Chapter 651 What Should Li Bai Do? (Thanks to Ai Ai for Being the Leader of This Book)
Wusun Kingdom is located at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. At its peak, it occupied the entire Ili River Basin and the vast land of the West Tianshan Mountains. Northwest of New J, southeastern Kazakhstan, eastern and central Kyrgyzstan.
There were two reasons why the Xiongnu beat Wusun. One was that Wusun joined forces with the Han Dynasty to fight against the Huns and almost wiped out the Xiongnu.
The second reason is that from a strategic point of view, Wusun is located at the junction of the Xiongnu and the Western Regions. If you control Wusun, you can better control the Western Regions. There is Guishuang country.
The 50,000 troops marched out, and the momentum shook the sky.
This time, Kucha and Shache sent 30,000 troops, and other countries jointly sent 20,000 troops. Jiang Hao agreed that this is the first joint operation. If there is a victory, it will be distributed according to the proportion of troops sent. The countries agree.
Originally, Jiang Hao planned to let Her Majesty the Queen stay and continue to preside over the state affairs of Kucha, but Her Majesty the Queen clung to Jiang Hao, so he had to take this little secretary with him, and appointed Prime Ministers of Kucha and Shache to take care of the government affairs of the two countries.
Jiang Hao already had the right to open a mansion and establish teeth, set up the Xiwangfu Yamen, appointed Su Mu as the chief historian, in charge of all affairs of the Xiwangfu, and at the same time in charge of the specific affairs of the Western Regions Alliance.
Hiring Wang Mang as the chief staff member of the West Palace, Wang Mang is super capable, but there is a big problem, that is, sometimes he is too idealistic, and he may come up with a big reform move for you at any time, so he can only use it cautiously.
Knowing people is good, using their talents and learning, and discarding their disadvantages.
Wang Mang also had nothing to do, and he got along well with Jiang Hao, and this position didn't have too many restrictions, so he could pass the boredom by raising opinions, so he accepted it.
Her Majesty the Queen was very surprised when she found out that Bai Zong was Wang Mang, and then helped arrange a gorgeous residence, and arranged for several beautiful orchids to serve her. Day is also fun.
After arranging the rear, Jiang Hao set off with the army at ease. The intelligence personnel had been dispatched long ago. Pang Xiong led 10,000 soldiers and horses as vanguard officers, and Cheng Yong, Niu Kaishan, Du Bin, and Luowei Na each led 5,000 soldiers. soldiers and horses.
The remaining 20,000 are all princes from various countries, who have come out to practice. Many of them are subordinates who followed Jiang Hao to the Central Plains before, and their loyalty and ability are no problem.
Jiang Hao pointed to the map and said, "According to the summary of information from all parties, the Huns divided their forces into three groups, one in the easternmost Gongyue City, which is closest to the Huns' border, and the other in Suye City, which is the middle route army. , the front one is in Julan City, which is already in the center of Wusun Kingdom, and the main battlefield of the two armies is in Julan City."
Relatively speaking, Chigu City, the king city of Wusun, is closer to the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, that is, closer to the Western Regions. It is basically on the edge of Wusun Kingdom, and it is relatively safe.
After everyone digested it, Jiang Hao said: "I'm not going to go directly to Julan City to replenish the troops of Wusun Kingdom and confront the Huns head-on. I'm going to detour Suye City and cut off the Huns' food routes."
Fighting snakes and hitting seven inches, the Xiongnu army is conquest in front, and the food and supplies need to be replenished through the passages of Gongyue City and Suye City. If the supply line of the Huns army is cut off, the Huns will definitely encounter trouble.
"Your Majesty, if we capture Suye City, and the Huns in Gongyue City and Julan City attack at the same time, wouldn't we have to face the enemy?" Pang Xiong asked.
"Thirty-six strategies are the best strategy. There must be a lot of supplies in Suye City, and there are relatively few soldiers guarding them. We don't need to stay here, we will leave when we are finished." Jiang Hao said with a smile.
The sky is clear and sunny, two eagles are flying past in the sky, everything is safe in Suye City, no one has found any clues, the news that Wusun sent troops to the Western Regions is not known to the Huns at this time, let alone someone who is far away Thousands of miles, coming directly to Suye City.
Suye City is not very big. It is only more than 500 meters left and right, and more than 300 meters front and back. The passage at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains can even connect the Xiongnu and Wusun, making it a four-way connection.
Even so, Suye City was not well-known, but in the Tang Dynasty, it was renamed Suiye City, and it was established as one of the four Anxi towns in the Western Regions, standing side by side with Qiuci, Shule, and Khotan.
What, I'm not familiar with it yet.
Let's talk about a celebrity, Li Bai, Suiye City is where Li Bai made his voice, now you know, so it still depends on the celebrity effect.
Previously, the textual research party said that Li Bai was a foreigner. This statement is incorrect. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wusun State became a vassal state of the Han Dynasty. It was a real vassal state. It is the world of the Tang Dynasty, and Li Bai is from the Tang Dynasty, there is nothing to dispute.
As for the later period, until the Qing government ceded this piece of land, it was not China's, but it had nothing to do with Li Bai.
The Huns used Suye City as a transfer point for supplies and soldiers, and at the same time hoarded a large amount of food and fodder, cattle, sheep and horses, weapons and armor, and stationed 5,000 soldiers here to guard it.
night,
deep.
No moon and no wind tonight.
The defenders of Suye City had already fallen asleep, and suddenly someone woke up, because they seemed to hear a rumbling sound like a landslide collapsing.
"Did the ground shake?"
"No, it's a large team of horses." Someone said in surprise.
At this moment, the guard on duty outside screamed: "The enemy attacked at night!"
"Kill!"
