Text Chapter 565 Claiming to be a strong beam in vain
Focusing on the countries of Dawan, Jingjue, and Baiye, the timing of this rebellion launched in the Western Regions was actually very good.
Dawan King Yehua can also be regarded as a person with the resources of a hero, in the Western Regions, in addition to a few strong countries, the Dawan country, which is rich in good horses, does not take the rest of the neighboring countries in his eyes.
Dawan has always been the supply base of the Huns' war horses, and Jingjue and Baiye are the main sources of gold and iron needed on the grassland. It is precisely for this reason that their relationship with the Xiongnu has long been inseparable. Whether in terms of strategic significance or their own interests, they last wanted to see the fall of the Xiongnu steppe.
However, as the war progressed, the Han army fought on both sides, and it turned out to be overwhelming, almost an invincible posture, and even the battle was won. Not only did most of the countries in the Western Regions fall in despair and choose to submit to the wind. Even the Hun Iron Cavalry, known as the invincible and invincible in the world, has been beaten to the ground, and the general trend has gone!
During that period of fire, under the threat of the Han army, these countries were in a dilemma, and they were simply in a panic. wants to choose to bow down and surrender like other countries, but he is really unwilling, lest he fall into an unpredictable result. After all, like Loulan and Xiqiang, who had been wiped out by the Han army, they had committed blood debts to Han merchant groups and envoys who traveled to and from the Western Regions.
But if you want to resist to the end with your own strength, you really don't have that confidence. Those days were undoubtedly a torment for these kings.
However, the worst they feared did not come immediately, and in order to launch an all-out campaign against the Xiongnu Shan Yu, the cavalry units that had flaunted their might in the Western Regions all went east overnight. This made them overjoyed, and they couldn't help but secretly thank the Kunlun gods for their protection.
As long as you have avoided the difficulties in front of you, in the next time, you will go all out to concentrate your forces and take all the land in the Western Regions that has just been extinguished in your own hands. At that time, taking advantage of the special geographical environment and dangerous defense, the royal ministers of these countries headed by King Dawan agreed that even if the Han army could win the decisive battle with the Xiongnu, it would inevitably be greatly damaged. Under such circumstances, the emperor of the Han Dynasty would never have sent an army on another expedition to launch a second expedition to the Western Regions in a short period of time.
As long as they make good use of this opportunity, then with their combined strength, they will build the Western Regions into an overall fortress. And then echo with the Huns in Mobei, and the future situation can still be maintained.
The Han people of the Central Plains have never had the ability to truly carry out their will to such a distant place for thousands of years. Even the most powerful Great Qin Dynasty can't do it, so is the current Han Dynasty delusional about having such ambitions?
Since sooner or later it will be inseparable from the Han Dynasty, then if you don't act at this time, when will you wait! So, not long after the Red Fire Army marched eastward, they began to act without hesitation.
Led by the powerful Dawan Kingdom, four or five small countries that have always been obedient were gathered, and then there were Loulan and Xiqiang exiled nobles who had a bitter hatred for the Han Dynasty, with a total of 13,400 people. Dawan King Yehua generously donated thousands of fine war horses, and the rest of the countries also had money to contribute and make powerful contributions. All of a sudden, morale was high, the armor was sharp, and a huge siege of the city began.
I have to say that Dawan Wang Yehua can also be regarded as a person with a bit of a heroic posture. Thinking back then, his elder brother Yebai rashly led the three thousand Dawan cavalry to intercept the Han Dynasty mission halfway as a king, and he thought it would be an easy task, but he didn't expect that Huo Quai, who was just a captain of a hundred cavalry at the time, single-handedly broke through the thousands of troops, and even the head of the king was taken away.
After Yebai's death, Dawan experienced a turmoil in the country. In order to compete for the throne, Yehua, who is the emperor's younger brother, and several of his royal nephews fought each other. In the end, with his ruthless methods, he killed them all, and then shocked the subjects in the country, and successfully ascended to the throne, and it has been five or six years now.
This time, everyone naturally looked forward to the head of the king of Dawan. Yehua's order was that in the first phase of the battle, all armies would take whatever the royal city of the country they captured, and the gold and silver treasures would be taken by them, and the goods and beauties would be at their disposal.
This kind of encouragement is really useful. The cavalrymen who had gathered were red-eyed for this. In a very short period of time, it invaded the nearest three or four small neighboring countries. Burning, killing, looting, doing everything.
On the whole, there are few countries in the Western Regions that have particularly strong combat effectiveness. Especially not long ago, in order to follow the needs of the Han army, they united to form an army to follow the Han army and go to the grassland to participate in the battle to annihilate the Hun cavalry. Under such circumstances, this force led by Dawan is simply invincible and arbitrary!
