The army presses the territory

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

The army presses the territory

Liu Yi, who was in Dingxi Barrier, was staring at the map in front of him with a melancholy expression.

"Ming Gong is worried about Sanhe Fort?"

Liu Yi shook his head, "Three Rivers Fort has plenty of troops and good food, and the walls are high and strong. I'm not worried... I'm worried about Shache City!"

Everyone who heard about it said, "Shache City has less than a thousand soldiers. If the Kangju Allied Army comes to the city, it will be really difficult to resist..."

…

In the Yarkand Palace, the Kingdom of Yarkand was waiting anxiously. About half a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Qian, the Marquis of the Fu Kingdom of Yarkand, finally entered the palace.

Because of Zhang Yue's relationship, the royal family of Shache Kingdom was changed to the Zhang family after the Sinicization reform.

"Why is Uncle Wang here? Is Marquis Liu Jun of the Han army willing to send troops?"

Shacheguo couldn't wait to ask.

Zhang Qian shook his head and said, "Liu Jun Hou said that the target of Kangju should be Shache City, and attacking Juqu is just a tactic to divert the tiger away from the mountain, so he is unwilling to send troops to Juqu..."

Upon hearing this, Shache Kingdom sighed, "But now Juqu is in danger. If Juqu falls, how can I explain it to all the nobles..."

Zhang Qian heard this but hesitated to speak.

King Shache asked, "Uncle Wang, what do you have to say, but it doesn't matter!"

Zhang Qian then said, "Your Highness, I think what Liu Junhou said is reasonable..."

Shacheguo's expression changed, "Uncle Wang means to give up the old city of Juqu?"

Zhang Qian said, "Yes, the old city of Juqu is easy to attack and difficult to defend. Even if all the troops from Yarkand are thrown in, it will be difficult to defend. It is better to fortify the walls and clear the field, retreat to Yarkand and wait for the soldiers of the Han Dynasty and other countries..."

"Your Highness, you must not do this!" At this moment a voice sounded.

When King Shache saw it, it was his younger brother Zuo Duwei Zhang Zheng who broke in.

The younger brother of King Yarkand is also a figure whose name is recorded in history. His real name is Hutu Zheng.

The royal family of Yarkand changed its name to Zhang Hui after changing its Chinese character.

Historically, King Yarkand never had a son. When he was old, he fell in love with Princess Jieyou's son Wannian.

Moreover, at this time, the Han army had united with Wusun to defeat the Xiongnu.

The Kangju people were also defeated by the iron hoofs of the Wusun cavalry. Wusun was already the largest country in the Western Regions.

Therefore, King Yarkand wanted Wan Nian to be his heir.

When King Shache died, Wannian was in Chang'an.

The people of Yarkand wanted to rely on the big tree of Han and win the favor of Wusun. So they wrote to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and asked Wan Nian to be the king of Yarkand.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, King Yarkand exiled his younger brother Hutuzheng before his death.

After obtaining the consent of Princess Jieyou and Weng Guimi, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty agreed to the request of the Yarkand people and sent an envoy Xi Chongguo to send Wannian to Yarkand.

The reason why Wannian was invited to be King of Yarkand was not because of how good he was, but because of his distinguished status as the son of Prince Wusun and Princess Han.

After he ascended to the high position of King of Yarkand, his gentle and courteous appearance as a prince suddenly disappeared.

The extravagant and violent nature in his heart was fully revealed, and under the instigation of absolute power, he quickly returned to the inertia of sensual indulgence.

Covetously enjoying the unprecedented freedom brought by the profession of king, Qiu Ma is frivolous, wanton in pursuit of pleasure, stubborn in his own opinions, and domineering.

Play with ostentation, display extravagance, and display everything in my royal style.

But the Western Region is not the Central Plains. Since the Shache people can invite outsiders to become kings, they have every reason to oust the king who has proven to be incompetent.

In the first year of Yuankang (65 BC), Hutu Zheng, who was in exile, sneaked back to Shache City after gaining the support of domestic nobles, killed Wannian and the Han envoy Xi Chongguo, proclaimed himself king, and united with neighboring countries to betray

Han Dynasty.

"Brother Wang, do you have any doubts?"

Shacheguo frowned and asked.

Zhang Hui bowed respectfully and said, "Your Highness, Juqu is my Shache ancestral land, how can I abandon it and ignore it... I am willing to go to town!"

Zhang Qian on the side was confused at first, but after hearing this, he suddenly realized.

This emblem is intended to use this war to speculate and become a noble with real power.

King Shache is now in the prime of life. Although his character is a bit cowardly, he is not a fool. How could he not see Zhang Hui's ambition.

"Young brother, how can you know the dangers of the battlefield... To ensure that everything is safe, you should lead the royal family to stay away from the platform..."

King Shache, who saw through Zhang Hui's thoughts, not only did not agree to Zhang Hui's request, but instead asked him to take the royal family and nobles to retreat to Luntai.

"Your Highness..."

Zhang Hui also wanted to say something.

At this time, he was interrupted by Zhang Qian.

"Captain Zuo, it is equally important to protect our royal family in Shache now..."

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On the other side, Kang Ju's troops who detoured to attack Yarkand were getting closer and closer to Sanhe Fort.

In the hills about seventeen or eight miles west of Sanhe Fort, an exhausted army is marching in the direction of Sanhe Fort.

They were the vanguard of Kang Ju's army who was preparing to attack Yarkand City.

Worried that the Kangju people would take a detour to attack, Wu Zheng and Su Fei had stepped up their exploration of the hills these days.

Sometimes Wu Zheng and Su Fei would take turns personally leading the scouts on patrols.

It was Wu Zheng who led the patrol today. From a distance, he noticed noises coming from the woods.

As soon as he heard the sound, he felt something was wrong. Behind these hills was a desolate mountain. Under normal circumstances, no large groups of people would enter this place.

"This is the arrival of the Kangju people!" Wu Zheng immediately made a judgment.

In order to find out the situation clearly, he sent two of his subordinates to return to the fort to report the news, while he took the remaining scouts and quietly entered the hills using the cover of shrubs.

He had to figure out the number and equipment of the Kangju people so that the Han army could make corresponding countermeasures.

Perhaps the Kangju people were tired because they had just crossed the desert, so their vigilance was much lower than usual.

Under their carelessness, Wu Zheng easily found out the number and equipment of Kangju's army.

The total number of this Kangju coalition army is around 500, with more than 600 horses.

"This should be the vanguard of the Kangju people," Wu Zheng thought to himself.

This kind of strength can be said to be very powerful. Many small countries in the Western Region do not have so many young people.

And judging from their actions, they also have considerable training, and their combat effectiveness should be no less than that of the Huns.

After Wu Zheng inquired about the situation, he used the cover of the bushes to successfully return to where the horses were.

Everything was going smoothly, but then something unexpected happened.

A soldier accidentally disturbed the war horse, and the neighing of the war horse suddenly alarmed the people of Kangju.

Wu Zheng cursed secretly: "Oops!"

Not caring about blaming his subordinates, he shouted: "Let's go!"

Then he jumped on the war horse and led everyone to fight towards the Three Rivers Fort.

Commander Kang Ju also reacted at this time and gave an order, and a group of men also rode in pursuit.

"Damn it!" How could there be anyone here? Commander Kang Ju spat.

At this time, he looked at the guide with dissatisfaction: "What's going on? Didn't you say that this place is absolutely hidden?"

The guide's heart tightened, and he looked at Kang Ju with fear and said: "General, please forgive me. I have been here many times, and I have never seen anyone else before..."
Chapter completed!