Dong Zhuo looked at this horrific scene and was speechless for a long time. He stood there in a daze. No one dared to approach him. The generals looked at each other. Finally, their eyes focused on Hua Xiong. Hua Xiong was perhaps the only one who dared to stand there. Going to bother Dong Zhuo at this time, Hua Xiong faced everyone's gaze, still a little confused in his heart, what are these guys looking at me for?
Xu Huang on the side pushed him and pointed at Dong Zhuo.
Hua Xiong looked at him for a moment, then turned to look at Guan Yu and asked, "What do they mean?"
Guan Yu looked at him, shook his head, and said, "Stand still."
Hua Xiong felt that this guy would definitely not harm him, so he ignored everyone's gaze and stood beside Guan Yu, wondering what he was saying to him. At this time, Jia Xu walked up and walked to Dong Zhuo's side. Next to him, he heard Dong Zhuo's heavy breathing, and the endless anger seemed to be rolled into a ball, and he didn't know when it would burst. It was really scary.
"Dong Gong, I am just like you. I am also resentful for this and mourn for these soldiers..." Jia Xu started to say. He paused for a moment and then said: "However, now that Dong Gong is a commander, he is a commander. , we must take the overall situation into consideration, endure resentment, and defeat the enemy..."
"Haha..." Dong Zhuo sneered and said: "I want to pursue, I want to capture King Kushan and burn him alive with his generals..."
Jia Xu sighed. What he least expected to happen happened. Now, the war is going well. From Sogdia to Khwarizimo, the Han army has wiped out more than 30,000 Kushan soldiers. Up to now, the Kushan King The army under his command has less than 20,000 men. The troops are disorganized and retreating continuously. As long as the Han army can advance a little further, Jia Xu can be sure that the King of Kushan will definitely send someone to negotiate peace.
At that time, he will be able to seize the Sogdiana and Huacizim areas from Kushan and connect them with Kangju, Shule and other areas in the Western Regions, and the Han army will be able to directly fight with the Parthian Kingdom outside Kushan. By conducting trade and the like, and strengthening the management of these two regions, we can even capture Daxia and annex all the northern part of Kushan in the future. However, if Dong Zhuo pursues it wholeheartedly, I am afraid that the two countries will never be able to negotiate peace again.
As these tens of thousands of expeditionary troops continue to pursue and reach the enemy's core area, the transportation of grain, grass and baggage will become more difficult, and may even be interrupted. After Niseka's death, many people have appeared in the Sogdian region. There was a rebellion, and people often rebelled and attacked the Han army. Under such circumstances, if we extend the front line to Daxia, I am afraid that something big will happen!
What's more, the continuation of the war has brought extremely serious trauma to the northwest region of the Han Dynasty. It has even affected Bingzhou, Youzhou, Jizhou and other places. The northwest region has been transporting cotton crops to the whole country. When the farming was damaged, These areas were unable to obtain enough winter supplies from the northwest, and trade between states was interrupted, with the impact becoming increasingly severe.
Since Emperor Xiaokang conquered Xianbei, this war has been the largest in the past few decades. The most elite standing army of the Han Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Army, has more than 40,000 people rushing to the battlefield, and more than 200,000 civilians are constantly fighting in the rear. Transporting grain and grass, plus nearly 30,000 auxiliary troops provided by the northwest and the Western Regions, these people were responsible for cooking stoves, transporting livestock and other tasks.
To be honest, Jia Xu is still a very selfish person. He doesn't care about the harm this war will bring. He just hopes to resolve the war quickly so that he can stay in the Western Regions and stay away from temples as he wishes, even if
It was his hometown that was destroyed, and he didn't care. However, not caring didn't mean he could ignore the officials in the temple.
Because of the huge trauma caused by the war, all the officials in the dynasty were fully opposed to the war. Even the imperial censor almost died in the temple to remonstrate. This had a great impact on the emperor. Therefore, the emperor also
Order him to end this war as soon as possible.
Now seeing Dong Zhuo burning with anger, Jia Xu had a headache.
