Even the Chinese New Year is walking on the middle of the road, don't look at the Western Regions, the wind of the knife in winter is not much lighter than that of Liaodong, even if the armor is lined with big cotton clothes, and the frozen steel armor is cooling outside, people are still shivering.

And the war was too protracted, and it was fought less than a quarter of the time, and Khotan, the culprit, was still tens of thousands of miles away, and the war didn't know how long it would take! In such a cold weather, regardless of whether the overlord soldiers assigned to the Western Regions Protectorate or the Kansai cavalry, they were all in a hurry.

But don't say, the former capital of the country, Jiaohe City, is really special, located between the confluence of two ancient river channels, although the river has long been dried up and diverted in the unknown several climate changes, but the huge ancient river channel and the Jiaohe City built by digging river mud on the spot look at the past from afar, it looks so simple and vicissitudes.

The whole army was lifeless and took advantage of the cold wind to camp on the spot, and at an angle, it sandwiched the walnuts that stood in the surrounding flat and boundless Tucheng Jiaohe and suddenly rose from the ground, and the right army was the Cheshi State coalition army that "revolted" during the Battle of the Mountain Country.

However, at this time, there were only more than 8,000 left of the 20,000 army, after all, the logistical pressure was there, and Cao Zhang did not trust them, so he dismissed the troops of these Cheshi subjects along the way, and when they arrived at Jiaohe City, there were only the troops of the former and rear Cheshi countries that were not believed and could not be dismissed.

As for the left army, it was Cao Zhang who brought the expedition, and even the logistics soldiers were counted as the 15,000-man vanguard army of the Duhufu.

The reserve minfu light infantry was exhausted and unloaded the felt bags carried by the horses, and the curved steel skeleton was heavily nailed to the dry ground of the ancient river channel, putting out the barracks like mushroom forests, and Leng didn't even want to say more, whether it was the infantry of the Metropolitan Protectorate under the command of Zhang Jaw Guo Huai, or the Kwantan knights, they all drove into the camp in a dull manner.

It is time to look for water sources to find water sources, and those who should feed the horses to feed the horses to feed, but the whole army is a depressing atmosphere, which makes people feel unhappy.

But in such a lifeless appearance, suddenly several cavalrymen with the banner of the Imperial Protectorate actually rushed out of the gate of Jiaohe City in ecstasy, pumping their horses' buttocks, and galloping into the camp, looking at the lazy army coming out to greet them, they were extremely excited and shouting along the way.

"The Cheshi people do not surrender! The Cheshi people do not surrender! The army is about to storm the city! ”

"What? The Cheshi people do not surrender? ”

"The army is really going to attack the city, it's great!!"

Often siege warfare is the most bitter and cruel war, if in the Central Plains, knowing that the army is going to siege the city, the whole army has to be nervous for a while, and the commander has to spend a lot of money to recruit the brave as a pioneer, but in the capital to protect the house is good, when I heard that there is a battle to fight, even many people are so excited that they cry with joy, kneeling on the ground and hammering the dry earth with their fists.

Hearing that Jiaohe City refused to surrender, even Cao Zhang, who was in the commander's barracks, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Judging from the current political situation, the entire Western Regions is still on the sidelines, Cao Zhang still needs to use military exploits to establish authority, in the Central Plains, the ruler is to promote his benevolence! But in this land where productivity is backward and the weak are afraid of the hard, you have to show off your muscles, show how capable you are, and cut off hundreds of heads with your hands, so that the people of the Western Regions can fear you.

In that year, Ban Chaoding the Western Regions, soon 36 horsemen slaughtered into the camp of hundreds of Xiongnu envoys, cut off the head of the Xiongnu envoy, and threw it in front of King Shanshan, which frightened him to worship the Heavenly Empire?

If Jiaohe City surrenders again, if you want to find the next attack point, you need to travel thousands of miles west to attack Kucha, the capital of Qiuzi Kingdom, near the Tarim River.

