Chapter 930: Crusade
Tang Ning will visit Xiaowan as the head of the Western Regions Alliance, which is the content of the letter sent by Sadiq.
In the case of Xiaowan, Dayue, and Wusun, the forces of the three kingdoms are holding each other down, and the Western Regions allies are already independent of these three kingdoms and are the strongest forces in the desert.
Tang Ning's goal of establishing the Western Regions Alliance has been achieved, and he has no intention of winning the Western Regions, and when the time comes, the Western Regions Alliance will still be handed over to these member states for autonomy.
For these small countries, the alliance is the only way out, and Downing, with the help of their strength, also pointed out a clear way for them.
The matter of the formation of the Western Regions Alliance by the eighteen small countries swept through the desert like a hurricane, and the Great Moon Envoy, who was blasted out of the country, quickly brought the news back to the Great Moon.
Deep in the desert, a huge city rises from the ground, and the city is full of shops and people, and hundreds of thousands of people live here.
This is the real city, whether it is the Wu Greedy or the Western Regions Alliance, compared to it, it can only be regarded as a village.
This is the Great Moon City, the superpower of the Western Regions, where the Great Moon Country is located.
Inside the city, a magnificent palace.
The Lord of the Great Moon Kingdom looked at the few envoys kneeling below, his face sank like water, and asked, "Those small countries really dare to insult me like this?" ”
An envoy knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice: "The lord of the country of Wu is greedy to say that my Dayue is just a country of robbers, and it is a fool's dream to force them to submit......
The other person had an angry expression and said: "Those small countries think that if they are united together, they can confront my big moon, the lord of the country, for the sake of the majesty of big moon, they must not be spared so easily!" ”
"Western Regions Allies......" The Great Moon Country Lord muttered these words, and his face became even more gloomy.
He sent envoys to persuade these small countries in the Western Regions to surrender, the purpose was to integrate their forces, create a dare to die on the battlefield, tear Xiao Wan out, and then the Dayue army followed closely behind, united with Wusun, and severely damaged or subverted Xiao Wan.
Xiao Wan can stalemate for so long with 100,000 against the 200,000 allied troops of the two countries, and these 10,000 people are dead or alive, and if the stalemate is opened, he is naturally reluctant to let his soldiers die.
In the past, he ignored these small countries, because they couldn't get into his eyes at all, and he didn't think that these small countries with a population of only a few hundred or thousands would dare to disobey his orders.
Not only did they not submit to obedience, but instead formed an alliance and expelled the Otsuki envoy back, which was a shame that was difficult to wash away for Otsuki.
"I can't do this thing, what use do I want you to do!" He glanced at the envoys with indifferent eyes, and said, "Let Khotan and the lord of Gumo come to see me." ”
Khotan and Gumo are also large countries in the Western Regions, with a population of more than 20,000 and more than 5,000 troops each, which is considered to be the best among first-class countries.
However, above the first-class countries, there are three superpowers, and the difference between the first-class countries and these superpowers is not like them and the third-class and D-D countries, Khotan and Gumo submitted to Dayue as early as a year ago, because their national strength is not weak, so they were able to retain the name of the country, and it is not like those other countries, the lord and the minister were executed, and the people were reduced to low-class pariahs......
After the tea, the two figures came to the main hall and saluted: "I have seen the lord of the country." ”
The Great Moon Country Lord looked at them and asked, "Have you all heard about the Western Regions Alliance?" ”
The two nodded and said, "I just heard about it." ”
"These small countries dare to offend the power of my big moon, and it is not a pity to die." The Lord of the Great Moon Kingdom glanced at them and said, "The Lord of the Kingdom has ordered you and the two of you to lead 10,000 victorious soldiers to crusade against the Western Regions Alliance and raise the prestige of our Great Moon Country......"
Now most of Dayue's troops are in a stalemate with Xiaowan, there are only thousands of soldiers and horses in the city, although Khotan and Gumo can barely scrape together 10,000 people, they also need domestic soldiers to pour out.
Even if the lord of Khotan and Gumo thought that there was no need for Dayue to fight for a small alliance in the Western Regions, they did not dare to disobey the order of the lord of Dayue, and the alliance of the Western Regions formed by the eighteen countries had a maximum of five thousand troops, and most of them were stragglers, which could not be compared with the elite of the big powers.
