Although he wanted to take advantage of the Wusun people, Jia Xu finally stopped Li Shushi from venting his anger.
So after half a day, Li Shushi, who had escaped the midday sun, finally agreed to the Wusun people's request - pretending to send three people back to report the news and ask for help, while Li Shushi led the troops and headed west with the Wusun people as their guides.
Of course, those three so-called "confidants" were just sent to Yiwu to serve as Ren Du's subordinates. Anyway, three more people are not too many, and three people are not enough. You have to be dedicated enough to perform, right?
In addition, Li Shushi also kept Zhang Tai and his second son Zhang Hua, as well as two hundred powerful private soldiers.
These people were mainly used to lead and train the nearly 5,000 slaves in the rear of the chariot division, and to wait for the large army that would arrive later.
Li Shushi restored all the slaves to freedom, and promised that they would receive land during this war and become field soldiers responsible for military affairs. Those who performed well would not only be rewarded, but also have the opportunity to be promoted to generals, and their treatment would be the same as that of the Han people.
Although the energy of these slaves was not very good, Li Shushi still saw something called "hope" in many people. As long as they set some examples, most of them should be able to become Li Shushi's slaves in the Western Regions.
supporter.
Li Shushi clearly remembered the famous foreign generals who would emerge in the open era of the Tang Dynasty in the future - whether it was Gao Xianzhi from the peninsula, Black Teeth Changzhi, the Turkic Ashinadur, Tiele Qibi Heli, etc.
Wait, they are all Datang
He made great contributions to expanding the four directions. Therefore, Li Shushi's requirements are not high. If one of these 5,000 people can grow up, it will be worth the price. Even if all 5,000 people are sacrificed in the battle to stabilize the Western Region for the Han Dynasty in the future.
He didn't lose anything.
In fact, for these people, Li Shushi knew very well that the driver at the front, Wang Nonghua, was very greedy. Although his combat effectiveness was somewhat low, Nonghuo was already a bit hungry for the two drivers with a huge gap in national strength.
However, it is not too disappointing that Li Shushi left Zhang Tai to command these people, because with the protection of these people, the front of the chariot division will at least have more layers of protection than before. If there is an invasion by foreign enemies, they can naturally ask the Han people to send them
This force, in this way, his own men and horses can be preserved. Not to mention that he also knows that the Han people's ability to command battles is far better than his own. Those people can only be used as cannon fodder in his own hands, but it is difficult to say that in the hands of the Han people
What kind of army will it become?
Anyway, Li Shushi just hoped that Nong Hua would provide food and fodder for this army for a period of time. After Li Shushi solved the Wusun problem, perhaps this army would follow the new Western Region Protector to be stationed at the governor's palace.
And just when Zhang Tai and Zhang Hua began to recruit the group of cannon fodder troops who had just escaped from slavery, Li Shushi and his party had already embarked on the westward journey under the leadership of Le Mi, and the first thing they needed to break through was
It is Baishui Stream not too far away from Jiaohe City, an area that will be named "Daban" in the future, and translated into Chinese it is the name of Yamakou.
While on the road, Li Shushi once again asked Le Mi about Wusun's current situation.
This time, he probably knew the priorities of the matter, and Le Mi was much more cooperative than before.
After Le Mi's introduction, Li Shushi realized that Wusun's current situation can be said to be very delicate.
In fact, when the Xianbei people showed their power in a big way in the west, the old king of Wusun, Lelasuo, had already responded - he deployed the first line of defense along the Manas River in the east and the Alashan Pass in the north.
.Although Wusun, who was born as a nomad, is not good at defense,
However, it is still within their capabilities to use favorable terrain to block the enemy. However, unlike the Han people who built fortresses and even cities for defense, the Wusun people could only build a few defensive posts and beacon towers. Compared with city walls,
They still trust their horses and the weapons in their hands more.
Lelaso then set up a second line of defense on the Deng Nulutai Mountain Road in the Brokonu Mountains, the remaining mountain range of the Tianshan Mountains, and at the same time arranged a range of patrols along the Ili River to prevent the Xianbei people from marching along the Sareyeshik Atlau Desert.
Bypassing these dangerous mountain passes leads directly to Lake Ishak.
The area around Lake Isaac is also the final line of defense set by Leraso, because if you cross here, Chigu City is actually in front of you, and the only way left is Cage City.
