Chapter 76 Defeat Loulan

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 76 Defeat Loulan

The Huns who surrounded the beacon did not choose to attack the beacon, but instead used the wood from the beacon to block it.

Then he set a fire, intending to burn the Han troops inside the beacon to death.

Pan Hong smiled bitterly and shouted to the living and dead Pao Ze, "Second and third sons, we can only meet again in front of Lord Taishan!"

Pan Hong was ready to die at this time. He was about to rush out of the beacon when Zhao Huer hugged him and dragged him back upstairs.

"How long..."

Zhao Huer's hugs and tugs made Pan Hong's desire to survive rise again.

Wu Tong suddenly said: "Second and third sons, what are your wishes before you die?"

Zhao Huer said, "I don't have any wishes, I just hope that when I go to Lord Taishan, everyone will remember my name. My name is Zhao Guanghan!"

Pan Hong nodded, "Remember, my name is Zhao Guanghan!"

"What is your wish?"

Pan Hong thought for a while and said, "I just want to go back to Chang'an to have a look..."

Han Ye and Wu Tong also showed admiration at this time.

Everyone was ready to die, when suddenly something came from outside.

"Woo...Woo...Woo..."

It’s the horn sound of the Han army!

One sound, two sounds, three sounds!

Zhao Huer heard this clearly and immediately said with great joy: "Reinforcements, reinforcements have arrived!"

Pan Hong stood up with difficulty, raised his head and looked outside.

A group of Han cavalry carrying the Canglong flag rolled in from the distance.

The Huns fled in all directions under the attack of the Han cavalry.

They could see the Han cavalry in the distance chasing the fleeing Huns.

The knights all wore light armor, small leather hats on their heads, their legs were tightly clamped on the horse's body, they carried crossbows on their backs, and held lances or long knives in their hands, hunting down the Huns one by one.

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Back to half a day ago, in order to avoid the Huns and Shan Kingdom scouts, the Zuoqu cavalry led by Zhang Yue arrived at Loulan half a day later than planned.

When they came to the Peacock River, the Huns and King Loulan had already begun to move.

Fortunately, the Qianniu Guard members left in Loulan City discovered King Loulan's actions in time and informed the military lord Kong Zhang in the city.

Although Kong Zhang was doubtful, he still had the attitude of trusting others and not trusting others, so his soldiers were prepared.

Sure enough, not long after, King Loulan sent someone to invite Kong Zhang to the palace for a banquet.

But Kong Zhang, who was already suspicious, sent out a few scouts first.

The mentally disturbed King Loulan discovered that the Han army had sent out scouts and thought that his affair with the Huns had been exposed, so he simply continued to do so and directly launched an attack on the Han army.

When King Loulan launched his attack, the Huns also left their hiding place and came towards Loulan.

King Loulan originally thought that he could easily capture the Han army with his 800 soldiers. After all, in his opinion, the Han army in the city was just a field soldier, and their combat effectiveness was definitely not high.

Unexpectedly, the two sides fought for two quarters of an hour, but still failed to capture the Han army in the city.

At this time, the pro-Han nobles represented by the Lord of Eaton also discovered that something was wrong.

They were originally dissatisfied with Prince Loulan's attitude towards the Huns, but at this time they turned to the Han army under the persuasion of Qianniuwei and Sogdian merchants.

These pro-Han nobles and the Sogdian Chamber of Commerce also gathered more than 500 young men and raided King Loulan from the rear.

However, due to the small number of people gathered temporarily, their combat effectiveness was very poor, so they were not able to defeat King Loulan in one fell swoop.

However, with the help of these young men, the Han army in the city has completely gotten rid of its disadvantageous position.

Under the command of Kong Zhang, the coalition forces gradually gained the upper hand.

While fighting was going on inside Loulan City, Zhang Yue had also arrived outside Loulan City.

In order to completely annihilate the Huns, Zhang Yue did not attack Loulan City immediately, but first sent two teams of cavalry to outflank the Huns from the north and south.

At this time, King Loulan did a great favor to the Han army. King Loulan, who was gradually failing, sent a distress signal to the Huns.

Tu Qi, who had no idea that there were Han troops lurking around, came with the main force to support them.

Because the battle mainly took place in Loulan City, which was not suitable for cavalry combat, the Huns dismounted and entered Loulan City. The combat effectiveness of the dismounted Huns was at least halved.

At this time, Zhang Yue had also completed the layout. Faced with such favorable conditions, Zhang Yue decisively ordered an attack.

The Huns were caught off guard and panicked when faced with the sudden appearance of the Han army. In addition, they lost their horses again.

Under the attack of the Han cavalry, the entire army collapsed without resisting a single charge.

Next, the Han army staged a hunting game in front of the Loulan people.

The hunters are naturally the Luntai Han army, and the prey are naturally the Huns and Loulan people.

The Han cavalry Pan Hong and the others saw were Luntai cavalry coming from the south.

Although the Huns who besieged Pohu Fort discovered the approaching Han army in advance.

However, they still couldn't escape. After all, they had been fighting for more than two quarters of an hour, and their physical strength was relatively high.

In the end, only a dozen riders actually escaped.

As for the Huns in Loulan City, the situation was even worse. Prince Tu Qi, Prince of Yougu Yu, was beheaded by Zhang Yue himself.

The remaining Huns were either killed or surrendered.

Seeing that the situation was over, King Loulan had no choice but to order his soldiers to lay down their weapons and surrender.

As for the Huns who occupied Xuanwei Fort, they eventually surrendered under the pressure of the Han army.

In this raid on Loulan, the Luntai cavalry annihilated a complete thousand-horse team of the Huns at the cost of only more than 20 casualties.

King Loulan originally hoped that this time the Han army would let him go easily like last time.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Yue had already lost his patience with Lou Lan.

After the Huns surrendered in Xuanwei Fort, Zhang Yue summoned all the nobles and commoners of the Loulan Kingdom.

On a high platform outside Loulan City, Zhang Yue publicly announced King Loulan's crime.

"King Loulan, you know your sin!"

After King Loulan expressed his guilt.

Zhang Yue announced loudly to everyone present:

"In the past, South Vietnam killed Han envoys and slaughtered them into nine counties. King Wan killed Han envoys and hung his head on the North Tower. North Korea killed Han envoys and immediately killed them... Now King Loulan has betrayed the Han and attacked and killed Han officials. He should be beheaded.

Hang it on the North Tower to show the world!"

"You dare to kill me!"

In the horrified eyes of King Loulan

Zhang Yue cut off King Loulan's head with a decisive sword.

Seeing their king beheaded by Zhang Yue's sword, the Loulan people in the audience not only did not show any angry expressions, but appeared very calm.

It’s no wonder that since King Loulan chose to return to the Huns, in order to please the Huns, King Loulan would donate a lot of property to the Huns every year.

And not all of these properties were plundered from the Loulan people.

The good relationship between King Loulan and the Xiongnu not only did not bring benefits to Loulan people, but also caused a heavy burden.

The Han army was just the opposite. Although the Han army was not innocent, it did bring real benefits to the Loulan people.

Since the arrival of the Han army, the empire's advanced farming technology has also entered Loulan, and the Loulan people's food production has greatly increased.

Not to mention, the arrival of the Han army also gave Loulan a large amount of trade income.

Loulan Kingdom has also become the richest country in the Western Region.
Chapter completed!