Since the beginning of last year, the Blue Wolf Army and the Xiliang Army came out of Yumen Pass. Although it is hundreds of miles away from the Wusun Kingdom at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and is also blocked by the east-west Harke Mountain and Saarmin Mountain, this earth-shattering and lasts for more than half a year will be transmitted to the Wusun Kingdom in the northwest of the Tianshan Mountains anyway.

Regarding the Wusun Kingdom, there is such a description in the "Hanshu Western Regions Biography": "The land is flat. Rainy and cold. Mountains and pines. Do not plant trees in the field, chase water and grass with the animals, and have the same customs as the Huns. There are many horses in the country, and the rich are up to four or five thousand. The people are just evil, greedy wolves are faithless, there are many thieves, and they are the most powerful."

This is a strong nomadic people at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, located at the heart of the Silk Road, in the former Han Empire and the Xiongnu contest, the Wusun State was under pressure and co-optation from both sides, and always wavered.

The Wusun State was a patriarchal slave society in which the clan blood organization was closely integrated with the initial state administration and military organization. It is recorded in the "Hanshu Western Regions Biography": "Wusun Kingdom, Dakun Mizhi Chigu City, went to Chang'an for 8,900 miles...... Xiang Dalu, two generals on the left and right, three Hou, one general and one captain, two eunuchs, one official, two officials in the house, and one horseman. ”

It was a nomadic state that mixed clan kinship organizations with military and administrative organizations. "Da Kun Mi" is the supreme ruler of Wusun, under which there are also ministers, Dalu, and later there are also generals, Hou to cavalry and other official positions, and these important official positions are mostly held by the descendants of the royal family or relatives.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Wusun people were nomadic in the area of Guyuan in present-day Ningxia, and then they gradually migrated to the Hexi region. As early as before the Western Han Dynasty, the Wusun people established their own kingdom in the Hexi Corridor, and its founding monarch was the Great Kunmi, with the eldest son as the crown prince, and the second son as the "Great Lu". Before migrating westward, the Wusun people had nomadic herding in Dunhuang and Qilian Mountains, close to the Central Plains, and were influenced by Han culture.

During the pre-Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu rose up in the north of the Han Dynasty and gradually oppressed the living space of the Wusun people, so they migrated westward until they crossed the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and entered the fertile Ili River Basin and the Junggar Basin, where they settled and prospered. Whether it is the Western Han Dynasty or the Eastern Han Dynasty, they have not really been able to incorporate Wusun Kingdom into their territory, and in the best case, that is, they have carried out marriages, which can affect some internal affairs of Wusu Kingdom.

There is a reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was such a strong and fierce man, but in the end he failed to subdue Wusun.

Despite the fact that the Wusun Kingdom is still a backward slave country, it is also a clan state that integrates blood and patriarchy into the country. Among the 120,000 Wusun residents, men were recruited as soldiers according to their household registration, and there were often "188,800 victorious soldiers."

The geographical environment of Wusun is very suitable for animal husbandry, so animal husbandry is developed. The Ili grassland is flat, with fertile chernozem and chestnut soil, and the vegetation is quite luxuriant, making it an excellent grassland. Wusun is rich in horses, and the most rich and noble families in the country have four or five thousand good horses. The horse breeds of Wusun are excellent, and it is the "West Pole" second only to Dawan horses. In addition to horses, they also herd sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, dogs, etc., most of which are sheep. From 33 B.C. to 16 B.C., when the female Li Mi was the great Kunmi of the Wusun Kingdom, the number of livestock in the country was as high as 4.5 million, which was already about half of the annual livestock number in the vast desert north of the Jin Kingdom.

As the years passed, the Xiongnu no longer existed, and the Xianbei people who replaced the Xiongnu were also cleared by Zhao Xing, leaving only a little remnant of Liaodong Xianbei. The Wusun people, who were stationed in the area south of the Ili River and the Junggar Basin, were also attacked by the westward migration of the Northern Xiongnu and the westward expansion of the Xianbei people, and are no longer as powerful as they were two hundred years ago.

However, it has always been a skinny camel bigger than a horse, although the national strength of Wusun has declined a little, but this country is still an independent country dominating the Western Regions, and it is also the suzerainty of the Xiuxun State, the Drug Donation Country, the Weitou Country, the Thunderless Country and the Shache Country to the east of the Green Ridge.

After reconnaissance by the Shadow Brigade, at least 80,000 to 100,000 cavalry troops can be drawn from the current Usu. If the Wusun people secretly colluded with their Kangju and Dawan kingdoms to the northwest and west, and borrowed reinforcements from these two countries, their strength could exceed 150,000.

From this point of view, Guan Yu's westward expedition to Wusun this time was not as easy as imagined.

On the southern shore of Lake Issyk-Kul there is a city called the "Red Valley" by local herdsmen, which is the city of Chigu (the site of present-day Ishtik City, Kyrgyzstan), the royal capital of the Wusun people.

The king of the Wusun people, the Great Kunmi, sat majestically on the highest throne in the palace inlaid with agate, rubies, sapphires, emeralds, and amethysts. On the red carpet stretching to the main entrance of the palace under his feet, there was an old man standing at the front, he was in charge of the administration and military power of the Wusun Kingdom Xiang Dalu (similar to the Han Prime Minister), followed by the left and right generals (similar to the Han generals) and the left and right lieutenants (similar to the Wei Wei and the court lieutenants), and then there were three Xi Hou who were in charge of the military and political affairs of Wusun place, and then there were two eunuchs in charge of the law, one official in charge of official affairs, and one translator who was proficient in the situation of the Han Dynasty and could speak Chinese.

Together with the Great Kunmi, there are a total of thirteen people, which is the core of ruling and managing the nearly 600,000 people of the Wusun Kingdom.

Da Lu reported to Da Kunmi with a serious face: "My king, recently, urgent reports have been sent from Wensu, Gumo, Weitou and Shule and other places, and the infantry army of the Han people has been discovered. They went all the way west along the Green Ridge River, and laid heavy troops on the road leading to the south of the mountains of our people, intending to coerce by force the Xiu Xun, the donor poison, the captain, the thunder, and the Shache who were originally attached to us to turn into the arms of the Han people!"

Da Kunmi nodded, indicating that he had been informed of the Han army's attack, and then turned his inquiring gaze to General Zuo, who was in charge of military affairs throughout the country (Wusun respects Zuo. General Zuo seemed to have already thought about it, so he said without hesitation: "Since the decline of the Han royal family, the Western Regions Changshi Mansion has existed in name only for many years. My king was wise and far-sighted, took advantage of the situation, and gradually controlled the territory of most of the Western Regions north of the Green Ridge River to the Qinhai Sea, and now the soldiers are strong and the morale is like a rainbow. The land of the Western Regions originally belonged to us nomads, but now the Han people are coming to take it, if we don't fight back fiercely, we will repeat the mistake of being bullied by others in the future!"

The right general followed and said: "Now we can recruit 100,000 elite cavalry in our clan, and we can also borrow troops from Kangju and Dawan and other countries. They absolutely did not want to be neighbors with the greedy and cunning Han Chinese, so we could borrow at least 50,000 to 60,000 reinforcements. With an army of 160,000 tigers and wolves, it is enough to kill this group of Han dogs who don't know whether they are alive or dead!"

PS: Today's first update came later than usual. Nandao had insomnia last night, and his eyes were red, like a monster. In today's chapter, it took two hours just to look up the information and organize the language, so it will be better later.