One hundred and fifty miles east of the city of Alimali, on the banks of the Ili River, the cavalry of Temujin, Jebe, and Chagatai gathered here, and the Mongol and Wusun cavalry gathered and chose to fight a decisive battle with the expeditionary force of the Han Empire here.

This was the second large-scale battle between the two sides, with Temujin and others on the defensive, while the Han Empire expeditionary force crossed the Tianshan Mountains, but it was the attacking side.

"Great Khan, 80,000 cavalry of Wusun Kingdom, obey your command."

King Wusun respectfully saluted Temujin, full of fear for the Great Khan from Mobei.

Temujin possessed the trait "Genghis Khan", which had an oppressive effect on the kings of many tribes.

Among the thirty-six kingdoms in the Western Regions, Wusun is one of the most powerful kingdoms.

Some small countries in the Western Regions, in "Lord", may only have a medium-sized city, with tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people, but the territory of Wusun Kingdom, from the Ili River Valley to the Junggar Basin, has a lot of cities, second only to the Western Regions Protectorate.

The original Wusun kingdom was defeated by Huo'an, the old Wusun king was executed, and Huo'an set up a new Wusun king, but this Wusun king was captured after being defeated by Ogedai and Yelu Dashi, and took refuge in the Mongol cavalry.

"Ben Khan heard that many Wusun nobles chose to support the Han army and sent cavalry to support the Han army, resulting in the Han army in the Ili River Valley, which was very powerful."

Temujin looked coldly at the king of Wusun in front of him.

Sweat oozed from King Wusun's forehead: "The Western Regions Protector Huo'an once ruled this place and was kind to many nobles, so they naturally chose to support the Han army for their own interests." Rest assured that more nobles will support me, and there are already 80,000 cavalry, willing to follow me and help the Great Khan achieve victory. ”

"Hopefully don't let me down. If you repel the Han army, you will be the vice-king of the Chagatai Khanate. ”

"Yes......"

King Wusun couldn't help but be overjoyed.

In one fell swoop, it became the Chagatai Khanate, and the role of one person and ten thousand people was not much different from the power of the original King Wusun.

The Han Empire expeditionary force is advancing rapidly, and it is less than two hundred miles away from Alimali!

The Han army broke through the fourth city, captured a number of craftsmen and servants, and increased its size.

The surrounding Wanhu and Wusun nobles fled to Alimari one after another, and the legions of Chutian and others received less and less loot.

All the sergeants of the expeditionary force knew that the decisive battle with Temujin in the Ili Valley was looming.

According to the captives, the Temujin and Chagatai Khanate gathered a million cavalry at the front, preparing to annihilate this deep expeditionary force on the banks of the Ili River.

Although Temujin claimed to be a million-strong army, the princes of the Han Empire knew that such claims were generally only imaginary numbers, and the real strength of the army had shrunk by at least half, perhaps less than half.

Nevertheless, Temujin and Chagatai fought on their home turf, the Chagatai Khanate, and the overall situation was unfavorable for the Han army.

The 110,000 Han troops and the 40,000 Wusun troops were like entering a barrel of explosives, and they could be crushed to pieces at any time along with Temujin and Chagatai.

Because Hoan once ruled the Ili River Valley, Hoan could obtain a map of the Ili River Valley, and he was quite familiar with this place, and Temujin and Chagatai did not occupy an absolute geographical advantage.

The Han Empire expeditionary force knew that it was alone and had the determination to fight against the water and break the boat, so it was barely human.

"If you fight a decisive battle with Temujin and Chagatai in the Ili River Valley, what are the chances of victory?"

Old Qin stared at the map and fell into deep thought.

With Lao Qin's prudence, before the start of the big war, he will consider his own victory rate.

The battle between Luntai and Temujin and Chagatai was carried out in a place under the direct control of the Western Regions Protectorate, and the Han army even occupied Tianshi and defeated Temujin in one fell swoop.

Of the main force of the 110,000 expeditionary force, 10,000 came from the hot southern and central regions, and the combat effectiveness of the vine armor soldiers and the white pole soldiers was greatly reduced because of the cold winter.

Most of Chutian's 50,000 troops came from the Central Plains or Qilu, and the climate in this place was unbearable.

Lao Qin's Guanzhong Army was almost the same as Chutian's Central Plains Army.

Xu Fengnian's remnants can reluctantly accept this climate.

The time and place are favorable, and the expeditionary force of the Han Empire seems to have suffered more in terms of time and time.

The 40,000 cavalry of the Wusun Kingdom who came to rely on it, because they originally lived in this place, were therefore adapted to fighting here.

