Moreover, with the exception of a scout of several hundred people, the range of activity of all troops was limited to three hundred miles.

The army was like a chess piece, moving step by step, and more than 100,000 people, including baggage, were tightly hugged.

So, the ghosts and gods were changed, and the Huns looked at the wind and left.

The scouts reported that the Xiongnu had not only given up Luntai now, but even Wei Li might have given up.

This made Zhang Anshi anxious to have a heart attack.

Because, Wei Li is the important town of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions, second only to Qiuzi and Yanluxe, and it is also the barrier of Yanluxe where the Xiongnu Richai King's lair is located.

If the Xiongnu even gave up on Wei Li, it would almost be tantamount to declaring that they intended to withdraw the entire northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains before winter came, and only defend at a few key strategic points.

Once the Huns did this, Zhang Anshi knew that the expedition that the Hexi Army had painstakingly planned might not have any results.

All the blame for the fall of Luntai will be borne by the Hexi Army!

The things over there will also be a list.

At that time, I am afraid that the Hexi Army will be charged with countless crimes on its head.

Whether they are dead or alive depends on the mood of the Son of Heaven and whether others are willing to let them go?

Zhang Anshi hates this situation where his fate is not autonomous!

From his father Zhang Tang, after he was sentenced for his crimes, he knew that he must control his own destiny and must not be manipulated and arranged by others at will, otherwise, the end will be unimaginable!

It doesn't matter if you die, the whole family will have to be unlucky!

Even the ancestors were implicated, and they couldn't live in peace under the Nine Springs!

"General!" Zhang Anshi's henchman Zhang Xu came on horseback, turned over and dismounted, and bowed: "Northland County Emergency!" ”

Zhang Anshi stretched out his hand to take the bamboo slip sent by Zhang Xu, opened the sealing mud, took out the note in it, took a look, and his face immediately became happy!

There was only one sentence on the note - Captain Changshui and the Flying Fox Army were ordered to arrive in the Northland.

The words are short, but the information revealed is huge!

Captain Changshui and the Flying Fox Army, now everyone knows that they are their own people!

Just like the elite cavalry under Zhang Anshi, they were all formed on the basis of the original elite of the Northern Army.

In other words, these two troops, at this delicate and sensitive point in time, suddenly appeared in Beidi County, which is equivalent to telling Zhang Anshi that the attitude of the Son of Heaven is already a little impatient.

Think about it carefully, the Son of Heaven has just ascended the throne and needs to show his martial arts, and the Son of Heaven of the Han family has always been such a person.

They are in a hurry, and sometimes they are in a hurry!

Emperor Xiaowu In that year, Li Ling's corps was defeated in Junji Mountain, because he constantly urged and pressured.

Otherwise, Li Ling's corps may not have gone out of the fortress, and it is even more impossible for it to go deep alone without war horses, and on the basis of lack of guidance and intelligence support, it crashed headlong into the encirclement of the main force of the Xiongnu.

"Your Majesty, it's really ......" Zhang Anshi pondered for a long time, and finally sighed: "With good intentions, I can see thousands of miles!" ”

He rolled up the note, crumpled it, and threw it in the wind.

Now, he's in a prisoner's dilemma.

Ahead, the main forces of the Huns, there are signs of retreat.

Later, competitors are eyeing each other, and there is even the supervision of the Son of Heaven's envoy.

Zheng Ji has never interfered with his command these days, and he has rarely even spoken.

However, Zhang Anshi knew that if he dared to speed up the army and leave the deployment of the Son of Heaven, the envoy might use the Edict of the Son of Heaven to relieve him of his military power, or put him under house arrest.

It's unlikely, but it's not impossible.

Even if he doesn't, Zheng Ji returns to Beijing and makes a small report, and his impression on the Son of Heaven is probably about to fall to the bottom!

Forcibly suppressing the mania in his heart, Zhang Anshi said to Zhang Xu in a deep voice: "Go and ask Zheng Duhu to come, I want to discuss the military situation with Duhu!" ”

"No!" Zhang Xugong stepped back.

Half an hour later, Zheng Ji took Chang Hui and others to Zhang Anshi.

"General Che Cavalry is well!" Zheng Jigong saluted: "What did the unknown general call me?" ”

"Duhu, please come forward and ......," Zhang Anshi invited with a smile.

