One thousand one hundred and sixty-six The fall of Khotan and Shule
"Hehe, Brother Zhong, I know you understand me, how could I take all the benefits by myself and not even give the brothers a little soup? I'm not that kind of person, hehe. ”
Before the general offensive was launched, Zhang Fei was keenly aware of some unfriendly emotions in Guan Yu's army.
With vigilance against this emotion, Zhang Fei took the initiative to show favor to Guan Yu.
Of course, the relationship between Zhang Fei and Guan Yu goes without saying, although Liu Bei is already five feet tall in front of the grave, and both of them can't remember what Liu Bei looks like, but the brotherly relationship has not changed.
Of course, Guan Yu didn't blame Zhang Fei very much.
But there were many generals who followed in this battle, Zhang Fei rushed and fought in front alone, leaving them with only a butt of ashes, who could be happy?
For example, Yan Liang, Yan Liang's eyes are about to turn to the sky.
That is, Guan Yu almost killed him at the beginning, he was afraid of Guan Yu, and he didn't dare to express his dissatisfaction with Zhang Fei too bluntly.
But this is enough to represent the mainstream sentiment of the generals in the army.
So Zhang Fei was forced not to lead the first wave of troops to attack Khotan, and he had to go to the back, if everyone fought well, the credit of Khotan could not be given to Zhang Fei.
"Yide, you listen to me, you are not allowed to compete for the first, you are not allowed to grab the merits, you must stay behind and follow me, otherwise, I will not be able to spare you."
Guan Yu's attitude was very clear.
For the sake of army harmony.
Zhang Fei could only agree with a black face.
Who made him go through so much before?
There should also be some rules within the army.
Guan Yu's army's attack on Khotan was also the Wei Empire's attack on Khotan, and this attack fully reflected the huge gap in the national strength of the two sides.
With the support of Wei's national strength, although Guan Yu's army did not have an absolute advantage in numbers, it was completely crushed by the Khotanese army in terms of combat effectiveness and offensive methods.
Although the Khotanese army did not intend to fight a field battle with the Wei army from the beginning, but held the city to the death, this kind of low and not overly powerful army defended the city was not much better than paper paste in front of the fully evolved Wei army.
Guan Yu gave an order, and the fierce fire oil canister and earth-shaking thunder flew all over the sky, smashing straight into the opponent's city, smashing a quasi-child, and smashing into it was a burst of fire or a loud noise, which scared the Khotanese army on the head of the city.
Their performance was no better than those enemies that the Wei army encountered during its campaign in the Central Plains.
Or even a little worse.
In half a day, it was only half a day, and the border city guarded by the 3,000 troops of Khotan was conquered by Guan Yu.
The army slaughtered the city wall, killed the Khotanese defenders, captured the city gate, and then opened the city gate.
After all, the Khotanese army failed to resist the onslaught of the Wei army, and together with the defenders, the whole army was destroyed, and the city was captured by the Wei army.
After that, Guan Yu divided his troops into two ways and captured two other cities respectively.
The cities of Pishan and Qule were conquered by the Wei army, and finally the Wei army besieged the capital of Khotan.
The king of Khotan arranged 10,000 soldiers to defend the capital, and even mobilized all the old and young in the city to defend it together, doing his best.
Then while begging for mercy and hoping that the Wei army would stop the army, he put on a posture of not surrendering.
This annoyed Guan Yu.
Why did I come all the way to stop the army under your persuasion?
And how dare you set up a garrison to resist the army of the kingdom?
Are you kidding!
Guan Yu mobilized ten trebuchets and bombarded the capital, and boulders, fiery oil canisters and earth-shattering thunderbolts continued to hit the fragile defense line of the Khotanese army.
Finally, two days later, the Khotanese army could not hold on and was attacked by the Wei army.
After a period of brutal killing, the gate of the capital of Khotan was opened, Guan Yu was overjoyed, and ordered the whole army to attack, and the capital of Khotan was broken by the Wei army.
Perhaps because it was the capital, even if it was breached, the resistance was still fierce.
This is a bit more difficult to attack than the other cities.
But it's useless, since Wei Jun has come in, he won't go out.
Some Khotanese generals and soldiers were very brave, even if the city was breached, they still guarded the streets and houses, used inferior weapons to resist the attack of the Wei army, and caused some casualties to the Wei army.
However, it is all in vain and meaningless.
On the whole, the Wei army continued to advance, constantly occupying the streets and buildings they were holding, and the Wei army's street fighting ability was not bad at all, and even more professional.
So after holding out for a while, the whole city fell except for the palace.
On this basis, of course, the Wei army had an absolute advantage, and the remaining remnants of Khotanese were trapped in the palace and could not give them any hope.
It took an extra day of effort, the Wei army conquered the palace, Yan Liang still rushed to the front, and Zhang Fei's department was the last to enter the city for the unity of the army, which Zhang Fei was very unhappy about.
But he still has a little credit.
The state of Khotan was finished in this way, and the entire attack process took more than ten days, and a country was swept away by the Wei army.
In fact, Khotan's performance is quite good, with a large population, a large army, and more time for mobilization, which is much better than those small countries that will die in a daze.
In a small country like Jimo and Jingjue, as soon as the Wei army arrived, they looked confused, and they didn't hold it for a day and it was over.
After the collapse of Khotan, Guan Yu's army was directed at Shule.
At this moment, the Shule Kingdom has actually been beaten by Cao Ren and has no power to fight back, and is constantly losing its land, cities and people, and constantly being weakened.
The Shule State gradually developed and grew in the war of annexation between small countries in the Western Regions, and its development was still quite good, but it was still vulnerable in the face of the attack of the Wei army.
The army held the city to the death, but it could not resist the trebuchets of the Wei army, and could not resist the fear of fierce fire oil cans and earth-shattering thunder.
Each city did not last more than three days before it was breached by the Wei army.
Under the terrible offensive of the Wei army, no city could hold on.
King Shule sent an elite army to defend the main road to the national capital, but the elite troops were rushed by the Wei army, and they collapsed, and they were chased for a long distance, and the whole army was annihilated.
As a result, the army of the king of Shule was frightened and stupid, and the defense of the royal capital was fought extremely badly, and under the overwhelming heavy fire of the Wei army, it could not hold out until the fourth day.
King Shule's guards were good at fighting, and they were able to defend the palace and protect the royal family after the city was broken.
The general Gao Ran was very brave, took the lead, personally led the troops to storm the Shule Palace, and under the protection of his own soldiers, he first ascended to the city and seized the name of Xiandeng, and made the first contribution.
The Wei army poured in fiercely, slaughtered the guards of the king of Shule, and then rushed into the palace of the king of Shule, and opened a killing ring, and in the end, none of the palace people of the king of Shule, including himself, survived.
King Shule was still quite brave, he protected his family with a sword, and he also loudly scolded Gao Ran, asking why Wei wanted to exterminate the vassal states.
It's a pity that Gao Ran looked at him like a brave man looking at an experienced monster, and rushed up and cut down King Shule without saying a word.
King Shule also had a few moves with him, but the king and the professional general still couldn't fight in force, and King Shule didn't carry a few moves, Gao Ran won the victory and killed King Shule with a knife.
Cutting off the head of King Shule, and then looking at the royal family members of King Shule who were screaming, Gao Ran shook his head disdainfully.
This little fish and shrimp will be handled by their own soldiers.
In a short period of time, the Wei army completely controlled the Shule Palace, killed all the people and others, and wiped out the Shule royal family.
This is the basic operation of the Wei army to destroy a country.