The Ninth Division was newly established, with Tai Shici as the commander, Tian Chou as the commander of the Tenth Division, and Guo Yan as the commander of the Ninth Cavalry Division.

In the future, the 10th Division will be mainly stationed in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, and the 9th Cavalry Division will also be stationed in the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate.

However, during the exercise, the ugly posture of the officers and soldiers who were demonstrating how to throw grenades made Lu Bu shake his head.

After the exercise, Lu Bu gathered all the battalion and company commanders of all the units that were going to be equipped with grenades, and he personally gave a bomb throwing demonstration.

After all, in his previous life, he was born as a special forces in that army, and that army was also the army with the most mature techniques and tactics in that time and space.

Lu Bu put a few grenades at his feet, and then began to demonstrate in person, explaining while demonstrating.

Take the bullet with your right hand, open the cap of the grenade with both hands, pierce the moisture-proof paper, take out the fire ring, and put the fire ring on the base of the little finger of the right hand.

Take a big step back with your right foot, and with your right hand, you will guide the grenade from the front of your body through the side of your body to the back.

The left side of the body is facing the direction of the bomb, and most of the weight of the body falls on the right foot.

Quickly push your right foot back hard, straightening your right leg while sending your hips forward.

Raise your chest and raise your head, use your big arm to drive your lower arm, wave your arm vigorously, clasp your wrist, and throw the grenade in the direction of the target.

According to Lu Bu's meaning, with the strong physique displayed by the Central Army, throwing 15 zhang is a passing grade, 20 zhang is good, and more than 25 zhang is excellent.

After all, the radius of a grenade is about five to eight feet, and if it is too close, it is easy to accidentally injure yourself.

Moreover, the grenade uses a time-delay and bump-to-bomb fuse, and it is mainly time-delayed, so after mastering it, it is recommended to delay one or two numbers before throwing it out to prevent it from being thrown back by the enemy.

When Lu Bu demonstrated, he easily threw a distance of thirty zhang, which amazed the commanders of these battalions and companies, and the key throw was accurate, basically ten times nine hits, in a white circle outside thirty zhang.

In September, Fa Zheng personally led the 1st Cavalry Division and 30,000 troops of the Western Regions Alliance, mainly composed of Wusun people, to attack the Dawan Kingdom, which refused to have friendly exchanges with the Han Dynasty and maliciously cut off the Silk Road.

This is also the second expedition of the Han army to Dawan after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent Li Guangli to expedition to Dawan and snatch the bloody horse.

Most of the people of Dawan are the remnants of the Caucasian race, their facial features are similar to those of the Greeks, and the architectural style is also deeply influenced by Greek culture.

The cities are relatively strong, and when Li Guangli went on an expedition, he besieged Guishan City, the national capital at that time, for more than 40 days, and only broke through the outer city.

In the end, it was only by relying on the infighting of the Dawan nobles that the victory was achieved.

Fa Zheng searched the history books before the expedition, and was prepared for this, not only mobilized twenty counterweight stone throwers, but also brought the engineer battalion.

At the same time as the city was bombarded with a stone-throwing machine, a blasting operation was also carried out with a detonator.

When foreign people were at war, Fa Zheng and the Central Army never had any concerns, so naturally how efficient and how to come!

It only took three days to break the city wall, and then it was a bloody bathe of Guishan City, mainly because in addition to the central army, there were also 30,000 Western Regions coalition troops, and only the plundering could better improve their efficiency and loyalty.

This is also a warning to all hostile forces that refuse to be friendly with the Han and refuse to cooperate, Fa Zheng is a hawk in his bones!

After conquering the capital of Dawan, he divided his troops to capture more than 30 large and small cities in Dawan.

At this time, the national strength of the Dawan State had already declined, and it was no longer strong and prosperous during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, with a population of less than 300,000.

Fazheng re-established the pro-Han Dawan nobles as the new king of Dawan, and set up the Dawan Governor's Mansion to administer Dawan.

Fa Zheng also selected dozens of Dawan BMWs and sent people to Chang'an.

During the period when Fazheng was stationed in Dawan, Kangju, a large country in the Western Regions northwest of Dawan, supported the princes of the former king of Dawan to carry out usurpation activities behind his back.

Constantly instigating rebellions and border conflicts, plotting to split the kingdom of Dawan.

When Kang Juguo was originally sent to the Western Regions by Zhang Qian, he was still a weak ruler, and often sent protons to China to pay tribute.

Later, because Kangju people were good at doing business, they traveled back and forth to Central Asian countries, making Kangju a center of economic and cultural exchanges among Central Asian countries.

At the same time, they were also a nomadic, agricultural people, and had long allied with the Xiongnu against the Han and Wusun.

Even if Chen Tang went on an expedition and killed Zhi Zhishan Yu, he still did not change his hostile attitude towards the Han Dynasty.

Later, Kangju became stronger and stronger, and the Eastern Han Dynasty basically gave up the operation of the Western Regions, let alone reach Central Asia, so Kangju had long been accustomed to claiming to be the hegemon of Central Asia.

However, by the time of Fazheng's expedition to Dawan, Kangju had also declined, with the powerful Kushan Empire in the south and the Northern Xiongnu who were beaten away by Lü Bu in the north.

After the Northern Xiongnu moved westward, they settled in the north of the Kangju country, and reintegrated with some local Xiongnu remnants, gradually gaining a firm foothold.

Therefore, Kangju's living space has been seriously compressed, and it has coveted Dawan for a long time, but I didn't expect to fatten it before I had time to do it, and I was picked by Fazheng Peaches, how could I bear it?

Fa Zheng has been in the Western Regions for many years, and he has an understanding of the situation of various countries, and this Kangju country is really not small, and it is stronger than the countries in the Western Regions that he has dealt with before.

Kangju has a population of more than one million, and as a nomadic people, there are more than 100,000 standing troops.

It must not be possible to rely only on the first cavalry division and the Western Regions coalition army with low combat effectiveness, Fa Zheng Feige sent a letter to Chang'an and asked Lu Bu for help.

Lu Bu has always been supportive of Fa Zheng's expansion in the direction of the Western Regions, and each time he has given Fa Zheng the greatest support in the midst of opposition from Fu Zhu and others.

This time he used force with Kangju, and Lu Bu also had a supportive attitude, and if he couldn't fight in China for the time being, he would take these foreigners.

Lu Bu also has a big imperial dream in his heart, since he has such a high starting point, why can't he build the Han Empire into an empire on which the sun never sets?

In November 198, the 3rd Cavalry Division, the 9th Division, and the Special Operations Division, which had been reequipped first, were sent to the Western Regions as reinforcements, and the 9th Division would take over from the 6th Division and garrison Liangzhou after arriving in Liangzhou.

Zhang Yang's 6th Division, Guan Hai's 7th Cavalry Division, Pang De's 3rd Cavalry Division, and Wang Quan's Special Operations Division continued to advance to reinforce Fazheng.

There is also a protagonist in this army who is about to emerge in the Battle of Kangju, and that is Sima Yi.

He has already graduated from the advanced training course for intermediate officers of the Central Army University, and his grades are still excellent, especially in his staff work.

Gao Shun directly transferred him to the General Staff of the Army Headquarters as a battalion-level operational staff officer.

This time, he took the initiative to ask to go with the army to increase his experience in actual combat, and Lu Bu agreed to let him be the chief of staff of the Third Cavalry Division and go out with the expeditionary force.

Dayuan Kangqu

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