Chapter 71 The war begins

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 71 The war begins

When the emperor's edict was issued, Zhang Yue also received an order from Li Guangli, asking him to transport 20,000 stones of grain and grass to Quli to supplement the Han army.

At the same time, news came from Yang You's Qianniu Guards that the Huns secretly ambush 2,000 riders in the mountain country.

In addition, there were more than a thousand riders who secretly entered the Loulan Kingdom under the cover of the Loulan people.

Zhang Yue's face turned extremely ugly after receiving the information.

The Huns were able to make such arrangements before the Han army took action. It was obvious that high-level officials in the DPRK deliberately leaked information about the Han army.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for the Huns to make targeted arrangements before the Han army took action.

Zhang Yue, knowing the seriousness of the matter, called Li Si and Guo Kai over.

"Lord, should we report this information to the Second Division General?" Guo Kai's face was filled with anger.

"Absolutely not!"

Before Zhang Yue spoke, Li Si and Yang You shouted out in unison.

Guo Kai said unconvinced: "Why not?"

Li Si said: "Have you ever thought about Marquis Guo Jun? After we report this letter, will anyone believe it?"

Guo Kaidao: "But this is obviously a fact. If you don't believe it, General Second Division will not believe it."

Li Si smiled bitterly and said: "This is not a question of whether General Second Division believes it, but whether General Second Division can receive our message..."

Guo Kai looked at Li Si in disbelief, "Sir, you are talking about General Second Division..."

Zhang Yue stopped him from continuing.

Just listen to Li Si continue, "Even if General Second Division received our message and believed us, it is already too late."

"It will take us a month and a half to deliver this letter to the General of the Second Division. By the time the General makes these arrangements, it will be at least two months later. By then, the Battle of Tianshan will be over."

Guo Kai hammered his chest irritably, "What should we do? We can't watch brothers Paoze die under conspiracy and tricks."

Zhang Yue consoled him: "Marquis Guo, please be patient. It's too late to report to the General of the Second Division now, and we will probably be targeted again."

"With this current situation, we can only rely on ourselves to change this unfavorable situation."

Guo Kai's eyes lit up: "Lord, please give the order quickly. I will do whatever you say..."

Zhang Yue opened the map of the Western Regions that Yang You had just drawn and said to the three of them:

"Gentlemen, please see, this is Luntai...here is Quli...here is Shanguo...here is Loulan, we only need this..."

"My lord, it's a good plan. In this way, we can give one to the Huns, and the mantis will catch the cicada and the oriole behind." Yang You rubbed his palms in excitement.

Li Sifu said: "This plan is good, but do we have enough troops? In addition, we must move quickly if we want to succeed."

Guo Kai laughed loudly and said: "Don't worry, Marquis Li Jun, there is absolutely no big problem with our plan this time. Although the Huns have secretly entered Loulan, they will not act easily in order not to be discovered. We only need five

One hundred cavalry, or even two hundred cavalry, can complete the surprise attack on the Huns."

Having said this, Guo Kai immediately turned to Zhang Yue and said:

"Ming Gong, this time the task of raiding the Huns in Loulan will be given to a certain person. I will definitely kill all the Huns without leaving any trace behind."

Zhang Yue shook his head and said: "No, this time the raid on Loulan will be carried out by me."

Zhang Yue actually considered letting Guo Kai be responsible for the Huns raiding Loulan, but this time Zhang Yue not only wanted to defeat the Huns, but also hoped to solve the hidden danger of Loulan once and for all.

To solve Loulan's cancer, Guo Kai is not suitable.

After careful consideration, he decided to take action himself.

As for Guo Kai, he was responsible for staying in Quli to attract the attention of the Huns and Loulan people.

Li Si was responsible for leading the infantry and secretly went to the Tianshan Mountains to monitor the Shan Kingdom. After waiting for Zhang Yue to solve the problem of Loulan, he and Guo Kai raided the Shan Kingdom to meet the main force of the Han army led by the General of the Second Division.

Guo Kai was a little unhappy when he heard that he could not lead the army to attack the Xiongnu in Loulan. Fortunately, with the guidance of Zhang Yue, Li Si and Yang You, he understood that he was indeed not suitable to be the leader of the attack on Loulan.

Three days later, everything was ready, and Zhang Yue led 500 Han troops and 500 rebels and set off for Quli with an escort of 20,000 stones of grain and grass.

The journey along the way went smoothly. After the Battle of Kucha, the countries in the Western Regions no longer dared to harass the Han army, and the horse thieves along the way had been cleared away countless times by the Han army.

The only ones who have the strength to attack Zhang Yue's grain transport team are the Huns. However, this is the critical moment before the war. In order to prevent the Han army from changing its strategy, the Huns will naturally not attack the Han army rashly.

Ten days later, Zhang Yue successfully arrived at Quli. Before entering Quli, Zhang Yue placed all the cavalry he led about 100 miles east of Quli.

Quli has now entered a state of war. In order to cooperate with Li Guangli's main force in the battle, Chang'an sent Kailing Hou Chengyi as Quli's captain.

According to Chang'an's deployment, Cheng Yan will lead the Han army garrison troops in Quli and Loulan, as well as soldiers from Yuli, Weixu, and Loulan to attack Cheshi Kingdom. The Han army in Luntai will be responsible for protecting Cheng Yan's grain road.

When he saw Kailinghou Cheng You, Zhang Yue couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, because the image of Cheng Wen was completely different from what he had imagined.

Kailinghou Chengyi was originally King Jiehe of the Huns. He was the surrendered king of the Huns who surrendered to Huo Qubing together with King Hunxie and King Xiutu.

In Zhang Yue's mind, the image of the Huns was all stocky and rugged. Unexpectedly, the Marquis of Kailing in front of him was dressed like a gentleman of the Han family. If he hadn't already known his information, Zhang Yue would have been completely unimaginable.

People are actually Huns.

This was also the first time that Cheng Wei led troops to fight independently after surrendering to the Han Dynasty. In order to ensure victory, he even asked the emperor for 1,000 Northern soldiers to increase his strength.

Zhang Yue escorted the grain and grass to arrive, which made Cheng Sheng overjoyed. With the support of this batch of grain and grass from Luntai, he no longer had to worry about the problem of food shortage.

"Your Majesty, a total of 20,000 shi of grain and grass have been transported to Luntai this time. If there is still a shortage, I can find a way to mobilize 6,000 shi of grain and grass!" Zhang Yue was reporting to Cheng Yi at the captain's house in Quli City.

Cheng Shen smiled with satisfaction and said: "I heard it when I was in Chang'an. Zhang Jun is good at farming. He is really a good man despite his reputation. I never thought that Luntai could have so much food and grass in more than a year. Mr. Zhang

I will take credit for Zhang Jun, and after the war is over, I will ask for credit for Zhang Jun again!"

"Thank you, sir. This is a matter for the subordinates. The provision of this food and grass depends entirely on the efforts of the soldiers!" Zhang Yue said calmly.

Cheng Wen smiled and said: "Zhang Junhou is too humble. Tomorrow I will lead the army to the expedition, and I will entrust Zhang Jun with the food and road affairs."

Zhang Yue cupped his hands and said: "Please rest assured, sir, as long as the subordinates are alive, we will never let the army's food route be interrupted."

Cheng Shen said: "I'll leave it to Mr. Zhang!"
Chapter completed!