Chapter 770: Sweeping the Nations

The throwing of the guns of the Zhao army destroyed the idea of the Toga tribe preparing to engage the Zhao army at close range. In just three rounds of throwing guns, the remaining Toga Department once again lost the remaining people.

"The army attacked, besieged and killed, and no one from the Tuga tribe could escape." Looking at the Tuga cavalry who began to panic, the corners of Nangong Hao's mouth turned up slightly, and he issued a military order again.

The cavalry of the Zhao army in the rear immediately divided into two and surrounded the Tuhebu camp from both sides. And the cavalry of the Zhao army on the war horse, after changing the crossbow box, kept shooting at the Tuhe cavalry.

The 2,000 Great Zhao cavalry in front of them rode their horses and charged, brandishing the horizontal sword and round shield, and slashed at the Tuga cavalry, who had lost their fighting spirit.

As early as the appearance of Da Zhao's spears one after another, the cavalry of the Tuga Division had already scattered and completely lost their fighting spirit. After all, relatively speaking, although the number of kills from the spear is not as large as that of the crossbow arrow, the psychological deterrent power it brings is indeed incomparable. Of course, this was also before the Earthquake Thunder was not used. For these small countries, there is no longer a need to use sky-shaking mines.

The roar of the spears, the unavoidable threat and lethal force made the fighting spirit of the Tuga cavalry dissipate, and they suddenly collapsed in all directions. These elite cavalrymen of the Tuga Division, who occupied the second place in the Tuju Kingdom, watched such a group of Great Zhao cavalry kill them, and even felt weak and forgot to resist.

Destroying the withering and decaying, the entire Tuhe cavalry position was torn apart by the two charges of the Great Zhao cavalry. The cavalry of the Zhao army on the left and right sides continued to compress the space of the entire Tuga camp, so that any Tuga cavalry and Tuga people who wanted to flee would die on the spot.

The sky gradually darkened, and the shouts of killing gradually faded away. However, the screams and wails are still heard. And the cavalry of the Zhao army began to clean up the battlefield. On the battlefield, there were stumps and broken arms everywhere, and torn corpses were scattered on the plains, which was extremely cold. The cavalry of the Zhao army began to clean up the wounded Tuhe soldiers on the battlefield one by one. These wounded soldiers, Zhao Jun naturally wanted to be useless. Zhao Jun's wound medicine will not help them, and what awaits them can only be Zhao Jun's butcher's knife.

"All the wounded soldiers of the Toga tribe, all the leaders and leaders, there is no mercy for one! Gather all the loot and burn the camp. Immediately give the order to the cavalry behind to come and receive these slaves. Nangong Hao ordered in a cold voice.

Although Nangong Hao and Xu Ye were the main generals of the two forwards, they were followed by more than a dozen thousand-strong cavalry teams each. Their task is to escort back the spoils of the forward, and at the same time sweep all the enemy's camps and cities in the territory of Tuju Country.

If it had been before, the result of this Tuga tribe would have been the slaughter of the entire clan. However, now, since the Zhao State did not allow the Han people to become slaves, there is a large market for this foreign slave. Female slaves who waited for people, slaves in factories and workshops, slaves who built cities and galloped roads, slaves who cultivated fields, and so on, were all in need of these unpaid laborers.

Zhao Xun naturally wouldn't let these laborers who could exchange money become yellow mud on the ground. Of course, those soldiers and rebels from all countries still treat them with cold blades.

According to post-war statistics, there were more than 23,000 people in the entire Toga Division, none of whom escaped, more than 10,000 people were killed, and the remaining more than 13,000 people and tens of thousands of livestock, nearly 10,000 fine war horses and the wealth accumulated by the Toga Department have become the trophies of the Great Zhao. Some of these materials were owned by the Royal Interior Office, and the remaining part was used to reward the soldiers and improve their lives.

In other words, the richer the Zhao army's victory, the more rewards the soldiers received. In this way, it will inspire the soldiers of Dazhao to continue to expand outward, stimulating the soldiers' desire to fight on the battlefield.

After Nangong Hao made sure that no one had escaped, he arranged for someone to be on duty, so he ordered to rest on the spot, wait for the arrival of the follow-up team, and escort the loot back. Of course, they also have to make a count of the loot and report it to the logistics department when they go back.

At the same time as Nangong Hao's action, Xu Ye also exterminated another tribe, slaughtered all the warriors, and handed over the spoils to the team that followed, so that they could be escorted backwards.

Although both operations were perfectly successful, the campaign for the Southern Alliance in the Western Regions had only just begun. After resting and handing over the loot to the team that received the message, the two teams set off overnight and continued westward.

After the third day, more than a dozen cities in the eastern region of Tuju Kingdom, equivalent to the towns in the territory of the Han people, were destroyed, more than 40,000 Tuju soldiers were destroyed, and 40,000 or 50,000 people were taken away by the Zhao army.

While contacting neighboring countries to come to support, Tuju reported the news of Zhao's attack to Khotan, and the soldiers asked for help. But the speed and fierceness of Zhao Jun's actions exceeded his expectations.

Xu Ye and Nangong Hao's two lines of nearly 10,000 elite cavalry are the vanguard of Da Zhao's operation, and they don't care about the rest, they only need to destroy all the enemies who block the way forward, and the loot and the materials needed by the army are transported after being escorted back by other squads to escort the prisoners and the loot back. Therefore, the armies of the two routes did not lack arrows, crossbow arrows, throwing guns, armor, war horses and other war materials. Even the injured soldiers will also return with the squad to replenish manpower from a young age.

As a result, in the territory of the Tuju country, two armies were like two sharp arrows, attacking the western part of the Tuju country, and any major tribes and cities were destroyed one by one. The other dozens of squads, in addition to escorting the booty, also began to pull nets in the territory of the Tuju country, sweeping westward like locusts crossing the border, leaving not a single grass behind.

Of course, this inch-blank grass did not mean killing everyone, but leaving no people, livestock and materials, except for the city, other settlements and the camps of various tribes in the Tuju country were set on fire by the Zhao army.

The small countries around Tuju received the news that after hearing about Zhao Jun's actions, they did not dare to send reinforcements easily, and they were afraid that they would become the next Tuju country. And when Khotan got the news and was ready to call the surrounding coalition forces to rescue, the news that the Tuju country had been destroyed came not long after.

The king of Tuju Kingdom, the leader of the first tribe of the five major tribes, the important minister of Tuju Kingdom, and the magnates of the major tribes were all slaughtered by the Zhao army, and for a while, all the surrounding countries were shocked. Even when Khotan got the news, he was a little frightened.

Of course, Khotan would not do this to see the Zhao army continue to advance westward, and immediately summoned the surrounding countries and asked them to unite against the enemy. At this time, the army of the Zhao army also began to come from east to west, and soon approached the countries around Tuju country.

Naturally, Zhao Jun will not wait for the surrounding countries to mobilize their armies and join forces to confront. Nangong Hao and Xu Ye rushed into the territory of each country again, and the teams that followed also began to fight inside. Xu Ye and Nangong Hao specifically fought against the main armies of each country, while each squad attacked the settlements and cities in each country.

These squads all followed around the two teams, and if Nangong Hao and Xu Ye faced the enemy, several teams around them immediately gathered and swarmed up to break the enemy army.

The small state that had not been invaded by the Zhao army followed Khotan's military orders and began to support the invaded country by the Zhao army, but Nangong Hao and Xu Ye's tactics were flexible and changeable. If the enemy can fight, then fight, and even gather the surrounding squads, gather together to engage the enemy army, and destroy it. If they can't fight, they scatter in all directions, burn and plunder in the enemy's territory, but they don't confront the enemy's army head-on, grab and leave, and then turn back and come back. At the same time, they constantly harass the other side, rob the other party's grain and grass, and drag down the enemy army alive. Because a lot of war horses have been captured, each team is one person with two horses, or even one person with three horses, which is no longer something that these coalition forces can easily catch up. Coupled with the sharp weapons of the Zhao army, the Zhao army became more and more fierce.

Soon, after the destruction of the Tuju Kingdom, the two countries of Lesu and Changwei on the north side of the Tuju Kingdom were captured by the Zhao army. This time, instead of escorting all the people to the rear, the Zhao army settled on the spot, selected the location, and the Zhao army once again began to build cities in various places. At the same time, a steady stream of Hermes-Epitek also migrated here from the Central Plains and settled here.

In less than a month, three countries were wiped out, and in an instant, the eastern countries of the Southern Alliance were shocked. Of course, the western countries have not received news at this moment. However, they couldn't do well, and Li Chenfeng's army also began to approach the area of Green Ridge, which made the Shule countries start to get nervous.

After the destruction of the Three Kingdoms, the Zhao army did not continue to act, but more than ten countries, including Khotan, were all trembling. The 50,000 regular soldiers and more than 10,000 troops of the Zhao army began to advance slowly. In the land of the Three Kingdoms, on the selected location, the city was built on a large scale. The magnates of the Three Kingdoms were slaughtered by the Zhao army for resisting the Celestial Empire's army.

Under the strong coercion of the Zhao army and some policies favorable to the local population, the people of the three kingdoms gradually succumbed. Of course, the magnates among them were slaughtered, and no one organized them even if they wanted to oppose them. Most of the existing inhabitants are the lower class people and slaves of the Three Kingdoms. Now, they are part of the Zhao Kingdom, and they have no dissatisfaction.

"Send envoys to lobby various countries and tell them that the trend of my Great Zhao to dominate the Western Regions is no longer stoppable. The surging trend is irreversible, and those who follow it prosper and those who go against it die! If you don't go well, the magnates and kings of these three kingdoms are their examples. After learning that the army had marched into the land of the Three Kingdoms and had begun to build the city, Zhao Xun stopped the attack and prepared to take advantage of the situation.

Zhao's envoys soon appeared within the alliance and began to persuade them. At the same time, the Zhao army also began to mobilize and make a move to attack the army. No one wants to give up power in their hands if possible. However, if the pressure from the outside world has exceeded his imagination and is no longer possible, they naturally have to consider the outcome of continuing to fight. Compared with life, the so-called power is simply worthless.

At the same time as the envoys of the Zhao army persuaded them, Nangong Hao and Xu Ye attacked again, and in just five days, the Wushan country, which was closest to the Zhao army, was destroyed. Like the previous Three Kingdoms, the monarch of the Osan Kingdom and the magnates and nobles in the country were all slaughtered by the Zhao army. There were only more than 10,000 soldiers in the Wushan Kingdom, and one-third of them were killed by the Zhao army in the first battle, and the rest also surrendered.

In this way, once again a shock to the small countries, with the efforts of the envoys of the Zhao army, the Ronglu, Humi, Qule, and Pishan kingdoms between the Khotanese and the Zhao army surrendered one after another. When Qiulin, a state of Khotan, received the news, the army of the Zhao army had already taken over the three kingdoms, and the soldiers began to deploy on the border of Khotan.

The thirteen-nation alliance centered on Khotan, in an instant, only took a month and a half, was taken by the Zhao army, and eight were lost, and the remaining five countries were either close to Khotan, or the monarch was unwilling to give up the rights in his hands, or it was located in the rear of Khotan, worried that he would surrender to the Zhao army now, and before the arrival of the Zhao army, he was destroyed by Khotan first.

Among them, the Ulin State, located in the southwest of Khotan, is a small country that has risen for less than a hundred years, with 10,000 soldiers and more than 100,000 people. The national lieutenant Chi Qi was willing to submit to Da Zhao, but he didn't want to take it with Da Zhao. After Zhao Xun heard about it, he immediately ordered Xu Ye's subordinate to lead five squads, totaling 10,000 people, to quietly cross the border of Khotan and enter the territory of Wulin.

Seeing this, the monarch of Wulin had no choice but to suppress the little caution he had and surrender to Da Zhao. As a result, Xu Ye's department, Nangong Hao's department located in the territory of Pishan State in the north, and the army of Dazhao located in the east formed a semicircular encirclement, which surrounded Khotan and its surrounding three kingdoms, forming a flanking attack.

Hearing this news, Qiulin, the monarch of Khotan, did not have his earlier arrogance. Zhao Jun's actions have exceeded his imagination, and they are simply divine soldiers descending from heaven. So, while asking for help from Shule and other countries in the rear, Qiulin sent envoys to ask Zhao Jun to surrender, saying that he was willing to obey the teachings of Great Zhao.

However, Qiulin also put forward a whole bunch of conditions. Generally speaking, it is to follow the example of the previous dynasty, and I hope that you will respect the Great Zhao as the suzerainty and become a vassal of the Great Zhao, but it will preserve the existence of the Khotanese state.

