The Amu Darya River originates in the Green Mountains, flows through the northern part of the Kushan Kingdom, and finally enters the Aral Sea. Pinshu.com

There are 80,000 troops in the valley, and there are countless generals under him, of course, he is not afraid of the Han army. When the Kushan army came to the banks of the Amu Darya, the valley saw that the water was stable, and some of them passed through the stone bridge to the opposite bank, first set up a bridgehead, and then sent soldiers to build a pontoon bridge. If 80,000 people only rely on a narrow stone bridge, when will they be able to cross?

Xiahoudun's one-eyed light flashed, and he couldn't help but think about how to eat these 80,000 enemy troops? There was a fierce battle a few days ago, the number of people was less than 30,000, the contrast is huge, and the combat strength of Guishan's soldiers is also very strong, and it will never work to knock hard, how to transfer part of the enemy's men and horses and eat them one by one is the best policy.

Po Gu had long considered that when the army crossed the river, the Han army might sneak attack, so he had already ordered 10,000 archers to display the opposite bank and be careful.

The Han scouts cautiously crouched in the grass on the banks of the Amu Darya River, and saw that the enemy army was like a hedgehog, with countless bows and arrows facing the periphery, and it was difficult for people to attack.

The leader of the scouts whispered, "Withdraw." A dozen scouts quietly crawled backwards, retreated to a safe place, turned over on their horses, and ran towards their camp.

Xiahoudun frowned, and after listening to the scout's report, he couldn't help but say in his heart: What should I do? What to do?

There were many people and great strength, and the valley did not take much effort, and soon three wide pontoon bridges were erected, and the army drove along the pontoon bridges to the opposite bank one after another.

Xiahoudun said in a low voice: "We must not let the enemy army cross the river smoothly, it is not too late to kill their sharp spirit first." ”

The terrain on the banks of the river is open, and as soon as the men and horses move, the enemy army will find out, and Xiahoudun inquired in detail about the situation on the banks of the Amu Darya River, and had an idea in his heart.

The 5,000 Han troops, armed with enough arrows, scattered under the leadership of the scouts, passed through the fields of crops more than one person high, came to the river, leaned down, and crawled slowly forward along the grass. The tall weeds and trees formed a good barrier, and the Han army soon came to a short distance from the shore. The adjutant general Cui Guang whispered something, and the five hundred Han soldiers took down the wooden planks, cowhide ropes and other things they were carrying from behind, lay on the ground, and began to get busy.

Cui Guang looked a little farther away from the enemy army, made a gesture, and the remaining 4,500 people continued to move. The Han army was cautious, for fear of making a little movement and alarming the other party.

On the east bank of the Amu Darya, the 10,000 archers in charge of guarding each other, their eyes widened, their ears pricked, and they paid attention to the movement ahead.

Under the command of Po Valley, the army has successfully passed 30,000 people, and the men and horses in the rear are rapidly advancing through pontoon bridges and stone bridges. After crossing the river, the men and horses are still neatly displayed on the shore, keeping vigilant.

Cui Guang was also shocked when he saw that so many people had come over from the enemy army, but the arrow was on the string and had to be sent, Cui Guang couldn't take care of it anymore, and completing the general's task was the first priority.

With Cui Guang's order, the crossbow took the lead in launching an offensive against 10,000 archers, and 40,000 or 50,000 sharp arrows suddenly flew towards the archers, catching them by surprise, and countless people fell to the ground with arrows.

The 30,000 horses of Guishan, who reacted, shouted loudly "enemy attack", while urging the war horses to kill Cui Guang and them.

Cui Guang saw that his side had been exposed, and shouted: "Five hundred crossbows are aimed at the soldiers on the bridge, and the rest will be aimed at the incoming enemy, regardless of the arrows." ”

The Kushan people ignored one thing, that is, they could be said to be armed, and the men and horses were wearing armor, but the horses were empty under their bellies. No matter how rich the Kushan Kingdom is, it can't imagine that it is this flaw that has buried countless war horses.

Cui Guang lay on the ground, and soon found out about the other party's point, and shouted: "Aim at the belly of the war horse and launch!" ”

The arrows of the repeater crossbow stick to the ground, obliquely upward, and soon form a rain of arrows, the moment the war horse gallops, the abdomen is naturally exposed more, the war horse in front of it gallops, turns over and falls, and the soldiers on horseback are either thrown high or slammed to the ground. The war horse behind couldn't restrain its footsteps, and soon trampled it over, trampling his own family to pieces. The warhorse that turned into a striker was quickly taken care of, repeating the scene just now. Within a distance of more than 200 paces, it became a death zone.

Cui Guang quickly bowed down and trotted to the five hundred people who were stranded just now, and said anxiously: "Is it fully assembled?" ”

One of the lieutenants said, "General, it's just done." ”

Cui Guang said: "Twenty planes are aimed at the cavalry on the shore, and thirty planes are hung with gunpowder to blow up the pontoon bridge. ”

The lieutenant hurriedly gave the order. It turned out that these five hundred people were carrying disassembled bed crossbows, after all, they were not professional craftsmen, and the assembly speed was a little slower. With the addition of the bed crossbow, the situation on the Han army's side improved slightly, but the enemy's bows and arrows fell from time to time, taking the lives of hundreds of Han soldiers.

The general who led the 30,000 Kushan cavalry saw that the Han army was so tenacious, and shouted loudly: "Go around and surround them." ”

The Kushan cavalry began to disperse, preparing to surround Cui Guang and the others. The sound of horses' hooves suddenly shook the sky, and Cui Guang shouted excitedly: "General Xiahou has killed him!" ”

The Kushan soldiers on the pontoon bridge and stone bridge were first blocked by the rain of arrows, and moved forward slowly, and when the bed crossbow was wielded, the huge iron arrows carried gunpowder and quickly harvested the lives of the Kushan people on the bridge.

