Chapter 573: Take Control of Wusun

Internally, Wusun is indeed in the midst of a power struggle now.

Most of the troops in the city were taken away by Gui Xumi, and almost all of them died near Yumen Pass, and only tens of thousands of people were left to escape, but only more than 20,000 of these deserters were willing to go back.

The generals who fought were basically killed by the Han soldiers.

With the soldiers who fled back, after bringing back the news that they had been defeated and killed by Gui Sumi, those princes within Wusun began to fight for power, and several princes led their own private soldiers in the city, and also divided the remnants of the soldiers who fled back.

They had been fighting for a long time in Akatani Castle, and they had not been able to elect a new Kunmo.

Now there is news back, saying that the Han army is coming to the city.

Yang Zhao, the Duke of Qi of the Great Han Dynasty, after beating them away, did not want to let go of Wusun, and continued to fight all the time, scaring those princes.

Their private soldiers, plus the remnants of the soldiers who fled back, at this time in Akatani Castle, there were only more than 40,000 troops, and the entire Wusun could only have this number of soldiers now, and the other areas were poorer and less populous.

Akaya Castle is still a relatively rich area in Wusun, and that's it now.

The princes had to unite and gather all their forces to defend Akatani Castle, but before they could reach the castle tower, they heard a burst of cannonfire, and the cannonballs violently hit the castle gates.

Chigu City is a super long distance from Liangzhou.

They never thought that the Han army would be able to fight here.

Unexpectedly, the Han army would come to Chigu Castle to take revenge, and there was no defense on the city wall, and as soon as the princes came to the city gate, they saw their wooden city gate, like paper paste, bombarded by cannonballs.

"This is the weapon of the Han army? It's so strong! ”

The eldest prince said in shock.

The second prince swallowed his saliva and said in a trembling voice, "Let's ...... Run! ”

The 400,000 army was almost wiped out by the Han army.

Their 40,000 people in Chigu City could not be the opponent of the Han army, not to mention that the city gate was broken before they could fight, so they could still fight like this?

Come on!

That's the only thing they have on their mind right now.

The princes simply gave up their defenses, turned around and fled to the north gate.

Yang Zhao saw that the city gate was blasted open, and those Wusun soldiers not only did not come to resist and defend, but also ran down from the city tower, looking like they were going to escape, and said with a smile: "Is this the plan of the Wusun people to abandon the city and escape?" ”

Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "400,000 people, not our opponents, the rest of the Wusun people, must know that they can't beat us, except to escape, there is no second way to go, they can't fight with us, stay and die, right?" ”

Yang Zhao said: "Kong Ming is right, Guorang and Zilong, you take the cavalry to intercept, Peping takes 10,000 infantry, follow the cavalry, don't let the Wusun people escape, let's go into the city!" ”

Light and heavy cavalry were the first to come out.

The 10,000 infantry led by Gao Shun, followed by the cavalry, attacked the rear of Chigu Castle and intercepted and killed those princes.

Yang Zhao personally led the troops into the city.

Inside and outside the city gates, there was not even a single Wusun soldier who resisted.

In Chigu City, those Wusun people looked at Yang Zhao and them who entered the city in fear, for fear that these powerful Han people would directly slaughter the city.

Yang Zhao did not slaughter the city, and beckoned back.

When Dayan saw it, he immediately understood, and came over and said, "Please ask Duke Qi to command." ”

Yang Zhao said: "You lead you Gumo people to control Chigu City, not all of you people in the Western Regions can speak the language of our Han people, you control it, it is convenient to communicate with them, and then tell me when you are ready." ”

Being entrusted with a heavy responsibility, Dayan said excitedly: "No problem! ”

After that, he took someone to arrange.

Yang Zhao continued to go deeper into Chigu City, and soon he could see that the city gate on the north side was opened, and the people who should have escaped had already run through the city gate, and there were also the sound of horses' hooves and rushing outside the city gate.

It should have started a fight.

Yang Zhao ignored the battle outside and went to Wusun's palace.

"Duke Qi, we have captured a prince and more than a dozen palace maids."

Dayan soon came back and said, "They haven't had time to run away yet. ”

Yang Zhao nodded and said, "Bring it and take a look." ”

Soon, that prince was brought to Yang Zhao.

It's not that he didn't have time to escape, but he has long been marginalized by other princes, he has no real power in his hands, let alone private soldiers, and his personality is relatively cowardly, no one takes him to run, and he doesn't dare to escape by himself, so he simply hides in the palace with the palace maid.

"What do you call it?"

When Yang Zhao saw this prince, he squatted at the base of the wall in fear and asked casually.

The prince could understand the language of the Great Han, and when he heard this, he responded in fear: "I am Lan Xiu, the fifth prince of Wusun!" ”

Yang Zhao said: "Take him down, settle him first, and then hand over the Wusun to Lan Xiu for management." ”

The scope of the Western Regions is so large, after taking it down, it is difficult for a Changshi Mansion to control it all.

This requires controlling a certain person from the Western Regions and using him to govern the Western Regions.

That fifth prince Lan Xiu is a good candidate, and his personality is relatively timid, which will be convenient for them to handle in the future.

Lan Xiu let out a long sigh when he heard that he didn't have to die, and was then taken away by Dayan.

Yang Zhao looked at this palace, and asked people to take away valuable things, food and other materials, and replenish them to their army, at this time, Chigu City was basically under their control, and as for the princes who escaped, it was not worth mentioning.

The Xuanjia elite cavalry led by Tian Yu first came to the north gate.

As soon as he arrived here, he saw those princes and fled with his troops.

The Xuanjia Elite Cavalry rushed to intercept and kill first, firing and firing crossbow arrows.

Just one charge kills the enemy in a mess.

Next, the heavy cavalry led by Zhao Yun also killed and rushed in to kill indiscriminately.

After the light and heavy cavalry rushed and killed two rounds, the 10,000 infantry led by Gao Shun followed, and they cooperated with each other, these remnants of the soldiers who escaped could not be opponents, and several princes were quickly killed by Zhao Yun and them.

The soldiers who fled were directly routed by them.

Of course, there were also many Wusun soldiers who threw down their weapons and wanted to surrender, but they were controlled and brought back to Akaya Castle.

"Surrendered soldiers, hand them over to Dayan."

Yang Zhao instructed: "Let's camp in Chigu City first, have a good rest, and then go to attack Kangju." ”

Come here, if they don't kill the hidden danger of Kangju by the way, they don't want to go back.

What's more, Kangju is not a good thing, if you dare to fight Liangzhou, you need to bear the wrath of the Han.

It's just that the distance of Kangju is farther, and it is not very easy to attack the past, you need to have enough preparations, and the grain and grass are also used similarly, so you can collect grain and grass to supplement the army within the Western Regions before you can fight again.