12. The fog gradually lifts

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Singing and dancing in the royal palace of Akaya Castle are peaceful, and it seems that the danger of destroying the country is imminent.

Of course, it may also be to use the Han army to come to the aid to sweep away the bad luck caused by the previous misery.

It's just that from the profligate nobles at the banquet, Li Shushi felt that the war would come to those people's side.

But in any case, these have little to do with Li Shushi, no matter what era can find such a group of people among the nobility - the front is tight and the rear is tight, and the big deal is that they will surrender when the time comes, and in order to gain local support, as nobles with status and status and take the initiative to stand in line, they are finally welcomed, because they often represent the trend of local public opinion.

Unless they were faced with the conquerors who "surrendered after the siege and killed all the men who were tall and wheeled".

Although Li Shushi, Jia Xu, and Ban Fu had previously judged that the Xianbei people were planning to use Wusun's land to appease those Xianbei nobles who had been hurt by Helian's policies, the Wusun people didn't seem to see it that way, because even if the Wusun people and Xianbei had already fought and been defeated, they could still see a lot of guys who praised the Xianbei people for their strength in the banquet.

And Pi Mi, who was sitting next to Li Shushi, seemed to be powerless about it.

Therefore, after the banquet started for a period of time, whether it was Li Shushi or Pi Mi beside him, it seemed that there was no longer the ** to continue to pay attention to the banquet itself, and even if it wasn't for Pi Mi's signal, Li Shushi was ready to say goodbye and leave.

He had already sent out Wang Yan and Wang Kai, who also knew some Wusun language, along with Yan Xing and Cao Zhen, whether it was to inquire about intelligence or to encounter the conspiracy of someone with a heart, Li Shushi was eager to understand the situation of Wusun...... and the movements of the Xianbei people.

From the Dengnu Le Tai Mountain Road to Chigu City, Li Shushi and his party didn't even see the shadow of the Xianbei people, which is obviously a bit abnormal, even if this army is not lurking near Chigu City to intercept and kill a qiΔ“ reinforcement, it is completely possible to leave some harassing troops, at least it is completely possible to not reassure those Wusun people, after all, the most important point of the city defense battle is to hit the morale of the defenders.

But no, not at all. Even when they were close to Chigu City, Li Shushi and his party could even see some scattered but leisurely herdsmen grazing, and they didn't feel the breath of the war at all.

So where did the Xianbei people go?

Li Shushi, Jia Xu and others made some guesses, but they still needed enough intelligence to confirm these guesses.

"What's the matter, General Li is still thinking about the Xianbei people?"

"Yes, it is indeed a very noteworthy thing for a powerful enemy to suddenly become without a trace. And since I have come to Wusun, I naturally can't sit back and watch Wusun be destroyed in front of my eyes, as some people do. ”

"Thank you so much, Your Excellency, if there is something that the old man can help with, please don't hesitate to ask."

"Then I don't know if His Royal Highness Pi Mi has anything to do with the Xianbei people...... Or what about the information of the Kangju people? ”

Regarding Li Shushi's question, the smile on Pi Mi's face has disappeared a lot, although it is still that kind smile, but Li Shushi can obviously feel the reluctance of that smile. From this, it can be seen that the situation is only as bad as Jia Xu and Ban Fu expected, otherwise this experienced old king will definitely not show such an obvious change.

"Let General Li laugh." Maybe he knew that there was some market for his table just now, and the old king smiled helplessly, but Li Shushi didn't plan to make more comments on the old king's expression, because with his current experience, he couldn't tell whether the other party was suddenly revealing his true feelings, or ...... It's all deliberate performances.

So, at this time, just a smile is enough, and sure enough, Ling Bo Dameng is sincere and does not deceive me.

Seeing that Li Shushi didn't say anything, the old king Pi Mi didn't show any expression, he still had the kind eyes that treated the juniors, there was no disappointment or self-satisfaction, maybe what he pursued was not something that could be obtained in a few words.

"Although my Wusun country has been continuously defeated by the Xianbei elite soldiers, but fortunately, after gathering the remnants of the army, recruiting new soldiers and giving up the defense of some unnecessary locations, it still has nearly 100,000 troops, and it is still possible to ensure the safety of Chigu City, but if the Xianbei people plan to besiege the city for a long time, the grain and grass in our city will not be able to support it for too long after all. So it was inevitable to go out of the city in the end. ”

Li Shushi nodded, indicating that he understood. Of course, Li Shushi believes that the old king in front of him should have reservations in this matter, although he said that there are 100,000 troops, but how many of them are elite soldiers and how many are indiscriminate recruits, this is a very particular thing, after all, the gap between recruits and veterans is almost infinitely magnified in this world.

And there is another point that I am afraid that the old king has not been able to fully explain, that is, who these soldiers and horses listen to.

