Unbeknownst to Luo Shi, the family had collectively chosen a difficult path, and he led the army of the entire Western Regions Protectorate to conquer the Dawan Kingdom.

The main force of the army is the three thousand temple army, and naturally they will not wear armor during the march, these three thousand men all look burly, from the face of each other, there are all ethnic groups, and even the Huns who lived in Hexi before, with a serious face, there is a dignified majesty between the looks, the eyes are like electricity, and the riding on a horse seems to be integrated.

There are not many other protectors in the Western Regions, but there are many good war horses, and there are large grassland horse farms in the sphere of influence of the Wushuang Marquis and Wusun Kingdom, plus the support of the military horse farm in the Hexi Corridor, all the cavalry is one person and three horses, and even the infantry can ride to the horse and then dismount to fight.

In addition to the temple army, there were also more than 30,000 Han soldiers and soldiers from the capital protectorate, of which the proportion of armor soldiers was not low, and tens of thousands of troops from allied countries.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, the Han army is enough, and the allies in the Western Regions mainly provide food and grass, as well as play a role in the siege of cities, and the war situation in the Western Regions is very different from that of the Central Plains.

Luo Shi sat in the middle army, watching the army stretch far away, and finally reached a place that could not be seen.

After retracting his gaze, Luo Shi said in a deep voice: "Count the number of dead and dead when we camp today. ”

From the Yishui River Valley to Dawan to march thousands of miles, and the terrain of Dawan is excellent, the whole country is located in an extremely fertile basin, surrounded by high mountains on all sides, is a natural Great Wall, only in the southwest side of a narrow mountain pass in and out, if the Great Wall is built in the mountain pass, and then build a military town like Hangu Pass, it can almost be called a country that cannot fall.

In history, Li Guangli's conquest of Dawan suffered a big loss, especially the transfer of troops from Chang'an, and the march across tens of thousands of miles, which was really outrageous, and he simply didn't treat the soldiers as people, and Luo Shi felt logistical difficulties from the Yishui River Valley.

The army has to climb over many mountains, fortunately from the north does not need to cross the desert, along the desert basin Zhou Dynasty oasis can march, Luo Shi in order to conquer Dawan, prepared for a long time, deep cultivation of the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, friendship with the oasis countries north of the desert, to this day finally paid off.

The march of thousands of miles is a test of the commander's comprehensive ability, and it is not easy to appease the morale of the soldiers without bombing the battalion, and there must be soldiers who die in the middle of the march or a large number of soldiers who escape, and this is a test for the commander.

Even if they were excellent commanders like Huo Quzhi and Luo Wuji, when they fought with the Xiongnu back then, they lost a lot of Han soldiers and soldiers during the march, and Luo Shi would naturally not be an exception.

Since leaving Wushuang City, there have been nearly 2,000 soldiers who have died and fled one after another, mainly the Han army has died, and the burden of water and soil adaptation is still relatively large, and the people who have fled are the natives of the Western Regions, whose willpower is relatively poor, and they cannot bear the hardships of a long march.

Luo Shi looked at the map in his hand, staring at the location of Dawan on the map, his eyes were full of war intent, as long as he defeated Dawan and let Dawan surrender to Xiazi, the countries of the Western Regions would definitely be shaken, and even the king of Dawan would be killed by the Han, and they would weigh their geographical location, and at that time, all the countries of the Western Regions would definitely submit to the protectorate of the Western Regions.

At that time, the Western Regions Protectorate will be able to transform from a military garrison to a supreme political authority that completely rules the Western Regions, just like the current Liaodong Metropolitan Protectorate.

Liaodong Protectorate and Western Regions Protectorate are still different, Liaodong is much closer to the Central Plains, and Yan has ruled there for hundreds of years, Liaodong Peninsula has established the kingdoms of Zhuxia, and the Western Regions is a complete foreign land.

During the years when Luo Wujian governed the Western Regions, he made great achievements, but the strength of one person was not enough, Luo Shi took over the responsibility and power from his father, and used his own way to maintain the unity of this land.

I don't know how many days of marching, the Han army crossed the mountains and appeared in the land of Dawan.

Dawan is a very powerful country, half a point weaker than Wusun when it was strong in the past, and there is a set of data that can be roughly compared.

The population living in the Yishui River Valley in later generations was about 4 million, and the population of the basin where Dawan is located was about 14 million, and this land had a frost-free period of more than 240 days, which was simply the best place for farming.

Now there are hundreds of cities in Dawan alone, although the population of most of the cities is very small, but the combined population still reaches 800,000, and the army has 80,000, which is strong.

In the face of such a strong enemy, Luo Shi was naturally very cautious, in the face of the Dawan border city that appeared in front of him, Luo Shi didn't even look at it, leaving a group of men and horses to guard the defenders in the city, directly and decisively around the city, he led the army straight to the Dawan royal capital.

This is a typical tactic of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because Dawan is such a city-state state, each city basically belongs to the nobles, as long as it can capture the royal capital, Dawan will be undefeated and defeated.