It can also be said that Wusun at that time was actually only half a step away from national subjugation.
In addition, when Lelaso asked Kangju for help, he also asked Kangju to help him keep an eye on the situation to the north of Kangju. Once it was discovered that the Xianbei people might intend to bypass Lake Balkhash and invade Wusun from the east through Kangju, then Kangju would
The Juren can first help the Wusun people resist for a while, and the Wusun people can naturally withdraw their troops from several lines of defense and quickly deliver them to the Kangju battlefield.
With Wusun's kindness in helping Kangju resist the Kushan Empire and allowing Kangju to secede from the Kushan Empire, even if the blackmail asked Kangju in a commanding tone, Kangju would definitely listen carefully. After all, Kangju and Wusun
It can be said that Sun and Sun have a close relationship - Wusun needs Kangju to help him resist the Kushan attack, and Kangju also needs Wusun's support to maintain his status as a prince.
Lelaso even sent a request for help to Dawan in the southwest, but he was rejected for some unknown reason. After all, Dawan is located in the Fergana Basin, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and he does not want to be attacked by others.
Interference cannot interfere with others. National policies have become more conservative since the Western Han Dynasty. I think this is one of the important reasons for Dawan's refusal.
Although he was unable to invite reinforcements from Dawan, Lelasuo was a little helpless, but he still believed that he could protect the country of the Wusun people, even if they had to face the powerful Xianbei people and Lelasuo himself was already old.
It's just that the situation is obviously a bit beyond Lesotho's expectations.
Perhaps it was the defeat at Yanmen that made the Xianbei people think calmly, and at the same time put away the impetuous atmosphere they had developed since the Tanshihuai period. After careful planning, the leader
and the Danhanshan Wangting tribe led by Qianman
The team easily crossed the Manas River defense line. Facing the Xianbei people who were equally or even more proficient in tracking and counter-tracking, Wusun's rangers did not have the desired effect. By the time they reacted, they were already
It happened four days later.
Of course, even if they reacted, they did not take it completely to heart, because in their opinion, the Xianbei army that they needed to pay most attention to was still lingering in the east, while the Xianbei Royal Court troops were thousands of miles away.
As for the small infiltration force? The Wusun people really do not have the energy and strength to carry out large-scale encirclement and suppression.
In the face of a powerful enemy like Xianbei, it is obviously unrealistic not to suffer losses, so even if the rangers who slipped through the network attacked some residential areas, the Wusun people were already prepared to bear it.
What's more, the Wusun people actually did not receive similar information.
Originally, climbing the Nuletai Mountain Road should be a good place to block the Xianbei invading troops. After all, the terrain there is difficult and there is a long canyon terrain. As long as the Wusun people block the entrance of the canyon, the enemy will have to pay a huge price to pass.
It's a pity that the troops stationed here are not the army of the Han Dynasty, but a group of nomads who are accustomed to coming and going as fast as the wind. For them, building a simple wooden fence as a defense is already quite a big deal.
In fact, if they had not needed a royal city to demonstrate their rule many years ago, perhaps their city-building technology would still have remained at the level of primitive society or even worse. This is not a mockery of their ability, but that they are not willing to use their brains to
Used for things like this. For them, the feeling of the strong wind blowing against their cheeks while sprinting on horseback is obviously much more comfortable than staying in a depressing building, just like many people in modern times like drag racing very much.
But this habit has obviously affected their actions at this time.
Compared with the tall city walls of the Central Plains, the Xianbei people are obviously more comfortable with such battles. Kuitou led most of the troops in the valley to attract the attention of the Wusun people, while Qianman led a small group of elite troops to go around from the mountains to the opponent.
behind.
The Wusun people, who were originally surprised by the sudden appearance of the Xianbei army, were cut off by Qian Man. In their panic, they did not notice that Qian Man's troops were actually not very large. They could defend the valley entrance with a small number of troops and then turn around.
The sneak attack troops who had eaten up Qian Man took the initiative to withdraw from the defenses at Taniguchi out of fear of being cut off, and came to the spacious battlefield they were more familiar with.
Then it’s time for the Xianbei people to perform.
Faced with the main force of the Wusun Army's second line of defense, which was aggressively trying to retake the valley entrance and eliminate them, the Xianbei people unexpectedly chose to retreat quickly. Then the Xianbei people quickly broke into pieces and continued to lure the Wusun main force with most of them.
