Chapter 1121: The Beginning of the Battle
Pang Tong put forward the famous "closing the door and beating the dog" in later generations.
In order not to let the dog run away first, Emperor Hongwu decided to mobilize the people of the Western Regions.
At the same time, Emperor Hongwu mobilized all the cavalry, not seeking to fight along the way, but only to reach the western border of the Western Regions one step ahead of the other, and intercept the reinforcements that the Anxi people might quickly divide their troops.
Hongwu Imperial Tent.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." Xiahoudun and other Cao generals bowed.
Before Cao Cao died, he made them loyal to Great Qin. After Cao Cao's death, they were worried in their hearts, for fear that Emperor Hongwu would turn over old accounts.
In fact, Emperor Hongwu was also very embarrassed, and others said that Xiahoudun was an old man, "Get up." ”
The generals stood up and stood with their heads bowed.
The generals of the Cao family here are still capable, especially the "scared monkey" brothers. However, in the past, it was really a battle of life and death, and now although they are all surrendered, there is really nothing to say for a while. So, Qin Feng didn't say anything else, and said directly: "Rome is attacking and resting, and the expeditionary force will inevitably retreat." I need the influence of the generals in the Western Regions ....... ”
"I intend to send you to contact the sixteen northern nations separately and persuade them to join in the fight against Anxi. It is possible to carry out guerrilla warfare in the desert for thousands of miles to delay the enemy's retreat. How is it? ”
Xiahoudun and others did not expect to be entrusted with important tasks. Xin said that if it were other emperors, it was estimated that he was now under house arrest, and maybe when he turned over the old accounts would be the end of beheading. Therefore, everyone was grateful and swore that they would not fail in their mission.
So, Xiahoudun and others took action, as Qin generals. The first military mission began.
Xiahoudun and these people personally conquered many disobedient countries in the Western Regions back then. The prestige in the Western Regions is there. On the other hand, the people of the Western Regions were tragically ravaged by peace. That's when they knew. How important it is to have a strong motherland to rely on.
The kings of many nations were slain by the Sabbatarians. For the high-level leaders of various countries, Surrender to Daqin does not lose the position of the clan lord and clan record, enjoys glory forever, and can also have a shelter, and the happy life of the previous clan masters is already a clear proof. Therefore, when Xiahoudun and others contacted various countries, the countries heard the wind and went smoothly.
The oppressed people of the Western Regions. They were armed and resisted one by one.
Therefore, Xiahoudun and others soon organized countless small cavalry armies and harassed the retreating Sabbatarians along the way.
In the world of the 3rd century AD, the wilderness occupied most of the landmass. The world's civilizations have emerged in Asia, Europe, and Africa. Three empires that rule over all civilized places in the world.
Mighty Rome ruled Europe and Africa, a corner of Asia.
The rising Great Qin controls the entire East of Asia. To the north it is close to the Polar Circle, and to the south it is all over the islands.
The Rest Empire is a plateau continent entrenched in central and western Asia.
The Western Regions has always been a place in China.
With the invasion of the Western Regions with rest. Great Qin declared war on Anxi.
This qiē is the Roman emperor Triumph the Great "Septimius. Severus".
With the Great Qin and the rest of the battle to the death, Rome mobilized all its forces. Three Roman armies, three foreign armies. Led by a number of veteran generals of the empire who have their blood flowing with glory and glory. 600,000 people, millions of people. Enter into rest.
At the end of 213 AD, the form of war shì was extremely unfavorable to the Empire of Anxi.
The Rest Emperor Vologis V convened a military council in the "Winter Capital".
Ctesiphon, the palace of the Winter Capital, echoes with the roar of the Emperor.
Vologis V couldn't sit down at all, his young face was hideous, his exposed arm muscles bulged, and he waved his scepter, "Severus is a vile and shameless villain, Rome is a sinister and cunning country. I thought that Emperor Hongwu was already the most despicable and shameless in the world, but I didn't expect Severus to be even better. What sent troops to Great Britain to quell the rebellion, what generations of friendship, are all fake, fake ....... ”
The ministers lowered their heads and wiped the spittle on their faces. Panic in the heart, some from the emperor's anger, most from worries about the future.
"Your Majesty is angry...... is the incompetence of the minister." Baril, the aging chancellor of the empire, took on the responsibility.
The young "King of Kings" Vologis V was arrogant, but he was not unreasonable. He knew that half of the reason for the current situation was due to Roman intrigues, and half was due to his own mistakes. He did not listen to the prime minister's advice and insisted on attacking Daqin.
His empire was thus caught in the predicament of being besieged by the other two empires of the world.
Vologis V did not give in to the difficulties, he threw away the ornate scepter and drew a sharp scimitar. He will lead the sons of the true God to rise up and fight for his kingdom in a land full of faith.
At the military council, Vologis V consulted with the princely ministers and formulated a new strategy according to the present form: the mainland must be stabilized, and the northern part of Kushan must be consolidated. In the northwestern part of the homeland, resist the attack of the Romans. Withdraw the expeditionary force, abandon the provinces bordering the Western Regions, and enter Lanshi City to contain the army of Great Qin in the southeast.
In other words, Vologis V will deploy heavy troops in the Lan Clan City, which borders the Great Qin Guishan Prefecture, so that the Yinzhou Legion and the Guishan Prefecture Legion of Great Qin will not dare to attack the eastern mainland of Anxi. And with it, the army of Emperor Hongwu will also be blocked in Lan City.