With a loud shout,
Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses surrounded the entire Suye City, and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses rushed forward carrying the escalators that had been prepared long ago.
The defenders of Suye City have been very slack recently. There are only two or three hundred people on duty at the city gate. The Xiwang army suddenly launched a sneak attack, and the Huns were immediately stunned. Run to the city.
They knew that if the city was broken, only one of them would die, so everyone was desperate.
But they were too slow after all, and the number of them was too small.
Jiang Hao rode on a war horse, watched the army rush to the bottom of the city, climbed up the escalator and rushed up the city. The defenders at the top of the city in twos and threes could not stop them, and they were rushed to the top of the city by the army in just a few breaths. Hack and kill, the hundreds of defenders were all cut down.
"Boom!"
The city gates are wide open.
Du Bin and Ke Ji, who had been waiting outside the city for a long time, shouted "Kill in", led their own army and charged into Suye City first, and then a massacre started in Suye City.
Most of the 5,000 Xiongnu soldiers were killed, more than 1,000 were captured, and more than 3,000 Xiongnu auxiliary soldiers were also captured. Originally, most of the thousands of people in Suye City were women. slaves.
War has never been so cruel.
Jiang Hao immediately ordered to release the Wusun people, distribute them food and horses, and let them leave Suye City as soon as possible, whether to go to Kucha or Wusun King City, anyway, don't stay in Suye City, because the next Suye City will be reduced to ruins.
Thousands of released Wusun people gathered outside the city, and each was given a horse, a bag of grain and water, enough for them to travel.
"What should we do next?" a woman cried.
"Now there are Huns everywhere. The officer of the Western King's Army just said that the only way to be safe is to go to the King's City." Someone said.
At this time, someone suddenly said: "Let's go to Qiuci, the place where there is the King of the West will be safe, no one dares to challenge the King of the West, that is the safest place in the entire Western Region."
"That's right, go to Kucha, it's not far from Kucha to Wusun King City."
Everyone agreed to go to Kucha. Everyone knelt down and bowed to Suye City. One was to thank King Xie for saving his life, and the other was to say goodbye to their hometown. I am afraid that from now on, they will no longer be their hometown. people.
The battle in Suye City was over, and Niu Kaishan came to report to Jiang Hao that Su Mu had a job in Kucha, and Niu Kaishan was the logistics manager of the march in this battle.
"Your Majesty, time is running out. I didn't count carefully. I asked directly as the general of the Huns. Now there are more than 10,000 cattle and sheep here, which is not too much. There is a lot of food. There are 40,000 to 50,000 shi. It is the 60,000 to 70,000 Huns ahead. The army has more than a month's supply, a lot of armor and weapons, and there are repair workshops, flour mills, etc. "
In the Han Dynasty, one stone of grain was equal to 120 Han catties, and 40,000 to 50,000 stones of grain was about six million catties. Although he had an army of 50,000, he could not take that much away at one time.
Jiang Hao nodded and said, "As much as you can take away is counted. All the food that can't be taken away is burned. The cattle and sheep are killed and thrown into the nearby lake. Those workshops in Suye City can be pushed down. The houses can be burned. Burn it down and turn this place into a ruined city, and even if the Huns come over in the future, this place will not be usable anymore.”
When it should be ruthless, be ruthless. Jiang Hao used a desperate plan to cut off the Huns.
Niu Kaishan asked again: "Your Majesty, where are the Hun captives?"
Jiang Hao pondered for a few seconds, then said coldly: "We need to march quickly, it is not appropriate to take prisoners with us, let's kill them."
"promise!"
Niu Kaishan replied heavily.
After a short time, there were continuous screams in Suye City. After a while, Jiang Hao closed his eyes and said, "Be buried here with those Western Regions people you slaughtered."
At dawn, Jiang Hao's Xiwang army drove out of Suye City, and Suye City behind him ignited a raging fire, reflecting the sky red.
Even if the Huns came later, it could no longer be used here.
Looking at the ruined Suye City, Jiang Hao thought to himself, I don't know if I do this, will there be Li Bai in the future, or maybe Li Bai will be born in another place.
When King Guli, the former commander of the Xiongnu army, heard the news that Suye City was destroyed, he was furious, "Damn people from the Western Regions, you actually destroyed my food road."
At this moment, King Guli thought it was the Wusun people who secretly sent troops to detour to do it, but he didn't expect Jiang Hao to do it.
"Your Majesty, we still have a month's worth of grain and grass. The Wusun people are in front of us. We won't be able to attack for a while. The grain road must be reopened." Said a general next to him.
King Guli is also a king, but only a small king. The king of the Huns is called Da Shanyu, and the current king of Da Shanyu is called Wuhou. Under Da Shanyu, there are left and right kings.
The Great Chanyu and the Left and Right Wise Kings each organized armies and ruled in their own jurisdictions. The Left and Right Wise Kings were the chief executives of the eastern and western regions. It was destroyed by Jiang Hao.
King Zuoxian is the eldest son of Wuhou, the great Shan Yu, and he is stationed in the first generation of Langjuxu Mountain, where Huo Qubing sealed off Langjuxu. He has more people than his uncle Gu Le, about 50,000 people.
The most powerful is naturally Da Chanyu, with a population of more than one million and 200,000 soldiers. Shan Yuting belongs to the Ding Ling generation, which is the Baikal generation of later generations.
This time the one who came to attack Wusun was King Guli under the tent of Da Shanyu, who was also at the level of a king, so it was not wrong to be called a king by his subordinates.
The supply line must not be lost, and King Guli immediately ordered, "Tina, I order you to lead an army of 10,000 to Suye, and you must take back Suye City, and then station there to protect the safety of the supply line. At the same time, send a message to Gongyue City, immediately Prepare food and grass to be transported over."