Not within Xihai City, but to the north of Xihai City.
Accidents, like justice, are never absent.
The more you think things will go smoothly, the more often things will not go smoothly.
Surprisingly, this guy not only targeted the Western Region Allied Forces, but also targeted Zhang Liao and others.
The main trouble for the Western Region Allied Forces is the large number of people...
Yes, large numbers of people are indeed troublesome, especially since these Western Region coalition forces do not have a unified administrative structure. When organizing laws, not only are they slow to move, but the advance troops and the last people can even travel more than three days.
It forms a long, comet-like structure, and because many people are just like the Buddha's summons from the lake, they come at once when their minds are hot. There is no familiarity at all, let alone any cooperation.
People always subconsciously think that other people have one head and two eyes, so they should be like themselves. Kind people often think that others should be kind, and treacherous people often think that others are being treacherous.
Zhuge, who is one of the most famous actors in the Three Kingdoms, was sitting on the top of the city and singing a big show. Naturally, the commanders under the city also understood it.
The people in the Western Region Alliance Army naturally have all kinds of people, so they are naturally prepared with all kinds of thoughts. If these people are placed under any Taksa or Busen, they can immediately form a joint force...
It is estimated that this would only be possible if the Buddha appeared immediately and then cast a large-scale miraculous spell.
For Zhang Liao and others in Xihai City, their main trouble is the lack of people.
Not only were there few soldiers, but there were also few generals.
It was not a big problem in the original plan. After all, Fei Qian had already arrived at Yumen Pass and could reach Xihai City within a few days. For the Western Region Allied Forces, even with a large number of people, they could not capture Xihai in such a short time.
city.
But no one expected that at this point in time, a change occurred that Zhang Liao and others did not expect.
Because he and Lu Bu could not agree on the same opinions, Lu Bu left Xihai City angrily. So when the Wusun people suddenly appeared now, everyone was caught off guard.
Gao Shun defeated the Che Shihou Kingdom and dealt a heavy blow to the Wusun people, but this does not mean that Gao Shun conquered the Che Shihou Kingdom, or that the Wusun people no longer had any influence on the Han people.
Coveted.
Because greedy people will still be greedy, and stupid people will still be stupid.
The failure of the Wusun little king actually aroused the "same hatred" of more Wusun people, or in other words, it triggered a new round of competition in order to inherit the vacant position of the little king. In fact, this is true in the tribe or in some people.
It is very common in organizations that maintain tribal traditions. After the previous leader dies or fails, the successors can only be truly recognized by everyone after they have washed away the shame of the previous leader.
Xihai City seems to be at the crossroads of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions Allied Forces are dragging their long tail on the west road, while the Wusun people are coming on the north road...
Located about two to three hundred miles north of Xihai City, there is a medium-sized swamp grassland with abundant water and grass. Therefore, the Han people in Xihai also established a small farming town here for farming and grazing.
Now on the slope outside the small farming town, the sound of killing shook the field. Hundreds of Wusun cavalry were galloping, constantly driving the young men with braided hair or tops to charge towards the small farming town on the slope.
The robes of these bastards were messy, and they could only hold simple instruments such as sticks and nooses in their hands. They were obviously strong men captured by the Wusun people along the way. I don’t know which tribe they belonged to, or whether they belonged to any tribe at all.
.These miscellaneous beasts are poorly equipped, while the Wusun cavalry behind them are relatively well equipped with bows and knives, and have neat armor and uniforms.
Perhaps it is for this reason that the Wusun people are still unwilling to admit defeat after their first failure, and instead launch an attack.
Compared with the fierce Wusun people, the rear army in the small garrison town was somewhat dwarfed.
"Put it closer and then cum! Move it closer... Damn you! Didn't I tell you to move it closer? Are you deaf?!"
"Damn it, don't strangle your hands! Are you going to cut off your own fingers?!"
"Go away! Don't block the way! If your legs and feet are weak, get out of the way!"
Although there are some experienced military academies in the small towns of Tuntian, most of them are still ordinary young talents from the Tuntian. These young talents from the Tuntian do not have enough armor or enough experience. When they are in a panic, they just know how to run back and forth to save themselves and others.
