Sun Ce frowned, the current battle situation was worse than he expected, he originally thought that the expeditionary force under his command would be able to storm the city in one go under the current situation, but the reality was not the case. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

It seems that the combat power of this so-called expeditionary force is indeed limited.

The fierce battle continued until the early hours of the next morning, when the Wei army finally broke through the defense line of the Kushan army near the city gate, and the Kushan army showed signs of total collapse, and at this time the Wei expeditionary force was quite exhausted after a night of fierce fighting.

At this moment, tens of thousands of Western Kushan servants and ghosts screamed and surged in from the wide open city gate.

Their joining was like adding a weight to the already slightly tilted scales, and the scales of victory immediately tipped to the side of the Wei army, and the Kushan army finally collapsed.

The Kushan army threw away their armor and rushed towards the east gate, and the Wei army quickly pursued, and the morale was extremely high.

The sporadic fighting in the city continues.

When the Wei army pursued to the east gate, the Kushan generals organized the remnants of the army to try to counterattack.

After a fierce battle, the Kushan army was once again routed.

As a result, the morale of the Kushan army completely collapsed, and there was no possibility of regrouping.

The Kushan army rushed out of the city like lost dogs, and many were knocked to the ground by their companions, and then trampled to death, the scene was very bleak and sad.

The Wei army pursued and killed the fleeing Guishan army, until it was more than ten miles away, and the corpses were all over the field along the way, and the dead were groaning helplessly on the ground.

After Sun Ce occupied the fortress, he did not stop to rest, but left a garrison to defend the fortress, and he led most of the troops towards Tai Shici's side. At this time, Tai Shi Ci was confronting the Guishan army on the hill.

At this time, the Kushan army on the hill learned the news of the fall of the fortress, and was shocked and wanted to escape.

The Guishan Army suddenly launched a counterattack against the Taishi Ci Department.

The Kushan soldiers howled and rushed down from the hill, filling the sky with dust. The two sides fought fiercely for more than half an hour, and the Kushan army was defeated.

Tai Shi Ci took advantage of the situation to attack, but met no resistance.

A moment later, the Wei army rushed up the hill and was surprised to find that it was empty.

Tai Shi Ci frowned, "Damn! Let them run! ”

At this time, a scout rushed over and reported: "General, most of the Kushan army is fleeing in the northeast direction by using the mountain stream path. ”

It turned out that the counterattack of the Kushan army just now was actually a smoke, and their real action was to retreat.

It is also considered that Tai Shi Ci and they are lucky, if it weren't for the castle being captured so quickly, the Guishan army is very likely to use this mountain stream path to launch a surprise attack, if that's the case, it's really hard to say what the result will be!

"The scouts bite them at once!" Tai Shi Ci ordered.

"No!"

Soon after, Sun Ce led a brigade to join up with Tai Shi Ci's Flying Tiger Army, and Sun Ce, after listening to Tai Shi Ci's report, decided not to continue the pursuit.

Because their Wei army did not have many cavalry troops, and their combat power could not be compared with the regular main force of the Wei army at all, it was too risky to use them to pursue the main force of nearly 50,000 enemy troops, and it was not advisable to pursue them with infantry troops, which would make the infantry army consume their physical strength in this kind of inconclusive pursuit battle.

Sun Ce decided to camp on the spot and rest for two days.

Two days later, the East Kushan Royal City. The whole city seemed lifeless, losing its former vitality, and the successive bad news made everyone's hearts panic.

"I heard that the castle to the west has been lost?" A drinker asked worriedly.

The companion nodded, "I heard that it was lost two days ago!" ”

"How good is that?" He looked extremely worried.

"Hey! What else can I do? Leave it to fate! ”

Inside the Royal Palace.

Yue Duo looked at the ministers in front of him with a grim face, and the ministers all hung their heads with worried looks, they were not worried about the situation in front of them, but worried that they would be sent to the front line by the emperor.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the future, all men in the prime of life should be fully mobilized!" A minister said suddenly.

He was very young, not yet thirty years old, his name was Erletai, he was a newly promoted official, although he was very young, he was very talented, and he was extremely loyal to Yueduo and Guishan.

Yueduo couldn't help but find a hint of comfort. Nodding, "I have plans to do that too!" Anything else? ”

"Your Majesty, we must not withdraw the army of Tancha Envoy! Otherwise, it will really be doomed! ”

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers were in an uproar, and someone shouted: "What is your intention in making such a suggestion? ”

"Shut up!!" Yueduo shouted angrily.

The ministers were startled, and the scene immediately fell silent.

