Yuli, a small kingdom north of the Tianshan Mountains.

The population was no more than 30,000, and the number of soldiers was no more than 2,000.

It belongs to the typical pocket kingdom of the Western Regions, in the Dawan War of that year, the Weili Kingdom suffered the same fate because of its proximity to Luntai, and was broken by the Han army, and its king escaped into the basin behind the Tianshan Mountains, so that he could survive.

After the Han army established Luntai, it withdrew to the country, and the Huns supported the restoration of King Weili for the sake of monitoring and restricting Luntai.

However, after the restoration of the country, Yu Li's vitality was greatly damaged, and he became a puppet of the Huns.

The territory has shrunk considerably, leaving less than a third of its former size.

It is almost a city with dozens of miles of pastoral and cultivated areas around it.

At this time, the Xiongnu army went straight to the city of Liwangduqu.

Li Ling personally led people, climbed the city tower, climbed high and looked into the distance, staring at the vast land in the distance, and was not in a very good mood.

He led the army in Luntai and waited for the Han army for twenty days!

To this end, he made full preparations and designed several sets of strategies, intending to eat one or two aggressive Han cavalry in the Luntai area.

As a result, what I didn't expect was that Li Guangli actually changed his previous temperament of liking to fight and chase fiercely, and became an old-fashioned and hard-nosed person.

After the Han army left Loulan, they stayed north of Loulan for ten days.

In this process, the Han troops from all walks of life gathered in this area, and then, they formed a dense formation, slowly rubbing towards Luntai step by step.

In the face of the Han army's style of play, the Huns were disgusting from top to bottom!

Because, this is no longer a war, but a clear fight with the Huns!

On the contrary, the Huns really can't afford it!

The tens of thousands of cavalry and the allied army of the Western Regions servant states, totaling almost 100,000 people, gathered in the Luntai area, eating, drinking and Lazar, and consuming the few savings of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions every day.

In this regard, the nobles who were afraid of the ancestors were as uncomfortable as eating Xiang.

If it weren't for Li Ling's press, they would probably have been impatient to take the initiative to start a war with the Han army.

Even so, for the Huns, the current situation is dangerous and terrible!

"Is the king really going to evacuate Wei Li?" A man wearing a pointed felt hat traditional in the Western Regions walked up to Li Ling and asked with a cower.

This person is the king of the kingdom of Yuli.

Cicada sting is a transliteration, which means 'dwarf king' in Yanluxe-Yuli culture.

In fact, the cicada sting may be less than six feet tall, and if he is a little lower, he can be disabled.

"If you don't withdraw, you can't do it......" Li Ling sighed and said, "The current situation forces us to give up Wei Li!" ”

There was no way, in order to capture Luntai, the Huns mobilized the forces of all the client states in the entire Western Regions.

This has two consequences.

First, a huge army needs a lot of food and grass every day to sustain it. As the weather turns colder and the vegetation withers and the supply of forage for livestock decreases, the logistical pressure is enormous – the milk production of livestock without enough forage to feed is rapidly reduced, and the probability of injury and illness increases.

Staying in this area any longer, Li Ling suspected that the Xiongnu's livestock would probably all die!

Secondly, because of the war, the main force of the Xiongnu was withdrawn, which created a vacuum in the border area between Wusun and the Xiongnu.

Although the Wusun people did not dare to blatantly intervene or even correspond to the Han army, they coordinated with the Han army.

But these guys, taking advantage of the opportunity, are crazy to take advantage and provoke.

In just two months, the Wusun people encroached on more than 200 miles of pastures on the border with Yanxu, and even controlled the entire coastal sea, and even approached the border of the Dangerous Beard Country.

And these places took the Huns forty years to take from the mouth of Wusun.

In other words, Wusun took advantage of the Han-Hungarian War to ruin the Xiongnu's forty-year efforts in two months!

In particular, the seizure of the coastal sea made the Wusun people master the strategic points of entering and exiting the Yanlu and dangerous mustaches, watching the northern route of the Western Regions, and planning the water basin.

"And when will we be back?" The cicada sting asked stupidly.

As a hardcore pro-Hun faction, the fate of the cicada sting himself is tied to the Huns.

Because, he knew that if the Huns were defeated, then this King Wei Li would definitely be replaced - by his younger brother who was a proton in Chang'an!

Li Ling shook his head and said, "I don't know!" ”

The strategy of the Han army not only made the sages confused, but Li Ling also couldn't figure it out.

The Han army held together, and the main elite lined up, echoing each other, pressing step by step.

