Liu Min is just a young man. As a commander, he is not too old, but his experience in marching and fighting is extremely rich. After all, his first battle was to participate in the Kaibao Northern Expedition, and he personally experienced the arduous and soul-stirring Mobei.
expedition.
During his fifteen years of military career, he had already developed a calm mind and a firm will. In the face of difficulties, he always remained calm, like a mountain, unmoving, and led the Han army to actively deal with the Black Khans.
Even at the most critical moment, he did not even frown. Although the morale of the expeditionary army against the Han Dynasty declined, the commander-in-chief noticed the performance and followed Liu Min. Of course, the soldiers at the bottom were blindly following the herd.
They had to believe that King Wei could lead them through the difficulties, but the senior generals knew clearly where Liu Min's confidence lay.
Before the war, generals such as Liu Min and Yang Yanzhao had made sufficient preparations. Considering that the Tianshan Mountains were difficult to cross and the roads were complicated, attacking from south to north would be too difficult. Even if they could fight all the way to the capital of the Black Khanate, the losses would be unpredictable.
Therefore, Liu Min made two plans. He was the main force along the way and fought vigorously along the way, but it attracted the attention of the Black Khan people. Although he was the main attack, he also played a feint role.
In addition to Liu Min's army, another group of elite cavalry acted secretly, choosing to take the northern route, bypassing the main line of Tianshan Mountains, passing through Luntai and Zhangbao, and raided the Black Khanate.
To the north of Anxi, there is a large expanse of wasteland and desert. Although it is also blocked by the Tianshan Mountains, it is much smoother than the southern foothills. I have not chosen this road before, firstly because I am not familiar with it, and secondly because I have not launched a plan to destroy the country.
, and thirdly, this strategy, which can basically only be used once, requires a fatal blow.
This is a relatively bold strategy, and roundabout tactics are not uncommon, but to go around nearly two thousand miles like this and go deep into the enemy's territory is a pure military adventure.
Liu Min dared to think and do it, and even once planned to personally lead the partial army to take the northern route. However, he was dissuaded by generals such as Yang Yanzhao and Kang Baoyi. In Yang Yanzhao's words, he was the commander-in-chief of the army and could not abandon the army and leave, not to mention the frontal attack.
Attacking, traveling through mountains and rivers, breaking through barriers and erecting strongholds are equally dangerous, and even face greater difficulties. Liu Min is needed to lead the army to calm the morale of the army.
Of course, in fact, he did not want Liu Min to take too many risks. When the brothers Lao Si and Lao Liu fell into Mobei, Yang Yanzhao was very clear about the impact it had as a person who experienced it.
As for the northern division, it was naturally led by the deputy commander Yang Yanzhao. Yang Yanzhao was very talented and experienced in the matter of attacking from behind.
In the end, Yang Yanzhao selected 6,000 elite cavalry from the Anxi army, agreed on a time, and left Gaochang City later, turned around at Luntai, and headed west. Along the boundless desert and along the northern edge of the Tianshan Mountains, he rushed for thousands of miles.
, drove straight in to Alimari, the eastern border of Heihan.
Alimari is located in the lower reaches of the Yili River, in the northwest of the valley. It is a chokepoint and an important town on the Northern Silk Road. Perhaps in the past, the Han Dynasty never expressed its ambitions for this place, nor did it have any intention to go north. Therefore,
For the arrival of Yang Yanzhao's army, the defenders were unprepared.
Even the exhausted troops after a long march successfully broke through the barrier without any rest and charged with just one charge, easily taking the key to the east gate of Alimari, the Black Khanate.
Afterwards, after a short rest to regain energy and strength, replenish drinking water, and collect food and grass, Yang Yanzhao quickly moved his troops westward, aiming directly at Yiji Wugu, Dayi, east of Heihan. There was also no suspense. Yiji Wugu garrison
Although there was no shortage of tenacious resisters, due to insufficient troops and a civil strife in the city after the Han army approached the city, the city was declared defeated in less than half a month.
The main focus of the Black Khan's country is on the main force of the Han army in the south, and the same is true for the most elite military forces. The strength in the northeastern region is naturally weak. The number of Yang Yanzhao's troops is still small, but they are all elite Han troops with good combat power.
It was not something that the local Black Khan garrison could resist.