What's more, the word used by the lord of the Great Moon Country is "crusade", which is probably still based on threats, if the Western Regions allies can surrender as soon as possible, it is naturally best, if they are stubborn, they can only fight until they surrender.
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The news that Otsuki was going to crusade against the allies in the Western Regions was not deliberately concealed, and in order to build momentum, Otsuki even issued a nationwide proclamation, and the news soon spread.
Da Yue is a super strong man in the desert, and in the past two years, several big countries have been subdued by them, and there is no need for a reason to annex these small countries that can no longer be small.
Although the newly established Western Regions Alliance can be regarded as a large force, in terms of strength and numbers, it is only comparable to Khotan and Gumo.
Now that these two countries are under the order of Da Yue, they have joined forces to crusade against the Western Regions Alliance, and the result is naturally obvious.
Ever since he rejected Da Yue's surrender, Tang Ning knew that sooner or later there would be such a day, but Da Yue's response came so quickly and so fiercely, it was still a little beyond Tang Ning's expectations.
He originally thought that Da Yue was busy with the war with Xiao Wan and couldn't spare troops to deal with them, but he didn't expect him to gather 10,000 soldiers and horses so quickly.
It is also a country in the Western Regions, a small country like Wu Greedy and Shan Heng, and the strength of the entire country is only in double digits, and Da Yue has already invested 100,000 troops on the battlefield, and he can still send 10,000 troops to crusade against them, which shows that these superpowers are powerful.
"Lord, Khotan and Gumo are comparable to us in terms of military strength, and they used to be great powers in the Western Regions, but they were subordinated to Dayue not long ago, and now they are affiliated ...... Dayue."
When Bahar and Tang Ning introduced the situation, although the expressions on their faces were a little serious, they were not so afraid, what about Khotan and Gumo joining forces, counting those horse thieves who were subdued, their troops were stronger than them, and when the time came to surprise them, maybe the strength of the allies could be doubled.
These Tang Ning had already learned not long ago that the three superpowers of the Western Regions were not so strong before, Da Yue and Wusun only had a population of more than 100,000 and tens of thousands of troops a few years ago, but since Xiao Wan was the first to open the road of annexation, it was stimulated to Da Yue and Wusun, and they also began to frantically annex the surrounding countries, resulting in the Western Regions today, in addition to their three kingdoms and the vassals of the three kingdoms, there are only these small countries that they don't even bother to annex.
Khotan and Gumo were also considered big countries before, and unlike the small countries of the allies, they often had battles, and the overall quality of the soldiers was better than that of the allies, which was something that Tang Ning could not change in a short period of time.
Even if they still need thousands of horse thieves, they can attack them unprepared at a critical moment, but the 10,000 soldiers and horses of Khotan and Gumo, they cannot be underestimated.
This is not a petty fight between small countries, this is a real war.
This is the first difficulty encountered by the Western Regions allies since their formation, and more than a dozen allied lords have already rushed to Wu Greed, with grim faces and Tang Ning to discuss the matter of dealing with the Khotanese and Gumo alliances.
In the face of such a strong enemy, there is no doubt that the eighteen countries must be firmly united.
Without waiting for Tang Ning to speak, these lords said that they would gather all their forces to defend against the enemy.
All the member states of the allies are urgently transferring troops, and Downing, as the head of the allies, needs to find a commander for the allies.
Lao Zheng didn't forget to sharpen his knife at any time, Tang Ning walked to the porch, squatted side by side with him, and said, "Lao Zheng, this battle will be handed over to you......"
Lao Zheng put away the knife, rubbed his hands habitually, and asked, "Is it a kill or a prisoner?" ”
Tang Ning thought for a while and said, "If you can take it down, take it prisoner, we are not like Da Yue, we have a big family and a big business, try not to waste ......"
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Two days later, in addition to the 5,000 soldiers and horses gathered from more than a dozen countries, there were also generals from various countries.
Lao Zheng stood in front of the formation, and one of them knelt down on one knee to him, "Please give the marshal an order!" ”
"Marshal......" Lao Zheng glanced at him, a hint of strange color appeared in his eyes, and muttered: "It's been a long time since anyone called me that......