In the face of this kind of play, let alone the Huns, Li Ling has nothing to do!

Because, the strategy of the Han army seems simple, rough, and brainless, but it is the lore of the Huns in the current situation!

More than 100,000 troops are grouped, not to mention the troops of the ancestors, even if the main force of Mobei Shan Yuting is there in person, they have no ability to resist head-on, so they can only continue to retreat, using the vast depth to consume the perseverance, food and grass and patience of the Han army.

However, at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, there was not so much depth for the Huns to take advantage of.

Therefore, the choice of the Huns is only to fight or not.

Fight, there is no certainty of winning at all!

It can even be said that there is no certainty!

Since the Han-Hungarian War, the Huns have never had the upper hand in the decisive battle of the main force of the large corps in the front!

If you are not careful, it may be another decisive battle in Mobei.

Once you lose, you will lose the entire Western Regions.

If you don't fight, you have to hold your tail, run back to the south of the Tianshan Mountains, shrink your head, and give up the entire Wei Li, a small half of Yan Lu and Qiuzi.

It's so uncomfortable that people vomit blood!

Because, this must have a chain reaction!

Without the support of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the Cheshi and Bailongdui at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains will soon be controlled by the Han Court.

The Huns would relinquish control of the entire Eastern and Western Regions.

With Wusun and Dawan on the side, even Li Ling knew that if this was the case, within a few years, the Huns would have to roll out of the Western Regions with their tails between their legs.

Listening to this, the cicada sting looked at Li Ling incredulously, and said, "What about Xiao Wang?" ”

Wei Li Xiaoguo, not to mention compared with giants like Han and Huns, even in front of Yan Lu and Qiuzi, he is only a younger brother.

As soon as the Xiongnu left, the Kingdom of Yuli and him were equivalent to being roasted on the fire.

His only way out was to follow the Huns into the basin south of the Tianshan Mountains.

However, if this is done, if the Huns cannot come back, and he goes there, I am afraid that his status is not as good as that of a pawn, and he may not even be able to eat enough.

Compared with it, although Wei Li is small, at least he is still a king, and there is no problem with fine clothes and food.

Li Ling didn't care about the idea of the cicada sting, for him, Wei Li was just an insignificant pawn.

The key is still the Han army!

He must think of a way to break the situation and force the Han army back!

However, Li Guangli's army is now hugging together, clearly using national strength and Xiongnu consumption.

And behind him is the entire Han family, the vast empire.

Even though this empire is not as powerful as it was in its heyday, it is not comparable to the Xiongnu, not to mention that it is only the Western Regions of the Xiongnu that is at war with it now.

"This strategy is by no means Li Guangli'......s handiwork," Li Ling muttered to himself.

This is something he has long understood, and Li Guangli is not unknown to him.

He has an impatient personality and great ambitions, but he lacks the vision, wrist and mind like his predecessor Wei Qinghuo, and cannot tolerate people.

The Dawan War, the Battle of Tianshan, and the Battle of Yuwushui all perfectly reflected his character.

Especially in those years, the dispute between Li Ling and Li Guangli completely exposed this point.

Li Ling still remembers how Li Guangli gave him small shoes and how he restricted and suppressed him.

If it weren't for this, Li Ling would not have been surrounded by the Xiongnu in the Junji Mountains.

But the question is, who came up with the idea? Why did Li Guangli listen?

"In the four counties of Hexi, no one can make Li Guangli obedient like this...... Li Ling thought: "The only one in this world who can suppress Li Guangli is the ...... of Chang'an"

Li Ling's mind flashed the familiar Son of Heaven sitting upright on the Xuanshu Hall.

He was a loyal ruler, but now his enemy.

Only that one can force Li Guangli's head and make him obediently obey orders!

However, that is not the nature of the other.

That one is even more impatient than Li Guangli!

In other words, someone was giving him advice and succeeding in convincing him.

And in Li Ling's memory, there is no such person.

The last person who could make His Majesty obey his words was still the original Great Sima!

"Huo Bi Yao ......"

"Zhang Chiyou ......"

"Yes, there is only Zhang Chiyou, who claims to be the heir of Huo Biyao...... Maybe it's time to call Zhang Yingyang......" Li Ling closed his eyes and thought.

Although he had never met, Li Ling knew that he was capable and powerful.

Not to mention, a theory of war, now inside and outside the Great Wall, in the northern and western regions, everyone knows it.

It is said that even Wusun and Dawan have related manuscripts in circulation.

This time, the sages were able to mobilize the forces of the entire Western Regions so decisively, which was also influenced by the discourse of the theory of war—war is a part of political exchanges, politics is the end, and war is the means.

