It is a day full of spring, but this day is not a good thing for the Kushan Panbei army stationed in the Gaofu area. The Kushan army does not have a unified designation. It is named after the commander-in-chief. For example, the commander of this team is called Gapanbei, so this army also has the designation Panbei Army. They are one of the Kushan troops responsible for garrisoning Gaofu.
Their scale is not large either. Gapanbei is just a small prince, not even a prince. He just owns a few villages. As the first family to surrender when the Kushan Tribe conquered all directions in the past, their family has Kushan's status has always been low, and the Kushan people don't think highly of this notorious surrender family. They can't afford to raise wise men or dancers, and they are almost about to be expelled from the nobility.
Pan Bei's army is now hiding in the Hindu Kush Mountains. This mountain has become a natural barrier against the Han Dynasty. Only the Gaofu area can allow the army to pass through. Therefore, most of Kushan's troops are concentrated in When they arrived in the Gaofu area, they did not forget that in the humiliating battle decades ago, the king even died on the battlefield, which frightened the Kushan people extremely.
They were also particularly wary of the Han Dynasty. After the king gave an order, many small nobles led the farmers to Gaofu, which became the first barrier for Kushan to resist the Han Dynasty. However, this also made these small nobles feel worried. Dissatisfied, the money and supplies the king promised them have not been delivered until now. Fortunately, the general stationed in Gaofu, Nuxia, is still a good general, otherwise, these people would have run away long ago.
The same is true for Pan Bei's army. Under the order of General Nuxia, they guarded the Gaofu area. But now, they can only hide in the mountains and forests. The Han army will hunt them down, and the Kushan army will also hunt them down. , Gapanbei's face was calm, sitting in the dense forest, leaning against the tree trunk, as if waiting for something, but the dozens of soldiers who followed him to escape were restless at this moment.
Ten days ago, the leader suddenly called them over and told them something. The leader was ready to surrender to the big man. According to the leader, the big man sent him several invitations. He did not want to continue to suffer here. The king He also deceived them. None of the promised supplies were delivered. He wanted to take people to the Han Dynasty to enjoy the blessings, and he did not ask for their opinions.
These people were his confidants. Many of them were raised by the Gapanbei family. They had no family members and no nostalgia, so they naturally agreed. Taking advantage of an opportunity to go out on patrol, Panbei took them to escape. When facing the Han Dynasty, these people were still a little worried in their hearts, but they did not expect that the generals of the Han Dynasty still respected them very much and even entertained them.
However, while they were eating, their leader didn't know why he was crazy. He actually pulled out his dagger and stabbed the general of the Han Dynasty. Then he led them to escape. Taking advantage of the chaos, they escaped and returned. If you can't reach Gaofu, you can only dive into the deep mountains and old forests. Now, you are in such a dilemma.
They were at a loss and their minds were blank. Why would the leader do such a thing?
What is the picture?
At this moment, under the signal of everyone, the deputy general slowly stood up, walked to Pan Bei's side, and said: "General?"
Pan Bei, who was resting, opened his eyes alertly, looked at the lieutenant on the side, and then at the dozen soldiers in the distance, with disdain on his face, "What, you have a problem with me?"
"General... we don't understand why the general would do this... He treats us well. The general comes to entertain us personally, why does he want to assassinate us again?" The deputy general frowned and asked angrily. Where are they?
Gaofucheng has not smelled meat for half a year. I finally had a good meal in the Han Dynasty's military camp. Before I finished eating, the general caused such a disaster and brought hundreds of people with him.
They are the only ones left.
This made them angry. If it weren't for Pan Bei's high prestige, he would have been subdued by everyone at this moment. But even now, among the people, some people can't help but think of kidnapping him and then surrendering to the big man or the noble.
Shuang, there is no way out to follow him anyway. Pan Bei has long seen what these people are thinking. He doesn't waste any words. He looks around and says: "Don't ask any more questions. The people I arranged are around here. It's very easy."
We will meet you soon, so you don’t have to be afraid.”
Hearing Pan Bei's words, the deputy general immediately put away the dissatisfaction on his face and asked with a smile: "It turns out that the general has already made arrangements, so I won't ask any more questions... I wonder who the person who came to join us is?"
What kind of dress, if our brothers see it, we can report it."
This guy still didn't believe that Pan Bei would leave a back-up plan. Pan Bei was about to speak again, but suddenly stopped, stood up, and pricked up his ears to listen. Everyone felt a little confused, but they also stood up and looked.
All around, the lieutenants also looked confused. What was the general looking for? There were no other sounds except the chirping of birds.
Wait a minute, birdsong?
The deputy general's eyes widened and he was thinking about it when he saw a group of people suddenly appear around him. They were all hung with branches and their bodies were painted green. It was really hard to find them in this dense forest.
