In addition to the eight infantry divisions, there were also the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions of Rawalpin, which was directly under Souter.

The rest of the army, mainly cavalry, followed him to attack the country of Kangju.

At the vanguard of the army, it was the Persian cavalry from Khorasan who was responsible for opening the way.

The spies of the Ministry of Intelligence immediately transmitted the news to Guishan City, and Fa Zheng and Sima Yi looked at each other and smiled, "As Zhong Da expected, the siege of the city will not be stopped, and they still want to rely on cavalry to win and attack Kangju." ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "They think that their cavalry is powerful, and they want to lure us into a field battle with them, so they have a chance, hum, they don't let them get their wish!" ”

At the moment, Fa Zheng stayed in Guishan City, and Sima Yi commanded the Special Operations Division, the Third Cavalry Division, the Fifth Cavalry Division, the Sixth Cavalry Division, the Seventh Cavalry Division, the Tenth Cavalry Division, and six divisions of cavalry, plus 30,000 cavalry from Kangju to aid Kangju.

When Kunbu heard that the Kushan Empire had really attacked Kangju this time, he came to see Fa Zheng again, and Fa Zheng reassured him, saying that the Han army's army was ready to go to Kangju, and asked Kun Bu to lead 30,000 Kangju cavalry to guide the Han army.

The Han army made a detour from the valley into the Kangju border, and Sima Yi sent a letter to the Kangju king Alan to inform him of his intentions.

He hoped that Alain's Kangju army would fully cooperate with the actions of the Han army, and Alain, the king of Kangju, thought that he had seen Sima Yi's various methods at the beginning, and he also relied on Sima Yi's planning to ascend to the throne.

He was in awe of Sima Yi from the bottom of his heart, even far more than Fa Zheng's influence on him.

After receiving Sima Yi's letter, without saying a word, he personally led 50,000 Kangju elite cavalry, including 30,000 archers, to meet Sima Yi.

As soon as they met, the first thing Alan said when he saw Sima Yi was, "General Sima, all my Kangju's army is under your command, and you can arrange any plans!" ”

After that, he untied his saber and handed it to Sima Yi as a token to command the entire army of Kangju.

Sima Yi thanked Alan for that, he really needed the cooperation of the Kangju army, the number of Guishan's army was too large, and it was not enough to rely on the Han army alone.

He asked the king of Alan to order that the army and people of Kangju should be fortified and cleared, and all the nomadic Kangju people who cultivated between the villages should be concentrated in the several large cities of Kangju.

All the grain, cattle and sheep were also concentrated in the big cities, or as far north as Nakhshab.

Anyway, the army of the Kushan Empire is basically cavalry, and there are no siege equipment, so there is no way to attack the city.

Then Sima Yi sent the cavalry of the Han army and Kangju, with four or five thousand people as a group, to attack the logistics supply lines of the Guishan army everywhere.

Because the Kangju people carried out the practice of clearing the wilderness, the army of Kushan could not get any food and meat in the local area, and they could not do it if they wanted to feed the war with war, so they could only transport supplies from the country.

After the Han army robbed the logistics convoy twice, the army of Prince Bo was in danger of running out of food.

Prince Bo Tiao was furious in the Sun Palace, scolding these logistics supply convoys and the army protecting them as waste, and the food needed by the huge army of the Kushan Empire was a huge amount.

Prince Bo Tiao wanted to fight a decisive battle with the Han army as soon as possible than ever, but since he entered the border of Kangju, he couldn't find the main force of the Han army and Kangju at all, and he just couldn't make it out.

I heard that further on is the largest city in Kangju, Samarkand, a famous city in Central Asia that was conquered only by the great Alexander the Great for thousands of years.

However, the city defense was also notoriously strong, and he didn't bring much infantry and siege equipment, so he couldn't attack it at all.

Just when Prince Bo Tiao was drinking sullen wine in distress, a scout suddenly came to report that he had found a convoy of Kangju going to Dawan, with hundreds of carriages, which were supposed to transport grain and grass for the Han army, and a Kangju cavalry of 3,000 people escorted it.

The prince was worried about food, and when he heard that there were hundreds of carts of grain, he was like a hungry wolf discovering his prey, and he instantly became energetic.

"Cross, order the Khorasan cavalry, dispatch 10,000 horsemen, and bring me back the grain!"

Soon, 10,000 Khorasan cavalry rushed out of the ranks of the army, led by scouts to find the convoy.

Sure enough, thirty miles to the northeast, Khorasan's cavalry spotted the slow-moving convoy ahead, the wagons were piled high with sacks, each fully loaded, leaving deep rutted marks on the ground.

The Khorasan cavalry was also spotted by the Kangju cavalry, who were in charge of the escort, and they quickly assembled in the direction facing the Khorasan cavalry, but they were also well trained.

The leading general of the Khorasan cavalry was dismissive of the 3,000 Kangju cavalry, which had defeated the Khorju cavalry more than once in history.

What's more, their side has a numerical advantage and is sure to win.

The Khorasan cavalry did not line up in any formation, but rushed forward in a swarm.

When there were still seventy or eighty zhang away from the Kangju people, the Kangju cavalry was armed with crossbows, and it seemed that after forming an alliance with the Han people, they reaped a lot of benefits.

A rain of crossbow bolts fell, causing hundreds of Khorasan cavalry to fall.

However, when the Khorasan cavalry rushed close to the front with the fire of crossbow arrows, these Kangju cavalry turned around and ran, leaving the convoy behind.

The war horses of the Kangju people were better than those of the Kushan Empire, and the Kushan cavalry could not catch up with the Kangju cavalry who were bent on fleeing.

Although the Khorasan cavalry was killed and wounded by the Kangju people's crossbows, they succeeded in snatching so many wagons of grain, but it was a great achievement, how could they ignore a few carts of grain.

One by one, the coachmen of Kangju trembled and fell to their knees, afraid that these Persians would kill innocents indiscriminately.

But the Khorasan cavalry did not kill anyone, and they did not want to do the menial work of herding cattle themselves, so they steered the wagons in the direction of their army.

Before they could get out of Erlidi, the Kangju cavalry actually killed them again, and shot them with crossbows outside the range of the Khorasan cavalry's hunting bows.

The division commander of the Khorasan cavalry ordered five thousand Khorasan cavalry to destroy these damned Kangju.

The Persian cavalry took off their triangular shields one after another, protected their bodies, and charged the Kangju.

The Kangju people still turned around and ran, and this time, five thousand Persian cavalry followed closely and soon disappeared from the view of the convoy.

The general of Khorasan was so confident in the fighting power of his men that he did not wait for the return of these pursuers, and drove the wagons back to the army first.

The prince was also very happy to see that so many carts of grain had been snatched back, and greatly rewarded the Khorasan cavalry.

In order to show his great power, he did not kill the coachmen, but let them continue to drive the wagons with the army, and promised them that when the battle was over, he would let them go home.

(End of chapter)