The enemy army came with 80,000 Li Kuang, who wrote official documents in accordance with the procedure and sent them to Chang'an and the Son of Heaven on patrol, and at the same time mobilized some areas under his jurisdiction.
Fortunately, thanks to the new system of the Han Empire, the capital protectorate has the right to mobilize the people in the jurisdiction when facing military threats, and if it is still to the previous dynasty, the local generals have no right to send troops and mobilize at all, and the Anxi capital has only one army of troops, which may be worse this time However, Li Kuang's mobilization was only a "routine" thing, and he really didn't take the Hunnites too seriously.
Some of them may have failed in some small parts, but in general, they have been moving from one victory to another, and to put it bluntly, they are really proud.
According to the thinking of the Han army, if there is an enemy attack, there is nothing to say, it is directly intimidating Under the inertial thinking, Li Kuang did not have the idea of fighting a defensive war at all, and handed over the internal affairs of the Anxi Protectorate to Zhao Chang, and he himself ordered troops in the morning of the same day, and led the assembled troops to open to the Penchi River in the afternoon.
As soon as they heard that there was a war to fight, the soldiers of the Anxi Prefecture were not rejected at all, but on the contrary, they all entered into excitement and excitement.
For them, the absence of war is the most terrible and sad thing, and once they hear that there is a war to participate in, one after another is happier than anyone else.
There is no way, the system of the Han Empire is there, and what status and treatment you want to get, everything depends on the title.
So how do knighthoods come about, there are many ways to get them, but there is nothing more direct and efficient than going to the battlefield and using the enemy's head to get a knighthood.
I want to go to the battlefield to get the enemy's head I want to go to the battlefield to get the enemy's head I want a beautiful woman to go to the battlefield to get the enemy's head I want to go to the battlefield to get the enemy's head I want to go to the battlefield and get the enemy's head For the Han Chinese, the enemy's head is everything they want to obtain, especially for the white-bodied people, if they want to cross the first step from the white body to the knighthood, the enemy's head is the necessary thing to step on "There are 80,000 enemy troops attacking this time."
"I've heard more than eighty thousand."
"That's really good" "Of course, the number of enemy troops is large, and the brothers are enough."
Not all the soldiers of the Han army were knights, and some of them were unlucky, and they had not had the opportunity to personally kill the enemy after joining the army for so long; Some have just been made up from the county military system and have not had time to participate in the war.
Some of the white-bodied soldiers needed the heads of the enemy to make themselves knights, and they were more eager than anyone else to start a war so that they could add a hundred acres of land to their homes, and the door panels of their homes could be hung with a sign indicating that they had a knighthood.
The group of soldiers who already had knighthoods were eager to participate in more wars, relying on the number of victories accumulated to raise their titles, obtain higher social treatment, and obtain more practical benefits.
An army with aspirations never lacks the thirst for war, and they go into battle with a desire to kill the enemy and exchange the enemy's head for everything they want Gumo's Han army marched out, and they would take the route along the Beihe River, passing through Shule, donating drugs, and resting, and then turning southeast to reach the Penchi River.
It is a reasonable arrangement to walk along the line of the North River, and this place in the Western Regions relies on oases and rivers to have enough water sources, and it is difficult for small groups of people to obtain water under the premise of not being satisfied with the Bugobi and desert, and it is even more difficult for thousands of people to ensure water supply.
Li Kuang ordered troops in Gumo, and the first batch to take away was the 3,000 men and horses stationed in the shogunate, and there will be garrisons and conscripted auxiliaries mobilized from the rear in the future.
At present, there is only one army in the Anxi Prefecture, that is, no more than 15,000 people.
These 15,000 people were divided into more than 30 large and small garrisons, except for the long-term garrison of no less than 3,000 people on the western front, the shogunate seat of the capital protectorate had more troops, and then there was the white dragon pile.
The strategic value of Bailongdui has always been not low, in addition to the large salt-producing areas on that side, it is also the main trade concentration of various ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and it is also the back road of the Han army stationed in the Western Regions.
This time, in addition to ordering the conscription of Han Chinese in the Western Regions, Li Kuang also sent people to Wusun, and the order given to Wusun was to have them gather at least 50,000 cavalry.
