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Chapter 798 Jiaohe City

Even New Year's Eve is walking halfway, regardless of the Western Regions, the winter wind is not much lighter than that of Liaodong, even if the armor is lined with a large cotton coat, and the frozen steel armor is cooled outside, people are still straight. trembling.

Moreover, the war was too long and protracted, and less than a quarter of it had been fought. Kucha, Shule, and Khotan, the culprits, were still tens of thousands of miles away, and the war did not know how long it would take!In such a severe cold weather, regardless of whether the Bafu soldiers or the Kansai cavalry assigned to the Western Regions Protectorate, they all left in a hurry.

But let alone, Jiaohe City, the former capital city of Cheshi, is really special. It is located between the intersection of two ancient rivers. Jiaohe City, built by excavating river mud from the ground, looks so simple and vicissitudes from afar.

Taking advantage of the cold wind, the whole army was stationed on the spot in a lifeless manner, sandwiching the Tucheng Jiaohe, which stood upright in the surrounding flat expanse, like a walnut, at an angle. "The car division of the National Coalition Army.

But at this time, there are only more than 8000 left in the [-] army. After all, the logistical pressure is there, and Cao Zhang doesn't trust them. The front and rear Cheshi country's own troops that could not be disbanded.

As for the Zuo Army, it was Cao Zhang who brought the expedition, even including the logistics soldiers, the 5000-man vanguard of the Protectorate.

The reserve militia light infantry was exhausted and unloaded the felt bags carried by the horses. The bent steel skeleton was nailed heavily into the dry land of the ancient river, and the military camp like the mushroom forest was displayed, and it was too cold to even talk. I don't want to say more, no matter whether it is the infantry of the Protectorate under the command of Zhang Jai Guo Huai or the Kansai knights, they all marched into the camp dully.

It's time to look for water sources, to find water sources, to feed the horses, but the whole army is in a depressing atmosphere, which makes people feel unhappy.

But in such a lifeless appearance, suddenly a few cavalrymen holding the banner of the Duhufu ran out of the gate of Jiaohe City in ecstasy, and while pumping their horses' buttocks, they galloped into the camp In the middle, looking at the army lazily marching out to meet them, they were shouting excitedly along the way.

"The Cheshi people don't surrender! The Cheshi people don't surrender! The army is about to attack the city!"

"What? Che Shiren won't surrender?"

"The army is really going to attack the city, that's great!!!"

Siege battles are often the most bitter and cruel wars. If it is in the Central Plains, the whole army will have to be nervous for a while when they learn that the army is going to attack the city, and the commander has to spend a lot of money to recruit brave men as pioneers. The Duhu Mansion was fine, when they heard that there was a battle to be fought, many people were so excited that they wept with joy, kneeling on the ground and hammering the dry ground with their fists.

Hearing that Jiaohe City refused to surrender, even Cao Zhang in the commander's camp couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief.

Judging from the current political situation, the entire Western Regions are still on the sidelines. Cao Zhang still needs to use his military exploits to establish his prestige. In the Central Plains, the ruler is to promote his benevolence!But in this land where productivity is backward and the weak are afraid of the hard, you have to show off your muscles to show how capable you are, and cut off hundreds of heads with your hands, so that the Sai people in the Western Regions can fear you.

When Ban Chao settled in the Western Regions, 36 cavalry soon entered the camp of hundreds of Huns envoys, chopped off the head of the Xiongnu envoy, and threw them in front of King Shanshan. Did this scare him to worship the Celestial Dynasty?
If Jiaohe City surrenders again, if they want to find the next point of attack, they will have to travel thousands of miles westward to attack Kuqa, the capital of the Kucha Kingdom, near the Tarim River.

Moreover, in order to maintain the faith of the great country, if Che Shi's former Guojiao Hecheng surrendered, the army of the Western Regions Protectorate would still not be able to align and plunder, otherwise if they surrendered and robbed, who would submit to you?At that time, the [-] landlord cavalry as the main force will still have no claws. Cao Zhang really doubts whether he can drive them westward for another thousand or hundreds of miles.

In contrast, whether the two ends of Che Shiren, Snake and Rat will rebel again is a trivial matter!
Fortunately, it seems that the army is lifeless, and they are very confident in the defense of their capital. The former Chinese arrogantly refused to surrender.

Then you're welcome!
But Cao Zhang danced excitedly with his arms folded, Wang Changle, who was most impulsive, calmed down, and frowned worriedly while looking at the map.

"Uncle! Don't be too happy! Jiaohe City is not so easy to attack!"

"If there is too much loss here, the next war will be even more difficult to fight! Don't forget that this is just the beginning, and there are several barbarians in the Western Regions who do not accept the king's transformation, such as Qiuci Shule and Khotan Shache, who need to be conquered! "

"Our army has tiger crouching cannons, what are you afraid of?"

Cao Zhang is considered a good leader, but it's a pity that Huang Xu'er, who is a good general, is really mediocre in terms of military strategy!Hearing his optimistic words, Deng Ai poured a basin of cold water on his forehead.

"The caliber of the tiger squatting cannon is too small, and its power is too weak. Moreover, Jiaohe City is an earthen wall. If the tiger squatting cannon is used to blow down the city wall, I am afraid that the hundreds of barrels of gunpowder carried with the army will be exhausted. If we want to send gunpowder to the front line , but it’s useless!”

"This……"

Later generations of Dameng are too superstitious about firearms. In the first battle of Sarhu, they were completely wiped out by the Eight Banners Jurchen with cold weapons. Now Cao Zhang seems to be guilty of this problem too!Hearing Deng Ai's calculation, he was really dumbfounded.

But after pouring cold water on him, Deng Ai couldn't help showing a sly look on his honest and honest face.

"But bombarding the city won't work! We still have other ways, Uncle Cao, don't you think our army is very similar to when Guan Yu besieged Xudu?"

"So our army will be defeated?"

I don't know whether I look down on Guan Shouhou or have no confidence in myself. Upon hearing this, Cao Zhang's head drooped suddenly, and Deng Ai was so suffocated that he couldn't come up, and Miss Changle beside him was even more speechless. He shook his head, and immediately slapped Deng Ai on the back of the head.

"What's the point of buying it! Tell me if you have any plans! Don't you know that my uncle has a low IQ?"

He also rubbed the back of his head helplessly, and lowered his voice. Following Deng Ai's demon whispers, San Xiaoqiang's heads got together, and within a moment, bursts of evil smirks suddenly sounded!Especially Cao Zhang, who had a wickedly lewd laugh in his voice.

"Good idea! It's your little Dengzi who is talking about yin!"

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Despite the freezing weather, on the second day, the army of the Protectorate of the Western Regions quickly opened the prelude to attacking the city, especially in the east of the city, amidst the shouts of crying father and mother, the Han army of the Protectorate of the Western Regions Pressing the formation, those car division units that surrendered were driven to the forefront of the entire army.

This trick is immoral enough, and it is a common trick used by nomads. After capturing the population of farming peoples, forcing them to use them as cannon fodder to attack the cities of farming peoples, it not only consumes the vitality of the city defenders, but also has relatives inside and outside the city. Not fighting each other can especially damage the morale of the defenders.

Sure enough, the siege horn had just sounded, seeing many of my neighbors and even my second uncle and cousin being driven to Jiaohe City in desperation, the shouting and cursing from the top of the city had already rang out fiercely stand up.

"Despicable Han dog!!!"

(End of this chapter)