Lack of Thought

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Lack of Thought

After the scout came outside the house, he handed a piece of information to the guard at the door with an anxious look on his face.

The guard knew from the scout's expression that there must be an emergency.

So he immediately rushed into the house and said, "The king has urgent news!"

King Outo stood up, grabbed the letter, and read it quickly.

After reading the letter, King Outo's expression became uncertain.

The people around him also realized that something was wrong with the situation, and quickly returned to their seats, staring at King Ouite quietly one by one.

King Ou Tuo looked around at everyone, "Just now the people from the mountain country sent news that a large group of Han troops were found in the mountains!"

"Wow!"

After King Ott finished speaking, the underground immediately went into an uproar. It was even more lively than before.

"What should I do, Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty, please retreat immediately!"

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The Han army discovered by the Shanguo people was actually under Li Si's command. The fire from last night's battle was very clear to Li Si in the Tianshan Mountains.

He immediately guessed that Zhang Yue was fighting the Huns, and he wanted to lead his army into battle immediately.

Unfortunately, he is too far away and the mountain road is difficult to travel. It is too late to rush over now.

So he simply continued to let his troops rest and wait until dawn before marching to Shanguo.

When Li Sibu marched into the Shan Kingdom, he was quickly discovered by the Shan Kingdom people in the mountains because he did not deliberately conceal his whereabouts.

When King Outuo received news of the arrival of Li Si's Han army, Li Si had already led his troops to occupy the Shanguo people's iron mines and smelting factories.

Li Si immediately sent someone to contact Zhang Yue.

"Where is Mr. Li's headquarters now?"

"Notice to Duke Ming that we have occupied the mines in Shanguo..."

Zhang Yue was overjoyed to see the messenger and immediately summoned the officers and officers to discuss the matter.

The arrival of Li Sibu greatly increased Zhang Yue's strength.

He decided to start a decisive battle with the Huns in the mountain country.

When he informed a group of officers of his plan, Lu Han first raised objections.

"My lord, the total number of our troops and Li Junhou's troops is now only 1,100, while the Huns still have no less than 1,700 riders, and there are more than 5,000 Shanguo people assisting them. Are we being too hasty in a decisive battle with the Huns at this time?"

Just as Lu Han sat down, Wang Hu said disapprovingly: "Commander Lu's words are wrong. Although the Huns have 1,700 horsemen, this is a mountainous area. The Huns can only dismount to fight, and their combat strength has been reduced by half."

"Besides, the Shanguo people only have about a thousand warriors in total. In the battle last night, we wiped out at least 800 Shanguo people. Now the number of Shanguo soldiers should be less than 200. The rest of the Shanguo people are just old, weak, women and children, and there is nothing to fear.

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"On the other hand, although our army also has to dismount and fight on foot, we have never relaxed our foot fighting training, so there is not much difference in combat strength, and Li Junhou's department is a division of elite officers (infantry)."

"Although the Xiongnu are numerous, their fighting power is far from being comparable to ours. Therefore, I believe that we will win in a decisive battle with the Xiongnu at this time!"

After Wang Hu finished speaking, Yang You and Mark also expressed their support for his opinion.

At this time, Pan Hong was summoned by Zhang Yue as an exception, but he looked like he was hesitant to speak.

Zhang Yue looked at him and said, "Uncle Pan Du, do you have something to say?"

Pan Hong stood up and bowed: "Ming Gong, there is something that I don't know whether to talk about or not!"

Zhang Yue said: "Pan Dubo just said it doesn't matter!"

Pan Hongdao: "Ming Gong, most of the officials and subordinates are from Loulan. They have been dealing with Shanguo people all year round, so they are more familiar with Shanguo people."

"When the officials talked with the tribesmen, they learned that the Shan Kingdom was different from other countries in the Western Regions. Before the founding of the country, they were originally a bandit in Jinshan."

"After being defeated by the Qiang people, they came to the Tianshan Mountains. Seeing the danger of this place, they occupied it and established the mountain kingdom!"

"Mountain countries are different from other countries. Although they have established a country, they still live by plundering. When they plunder other countries, the strong women in their countries will also participate in the battle, and their fighting power is only slightly weaker than that of male soldiers."

"The people of Loulan say that there are seven hundred strong women in the mountain country. The officials dare not conceal this letter and hope that the public will investigate it."

Zhang Yue also realized at this time that he had ignored such important information due to preconceived reasons.

He glanced at Pan Hong with satisfaction, but he didn't expect that he just temporarily asked him to observe the meeting. This actually saved him from making a big mistake.

"The military is a major event for the country and cannot be ignored."

Any small mistake can lead to a disastrous failure.

What's more, this time, a full 700 enemy soldiers were missed in the pre-battle calculations.

Think about the critical moment of the decisive battle between the Han army and the Xiongnu. Suddenly, 700 soldiers rushed into the battlefield. What would be the consequences?

Zhang Yue shuddered. If such a terrible scene really happened, it would definitely bring a disastrous defeat to his small army.

It may even be possible for the whole army to be annihilated when your own army is destroyed.

Quli's mere two hundred field soldiers would definitely not be able to guard Quli.

Once Quli falls, the Han troops under Luntai and Cheng Shen will be divided and surrounded by the Huns.

Even if the Han army led by Yi Chengyou plus Guo Kai's 400 cavalry were included, they would certainly not be able to withstand the attacks of the Huns and Cheshi.

In this way, the Han army in Chengdu will be destroyed, and then Loulan and Luntai will definitely be conquered.

By that time, the entire Western Region will be in ruins. The empire's achievements of several years will be destroyed in one day. The Han army will be blocked back to the east of Yumen.

After the Huns completely occupy the Western Region, they can use the manpower and material resources of the Western Region to quickly restore health.

Soon it will return to a confrontation between the big Han in the east and the strong barbarians in the west.

And unlike before, after occupying the Western Region, the Xiongnu only had to face a battle on one front, and they were able to gather more troops.

After so many years of war, the empire's financial resources have gradually dried up. It is hard to say whether it can continue to maintain the war if it loses the benefits from the Silk Road.

I am afraid that the Luntai Edict in history appeared more than ten years in advance.

"Uncle Pan Du, this battle should be remembered as your great contribution!" Zhang Yuehou said fearfully.

No one here had any objection to Zhang Yue's approach. We are all veterans of war. How could we not know the value of the information provided by Pan Hong?

Yang You's face was full of annoyance at this time, and he said regretfully: "My subordinates are not doing well, please punish me!"

Zhang Yue waved his hand: "I can't blame you entirely for this. None of us ever thought that Shanguo would be so special. It's really a strange thing in the world for a woman to serve in the army!"

This time Zhang Yue was not excusing Yang You, but was really surprised that even after more than two thousand years, there were very few women serving as combat troops.

Throughout the ancient history of the Xia Dynasty, except for the eldest princess of Li Yuan in the Tang Dynasty and Qin Liangyu in the late Ming Dynasty, no women joined the army.

As for Hua Mulan and Fan Lihua, Mu Guiying just made them up in the opera, and they cannot be taken as real...

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In the mountain kingdom, the king of the mountain kingdom is like an ant on a hot pot, constantly walking around.

After the battle last night, he had already felt the malice from the Huns.

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