Wusun is a country with a long history, when the Huns were still there, the Wusun people have been swaying left and right on the side of the Huns and the Han family, and after the fall of the Han family, Wusun let go of himself.
During the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wusun, who had let himself go, happened to fall into civil strife.
Waiting for the Sima family to re-unify the world and march into the Western Regions again, the Wusun people once again chose to obey the Western Jin Dynasty with "inertia", and made some contributions to the Western Jin Dynasty's regain control of the Western Regions.
It is a pity that the good times of the Western Jin Dynasty did not last long, first the Central Plains broke out in chaos, and then there was simply a "well-dressed southward crossing", the Western Jin army stationed in the Western Regions lost the rear, except for a very small number of Jin troops who were able to withdraw to the Central Plains, most of the Jin army was detected by the Western Regions countries united to exterminate.
During the period when the countries of the Western Regions eliminated the Western Jin army stationed in the Western Regions, some tribes in the south of Wusun sheltered the Jin army, resulting in the Han people meeting some descendants of Western Jin soldiers when they returned to the Western Jin Dynasty this time.
In view of the fact that Wusun did those things that were quite acceptable, and the Han Empire did not have the time to annex for the time being, although Wusun was still divided, it still retained the national ancestry.
The current Wusun has dozens of large and small leaders, and no matter what their attitude is internally, they maintain the greatest respect and obedience to the Han Empire, which is in full swing.
Although the Anxi Protectorate has only one standing army, and it can recruit and reorganize no less than 30,000 Han auxiliary troops within half a month, it has a Wusun cavalry with a number of 5,000 to serve the Anxi Protectorate for a long time.
This Wusun cavalry serving the Han Empire, they usually do some dirty work, such as going to eliminate the people of the Western Regions who dare to resist in a certain place, and are told where to go to eliminate a certain horse thief.
Because the Han Empire was in full swing, the Wusun people were proud to serve the Han Empire, and instead of feeling that there was anything wrong with running around doing dirty work for the Han people, they also felt deeply proud.
That's because the rest of the people are not qualified enough to do dirty work for the Han Chinese.
This time, the Persian Sassanids wanted to form an anti-Han axis, not without considering Rauson.
After some observation, they came to the conclusion that the Wusun people were not only quite happy to be dogs for the Han Empire, but also took pride in being dogs, believing that the greatest possibility under contact was that they were sold by the Wusun people, so they did not pull Wusun into the anti-Han axis alliance.
It can be said that the Persians are very correct, if the Wusun people knew that there was such an anti-Han axis, they might struggle inwardly for a while, and then stab the news that the Persians want to oppose the Han Empire.
Wusun is a fragmented status quo, not a whole, and under the premise that the power cannot be concentrated, following the anti-Han is purely death.
They don't know how the Han people will treat Wusun in the future, and those tribes who show that they follow the Han people have the appearance of living more and more nourishing, and they still have to live a good life.
The order to transfer troops from the Anxi Protectorate was sent to the Wusun tribes, and most of the Wusun chieftains began to gather men and horses without thinking about it, and proceeded according to the route set by the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate; A small number of Wusun leaders will think about it, not hesitating to obey the orders of the Anxi Protectorate, but wondering if they can bring more people.
According to the experience of the previous few years, the Wusun people firmly believe that they will never lose in the battle with the Han army, they enjoy the feeling of victory on the battlefield, and they like to be able to share some of the spoils after the war.
As a result, Li Kuang only asked the Wusun troops to send 30,000 troops, but the Wusun cavalry that went to assemble at the back greatly exceeded the figure of 30,000, reaching the scale of 60,000.
It's just that these 60,000 horses are a little unsophisticated, some are too young and too old, and there are not a few women.
When Li Kuang led his army to the west, a fortress located more than 80 miles away on the west bank of the Penchi River had already entered a state of engagement.
The fortress was built on the top of a mountain, and there were inevitably fortifications along the way from the foot of the mountain to the top.
There were more than 500 Han soldiers stationed in the fortress, and in addition to the main soldiers, there was also a people's baggage team that had just transported knives, guns, swords, halberds and arrows.