Zheng Ji stepped forward and came to Zhang Anshi's side. Zhang Anshi turned to look at the other side of the Nanhe River in the distance, and said with great emotion: "The second division general led the army to expedition to Dawan in the middle of the Taichu Dynasty, and crossed this Nanhe River. ”

"So, when I returned to the division, I resolutely ordered the army to cross the Nanhe, destroy Luntai, break Qiuzi and Weili, and deter the Western Regions!"

That was the highlight of Hexi Jun's life!

The Han army was separated by more than 10,000 miles, pressing a large country with tens of thousands of armor on the ground and rubbing it, forcing it to kill the king and surrender, and pledge the prince, with the Han Tianzi as the sect

Lord, pay tribute on time.

He also seized a large number of gold, pearls, jade and gemstones, captured tens of thousands of prisoners of war, and made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of Chang'an Flower Street Willow Lane - to this day, there are still orchids brought back in Flower Street and Willow Lane. And on the way back to the division, he killed chickens and monkeys, slaughtered Luntai, broke Guizi and Wei Li, and frightened the countries of the Western Regions to kneel on the ground and shout Dad, send their princes to Chang'an, and bow to the Son of Han Tianzi.

It's a pity that since then, Zhang Anshi has begun to reverse the water.

Every time, it was a little bit worse, and in the end, it fell short.

The Battle of Tianshan and the Battle of Yuwushui are the third large-scale sorties.

As the saying goes: nothing more than three.

If he can't get any more benefits this time, Zhang Anshi knows that no one will be willing to give him another chance!

As a result, the mood was sighing and emotional, and the emotions in my chest turned a thousand times.

Zheng Ji looked at Zhang Anshi's expression, wisely chose to be silent and listened quietly.

I heard Zhang Anshi say: "Now, another opportunity has appeared!" ”

Zhang Anshi pointed to the front and said: "The scout report that the main force of the Huns has completely withdrawn from the range of Luntai and retreated in the two directions of Weili and Qiuzi, although the art of war says: do not hide when you return to the division, however, our army is like a cloud, if at this time, send cavalry across the Nanhe River and cover up its way, you will definitely be able to gain something!" ”

He turned his head, looked at Zheng Ji, and asked, "What about the unknown Du's protection?" ”

Zheng Ji listened, his face was expressionless, but he shook his head firmly: "The Son of Heaven has an edict, the speed of the general's march should not exceed sixty miles per day, and the distance between the front and end of the army should not exceed three hundred miles, this is a strict order of His Majesty, I dare not disobey it, I hope the general will see it!" ”

Like Zhang Anshi, Zheng Ji also has performance pressure.

However, now his mission and purpose are only for one thing - to obey and carry out the orders of the Son of Heaven and achieve victory.

As for how many beheadings? What are the results?

Does it matter?

Matter!

Because, this war started because of Zheng Ji, Chang Hui and others.

However, as a courtier, you can only obey the king's orders

Moreover, judging from the situation, as long as the Han army maintains, the Huns will be forced to a corner bit by bit!

When the time comes, they will choose to abandon the entire northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, including the land of Luntai, Yuli, and Qiuzi, and retreat into the hinterland of the Western Regions, in the vast basin south of the Tianshan Mountains.

Or, choose a decisive battle with the main force of the Han army somewhere!

And these two choices, no matter which one the Huns choose, Zheng Ji is happy to see.

Zhang Anshi's proposal, although it looks good.

However, there may be surprises.

Accidents are such things, for Zheng Ji, no matter how small the chance, they must be avoided!

This is also the character he has cultivated in many years as an official in the court.

Don't take risks, don't rush forward, be faithful to the mission, and strictly implement it.

And that's what the Son of Heaven wants.

When Zhang Anshi heard this, his face couldn't help but be gloomy, and he felt a little bored with Zheng Ji's attitude of not advancing oil and salt.

But, there is no way, Zheng Ji is not an ordinary person who can handle it.

He is the envoy of the Son of Heaven, and he is the protector of the Western Regions, and he cannot be ordered and subdued by his status.

Therefore, Zhang Anshi said with a pleasant face: "This time, the opportunity must not be missed, and please protect your majesty to write a book, saying that Zhang Anshi has all the certainty!" ”

Zheng Ji thought for a while, exchanged glances with Chang Hui and the others, and saw that Chang Hui and the others did not object, so he said: "General Che Cai, the lower official will write to Your Majesty, but the general should not make a big move during this period!" ”

Seeing that Zheng Ji was so cooperative, Zhang Anshi nodded in agreement.

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 Zhang Anshi 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 the 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?" ”