"Dong Gong, this revenge must be avenged. However, now that the war is going well, and we are trying so hard, the Kushan army is about to be driven out of Huacizimo by us. This battle will definitely be a great victory, but Dong Gong
If we are blinded by anger, ignore the overall situation, and pursue the attack rashly, I am afraid it will cause changes in the war. We are not familiar with the front... Not to mention whether we will encounter an ambush, we just want to find the location of King Kushan.
It’s not easy either!”
Dong Zhuo did not reply. He laughed, showing his strong white teeth, and said: "Find the prisoners of war and let them lead the way. They must be familiar with the surrounding terrain. Tie them up and let them walk at the front... I will
Find the King of Kushan..."
"Dong Gong, as a commander, how can you mislead the three armies because of your own selfish interests?"
Dong Zhuo turned around, looked at the many generals below, and asked: "Do you think this revenge should be avenged?"
"Should!!!"
Everyone roared, Dong Zhuo nodded, looked at Jia Xu, and said: "This is no longer selfish, this is the wish of the three armies..." He said, clenching his fists, "I was the one who killed Xiaoyong.
The camp was destroyed, and I will never tolerate such blood hatred. I will personally lead the army and ride ahead to capture the King of Guishang alive..." Dong Zhuo gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger in his heart.
He suddenly looked to the side and shouted: "The whole army is preparing for battle here. Today, we will attack the enemy and capture the King of Kushan alive!!"
"Capture the Kushan King alive!!"
Listening to the roar, Dong Zhuo nodded. Jia Xu on the side was a little anxious. He pulled Dong Zhuo aside and whispered: "Dong Gong... don't do this. We are already going to win. If you don't go out,
On the 15th, the King of Kushan will definitely send someone to negotiate peace. He can no longer hold on. The army has been broken up by us many times. The victory or defeat will be determined in these few days. At this time, I hope Dong Gong can endure for a while.
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"Dong Gong, as long as the war is calmed down, we can own these two areas and cultivate for a few years. When the two sides start fighting again, it will be the end of Guishang. If Dong Gong goes to war rashly today, he will give the enemy
What an opportunity!”
Dong Zhuo frowned and ignored Jia Xu's words. He remained silent. Jia Xu had no choice but to say: "Dong Gong, after the victory, you will be the prince of the dynasty. If you insist on doing this, the prince will be the prince of the dynasty."
I'm afraid I won't be able to get the position with Dong Gong..."
"Captain...Captain, go to hell with your mother-in-law, Commander-in-Chief!!"
"My dear, please continue to sit here!!" Dong Zhuo stared into Jia Xu's eyes and roared angrily.
The whole army rested here for a while. Dong Zhuo sent people to find the prisoners of war, ordered them to clear the way ahead, and took them to the camp of King Kushan. These were not ordinary prisoners of war. They were generals of Kushan, most of them.
They were nobles. When they heard Dong Zhuo's order, they all bowed their heads and remained silent, unwilling to lead the way. Dong Zhuo did not hesitate, so he drew his sword and cut down seven or eight of them. The rest were frightened and hurriedly agreed.
On that day, Dong Zhuo personally led the most elite cavalry of the Han army, nearly 6,000 people, with Guan Yu, Hua Xiong, Xu Huang and others as generals, to raid the enemy territory. The main army brigade remained in the camp, commanded by Huang Zhong and Jia Xu.
, At the same time, Dong Zhuo gave an order to the captain of the garrison station, asking Kang Juguo to send troops behind the enemy lines to jointly attack. On the other hand, Dong Zhuo also gave an order to Sun Jian, asking him to cross the river with Cao Cao and fight in Daxia.
Suddenly, the Han army suddenly launched a general offensive.
Under the leadership of Huang Zhong, the main force continuously pounced on the cities in the eastern part of Khwarizm, destroying them one by one. However, due to Dong Zhuo's order, Huang Zhong no longer adopted the previous tolerant policy when dealing with these cities.