Therefore, he summoned all his strength, and the whole family took it, and made a desperate bet on Luntai, in order to seek to stabilize his position and increase his prestige with Luntai.

It turned out to be very successful!

As soon as Luntai fell, even if the ancestors suffered heavy losses - the headquarters alone lost more than 2,000, and the servant coalition army as cannon fodder suffered more than 10,000 casualties!

But, the price is worth it!

Now, not only the entire countries of the Western Regions are shocked by the sages' fear of Luntai, but the Mobei Royal Court reacted violently.

The four major clans have all begun to send people to contact, and a large number of people have also appeared within the Twin Clans to show their loyalty.

Mu Qiang is the nature of the Huns!

But the problem is that after taking advantage, they have to face the disparity in national strength between Han and Hungary.

Just like now, the Han people are in a group and don't give them a chance.

Obviously, he bullies people with national strength.

In the face of absolute superiority, all schemes and conspiracies have become as fragile as withered weeds.

But......

"It's not that there is no opportunity...... Li Ling's brain is running rapidly: "It's human, all have shortcomings!" There's a place for everything! ”

He thought about what he knew about Li Guangli in the past, as if he had caught something, but he couldn't grasp the point for a while, so he rubbed his temples vigorously.

But the cicada couldn't wait, he begged Li Ling with a sad face: "King, please also ask the king to have mercy on Xiao Wang, don't take Xiao Wang to Weisu, there is a gap between the Weisu King and Xiao Wang...... Xiao Wang is afraid that it will harm me......"

"King Danger?" Li Ling asked unconsciously.

But as if grasping at a life-saving straw, the cicada sting knelt down and said: "So that the king knows that the king has always been resentful of this because the king of Gumo refused to marry his daughter and marry the little king......"

"Oh......" Li Ling replied indifferently, and then he reacted, as if he had caught something, and clenched his fists excitedly!

"yes......"

"The king of a small country like Wei Li will still be afraid of being harmed by others because of the events of the old years......"

"Can Li Guangli be willing to be an executor? Can you be willing to be green for others? ”

In the Han family, the highest level of military generals is to stay like that, strategize and win thousands of miles away.

The second is to capture the flag and expand the territory.

The compulsion of the two is not at the same level at all.

It's very simple, just look at the founding heroes of Emperor Gao, who is in the first place, right?

Wait for Xiao He!

And Xiao Xiangguo has never brought a single soldier in his life, and he has never fought a major war.

What he has always done is logistics, that is, farming.

Secondly, it is to wait for Zhang Liang.

This one did not specifically lead troops to fight, but only planned and planned by Emperor Gao's side.

After these two, it was the turn of Cao Shen, Zhou Bo, Chen Ping, Wang Ling, and Zhang Cang.

Among these people, the highest, the greatest, and the best reputation are not Zhou Bo, who has repeatedly made military exploits, nor is it the brave Wang Ling.

It is Cao Shen who follows Xiao Gui, and Zhang Cang who rules the world.

Especially Zhang Cang, who was unknown in the era of Emperor Gao, but he was a small point among the heroes.

But in history, so far, its status is at the forefront.

Its nickname is a 'Wenhou' that makes countless people jealous and envious.

In other words, even if Li Guangli wins this battle, others will only praise and praise the person who gave the advice, not the executor.

Li Guangli will be placed under the aura of a planner.

Just like back then, in the Battle of Guiling, the person who specifically commanded and won the battle was obviously Tian Ji, but the public often ignored Tian Ji, and only Sun Bin was in their eyes.

So......

"The Art of War says: Don't take it from ghosts and gods, don't look like things, can't test it from degrees, you must take it from people!" Li Ling bit his lip, let out a sigh, directly dropped the cicada sting, walked down the city wall, and said to the left and right: "Go and get pen and ink and sheepskin for me......"

"I'm going to write a letter to tell the Second Master......" A smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

He is too familiar with Li Guangli.

Li Guangli wanted to prove his heart, and he was already like a demon many years ago.

And now, he is being pressed by power, I am afraid that he has long been dissatisfied, and his heart is full of dry firewood, just a little bit.

Now, Li Guangli can still endure it, I'm afraid reason is dominant.

In other words, as long as Li Guangli loses his mind, he will have a chance!

And, for Li Ling, defeating Li Guangli is not only the pinnacle of his life, but also the salvation of his life, and the proof of his life!

Defeating Li Guangli can tell the world, especially the king of Chang'an-how wrong you were back then!