At the end of July, when Chang Hui had entered the Western Regions, the two armies of Pu and Qiang Crossbow had just arrived in Zhangye County, the capital of Zhangye County, and were about to part ways.Zhao Chongguo bought wine and said goodbye to Han Zeng, while the generals strangled the army on both sides of the Qianggu Shuihei River, watching the friendly army that had been walking for nearly a month on another road.The strong crossbow general Han Zeng wanted to take 30,000 soldiers from Yuzhou and Jingchu to Juyansai along the Qianggu River and the Shuijin Pass over the shoulder.Juyansai is built by Lu Bode, the strong crossbow captain of Xiaowu, from the topography, it is like the high thumb of the arm of Hexi, deep into the hinterland of the Xiongnu.Because Juyan has been completely built into a fortress beacon group, the Huns gnawed their teeth and could not pull them out, so they could only let this flesh be pierced for decades.On the contrary, the Han Dynasty took the initiative from then on, and Juyan became a springboard for the Han cavalry to attack the Xiongnu.As for Ren Hong, he continued to follow Zhao Chong's army and went west along the avenue to Jiuquan County.Seeing the two generals saying goodbye in the distance, Yang Yun, the deputy lieutenant and military officer beside Ren Hong, turned his head and whispered."
Daoyuan, I pondered for a night after learning about General Han Zeng's route, and I felt that this battle was really similar to the battle in 99 years before the Tianhan Dynasty, and it always felt unlucky."
Are you starting again?
Ren Hong glared at him: "You still say it's unlucky?"
”Yang Yun smiled and said: "Yin Jian is not far away, in the world after Xia, that big defeat is the overthrow of our previous car, how can we not carefully figure out why we lost?"
”He said in a low voice: "Daoyuan, think about it, in the second year of the Tianhan Dynasty, today's uncle Li Guangli, you are glaring at me, according to the seniority, it is indeed the uncle Weng, yes, the second division was ordered to lead 30,000 cavalry out of Jiuquan and attack the right Xianwang Yu Tianshan."
Is the route of this part exactly the same as ours?
”"As a result, Li Guangli was surrounded by the army of the Right Xian Wang, thanks to the old general Zhao who was not afraid of death and broke the siege, this was able to get out of danger."
In the battle of Tianshan that year, Zhao Chongguo was indeed brave.Shan Yu's main force is obviously chasing Li Ling, Li Guangli's house can still be defeated and surrounded by the right, the Han army has been starved of food for several days, and there are many casualties, if it were not for Zhao Chongguo and more than 100 strong men to break down and trap Chen, let Li Guangli follow out, I am afraid that the whole army will be annihilated.Therefore, the results of the two comparisons, Yang Yun and his grandfather will cry out for Li Ling.Yang Yun shook his head and sighed: "At that time, Gongsun Ao, the general of Yinqi, led the army out of the West River and joined the strong crossbow commander Lu Bode in Zhuo Evil Mountain, isn't this exactly the route of the two generals Qilian and Huya?"
As for the 5,000 infantry of Li Ling, the cavalry captain, it happened to be out of Juyan, and it was also a coincidence that he met Shan Yu's main force in Junji Mountain, and there were also many Jing Chucai officials in the department of the Marquis of Long'e. ”When Ren Hong heard Yang Yun's meaning, he was simply cursing the army before the battle, especially cursing Han Zeng!
However, the lesson of the battle more than 20 years ago must indeed be kept in mind, and this time the imperial court sent troops, and still made fine-tuning, such as asking Han Zeng not to go to Junji Mountain, where Li Ling planted his heel, after leaving the fortress, and went directly to the west along the western foot of Zhuoxie Mountain, covering the flank of Zhao Chongguo's army, and converging at Balikun Lake in Puzi Sea.Although Han Zeng inherited the throne of his father and brother and did not have many military exploits, more than 20 years ago, he also told his father Han that he participated in another war against the Xiongnu in the fourth year of the Tianhan Dynasty and had a trip outside the Saiwai.Tian Guangming and Tian Shun, on the other hand, had to cross the desert and meet in Mrs.
Fan's city, and then depending on where the main force of the Xiongnu was, they decided whether to join the battle of the Zhao and Han armies on the right to the west, or continue to go north to take Shan Yuting.As for Fan Mingyou on the East Road, he shouts every day to attack the left first, and this time he seizes the opportunity to fight in a battlefield that he is quite familiar with, it should be no big problem, at least he can contain King Zuo Xian."
We will never repeat the defeat of our second master."
Ren Hong said lightly: "Because the commander this time is not Li Guangli, but General Zhao!"
”"That's right."
Seeing that Ren Hong glared at him again, Yang Yun finally said a good word: "There is also a promise from your woman Weng Wusun Kunmi that she will send an army of 50,000 to fight the Huns with us." ”As a result, after only walking ten miles, he encountered an urgent report from the front, which proved that Yang Yun was indeed a crow's mouth."
Wusun was defeated at the Iresu, and the main force retreated to Atami."
