Chapter 71: We've got to hurry
"Wusun's Great Kunmi Hunting Arrogance has gathered an army of 160,000!" The Commander of the Gumo Kingdom showed a frightened look, 160,000 was even much more than the combined population of the entire Gumo Kingdom, and for a country with a population of just over 20,000, 160,000 troops were really a terrible number.
In the same way, this is also a lonely bet for Wusun Kingdom! They only have a population of more than 600,000 and 180,000 soldiers and horses, and if this war fails, the country of Wusun will immediately be attacked by the surrounding Qiuzi, Yanqi, Kangju and even the Xiongnu! I'm afraid that Wusun will also disappear from the Western Regions.
"The Great Moon Clan has also mobilized all the 100,000 soldiers and horses in their country to the junction of the two countries! After this battle, only one of these two countries can continue to survive in the Western Regions! The one who loses will either move elsewhere! Either choose to surrender! "There has always been chaos in the Western Regions, and there are too many similar things that the Governor of Gumo has heard!
"Wusun Kingdom and the Xiongnu are the same customs, their people are good at riding and shooting, in addition to grazing on weekdays, they are mostly robbers in various parts of the Western Regions, and they have repeatedly broken the ** teams in the Western Regions, and their combat power is far above the Dayue Clan, and my Gumo Kingdom has also suffered from it!" Du Wei said unwillingly, Wusun Country is also one of the strongest countries among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, and he often harasses the weak neighbor of Gumo Country on weekdays, "The Dayue Clan is far weaker than Wusun Country in terms of strength and combat power, not to mention that the hunting arrogance is blessed by the gods, and it has been invincible since the leader of the army, but the king of the Dayue Clan is a mediocre talent, far inferior to him; In the previous battles, the Wusun Kingdom had defeated the Otsuki Clan many times and captured five of their cities! If the war continues, the Otsuki clan will definitely be defeated! ”
He was worried about whether the Wusun Kingdom would destroy the Gumo Kingdom by the way after defeating the Otsuki Clan, and the Gumo Kingdom was too close to the royal city of Wusun, Chigu Castle. Maybe when the war is over, they should submit to the Wusun Kingdom, right?
Phew, fortunately, the Otsuki clan is not completely finished! That is a sign that we still have a chance! Li You breathed a sigh of relief, and he hurriedly asked, "Where is the King of the Great Moon Clan now?" How far is it from Gumo? "Hopefully it's still too late.
"The King of the Otsuki Clan is commanding a large army on the border between the two countries! After the Shule country, it is about a thousand miles away from the Gumo country! After speaking, he kindly persuaded, "At this time, Wusun and the Dayue clan are fighting fiercely, and accidents are very likely to occur, so the envoy should stay in Gumo for a few more days and wait for the war to subside before going, right?" ”
"The Emperor of the Han Dynasty ordered me to visit the countries of the Western Regions, how can there be any reason to stop because of the war!" Li You shook his head and rejected his kindness, when the war was over, it was too late for the Dayue clan to escape after the defeat, how could he agree to flank the Xiongnu with the alliance with the Han Dynasty?
As he spoke, he had already entered the city, and the lieutenant took Li You and his party to the inn; Li You turned over and dismounted and ordered someone to find a piece of silk from the few remaining supplies and give it to the lieutenant to thank him for the news he had just provided, "There is Captain Lao to solve our doubts; I also ask the Governor to inform the king of your country that this envoy will go to the palace early tomorrow morning! ”
The exquisite silk made the lieutenant come to his senses for a long time, and hurriedly agreed to Li You's request! also eagerly helped to beckon his subordinates to place Li You and his party properly.
"General Ziyun, it seems that we have to speed up!" After the lieutenant left, Li You hurriedly summoned his father and Chen Qingzhi to discuss the next plan, "If you wait for the big victory to be clear, everything will be too late!" ”
"If the lord wants to make an alliance with the Otsutsuki clan, now he can only hope that they can defeat Wusun!" Chen Qingzhi said firmly, "The Da Yue clan and the Xiongnu have old grudges, and Wusun is a vassal of the Xiongnu, if this battle can be won, even if the Da Yue clan has no intention of revenge, the Xiongnu will not let them go, so they can only form an alliance with the Han to survive this catastrophe." ”
"General Chen's words are very true." Tangyi's father is not optimistic that the Dayue clan can win, "It's just that the Dayue clan is far weaker than Wusun, and I'm afraid this battle will be more auspicious!" I still think that we might as well go and meet Wusun's great Kunmi hunting arrogance, this person must not be willing to live under the Huns for a long time! After the victory in this battle, Wusun must have greatly increased his strength, and the alliance with Wusun should be far superior to the Yue Clan! ”
The two deputies gave different opinions, at first glance it seems that Tang Yi's father's words are more reasonable, but Li You is limited by the task, and secondly, from the development of later generations, although he married the princess of the Han Dynasty, he also married the Xiongnu's Juji (the title of Shan Yu's daughter, which is equivalent to a princess, and Wang Zhaojun's daughter is called Yimo Juciyun), who has been swaying between the Han and the Xiongnu for a long time, and is not a firm ally; Therefore, Li You is more inclined to Chen Qingzhi's decision.
"That hunting arrogance is unwilling to live under the Huns for a long time, and it will definitely not be far away to serve my Han! This person is cunning and difficult to deal with, so the fog lamp should hurry up and go to the Dayue Clan to meet the King of the Yue Clan before making a decision! ”
"Obey the orders of the envoy!" Since it had been decided, Tangyi's father no longer insisted, and then discussed with Li You the travel arrangements to the Dayue clan.
Early the next morning, under the recommendation of the captain, Li You visited the king of Gumo Kingdom, and the two sides talked very well, and the king of Gumo Kingdom also kept them a lot, but Li You still refused euphemistically but firmly.
Coming out of the Gumo Kingdom, he turned southwest and traveled westward along the Green Ridge River, all the way through Wensu, Shache and other countries, and finally came to the border where Wusun and the Dayue clan were fighting.
The closer you get to the battlefield, the more tense the atmosphere becomes! The rangers of the Wusun Kingdom are all over the place, these are people who are usually used to being thieves, and when they see that the Han delegation is small, they often come forward to rob! Under the command of Chen Qingzhi, the Han soldiers repeatedly defeated the Wusun rangers, and soon the news of a group of warlike Han people on the grassland reached the ears of Wusun and the Dayue clan, which also bankrupted Tangyi's father's plan to contact Wusun.
The fortress closest to the front line of the Otsuki Clan, where tens of thousands of elite soldiers of the Otsuki Clan are gathered, and they will set off from here to fight the army of the Wusun Kingdom! The previous consecutive defeats had demoralized these soldiers, and they seemed to have a premonition that it would be difficult for them to win this war! Therefore, the soldiers stationed at the city gate also looked listless.
"Look! Someone's coming! A lookout soldier suddenly pointed to the smoke and dust rolling up in the east and shouted.
"Is it our men who have returned, or is it the army of the Wusun Kingdom?" The general in charge of garrisoning the east gate shouted.
"Neither!" The soldier looked at this squad from the east in a daze, although there were only more than fifty people in this team, but even from a long distance, he could feel the fierce spirit of the rest of his life! Whose army is this?