Unlike Liu Min's army in the south, which struggled all the way and faced the main force of the Black Khan, Yang Yanzhao's army, although they traveled thousands of miles, had a hard journey, and encountered some accidents and risks, overall, it went very smoothly.
After all, the opponents we face are different. However, traveling far into the desert and going deep into enemy territory means death and danger, and requires great courage and determination.
At the same time, on the North Road, Yang Yanzhao also achieved the goal of supporting war with war. Unlike the imaginary desert and barren land, there were many towns and pastures along the way. Although they were not as rich as the Han Dynasty, there was no shortage of products.
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Most of the people living in the northeastern part of the Black Khan were surrendered Tuqishi nomadic tribes. They accepted the rule of the Black Khan and paid tribute and participated in the expedition. In the early years, with the expansion of the Black Khan, they also gained a lot of benefits.
In war there are always seizures.
However, in the process of marching eastward, the Black Khan's central court suffered heavy losses, and even more disastrous were the tribes in the north. Tribesmen were constantly recruited to fill the needs of the Eastern Expedition, and were consumed in wars with the Khitan and the Han Dynasty.
, let alone rewards, it is a luxury to hope to come back intact.
In the later stages, the situation became more serious. In fact, in recent years, Black Khan has been ruling these servant tribes with oppressive violence. The tribes have long been dissatisfied and even had several rebellions. Just because of lack of strength,
was suppressed.
But Black Khan's rule over the northeastern region was already shaky. The tribes who were cruelly ruled by Black Khan were already filled with anger. The arrival of the Han army completely unleashed it. The fall of Yiji Wugu City was
There is such a group of people who actively fight against the enemy, kill people and seize the city, and then eat pots of pulp to welcome the king's army.
The smooth progress of the North Route Army was completely beyond Yang Yanzhao's expectations, but he was naturally happy to do so. The war situation was raging. In order to coordinate Liu Min's army and share its pressure, he stopped briefly at Yiji Wugu City.
Then he led the newly recruited thousands of sudden cavalry and Shi troops and continued to march toward the southwest without stopping.
In fact, after the fall of Yiji Wugu City, Duba of the Black Khanate assassinated Gun and was exposed to the front of the Han army. The two places were only more than 400 miles apart, with only the Yili River in between as a barrier.
, it can be called a vast plain.
Countless battle cases have proven that to defend the river, one needs sufficient preparation and sufficient strength, both of which are not possessed by the current Black Khanate.
Therefore, the long Yili River failed to stop the Northern Route Army, which allowed them to easily break through and reach the Eight Assassins Killing Gun on the banks of the Suiye River. They recruited rebels along the way and when they attacked the enemy's capital, Yang Yanzhao's army was outnumbered.
The number decreased but increased, reaching more than 13,000 men. Because the elites all marched south to defend the enemy, the number of defenders who assassinated Gun was reduced to less than 2,000.
Relying on the victory of mountains and rivers, the Eight Assassinations of Gun still caused some trouble for the Han army's offensive, but in the empty enemy capital, in the face of absolute strength, all resistance was powerless, and in the end they could not escape the fall.
Due to the delay in news, the main force of the Black Khan was fighting with Liu Min's army on the southern front. When he learned that there were Han troops on the northern route and were advancing towards the Eighth Assassin Gun, Alimusa, the Great Khan of the Black Khan, was completely confused.
, and had to wake up from the dream of annihilating the Han army.
Forced by the urgent situation at the rear, he had to give up the victory and hurriedly retreat westward. The reaction of the Black Khans naturally attracted the attention of the Han army. In order to avoid falling into the enemy's trick, Liu Min did not rush to pursue him at first. However, after several
After a tentative pursuit, the situation was finally determined.
After making his judgment, Liu Min was not polite and began to use all his strength to pursue. The offensive and defensive forces between the two parties were once again different. But this time, the Black Khans were in even more embarrassment, and the result was even more disastrous.
Under the entanglement of the Han army, the Black Khan army persisted for more than half a month. When they retreated to the small town of Jile, which was eight hundred miles away from Assassin Gun, news of the fall of the capital finally came, and the Black Khan people finally could no longer hold on.
, fell into collapse.
After a devastating battle, most of the main force of the Black Khan was wiped out, and the Great Khan Alimusa also died in the battle.
