Chapter 204 Victory begins

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 204 Victory begins

In November of the first year of Zhenghe, Guo Kai was ordered to build Xihoujiang City in Wutu Valley.

Zhang Yue led his army back to Gushi City to escape the winter.

After King Youxian heard the news that the Han Dynasty was building a city in Wutu Valley, he immediately summoned all the small kings and nobles to discuss the matter.

"Your Majesty, we can't wait any longer. Once the Han people build it, I, the Huns, may never return to Shannan!"

"We should send troops as soon as possible!"

"Your Majesty, I would like to be the vanguard!"

"Your Majesty can't wait any longer!"

"Your Majesty, give the order, and all the tribes will accept your orders..."

Hearing that the Han army was actually building a city in Wutu Valley, all the small kings and nobles on the right side of the Xiongnu could not sit still and asked King Youxian to send troops in advance.

Once Xihoujiang City is built, it will be like a knife stabbing the Huns in the waist.

The strong defensive capabilities of the Han army made it difficult for the Huns to capture any heavily garrisoned city.

Faced with the requests of the small kings and nobles of various tribes, King Youxian naturally obeyed.

"In this way, all ministries immediately reorganized their troops and sent troops to Shannan in a month..."

In order to defeat the Han army in the Western Regions, King Youxian ignored the tradition of the grassland people not to send out large numbers of troops in winter and began to mobilize troops and horses.

King Youxian gave an order, and half of the Xiongnu Empire began to take action.

In just half a month, more than 30,000 cavalrymen from various ministries had been gathered.

Including King Youxian's royal court cavalry, a total of more than 50,000 cavalry have gathered under King Youxian's battle flag.

After the army gathered, King Youxian immediately formulated a plan to attack the Han army.

According to King Youxian's plan, the Huns army was divided into three parts.

One group crossed the Tianshan Mountains and occupied Duixu Valley, then attacked Yanqi southward with the goal of occupying the Han army's iron mines in Yanqi.

One group passed through the Bilu Kingdom and attacked the Ahe Land, with the goal of Gushi City in the country behind Cheshi.

The last route was led by King Youxian himself, and detoured westward from the Puchang Sea to attack Wutu Valley, with the goal of destroying the Xishoujiang City under construction.

The strategic intention of the Huns was to defeat the main force of the Han army in the Western Regions in one battle.

Drive the Han army back to the south of Jiaohe City in one fell swoop and restore the situation before the battle of Cheshi.

According to King Youxian's plan, the probability of success of this plan is still very high.

But the key still depends on the speed of action of both parties.

"The most critical thing in this battle is the Western Front. We must occupy the Tianshan Pass before the Han people!"

In order to ensure the success of the Western Front, King Youxian specially appointed General You as the commander, and he was assigned 10,000 elite members of the royal court who had been trained by Li Ling.

But such a major military plan cannot be completely kept secret.

After more than ten years of development, Qianniuwei is no longer what it used to be.

The tribes on the right side of the Xiongnu are already filled with members of the Qianniu Guard.

Some of these members were slaves from various Xiongnu tribes.

Some are craftsmen from various tribes of the Huns, and others are members of various small tribes that were annexed by the Huns.

Even some lost little nobles of the Huns secretly joined the Qianniu Guard.

Therefore, King Youxian's raid plan has just been formulated.

Someone leaked the news to Qianniuwei in advance.

Qianniuwei immediately sent the information to several cases involving Zhang Yue in Gushi City.

Zhang Yue received the intelligence from Qian Niuwei, and immediately summoned the officers from various departments to discuss and prepare to meet the Huns' army.

"Your Majesty, how should we respond?"

In Gushi City, the Han army was holding a military meeting. Although the Huns were pressing down on the territory, the Han army did not feel much nervous.

On the contrary, everyone is eager to try, and all the military princes and captains are thinking about whether they can take this battle to take a further step.

Even if you can't be granted the title of Marquis, it is still good to be the Marquis of Guannei.

Zhang Yue smiled calmly, "Although there are many Huns, they are not difficult to deal with..."

Han Jiang agreed, "On the Western Front, as long as a military officer is sent to guard the mountain pass, the Huns can do nothing..."

Cai Ting said, "That's true. The Huns on the middle line are not difficult to deal with, but the main force of King Youxian on the eastern front is difficult to deal with..."

After the two spoke, everyone else also gave their suggestions.

Zhang Yue did not speak at this time, but let everyone speak freely.

His purpose of doing this is naturally to cultivate more officers who can stand alone.

The Western Region is too vast, and the stage is big enough for everyone to perform to their heart's content.

After everyone had finished arguing, Zhang Yue asked everyone to quiet down and immediately began to issue combat orders.

"Pan Hong and Mahan'er immediately led a thousand cavalry and three thousand officers to Duixu Valley and guarded the mountain pass strictly... Is it possible?"

Pan Hong and Ma Han stood up and said, "Don't worry, sir, we will never let the barbarians go south alone..."

Zhang Yue nodded and continued, "Han Jiang'er will lead the infantry and cavalry with four thousand each to meet the enemy in the middle..."

After the order was issued, Zhang Yue asked, "Does Mr. Han need anything?"

Han Jiang thought for a moment and said, "Can the prince lend me a general?"

Zhang Yue said, "Who do you want?"

Han Jiangdao, "Han Ye!"

Zhang Yue thought for a moment and said, "Yes!"

Finally, Zhang Yue stood up and said, "The rest of you, please meet with King You Xian..."

After the military meeting ended, each branch quickly launched into action.

It was winter at this time, and the Han army had the convenience of sleds, so they naturally moved much faster than the Huns.

When the Xiongnu right general's 10,000 cavalry arrived at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

Pan Hong and Ma Han had already occupied the Tianshan Pass and established a stronghold.

If in other seasons, you may be able to find other mountain passes to cross the Tianshan Mountains secretly.

But now it is winter, and the Huns do not dare to do this at all.

The average altitude of the Tianshan Mountains is more than 4,000 meters. If the Huns dared to take a detour over the mountains during this season, more than half of them would die on the way.

The frustrated General Right, after trying to attack twice, had no choice but to set up camp in front of the mountain pass and wait for an opportunity.

The speed of the Han army in the middle was also much faster than that of the Huns.

The Huns had just crossed the Tianshan Mountains and arrived at Jiaoheyuan, and they were marching in an irregular way to the northern wilderness of Ahe Land.

The cavalry led by the Han army had been waiting there for a long time.

Before the Huns had time to set up their formation, the Han army launched a fierce attack.

Facing the sudden and fierce attack of the Han army, the Huns fled in all directions.

Unfortunately, the Han army did not have enough cavalry in this battle. Although they defeated the Huns, they did not inflict any damage on the Huns in the center line.

The failure of the Chinese and Western forces made King Youxian know that his plan to launch a surprise attack had failed.

At this time, news came that the Han troops from Dunhuang and Juyan were leaving the fortress.

After much deliberation, King Youxian finally chose to retreat.

This battle was the first contest between Zhang Yue, the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions, and King Youxian of the Xiongnu.

The Huns could be easily defeated in this battle, and intelligence played a key role.

If the information was not obtained in time and caught off guard, it would be difficult to imagine what the outcome of this battle would be like.

What happened after the battle also showed that King Youxian was indeed an opponent that should not be underestimated.

When the main force of the Han army retreated to Gushi City and began to celebrate.

However, King Youxian regrouped the young kings of various ministries as quickly as possible and formulated a new plan for a surprise attack...
Chapter completed!