This battle became the first war in which the Han family managed and controlled the Western Regions.

It completely shocked the countries of the Western Regions, and the story of the destruction of the country by 800 horsemen planted the first seed called fear in the hearts of the countries of the Western Regions.

Then came the First and Second Dawan Wars, which began in the first year of Taichu.

The Han army traveled thousands of miles, mobilized tens of thousands of elite soldiers and hundreds of thousands of people, and spent four years to subdue Dawan across more than ten countries in the Western Regions.

After this battle, no one in the Western Regions dared to plunder and kill Han envoys and Han merchants at will.

Even Daxia and Kangju, who were tens of thousands of miles away, knew that if they harmed the Han envoys, they might attract the Han army to go on an expedition.

It is precisely by relying on both soft and hard, and the combination of virtue and virtue, that the Han family can have today's influence and prestige in the Western Regions!

And the Luntai Plug is the product of the Second Dawan War.

This city, formerly known as Luntou, is the royal capital of the Luntai Kingdom in the Western Regions.

During the Han invasion of Dawan, the monarchs and nobles of this country, instigated by the Huns, attacked and plundered the baggage team of the Han army, and were defeated by Zheng Jibanshi.

After breaking through Luntou City, Zheng Ji sent the king, queen, royal family members, and nobles of the Luntai Kingdom to Chang'an.

He captured all his people and brought them back to Hexi, and left a lieutenant headquarters here as a base for receiving the follow-up Han army.

When the main force of the Han army basically withdrew to Yumen Pass, the Han army responsible for staying here suddenly discovered that winter was coming.

So, there was no way, so they had to build a simple fortress on the basis of the ruins of Luntou, and when Zheng Ji sent someone to meet them in the spring of the following year, the Han family found that this school captain had run a fortress in the heart of the Western Regions.

Although small, it is fragile.

But the future is great and the future is bright.

In particular, there are lakes and rivers around Luntai City, and it is a good place to settle the fields.

As a result, the Han army simply stayed here and did not leave.

That's almost 10 years.

In the past ten years, Luntai has changed from ruins to a small city, from a small city to a big city, from a pure military stronghold at the beginning, to the largest military, economic and cultural center of the Han dynasty in the Western Regions.

In addition to the military, the city had permanent residents, merchants, shops, and bazaars.

Around the vicinity of Luntai, the Han immigrants reclaimed almost 100,000 acres of land, planted more than a dozen crops such as corn, wheat, soybeans, mung beans, alfalfa, and sunflowers, and raised more than 100,000 livestock on river beaches, lakesides, and valleys.

However, now, the atmosphere inside and outside the entire Luntai City has become extremely tense.

Just yesterday, the last group of women and children, escorted by cavalry sent by Lai Dan, the captain of the Yumen, left Luntai and retreated to the Loulan Kingdom, which was located north of Mingze.

At the same time, 500 material officials from Juyan also arrived in Luntai.

The so-called material officer is the pride of the Han army in the past.

They are the spokesmen of the heavy infantry, able to wear heavy armor, wield heavy halberds, and are adept at using a variety of heavy weapons.

For example, gun carriages, ballista carts, rhubarb crossbows, etc.

Therefore, even in the era when cavalry is king, the officer is still an indispensable part of the imperial army.

And their arrival, in addition to strengthening the defensive force of Luntai, also brought more than thirty ballistas converted from Wugang cars.

This kind of ballista is a sharp weapon for the Han army to fight in the field/defend the city.

At the same time, it is also one of the strongest field weapons that humans could make before the Western era!

This kind of ballista is to directly unload the carriage of the Wugang car, and then install the Han crossbow car improved from the heavy ballista of the Qin Dynasty on the body of the car.

Its biggest feature is that it is powerful, has a long range, and can shoot more than ten heavy arrows at an enemy at a distance of 300 paces.

Within 300 steps, as long as you hit the target, you can easily penetrate the enemy's body, even if they are wearing heavy armor, as long as they hit, they will not escape death!

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Of course, the drawback is also obvious - insufficient accuracy!

Normally, this weapon cannot be used for accurate sniping - even at a distance of fifty paces, the ballista has a ridiculously low hit rate.

It's only suitable for one battlefield - a large-scale battle!

The kind of battlefield where you don't need to aim, just aim in one direction and you can kill and injure the enemy!

Therefore, this kind of crossbow modified from the Wugang car has always been the star of the battlefield of the large-scale battle of the Han army!

They are literal life harvesting machines, widow makers!

In addition to this support army, in the past few days, Luntai City has also received 1,000 crossbowmen from the left side of Jiuquan sent by Li Yuanze, the Taishou of Jiuquan, 1,500 foot soldiers sent by Zhang Jue, the Taishou of Dunhuang, 800 cavalry sent by the Yumen Captain to reinforce them, and more than 1,000 Loulan soldiers sent by the King of Loulan to fight.

So far, the strength of the Han army in Luntai City has reached 8,000.

If you include the armed militia and the young people in Tuntian, the total strength is close to 13,000 people!

However......

Li Sheng, the commander of Luntai, was still worried.

Because, the enemy's gathered forces have exceeded imagination!

