Ancestor Bless: I built a thousand-year-old family

Chapter 449 Luo Shi Raises His Whip
Luo Shi didn't know that the family collectively chose a difficult path. He led the army of the entire Western Region Protectorate to conquer the Dawan Kingdom.

The main force of the army is the Three Thousand Temple Army. Naturally, they will not wear armor during the march. Each of the three thousand men looks burly. Judging from their faces, there are people from all ethnic groups, and there are even Huns who lived in Hexi before. The face is serious, there is awe-inspiring power between the glances, the eyes are like lightning, and it seems to be integrated when riding on the horse. There is a lot of method in the movement, and it looks like the elite of the elite.

There are not many other things in the Protectorate of the Western Regions, but there are many good war horses. Within the sphere of influence of the Wushuanghou Kingdom and the Wusun Kingdom, there are large grassland horse farms, and with the support of the Hexi Corridor Army Horse Farm, all the cavalry is one person Three horses, even infantry can arrive on horseback and dismount to fight.

In addition to the temple army, more than [-] Han soldiers from the Duhufu were also on the expedition together, and the proportion of armored soldiers was not low, as well as tens of thousands of troops from allied countries.

In terms of combat effectiveness alone, the Han army is sufficient. The allies in the Western Regions mainly provide food and grass, and play a role in sieges. The war situation in the Western Regions is very different from that in the Central Plains.

Luo Shi sat in the middle of the army, watching the army stretching far away, and finally reached a place beyond sight.

After withdrawing his gaze, Luo Shi said in a deep voice, "We will count the dead and the number of dead when we set up camp today."

It takes thousands of miles to travel from the Yishui River Valley to Dawan, and the terrain of Dawan Kingdom is excellent. The whole country is located in an extremely fertile basin surrounded by high mountains on all sides. It is a natural Great Wall. There is a narrow mountain pass in and out on the southwest side. If the Great Wall is built on the mountain pass, and a military town like Hangu Pass is built, it can almost be called an invincible country.

In history, Li Guangli suffered a great loss when he conquered Dawan, especially when he dispatched troops from Chang'an and marched tens of thousands of miles.

The army has to cross many mountains. Fortunately, marching from the north does not need to cross the desert. It can march along the oasis of the Zhou Dynasty in the desert basin. Luoshi prepared for a long time to conquer Dawan, and deeply cultivated the kingdoms at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. The friendship with the oasis countries north of the desert has finally been rewarded today.

Marching for thousands of miles is a test of the overall ability of the commander. It is not easy to appease the soldiers without bombing the camp, and there must be soldiers who die in the middle of the march or a large number of soldiers who escaped. This is a test for the commander.

Even for such excellent commanders as Huo Qubing and Luo Wuji, when they fought against the Xiongnu, they lost a lot of Han soldiers during the march, and Luo Shi was no exception.

Since leaving Wushuang City, nearly 2000 soldiers have died and escaped one after another. The main ones who died were the Han army, and the burden of acclimatization was still relatively heavy. Bear the toil of long marches.

Luo Shi looked at the Kanyu map in his hand and stared at the location of Dawan on the map, his eyes were full of fighting spirit, as long as he defeated Dawan and made Dawan submit to Xia Zi, the countries in the Western Regions would definitely be shaken, and even the king of Dawan would be killed by the big man If they die, they will weigh their geographical location. By then, all the countries in the Western Regions will surely submit to the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

At that time, the Protectorate of the Western Regions will be able to transform from a military garrison institution to a supreme political institution that completely rules the Western Regions, just like the current Protectorate of Liaodong.

The Protectorate of Liaodong and the Protectorate of the Western Regions are still different. Liaodong is much closer to the Central Plains, and the Yan Kingdom has ruled there for hundreds of years. The kingdoms of Zhuxia have been established on the Liaodong Peninsula. The Western Regions are completely foreign. .

During those years when Luo Wuji governed the Western Regions, he made great achievements, but the power of one person at a time was not enough. Luo Shi took over the responsibility and power from his father, and used his own way to maintain the unity of this land.

After marching for an unknown number of days, the Han army crossed the mountains and appeared on the land of Dawan.

Dawan is a very powerful country, not half weaker than Wusun when it was strong in the past. There is a set of statistics that can be roughly compared.

The population of the Yishui River Valley in later generations is about 400 million, while the population of the basin where Dawan is located is about 400 million. This land has a frost-free period of more than 240 days, which is simply a natural choice for farming.

Now Dawan has hundreds of cities alone. Although most of the cities have a small population, the combined population has reached 80, and the army has [-], which is strong.

Facing such a powerful enemy, Luo Shi was naturally very cautious. Facing the Dawan border town that appeared in front of him, Luo Shi didn't even look at it, leaving a team of troops to guard the defenders in the city, directly and decisively Passing around the city, he led the army straight to Dawan King's Capital.

This is a typical tactic of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, because Dawan is such a city-state, and all the cities are basically owned by the nobles. As long as the king's capital can be captured, Dawan will be undefeated.