At the same time, Qin Feng, the Emperor of Great Qin, held a military meeting in Loulan and established a battle plan of "conquering Lan's city, encircling and annihilating the Anxi expeditionary force, and within a year, attacking the Anxi homeland".
At the beginning of 214 AD, Gao Shun, the general of Great Qin, joined Huang Zhong's troops and horses, with 300,000 troops, and launched the largest campaign against the Lan City, and conquered the Lan City in one fell swoop. In this battle, the Great Qin army conquered the strongest city of the Anxi Empire in the northern part of Kushan, and also announced the failure of the Anxi Empire's plan to "rely on the Lan City and contain the entire Great Qin army with heavy troops".
In this great battle, although Marshal Sylwanai sent three imperial generals, Ayub, Malikshah, and Tidosasin, to rush back to help. However, the Great Qin cavalry led by Ma Chao, Yan zhòng, threatened the reincarnation of the reinforcement army. This made the rest of the army, not daring to retreat with all its might.
On the other hand, Xiahoudun and others contacted the countries of the Western Regions and sent countless small forces to harass them, which also greatly slowed down the speed of the reinforcement troops.
When the city of Lan was broken, the 200,000 camel troops led by Ayub, Malikshah, and Tidosasin only came to the western border of the Western Regions.
Later generations commented on the shape of the present moment: the Lan Clan's city was broken, and the Anxi Empire completely lost its control over the northern Kushan territory to which it belonged. And Emperor Hongwu controlled the entire northern part of Central Asia, Khorezm, Bactria and other places. With the increasing military might of the Great Qin Empire, the remaining 500,000 expeditionary forces of the Anxi Empire were about to face the danger of being surrounded on all sides.
After the city of Lan was breached, the Anxi Empire was in the territory of the northern part of Kushan, among the cities of the provinces of Great Xia, Sogdian, and Flower Thorn. The people of the original Kushan, who were called pagans by the Sabbatarians and oppressed by slavery, revolted. These Buddhists, they hold high the banner of "fighting to defeat the Buddha". And the few rulers who rested in peace abandoned the city and fled to their homeland.
And Qin Feng's military operation has always been planned. He believed that Gao Shun would definitely be able to conquer Lan City, so Qin Feng did not fight to the death with the rest people in the process of pursuit. He was waiting, waiting for the rest of the expeditionary force to be surrounded.
It is believed that at that time, he will completely annihilate the remaining 500,000 expeditionary forces of the Rest Empire at the lowest cost.
Lan's city is broken!
After the news of Daqin's victory came, the whole army was inspired.
The eastern border of Dawan County in the Western Regions of Great Qin, the camp of the Qin army, and the central imperial tent.
Hongwu Emperor Qin Feng let go of his hand and let the battle report fall on the imperial book case, he finally smiled, "Very good, very good." The lords of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions agreed to join the Great Qin system. Gao Shun and Huang Zhongbu conquered Lan City, which is very good, very good ....... ”
Lao Jia Xu twisted his beard and walked out, "Your Majesty, presumably at this moment, the rest of the people have also received the news of the destruction of the Lan Clan's city, they must be panicked, and the time to close the siege has come." ”
Qin Feng nodded slightly when he heard this, "The rest expeditionary force has lost its rear, and they have no destination. Just because of this, it is not known the specific direction of their retreat. ”
Lao Jia Xu, Guo Jia, and Pang Tong glanced at each other, and the trio of military divisions already had a perfect strategy.
Guo Jia stretched out his hand slightly and motioned for Lao Jia Xu to continue.
Pang Tong touched his nose, looking like you said and you said.
Lao Jia Xu said: "Your Majesty, the minister, together with Guo Jiajun and Pang Tongjun, has come to a conclusion that the enemy will definitely not retreat according to the original route. They will definitely cross the Alai Mountains and enter the plateau passage of the Silk Road in our country. The terrain is flat, the roads are easy to walk, and there are oases to resupply along the way. ”
This Alai Mountain, that is, the Tianshan Mountains in later generations, and Qin Feng are also suddenly, this Silk Road Plateau Passage is talking about the Pamir Plateau in later generations.
Lao Jia Xu continued: "The enemy, after coming down from the western part of the plateau, will enter a basin with a network of rivers. Known locally as the Kunduz Basin, it is located in the Kunduz Valley, a tributary of the left bank of the Pench River. The Wakhsh River, the Pench River, the Kunduz River, and the three rivers meet here. ”
"The river valley basin is the remains of the giant rivers and lakes in ancient times, surrounded by cliffs as high as 100 zhang, and the central terrain is flat and broad, which is conducive to the garrison of large armies."
"After the Sabbatarians come down from the plateau, they will definitely choose the valley basin to rest."
The young Pang Tong finally couldn't help it, and his eyebrows fluttered: "At that time, our army surrounded it on all sides and besieged it in the river valley basin!" ”
Guo Jia couldn't help but nodded.
Qin Feng stood up, picked up the Heavenly Sword and stretched it out, "Destroy the Anxiabilian Expeditionary Force and attack the Anxibi Territory in one go." Destroyed this empire, known as the king of kings, look at the world, who else dares to underestimate my Huaxia Daqin! ”
Avenge Mende! He stared at the Heavenly Sword.
Destroy an empire!
is a world-renowned minister like Jia Xu, and a peerless general like Dian Wei, who is also trembling. Even when the Han Dynasty was at its strongest, it was just a thousand miles of chasing nomads. And our Great Qin already has the power to destroy an empire thousands of miles away.
One day, Huaxia's Great Qin will stand on the top and look down on the whole world! (To be continued......)