At the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, soldiers and horses from seventeen countries of all sizes, such as Qiuzi, Shache, Jingjue, Cheshi, Xiaowan, Gumo, Weili, and Yanxu, have been gathered, and the number of these servant armies alone has reached 50,000!

Almost phase

When most of the armies of the Western Regions were gathered at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

The Huns chased the kings and sages to mobilize all the elite main forces under their command.

Even the slaves in the tuntian in the hive of the Western Regions were requisitioned.

Its total strength is at least more than 100,000!

It is possible that it reached 150,000!

Among them, the cavalry that can conduct field battles, at least fifty thousand!

In the battle of the Tianshan Mountains in the first year, the Xiongnu did not gather so many soldiers and horses at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains!

So much so that Li Sheng doubted that this time the Huns would gather the treasury and army of the entire Western Regions.

"Crazy! It's really insane! Li Sheng looked at the information in front of him with a stern expression - these were all those pro-Han factions in the Western Regions Kingdom, who did everything possible to send people to pass on to Luntai at the risk of danger.

"The sages are worried that this is a desperate gamble, and they will fight the entire Western Regions to fight the Wheel Platform?"

In the past, the Xiongnu did not have a chance to win Luntai.

After all, Luntai City is lonely, as long as the Huns are willing to pay the capital and the dead, it will not be a problem to take Luntai.

But the question is what happens after you take it?

The cost and cost of what they controlled?

The revenge of the Han army, they can bear it?

However, now, the sages are like crazy, putting on a look that even if they cripple the Western Regions, they will not hesitate to do so.

This made Li Sheng really feel a little creepy, and it was even more incomprehensible.

What makes him even more furious is that so far, Li Sheng still doesn't know who is the Xiongnu commander who sits at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and commands the Xiongnu army?

In the past, he thought it was a sage, but ......

However, the intelligence showed that the king of the day was still in Yancheng, the capital of the king of Qiuzi.

In other words, the commander sitting at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains has someone else.

It's a pity that Li Sheng tried all his methods, and he didn't find out who his opponent was?

Moreover, the intelligence of the pro-Han faction in the countries of the Western Regions was also cut off as early as five days ago.

The Xiongnu established an isolation zone along the Jishishui (Tarim River) Nanhe River, cutting off the connection between Luntai and the Western Regions.

Unless someone is willing to risk their lives to cross the Gobi Desert, it is impossible for Luntai to obtain information.

At this moment, a general hurriedly walked up to Li Sheng and said, "Captain, the scout is in the Nanze area and has brought back a Qiuzi messenger!" ”

"Nanzawa?" Li Sheng frowned slightly, Nanze is a lake in the south of Luntai, not very big, but not small either.

It's just that it faces the vast Gobi Desert, so it's inaccessible.

"Bring him to me!" Li Sheng immediately got up and ordered.

"Captain, when we found the messenger, he was seriously wounded and dying...... the general bowed his head and said, "Only, I got a word from his mouth......"

"What?" Li Sheng immediately asked.

"For the Hun generals, King Jiankun!" The general looked up and said.

"King Jiankun!?" Li Sheng's eyes widened, and his face was full of incredulity.

The generals of the Han army in the entire Hexi know who is the king of the Xiongnu Jiankun?

The grandson of General Fei Li Guang, the widow of Li Danghu, the captain of the Han Dynasty back then, and the pride of Longxi Chengji!

At the same time, he was also the rising star who posed the greatest threat to General Chang Zheng Ji back then!

Therefore, when Li Ling's army defeated Junji Mountain, the generals of Hexi breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, when the news of the Li Ling clan being sentenced spread, the generals sympathized again.

Later, when I heard that Li Ling surrendered, married the Xiongnu princess, and was canonized as the king of Jiankun and the queen of the Xiongnu right school, the people of the world began to mock Li Ling endlessly.

The generals of Hexi also began to spit on them.

But spitting is spitting, Li Ling's strength, ability to lead troops, and command ability, no one dares to take it lightly!

Moreover, as Zheng Ji's nephew, Li Sheng knew that when it came to the art of commanding battles, his uncle was probably not as good as the cavalry lieutenant back then, otherwise, he would not have deliberately indulged Gongsun He's father and son to suppress the latter, and even secretly protected Lu Bode, who deliberately did not save Li Ling.

Now, Li Ling, as the king of the Xiongnu Jiankun, commands an army of more than 100,000 people, sitting in the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and is coming with great momentum.

This inevitably reminds Li Sheng of many historical stories.

Wu Zixu Vachu......

Sun Bin Vawei ......

"Send light cavalry immediately to report this to General Chang!" Li Sheng almost roared and ordered: "Send someone to inform Yumen immediately - Luntai is in an emergency!" Luntai is in a hurry! Now, I want reinforcements! The more the merrier! ”

For Li Sheng, compared to the destruction of Luntai City, what is worse is that it is broken by Li Ling!

It's not just about military merit, it's about reputation!

Who wants to be Fei Wuji?

Who wants to be Pang Juan?

Two days later, Zheng Ji, who was advancing along the post road from the northern foot of Qilian Mountain towards Yumen Pass, received an urgent report from Luntai.