The remaining soldiers and horses began to weave around, but the Wusun people, who were so stunned by the victory, failed to notice the movements of the small Xianbei troops.
So, on the battlefield pre-designed by the Xianbei people, the group of Xianbei cavalry who had "fleeed" suddenly appeared on the battlefield and defeated the Wusun people's rear wing in one fell swoop. Then, the two armies attacked the Wusun army from front to back and defeated the Wusun army.
And this battle was another roundabout maneuver led by Qianman's Xianbei elite.
To be honest, after hearing Le Mi's account of the heroic appearance of the young but extremely powerful boy on the battlefield, Li Shushi could hardly believe that it was true, because in the intelligence obtained by Li Shushi, the boy had always performed very mediocrely, even
It is not an exaggeration to call him a puppet of other Xianbei nobles, but after he never thought of taking off the shackles on his body, the young man's growth was shocking.
It can be seen from the entire battle that if the Xianbei army had not been planning for a long time, then their tactical execution ability would have been a big trouble for Li Shushi during his trip to Wusun. In the field, faced with this kind of initiative to mobilize the enemy and then take advantage of the enemy's movement
There is basically no good solution to the tactic of seizing the enemy's weaknesses and beating them to death, unless you can use strategies to lure the opponent into the battlefield that you are good at.
I'm afraid this will be the key factor that determines the success or failure of the battle.
There is no suspense in the rest of the story - the defeated Wusun people were chased by the Xianbei people and driven back to their hometown. The loss of nearly 30,000 people was a traumatic experience for Wusun. King Wusun was already a little weak.
Lelaso was so angry that he vomited blood, and at the same time, the ambitions of some people who had been suppressed by the old king finally dissipated.
It was seeing such a situation that finally prompted Lerraso to send his youngest brother to Dahan. He had already prepared for the worst.
PS: Today is the day when Li Longji, the founder and end of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, died of illness. This figure who created the prosperous age of China and made China’s green card one of the most popular things in the world has received mixed reviews.
His life was also full of turmoil and various conspiracies.
But he is still thankful. After all, the Anshi Rebellion failed to overthrow the rule of the Tang Dynasty, so he can no longer bear the infamy of Shang Zhou and Sui Yang, the subjugated kings. Even though Shang Zhou had the merit of pacifying Dongyi and Sui Yang did not
There were great achievements such as splitting the Turks and stabilizing the northwest frontier and building the Grand Canal, which will benefit the future. And our Concubine Yang was once the daughter-in-law of Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty, and her nature seems to be no less bad than the wife of Shang Zhou who teased Huang Feihu...
Therefore, the biggest truth in this world is that the winner is the king and the loser is the enemy.
PS2: Today is also the day when the famous dramatist William Shakespeare died (April 23 is calculated using the Julian calendar of the Romans, while the Gregorian calendar is May 3. By the way, the Julian calendar is May 3.
The maker of the calendar is called Julius Caesar. Well, after hearing this
In fact, this name should give you an idea of what we are talking about. Yes, this guy is Gaius Julius Caesar, the representative of the Red Army in Total War, the most important person in the Roman Republic.
Great military strategist and adoptive father of Octavian, the founder of the Roman Empire).
The charm of Shakespeare's drama no longer needs to be explained in detail. His greatness can only be glimpsed from the frequency of his appearance in various literary publications. Although "Romeo and Juliet" is not one of the four great tragedies, it is deeply
The earth has infected countless people. And the phrase "Is it life or death"... evolved into the milk seller "The city is full of golden milk" and the popular song "Chrysanthemum Broken".
PS3: Today is also the day that Japanese Chemical Bond Ikeda Kikunae passed away. The reason why I mention him is not to say anything bad about this person. On the contrary, without him, cooking would be much more troublesome for many people, because it was this person who discovered
One of the essential condiments in our lives - MSG.
Although many people use various reasons to show how much monosodium glutamate threatens human health, it is undeniable that the invention of MSG did usher in an era in which we continue to find more delicious substances and process them from the foods we are familiar with.
into a universally available seasoning and make it easier for us to have tastier food.
Of course, except for those who can only cook the dark dishes of hell or those who habitually use concentrated sulfuric acid or neutral detergent as seasonings. After all, not everyone has an appetite as good as a fool or a superman butler without stomach perforation.
