Chapter 614: Ili River Valley
In the Chagatai Khanate, the cities fell into panic and closed their doors.
The Han Empire expeditionary force is rapidly marching towards Alimari, the royal city of the Chagatai Khanate, and has broken through a city on the way to get supplies!
Chu Tian used the "Heavenly Khan" and Huo An used the characteristics of the "Western Regions Protector" to forcibly recruit servant troops and expand the scale of the Han Empire's expeditionary force!
After crossing the Tien Shan Mountains and arriving in the Ili River Valley, it was no longer so difficult to replenish supplies, and the scale of the expeditionary force could be expanded.
"Chagatai, Borshu, Zhele, Kublai, Crassus, you follow me to crusade against this Han army. They came over the Tianshan Mountains, and there must not be many soldiers and horses. ”
Temujin, who temporarily lived in Alimari, had to raise troops to fight because the Han army invaded the sphere of influence of the Chagatai Khanate!
If the Chagatai Khanate is destroyed, then there will be only two khanates left of the four khanates!
Temujin's judgment was undoubtedly correct, because the Han Empire expeditionary force forcibly crossed the Tianshan Mountains because of the difficult march on the Wusun Road, hundreds of thousands of expeditionary forces, only 110,000 elites came, and when marching, they lost thousands of soldiers and horses.
"Alimari still has 200,000 cavalry to use! If they dare to attack the children's khanate, they will let them have no return! ”
Chagatai was greatly annoyed, he did not expect that the expeditionary force of the Han Empire, after repelling his and Temujin's army, would dare to march into the Ili River valley and attack his khanate.
The expeditionary force of the Han Empire was obviously underestimating him Chagatai.
"Recall your cavalry. Möngke and Ögedei were enough to deal with the Seljuk Empire. ”
Temujin asked Chagatai to recall Timur's 30,000 cavalry, who had attacked the Seljuk Empire.
"Yes."
Chagatai knew that Timur was no ordinary hero, and his 30,000 cavalry could play a huge role in dealing with the Han Empire's expeditionary forces.
However, Timur had already invaded the Seljuk Empire's Syr Darya Valley, and Chagatai did not know if Timur would be able to return to his division in time.
According to the news reported by Tanmachi, the expeditionary force of the Han Empire quickly marched towards Alimali after crossing the Tianshan Mountains.
The tactical intent of the Han Empire Expeditionary Force is very obvious - to take Alimari directly!
If Alimari is occupied by the Han army, then the security and popular morale of the Chagatai Khanate will be greatly reduced, and various tribes will rebel, which will basically be difficult to rule and exist in name only.
The Ili River Valley will also be recovered by the Protectorate of the Western Regions!
A Mongol military general with a bow and arrow on his back came from Mobei to meet Temujin: "Great Khan, Jebe obeys your orders and comes here from Mobei to serve you." ”
"Jebe, the Han army should not dare to attack Mobei in the cold winter at the risk of annihilation, you can rest assured that you will deal with the Han army in the Ili River Valley. This time your goal is to shoot the first prince of the Han Empire, Chu Zimou. ”
There was murder in Temujin's eyes.
The most powerful princes of the Han Empire suffered a lot of losses in the battles of Cheshi and Luntai.
Temujin found that his legion might be difficult to defeat Chutian's legion, and if he could let the divine arrow Jebe shoot Chutian, then the next big battle would be extremely easy.
Even, in the future, when attacking the border fortress and the Central Plains of the Han Empire, his legions could be overwhelming.
When Jebel learned of his goal, his eyes lit up: "I will try my best." ”
The combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai once again gathered forces in Alimari and prepared to annihilate the Han army that had penetrated deep into the Chagatai Khanate.
After the Han army entered the Ili River Valley, it rapidly expanded its territory.
The Ili River Valley was originally the territory of the Wusun State, but later the Hoan defeated the Wusun State and ruled the place for a short time, so some of the Wusun tribes heard of the arrival of the Hoan and betrayed the Chagatai Khanate and pledged their allegiance to the Hoan.
Huo An was also very helpless about this group of Wusun tribes.
The Wusun Kingdom is composed of various Wusun tribes, and these tribes are forced by the strength of Chagatai to choose to submit to Chagatai, but also to protect the whole country, and they cannot be completely regarded as wall-to-wall grass. Otherwise, the Han army entered the Ili River Valley, and these tribes had already been wiped out by Chagatai.
Whoever has the big fist, these tribes will listen to whomever they want.
"I need 10,000 soldiers from the Wusun Kingdom."
Huo An asked for 10,000 servants from the nobles of the Wusun Kingdom who came to take refuge, and these nobles of the Wusun Kingdom should not obey.
