Chapter 0915: The Great Wall of Kushan
In the twenty-third year of Yankang, the war between the Han and Guishan entered a stalemate, perhaps because the Han underestimated the commander of Guishan too much before the war, and more because the Han soldiers were not accustomed to the water and soil here, therefore, the Han generals gradually calmed down, before the war began, Sun Ce had arrogantly said that he would capture the king of Guishan within twenty days, but now, the war has continued for a year.
Zhang Liao led the soldiers to successfully outflank from the northeast of Guishan, and occupied all the way, so that the main force of Guishan and the royal family were trapped in Fulousha City and Shirostuo City, the King of Guishan lost his command to the outside world, and the northern and southern armies cut off their contact with the outside world, and it was also a series of arrangements made by the Han in Guishan in the past, Zhuge Liang's messenger rushed to Guishan and asked King Guishan to hand over the assassins, King Guishan was still lucky.
King Kushan, known as Vesudeva II, was known by the Kushan people at the time as a greedy and untrustworthy king, whose greatest achievement was that he had forced his own uncle to death and killed seven of his brothers and sisters, and when he inherited the throne, he had promised not to pursue any nobles involved in the competition for the crown prince, but when he ascended the throne, he disposed of all of them.
The reason is also very strange, for example, the chief of the palace guard, because he once supported the return of the prince in Dahan and let him inherit the throne, so he was hated by the King of Guishan, this person is also a very loyal person, for generations, all swore allegiance to the King of Kushan, not to disobey any orders of the King of Guishan, the King of Guishan said that he wanted to see how loyal he was, so he gave him an order.
He was asked to kill his two sons and give his heart to himself.
The chief of the guard killed his own son and sacrificed it to him.
Still not satisfied, the Kushan King wanted him to kill his wife, kill his beloved horse, and cut off his right arm.
The chief of the guard did the same.
Finally, the king of Kushan smiled and gave the order, the last order, to kill his father, so the chief of the guard committed suicide, because he could not continue to complete the order, after he committed suicide, the king of Kushan angrily hung his body on the wall, he thought that the chief of the guard was a disloyal fellow, broke his oath, and even more angry, the chief of the guard had saved him many times.
And this chief of the guard was called Nurpa, and his father was called Nusha.
It was such a madman who tossed a Guishan with a population of 10 million and a main army of 200,000 into what it is today, the nobles defected everywhere, and the rations of the soldiers were deducted by him to build a huge palace.
After he took charge of Kushan, there were hundreds of uprisings every year, but at this time, the king of Kushan was not stupid, and cried to find his ousted general Nusha, telling him that everything before was deceived by the palace attendants, and he was unintentional, hoping to save Guishan for the sake of friendship with the old king.
Under the bitter plea of Vesudeva II, this old general who had served as the chief of the court of Kasyeta I would still go to various places in Kushan again and again to quell the rebellion, and most of the time, the rebellious soldiers and people, after knowing that he was coming, would throw away their weapons and surrender directly, knowing that Kasserga I was the wise king of Kushan and the great-grandfather of Vesudeva II.
This Kasserga I, is the founder of the Kushan Empire, the pioneer, but also the greatest king of the Kushan, when he reigned, love the people, reuse the talents, that is the most powerful period of the Kushan, in order to compete with the rest for the benefits of the silk trade, in addition to vigorously developing the sea route through the Han and through the Great Xia, the land route of the Great Wan into the Great Han, but also operate through Kangju, Khorezm, across the Caspian Sea to the west of the new trade route.
At that time, Kushan not only monopolized almost all the spice trade, but also occupied an important position in the silk trade, and the economy was extremely developed, monopolizing the entire exchange and economic exchanges between the East and the West.
At the same time, he is also a king on horseback, many foreign conquests, so that the Kushan territory came to the top, he conquered the northern Kushan, defeated the Parthia in the west, he even led the army to conquer the Western Regions, so that many small countries in the Western Regions hurriedly recognized the suzerainty of the Kushan, for fear of being destroyed by him, when he reigned, the strength of the Kushan far exceeded the rest, in terms of military strength, have come to the point where the Han can compete.
And Nusha, is his chief of the palace guard, it is said that the first king of the Kasega saw that this young man had different qualifications very early, and promoted Nusha, who was very stupid and stupid at the time, to the position of the chief of the palace guard, and Nusha also officially made an oath to be loyal to the royal family, and his children and grandchildren will be loyal to the royal family and will not disobey the royal family's orders.
