Chapter 771: The First Battle of the Year in the Western Regions
The secret battle in Shouchun City has just begun. Zhao Zhenbang, who is a big ghost, actually turned a corner and went to Huailing first. In this way, many of the conspiracies and calculations that were originally aimed at him had to be put back and staged until he returned to Shouchun.
But then again, Zhao Zhenbang came to Huailing this time, and it was not given in vain. He will report all his thoughts to his fifth uncle Zhang Liao, and listen carefully to Zhang Liao's thoughts on how to deal with Yuan Shu's claim to be king, so as to ensure that his actions will not affect and interfere with the unification plan set by his father Zhao Xing. With the iron backer of the fifth uncle, ordinary people want to calculate against him, but they are afraid that they will break their heads in the end.
The land of Xu Yang is still in the undercurrent, but far away in the great northwest of Pingxi Wang's fiefdom, it is about to stage the first battle of the new year in the eight years of Guangxi.
Guan Yu was ready! He felt his blood begin to surge, and the green dragon glaive began to roar.
Yan Liang and Wen Chou, the pioneers on the left and right in front of the king of Pingxi, were ready! They finally waited for the opportunity to prove themselves.
The three brothers of the Ma family are ready! They feel that they have gained a lot from studying the tactics of managing troops and the art of war left behind by King Pingxi when he left behind this year, and it is time to put them into practice!
The soldiers of the coalition army of Yanqi, Cheshi, and Montenegro are ready! When they saw the fierce Wusun cavalry in the past, they all took a detour, but now they can finally straighten their waists and let the Wusun people show their skills.
After this battle, there will be no one in the Western Regions who can stop the march of the Pingxi King's army to the west, and from now on, a huge Western Regions will return to the rule of the Han Dynasty, and there will be no need for the various ethnic groups to fight to the death.
Before the start of the war, Guan Yu raised the account and gathered the generals above the division level in the operational command room of the Pingxi Palace, which had been built. Zhao Xing was not in the Western Regions, and he, the governor, was solely responsible for military affairs. Of course, the Zhao army, which has always paid attention to the coordination between the military and the government, will also invite several important civilian officials to the scene at such an important military intelligence conference, so as to cooperate with the military and the government in the future and ensure the efficient and smooth supply of various logistics.
Guan Yu first began to announce the intention of this battle, and he said in a loud and loud voice with a slight party accent: "Ladies and gentlemen, today's gathering of generals is the last group discussion before we set out on the expedition. The King of Pingxi has sent an urgent telegram from Crouching Tiger City, ordering the three armies of the Pingxi Army to go out together, enter Wusun with a thunderous force, and completely solve the battle within half a year!"
"This time we used troops against Wusun, and we moved in two ways. Among them, the Pingxi Army and the Kunlun Army dispatched 60,000 troops, first marched westward along the Green Ridge River, and arrived at the Qiuzi, Gumo and Wensu areas controlled by the Wusun people, and the army was divided into three roads, left, center, and right, led by Xu Rong, Yan Liang, and Wenchou respectively, to besiege these three tribes, and wait for the Wusu people to come to the rescue. The remaining 10,000 infantry, with the coordination of 20,000 reserve troops, stayed in Yanqi County and Cheshi County to guard against possible harassment by tribes such as Jimo and Jingjie in southern Xinjiang. ”
"The Xiliang army was led by Ma Chao, went north out of the Tianshan Mountains through the Jiaohe fortress, detoured behind the Wusun Kingdom, went down the Ili River, and divided the Wusun Kingdom into two; the combined army of the Yanqi Che Division was led by Ma Dai and Ma Xiu, and followed behind the Xiliang Army, mainly responsible for controlling half of the Wusun territory north of the Ili River, ensuring that the reinforcements of the Northern Wusun to the Wangju Chigu City were completely cut off; after the Xiliang army arrived at Ananiyewo in the north of Issyk-Kul Lake, they marched south around the lake, went straight to the capital of the Wusun king, and took the Chigu City as quickly as possible!"
"The Western Route Army is under my personal command, and the Eastern Route Army is jointly commanded by Ma Chao and Tian Yu. Fast, that is, to arrive at their respective combat areas as quickly as possible, to be accurate, is to accurately find their respective targets, and ruthless, is to fully display our strength, so that the Wusun people are completely desperate and have no intention of resisting!"
Guan Yu's words landed, and the generals at all levels in the tent were suddenly excited, and everyone gathered around the already drawn march route and exchanged their thoughts with each other.
After a while, Liu Yu got up and cleared his throat, and then said in a not too sharp, but clear tone: "Generals, everyone calm down and listen to me say a few words." ”
In the end, they are all well-trained generals, although Liu Yu is not a military officer, but he is the king of Pingxi, as soon as he speaks, everyone knows that there must be something important to explain, so he immediately quieted down and listened carefully to Liu Yu's words.
Liu Yu continued: "The significance of sending troops to Wusun this time, I think everyone knows it very well, and I won't repeat it here." What I want to tell you today is that we are not sending troops to show off our strength, nor to increase the casualties of the local people, but to take the most complete Wusun Kingdom with the fullest preparation and the lowest cost!"
"The Wusun Kingdom was located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and at its peak it occupied the entire Ili River valley and the vast land of the Western Tianshan Mountains, and the royal tent was set up in the city of Chigu, not far from the southern shore of Issyk-Kul Lake. Wusun is connected to Kangju in the northwest, Dawan in the west, and Zhufan in the Tarim Basin south of the Tianshan Mountains in the south. Since the former Han Dynasty, Wusun has become a subject state of the Han Dynasty, and the imperial court has always wanted to control the politics of the Wusun Kingdom, but it has repeatedly used various means to succeed, so the Wusun Kingdom has never been incorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty, but has been free from the Western Regions Changshi Mansion. ”
"There are many big lakes in Wusun, and the Ili River passes through in the middle, which is a rare big granary, as long as we take the whole territory of Wusun, we will no longer worry about the problem of food in the future. After stabilizing the situation in Wusun, we can advance westward into the Kangju Plateau, plant the banner of King Pingxi to the farther west, and realize the expansion of territory in the true sense since the Han Dynasty!"
After Liu Yu's words ended, everyone was discussed.
When the Japanese army conference was over, the next day the armies moved separately according to the established marching time. The 60,000 Pingxi Army and the Kunlun Army infantry marched in accordance with the formation, first Yan Liang led the 20,000 Pingxi Army to the Yancheng area near the Qiuzi Kingdom, opening the passage for the subsequent 40,000 troops; then Guan Yu took Wen Chou and led the 20,000 Chinese army to continue to advance forward, and after arriving in the Wensu area, he controlled the nearby situation and opened the passage for Xu Rong's 20,000 troops of the right army to advance westward; finally Xu Rong led 20,000 Kunlun Army soldiers to arrive in the area from Weitou to Shule, and set up a battle formation.
At the same time as the Western Route Army advanced, Ma Chaotong led 30,000 Xiliang cavalry and 20,000 Yanqi Che Division to march more than 100 miles to the east, and then passed through the foothills of the Tianshan Mountains through the Jiaohe Fortress, and then turned westward, and began to cut the Wusun Kingdom in blocks according to the established policy.
At this point, the first large-scale military operation of the Pingxi Army was in full swing in the Western Regions!