After seeing this group of people, everyone was shocked and quickly pulled out the long knife from their waists. Pan Bei stretched out his hand and ordered: "These are our own people! Don't panic!"
Hearing his words, the lieutenant sighed to himself. It was a good thing that he didn't act in a hurry just now. Sure enough, if you are more cautious, you can live longer. While they were thinking about it, a man came out from the opposite side. Looking at his appearance, he was
He was from the Han Dynasty. Pan walked up to him with a sad smile, and then said in fluent elegant language: "Yuan Zhizhi, everything is done, but is it okay for General Zhang? After all, it is a real dagger..."
"Don't worry, he can't get in. He's fine. He just didn't show up. You did a good job this time, but these people under you..." It turned out that the person who came to greet him was exactly
Yuan Shang, Yuan Shang looked at his subordinates and narrowed his eyes slightly. Pan asked with a sad smile: "Are you going to kill them? Don't worry, they don't understand elegant language..."
"Forget it, this time, they also contributed something. We big men never treat heroes badly, so we will take them back with us. However, they cannot show up in the past six months. You tell them...",
Yuan Shang said, Pan Bei nodded, then looked at the people behind him and asked: "Do you want to live?"
Everyone nodded, and a few shook their heads. Kushan was different from other places. Whether they nodded or shook their heads, most of them meant yes. It was difficult for them to show no by relying on body movements. Most of them did.
Because they have never said no to any outsider, Pan Bei continued: "Since you want to live, don't ask more questions, don't talk, shut up, follow this leader, and go back together!"
These Kushan people were still hesitant, and Pan Bei was furious, "If you don't want to, I'm afraid you will die here!" After hearing this, everyone hurriedly agreed, and Yuan Shangren took these people away.
, the embroidered cloth envoys were a little confused, and they didn’t know why Yuan Shang went to such trouble to save a group of worthless Kushan soldiers.
After sending these people away, Yuan Shang just brought Pan Bei to the side and ordered: "It will be difficult for you during this period. I will leave some people to protect you. You just stay here and wait for a while."
, there is one more thing you need to do!"
"Well... By the way, how is the war going now?" Pan Bei asked with a frown.
Yuan Shang smiled and then said: "Gaofu City has been captured..." Hearing this, Pan Bei was not surprised. He had seen this result a long time ago. The villain in the court
In power, the person in charge was extremely stupid. As a king, he sent the nobles of the country to garrison in Gaofu, but he refused to give even some rewards and even occupied the original villages of these nobles.
The territory agreed to be given to them was also arranged outside Gaofu. Who didn't know that outside Gaofu was the territory of the Han Dynasty. Isn't this a naked deception? The morale of the soldiers in Gaofu was low, and some even returned soldiers.
While starving to death, the generals were dissatisfied, angry, and even 80% of them had been bribed by the Han Dynasty. How could such an army remain undefeated?
Therefore, Pan Bei, who had long seen the situation in Guishang, accepted the wooing of the big man with peace of mind, and even studied with the embroidered clothes messenger for a long time. He was already regarded as a secret agent of the big man with deep experience in Guishang.
, this time, he was also ordered by Yuan Shang. No, to be precise, he completed this plan according to the instructions of the Han Dynasty Minister, so that Guishang was forced to go to war with the Han Dynasty.
Pan Bei frowned and asked, "What about Nuxia? Have you caught him?"
The joy on Yuan Shang's face diminished slightly, he shook his head and said: "This guy is cunning. When he saw that the Han army was about to break the city, he fled with his cronies, and now he is hiding in Shiluotuo City...
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"Alas..." Pan sadly sighed and said nothing more.
Gaofu City is an important arterial road connecting the north and south of Guishang. After Guishan was defeated in the war with the Han Dynasty, he learned from the painful experience and used the whole country to build this city into an extremely strong fortress. As the only channel to resist the attack of the Han Dynasty, the city was stationed here.
There are more than 100,000 troops, and there is a large amount of food, supplies, and defense weapons. At the same time, Nu Xia Lai, the famous general of the empire, is personally guarding the city.
But such a balanced fortress changed its flag in just seven days and became an important stronghold for the Han Dynasty to attack Guishang. Of course, it was absolutely impossible for the nearly 100,000 North and South troops to attack the city day and night.
Captured in such a short period of time, this city, known as the strongest city in Guishan, was destroyed internally. The generals that the Han had previously bribed triggered an internal strife in the city, allowing the Northern and Southern armies to easily capture it.
Got here.
The sudden attack by the Han Dynasty, the fall of Gaofu, and the death and capture of nearly 40,000 soldiers shocked the Kushan government and everyone. They heard that their king was so frightened that he fell off the back of an elephant and almost died.
People in Guishan were in panic, but the Han army stationed in Gaofu really encountered the last resistance from the empire.
ps: I know that the war scenes I wrote are terrible, and you don’t want to see them, so I try to describe the war situation from a macro perspective, without going into details.