Chapter 259 Divine soldiers descend from heaven

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 259 Divine soldiers descend from heaven

King Kangju was shocked at first, then shook his head and said, "King Dayuan is overly worried. How dare the Han army attack Wuji City at this season..."

King Kangju pointed to the snow on the mountain in the distance and said, "If the Han army dares to go to Wuji City at this time, the weather will kill the Han army!"

King Dayuan couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. King Kangju was right, Wuji City is located on a plateau, and it is winter at this time. The severe winter is Wuji City's strongest strength.

Unfortunately, many times, things that everyone thinks are impossible happen.

On October 28 of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Wang Hu of the Han army arrived in Shule along with eight thousand officials led by Geng Shu.

Also arriving with them were 30,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes prepared by Cai Ting.

"Hahaha... If we can win this battle, Cai Ting should take the lead..."

Zhang Yue couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw the 30,000 sets of cotton-padded clothes shipped by Cai Ting.

On November 2, the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Yue appointed Geng Shu as the commander-in-chief of the Shule Han army.

The next day, he personally led an army of 12,000 people and 30,000 war horses. He carried a large amount of dry food and bypassed the Kangju people's defense line towards Wuji City.

Accompanying him were Ma Han, Zhang Zhan and others!

It is naturally impossible to completely conceal such a large-scale military mobilization.

On the second day after Zhang Yue set off, the people in Kangju already noticed something was wrong.

King Kangju hurriedly summoned everyone to discuss.

"Tan Ma came to report that about 10,000 Han troops left the camp yesterday. Where do you think the Han troops were aiming?"

King Kangju asked expressionlessly.

At this time, Stohel also ventured back to Shule City from the camp in the west of the city.

Hearing this, he asked, "Your Majesty, does your Majesty have any news about General Kalmar?"

King Kangju frowned and said, "I recently came to report that Kalmar was fighting fiercely with the Han army Zhao Guanghan and other troops in Shache City!"

Stohel fell into deep thought after hearing this.

King Amancai, who was sitting next to him, asked, "Does the Han army want to encircle and annihilate General Kalmar first..."

Intelligence officer Mahamu said, "I'm afraid that's not the case. If the Han army wants to destroy General Kalmar, they don't need to increase their troops..."

Although King Kangju was reluctant, he had to admit that Mahamu was right.

The defeat of Kalmar is only a matter of time, and there is really no need for the Han army to increase its troops in Yarkand.

King Dayuan stood up at this time and asked, "Did the Han army really go to Wuji City?"

Stohel jumped up when he heard this.

He looked horrified and said, "Wu Jicheng!"

Stocher didn't care about being rude and threw himself down on the map.

He was still chanting, "Wuji City...Wuji City..."

King Kangju did not expect that Stohel would have such a big reaction when he heard about Wu Jicheng.

King Amcai and King Yan couldn't help but look at each other.

After a while, Stohel turned his head with a pale face.

"Your Majesty, the Han army must be heading towards Wuji City!"

King Kang Ju said, "In such weather, the Han army really dared to take risks!"

Mahamu said at this time, "The Han army has a kind of cold-proof thing called cotton clothes, which is said to be effective in resisting the severe cold..."

King Kangju heard this and said angrily, "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Mahamu smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty's last servant has already sent someone to report..."

King Kang Ju then remembered it, but he would not admit it, "Didn't you report that the Han army used cotton to make armor?"

Mahamu did not dare to argue after hearing this, so he knelt down and confessed.

At this time, the King of Dayuan had already regretted it. If Wu was to fall, the Han army might invade Dayuan again.

The last time Dawan used the head of the former king to get the Han army to retreat, what price will Dawan pay this time?

Thinking of this, King Dayuan shouted regardless of his dignity, "Send troops to rescue immediately..."

Different from what King Dawan thought, Stocher's first thought was that the fall of Wuji City would cut off the coalition's retreat.

General Stohel said, "Your Majesty, King Dawan is right, he must send troops to rescue immediately!"

King Kangju heard this and said, "Is it still too late?"

General Stocher said, "In order to avoid being discovered, the Han army should go to Wuji City through...this road..."

"Our army does not have to do this... we can go directly to Wuji along the Shule River... Although our army sets off one day later, the distance is nearly a hundred and forty miles..."

King Kangju couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. He turned to everyone and said, "I wonder who is willing to lead the troops to rescue Wujicheng?"

Upon hearing this, the King of Dayuan immediately said, "The little king is willing to lead the troops of Dayuan to rescue Wuji!"

King Kangju thought for a moment, "Then King Dayuan will lead five thousand soldiers and horses to rescue Wuji!"

King Dawan said, "Five thousand? There are ten thousand Han soldiers!"

Stohel explained on the side, "There were originally a thousand defenders in Wuji City, and five thousand reinforcements are enough!"

King Kangju also said, "The current army can only squeeze out enough things to keep out the cold for five thousand people..."

King Dayuan didn't speak when he heard this. Wuji City was a small city after all. In fact, no matter how many soldiers there were, they couldn't accommodate them.

Because it was getting late that day, King Dayuan did not immediately send troops. After dawn the next day, he led the reinforcements to Wuji City.

However, not all the soldiers he led were Dawan soldiers.

In fact, there were only more than 2,000 Dawan soldiers, and the rest were Kangju cavalry. Obviously King Kangju did not trust King Dawan.

Although the King of Dayuan was dissatisfied, he had nothing to do.

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On the other hand, Zhang Yue's advance was much faster than the Kangju people thought.

Zhang Yue's army this time was to learn from the Mongols.

The speed of the Mongols' advance can be regarded as the fastest in the cold weapon era.

They can move quickly because they have no baggage and only horses accompany the soldiers.

Each soldier was assigned three to four horses. On the way, they milked the animals to quench their thirst, slaughtered them for food, or provided for themselves by hunting and robbing.

An ordinary Mongolian cavalry can march for ten consecutive days without stopping to light a fire to cook, thirsty for horse blood, and each person carries 10 kilograms of dried milk balls with him, and his daily food is one kilogram of dried milk balls.

Some people think that Mongolian soldiers never light fires to cook, which is nonsense.

They only light fires and cook at dusk, when the sky and the earth are the same color, so that the surrounding environment can hide their smoke. Of course, this is rarely the case.

In most cases, they feed on dried milk balls and dried meat.

Naturally, the Han army could not do this, but the Han army in the Western Regions had better military rations.

That is pot helmets and naan. This time Zhang Yue equipped each soldier with two sets of cotton-padded clothes and forty kilograms (Hanjin) of dry food mixed with sugar and oil.

There was no fire for cooking along the way, which saved a lot of time. In addition, the Han army also had a large number of sleds.

When the Han army arrived at Wuji City, the warning messenger from the Kangju people had not yet arrived.

When the defenders of Wuji City saw the Han army approaching the city, they mistakenly thought it was the Kangju Allied Forces who came to transport food.

After Zhang Zhan discovered that the defenders in the city were defenseless, he immediately ordered an attack.

When the defenders realized something was wrong, the Han cavalry had already rushed to the city gate.

"Second and Third Son, this is the time to kill the enemy and make a meritorious service...kill..."

Zhang Zhan shouted and was the first to rush into the city.

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