Of course, breaking through the Yumen Pass was just the first step in Su Dingfang's expedition to the west. Next, Su Dingfang implemented the principle of soldiers valuing the gods and letting the large troops advance from the rear, while he led five thousand cavalry.
Take the first step and destroy three small countries in the Western Region while the enemy has not yet reacted.
Of course, the beginning of the battle was fruitful, but the process was quite thrilling. In this battle to conquer the west, the most dangerous thing the Jin army faced was not their enemies, but the evil natural environment.
The power of nature is endless, and even an indestructible army may be easily destroyed by it.
Most of Dunhuang County is already Gobi and desert, and there are not many oases. And if you go to the north of Yumen Pass, there is even more yellow sand, and the sky and the earth are dim.
Su Dingfang's troops all have one man and two horses, and the elite among them are equipped with one man and three horses. After all, the Jin army now has no shortage of horses, which is enough to support this configuration.
What's more, the environment here is so dangerous, you must be prepared in advance. Once you go deep into the pure desert area outside Yumen North, it will be difficult to find water and food. If you are not prepared in advance, then the Jin army will
For once, I didn’t go to conquer the West, but to sacrifice my life.
There is a large water bag and dry food bag hanging on all the horses. In addition to the war horses ridden by the soldiers, other war horses carry a lot of water, dry food, pots and pans and other items. Of course,
There are also tents.
Su Dingfang liked the sun very much, and had seen all kinds of suns. Some were as fierce as a bearded husband, some were as gentle as a virgin, some were confused and gray, like the clear eyes of an old man, and some were brilliant and colorful.
Like a girl's face.
But he had never seen the sun like this.
Although it is the same sun, when it reaches the desert, it suddenly becomes fierce and poisonous, as if it is going to burn the entire desert.
There was no wind, no wind at all, and no sound at all. Under the scorching sun, all life on the desert had entered a state of fainting.
At the hottest time, the scorching sun was like blood, dyeing the earth red, dyeing the desert red, and dyeing the armor of the people and the manes of the horses red. There were waves of red waves on the ground, and the temperature was scorching.
Like a burning fire.
However, it didn't seem to be easy at night. The surroundings were silent, as quiet as a ghost.
The wind is howling and the sand is flying. The night in the desert has begun to show its terrifying power. The cold wind is like a knife. After entering the tent, I sleep with my clothes on, and then lie down in the tent with cotton sandwiched between double layers of sheepskin.
The sleeping bag, stuffed with cashmere, was still not much warmer. It was colder than the winter nights when he went deep into the grasslands or into the mountains.
Even though these Jin troops were all elite soldiers and fierce generals who emerged from the mountains of corpses and seas of blood, in the face of such a dangerous environment, non-combat attrition was inevitable.
There was even an unexpected sandstorm and Su Dingfang temporarily lost his way. Even if he recruited a large number of guides in advance, it took him a long time to finally get out.
Fortunately, they were well prepared in advance. The army carried a large amount of dry food and water. At the last resort, they even killed some of the horses to satisfy their hunger with horse meat and quench their thirst with horse blood. In addition, a large number of guides were recruited in advance.
Only at the last moment did they find the right direction and found their first target in time.
It is said that looking for plum blossoms will quench thirst, not to mention that water and food were actually placed in front of the Jin soldiers. In this first battle, Su Dingfang did not deliberately make any command, but for three thousand days, he was trapped in several situations.
The soldiers, who were on the verge of hunger and thirst and could only rely on a few supplies to survive, at this time burst out with a strong desire to fight.
As long as they can conquer this city, they will have everything they need, including water and food.
Therefore, three thousand soldiers fought bravely to fight the enemy, each fighting for the lead. Under the sudden attack, they rushed into the opponent's city with a single charge, killing the enemy soldiers who were still not fully awake, and routed them to a rout.
However, although Su Dingfang used 3,000 cavalry to destroy the three countries in a row, after all, these three countries were small countries and ranked last among the Western Regions, so naturally they would not be taken seriously by him.
Three consecutive kingdoms were destroyed. At this time, other countries in the Western Regions had actually received news of the Han invasion. However, at this time, they did not fully pay attention to it.
After all, the environment here is now closed, and these forces in the Western Regions know very little about the current situation of the Han Dynasty. They only know that the Han Dynasty is now in an extremely divided state. A divided Han Dynasty has a limited deterrent effect on them.
Secondly, it has been too long, and the tentacles of the Han Dynasty have not penetrated deeply into the Western Regions. After such a long time, the forces in the Western Regions have long forgotten the military power of the Han Dynasty.
Of course, although those forces in the Western Regions did not pay attention to it, it does not mean that Yelu Dashi did not pay attention to the emergence of the Jin army. Compared with these forces in the Western Regions, Yelu Dashi knew much more about the Jin army, and he also had a profound understanding of the Jin army.
The army is terrible.
However, although Yelu Dashi understood this very deeply, it was not enough for him to understand it alone. Although Yelu Dashi had already begun to think of ways to connect the entire Western Region forces to fight against the Jin army after hearing that the Jin army had arrived,
However, it had no effect.
In the eyes of the people of the Western Regions, Yelu Dashi, a hungry wolf, was the biggest threat to them. At first, less than a hundred people from Yelu Dashi fled to this land in the Western Regions. The leader of the Shan Huan Kingdom came from the hungry
He rescued him from the edge, took a fancy to his bravery, and promoted him to his general.
A year later, because Yelu Dashi's performance became more and more outstanding, the leader of the Shanhuan Kingdom even intended to recruit Yelu Dashi as his son-in-law and give him the apple of his eye. But on the night of their wedding, Yelu Dashi brazenly launched a coup.
, imprisoned the leader of Shan Huan, beheaded his twin sons, and ascended to the position of leader in the name of Fu Ma.
And just half a year later, even the former leader of Shan Huan State unexpectedly "died" of illness.
After that, Yelu Dashi made no secret of his greed, and continuously annexed more than a dozen small countries around him, which caused the countries in the Western Regions to jointly target him, and even still looked covetously at other countries. In the eyes of these countries in the Western Regions, Yelu Dashi
That's the biggest threat.
This time Yelu Dashi wanted to unite all the countries in the Western Regions to fight against the Jin army, but instead made these countries think that Yelu Dashi had some conspiracy. The final result was that Yelu Dashi was self-defeating, and instead allowed these countries in the Western Regions to jointly target him.