Attack the key points

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Attack the key points

Shule City is located on a plateau, roughly in the Kashgar region of later generations, and the terrain is quite dangerous.

Wang Hu's troops, who were the main siege force, had not yet arrived, and the Han army did not have sufficient siege equipment.

Zhang Yue ordered the Han army to conduct a tentative attack.

Looking at the battle ahead, Zhang Yue frowned.

It was winter at this time, and the Kangju people poured water all around Shule City, so the ground was quite slippery...

Although the Han army's crossbows caused huge casualties to the Kangju coalition forces defending the city, they were unable to get close to the city wall.

"Retreat and return to camp!" Zhang Yue quickly ordered the retreat.

Seeing that the Han army began to return to camp, King Kangju could not help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although the Han army just feigned an attack, they also dispatched nearly a thousand crossbowmen.

Three waves of arrows from the three armies actually caused nearly 200 casualties to the coalition forces.

Although the Kangju people also fought back, they hardly caused any casualties to the Han army due to the poor bows and arrows they used.

Such a battle loss ratio made everyone in the Kangju coalition take a breath of cold air.

Especially King Kang Ju. Kang Ju has been preparing for this battle since twelve years ago.

He was confident that Kangju's troops would never be weaker than the Xiongnu.

But when he actually faced the main force of the Han army, he discovered that there was still a huge gap between his army and the Han army.

The Han army's armor and powerful arrow array, which were considered gorgeous in this era, put great pressure on the coalition forces.

Since the Han army entered the Western Regions, only the king of Dayuanyu City had a record of defeating the Han army relying on the strong city.

However, the Han army defeated by King Yucheng was not a regular Han army, but just a miscellaneous army composed of seven subjects.

Such a victory was just a tragic victory, and his own losses were no less than those of the Han army.

When facing the returning Han army, they were also defeated in a single battle, and King Yucheng himself lost his life.

"Your Majesty, our army should be on heightened alert!"

The frightened King of Dayuan couldn't help but become melancholy after seeing the strength of the Han army.

At this time, King Amancai asked, "King of Dayuan, was it these Han troops who forced Dayuan to surrender?"

King Dawan shook his head when he heard this and said, "The Han army that attacked Dawan in the past was far worse than what we see today..."

At this time, King Kangju asked Mahamu beside him, "Mahamu, do you know the situation of the Han army?"

Mahamu said, "Your Majesty, the Han army that we encountered in Kangju and Dawan in the past was not the real Han army. It was just a garrison composed of sinners from the Han Kingdom... Today's Han army is the real Han army.

Military elite, the two are not the same..."

King Kangju was silent when he heard this, but turned around and walked down the city wall.

Although King Kangju left, he did not forget to strengthen the city defense.

In order to strengthen the city's defense, King Kangju ordered the demolition of the houses of the people in the city. All the materials obtained were transported to the top of the city and used as thunder stones and rolling wood for defense.

King Kang Ju, who had seen the power of the Han army's arrow array, now placed all his hopes on the strategic location of Shule City.

Although Shule City is not high, it is on a high ground. Thundering stones and rolling logs are the best weapons to defend the city in King Kangju's opinion.

At this time, King Kangju couldn't help but feel lucky that he did not rush into a field battle with the Han army.

At this time, he no longer expected to defeat the Han army, but only hoped to block the Han army's front and then negotiate with the Han army.

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"How do you think this battle should be conducted?"

In the Han army camp, Zhang Yue was also organizing everyone to discuss.

"Your Majesty, I think that if you want to defeat Shule, you must first defeat the camp in the west of the city!" Ma Han spoke first.

Zhao Yi also agreed at this time, "Shule City is too dangerous. It is difficult to launch an attack on Shule City without breaking through the camp in the west of the city..."

Zhang Yue thought for a while and said, "What you all said is true. It's just that his camp in the west of the city and Shule City are at the horns of each other... If I attack his camp, I will be attacked from behind..."

At this time, everyone in the camp was lost in thought.

For a while, no one had any good ideas.

At this time Yang You suggested, "Why not lure him out of the city?"

Zhao Yi shook his head and said, "King Kang Ju is not a fool. How difficult it is to lure him out of the city..."

Zhang Yue was thoughtful at this time.

After a while, he said to everyone, "Although we can't lure him out of the city, we can force him out of the city!"

Zhao Yi and others asked in confusion, "How to force him to leave the city?"

Zhang Yue then led everyone to a huge sand table.

"Gentlemen, please see, this is Shule City, this is the west camp of Kangju City..."

"Kangju people are based on this dangerous place. If I attack by force, I can't do it without killing thousands of people, so attacking the city is the next strategy..."

Having said this, Zhang Yue couldn't help but feel his mouth was a little dry, so he stopped and took a sip of water.

"The Lord's intention is to find its weak points and attack them!" Yang You was the first to react.

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Not bad!"

Zhao Yi looked at the sand table at this time and underestimated, "Attack its weak point..."

Zhang Yue didn't speak anymore at this time.

After a long time, Zhao Yi's eyes suddenly lit up and he blurted out, "Wu Jicheng!"

Zhang Yue smiled with satisfaction and said, "Yes, Wuji City should be the key to the Kangju people!"

Yang You also admired him at this time and said, "You are a wise king. Although Wuji City is a small city, it is the main road between Shule and Dawan. If you can capture this city, you can approach Ershi City in the west..."

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In Shule City, King Dayuan always felt uneasy.

He couldn't help but get up and go to the outer room. On the wall of the outer room was a map of Shule and Dawan.

King Dayuan slowly walked to the map and looked at it carefully.

"I don't know when I can return to Dawan..." He couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

At this time, he already regretted following Kang Ju in sending troops.

Because he missed his hometown, he couldn't help but turn his attention to Dawan.

Just then he suddenly saw a name - Wuji City!

"After Wuji City, you will reach Dawan..."

At this moment, the King of Dayuan suddenly came closer to the map, "Wu Ji"

"If the Han army occupied Wuji City, wouldn't the soldiers of this Eastern Expedition die without a burial place?"

Thinking of this, King Dayuan could no longer sit still and immediately led his people to find King Kangju.

At this time, King Kangju had fallen asleep. When King Dayuan came to the place where King Kangju was temporarily staying, he was stopped by King Kangju's guards.

King Dawan tried to persuade him, but the leader of the guards was still unwilling to let King Dawan in.

King Dawan couldn't help but said angrily, "If I don't go in, you will send a message and tell me that I have an urgent military situation..."

The leader of the guards shook his head and said, "Your Majesty is already asleep, how dare your servants disturb you..."

King Dawan said, "If I miss something big, can you afford it?"

The leader of the guards hesitated for a long time after hearing this, and finally went to report to King Kang Ju.

After King Kangju was awakened, he had the leader of the guards whipped without any explanation, and then slowly got up to meet King Dayuan.

"King Dayuan, it's so late, why do you want to see me?"

King Kangju asked dissatisfiedly

The flustered King Dayuan did not notice the dissatisfaction on King Kangju's face.

"Your Majesty, I'm afraid that the Han army will attack Wuji City..."

King Kangju was stunned, "Wuji City?"

King Kangju, who had just gotten up, did not even remember where Wuji City was for a while.

King Dayuan walked to the front of the map and said, "Your Majesty, this is Wuji. If the Han army takes over this city, we may die without a burial place..."
Chapter completed!