Nusha fought with Kasserga I all his life, but he did not show much strong qualifications, but after the death of the old king and the succession of Bhashserga, he showed his bravery, and fought for more than forty years, after the Hubisega, that is, at the time of the war between Kushan and the Great Han, the king felt that Nusha's prestige was too high, so he left him in the south.
In Kushan, the status of Kasserga I is probably equivalent to the status of Emperor Xiaokang in the Han Dynasty.
And Nuxia's status is probably equivalent to Xing Ziang who lived to the Yankang period.
He had witnessed the splendor of Kushan, and he was experiencing the destruction of Kushan.
Vesudeva II's oath is almost equivalent to nothing, every time he begs the old general to quell the rebellion for him, but every time the old general succeeds, he always makes him very jealous, he also thought about killing Nusha, but Nusha has too many supporters, he does not dare to act like this, no matter what kind of rebellion, the other party sees Nusha, he immediately surrenders, hoping that the old general will personally kill himself, which shows his prestige.
And this old horseman, at this moment, has become the most powerful enemy faced by the Han Dynasty, he is like a turtle, stubbornly defending the city of Shirostuo, resisting the attacks of the Han army again and again, the main force of the Han Dynasty has been dragged here, for a year, the northern army can not be captured, which makes Guan Yu grit his teeth in anger.
Shirostuo City, like a purgatory, everywhere are corpses, everywhere is blood, the old general is smiling, always unfazed, standing at the head of the city, many generals stand behind him, these people, are his henchmen, is the rebels he saved, it is ridiculous, in the end, for Guishan to resist the strong enemy, it turned out to be some Guishan rebels, as well as the most uneasy veterans of the Guishan King.
The old general squinted his eyes and looked at the camp tent of the Han army, the number of the Han army seemed to be increasing, and the materials in the city, the number of soldiers, were a little unable to withstand such an intensity of siege battles, Nusha suddenly laughed, he said: "Great, you see, the Han thieves have transferred a lot of farmers, which shows that there are not many of their soldiers, they are bluffing, they have come from afar, and the food supply is gradually insufficient, and we will soon win!" ”
Hearing his words, a glimmer of hope rose in the hearts of the Guishan soldiers again, and their eyes widened and they looked at the old general, who was very confident, waved his hand, and said: "After the war, I will personally give you a vast land, and I will be the big lord there, and you will be a small lord!" We can raise some black sheep..."
In the Han army camp on the opposite side, Guan Yu and many generals of the Northern Army were also discussing the war.
"It can't be put off any longer... Zhang Liao has already given Zhuge Linggong a play, hoping to concentrate the main force to attack Fulousha from the south, Zhuge Linggong has also gone to the southern army, saying that he wants to occupy the southern territories of Guishan respectively, in fact, it is to investigate whether Fulousha can be captured from the south...", Guan Yu said seriously, among the many generals, Cao Zhang hesitated for a moment, and said:
"We can't take this place for a long time, and it's inevitable that we will attack from the south..."
Guan Yu was not angry, he nodded, and said: "If it is not the old horseman on the other side, of course this is okay, but in the current situation, if we concentrate the main force in the south, this old horseman will definitely cut off our grain route, and it is even possible to counterattack the high annex city, lock us up in Guishan, and swallow us..."
Hearing Guan Yu's words, Cao Zhang was immediately frightened, and after thinking about it carefully, it was really like this, he hurriedly said: "Then the general wants to dissuade Ling Gong, don't let him give such an order!" ”
"What are you panicking about?? Have I ever told you what is the most important thing for a general? ”
"Calm down..."
"I don't believe that Zhuge Linggong won't understand this, as for Zhang Liao, he hasn't dealt with the old horseman Nuxia for such a long time, and he has been crushed all the way in the south, so he underestimated this person... Ling Gong would not be like this. Guan Yu said, stroking his beard, and said seriously: "The fall of Guishuang, in my opinion, is not in Fulousha, but in Nusha, only when he dies, Guishuang is truly destroyed." ”
"That...", everyone thought about it, but for a while there was no good way.
"He, it's like Lian Po in the pre-Qin period, do you know how Lian Po was defeated?"
"He? He was replaced... Oh? What does General Guan mean?? Cao Zhang immediately reacted.
Guan Yu said with a smile: "Hasn't Zhuge Linggong always been able to speak in the Guishan royal family? In this case, it is better to do a small favor and spread rumors in Fulousha, Nuxia has not been able to defend and attack, so that a large area of Guishan's territory has been captured, the Han army is very happy, the Han army is not afraid of him, it is still the young people in the Guishan court who are afraid..."
"I see!" , Cao Zhang said with a smile.
"The Great Wall of Guishan, we can't destroy it, so we have to let the King of Guishan destroy it himself..."