, very cruel. According to Dong Zhuo, this is called tooth for tooth! And the cavalry led by Dong Zhuo rushed straight towards the camp of King Guishang.
After receiving Dong Zhuo's order, the captain of the Western Region Guards did not dare to disobey, so he sent troops from Kang Juguo to attack Huacizimo from both front and rear.
Now, the King of Kushan was shocked, and reports came from all over the place. The first was the news of the fall of the eastern city of Khwarezm. Khwarezmo was different from Sogdia in that he had cities and territories across the river and in the east and west.
The cities in the east of the river were basically captured by Huang Zhong. Even the Han army adopted a very cruel siege and no longer encircled it...
At the same time, news of Kang Ju's dispatch of troops was received. What surprised the King of Kushan was that the two groups of troops treated the Kushan soldiers and the people completely differently from before. The people were a little better, but as long as they were
As long as the soldiers in the battle fell into the hands of the Han army, no one would be able to escape alive. King Kushan believed that this was the Han army exerting pressure to leave the Huacizm area, and he was not very frightened.
However, when he received the news that the Han army had landed in Daxia, he was really afraid. Daxia, which is the other side of Sogdia, was the retreat route for the Kushan King to return south, and it was also the only retreat. Apart from this
He could only pass through the Anxi territory, but would the Anxi army allow him to lead his army through it? He didn't even know this. Seeing the Han army trying to cut off his retreat, King Kushan became truly panicked.
Could it be that the Han general is crazy? He wants to surround his remaining 30,000 people in the north and annihilate them all?
The King of Kushan immediately summoned the local people and mobilized the local nobles, asking him to prepare weapons, food and other supplies. He quickly led the army back towards the Daxia area. He did not want to be besieged. Now it seems that
Come, there is the main force of the Han army in the north and Kang Ju's army, so they cannot go there easily. Only in the south, there is only a lone army of the Han army, which is fighting against Daxia.
As long as he can capture this army and reach Lan's City from the south, he can summon the army from the south again and push back the Han army. Even the Han Dynasty will not be able to gather an army of this size again in the short term.
With this idea in mind, the King of Kushan returned to the south. In Daxia, he encountered this army of the Han army. This army numbered less than 5,000 people. However, when facing the Kushan army, they not only did not withdraw their troops
, instead launched an attack, and the two sides fought fiercely. Seeing the fierce looking soldiers who attacked their main flag again and again, the eyes of the King of Kushan were about to burst!!
What kind of madman did this encounter? Even though nearly half of them died in the battle, they continued to attack. They wanted to kill me in the middle of the army!!!
After two hours of fighting, the Kushan soldiers were extremely exhausted. The army returned to the city, leaving thousands of corpses behind. The Kushan King was talking about it, and the slave army was full of admiration. When facing this Han army,
, couldn't hold on for half an hour, and on the other side, Sun Jian's army suffered huge damage. Sun Jian sat on the ground and ate the leg of mutton without wiping the blood on his face.
"Come, Mr. Cao!! Eat!!" Sun Jian said with a smile.
Cao Cao took the leg of lamb he handed over and bit into it. If Sun Jian had been a little disdainful of this person before, he now regarded him as a close friend. It was this person who personally led a thousand infantrymen and was known as the most powerful enemy of the opponent.
During the battle with more than 3,000 elite slave soldiers, he always took the lead, shouting to capture the Kushan King alive. He saw the right opportunity, attacked from the flank, and almost pulled out the opponent's main flag with his men.
It was also his surprise attack that forced the King of Kushan to withdraw his troops and return to the city. Otherwise, Sun Jian really doesn't know how long he can hold on.
In this battle, the Han army also suffered nearly half casualties, with less than 2,000 men able to stand and wield spears.
This is a tough battle!
"It's coming soon..." Cao Cao said. He looked into the distance and said: "In less than two days, Dong Gong's army will arrive here and attack from both sides. King Guishang will definitely die!!"
Sun Jian asked with some confusion: "What if Dong Gong can't come?"