Han Khan

Chapter 104: Enemies from the North

"Your Highness!" Yin Shanxiong didn't know how far he had run. His face flushed and he said with rapid breathing:
"To the north, a group of about 3,000 cavalrymen were spotted near the northern sentry tower. They were chasing a group of people of unknown origin. The scouts said they were speaking Uighur and were charging towards our camp!"

Zhang Sheng had been concentrating on construction these days and had not heard the system's alarm about the attack, so he did not check the system's small map at any time.

As soon as he heard Yin Shanxiong's report, he immediately checked the system map as if it was a conditioned reflex. After searching for a while, he saw two red dots at the northern watchtower.

Yin Shanxiong stopped and rested for a while, finally he stopped panting so much. He looked at Zhang Sheng in confusion, not understanding why he didn't ask about the situation, but stood there in a daze, and couldn't help but call out, "Your Highness?"

"Okay, I understand. You lead the guards who followed you to investigate to rest. Zhang Xibao and Koza will gather the guards of the two regiments and follow me to check who is coming."

Zhang Sheng roughly knew how many people the other side had, but he couldn't get any more useful information from the map.

Several people bowed and said, "Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhang Sheng has a golden finger, but he is not omnipotent in many aspects.

For example, he could use the map to observe the enemies around him, but now all he saw were two red dots moving, and he couldn't tell which tribe or force they belonged to.

In addition, once the media that provide vision are gone, such as buildings, system soldiers, and sentry towers, as long as these media disappear, the entire map will fall into the dark mode of "fog of war" again.

There are two groups of moving red dots, one with two to three thousand people and the other with a few hundred people. If their direction does not change, these people will rush into the camp of Jinhan’s tribe in less than an hour.

Zhang Xibao and Koza quickly assembled 1,800 Jinhan guards.

The royal guards are the elite among the elite in the Jinhan tribe. They are all the remnants of the Jinshan Kingdom who followed Zhang Sheng from Dunhuang all the way to Mobei. Of course, there are also some who were captured by the Jin and Han and were promoted to royal guards after performing meritorious services in battle.

They are all veterans of the battlefield, very loyal and brave. When the guards were gathering, Zhang Sheng had also quickly assembled two hundred soldiers produced by the system.

Originally, many places in the Great Lakes Basin were covered with lush grass and dotted with flowers before the Jinhan tribe arrived.

At this time, in the northern part of the Jinhan camp, within a range of about ten miles, the amount of pasture had decreased a lot, because the Jinhan tribe had more than 7,000 people, more than 20,000 slaves, and nearly 500,000 to 600,000 livestock living there.

As a result, the surrounding grass was consumed a lot in a short time, and the area even looked a bit desolate.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Sheng felt a little anxious. What should he do in winter?
He immediately shook his head again, thinking that he was worrying about nothing. The entire Great Lakes Basin, the Jinshan and Shandian grasslands, and the vast grasslands extending to the Yanran Mountains in the east were still uncontrolled. There was plenty of grassland.

I was just worrying too much, but the carrying capacity of the grassland is limited. If the number of tribesmen and livestock continues to increase, my unfounded worries at this time may really become a reality.

Including the soldiers produced by the system, a total of two thousand fully armed Jinhan troops, led by Zhang Sheng, marched quickly towards the sentry tower five miles away. After reaching the sentry tower, they stopped.

Zhang Sheng then sent 50 soldiers to wait for the unknown enemy with bows and arrows from a high position. Because there were no trees on the grassland, only rolling hills, the grassland was very flat and the view was very clear.

In some places, even ten miles ahead, one could see an army of more than 2,000 people stationed under a stone tower on a hill. Taking this into consideration, Zhang Sheng immediately asked Zhang Xibao and Kezha to lead their respective regiments to retreat to some hills and hide with bows and arrows.

However, Zhang Sheng was able to observe from the map in his mind, lead his troops to hide uphill, and then arrange the formation, waiting for the enemy to rush into the encirclement.

As he got to know the system better over the past few days, he knew one thing for sure: the map provided by the system, if used properly, would be an absolutely incredible artifact.

Koza and Zhang Xibao looked at the "warriors sent from heaven to earth" beside Zhang Sheng, who could not speak but obeyed orders.

They were very excited. With the help of such divine warriors, this battle was definitely a sure win, especially for the 50 heavily armored cavalrymen wearing uniform armor, both men and horses. On this flat grassland, who could withstand a charge from such elite troops with solid defenses?

At this time, Zhang Sheng discovered that the enemies rushing in front were about five or six hundred people, all cavalry, and the other force chasing them had more than three thousand people. One thing in common was that both forces were also all cavalry.

An army of nearly four thousand people rushed towards Zhang Sheng and others. The rumbling sound of horse hooves spread far and wide in the wilderness. Occasionally, there were also the neighing of horses, the screaming of people, and the sound of flying arrows. They rushed towards this side quickly.

The enemy is coming!

They rode on their war horses, and their bodies gradually appeared from the distant hills.

The difference between the two forces was revealed in their attire. The people in the front wore red robes embroidered with flowers, fish, insects and the Nian beast. They looked more splendid than the nomadic cavalry behind them who were wearing animal skins and sheepskin coats.

But in fact, it was not that glamorous. The fugitive's clothes and armor were badly damaged, and blood was scattered all over his body.

As the distance got closer, Zhang Sheng saw that among the group of fugitives who were leading the way and being hunted, there were two people, a man and a woman, riding chestnut horses and galloping wildly in the front. They looked to be young, and there were nearly a hundred fully armed people beside them, as if they were protecting them.

The people chasing them were shouting in Uighur. Zhang Sheng figured it out. The man being chased was called Ilhan and the woman was called Sarah. They seemed to be the special agent and princess of the Karakhanid Khanate? The people chasing them were the cavalry of the Ubili tribe.

How did the Karakhanids get here? Weren't they in the Seven Rivers Steppes around the Ili River, Lake Balkhash, and the Chu River?
Getting closer and closer...

But when the Ubili people saw the tall spires (watchtowers) on the grassland on Zhang Sheng's side, they were very confused. When did such a tall and majestic building appear on the grassland?
But when you see that the enemy you are chasing is getting farther and farther away, just keep chasing him.

Zhang Sheng's attention was all focused on the system map. After exploring for so long, he could already see the distance scale from the map and thought the time had come.

He shouted: "Everyone, shoot!"

(End of this chapter)