Zhao Chongguo shook his head after reading the emergency military information sent by Yumen Pass: "Wusun himself is difficult to protect, let alone send troops to join us in Pu Shihai." ”Fortunately, Zhao Chongguo never counted on Wusun from the beginning, and the war is like this, and the predetermined premise can never catch up with the changes.For example, they wanted to reach Jiuquan at the end of July, but Wuwei encountered several heavy rains, and they could not march at all, so they were delayed for seven or eight days, and the soldiers were also tired, and when they arrived in Jiuquan County, they must have to recuperate for a while, and the exit from Jiuquan County was at least in early September.When the camp was set up in the evening, Zhao Chongguo urgently reported to the lieutenants, and said with a smile: "Fortunately, Mrs.
Feng can't wait for the army to take the first step, otherwise she will have to ask for Wusun to be rescued quickly." ”On the way west, Feng Yan asked Zhao Chongguo several times to let Ren Hong bring five or six thousand soldiers and follow her to save Princess Wusun, but Zhao Chongguo did not allow it.Feng Yan argued with reason, but Zhao Chongguo was only too lazy to see the little girl in his eyes, and only asked her to go first.Zhao Chongguo glanced at Ren Hong under the account: "Xi'an Hou, aren't you in a hurry?"
”It's a good thing that Wusun suffers a little loss, but I'm afraid that Wusun Kunmi won't be able to withstand the pressure of the pro-Hungarian faction in the country and hand over the princess to relieve worries, how can Ren Hong not be in a hurry?
At this moment, he could only be calm and composed, and said: "General, Wusun is nearly five thousand miles away from here, even if it is a cavalry, it will take a month to arrive, since we can't put on our wings and fly over, then we can only follow the original strategy, step by step."
First arrived in Jiuquan to recuperate for a few days, and then sent troops to the west to attack the court of Youxian Wang, in order to achieve the effect of encircling Wei and saving Zhao. ”I just hope that before that, Wusun can hold on.The Youxian Royal Court is at the eastern foot of Tianshan Mountain, on the shore of Pu Sea, which is the goal of the "Pu General"."
This road, the old man walked it back then."
The closer he got to that place, the more than 20 scars left on Zhao Chongguo's body during the Battle of the Tianshan Mountains were faintly itchy."
Since entering Hexi, although the journey is far away, there are counties and agricultural commanders under Dasi Nong to provide grain and straw along the way."
Although Hexi is a whole, from Yumen Pass to the Yellow River, there is a big environmental gap between the east and west, 2,000 Han miles.Dunhuang is relatively dry, so the population is sparse, and there are only 30,000 people in a county.Zhangye Wuwei, on the other hand, was humid, full of forests and grasslands, and the army did not worry about no pasture all the way.In addition, the Han Dynasty was so rich, after Huo Guang got Ren Hong's proposal, within a month, he gave an order to nail horseshoes to tens of thousands of war horses, and no one would ride them on the march, so the loss was not large.It's just that the pack horses without nails are miserable, and a lot of people die on the road, but fortunately, there is a military horse farm belonging to the Taifu in Zhangye County, which has tens of thousands of horses, and it has been replenished."
But after leaving Jiuquan, it's different."
Zhao Chongguo can't forget that road: "Out of Jiuquan to Yiwu 1,360 miles, often quicksand, people are misguided, although there are occasional springs, but often alkali bitter, no water grass."
Travel with water and food, walk on sand and gravel, and travel to and fro. ”But there is no way, there are only two ways to go to Youxian Wangting, and the one that is easy to go is at the western foot of Zhuoxie Mountain, and Zhao Chongguo gave it to Han Zeng.After so many years of war, the imperial court also knew that the division of troops was easy to miss the deadline and be broken by each other, but the two armies were crowded together, and the grass on the road was probably not enough to eat.I just hope that this time, the horseshoe will really work wonders.Zhao Chongguo is a general, others sent troops to pick fat and thin, but he was a hard nut to pick, and silently took the more difficult road.They could only make the final supply at Jiuquan, bringing a month's worth of dry rations, hoping that after arriving at Yiwu and Puzihai, they would catch the cattle and sheep of the Huns, otherwise the army would have to starve.Thinking like this, Zhao Chongguo already had a plan in his heart."
Although the Huns attacked Wusun in the west, the right part should be guarded against, in the horsehair mountain north of Jiuquan in Dunhuang, there must be one or two little kings to guard the Xingxing Gorge, can not break this natural danger, can not enter the right land, can not eat Yiwu's melon, the fresh fish of the sea of cattails" The old general took stock of the military situation, while talking and laughing, the index finger stroked his beard, as if he remembered those who tasted the sweet taste after a lot of hardships, after all, it was the owner of Zhao Tang who turned Shanglin into a melon orchard and a fish pond in Kunming.He immediately named another person: "Riding Captain Ren Hong!"
”"The last general!"
Ren Hong made a promise.Zhao Chongguo picked up the tiger talisman and the order flag: "You are a native of Hexi, familiar with the terrain, and led to recruit cavalry and Xiaoyue troops for Liangzhou, so I will use you as the vanguard to raise the army."
After arriving at Jiuquan, the first army marched for six days, and sought the enemy two hundred miles ahead. ”PS: The outline of the new volume has to be sorted out, and there is only one chapter today.