Just when Gesang was once again unifying Tibet, the Silk Kingdom was also undergoing a major military operation, that is, an expedition to the Western Regions. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The info commander is none other than Wang Hanxin, the representative of the military generals of the Shaozhuang faction, and the general of Dingxi.

If he wanted to prepare a satisfactory expedition, then Wang Hanxin should have waited at least until April of that year, but he still chose to set off in February. At that time, some people raised objections that there was no need to be so anxious, and his brother-in-law Zhou Siyi was one of the representatives, but Wang Hanxin did not listen to such opinions, because in Wang Hanxin's words, the opportunity could not be lost.

Shortly after the end of Abicheril's combat operation, Wang Hanxin received a report from Gingill, which detailed the current troop deployment in the Western Regions, according to which Wang Hanxin believed that the sooner the military operation was launched, the better. Abiciel's military operation has mobilized almost all the forces that can be mobilized in the territory of Tuchi, so the Western Regions are in a very empty situation, but Abicialir will never let this phenomenon continue, now that he has withdrawn his troops, then Abicialir will soon send troops back to the Western Regions to rule, if he can't act before him, then the outcome of this expedition will become very difficult, and may even be a complete failure.

In order to make up for the lack of preparation, Wang Hanxin finally determined that the number of actual combat troops was only 8,000 cavalry, but the number of troops to provide support was as high as 60,000, and the number of oxen, mules, and donkey carts responsible for transporting more than 100,000 vehicles was more than 100,000 - these were all forces that he did not use in the battle against Abicheril, but kept it strictly secret.

Wang Hanxin left his righteous brothers Zhou Siyi and Chen Shihua to guard the front line of Fengzhou in Linzhou, and then took Chen Shijie, Mi Yiguo and Ge Boling, a cavalry general borrowed from Liu Xianzhi, to embark on the expedition together.

In order to avoid being detected by the Qiang people, the army did not set out from the farthest Huizhou, but from Lingzhou, all the way to the west along Liangzhou, Ganzhou, Suzhou, and Shazhou, which were once the territory of the Silk Country in the past, and later destroyed by the Tuqi people.

Although the Gaochang Kingdom has become an uninhabited ruin, it is not a barren land, where the army can get enough water to replenish the water, and the remnants of the city walls left after the fall of the Gaochang Kingdom can still provide some cover, so Wang Hanxin decided to re-establish a stronghold here as a base for further progress.

Chen Shijie and Mi Yiguo were left to preside over the construction work, while Wang Hanxin himself and Ge Boling led the cavalry to start the first wave of attacks. Their targets were the Yanqi, Qiuzi and Wusun tribes at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

Wang Hanxin's action is very bold, but it is by no means untargeted, because Ginger has secretly contacted the thirteen tribes who rebelled with Dimikabur, the father of Gingill, although the current Ramandel tribe has already moved westward, but these thirteen tribes were put into another book by Abicheril after the rebellion, and they were bullied by other tribes for more than a year, and this time they finally had a chance to turn the book, so they provided the Silk Country with the strength of the Western Regions, the state of defense, and the distance of the road, and the intelligence of supplies along the way, so that Wang Hanxin can still use his troops as smoothly as his peers when he first arrives.

On the other hand, in the face of Wang Hanxin's sudden attack, the Western Regions tribes can really be said to have suffered - it was impossible for Wang Hanxin's 8,000 cavalry to be so arrogant and vertically connected, but it is a pity that Abicherier requisitioned almost all the troops of the various tribes to the east to participate in the war against the Silk Country, so the current troops of the various departments were re-recruited from the people after that. Not to mention that the population of the Western Regions is limited, and the source of soldiers is far from being as endless as that of the Central Plains, even if it is recruited in this limited population, it must be considered that as much as possible will not cause losses in agricultural and animal husbandry production. Therefore, to this day, the combined strength of various countries is not equal to Wang Hanxin's strength, not to mention that these so-called soldiers have almost never experienced actual combat, and the gap between them and Wang Hanxin's strength in terms of combat effectiveness is simply heaven and earth.

The first to bear the brunt of the Three Kingdoms within the Yanqi King directly opened the city and surrendered, Wang Hanxin said kind words to him, except for letting him send a prince as a hostage and to provide supplies to the troops, Qiu did not commit any crimes, and then immediately began the next move, in comparison to the king of Qiuzi is braver, or more stupid, in the face of Wang Hanxin's attack, he resolutely led his troops out of the city to meet the attack, and the result can be imagined. The 1,500 men of the King of Qiuci were almost killed, and the King of Qiuci himself was cut off by Wang Hanxin. Then Wang Hanxin took advantage of the victory to attack the King City of Qiuci, and the walls of these Western Regions could not even resist the Tuqi army, not to mention the ** team of Juanzhi, who was good at building and besieging cities? It was conquered in just two days, Wang Hanxin showed no mercy to the Qiuci royal family, killed them all, and looted the gold and silver treasures and grain in the Qiuci treasury by the way, and then established the prime minister of Qiuci as the new king of Qiuci, and took his son away with the army as a hostage.

Luckier than his two states, King Wusun was in the westernmost part of his country, and he could use what happened to his two neighbors as a reference. Of course, King Wusun also chose to surrender to Wang Hanxin. However, Wang Hanxin's treatment of him was slightly different from that of King Yanqi, on the one hand, because King Wusun had enough time to think, but he did not announce his surrender earlier, on the other hand, because Wusun's land area and national strength were much stronger than the previous two countries, and Wusun's combat ability was also quite famous, plus Wusun was rich in horses, so Wang Hanxin ordered King Wusun to lead his 2,000 subordinates to ride horses and act with the ** team of Juanzhi.

After quickly seizing the above three kingdoms, the various tribes at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains almost without exception expressed their submission to the Silk Country. Wang Hanxin ordered them to guard their hometowns and strictly guard against the Raid Army, and then gave all the gold and silver treasures stolen from Qiuzi to the thirteen tribes to thank them. When the matter in this area calmed down a little, Wang Hanxin immediately repaired the book and asked Chen Shijie and Mi Yiguo in the rear to rush to guard the local area, and he took Ge Boling and King Wusun to lead 10,000 horses south, and successively launched attacks on Shule, Khotan, Jimo, Shanshan and other places.

With the precedent of King Qiuzi and King Wusun, who would dare to come with the ** team of Juanzhi? Before Wang Hanxin's army arrived, the monarchs of these countries welcomed them with wine and food, and presented them by the way. Wang Hanxin almost bloodlessly turned all these areas into vassals of the Silk Country.

But the matter is not over here, although Wang Hanxin's actions can be described as devastating, but the vastness of the Western Regions is beyond imagination. After such a big circle, it is close to June. At this time, the Zuoxian King Chereel, appointed by Abiciel, had received the news, and he immediately led the 80,000-strong army given to him by Abicialir to accelerate across the Tianshan Mountains and advance southward.

In order to stabilize the Western Regions that had just surrendered and not to fight back again, Wang Hanxin had to win this battle, but the troops in his hands were only 60,000 people and 8,000 cavalry responsible for logistics support, plus 2,000 Wusun soldiers, and half of the support army could not rush to the battlefield in time due to the distance, so Wang Hanxin had to use limited forces to fight against the Tuqi army that was nearly twice his size. (To be continued.) )