Military power is a very sensitive thing in any era, and it is also the basis of rights.

Since the old king was so angry that he vomited blood before, I am afraid that it should be the open and secret struggle within Chigu City that has entered a rather fierce Cheng dΓΉ, and if the old king has enough soldiers and horses in his hands to hold the field, he can use force to quell the civil strife or sit back and watch the fight finally come out to clean up the mess, but it is obvious that this king who is definitely not simple in his heart did not do that.

Of course, since the old king was still sitting here peacefully, and no one seemed to be able to interfere with his decision, it was obvious not only because he had the name of king, but also because he had the strength to make the rest of the careerists fearful.

Therefore, in such a situation where the situation is not clear, it is indeed impossible for Li Shushi to make any clear statement.

"But presumably General Li has already guessed that my important ally of Wusun, Kangju, is not in a good situation now."

"How bad has the situation been? Have the Xianbei people already taken Kangju? ”

"It's not yet, it's just that Kangju hasn't been wiped out yet, and the situation in the foreign country is so bad that it can't be worse."

The smile on the old king's face when he said this could no longer be hung up, he knew very well the truth of his lips and teeth, if it were not for the help of the Kangju people, let alone the Xianbei people, maybe the Guishan Empire in the west would be enough to keep them awake at night.

"What is the specific situation, and how long can Kangjuguo support it?"

If the Kangju people can support it for a longer time, Li Shushi may consider waiting for Xu Rong and Huaxiong's army to arrive before making plans, if Kangju can't support it, maybe now Li Shushi will bring the troops to the rescue, even if he can't save the Kangju people, he must find an opportunity to weaken the Xianbei people, and then ......

If the situation is not good, even if he has to retreat in the end, it is helpless, after all, Li Shushi does not want his troops to be wasted here and then let Bingzhou fall into a state of instability.

It's one thing to lead the troops out, it's another to annihilate the whole army. Because the former may suddenly explode you from behind when you are taking advantage, while the latter is equivalent to a girl who lacks an important covering, leaving only a piece of cloth that is more of a temptation than a cover.

"The Xianbei people came with a large army, and the Kangju people were naturally unstoppable by surprise, although they also tried their best, but the Xianbei people's multi-way attacks made them miserable. Or majestic, or unpredictable, or fast, each of the Xianbei people has distinctive characteristics, and is extremely good at their own style, and later used all kinds of rumors and false news to make Kangju people not know who they are facing, and they can't do an effective response, but because of the wrong targeted arrangement and heavy losses. In fact, if there was no accident, maybe King Kangju would have surrendered by now. ”

"Accident?" Li Shushi was very concerned about this word, he was very curious about who could stop the Xianbei people who were in the prime of their troops, after all, it was a large-scale army of more than 100,000 people, and in addition to the Great Han, it was already a number that a country like Wusun could barely compete with. If you want to stop such a corps, unless it is a mixed force of the Tang Iron Cavalry and the Modao Team that will be famous in the Western Regions in the future, you must at least have a considerable number of troops.

And such a force is in the Western Regions, except for Wusun......

"General Li thought it was the Kushan troops, but unfortunately, according to the information we received, it seems that the outfit of the soldiers and horses is quite different from the outfit of the Kushan army that we are familiar with, so we are also very curious."

"With the relationship between your country and the Kangju people, can't you get this bit of news?"

"We only got a lot of money and treasure from the Kangju people to invite a force from the west to help, we didn't know what kind of troops it was, we only knew that the Xianbei people were caught off guard by this sudden appearance of the troops."

"The number of people in this force should not be very large."

"Yes, there are less than 30,000 people, but because their actions were unexpected by the Xianbei people, they forced the Xianbei people to suspend the siege of the Kangju royal city. But when they finished recuperating and prepared to take down the enemy in one fell swoop, the accident was born again, and although the Xianbei people did not suffer much loss this time because of their caution, they could not go further. ”

"This time it's an army of Kushans?"

"Yes, although the old man doesn't know the significance of the Kushan's actions at this time, they do appear. And it is precisely because of their appearance that the battlefield has become a situation where the three families of Kangju, Guishan and Xianbei stand together. ”

"So the Xianbei Danhan Mountain Royal Court troops that went deep into Wusun had to rush west to help the main force of their own army?"

It was only at this time that Li Shushi's face showed a look of sudden realization, although there were still many doubts in his heart, but it seemed that only such an explanation was more reasonable.

And at the same time......

"It turns out that the people who went deep into my Wusun turned out to be the royal court troops of the Xianbei people?! No wonder, no wonder! ”

The old Wusun King Pimi also sighed that he didn't know whether to praise or chagrin.

Perhaps, if he had known the identity of that unit earlier, he would have doubled the number of troops and left that symbolic force behind, even if the strength was greatly lost, the morale boost would be unprecedented.