"Li Ling is a general!" Zheng Ji compiled the secret letter in his hand, gritted his teeth and said, "This shaft is really out of breath!" ”

"Immediately call all officers above the rank of lieutenant

Procedure! Zheng Ji had a cold face and ordered very seriously.

Li Ling is a general!

It's his challenge!

It's his chance, too!

As long as the latter is defeated on the frontal battlefield, then you can use undoubted facts to smash the faces of the literati and gossip parties in Chang'an!

It is also a correct name for himself and the entire Hexi military system!

Contrarily......

Zheng Ji knew that the consequences might be unimaginable.

……………………………………

At this time, the fire of war on the front line of Lingju had been burning for two whole days.

Standing at the head of the city, Fan Mingyou looked at the Qiang army that receded like a tide, and couldn't help but wipe his sweat.

In the past, the Han family had a lot of contempt for the Qiang people, thinking that these Hu people were vulnerable scumbags!

Now, however, no one dares to think so.

It is true that the organization and order of the Qiang people are extremely chaotic, and the attack and retreat are not as good as the armed fights of the peasants in Guanzhong when they grab water.

But......

These people are not afraid of life and death at all!

They are like locusts, coming all over the world.

Surrounded by countless flags, clustered together, crowded with people, like a torrent, unstoppable!

The cavalry of the Yueshi people, mixed in with them, suddenly rushed out coldly, causing a lot of pressure on the Han army.

After two days of fighting, most of the border walls and beacons on the periphery of Lingju for dozens of miles have been destroyed by the Qiang-Hu coalition army.

Now that they had reached the outskirts of Lingjusai, they could threaten the fortress.

With the destruction of the outer wall of Lingju, the entire Jianhe River basin was opened.

If it weren't for Lingju City's firm defense of the main road to Hexi, so that no army could bypass Lingju and enter the hinterland of Hexi, I am afraid that at this time, the Qiang people would have poured into Hexi Inner County.

Even so, small-scale infiltration began to appear.

Since yesterday, there have been dozens or hundreds of Qiang people, swimming through the rivers and mountains and gorges, and rushing to the west of the river.

Of course, what awaits these people must be the ruthless interception of the soldiers and militia of Dunhuang and Jiuquan County!

However, it is not possible to go on like this.

"We must take the initiative to fight back!" Fan Minh You turned his head and said: "Trapping the side wall is never advisable!" ”

Passive defense is equivalent to giving the initiative to the enemy, so that the enemy can choose when to attack? Where to attack?

Moreover, the Han army is no longer the army that was extremely familiar with defending and defending cities a few decades ago.

The current Han army, fundamentally speaking, is an army born for attack.

Today, among the tens of thousands of troops gathered in and near Lingju, there are more than 10,000 cavalry.

This cavalry can be fully engaged in counterattacks, not as it is now, and can only stand by in the plains behind Lingju.

"No way!" Huang Ba, who was in charge of coordinating the Ju Han army on behalf of General Chang, shook his head and said, "Zheng Duhu has ordered, only let me stick to it, and don't allow me to attack!" ”

Huang Ba is Zheng Ji's diehard!

This man from a strong background in Guanzhong, although his bravery is unmatched in the entire Hexi.

However, he was very dull in fighting.

will only listen to and follow the plan arranged by Zheng Ji, and does not know how to be flexible at all.

"But now General Chang has left!" Fan Mingyou looked at Huang Ba with red eyes, and said, "Outside, the king's life is still unacceptable!" For the way of the will, the fickleness is also! ”

"The captain should have also seen that in the past two days, our army has been desperately defending, but there are too few and too few enemies killed, wounded and defeated!"

Lingju's defensive weapons, such as bed crossbows, car crossbows, sassal wood, rolling stones, etc., were urgently replenished before the war.

However, there is still a serious shortage of defensive operations that can hardly support a long period of defensive operations.

And the Lingju or the side wall of the entire Hexi is far less solid than the Great Wall.

This line of defense is quite fragile and can only play the role of early warning, interception, and delay.

The real defense is maintained by relying on the fortresses that were built in passes and important places when the border walls were built in the first place.

However, even Hangu Pass, which was once the first fortress in the world, could not stop the attack of the rebels.

What's more, this pat horse can't catch up with Hangu Pass, and even Ling Ju who is not even as good as Xiao Guan?

Moreover, with Fan Mingyou's understanding of the Qiang people, he knew that if he didn't give the Qiang people a hard blow, their morale would only get higher and higher, and their state would become more and more crazy!

However, Huang Ba shook his head like a rattle: "No! Without General Chang's order, my cavalry will definitely not attack! ”

In his heart, Huang Ba's mind is much more lively than the dullness he shows on the surface.

For Huang Ba, as long as he guards the Lingju and drags it down.

Anyway, the reinforcements from Beidi County and Longxi County will arrive in a few days.

By that time, the Qiang and Yueshi people should have almost been dragged under the Lingju City Fortress.

At that time, he commanded the cavalry to gather reinforcements and kill them from the oblique spurs, and he would definitely be able to make a great achievement.