Create some trouble.
This small farming city is not large in scale. It is mainly used as a warehouse for storing grain and grass. Apart from being high on the top of a slope and facing water on one side, it is far from dangerous. There are only more than 200 guards in the city.
, at this time, there were more than 150 people commanding the young men at the top of the city to control the enemy, while the other soldiers were serving as a reserve team, recharging their strength under the inner wall.
If you look at the number of people alone, the Wusun people are not too many, but compared to the Han army in the small town of Tuntian, there is a huge gap. There are two thousand Wusun cavalry with braided hats and armor outside the city.
There were many people, and the number of vassals they drove out was 3,000.
Judging from this scale, perhaps some were added after Wusun Xiaowang's remnants of troops were collected?
After this group of people arrived outside the small town of Tuntian, they launched an attack shortly after resting. At the beginning of the battle, Yin was shot to death by Han soldiers on the city. Dozens of miscellaneous men were shot to death. However, this loss was obviously not in the eyes of the Wusun people.
Wusun's cavalry were more capable, but they still cared about their lives and would not go into battle first. They would just drive those bastards forward to consume the energy of the defenders.
The same old tactics, the same old patterns.
As long as it still works, I will keep doing it.
The terrain of the Western Region is like a flattened "O", with a desert area in the middle, and grasslands moistened by melted water from the snow-capped mountains on the north and south sides. There is a relatively good river in the small town of Tuntian, which flows all year round.
With water, it is a very good place whether it is to temporarily station troops or horses, or to farm fields on weekdays.
The Wusun people's invasion was not really about a showdown with the Han people, but more like retaliation as if they had been humiliated. Therefore, on the one hand, the Wusun people were fierce, and on the other hand, the Wusun people chose the target.
Interesting……
Strictly speaking, the small town of Tuntian is not Xihai City. Even if such a small town is captured, it will not cause much direct losses to the Han people. But from another perspective, this is indeed a city of the Han people. Who knows?
If you say a small town, it doesn't count as a city? Once you capture the small town of Tuntian, you can advance, attack, retreat, or defend. If the Western Regions Allied Forces can really capture Xihai City, the Wusun people won't mind joining up with the Western Regions Allied Forces to capture some Han people.
If the Allied Forces of the Western Regions cannot defeat them, then the Wusun people can promote their own reputation by saying that they have defeated the Han people, and can successfully ascend to power, etc.
Anyway, the strategies are perfect.
It's just that the Wusun people also forgot a problem, they are not good at attacking difficulties.
This cannot be blamed on the Wusun people, but all nomadic peoples have this problem. After all, the Great Wall has been in existence since the Qin Dynasty. Nomadic people have broken their heads and bled under the city wall not once or twice, but it is
No one has thought about it, or even if they have thought about it, there is no way to settle down and develop the technology tree, so when it comes to dealing with stone city walls, the barbarians' methods are actually very pitiful.
As for the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, if there were not a large number of leading parties...
Of course, there are always two aspects to the matter of the Leading Party. On the one hand, it is the surrender of traitors, and on the other hand, a large number of people are indifferent to foreign invasion. The upper-class Han people feel that there is no shame in betraying the country, while the lower-class people
The Han people feel that the country has become so rotten that there is no hope, and there is no difference between the country being subjugated and the country being subjugated.
Fortunately, the Han people still have some warmth in their hearts and some light in their eyes. Especially since the small town of Tuntian is located high up, although there are not many defenders, but combined with the young and strong people in the surrounding villages, no one has said anything about opening the city.
Surrender and beg for your life.
For the Wusun people, it was somewhat of a surprise. If they could not capture the small town of Tuntian, then they would not have a foothold, so they could not sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight. Moreover, there were quite a few people gathered. If they could not replenish some supplies, they would not be able to wait until they arrived.
Is it possible that everyone in Chengdu will starve to death halfway through the winter?