According to the plan of Yehua and those noble ministers, they wanted to go from weak to strong, and take advantage of this rare opportunity to bring all the countries in the Western Regions under the front of the army. It's just that although the idea is good, after all, it is an organized rabble, and it is powerful at killing people and stealing things, but it is not satisfactory in terms of obeying operational commands. Most of the time, it's almost like a plate of scattered sand, fighting on their own, crazy looting for their own interests.
Naturally, the progress of such a battle is slow. It is obviously very difficult to achieve the set goals in the shortest possible time.
Seeing that the chaotic cavalry troops were difficult to coordinate and command, Yehua frowned, and gathered the leaders of the various forces to begin to discuss the next course of action. It was also at this time that news from the Xiongnu steppe began to come continuously, and each time it was more shocking and frightening.
Everyone didn't expect that the most elite Hun cavalry would fail so quickly! And what is even more unbelievable is that the Xiongnu died of Shan Yizhi. After being captured, he died in the Han army camp, and his head was teleported to Chang'an!
Such news undoubtedly made them feel deep despair. I had expected the defeat of the Huns, but I did not expect that they would be defeated so badly. It seems that in the next step, we can only hope that there will be a miracle in the Mobei war.
The situation was already so critical that after the defeat of the Huns, the Han army or the coalition forces of the countries in the Western Regions could return to the Western Regions again at any time. In this case, time is running out, and the combat process must be started as soon as possible.
King Dawan immediately issued an order, ordering all the cavalry to stop coveting money, and to conquer the city and quickly deter the troops to as many places as possible, and strive to capture as much land as possible before the tide of battle changed.
However, before this order could be carried out, the latest news had already come that a group of Han soldiers were coming straight from the direction of the grassland.
The news came as a surprise to them. Didn't the Han army already go to Mobei to fight? How could troops be sent to the Western Regions?
However, after listening to the details in the next step, everyone took a long breath and relaxed slightly. The people who listened to the news made it clear that the cavalry of the Han army who came was only 1,000 people, and I heard that it was neither the Black Eagle Army nor the Red Fire Army, but just ordinary Han cavalry left behind in the Dragon City camp.
There's nothing to be afraid of. A thousand horsemen, not those two fearsome Han cavalry, dare to come here? It is inevitable to kill them all, so that they will not come back, just to let out a bad breath!
So after deliberation, an order was issued to stop the attack on the rest of the country, and all the troops were assembled and retreated to the vicinity of the Dawan King City. Since the Han army is here, their primary goal must be to attack the most powerful Dawan Kingdom. It is here that they are lined up, waiting for their work to be annihilated in one fell swoop.
With the continuous return of the horses along the road, the nobles from all walks of life who were sitting in Dawan City looked at King Yehua of Dawan with admiration. This king really has some skills, and the marching route of the Han army is coming in the direction of Dawan City.
All that's left is to assign combat missions and get ready for a battle. Everyone is confident in their hearts, no matter what, on their own territory, with ten times the strength of the opponent, if they can't achieve victory, then the army of the Han Dynasty is really a demon.
However, this is the way things in the world are, only the unthinkable, nothing can be done. The army of the Han Dynasty was just ordinary cavalry, and they would be brave and fearful. But among them, there are other demonic figures, when the sword light is overwhelmed, all eyes are bowed down, and then the world will know that as long as an army has such a soul, no matter how many, it is invincible!
The banner of the Han cavalry finally appeared outside the Dawan King City, and the team of 1,000 people looked inconspicuous and even a little lonely in the Pingsha barrenness. King Dawan and all the nobles stood at the head of the city, coldly looking at this foreign army coming from afar, their battle flags and armor were covered with dust, and the soldiers on horseback were gray-faced, and they couldn't see any edge and murderous aura.
Pride and disapproval resurfaced on everyone's faces. This is their home turf, let these hateful Han Dynasty people see how they died today!
Ten times the ambush soldiers have been ambushed near the royal city, since sooner or later they are going to kill them all, then when I heard that the other party actually sent someone to say that an envoy wanted to enter the city to meet the king of Dawan himself, and wanted to convey the Han Dynasty's unified policy for the countries of the Western Regions, the king of Dawan Yehua agreed to their request very happily.
Under the watchful eye, the cavalry of the Han army stopped in place and stood by. Dressed in the Confucian clothes of the Han Dynasty, the appearance of an envoy and scholar, a horse into the city, followed by a follower, white as snow, one person and one knife.