"Come quickly" Wu Zhou is the supreme commander of this fortress, he has already ordered war preparations in advance, but he did not expect the enemy's advance speed to be so fast, resulting in the front foot of the baggage team just arrived, and the enemy arrived with one foot behind: "The enemy army only left about three thousand, and the rest of the enemy army bypassed." ” Looking northeast from where Wu Zhou was, he could see several black shadows moving.
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He had participated in military training, knew how to visually inspect numbers, and did not look like he had only 80,000 enemy troops.
Not only were there enemy troops in the northeast of the fortress, but enemy troops could be seen in both the west and southwest sides, and the size of the enemy army was definitely more than 150,000.
"Wolf smoke" Wu Zhou already knew the seriousness of the situation: "Inform the rear of the size of the enemy army" Isn't it a joke that even the intact Hunnit could not organize an army of more than 150,000 people, and the last time they suffered such a painful blow, they organized an army of more than 150,000 in less than a year Their fortress is not in the territory of the Western Regions, it is counted as within the border of the Hunit, but because of the last time a buffer zone of more than 300 miles was played, the Hunnites withdrew cleanly, but the Han and Guiyi Hu people poured in in large numbers, and the Anxi Protectorate also took advantage of the trend to build some military buildings.
"The enemy is attacking" The slope of the mountain is very high, and at the foot of the mountain there is only one step-mode road leading to the fortress.
More than 300 enemy troops were not crowding up the road, but spread out about 100 meters and were scattered towards the fortress at the top of the mountain.
The inclination is really a bit high, people have to use both hands and feet to ensure that they climb up, they did not encounter the long-range weapon attack of the Han army in the fortress at the first time of attack, it was after climbing about 30 meters, the Han army finally reacted.
"Shoot the Arrow" There were about 120 Han crossbowmen standing on the walls of the fortress, and they had already chosen their targets, either to release the bowstring and shoot arrows, or to pull the trigger to activate the crossbow arrows.
The anti-Han soldiers who were climbing upwards were hit by arrows at least 30 in an instant, and when they were hit, they let out a muffled grunt or scream, and their bodies rolled down uncontrollably.
In addition, most of the anti-Han soldiers who were not shot by the Han army were lying on the ground, and only a few were still struggling to climb up.
"It's just that these enemy troops are all dead, and as long as we don't lack arrows, they can't attack them at all."
Wu Zhou has a deep confidence in this, and they chose this position to take advantage of the location: "The only thing to worry about is the water source. ” The fortress was built on the highest part of the mountain, as long as people with common sense understand that most of the mountains have no water source at all, and only a very few mountains with springs in the mountains will have water sources, that is, do not expect to be able to eat five or six hundred people every day.
"As long as it can last for a month, it's enough."
Yue Shan was not worried at all, and said, "Although the situation is a little wrong, it is just like that. ” Yue Shan meant that a month's time was enough for friendly troops in the rear to fight.
Wu Zhou thinks about more things, many times the war is always full of variables, if their capital guards choose to completely annihilate the enemy army, they will definitely deliberately lure the enemy army further east, so that no matter how smooth the war is, it is almost impossible to finish it within a month.
"We still have to be prepared for the toughest things."
Wu Zhou didn't have any idea of breaking through: "Plan for water, except for necessity today, don't waste water." ” Yue Shan only had the share of "promise", and he could not be too cautious about the war.
At the foot of the mountain, Mustilis frowned as he watched the fortress at the top of the mountain.
He was from Persia and was the commander of this army.
"Explore the surroundings" Mustilis sent people to probe, mainly to see how many long-range weapons the Han army in the fortress had: "There are at least a hundred or more arrows just now, and there may be about a hundred and so bows and crossbows that only have about two hundred, and no matter how many of us die, we can't attack them, not to mention that we have less than three thousand." ” Their greatest hope now is to find an offensive route with better road conditions, but that is almost unlikely, otherwise the Han Empire would not have chosen such a place to build a fortress.
"Along the way, there are as many as six fortresses like this, and there are even more forts and beacons."
Mustilis smiled bitterly: "Just a fortress can divide at least 3,000 troops, and the fort can involve 1,000 people, and before we have officially contacted the field troops of the Han Empire, we have already divided our troops into 40,000 or 50,000 people." ” In other words, not all of the enemy forces that Wu Zhou saw exceeded 200,000 in number: