Zhizhi City, there are not many descriptions of this city in history.

The city was built in the city of Zhambyl, in the Zhambyl region in present-day southern Kazakhstan, and was built after the Zhizhidan moved westward to Kangju. The architectural style is modeled after that of a Roman castle, with three civil walls inside and out. In 36 B.C., the "Battle of Zhizhi City of the Xiongnu of the Western Han Dynasty" took place here. Zhizhi City was broken by the coalition forces of the Western Regions led by Chen Tang, the deputy captain of the Western Regions Protector Gan Yanshou.

Outside Zhizhi City, the Talas River, which runs east-west, is very well-known in history. It is said that the great river goes east, why does it go west? Because to the west there is the Aral Sea. The Talas River is also one of the tributaries of the Syr Darya, a major river in Central Asia.

The Syr Darya is an inland river in central Asia, originating in the Tien Shan Mountains, flowing through the Turan lowlands and then emptying into the Aral Sea, with a total length of 309 kilometers and a basin area of 29,000 square kilometers.

The reason why the Talas River is famous in history is because of a war in the month of 75 AD. The battle was known as the Battle of Talas, and scholars believe that the Battle of Talas was a direct collision between the most powerful Eastern and Western empires in history at the time.

The empire representing the East is the great Tang Empire. The empire that represents the West is the great empire of the Great Food.

The total number of troops dispatched by both sides was as high as 150,000.

The final ending! It took less than a month for the Great Food Empire to sink the Tang Empire. Since then, the power of the Tang Empire has withdrawn from Central Asia. Later, the Anshi Rebellion occurred in the Tang Empire, and later, the Tang Empire burped and dipped it in sugar.

It was also August, the same on the banks of the Talas, and here again there was an army of the great empire of the West. And Qin Feng led the 20,000 expeditionary forces of the Han Dynasty and came here.

Will history play out ahead of time?

Will it end the same?

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Zhizhi City, located on the plain on the banks of the middle reaches of the Talas River, is the specific location of the southern part of Kazakhstan, Zhambyl Oblast, Zhambyl City.

The terrain here is very flat, and it is in a large river basin, and the water and grass are abundant. It is really a good place for nomads to settle.

This day is the first day of August in the first year of Zhongping in the Han Dynasty.

On the walls of Zhizhi, there were soldiers of the Romans, every hundred soldiers. There was a centurion with a horizontal red brush on his head. And at the north gate, there stood a man with an oversized longitudinal red brush on his helmet. You don't need to ask at all, just look at the longitudinal red brush on your head. Either the Great Lama of the Western Regions, or a high-ranking Roman general.

Pile of Roman soldiers. Naturally, it was the Roman generals.

This man was none other than Cornelius Pompey, a descendant of the Glory Bloodline.

No Roman general had ever been here, and Pompey had led the army across the Caspian Sea into Kushan territory to fulfill the exploits of his ancestor Gnaeus Pompey in Africa. Thus restoring the glory of the surname Pompey.

However, it backfired, and for the first time faced with the Huns with oriental characteristics, the Romans were shot. And the Huns had already taught too many formations in the Han Dynasty. The last thing they feared when the cavalry was maneuvering was that the enemy formed formations, so the Romans shot due north and south.

Although Pompey had already taken into account the mobility of the Huns, after the cavalry he brought was wiped out by the Huns, his Roman phalanx completely lost the ability to encircle the Huns.

Pompey was defeated in the field, losing 5,000 soldiers. Due to the fact that there were also certain losses in the early attack on the Kushan people, with only 5,000 people left, he immediately withdrew his troops and returned to Zhizhi City.

On the one hand, he strictly guarded the city of Zhizhi, and on the other hand, he sent envoys back to China to ask for help. In fact, he could have given up Zhizhi City and withdrawn to the country, but Zhizhi City was in it. There is the income of the Kangju people for a year, and the Romans robbed the wealth of Kushan. The warehouse was full of gold and silver, like a dock.

Pompey was reluctant to give up these treasures. Therefore, we are holding on to help.