Yue Duo snorted coldly and looked at Erletai, his face softened, "You go on!" ”

"Your Majesty, the reason why I suggest this is because although the Wei army in the west is quite numerous, most of them are not Wei people at all, and the Flying Tiger Army, which has the strongest combat power, is not much stronger than our regular army! We can use the power of the moment to reforge the Western Line! The Wei army in the north is different, the fifth army is the main elite of the Wei army, although the eleventh and twelfth army members have not been in the army for a long time, but according to the previous battle situation, its combat power is also quite amazing, in addition to these, there is also the invincible Xuanjia iron cavalry, in addition to the Wei emperor personally commanded, its overall combat power is extremely terrifying, if they let them break through the Tancha envoy, then we are really all done! Therefore, Tancha made Luo's defenders not move! ”

Yueduo nodded thoughtfully, "So how do you think we can reforge the Western Defense?" ”

Erletai replied: "There are more than 60,000 troops withdrawn from the Western Front (of the 60,000 he is talking about, including 50,000 men and horses who fled from under Tai Shici's nose and more than 10,000 men and horses who escaped from the fortress), and there are 30,000 defenders in the eastern provinces, all of which can be brought back; In addition, nearly 50,000 horses were recruited near the royal capital and in the eastern provinces! We can defend the royal capital with the newly recruited 50,000 horses, and build a defensive front near the Indus River to the west of the royal capital with the 60,000 men withdrawn from the western front and 30,000 defenders from the eastern provinces! If properly commanded, it should be able to withstand the Wei army in the west! After all, the Wei army in the west has limited combat power! ”

Yue Duo's depressed mood couldn't help but feel much better, "Erletai, if I send you to be the commander-in-chief of the defense of the Western Front, can you be sure?" ”

Er Letai was stunned for a moment, and said confidently: "The minister swears to defend the Western Front for His Majesty!" ”

"Good! It seems that there are still talents in the court who can take on great responsibilities in times of crisis! I appoint you as the general of Xizhen, and the 60,000 horses on the Western Front and the 30,000 defenders in the Eastern Provinces are all under your command, and this army is the new Xizhen Army! You're on the Western Front now! ”

"Yes!"

Let's turn our attention to Sun Ce.

Sun Ce divided his 180,000-strong army into two armies, one led by Tai Shici to attack east along the northern front, and the other led by himself to attack east along the southern front.

The two armies broke through more than a dozen cities one after another in just half a month, and reached the west bank of the Indus River almost at the same time. At this time, there was a joint venture on the east bank of the Indus River, and judging by the scale, there were at least 200,000 Kushan troops, and they were ready to fight.

The Wei army set up camp on the west bank of the Indus River.

"I can't believe that the Kushans have built a line of defense in the Indus River so quickly!" Sun Ce looked at the sand table in front of him and said with some surprise.

Tai Shi Ci frowned, "Looking at the size of the camp, there are at least 200,000 people!" ”

Sun Ce laughed, "Ziyi, don't be deceived by this scene in front of you!" Where can the Kushans gather 200,000 people, unless they transfer the forces of the Tancha envoys, if this is the case, then it will be even better! ”

Tai Shici nodded, "General, no matter what, we should first figure out the reality of the other party!" ”

"It's nature! By the way, has Li Jun's army arrived? ”

"It should be almost there!"

After Li Jun quelled the rebellion within Xiguishan, he followed Sun Ce's order to let his cousin Li Yuantong lead an army of 70,000 to help, and he himself and Li Tao led 30,000 soldiers and horses to sit in Xiguishan, after all, Xiguishan had just been pacified, and the situation was not very stable.

Look to the northern front.

Cao Cao looked at the sand table in front of him and thought, although the current situation was very favorable to the Wei army, the Wei army did not achieve a decisive victory.

Cao Cao inquired about the situation of the battalions. He said to the generals: "According to the current situation, Bofu and they are afraid that it will be difficult to break through the Indus River defense line!" We can only storm Tancha Envoy! ”

When the generals heard this, their eyes lit up, and they looked eager to try.

Cao Cao couldn't help but smile, "What? Impatient? ”

The generals laughed.

Cao Cao Zhengse said: "The terrain of Tancha makes Luo extremely treacherous, and our army's heavy equipment cannot be used at all, so we can only rely on people to attack with ladders and fire oil tanks!" In this way, even if it is captured, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties! ”

Then his eyes froze, and he said resolutely: "But such a bloody battle is also good for the army!" Prepare your armies to attack! ”

"No!"

Cao Cao came to a hill near the military camp and looked at the Tancha envoy Luo not far away. Situated between two mountains, the fortress is built of granite walls, with two walls, the core of which resembles a medieval castle in Europe.

Both walls are nearly four meters high, but the inner walls are much higher than the outer walls because they are built on higher hillsides; The front of the fortress was a rocky area, with only a small road winding to the main gate of the fortress, and the slope was steep, which was why the Wei army could not use heavy siege equipment at all.

Cao Cao couldn't help but take a deep breath, and Dian Wei on the side muttered, "It's really an unimaginable thing to storm such a place!" ”

Early the next morning, a Guishan lookout stretched his waist and stood up, habitually looked out of the city, was stunned for a moment, and then turned pale with a pale, and hurriedly ran to the alarm bell to ring the alarm bell.

The Kushan soldiers hurriedly converged on the city wall. (To be continued.) )