Ma Chao only began to mount his horse to chase the enemy after the heavy armored cavalry cleared the Wusun people who were blocking the road. He loves the feeling of chasing his enemies as prey.

The Wusun people who fled for their lives were like a plate of scattered sand, their fighting spirit had already collapsed in the infinitely terrifying killing aura of the heavy armored cavalry, and now what remained in their consciousness was only the instinct to survive. These Wusun people, who have always been rampant in the Western Regions, never imagined that one of them would be chased and killed like rabbits and elks.

The pursuing Xiliang Army and the combined forces of the Yanqi Che Division, they were regular troops with strict training, and even in the process of pursuing the enemy, they were orderly and had a clear division of labor. For those Wusun who dared to turn their horses' heads and come together to launch a counterattack, they would immediately be surrounded by Han cavalry, several times more numerous than them, beckoning with bows and arrows from afar, approaching with crossbow volleys, and finally the rest were chopped to death with swords.

In the vast grasslands, every moment the Wusun people were hit by arrows and fell from their horses, some died before they fell, some fell to their deaths when they landed, and some were trampled to death.

The Xiliang cavalry, which had been holding back for a long time, under the leadership of their respective generals, was like a tiger released from a cage, screaming excitedly from time to time, tearing the throat of the prey all the time, and then dropping the corpse of the prey and swooping towards the next prey.

The 20,000 reserve soldiers who followed behind the 50,000 regular army very quickly received the Wusun captives who were lucky enough not to die and were captured by the Han army. According to Ma Chao's meaning, it was originally to slaughter these Wusun soldiers, but Tian Yu suggested that as many prisoners could be captured, and it would be useful to keep them in the future.

This unsuspenseful pursuit lasted for three days, and Ma Chao personally led a team of elite light cavalry to stop the front before the Wusun people could flee in the direction of Chigu City, forcing these panicked Wusun people to flee north. Therefore, when these Wusun soldiers fled to the shores of Yibohai (present-day Lake Balkhash), they finally had to face the fate of either going into the sea to feed the fish or surrendering as prisoners.

The process of the combined forces of the Xiliang Army and the Yanqi Che Division entering the territory of Wusun to pursue the soldiers of Wusun was itself a process of showing off their strength. Although they did not slaughter the tribes they saw along the way, the sweeping momentum still frightened the people of Wusun.

On the fifth day of the attack, Ma Chao took control of more than half of the Wusun territory north of the Ili River, and except for a few thousand Wusun soldiers who fled across the Ili River to the south, the rest were either killed or taken prisoner. The exact number is not yet known, as the task of guarding the captives was mainly carried out by 20,000 reserve soldiers, but it is roughly estimated that the number of captured Wusun prisoners will not exceed 10,000.

Just before the Wusun East Road army frantically attacked Jiaohe City, 10,000 Kunlun soldiers were quickly walking through the nameless canyon, and their target was Chigu City, the capital of Wusun King. Although this force did not carry heavy siege equipment, they brought enough gunpowder to blow open the gates of Akitani. Judging from the reconnaissance of the Shadow Crew, the Wusun people's ability to build cities is far lower than that of the Han people, not only the city walls are low, but also the city lacks some large city defense equipment. In the eyes of the Wusun people, the best defense is offense, so there is no need for Lang to go to such great lengths to build such a high wall.

Almost at the same time, 20,000 infantry from each of the Yan Liang Division, the Wen Chou Division, and the Xu Rong Division also entered the Tianshan Mountains and fought with the Kangju and Dawan soldiers who came to the aid of Wusun State. Although the battle had not yet entered a stalemate, it was also stubbornly entangled with the 80,000 Kangju Dawan reinforcements defending south of Akatani Castle.

The 10,000 Kunlun troops who came to attack Chigu City were led by Zhou Cang. Don't look at Lao Zhou, he doesn't have much culture, and he doesn't know a few big characters, but he is very resolute when he implements Guan Yu's orders. After seven days of rapid marching, Zhou Cang led 10,000 Kunlun troops out of the canyon of Saarmin Mountain, and was still more than a hundred miles away from Chigu City.

By the time Zhou Cang led the army to the foot of Chigu City, Ma Chao had completely disabled the Wusun East Route Army. Kunmi and Xiang Dalu of the Wusun Kingdom in Chigu Castle still don't know that the 40,000 surprise attack troops led by General Right have been buried in the nameless canyon, and they don't know that the 60,000 East Route Army led by General Zuo has also been wiped out.

Because the Wusun people focused their defense on the eastern battlefield north of Jiaohe Fortress and the southern battlefield at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, they did not expect the Han army to go the other way, so the strength of the defense of Chigu Castle was only 5,000 people.

Without hesitation, Zhou Cang ordered the soldiers to use gunpowder to blow up the east gate of Akaya Castle into the sky in an instant, and then commanded 10,000 soldiers to drive in and engage in fierce hand-to-hand combat with the Wusun people in the city.

Although the soldiers of the Kunlun Army did not carry too many heavy weapons in order to hurry, they were equipped with small one-handed crossbows, as well as powerful hand-throwing thunderbolts. The Wusun people who left the war horse, in front of the Kunlun soldiers who were all infantry, were like toothless tigers, like how to clean up.

Two hours later, the attack on Akaya Castle led to the complete capture and control of the castle, capturing alive the families of many important people in the castle. The remnants of nearly 1,000 Wusun soldiers were still fighting to the death with the Kunlun army under the cover of the palace area. Zhou Cang originally wanted to order the soldiers to throw thunderbolts several times to completely wipe out this stubborn guard, but after thinking about it, he felt that there must be a lot of treasure in the palace where Da Kunmi lived, so he ordered the soldiers to stop the attack and just surrounded the palace.

Zhou Cang was worried that after killing people too hard, he frightened Da Kunmi and Xiang Dalu, in case these two guys couldn't think about it and burned the palace, then the deal would not be worth it.

In order to prevent the emergency evacuation of Kangju and Dawan reinforcements who were still fighting against the Han army on the Western Road in the Tianshan Mountains, Ma Chao immediately ordered 20,000 reserve troops to escort 10,000 Wusun captives back to Yanqi after receiving the news of Zhou Cang's surprise attack on Chigu City. The combined forces of the Che division were stationed in the area north of the Ili River to intimidate the local Wusun tribes, while Ma Chao himself personally led 30,000 Western Liang cavalry to attack the southern part of Chigu City, preparing to fight with Yan Liang and Wen Chou to flank the 40,000 Kangju soldiers stationed between Saarmin Mountain and Harke Mountain.

This time, Kangju and Dawan sent a total of 80,000 reinforcements to Wusun, which were divided into three garrison locations, of which half were stationed between Saarming Mountain and Harke Mountain, and the rest were stationed west of the Tianshan Mountains against Xu Rongbu, and 20,000 were stationed in the mountainous area in front of Wensu.

For the 80,000 reinforcements that came from afar, it is not necessary to kill them all, as long as the Great Kunmi is brought from Akiti Castle to show them, I believe that everyone will honestly put down their weapons and no longer make unnecessary resistance.