Xiahoudun saw that Cui Guang's men and horses were suppressed by the Guishan people, and said loudly: "Zilong, the providence of heaven that you came so timely, the two of us will pierce and chisel together, and kill him with a river of blood." ”

Zhao Yun said: "Okay, I have heard for a long time that General Wu is superb, and today the two of us brothers will compare with each other." ”

Xiahou Xuan's one-eyed light flickered, and in the midst of a long laugh, he waved his gun and rushed towards the enemy, Zhao Yun was naturally not to be left behind, and also raised his gun to kill. The two formed a sharp arrow and crashed into the Kushan formation.

In order to strangle Cui Guang and others, the formation of Guishan people and horses was already scattered, Xiahoudun and Zhao Yun came suddenly, and it was obviously too late to organize a formation again, so they had to rely on the thick armor and fight fiercely with the Han army.

The cavalry behind Xiahoudun and Zhao Yun were arranged according to the chiseled formation, the soldiers on both sides were close to the enemy, and the soldiers in the middle were not idle, holding javelins in their hands and projecting them to both sides.

Bo Trough was annoyed and ordered the guards to charge. The two thousand guards around Bo Gu are all tall and strong men, with three layers of armor wrapped on their bodies, and they are not afraid of any arrows, of course, Bo Gu will not say this today, because he has seen the power of the bed crossbow, but although the bed crossbow is powerful, there is a process of launching, and Bo Gu wants to let people go ashore immediately and destroy the other party's bed crossbow.

On the ground less than five miles by the Amu Darya River, crazy bloody killings were staged, everyone was shouting, and war horses were screaming. Blood seeped into the ground, staining the area red.

The pressure on Cui Guang's side was greatly reduced, and he pulled out a thousand people to shoot the Guishan soldiers who couldn't open their eyes with their crossbows, fifty bed crossbows, and less than three thousand crossbows were all aimed at the soldiers on the bridge.

Through the crowd, Bo Valley's guards charged from the two pontoon bridges, their faces covered by huge shields, and their crossbow arrows stuck in their bodies like tickles.

Cui Guang soon discovered the abnormality of this group of soldiers, and shouted loudly: "The bed crossbow and gunpowder are all aimed at these two pontoon bridges." ”

The two thousand guards of the valley, under the leadership of the captain, were about to rush to the shore, but at this time they only felt that their feet were shaking, and the ropes that bound the wood could not withstand the trampling of so many people and the explosion of gunpowder, and they broke apart, and the timbers were scattered, and the pontoon bridges became logs and floated on the water. Two thousand guards fluttered and fell into the water. Although the current is steady, the thick armor soaked in the water, and the soldiers become extremely heavy, and if they take off the armor, the enemy's arrows will fly, and if they do not take off, the heavy body will slowly sink into the mud at the bottom of the river.

Seeing that the concentrated attack worked, Cui Guang ordered the bed crossbow to aim at another pontoon bridge.

The 30,000 Guishan cavalry on the east bank of the river could not resist under the joint attack of Xiahoudun and Zhao Yun, and began to rout, braving the rain of arrows and rushing to the stone bridge. The men and horses on the stone bridge did not get the order to retreat, and still rushed forward. Xiahoudun and Zhao Yun were overjoyed, and ordered the soldiers to draw out the crossbows, and suddenly the rain of arrows that covered the sky flew towards the Kushan people.

Bo Gu was bleeding in his heart, what kind of tactic is this of the Han army, his own men and horses lost more than 30,000 in half a day's effort, and he took pity on his two thousand personal guards, which were trained with blood, and they were swallowed up by the Amu Darya River. Po Trough saw that the defeat was decided, so he had to give the order to withdraw his troops. The soldiers on the stone bridge retreated, but the Han army no longer pursued, set up a position on the opposite bank, and set up a bed crossbow, and the iron arrows on the bed crossbow exuded a blue and faint cold light.

Xiahoudun and Zhao Yun listened to the reports of their subordinates, the Han army lost more than 7,000 people and suffered countless wounded, and the combat strength of the Han army was about to be greatly reduced all of a sudden, and the other side still had more than 50,000 people.

After receiving the order of Vesudeva I, the king of the thorn Zimo wanted to cry, and the 80,000 allied troops were eyeing him at his doorstep, and you still asked me to send troops to aid Marakanda? But his small country is attached to Guishan, and the emperor's orders must be listened to, but can Guishan support it in the face of the offensive of the Han army? After thinking about it, the king symbolically sent 3,000 men and horses to gallop to help Marakanda.

The 3,000 men walked for two days, and then encountered an ambush halfway and were easily eaten by Kangju's men and horses. King Huazimo had no choice but to send a messenger to Flousha to explain to the emperor.

Cao Zhen saw that Hua Thorn Zimo had a move, so he simply began to attack the city, and the 80,000 coalition troops, under the command of Cao Zhen, soon advanced to the capital of Hua Thorn Zimo - Urtenchi.

After the young man of Huathorn Zimo was captured, Cao Zhen asked the Dawan soldiers to escort him back to the Western Regions and hand him over to Liu Ye to deal with.

Mokodo, the king of Flower Thorn Zim, saw the coalition army besieging the capital, his heart was furious, and he was ready to fight back, how could it be that over the years, under the suppression of the Kushan Empire, the number of the army of Flower Thorn Zimo was less than 50,000, and the coalition army on the opposite side was full of 80,000, what should I do? Mokodo was worried.