When the generals of the Kushan Empire found that this road was impassable,

You can take a detour to another road,

And once you go around there,

Though the road is a mountain road,

It's not easy to pass,

But the enemy, with its huge numerical superiority,

and among the nations of the Western Regions,

There are already a lot of grassy countries in the wall,

Explicitly or implicitly cast on this basis of the other,

Pang Tong wants to win again,

It's going to be a lot more difficult.

The 300,000 troops of the Kushan Empire,

Coming with incomparable might,

It can almost be said to be an invincible existence in the entire Western Regions,

Although Pang Tong led the entire Western Regions Expeditionary Force,

However, the total number,

But it's only less than 100,000 people,

On the frontal battlefield,

Even if you can defeat this army victoriously,

The casualties on Lu Bujun's side will not be easy to go anywhere,

For Pang Tong, who was fledgling in the first battle,

It is a result that is absolutely not allowed.

Therefore, take advantage of the first line of the sky to fight a beautiful ambush battle,

For Pang Tong,

It is the most crucial step to lay the foundation for the perfection of this debut.

But it's precisely because the terrain here is so prominent,

Therefore, whoever it is,

It's impossible to set foot here easily.

The other party can lead an army of 300,000 Kushan thousands of miles away,

The generals who came from an expedition to this place,

Such a character must be well versed in all kinds of art of war,

No matter what the conspiracy is,

No matter how delicate and treacherous the arrangement is,

The other party may not be deceived.

But such people,

At the same time, there will be a common feature,

That's self-confidence,

Although self-confidence is a good thing,

At the same time, it is also a necessary condition to become a commander of the army.

But if you are overconfident,

That's the biggest drawback.

Pang Tong just wants to use this to make a fuss,

This is also the basis for his follow-up series of strategies.

The 300,000 troops of the Kushan Empire,

After entering the Western Regions, the journey was smooth,

Met with little decent resistance,

This makes them from top to bottom,

Naturally, he had a contemptuous attitude towards the Western Regions.

No matter how cautious the generals,

It will inevitably appear more or less this kind of thought.

Coupled with the process of the first expedition to the Western Regions,

General Lu Zhi led Li Ru and Xu Rong,

All three are veteran generals in the army,

is even more reluctant to kill more for various reasons,

Therefore, although the whole of the Western Regions has been unified,

But to be honest, in the course of two years,

There are very few battles,

That kind of tragic war,

It can be said that there are almost none,

This kind of past war,

It also made the other party unable to figure out the actual combat effectiveness of the Han army.

also for Pang statistical policy to be able to implement,

laid a good foundation,

There is no harm without contrast,

Therefore, in the absence of any actual combat examples as a reference,

Just based on what they've experienced before,

A one-sided battle that doesn't even count as a warm-up,

to estimate the strength of the Han army,

Regardless of the opposing generals,

How cautious he is,

In the depths of my heart,

will take it for granted that the Han army's combat power is not much stronger.

Pang Tong relied on his own side again,

With Liu Jun, who can be said to be an intelligence gatherer who exists against the sky,

A series of strategies were settled.

Whether it is the placement of small forces in the canyon to deliberately let the other side's slave troops discover,

Or let Ma Chao lead 20,000 light cavalry and fight and lose,

It's all about sending a signal to the other party,

That is, the Han army has just arrived here.

There was no time to lay an ambush.

Let the opposing host have a preconceived idea.

Although this kind of thinking does not play a decisive role,

But it can play a role in boosting the whole plan.

And Mamel's reaction at the time,

It is exactly in line with Pang Tong's previous estimate.

Later, Ma Chao cooperated with Pang De,

During the night, a series of dazzling attacks were carried out on Tucker's army,

caused a certain amount of damage on Tucker's side,

But it didn't get to the point of making the other party hurt.

