Seeking Death

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Seeking Death

After the Han army defeated the Xiongnu cavalry, they did not continue the pursuit.

"Second and third sons, reorganize the formation..."

Under the command of Zhao Yi, the Han cavalry

Regrouped quickly.

The hearty victory just now greatly boosted the morale of the Han army.

But just when the Huns thought that the Han army would continue to fight with them.

Instead of continuing to confront the Huns, Zhao Yi led his cavalry back slowly.

It turned out that at this time, Han army scouts had already sent word that the forward troops of King Youxian had arrived twenty miles away.

King You Aoqian naturally also received the news that King You Xian was about to arrive at this time.

But for some unknown reason, King Youxian did not issue a new order.

"My lord, what should we do? Continue the attack?"

A Qianqi Commander asked hesitantly.

Right now King Aogan's face was full of anger.

He looked at the inquiring Qianqi Commander with an unkind expression, and then asked the person on the side.

"How much has our army lost?"

The Hun nobleman in question said cautiously, "The number of warriors killed in the battle should be three to four hundred...and twice as many as those injured!"

King You Aoqian nodded, "So, this king no longer has a thousand cavalry?"

At this time, no one around him dared to speak.

King You Aoqian looked around and said, "How much did the Han army lose?"

"I'm afraid there are less than a hundred people!"

"hehe"

King You Aoqian sneered, "I lost a thousand cavalry, but the Han army lost less than a hundred...how to fight with it..."

At this time, the Qianqi Commander who first asked the question looked ashamed and said, "But we just let the Han army leave like this, and King Youxian started to question..."

King Youaogan sneered, "So what, all the warriors in the tribe are dead... We will also die without a burial place..."

After listening to the words of King You Aoqiang, everyone on the left and right felt deeply convinced.

Zhao Yi originally thought that after he retreated, King You Aoqiang would continue to follow up, but he didn't expect that after he retreated five or six miles, the Huns still didn't respond.

"The scouts will immediately explore the surrounding areas..."

Zhao Yi ordered all the scouts to immediately expand the scope of investigation.

"Someone is here to send a message to the Lord..."

At the same time, he also reported the latest situation to Zhang Yue.

After receiving the information from Zhao Yi, Zhang Yue thought about it for a moment and already understood what King You Aoqian was thinking.

"Tell Zhao Yi, don't worry, continue to retreat..."

After Zhao Yi received Zhang Yue's order, he no longer hesitated and immediately accelerated his retreat.

"The King's Han army has retreated quickly..."

After receiving the information from the scouts, King Youaogan also issued an order to retreat.

"Immediately send a message to King Youxian that our troops met with the Han army...the two sides fought fiercely for half a day without deciding the outcome...due to heavy casualties...our troops are now retreating...to wait for the king's troops!"

At this time, King Youxian's main force was actually less than twenty miles away from the battle site.

If King You Aoqian dared to sacrifice and take the initiative to attack, although it would not threaten the main force led by Zhang Yue, it would still be no problem to hold Zhao Yi back and eat his entire army.

King You Xian originally thought that King You Aoqian would definitely understand what he meant and try his best to hold back the Han army.

Unexpectedly, what was waiting for him was the news that King Youaoqiang had withdrawn his troops.

After receiving the message from King Youaogan, King Youxian couldn't help being furious.

He immediately ordered to speed up the march, but when he caught up with him.

The Han army had retreated to the Tianshan Pass. King Youxian tentatively attacked twice, and finally had no choice but to retreat.

After King Youxian returned to the royal court, the Han army also retreated to Wucheng under the command of Zhang Yue.

The Han-Hungarian war has come to an end for the time being, but another war is about to break out.

…

King Kangju had also been waiting and watching after reaching an agreement with the Huns.

The Huns' child servant captain twice sent people to urge King Kangju to send troops, but King Kangju saw that there was no war between the Han and Huns, so he found excuses to delay.

However, Kangju people are not idle either. In the past year, Kangju is still expanding.

The Sai tribes between Kangju and Dayuezhi have now been completely conquered by Kangju.

Dayuan Kingdom also gradually became a vassal of the Kangju people.

When the news that the Han army sent troops to attack the Xiongnu in the Western Regions reached Kangju, King Kangju finally couldn't help but take action.

In June of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, King Kangju gathered 20,000 elite cavalry and 30,000 cavalry recruited from the tribes of Yancai, Yan State and Zhusai people who had surrendered to Kangju. A total of 50,000 cavalry entered the territory of Dayuan Kingdom.

Under King Kangju's "powerful" persuasion, King Dawan had no choice but to send domestic elites to fight with Kangju.

In July of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, the allied forces of Kangju and Dawan secretly crossed the Pamir and prepared to attack the countries in the Western Regions.

King Kangju's intention was to capture Shule and Yarkand first.

Later, these two countries took over the western countries of the Western Region, and finally divided the Western Region with the Han Dynasty with Wensu as the border.

…

A large flock of birds flew up in panic from the mountains and forests where they lived, and swarmed through the setting sun in the west.

After the noisy birdsong died away, everything became silent again.

The mountain wind whirling from the Pamir passes through the wilderness of Bolechuan like a knife blade, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.

In the majestic mountains and ridges, the howls of wolves on the hunt undulate.

But such a beautiful picture was soon shattered.

At some point, groups of soldiers and horses appeared from the horizon.

The cavalry galloped in formation, kicking up billowing smoke, and the rumble of horses' hooves was mixed with the clang of swords.

In the mist sprayed by many war horses, countless weathered faces loomed.

Behind the cavalry were neat infantry, whose heavy footsteps vibrated with the same beat of armor.

The sound was like the gradual muffled thunder in the distant mountains, rolling across the wilderness like a broken bamboo.

Looking at the dense crowd from a distance makes people feel like their scalp is numb.

No one spoke in the long line, and the cold light of the spears surged. This was obviously an elite army.

The raging mountain wind stirred up the dust at the feet of the troops, and steam filled the bodies of the soldiers.

Judging from the fluttering military flag, it turned out to be a coalition army composed of Kangju and Dawan.

A horn sounded, and someone shouted -!"

"The troops are encamped!"

Following the commander's orders.

The soldiers quickly stopped and set up camp under the commander's order.

This is indeed an elite division, just before the last ray of sunset falls behind the continuous mountains.

A series of tents has appeared on the ground.

Judging from the number of camps, the number of this army should be no less than three thousand.

The evening wind in the Western Region was icy cold, and thousands of flags fluttered in the cold wind, scattering the rising smoke in the military camp.

Beside the warm campfire, groups of soldiers were sitting around, their armor still intact, their loyal horses snorting, pawing their hooves impatiently, and hurriedly chewing the grass in their mouths.

This is a large army formed by King Kangju who exhausted his national strength.

A hundred miles behind them, King Kangju personally commanded the army.

Although the army suffered heavy losses when crossing the Pamir, the coalition strength at this time was still as high as 60,000.

This is a mixed army of infantry and cavalry. The cavalry is mainly composed of Kangju people, while the infantry is mainly composed of Dawan people.
To be continued...