The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 662 Diao Xu's Panic

In fact, the Western Regions are very large. The 36 countries in the Western Regions just refer to the 36 city-states belonging to the Han Dynasty. In a broad sense, the Western Regions include Wusun, Dawan, Kangju and many other places.

And Wusun is just to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and to the west is the Dawan Kingdom. In other words, the Tianshan Mountains, Congling Mountains, and Himalayas form a line and become a natural barrier.

Of course, to the north, it is already within the scope of North Asia, which is the territory of later Russia. It is cold and cold, and now it is a time when there are few people.

According to the investigation by the hidden guards, those places are completely barren, and occasionally there are some native tribes, no complete regime exists.

Even the Huns who plundered for a living would not go to those places, because they were poorer than the Huns. When the Huns went, let alone looting, they might not have the heart to donate some food to the indigenous tribes there.

According to the investigation information of the hidden guards, Zhang Xiu knew that Wusun had completely belonged to the Northern Huns, while Dawan and Kangju were sandwiched between the Guishuang Empire and the Northern Huns.

"Brothers' enmity can't just be forgotten like this." Zhang Xiu thought a lot, but in the end he still couldn't swallow this breath, especially when he thought of the scene where Yicheng used his body to block the feather arrow for him, Zhang Xiu became murderous.

Afterwards, Zhang Xiu wrote three urgent reports, one to the general Zhang Liao, one to the military department, and the last one to Liu Bei.

The content is basically the same, nothing more than Wusun soldiers and horses entering the territory of the big Han, attacking his soldiers and horses, and then walking away. The last sentence is that whoever offends the big Han will be punished even if he is far away.

The simple meaning is that Zhang Xiu is going to fight Wusun, you can figure it out.

Afterwards, Zhang Xiu sent people to contact the other soldiers and horses, and came to meet him quickly.

Zhang Xiu has only more than 1000 people around him now. Although the combat power is strong, after all, there are tens of thousands of Wusun mercenaries. If they enter rashly, the entire army may be wiped out.

In half a day, soldiers and horses from all walks of life rushed over after receiving Zhang Xiu's order, and soon gathered more than 1 horsemen. Under the leadership of Zhang Xiu, they entered Tianshan Mountain with a murderous look and headed towards Wusun.

Diao Xu, the general of Wusun who had finally returned to the city, didn't care about taking a break, so he sent someone to tell his brother, Yu Maoxun, the general of Wusun, the news of his encounter with a powerful enemy. Five thousand soldiers and horses were sent.

Yes, when he came back to count, he almost vomited blood. He lost [-] soldiers for no apparent reason, and he didn't even know who the enemy was.

Diao Xu is the general guarding the south of Wusun, commanding [-] troops, mainly defending the countries in the Western Regions. Because the countries in the Western Regions are scattered and have no combat power, Diao Xu lives very comfortably. Sun's overlord.

He was originally going to fight Qiufeng, but he didn't expect to encounter such a situation. Diao Xu didn't dare to hide the appearance of a strong enemy, otherwise his elder brother would not be able to keep him.

When Diao Xu was anxiously waiting for the news, scouts came to report that a large group of enemy troops had entered Wusun and were heading straight for this place. The first thing Diao Xu thought of was that group of terrifying troops who did not know where they came from. After more than 1 enemy troops, Diao Xu almost turned around and ran away.

Three thousand can beat him to ten thousand, and now more than ten thousand have come, and he only has fifteen thousand soldiers in his hands, how dare he fight.

"Hurry up, send someone to ask for help, close the city gates, and put everyone on the city wall!"

Diao Xu also wanted to abandon the city, but looking back, there were only more than 1 enemy troops, and he still had enough soldiers and horses. It was not impossible to defend the city. When the reinforcements arrived, repelling the enemy would be a great achievement. No one will pursue his loss of five thousand soldiers and horses.

Soon, Zhang Xiu led the army to Dongketuo. Dongketuo is the city of Wusun next to the Western Regions. Although it is not majestic, it is an important town in the south of Wusun.

"General, our army didn't bring any siege weapons. If we attack by force, we may lose a lot."

Lieutenant General Qianzhao frowned and looked at the heavily guarded Dongketuo, and advised Zhang Xiu not to attack by force. Although Dongketuo is not a big city that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, there are probably tens of thousands of defenders on the tower overnight, so it is not so easy to attack. .

"Bring the map of Wusun Kingdom."

Zhang Xiu also frowned slightly. It is not advisable to attack such a city by force. It is simply a crime to attack such a city without siege weapons.

Soon, a detailed map of Wusun Kingdom was placed in front of Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu found Dongketuo, and then slowly moved his eyes to the north. According to the news from the dark guards, there was another Wusun army more than 200 miles away. There are also more than 2 soldiers and horses, and further north is Chigu City, the current capital of Wusun.

Chigu City is close to the countries of the Western Regions. Wusun is a country that combines nomads and cities. There are very few cities, but they are all very important. Dongketuo is the guard city to the south of Chigu City, the capital of Wusun. As long as Dongketuo is broken, the army can Go directly to Chigu Castle.

After thinking for a while, Zhang Xiu gave up his plan to immediately attack the city, and ordered people to set up camp. At the same time, he sent out cavalry to monitor the surroundings of Dongketuo and surround Dongketuo.

Seeing that Zhang Xiu did not attack the city, Diao Xu heaved a sigh of relief, but he also saw the enemy's banner clearly. When he saw the characters on the banner, he broke into a cold sweat with fright. Others might not know what the characters were, but he As a general, how could he not recognize him.

A huge "Han" flag was hung in the army. Diao Xu wanted to scold his mother. If you had hung up this flag earlier, you would have turned around and ran away when you were in the Western Regions. Damn it, he actually met the army of the big Han , but also attacked others.

Big man, back then, Wusun was also one of the vassal states of the big man, and they resisted the Huns together. Later, the Huns were beaten by the big man and fled here and there, and the northern Huns even fled to other places. To slaughter.

But why did the army of the big man come here? It is thousands of miles away from the big man, and there are countries in the Western Regions in the middle.

"The news has to get out."

Diao Xu is not thinking about defeating the enemy now, what he is thinking about is how to save his own life. If the king and his elder brother know that he has caused such a big trouble, they will definitely tear him alive.

It's a pity that Dongketuo is now being monitored by the cavalry of the Han army on all sides. It is difficult to get out the news. Fortunately, the Han army has not attacked, so there is still a chance for peace talks. After all, the Han army only has more than 1 people. They Wusun have Nearly [-] troops.

However, it is not for him alone to decide whether to negotiate peace or not. Diao Xu can only wait for the news.

But after the third day, Diao Xu found that something was wrong. He found that the camp of the Han army was very quiet. Except for the occasional rangers outside the city, no other soldiers and horses showed up.

"not good!"

Suddenly, Diao Xu seemed to have thought of something, and hastily ordered the troops to assemble. He thought of a possibility that the Han army would leave them and go straight to Chigu City. If Chigu City was not prepared, it would be difficult to block the Han army's sneak attack .

(End of this chapter)