The Han Empire originally had 110,000 expeditionary troops, forcibly conscripted 20,000 servant troops, and Huo An asked for 10,000 servant troops, bringing the strength to a considerable 140,000!
The Han army once again broke through a city, less than five hundred miles away from Alimali!
"Hmm......"
In summer, Liang curled up his delicate body, lying in Chu Tian's arms, and when he woke up, his clothes were already soaked with sweat.
Chu Tian also woke up, the two of them looked at each other, and Xia Liang blinked, and his spirit seemed to be much better.
Chu Tian couldn't help but be a little surprised, and asked people to prepare ginger soup and find the divine doctor Hua Tuo.
"Congratulations, my lord, Miss Xia's high fever has basically subsided, and there should be no danger."
The divine doctor Hua Tuo looked at it and quickly judged that Xia Liang's condition had improved, and he had escaped death.
"Reward the whole army."
Chutian's mentality recovered, and he simply rewarded the whole army, and at the same time restored the physical strength and morale of the whole army, and prepared for another decisive battle with Temujin and Chagatai in the Ili River Valley!
After the divine doctor Hua Tuo left, Chu Tian personally took care of the summer cold when he was recovering from a serious illness.
"I thought you wouldn't be able to hold out, next time, you don't have to participate in the forced march anymore, just use the teleportation array to march."
Chu Tian found that the eldest wife's physique was the weakest, and it seemed that she was only suitable for using the teleportation array to march and fight.
Hua Mulan has been through a hundred battles, climbed mountains and mountains, and is still full of energy.
"Am I useless......"
"If you're useless, how many generals will be ashamed?"
Chu Tian didn't think so, after all, Xia Liang killed Zhao Long with ambush soldiers in the battle with Zhao Long, and later in the battle of Luntai Kingdom, he seriously injured Temujin with the Shenji Battalion.
There are not many generals who dare to say that they can achieve such feats.
In any case, Xia Liang's condition improved, and the Shenji Battalion had another main general when it dealt with the combined forces of Temujin and Chagatai for the second time.
Hua Mulan was a little surprised when she heard that she was sick in the summer, and she personally worked with Huo Qing to take care of the summer cold.
Regarding Huo Qing's initiative to show favor to himself, Xia Liang seemed to sense something, but he didn't say anything.
With Hua Mulan and Huo Qing taking care of the cool summer, Chu Tian focused on attacking Ali Mari.
"Trebuchet, we need trebuchets to capture Alimari, and now Liu Ye, Zu Chongzhi and others can come in handy. Alimari must be captured as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a bad thing for Temujin to gather the forces of Mobei and the other two khanates. ”
Chu Tian was on the map, pointing directly at Alimari.
In two days, the Han army advanced more than 100 miles while recruiting servant troops, and it was less than 400 miles away from Alimali!
A great battle is brewing that will sweep through the Ili River Valley, and the nobles of the Wusun Kingdom are beginning to take sides.
Most of the nobles of Wusun chose to stand on the side of King Wusun who took refuge in Temujin, who could obtain about 80,000 cavalry of Wusun Kingdom, and a small number of nobles stood on the side of Huo'an, the capital of the Western Regions, and were close to the Han Empire, and decided to overthrow the old king, and the Han Empire expeditionary force obtained 40,000 cavalry of Wusun Kingdom, and the strength swelled to 150,000.
There were about 100,000 Mongol cavalry in Temujin and Jebe, tens of thousands in Chagatai, tens of thousands in Central Asian servants, plus the cavalry of King Wusun, and more than 300,000 troops again.
The Ili River Valley, after all, was the hinterland of the Chagatai Khanate, so the Chagatai Khanate could organize a large number of troops.
This is still under the premise that Chagatai lost some soldiers and horses in the Great War of Luntai, otherwise Chagatai could have more cavalry.
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The Seljuk Empire, the royal city on the banks of the Syr Darya River, the Mongol cavalry came to the city, the Khwarazm cavalry of Ögedai, the Persian cavalry of Möngke, and the Mongol cavalry of Timur surrounded the Seljuk royal city.
Xiangyang cannons and siege towers rose from the ground, preparing to capture the last city of the Seljuk Empire.
The offensive of Temujin's organization was extremely powerful, and in less than a month or two, the three lines of troops and horses drove straight into the royal city of the Seljuk Empire.
The Seljuk Sultan was defeated by the Chagatai Khanate twice in a row, once with Chagatai Khan with Yelu Dashi, and once with Chagatai Khan with Timur.
Both Yelu Dashi and Timur were heroic figures, which frustrated the aging Sultan's soldiers.
"Chagatai Khan ordered me to return to Chagatai, and the expeditionary force of the Han Empire crossed the Tianshan Mountains and invaded the Ili River Valley."