"If you fight according to the normal situation, three seven open, Temujin has more cavalry, it is considered seven." As soon as Huo An finished speaking, he said, "But under normal circumstances, we are seven." ”

Chu Tian and Lao Qin were both slightly moved: "Abnormal situation? ”

"Probably like this......"

"I see."

This time, Chu Tian and Lao Qin were finally relieved.

You can fight with Temujin and Chagatai in the Ili Valley.

"Part of the cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate went to attack the Seljuk Empire. The Seljuk Sultan had sent an envoy to contact us before he lost the news. Nine times out of ten, the royal city was besieged, so the Seljuk Empire, perhaps soon perished. ”

Hoan is also keeping an eye on other battlefields.

The five civilizations agreed that when the ice and snow melted, it was the time when the drums of war were beating, but Temujin launched an offensive in the cold winter, and among the five civilizations, the Seljuk Empire, which was currently the weakest, was beaten to the point of imminent destruction.

If it weren't for the Han army's deep penetration into the Chagatai Khanate, perhaps Temujin would have been able to occupy Central Asia with impunity and strengthen his power.

A player captain from the Western Regions Protectorate came over, and he was in charge of liaising with the Great Wan Kingdom.

He came to Huo An's ear and whispered the news from Dawan Kingdom, Huo An's face changed one after another.

Because the Han army broke through the cities of the Chagatai Khanate, some of the player's systems could be activated in the cities, so Huo An could learn about the changes that had taken place in the Western Regions Protectorate and the vassal states of the Western Regions Protectorate.

Chu Tian, Lao Qin, Xu Fengnian, Mu Ke and the others saw Huo An's expression change, and knew what might have happened to Huo An's territory: "What's the matter?" ”

Huo An's tone was solemn: "You should know that the Great Wan Kingdom was controlled by me before the start of the Fourth National War. Now the nobles of the Great Wan Kingdom have killed the king I have appointed. The Kushan Empire invaded and occupied the Great Wan Kingdom. The Dawan Kingdom became a vassal state of the Kushan Empire. ”

"The Kushan Empire is really making a fortune in silence."

Chu Tian couldn't help but admire the forbearance of the Kushan Empire.

When the five major civilizations fought with the Mongol Empire and the three khanates, they quietly seized the vassal states of the Western Regions Protectorate, and expanded their power to places such as the Green Mountains, directly bordering civilizations such as Khorezm, Chagatai Khanate, and the Western Regions Protectorate.

Huo An suffered too heavy losses in this national war.

Originally, the Dawan Kingdom and the Wusun Kingdom were his territories, but now he had to reoccupy these places and break out a war with the Kushan Empire.

"What are the famous generals of the Kushan Empire?"

"I don't know. There are too few records of the Kushan Empire in the history books. Even if the Kushan Empire has famous generals, it is estimated that they are some original generals. ”

Everyone thought about it for a while, the records of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the European region were quite detailed, and the Kushan Empire, a civilization that was once a flash in the pan in history, seemed to really lack records.

"No matter what the strength of the Kushan Empire is, he has taken away the subject countries controlled by our Western Regions Protectorate, and this revenge will be avenged sooner or later."

Huo An was annoyed by the Kushan Empire, which had sent troops to occupy the Great Wan Kingdom.

Dawan, because it is located in the Fergana Basin, is rich in good horses and grain, and is an important subject country for the Western Regions Protectorate.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did not hesitate to send the general Li Guangli to lead the Han army to make two expeditions to the Dawan Kingdom, kill its king, and set up a new Dawan king, which can be seen.

Huo An's approach was somewhat similar to that of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to appease the Dawan Kingdom as soon as possible, he chose to kill the King of Dawan and set up a new king who was close to the Western Regions Protectorate.

It's just that Huo An still underestimated the power of the nobles of the Dawan Kingdom, and after the influence of the Western Regions Protectorate shrank, these nobles joined forces to overthrow the king set up by Huo An and re-elect a new king to represent the interests of the nobles of the Dawan Kingdom, rather than the interests of the Western Regions Protectorate.

In general, it is very difficult for the Protectorate of the Western Regions to conquer the Central Asian civilizations whose civilization is incompatible with itself.

Compared with the Great Wan Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, the Yanqi Kingdom, the Luntai Kingdom, and the Qiuci Kingdom, which had been ruled by the Western Regions for a longer period of time, were more receptive to the culture of the Han Empire.

"In the future, we must use the teleportation array to change the way of ruling the civilization of Central Asia, and preferably, forcibly promote our culture and sinicize it."

After the repeated rebellions of these subject states, Hoan has been thinking about establishing a new order.