And the Xiongnu king Qiangqu attacked the Romans in order to get the wealth in Zhizhi City. So, he immediately launched an attack on Zhizhi City.

The Romans were extremely good at defending the city. And the Huns were really lacking in siege. Under the long-term situation, the Huns were unable to break through the city of Zhizhi.

Fortunately, the Xiongnu king Qiangqu has brains. He gave up a frontal assault and instead chose to cut off the water source outside Zhizhi City.

Without water, it's hard to stick to it.

However, there were also wells in the city of Zhizhi, and although they could not fully supply the Romans, it was no problem to hold out for a while.

As a result, the two sides calmed down for the time being. The Huns waited for the moment when the Romans cut off the water, and the Romans waited for the moment when reinforcements arrived.

The Romans lost to the Huns in a field battle, not because the Roman army was inadequate. Instead, Pompey crossed the Caspian Sea and came here, bringing too few cavalry. Coupled with the open grassland terrain around Zhizhi City, in the face of the enemy's mobility advantage, the infantry could not catch up with the footsteps of others.

Pompey stood at the north gate, looking out at the Hun camp that surrounded him. He exclaimed, "The army of the Empire will arrive soon. The inexhaustible food in Zhizhi City is rich and rivals the treasures of the country. When the army of the empire arrives and defeats the Huns in the east, we can triumph with wealth. ”

In fact, Pompey was fooling around, in fact, he didn't know where the reinforcements were. Even if his envoy was able to return to the country smoothly, it would be too long before reinforcements arrived. And the water source in the city, it is difficult to hold on to that day, but Pompey can only take one step at a time.

However, the soldiers did not know and only thought that reinforcements were coming soon, so there was a burst of cheers. They were confident in holding the city, which came from the fact that the Huns were not good at attacking cities.

On this day, the Xiongnu king Qiangqu personally went out of the camp to inspect Zhizhi City.

Qiangqu and Pompey were originally people from two worlds, but by chance, they fought here.

For Qiangqu, the wealth in Zhizhi City is the capital for his re-rise, and he wants to take Zhizhi City no matter what. On the other hand, when he came to this place, he learned that there was a huge Roman Empire to the west. He could no longer go westward, and the land of the Kangju people became the best place for the Huns to thrive.

Qiangqu came to the north gate of Zhizhi City, and Pompey was on the north gate.

At this time, a Hun rider came to the dust, with panic and uneasiness, rolled the saddle and dismounted, and shouted: "King, the big thing is not good, Qin Zijin led 20,000 Han troops to chase here." It is less than eighty miles away from Zhizhi City. ”

Qiang Qu's face changed, "Do you really have to go to the ends of the earth to avoid the pursuit of the Han army?" He looked at Zhizhicheng and was very unwilling. On the one hand, he was afraid of Qin Feng's army. On the one hand, he was unwilling to easily give up the wealth in Zhizhi City and the thriving land under his feet.

Qiang Qu made a decision, first to inquire about the news from Qin Feng's side, and then decide whether to continue the journey.

So, Qiangqu ordered the camps scattered around Zhizhi City to gather up, just outside the north gate of Zhizhi City. Occupy the Talas River, the source of the city's water source. On the one hand, it continued to cut off the water source of Zhizhi City, and on the other hand, it built a fortress.

The Huns suddenly lifted the encirclement, which made Pang Tong unbelievable. He thought that there must be a conspiracy here, so he chose to wait and see.

On the other hand, Qin Feng came to the Zhizhi City area, he came from the east, so he was thirty miles east of the city. Camped.

After the big tent of the Chinese army was set up, Qin Feng raised the tent.

He sat on the tent, Cao Yuan and Liu sat under the tent, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Gao Shun, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and other generals, standing left and right.

Cao Cao scratched his head and said, "Brother Zijin, there is grain and grass in the wood." ”

Yuan Shao's head was big and said, "Brother Zijin, we are not familiar with life here. ”

Liu Bei's big ears fanned. said: "Dashuai, how can this battle be fought?" ”

Although the official army had a strong armed force of 20,000 cavalry, there was no food and grass, and second, it was in a strange world. Even heroes like Cao Yuan and Liu are all timid.

