The storm is coming

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

The storm is coming

Since Zhang Yue returned to the wheel platform, the entire wheel platform has started to run at high speed like a machine.

After three months of construction, the Han army finally established a firm foothold in Luntai.

The army was not idle during these days. Each team took turns to attack. The bandits within a hundred miles were either wiped out by the Han army or forced to stay away.

During this process, the Han army also captured more than 400 bandits, who were also punished as slaves.

With the addition of these slaves, the construction speed in the Luntai area has been greatly accelerated, and the Luntai Pier, which is the main defensive pillar of Luntai, has been basically completed.

It is said to be a fortress, but in fact it is already a small fortress.

The entire pier consists of three castles as the core, and are connected by city walls.

Each castle has a city gate. In order to prevent the enemy from directly attacking the city gate, the city gate is specially designed to be concave.

If the enemy attacks the city gate, they will be attacked from three sides at the same time.

Because Luntai Fortress is centered on three relatively independent castles, it is not the same as a traditional city.

Even if the enemy captures the city walls, they cannot completely occupy the city. The three castles still have the ability to fight independently.

Originally, Zhang Yue planned to build an underground passage for the three castles. In this way, even if the city wall fell, the three castles could still reinforce each other.

The height of the city wall is two feet, and the city wall is trapezoidal.

The top is one foot wide, with parapets and perforations.

The length of each city wall is about one mile. The city wall does not adopt a traditional straight line, but an arc shape. This greatly increases the usable area in the city.

The city wall is mainly divided into five areas. One is the residential area, which is mainly used by ordinary residents.

The second is the military area, which mainly includes military camps, stables, warehouses, etc.

The third area is the factory area, which is mainly used to manufacture various weapons, armor and cloth.

The fourth area is the prison area, which is mainly used to hold prisoners and slaves.

The last area is the commercial area, which is mainly used for trade and receiving businessmen.

The five areas will be separated by high walls in the future to ensure the safety of the city.

Luntai Fortress, its first priority is a military stronghold, so how to better deal with the dangers of war is the most important.

Nowadays, the three castles of Luntai Fortress and the city wall in the southwest have been completely built, but the northeast and southeast sides have not yet been completed.

However, Zhang Yue moved everyone to the fortress first.

Because although the city walls on the northeast and southeast sides have not yet been completed, they already have a certain degree of defense and are far safer than the old city of Luntai and the Royal Palace.

There is another important reason why Zhang Yue moved everyone into the fortress in advance.

Zhang Yue suddenly remembered that next year, in the second year of Tianhan, the Han army would launch a large-scale attack on the troops of King Youxian of the Xiongnu.

Large-scale preparations and mobilizations are already underway. It is impossible for the Huns not to know about such a large move.

Zhang Yue was worried that in order to contain the Han army's actions, the Huns would make some moves in the Luntai area.

However, he was not worried that the Huns would attack Luntai on a large scale, because if the Huns wanted to directly attack Luntai on a large scale, they would have to cross the Tianshan Mountains first.

At this time, the Huns do not have the energy for the time being.

Just because the Huns don't come doesn't mean others won't come.

The two countries west of Luntai, Qiuci and Gumo, are now the die-hard brothers of the Huns.

Under the instigation of the Huns, they are likely to take action against Luntai.

The main thing Zhang Yue needs to guard against now is the attacks from these two countries.

Moreover, there were indeed some unusual movements between the two countries during this period. The patrolling cavalry of the Han army had encountered unidentified scouts several times.

Zhang Yue not only moved everyone into the fortress, but also greatly strengthened the alert of the army.

It is soon the corn harvest season, and there is no room for complacency.

There is another reason why the fortress has not been fully completed.

In order to warn against threats from Gumo and Qiuci, Zhang Yue spent a lot of manpower to build three early warning watchtowers on the west side of Luntai Fortress.

Different from the construction of the fortress, the materials for the construction of the fortress can be directly removed from the old city of Luntai.

These three watchtowers all require local materials, so although the three watchtowers are small, their construction is actually more difficult.

Under such a tense situation, the corn harvest season has finally arrived.

In order to harvest corn, Zhang Yue suspended other projects. Except for the vigilant troops, the rest of the manpower and material resources were devoted to the battle to harvest corn.

As Zhang Yue expected, during this period, some unknown people appeared trying to harass Luntai.

However, under the attack of the Han cavalry, these unidentified people quickly retreated.

After this incident, although the Luntai border was temporarily stabilized, Zhang Yue became increasingly vigilant.

The Qiuci Kingdom is the most powerful country in the central region of the Western Regions. It is the same among all the countries in the Western Regions in terms of population, area and number of troops.

According to the information provided by Zhang Mian, the Qiuci Kingdom is more than a thousand miles from east to west and more than 600 miles from north to south. It has 6,970 households, 81,317 inhabitants, and 21,076 soldiers.

In the country, there are Dadu Wei Cheng, Fu Guohou, An Guohou, Attack Hu Hou, Que Hu Duwei, Attack Chariot Commander, left and right generals, left and right captains, left and right cavalry monarchs, and one auxiliary monarch on the left and right.

The Kingdom of Kucha is a Buddhist country with slavery, so the number of slaves is not counted when counting the population. Therefore, Zhang Yue guessed that the actual population controlled by Kucha should be around 150,000.

Of course, this small population is nothing in the interior of the empire, but it is a giant in the Western Region. Zhang Yue plundered the population everywhere, and Luntai today only has a mere 2,500 people.

After continuous expansion, the number of troops is only more than 700, and 200 of them are righteous followers with obviously inferior combat effectiveness.

Facing the Qiuci Kingdom with more than 20,000 troops, one can imagine the pressure. The gap in strength between the two sides is 1:30!

In particular, Zhang Yue suddenly remembered the records in later history books that Lai Dan, the camp captain of the Han army in Luntai, was killed by the Kucha people.

Historically, the Kucha people have been struggling in the Western Regions for thousands of years.

They also fought against the Han army several times. If the Han army was strong, they would stay dormant temporarily. If the Han army was weak, they would immediately attack the Han army.

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When Zhang Yuezheng was sleepless day and night because of the affairs of Qiuci Kingdom.

A debate on how to treat the Han army was also going on in the palace of Yancheng, the capital of Qiuci State.

The debate was mainly between the pro-Hongnu faction headed by the capital Wei Guyi and the pro-Han faction headed by the auxiliary Marquis Yuluo.

Guyi grew up among the Huns since he was a child, so he naturally has a good impression of the Huns, so he is also the representative of the Huns' power in Qiuci.

He is now trying every possible means to persuade King Moro of Kucha to send troops to Luntai and completely destroy the Han army's stronghold in Luntai.

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