It is clear that during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the strategy of appointing a new king could not achieve long-term control over the subject state. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's measures were based on the premise that the Western Regions Protectorate was strong, and once the influence of the Western Regions Protectorate weakened, or if a more powerful civilization emerged than the Western Regions Protectorate, these places rebelled.

Replacing the old with a new one, coupled with military repression, may be the way to go.

"For the time being, don't think about the affairs of the Dawan Kingdom and the Kushan Empire, defeat Temujin and Chagatai and recover the Ili region, and the civilization of Central Asia will be cleaned up by us sooner or later."

Chu Tian and the others set their eyes back on the Ili River Valley.

The Great Wan Kingdom was annexed by the Guishan Empire, and the Guishan Empire obviously knew that the Western Regions Protectorate at this time was beyond the reach of the Dawan Kingdom, and the Western Regions Protectorate condemned it at most, and could not send troops to fight it, so it was unscrupulous.

But this beam is finished.

The expeditionary force of the Han Empire believed in Huo An's seventy percent chance of victory, marched along the Ili River, and prepared to fight the second battle of the Ili River Valley with Temujin and Chagatai Khanate in the Ili River Valley, but this time the protagonist was changed from the Central Asian coalition army to the expeditionary force of the Han Empire.

"The Han army really chose to fight a decisive battle in the Ili River Valley, their strength is only more than 100,000, are they really confident that they can defeat our more than 300,000 troops?"

When Temujin heard the news that the Han army was advancing instead of retreating, on the eve of the Second Battle of the Ili Valley, he still could not believe it.

Temujin could not take out the claimed army of one million, but 300,000 cavalry was more than enough.

The Han army crossed the Tianshan Mountains, the number was small, and the servant army obtained was not much, but they dared to fight a head-on battle.

There's a big problem here.

"Great Khan, they only have confidence in themselves, so they dare to fight a decisive battle with us, this time, we will use absolute forces to destroy them and let their blood stain the Ili River red."

Chagatai stroked the wings of a war eagle, the Ili River was already frozen, thousands of miles of ice, but the cavalry of both sides had to fight an unprecedented decisive battle in this climate.

"Jebe, the battle began, you led a cavalry to ambush in the snow forest in the north of the mountain, raided the rear of the Han army, and shot Chu Zimou."

Temujin believed that Chutian's cavalry was no less than his cavalry, and that it was an opponent that must be eliminated, so he ordered Jebe to ambush troops in complex terrain for surprise attacks.

Jebe's goal was to shoot Chutian, who posed the greatest threat to Temujin.

"The last general commands!"

Jebe took 8,000 cavalry, and among these 8,000 cavalry, there were about 1,000 cowardly Xue troops.

In order to kill Chu Tian, Temujin even did not hesitate to use the already small number of veterans of the Xue Army.

Temujin had already asked people to recruit a new cowardly Xue army in Mobei to make up for his losses. However, the new army of Cowardly Xue, who had just been recruited in Mobei, was generally low in rank and could not go into battle, and even if they went into battle, their combat power was much worse than that of veterans who had experienced a hundred battles.

"In this big battle, we must kill Chu Zimou, otherwise, he will become a nightmare, a nightmare that has always threatened us."

Temujin became more and more wary of Chutian.

Chagatai said to one of the ten thousand households beside him: "When will Timur's cavalry return?" ”

"In less than three days."

"It's too late, but Timur only has 30,000 cavalry, and it doesn't play a big role, there are 8,000 soldiers from Jebe, plus our army of more than 300,000, which is enough to defeat the Han army, this time the Han army is only more than 100,000, or over the Tianshan Mountains, the men and horses are tired."

Although Chagatai regretted that Timur's cavalry was still on the way, a big battle could break out at any time, and the advance speed of the Han army was unimaginable.

If the Han army besieged Alimari, then Alimari's teleportation array would fail, and Temujin and Chagatai would have to gather forces elsewhere to lift the siege for Alimari.

In general, the Han army was on the offensive, and the forces of Temujin and Chagatai seemed to be huge, but they were in a passive position to cope with the rapid offensive of the Han army.

Timur's 30,000 cavalry was still on his way, and he received new orders from Chagatai.

"The Khan sent me directly to Alimari, and then immediately went to support the battlefield and was responsible for harvesting the Han army...... It would be best if the Great Khan could defeat the Han army. Everyone, speed up the march! ”

Timur limped over to his horse, then turned over and got on his horse.

Like the wounded Sun Guan, Timur was only like a normal person on a war horse.

It's just that he was born with a disability and was nicknamed "Lame Timur".

Timur's 30,000 cavalry, with the bonus of its characteristics, increased the speed of the march and tried to catch up with the decisive battle between the combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai and the expeditionary force of the Han Empire.