What Luo Shi wanted was for the royal family to admit defeat in the war. As for occupying the entire Dawan?
That's just a joke. The strength that a city-state can display is not strong, but when it comes to defending its own interests, it won't give up an inch of land. If you want to occupy Dawan, you can't attack city by city.

This is different from the war between the Xia kingdoms. There is cultural identity among the Xia kingdoms, and it is not difficult to accept each other, but it is basically a dream with the people of Dawan.

"Our army's speed is astonishing, and the field fighting power is strong, so we went straight to the capital, defeated the army of the king of Dawan, then surrounded the points to fight for reinforcements, defeated the noble army of the kingdom of Dawan who came to support, finally broke through the city of Dawan, and killed the king of Dawan, Use his head to shock everyone!"

Luo Shi announced his strategy to the general and captain of the Protectorate's Mansion. King Dawan got the news that the Han army had entered Dawan. He heard that the Han army had only 2 people. He laughed and said, "The Han army is powerful. They The Huns were defeated, but the king heard that their army set out from Yishui and traveled thousands of miles. Their food and grass were transported from the Han Dynasty ten thousand miles away, and they ate most of them before they arrived.

Can such a Han army defeat the mighty Dawan army?
Dawan will be the land where they are buried.

Generals, follow my orders, ride horses, put on armor, take up weapons, and kill those Han people, and tell them that the majesty of Dawan does not allow a country thousands of miles away to touch. "

Hearing this sounded a bit harsh.

Back then, the big Han and the Huns entered with white knives, and red knives bloodyly fought for ten years. The blood shed flooded the entire grassland. The traces of killing are not long in the past, and the Western Regions have not forgotten it.

The reason why the King of Dawan dared to do this was because the big man was far away from him. For an agricultural country, projecting power thousands of miles away is basically a dream, but he didn't know how to travel thousands of miles to capture and kill the enemy. First, how tempting this is for an emperor who loves martial arts.

After Liu Dan received Luo Shi's letter, although he didn't make a statement and left it to the ministers for discussion, he had already made up his mind that he must conquer Dawan and let the King of Dawan submit to him.

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"Great Guardian, the scouts are here to report that the army from the Dawan King's Capital has appeared."

When the Han army approached Dawan City at a high speed, the captain of the Han army reported to Luo Shi, Luo Shi's spirit was shaken, and he said seriously: "Notify all the troops to march in order, stabilize the formation, and don't mess up!
The armored soldiers put on their armor one by one, and all the members of the temple army put on their armor, ready to charge with Benhou! "

Following Luo Shi's order, all the armies of the Protectorate of the Western Regions lined up in the previous formation. Fighting in the land of the Western Regions, there are not so many fools. After all, there are thousands of people hiding here. When there are tens of thousands of people, there is no way to hide. There is no possibility of ambush, and many tactics will not be used.

Fighting here, what is more tested is the level of dispatching before the battle, the level of sophistication of the equipment, the elite level of the soldiers, and the use of frontal tactics. The stronger side wins, it's that simple.

Soon both sides appeared in the sight of each other, with Luo Shi leading the Han army.

Because the elite of the Han army is not comparable to that of the Western Regions, this is to prevent the Western Regions Allied Forces from being directly defeated by Dawan and engulfing the Han Army.

Someone from the Han army came out on horseback, and someone from the Dawan army also came out, and the two rode their horses to a distance of several tens of meters, shouting loudly.

"People of Dawan, go back and tell your king, open Dawan city immediately, and offer your loyalty to the emperor of Dahan. Dahan will bestow Dawan with the most precious friendship, otherwise Dawan will usher in the most terrible destruction!"

"Han people, this is the land of Dawan. Even the Huns have never conquered the great Dawan. You will be defeated here. Your corpses will cover every corner and turn into fertile soil. The pasture and food in the coming year will be extraordinarily rich." Lush!"

The two sides exchanged blows with each other, both of which were mixed with the elegant language of Zhu Xia and the local language of the Western Regions, so it was naturally impossible to persuade the other party.

Boom boom boom!
The sound of war drums began to resound, and it was time for real swords and guns to be fired after the guns were fired. Luo Shi was sitting in the middle army, riding a tall horse, and beside him were brave warriors and temples. The army, as well as several Luo's sons with stigmata on their foreheads, each of them was wearing thick armor and fully armed.

On the battlefield, swords and guns have no eyes, especially cold arrows hurt people endlessly. As long as it is not in the humid mountains and forests in the south, full armor must be worn, especially the armor on the face and neck, which can save lives.

"Soldiers of the great Han, Dawan is not inferior to the great Han, kill them, wash away the shame, His Majesty the Emperor is waiting for us to return triumphantly in Chang'an City, defeat the enemy army, and make meritorious service thousands of miles away.

The person who kills the King of Dawan, this Marquis asks His Majesty for a reward, and he will be promoted to a five-level noble until he reaches the Marquis of Guannei!

forward! "

Luo Shi drew out his sharp sword and roared loudly. Along with his voice, the battle drums sounded again and again, and the morale of the Han army was high, striding forward.

(End of this chapter)