This also happens to be in line with the situation that Mamel himself thinks - the main force of the Han army is on Tucker's side,

But in fact, the reason why it was able to cause such a powerful killing effect at that time,

The real greatest hero,

But it was the repeater invented by Ma Jun and the improved trebuchet,

Ma Chao their real combatants,

Only the 20,000 light cavalry that Tucker first met,

As for the morning of the second day,

30,000 Kushan troops dispatched,

The Han soldiers who were waiting in the Han army camp,

But from a few nearby countries,

Soldiers who have been improvised and reloaded,

There is no combat power at all,

But the commander of the Kushan Army at that time,

Simply launch a charge against the battalion,

You can immediately find out the catty in it,

But it is precisely because of Tucker's caution that

gave the commander an order in advance to retreat when the opportunity was not good,

Only then did I confirm the news that the main force was here.

That's why Mamel's side,

Able to make up his mind and order the army to enter the first line of heaven.

Wait until the slaves at the front of the army,

When you find that the exit has been completely blocked by a boulder,

Mamel's main force has also come in tens of thousands of people,

Pang Tong then ordered the entrance to be blocked,

Tens of thousands of Kushan troops became turtles in the urn,

Although Pang Tong did not let the soldiers on the top of the mountain attack the enemy in the canyon,

But at that entrance, they kept pushing down boulders,

Completely cut off the enemy's desire to open the way,

After seeing the power of the boulder rolling down,

He hurriedly ordered the army to retreat after a while,

Don't care about the remaining allies among them,

From a ray of heaven and beyond,

I can't see the real scene in it at all.

Pang Tong even ordered the troops to be outside those boulders,

With twigs and other things stained with black oil,

lit a raging fire,

It is to bring everything in the valley,

Tightly shielded.

After Mamel saw this scene,

It is even more logical to think that

Minbayi and the tens of thousands,

At this moment, he has been completely buried in the flames.

Mamel led the troops,

Back in the old camp,

It's only a day's work,

Ambitious to go out,

Now, dejected, embarrassed and embarrassed,

This taste,

It's hard to tell outsiders.

For Mamel,

This time the loss,

It has become a great shame in his life,

Although in the previous battle with the Resting Empire,

Basically, there are more defeats and fewer wins,

But how could there ever be such a fiasco,

I haven't seen the enemy yet,

His own troops lost sixty or seventy thousand men first,

Even if you remove the 30,000 slaves, Doctor

Among them, there are also 30,000 or 40,000 main troops,

And in the first place, just in case,

The most elite tower shieldman,

Almost all of them are in the middle of a line of sky,

Back in the camp,

Mamel is still because of this loss,

sullenly drinking sullen wine,

Suddenly the door of the tent was slammed open,

A gust of wind blew in fiercely,

Mamel, who was already in a bad mood,

Without saying anything, he smashed the wine jug in his hand viciously,

Angry shouted:

"Are you dead, dad or is your wife running away with someone? I don't know if I will report it first when I enter the door!? ”

After scolding, I saw clearly the person who came in,

It was his appointed son-in-law,

Commander of his own army,

Suddenly, as if eating a fly,

I am ready to marry my daughter to this boy,

Scolding him like this at this moment,

Doesn't that mean that his daughter is in the twilight,

Thinking of this, I am even more angry,

But he couldn't scold each other anymore,

I almost suffocated myself from internal injuries.

The commander of the pro-soldiers was also embarrassed,

The general will give him his daughter in marriage,

He already knew about it,

And, up to now,

still do his best to be the commander of this personal army for Mamel,

Largely because of his daughter,

Regardless of his daughter's physical condition,

or the political resources represented behind him,

That's the best reason for him to make it imperative.

But now, it's not the time to think wildly.

The reason why he was so out of shape,

is also because I learned a news that was too shocking,

Although I know that if I say it at this moment,

Mamel in front of him will only be more angry,

But this kind of news does not dare to hide anything,

I had to bite the bullet and say:

"General, something has happened on General Tucker's side!"

"What!?"

Mamel looked at the pro-soldier commander in disbelief,

Before they go to the Ray of Heaven,

also received news from Tucker's side,

After confirming that the main forces of the enemy army were over there,

Tucker has stepped up his defenses,

didn't make any out-of-the-ordinary moves,

Moreover, Tucker is known for his honesty and prudence.

So although there has been an accident here,

But Mamel didn't worry about what was going on over there at all.