Although there are other options for the Wusun people, such as going directly south to attack the West Sea, or bypassing the West Sea to see if they can break through the Yumen Pass and march into the Han hinterland, plunder Longxi, etc., there is no doubt that these military actions carry risks
If the sex is too high, even if it is slightly insignificant, the whole army may be wiped out.
Therefore, it is the best choice for Wusun to capture the small town in Tuntian, and then advance, attack, retreat, and reap rewards. In order to reduce their own consumption, Wusun cavalry "recruited" Zahu in the wild to participate in the battle.
Most of these bastards are people who originally lived in the Western Regions. Because they are not used to living in cities, they only live as nomads in the wild chasing water and grass. Therefore, it is not clear whether these bastards belong to the early Huns or the later Xianbei species.
, or some earlier barbarian tribes. After the Han people built Xihai City, they did not drive out all the barbarians, so these barbarians were killed by the Wusun people who came along the water source.
They were driven here and became consumables on the battlefield.
The ruling class does not regard ordinary people as human beings.
This is true not only for the dignitaries in the temples of the Han people, but also for the noble leaders among the nomadic peoples.
At most, some people know how to install it, and some don't even bother to install it.
Therefore, the Wusun cavalry who invaded the Western Regions did not regard the miscellaneous people in the Western Regions as human beings at all, and drove them away, consuming their lives and reducing the combat effectiveness of the Han army.
"These thieves, what are they doing here? Is it just to kill these people? Commander Wang, why don't we put on our armor, mount our horses, and go out of the city to kill them? These are all bastards, but I recognize some of them. They are all kind-hearted people."
, I had come here before in exchange for salt stones, so I couldn’t bear to shoot him like this.” After the Han soldiers at the city head shot and killed a bastard who had jumped over the horse outside the city, they couldn’t help but turn their heads to the village.
Chang said.
As soon as these words came out, many soldiers on the city also turned to look at the commander of the city, with a look of approval. The bastards who were driven outside the city were actually unarmed strictly speaking and could not resist the people on the city.
The arrow missed.
The battle has been going on for nearly half a day, and the morale of those who rushed into the battle had already collapsed, but they were suppressed by a group of Wusun cavalry. They were dead if they went forward, and they were killed if they went backward. So far, most of the people shot by the defenders in the city were killed.
They were in a panic and had no choice but to take the road. Those who were close to the city defense line could also see that these bastards were already heartbroken and their actions were completely disordered. Killing more and less made no difference at all.
"Stop talking nonsense! You pity the bastards outside the city, and I pity your life!" The village chief scolded unceremoniously, "Cheer up! These gangs of turtles are coming. I don't believe that they are not here."
Tired! I have sent someone to send a letter to the West Poster. The general will be here in a blink of an eye! The most important thing for us now is to protect the city wall. Anyway, no matter who it is, anyone who comes close will be shot. Those barbarians may be pitiful, but once the city is broken,
They are accomplices! Do you understand this?!』
The soldiers responded one after another. They were united in thinking and no longer wanted to deal with the miscreants.
In the evening, I originally thought that the day would just go by, but I didn't expect that the Wusun people launched a fierce offensive.
For a time, the fighting in the small town of Tuntian was extremely fierce.
Although the Wusun soldiers are not good at attacking fortresses, both in terms of equipment and fighting will, they are far better than the miscellaneous herdsmen who used to consume the fighting power of the defenders before. In addition, after a long period of consumption during the day, the soldiers on the small town in the field were much better.
The defenders were all a little tired and tired, but also a little caught off guard.
The Wusun people put on thick armor and rushed towards the city. After successfully arriving at the bottom of the castle, they used iron cones and sledgehammers to destroy the outer wall gates and other places. The Tuntian town itself used local materials and rammed earth as the walls.
, although the climate in the Western Region is dry and the earthen walls are as hard as stone, they still have weaknesses. Once the enemy forces get close to the city wall and destroy it, the defensive situation has become extremely dangerous.
Although the defenders on the city wall tried their best to kill the approaching soldiers, the Wusun people on the periphery also continued to circle the city and shoot, suppressing the counterattacks on the city wall so that they could not raise their heads.