Timur said goodbye to Ögedei and Möngke, and led 30,000 cavalry of the Chagatai Khanate to return to the Chagatai Khanate day and night.
Timur once fought with the Han army in the Battle of Luntai, and Timur, whose attributes had not yet reached the peak, was a little difficult, and at this time he learned that the Han army had invaded the Chagatai Khanate, and knew that if he did not return to the division as soon as possible, then the Han army might destroy the Chagatai Khanate.
"This person is unusual."
After receiving the assistance of Yelu Dashi, Wokotai discovered the ten thousand households around Chagatai.
Möngke looked at Timur who was leaving, his eyes were deep, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Möngke, it is only you and me, to attack this city, and the Great Khan has told us to break through this city within a month, capture its sultan, and then support Alimari. Alimari can hold on for at least three months. ”
Wokotai looked at his nephew and always thought that Meng Ge was not a simple character.
In other words, the sons of Tuo Lei are not fuel-efficient lamps.
The son of Ogedai is much worse than the son of Tuolei.
"Within a month, we will definitely be able to destroy the Seljuk Empire and make the Seljuks our servants."
Möngke looked at the royal city of the Seljuk Empire.
In the Seljuk royal city, after the old sultan was defeated by the young Timur, although he preserved the main force and returned to the royal city, the royal city was besieged by the armies of Ogedei, Möngke and Timur, and he was in a hurry to attack the heart and lay on the bed.
"The Mongols recruited Khwarazm and Persian cavalry to make large trebuchets and siege towers, and I heard that the military general who was good at siege also came, I am afraid that with our royal city, we will not be able to hold even a month......
The young royal nobleman, Alp, knelt in front of the old sultan's bed and spoke his judgment to the old sultan.
The old Sultan coughed violently: "We have met unprecedented opponents, they are like demons. If the royal city falls, then you take my will, escape from the royal city, and wait for the opportunity to rebuild the empire, and you will be the next sultan. ”
Alp was incredulous: "Me? ”
"We Seljuks are not so easy to defeat, you can use the power of other civilizations to avenge me."
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On the battlefield between the Persian Empire and the Ilkhanate, 200,000 Persian troops besieged the large cities of the Ilkhanate, and a fierce battle broke out between the two sides.
After the slaughter of three cities, the Persian Empire and the Ilkhanate were already in a state of death.
Ardashir, the lord of Persia, watched his national battle points continue to rise, but his heart was dripping blood.
These points were exchanged for the lives of the Persian army.
"Let Tuo Lei lead the cavalry out of the city to fight with me!"
Ardashir couldn't wait to destroy the Mongol cavalry with the Holy Fall cavalry.
However, this time, Tuo Lei adopted the tactics of holding out, resulting in the 200,000 Persian army being delayed by the fortified city, and the decisive battle could not be held, and the Persian army advanced slowly.
Tuo Lei held out, while his son Hulegu gathered cavalry in another city and prepared to swine a Persian army of 200,000.
The battlefields of Central Asia are in chaos, with more than a million troops at war, engulfing all civilizations.
The kingdom of Dawan, which is still nominally still under the control of the Protectorate of the Western Regions.
When the Western Regions Protectorate was attacked by Temujin, Chagatai, and Ogedei, the nobles of the Dawan Kingdom abolished the Dawan king supported by Huo An, and set up a new king, breaking away from the rule of the Western Regions Protectorate.
Dawan belongs to the real Central Asian civilization, does not belong to the Eastern Han Dynasty, and is far away from the Western Regions Protectorate, and the friendship is relatively shallow, so Dawan is prone to rebellion.
When the nobles and players of the Great Wan Kingdom celebrated this, the Kushan Empire, which had been silent, suddenly sent a large army to attack the territory of the Great Wan Kingdom!
The new Dawan king and the player hurriedly lead the army into battle.
However, under the offensive of the Kushan Empire's army, the army of the Great Wan Kingdom was defeated and defeated!
The army of the Kushan Empire took advantage of the situation to capture the capital of Dawan and control Dawan.
The Kushan Empire became the only of the three major empires/kingdoms in Central Asia to benefit from this war.
Khorezm was destroyed and became the territory of Ögedei.
There is only one royal city left in the Seljuk Empire, and it is not far from the dead country.
The Kushan Empire established by the Yueshi people was silent and annexed the Dawan Kingdom.
The Dawan horses of the Great Wan Kingdom, as well as the grain produced, were important resources for the Kushan Empire.
The emperor of the Kushan Empire walked into the palace of Dawan Kingdom, and the king of Dawan and many nobles were all trembling.
Not long ago, they were conquered by the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and now they were conquered by the Kushan Empire.