However, what I never expected was that

Tucker still had a change on his side,

Although it is not yet known,

What exactly happened,

But Mamel felt a chill all over his body,

Able to make Tucker panic,

And let this always calm pro-soldier commander such a gaffe change,

It wouldn't have been a minor accident.

"General...... Shogun......"

The words of the commander of the pro-soldiers came to his lips,

But it's a little hard to say,

After all, the consequences of this incident are too serious.

"What kind of system do you spit into!"

Seeing the other party's hesitant appearance,

Mamel's heart sank deep downward,

But he was still calm,

Make a calm appearance,

He asked as he turned to the other party.

Perhaps infected by Mamel's composure,

The commander of the pro-army finally calmed down,

He replied in a deep voice:

"General, General Tucker was suddenly attacked by the enemy two hours ago, and the firepower of the opponent's new weapons was too fierce, and General Tucker suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to this side......"

"Smack!"

The words of the commander of the army,

Interrupted by a crisp cracking sound,

One of the pens in Mamel's hand was broken alive by him,

The broken shaft pierced his palm,

Scarlet blood gushed out,

But he didn't realize it,

looked gloomily at the commander of the pro-soldiers,

Shen Sheng asked:

"How much has been lost? Recruit me from the truth! ”

When the commander of the army saw Mamel's current appearance,

He knows the other party's temperament,

Knowing that the other party is the most angry now,

Don't dare to anger him again,

Hurriedly replied:

"General, General Tucker's side, lost more than 17,000 horses last night, and in a battle at noon today, he lost more than 34,000 people again, and more than half of the 100,000 army was lost, and now there are less than 50,000 people left, and now they are retreating to this side, and it is expected to be able to join our army tonight!"

"Bastard!"

Mamel's palm slapped the table,

I don't care that the wound on my hand is further torn,

This news, far more than the injury on the hand,

It hurt him even more.

"Fifty thousand troops! 50,000 troops!! ”

Mamel repeated viciously,

I want to continue to scold,

Suddenly I thought of the loss on my side,

It's a lot more than Tucker's,

At the very least, Tucker saw the enemy,

And it's the two sides at war,

I have lost so many men and horses,

But what about your own side......

I took several deep breaths,

Mamel finally calmed down a little,

He asked again:

"How much did those Han troops lose!?"

When the commander of the army heard Mamel's questioning,

His face suddenly changed for no reason,

Mamel happened to capture the change in the other party,

A sense of foreboding once again swelled up in my heart,

Took a deep breath,

"Just say it......"

After saying this,

Mamel was a little deflated for no reason,

The blows to him this day continued one after another,

made him suddenly feel powerless,

This feeling of weakness,

In the old days,

But I didn't experience it at all.

The commander of the pro-soldiers couldn't help but take a deep breath,

Only then did he slowly speak:

"The enemy's losses are less than a thousand, according to the report of General Tucker's side, the enemy has a total of 20,000 light cavalry, with several trebuchets, just with long-range attacks, more than half of General Tucker's camp was smashed, and when General Tucker led the army to counterattack, the opponent's light cavalry had a strange bow and arrow, and the arrows shot out were not only extremely far away, and the lethality was amazing, but also could be fired continuously, without the defense of the tower shieldman, any soldier could not even move forward under that kind of fierce attack, That's what caused a massive rout......"

"Hiss......"

Although I have never experienced that kind of terrible battle,

But just listening to this guy's description,

Mamel could also imagine,

The kind of one-sided battle that is so brutal,

Tucker is notoriously cautious,

It is precisely because of this that

So it is absolutely impossible for him to exaggerate any situation,

Even if it is such a fiasco,

He will only report objectively,

and will not deliberately exaggerate the enemy,

But it is precisely because of this objective evaluation,

It made Mamel feel chills all over his body,

According to Tucker's description,

This bow and arrow weapon of the other side,

It's simply an invincible existence,

can't even rush in front of each other,

has already lost tens of thousands of people,

What kind of terrible weapon is this?

Since the enemy army has such a terrible weapon,

Why did you deliberately show weakness before?

20,000 cavalry, with this weapon,

will be able to slaughter a hundred thousand troops to a great defeat,

His own army of 300,000,

Isn't it a joke?