Encirclement and reinforcements

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Encirclement and reinforcements

"Rao, I'm going to kill you!"

Muni yelled in despair.

At this time, the Han army had launched a full-scale attack on the coalition forces from east, west, north and west.

But at this time, Rao's troops, who were originally regarded as the last hope by the coalition forces, suddenly turned against them.

Rao's defection completely lost the opportunity for the coalition to make a comeback.

The army was defeated like a mountain, and the defeated soldiers were driven south like ducks by the Han army.

The defeated soldiers trampled each other and killed countless people.

Although there are no Han troops in the south, there is also no way to survive.

A huge river appeared in front of the defeated soldiers.

That is the Kabul River, and this season is when the river is at its most turbulent.

Some panicked soldiers jumped into the river hoping to swim across the river and escape the pursuit of the Han army.

But in the face of the rapid river water, only a few lucky people managed to escape with their lives.

The rest of the people just hastened their own death.

With no way forward and pursuers behind them, the only thing the defeated soldiers could do was to kneel down and pray for surrender.

We can only place our lives on the kindness of the Han army.

Of course, there are also some real warriors among them who are unwilling to surrender to the Han army and want to fight against the trapped beasts.

But the braver he is, the more miserable his death will be.

Muni was such a warrior. When he found there was no way to escape, he broke out.

"Warriors, attack with me!"

He took the lead in launching a counterattack against the pursuing Han army.

Unfortunately, there were not many soldiers following him, not even twenty.

His counterattack ended without even making a splash.

Ralph, who was not far away, sighed when he saw this, and finally gave the order to surrender.

But in fact, regardless of his orders, the soldiers had already begun to spontaneously surrender.

Ralph's order can only affect the dozens of guards who have been following him.

…

When the Han army launched a full-scale attack, two more Han armies also set off quietly.

Wu Zheng and Yuchi Lin led 3,000 cavalry, crossed the Kabul River, and quietly approached the country of Dounan.

The other group was a 4,000-strong army led by Zhang Huan and Yuchi Jia. Their goal was the important town of Jia Bichi City in the Gubin Kingdom.

…

When the Han army and the Western Tianzhu coalition fought on the banks of the Kabul River, Pan Zhiqiang's troops also attacked cities and plundered territory in the Gandhara area.

Gandhara is an ancient city-state that was founded in the sixth century BC.

Today Gandhara is also the most important dependent state of the Jibin Kingdom.

Nearly 40% of the financial revenue of the Jibin Kingdom comes from the Gandhara region.

Because of the obstruction of the Pamir Plateau, Pan Zhiqiang's troops did not carry large siege weapons.

Therefore, after crossing the Pamir Plateau and entering the Gandhara region.

Pan Zhiqiang did not directly attack Gandhara, which had strong city defenses and heavy military garrison.

Instead, we first conquered the small city-states around Gandhara.

In just half a month, Pan Zhiqiang successively captured Taxila and Flusha City.

After capturing these two cities, the Han army not only obtained a large amount of property, but also forcibly recruited more than 10,000 soldiers.

At this time, Pan Zhiqiang's troops not only did not decrease, but increased to more than 22,000.

After that, Pan Zhiqiang continued to attack Fugaluo City (Buse Jialavadi).

Fugaluo City is located between Xunxian City, the capital of Jibin Kingdom, and Gandhara City.

It is a very important hub city.

Once the Han army captures the city of Phokala, Gandhara will become a turtle in the urn.

Not only that, with Fujialuo City as a base, the Han army could also send troops to attack Xunxian City, the capital of Jibin, at any time.

However, after Pan Zhiqiang surrounded Fujialuo City, he did not immediately launch a siege.

"Captain, why haven't you launched a siege yet?"

Puzzled, Zhou Xin asked Pan Zhiqiang.

Pan Zhiqiang smiled and asked: "What is the task that the Lord has given me?"

Zhou Xin said without thinking: "Attack Gandhara!"

Pan Zhiqiang said: "Yes, the mission given to us by the Lord is to capture Gandhara."

"The city of Gandhara has many soldiers, but our army lacks siege weapons... If we attack by force, how many soldiers will be killed or injured?"

Zhou Xin silently calculated in his mind: "If we want to capture Gandhara City, we will need at least thousands of casualties!"

Pan Zhiqiang continued to ask: "Yes, with the current situation of our army, if we want to capture Gandhara, we will need at least thousands of casualties..."

"Although we have a large number of signing troops that can be used, the other key is time..."

At this time, Pan Zhiqiang turned to look at everyone and said, "Do you think we have enough time?"

Everyone shook their heads when they heard this.

Military Marquis Zhang Yang said: "If our army attacks Gandhara City, we may be surrounded by the Jibin people."

Pan Zhiqiang nodded and said: "Another key problem is that our logistics supplies can't keep up!"

At this time, the military lord Zheng Quan said: "Captain, why don't we surrender to the enemy for food?"

Pan Zhiqiang said: "Although Gandhara is a vassal state of Yibin, it is actually a descendant of the Dharabitha people..."

"Another purpose of this southern expedition is to establish a country of the Darabid people in the Khyber Pass area..."

Zhou Xin suddenly said at this time: "The captain and his subordinates understand that these Gandhara people will be the foundation of the future Dharabitha Kingdom..."

"These signed troops in our hands will be the foundation of the future Dharubida Kingdom... and also the precursor of the future Han Dynasty's southern expedition... Therefore, they cannot be abused..."

"The captain is not attacking now. I think it is to besiege the city and bring reinforcements!"

As Pan Zhiqiang listened, the smile on his face grew stronger and stronger.

"Yes, the city of Fuga is a strategic location. Once our army captures this place, Gandhara will become an isolated city..."

"Gandhara is a commercial city. It is a country based on commerce. Although it is rich, it also has a fatal weakness..."

Pan Zhiqiang paused, looked around at everyone, and then continued: "Gandhara's biggest weakness is its underdeveloped agriculture... Simply put, it's a lack of food..."

At this time, a military prince stood up and asked: "Gandhara is short of food, and our logistical supplies are equally difficult!"

Pan Zhiqiang laughed when he heard this and said: "Yes, but the Gandhara people don't know!"

…

Just as Pan Zhiqiang guessed, King Dharma Tuoye of Gandhara suddenly became anxious after learning that the Han army was besieging the city of Fuga.

On the one hand, he sent people to ask for support from King Jibin, and one of them was also preparing to send troops to rescue Fuqialuo City.

Although some people in Gandhara proposed to abandon the city of Fuga and stick to Gandhara to wait for King Jibin's rescue.

But after weighing the situation, the King of Gandhara did not dare to place all his hopes on Jibin.

After Pan Zhiqiang occupied Taxila and Flusha City, he did not actually block the connections between the various places.

Therefore, the news that the main force of the Han army marched southward and fought with the allied forces at the Kunlun Pass naturally spread to Gandhara.

The King of Gandhara believed that the possibility of the coalition's victory was extremely slim.

If the puppet Han army that is currently plundering Gandhara can be defeated, then Gandhara will receive better treatment even if it surrenders.

It was precisely because of this idea that the King of Gandhara ignored the opposition of everyone and assembled an army of 13,000 people to go out of the city to reinforce the city of Phuga.

When Pan Zhiqiang learned that the Gandhara army had left the city, he couldn't help laughing three times and immediately led eight thousand elite troops to prepare to fight the Gandhara army.

…

Yang You and Mani hurriedly and slowly arrived at Arakosia, the last base of the Darobitans.
To be continued...