"Ridiculous! This king is not Da Chu, nor is he the king of Da Yan. Hearing the news, Zhao Xun smiled coldly and ignored it at all.

If it was in the former Great Chu and Great Yan Kingdoms, and the Khotan Kingdom showed this grandson, the emperors of the two dynasties would definitely accept it without hesitation, and say good words to appease him. In fact, in the past, Da Chu and Da Yan Guo all did this.

But what about the result? After the Central Plains Dynasty is weakened and the troops of the Central Plains Dynasty are withdrawn, the countries of the Western Regions are still ruled by the countries of the Western Regions. In this regard, Zhao Xunke did not have this idea.

Zhao Xun never thought of asking the two great powers of the alliance of Khotan and Shule to surrender, and from the moment he knew that the Southern Alliance was organized by these two countries, Zhao Xun knew that they would never give up the power in their hands, and they would not be willing to merge into the Great Zhao.

Therefore, Zhao Xun had already made up his mind to let these two countries perish and become history. Only in this way can this southern place in the Western Regions truly integrate into Da Zhao and become a part of Da Zhao. In this way, how could Zhao Xun accept Khotan's so-called request for surrender? Don't say that he has a lot of conditions that Zhao Xun can't accept at all, even if there are no conditions, Zhao Xun won't let them surrender.

Now, Zhao Xun wants to completely make the people of the Western Regions surrender to Da Zhao and surrender from the bottom of his heart. Therefore, Zhao Xun unceremoniously expelled the envoys of Khotan.

Seeing that there was no hope of surrender, Qiu Lin did not continue to beg for anything in a low voice to Da Zhao, but gathered all his troops, waited for reinforcements, and prepared for a decisive battle with the Zhao army.

Of course, Qiulin still has a hope, that is, Shule in the west and other coalition forces have sent troops to support, you must know that the strength of Shule and other countries in the west is stronger than themselves, as long as they send troops to support, these 50,000 or 60,000 Zhao troops are definitely not opponents. Even if you can't win, it's going to be a draw. However, the Confederate Alliance was geographically advantageous and was sure to win the final victory. At that time, Zhao Jun saw this situation, and if he was unwilling to continue the stalemate, he would naturally retreat with each other. After all, it is rumored that the Zhao army was in the Central Plains and did not dominate the world.

However, the result was not as rosy as Qiulin had imagined, and he waited for nearly a month, but reinforcements from the Union army to the west were delayed. At this time, the eastern part of Khotan had been lost, and the entire Khotan country was invaded by the Zhao army's squad.

Khotanese and the allied army were indeed inferior to the Zhao army, and Khotanese also fought head-on with the Zhao army, but the result of the battle between the two sides was difficult for Qiulin to accept. 20,000 Khotanese troops against 10,000 Zhao troops, as a result, the army under his command lost more than 8,000 people, was captured more than 5,000 people, and was defeated and lost. The weapons of the Zhao army have already frightened the soldiers of Khotan.

In addition, because the Zhao army frequently entered Khotan to plunder, the food and grass materials needed by the Khotanese army began to gradually become insufficient. And the armies that went out of the city to pursue these Zhao army squads were also annexed by the Zhao army one by one. Qiulin even found that the armies of several countries that surrendered to the Zhao army were also reorganized by the Zhao army and joined in the sacking of Khotan. This made Qiu Lin hate itchy, but he was helpless.

Seeing that the reinforcements did not arrive, every day I heard that there were constantly armies destroyed by the Zhao army, cities were constantly conquered by the Zhao army, and livestock and people were constantly looted by the Zhao army, and Qiulin's face became more and more gloomy.

At this moment, Qiulin's resentment towards Shule and other countries has risen to the highest level. But he couldn't take Shule and other countries that were nearly thousands of miles away. By the beginning of November, a bad news reached Qiulin's ears. In the north and northwest of Khotan, the only three allied states led by Khotan were broken by the Zhao army.

It turned out that the Zhao army took advantage of the Khotanese defense to prepare for the invasion of the Zhao army and gathered the army in the territory of Khotan, and suddenly entered the three kingdoms of Shache, Weitou and Wenmo located in the rear of Khotan. Zhao Xun did not massacre the kings and magnates of the three kingdoms this time, but he also escorted the kings of the three kingdoms to Zhao Di and gave them to an ordinary lord, which was regarded as the treatment of the king who surrendered during the war.