and both sides were exhausted, so Beiting had no choice but to withdraw its troops.

..........

The battle of Hulun is at a stalemate.

On the other side, Ning Quan left Loulan.

After three days of marching, they arrived at Yanqi Kingdom.

The Kingdom of Yanqi was larger than Loulan, but it only had 4,000 households, 30,000 people, and 2,000 soldiers.

Ning Quan's arrival was naturally warmly welcomed by the King of Yanqi.

Even the King of Yanqi personally led civil and military officials to welcome Ning Quan at the city gate.

Among them happened to be Ling Jie, the commander of Beiting stationed in Yanqi State.

Without any hesitation, Ning Quan captured them on the spot, and then sent troops to control all the garrisons in Beiting.

Ning Quan's actions shocked everyone in Yanqi, from the king to the ministers. No one had expected that Ning Quan would actually take action as soon as he said so.

The King of Yanqi was especially shocked. He did not expect Ning Quan to be so bold and completely disregard his feelings.

Even though he doesn't like Beiting's usual dominance, you can't do this.

This is Yanqi, not Daqian.

If it weren't for his lack of strength, King Yanqi really wanted to capture Ning Quan and punish him on the spot.

Fortunately, Jia Xu came forward in time and said something to the King of Yanqi.

Suddenly, the King of Yanqi changed his attitude 180 degrees. He not only praised Ning Quan highly, but also expressed his willingness to maintain eternal friendship with Hulan.

This result left Ning Quan stunned, not knowing why.

Later it was discovered that Jia Xu gave the King of Yanqi ten pieces of silk, ten pairs of blue and white porcelain, and a white jade statue.

With just this little bit of money, he bribed the King of Yanqi.

Ning Quan was also speechless!

However, since the other party expressed understanding, Ning Quan naturally wanted it more than he expected.

Soon, the two sides signed an alliance.

From now on, Yanqi and Hulan will trade with each other.

The King of Yanqi also stated that he would refuse to trade with Beiting in the future. As for the captured Ling Jie and hundreds of soldiers, they were all handed over to Ning Quan for disposal.

That night, the King of Yanqi hosted a banquet for Ning Quan in the palace, and both sides drank and talked happily.

Jia Xu also took the opportunity to tell the story of Ning Quan's defeat of 100,000 Huns and the Beiting cavalry at the wine table.

The King of Yanqi and others were stunned and admired Ning Quan even more.

Ning Quan only stayed in Yanqi for one night.

The next morning, he took Ling Jie and other captives from Beiting and headed towards the Kingdom of Kucha.

The Kingdom of Kucha could be considered a great country in the Western Regions. Its area was larger than that of the Kingdom of Yanqi and its population was also larger, at 80,000 people.

Yanqi and Kucha are not far apart, and Ning Quan arrived there in just three days.

Likewise, Ning Quan was warmly welcomed by the King of Kucha.

This time, Ning Quan did not act impulsively and directly captured the leader of Beiting.

Instead, he discussed it with the King of Kucha first and only took action after obtaining his consent.

Last time, the King of Yanqi acted rashly and almost caused trouble. Ning Quan reflected on it afterwards.

Of course, the King of Kucha had to agree.

Ning Quan brought an army of 4,000. How can we refuse his agreement?

After capturing the Beiting garrison, Ning Quan immediately signed a trade agreement with Kucha.

Ning Quan got things done in just one day.

Next, Ning Quan did not stop and went directly to the last destination of this trip, the Wusun Kingdom.

The Wusun Kingdom was far away from Qiuci, and it took seven days to get there by foot.