And in order to maintain the faith of the great power, if the former Guojiaohe City surrenders, the army of the Western Regions Protectorate still can't align and loot, otherwise if you surrender and rob, who will be willing to submit to you? At that time, the five thousand landlord cavalry, which was the main force, still had empty claws, and Cao Zhang really doubted whether he could drive them westward for another thousand or hundreds of miles.

In contrast, whether the two ends of the snake and mouse of the driver will rebel again, this is a trivial matter!

Fortunately, it seems that looking at the lifeless army, and they are still extremely confident in the defense of their capital, the former countrymen of the cultivated chariot division arrogantly refused to surrender, and continued to stand up with the stick, and wrestled with the big man.

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However, Cao Zhang was dancing with his arms in his arms excitedly, and Wang Changle, who was originally the most impulsive, became calm, looking at the map and frowning worriedly.

"Uncle! Don't rejoice too soon! Jiaohe City is not so easy to attack! ”

"If there is too much loss here, the next war will be even more difficult to fight! Don't forget that this is the beginning, and there are a few barbarians in the Western Regions who are not subject to the king's transformation, such as Qiuzi Shule and Khotan Shache, who need to be conscripted! ”

"Our army has a tiger squat cannon, what are you afraid of it?"

Cao Zhang is a good leader, but it's a pity that Huang Xu'er, who is a good general, is really average in terms of military strategy! Listening to his optimistic words, Deng Ai was a basin of cold water splashed on his head at once.

"The caliber of the tiger squat cannon is too small, the power is too poor, and Jiaohe City is an earthen wall, if the tiger squat cannon is used to collapse the city wall, I am afraid that the hundred or so barrels of gunpowder carried by the army will be exhausted, and if you want to transport gunpowder to the front line, it will be wasted!"

"This ......"

Later generations of Da Meng are too superstitious about firearms, Salhu was wiped out by the Eight Banners Jurchen of cold weapons in the first battle, and now Cao Zhang seems to be guilty of this problem! Listening to Deng Ai's calculations, he was really dumbfounded.

However, after pouring cold water on him, Deng Ai's originally honest and honest face couldn't help but show a cunning look.

"But can't bombard the city! We have another way, Uncle Cao, don't you think that our army is very similar to the situation when Guan Yu besieged Xudu? ”

"So our army will be defeated?"

I don't know if I look down on Guan Shouhou or have no confidence in myself, as soon as I heard this, Cao Zhang's head suddenly drooped, and Deng Ai couldn't hold back his breath when he heard it, and Miss Changle on the side shook her head speechlessly, and then slapped Deng Ai on the back of the head.

"What a deal! What is the plan, hurry up! I don't know if our uncle has a low IQ? ”

He also rubbed the back of his head helplessly, lowered his voice, and with Deng Ai's demonic whisper, the heads of the three Xiaoqiang came together, and in less than a moment, a burst of evil laughter suddenly sounded! Especially Cao Zhang, his voice is particularly lewd and he laughs evilly.

"Great idea! On yin, it's still your little Dengzi! ”

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Although the weather was cold, but the next day, the army of the Western Regions Protectorate quickly kicked off the siege, especially in the east of the city, in the midst of a burst of crying fathers and mothers, the Han army of the Western Regions Protectorate pressed the formation, and the surrendered Cheshi troops were driven to the forefront of the entire army.

This trick is not virtuous enough, it is a common trick of the nomads, after capturing the population of the farming people, forcing them to attack the city of the farming people as cannon fodder, not only consuming the vitality of the defending city, but also the two sides who are related to each other inside and outside the city have to fight each other, which can especially hit the morale of the defending side.

Sure enough, as soon as the horn of the siege of the city sounded, seeing that under the city, many of their neighbors, and even the second uncle's eldest cousin were driven to Jiaohe City in desperation, and the shouting and scolding on the city had already sounded fiercely.

"Despicable Han Dog !!"