As the soldiers in the city began to suffer casualties, the peasants who were gathered in the city also began to divide. Some of the peasants felt the need to help their soldiers, while others were trembling with fear and just wanted to hide or
It's an escape.
As the sky gradually darkened, the Wusun people began to launch a large-scale attack, and the small town in Tuntian gradually became depleted. Some places were set on fire, and thick fireworks were emitted.
Far away from the small town of Tuntian, a group of soldiers and horses stood.
Han Guo looked at the fire burning in the distance with a solemn expression. He turned around and ordered the scouts, "Go and inquire again!"
Next to Han Guo was Zhang Liao's military commander, Zhang An.
Zhang Liao was too weak to come to support the small town of Tuntian at this moment, so he had to let Han Guo lead 500 people.
"Han Zheng! The city is in crisis now, why don't we march?!" Zhang An looked at the flames in the distance and asked somewhat anxiously, "If the city is broken, we...they...why don't we march?"
Han Guo pressed the sword on his waist and rubbed the handle, "Zhang Sima, I am not General Wenyuan."
"Ah?" Zhang An didn't understand what Han Guo meant by these words. Was he threatening him, saying that Zhang Liao could tolerate him talking casually, and he was not following Zhang Liao now, so...
Han Guo looked at the small town of Tuntian in the distance, "If I had half the martial arts of General Wenyuan, I would lead my men to rush over there now!"
"Uh..." Zhang An was stunned for a moment.
Does this mean you are praising Zhang Liao?
Or is Han Guo looking for an excuse for himself to be afraid of fighting?
But soon, Han Guo explained: "These Wusun people don't know we are coming, so this is an opportunity... But if we... the scouts are back!"
The hurried scouts rushed to Han Guo, "Reporting the news, the Wusun people have stepped up their offensive. The Tuntian City can no longer withstand it! The west corner tower was set on fire, and the north gate seems to have been destroyed!"
Zhang An suddenly became anxious and said, "Come on, send troops immediately!"
Han Guo frowned deeply and said after a moment of silence: "Wusun is an unbroken city now? How long do you think the city can last?"
The scout said with some embarrassment: "It hasn't been broken yet, but I guess it will be soon... I don't think I will be able to survive tonight..."
Han Guo nodded and said to the scout, "Thank you for your hard work. Go and keep an eye on the Wusun people. Once the city is destroyed, come and report it immediately!"
The scout yelled, and Han Guo repeated the order again. Then the scout hesitated and went to inquire again.
"The city is destroyed?!" Zhang An couldn't help but said angrily, "Han Zheng, do you know what you are talking about?!"
Han Guo nodded, "I know. If I had five thousand cavalry, I would attack now. If I had half the strength of General Wenyuan, I wouldn't be standing here now... The Wusun people's formation is not in chaos now... they can only wait."
When the city is destroyed, the Wusun people will surely be in chaos in order to fight for their wealth and food. When the time comes..."
"But..." Zhang An stared and said in a depressed tone, "The city is broken... After the city is broken, what about the soldiers and people in the city?!"
Han Guo was silent for a long time, then clutched the sword tightly, "Now... if we are defeated, the Wusun people can directly threaten Xihai City! General Wenyuan will not be able to leave! Then the soldiers of Luntai Military Village will
Where are the generals? They are not human beings anymore? What to do with the plan we made before? If we evacuate Xihai City now, more than just these people in front of us will be killed or injured!"
Zhang An held his breath, and then only sighed.
"We are here to give these Wusun people a heavy blow," Han Guo's eyes were very clear and painful, "Obviously, we cannot encircle and annihilate these Wusun people, so we can only temporarily delay their attack."
Footsteps... The Lord has already arrived at Yumen Pass, and the vanguard will arrive at Xihai City within three days! Whether it is the Western Region Allied Forces or the Wusun coming enemy, we only need to hold on to this breath... just like the dark night in front of us, hold on,
The sun is shining brightly!』
Han Guo looked up at the sky, "Land and peace can only be truly obtained through iron and blood... Let's go, we have to make some preparations now, don't disturb them, go around first..."