What Luo Shi wants is for the royal family to admit defeat, as for occupying the entire Dawan?

That's just a joke, the strength that the city-state can exert is not strong, but when it comes to guarding its own interests, it is not an inch of land, and it wants to occupy Dawan, unless it is attacked city by city.

This is different from the war between the Zhuxia nations, the Zhuxia countries have a cultural identity with each other, and it is not difficult to accept each other, but they are basically dreaming with the Dawan people.

"Our army has amazing speed and strong field combat effectiveness, so go straight to the royal capital, defeat the army of King Dawan, and then surround the point to send reinforcements, break the noble army of the Dawan Kingdom that came to support, and finally break through Dawan City, kill King Dawan, and use his head to shock everyone!"

Luo Shi announced his strategy to the general and lieutenant of the capital protection house, and the king of Dawan got the news that the Han army had entered Dawan, and when he heard that the Han army was only 20,000 people, he laughed and said: "The Han army is strong, they defeated the Xiongnu, but this king heard that their army set out from Yishui and spanned a distance of thousands of miles, and their grain and grass were transported from the Han Dynasty 10,000 miles away, and they ate most of it before they arrived.

Will such a Han army be able to defeat the mighty Dawan army?

Dawan will be the land where they are buried.

Generals, obey my orders, mount their horses, put on their armor, take up arms, and go and kill those Han Chinese, and tell them that the majesty of Dawan is not allowed to be touched by a country thousands of miles away. ”

This sounds a little ugly.

When the white knife between the Han and the Xiongnu entered, the red knife fought bloody for ten years, and the blood shed flooded the entire grassland, from the distant Liaodong coastal land, to the Tianshan Mountains in the Western Regions, there are traces of the fight between the two sides everywhere, and now the past is not long, the Western Regions has not forgotten.

The reason why King Dawan dared to do this was because he was far away from him, and for an agrarian country, it was basically a fool's dream to send his power thousands of miles away, but he didn't know how tempting it was to go on an expedition of thousands of miles and capture and kill the enemy's head.

After Liu Dan received Luo Shi's letter, although he did not express his position, and handed it over to the minister for discussion, he had already made up his mind in his heart that he must ask for Dawan and let King Dawan surrender to his knees.

……

"Dadu Protector, the scout has come to report, and the army of the Dawan King has appeared."

When the Han army approached Dawan City at great speed, the captain of the Han military reported to Luo Shi, Luo Shi's spirit was shocked, and he said: "Inform all the armies to march in turn, stabilize the formation, and not mess up!"

The armor soldiers put on their armor in turn, and all the temple troops put on armor, ready to charge with Benhou! ”

With Luo Shi's order, all the armies of the Western Regions Protectorate were lined up in the previous formation, fighting in the land of the Western Regions, there were not so many flowers, after all, there was a flat river here, and thousands of people could still hide, once there were tens of thousands of people, they couldn't hide at all, and there was no possibility of ambush, and many tactics could not be used.

Fighting here is more of a test of the level of dispatch of the battle, the sophistication of the equipment, the elite of the soldiers, and the use of frontal tactics, and the stronger side gets the victory, it's that simple.

Soon both sides appeared in each other's sight, and Luo Shi was at the forefront with the Han army.

Because the elite of the Han army is not comparable to the army of the Western Regions, this is to prevent the Western Regions allies from being directly defeated by Dawan, and then coercing the Han army.

Someone in the Han army walked out on horseback, and one person in the Dawan army also walked out, and the two rode horses to a position of dozens of meters and said loudly.

"Dawan people, go back and tell your king, immediately open Dawan City, and offer loyalty to the Han Emperor, Dahan will give Dawan the most precious friendship, otherwise Dawan will usher in the most terrible destruction!"

"Han people, this is the land of Dawan, even the Huns have not conquered the great Dawan, you will be defeated here, the corpses are spread all over every corner, turning into fertile soil, and the grass and grain from it will be extraordinarily lush!"

The two sides exchanged words, both of which were mixed with the Zhuxia Ya language and the local language of the Western Regions, so it was naturally impossible to convince the other party.

Knock knock!

The sound of war drums began to sound, and after the mouth cannon was finished, it was time to start the real sword and gun, Luo Shi was in the middle army, riding a very tall horse, and beside him were the dare warriors and temple army, as well as several Luo Shi sons with holy marks on their eyebrows, each wearing thick armor and fully armed.

As long as it is not in the humid mountains and forests in the south, the whole armor must be worn, especially the armor on the face and neck, which can save life.

"The soldiers of the Han Dynasty, Dawan is not inferior to the Han Dynasty, kill them, wash away the shame, His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for us in Chang'an City to triumph, defeat the enemy army, thousands of miles away, and make meritorious deeds.

The person who killed the king of Dawan, Ben Hou asked His Majesty for a reward, and he was promoted to the fifth rank in a row, until he was promoted to the Marquis of Guannei!

Forward! ”

Luo Shi drew his sword and roared loudly, accompanied by his voice, the war drums sounded again, and the Han army was in high spirits and strode forward.

(End of chapter)