Qin Feng smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm too familiar with this place." ”

Cao Yuanliu and the others showed surprise, but then suddenly realized. It seems that Dian Wei, Guan Yu and other generals. showed a look of awe, and said in his heart that the handsome man walked in all directions, and it was true, he had been here.

Xun Yu said sincerely: "When we were still closed at home, the lord had already traveled the real world, and my subordinates really admired and admired. ”

Cao Yuan and Liu were embarrassed for a while, just because although they were also in a high position, they were too far behind Qin Feng in terms of experience.

Qin Feng said: "This is already the land of the Kushan people. The country is vast, traversing the subcontinent and carrying hundreds of thousands. The sudden arrival of our troops here will definitely attract their attention. But it doesn't matter, their capital, Lan Clan City, is still nearly a thousand miles away. In this land of the Kangju people, the strength of the Kushan is weak. Come to think of it, Qiangqu must be fighting with the Kushan people for control of Kangju. ”

Qin Feng also said that the subcontinent, the people of Guishan, and the capital city of the Lan clan were all unheard of by Cao Yuan, Liu and others. They couldn't help but genuinely show admiration.

Liu Bei's big ears fanned, and he felt that he still had a lot to learn. He said, "Boss, then what should we do?" ”

Qin Feng became serious, "First of all, we need to raise grain and grass. Immediately sent 10,000 soldiers and horses to collect supplies. Tell the soldiers that this is not our Chinese nation, and the nation here is not our Chinese nation. Ben Shuai doesn't care what method they use, Ben Shuai just needs to see that they have gained. ”

"Secondly, immediately send a large number of scouts, and the commander must know at the first time who Qiangqu is fighting with, and where the strength of the two sides is."

"Last ......." Qin Feng spread his hands, "Let's wait for the news first." ”

The head he arranged was Dao, and Cao Yuan and Liu, who had found the backbone, breathed a sigh of relief.

Half a day later, at two or three o'clock in the afternoon, there were horses returning one after another.

Qin Feng and Cao Yuan Liu were both waiting for news in the big tent, and at this time Guan Yu walked in and said, "Great marshal, generals." Our army's exploration horses have already explored the terrain within a radius of fifty miles, and the Huns' Qiang Canal is stationed on the edge of a large river, as if it has cut off the water source of Zhizhi City. ”

Guan Yu said again: "The Huns are building a camp, depending on the size of the number, there are men, women and children, and the number is about 40,000. The strength of Zhizhi City is unknown, probably around 5,000 people. ”

Qin Feng asked, "In Zhizhi City, who is defending?" ”

Guan Yu looked embarrassed and said, "Dashuai, we can't understand the language of the locals, so we have no way of knowing. ”

When Cao Yuan Liu heard this, he showed a difficult look. Fighting in a foreign land, the difference in language will leave out too much available information, which greatly reduces the combat effectiveness of the army. This is also the reason why the Chinese Dynasty in ancient times rarely went on expeditions to foreign lands.

Qin Feng showed an indifferent look, and said: "It's okay, the natives here all speak the Guishan language, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, Ben Shuai understands." Yun Chang, you should bring more locals immediately. Ben Shuai asked in person. ”

Everyone was shocked, Qin Feng was already very surprised that he understood the Western Regions language family, but he didn't expect that he could even understand Guishan language.

Yuan Shao's head was big and he said, "Zijin, is there anything you don't understand?" ”

Qin Feng shrugged his shoulders and said, "There are still many things I don't understand. ”

Cao Yuan and Liu glanced at each other, and said in their hearts, why haven't we found out.

Half an hour later.

"It's really the Romans...... After Qin Feng asked the locals, after learning from them about the appearance and equipment of the Zhizhicheng army, he immediately determined that it was the Roman army. He had originally received the news from the envoy of the Dawan Kingdom, and there was a Roman speculation, but he was still surprised. (To be continued.) )