During the reign of Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, soldiers and their families were sent to the front of Che Division to farm, cultivate and guard the fields.
At the same time, Wuji Xiaowei was established in Gaochang, in charge of farming and military affairs. With the rise of the Silk Road, it gradually developed into a land transportation hub between China and the West and became an important Silk Road town.
The name of the country Gaochang comes from the local natural geographical environment. It was named because of its "high and open terrain and prosperous people".
Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, Gaochang has been a hub connecting the Central Plains, Central Asia, and Europe. Economic and trade activities have been very active, and religions from all over the world have been introduced to the mainland through Gaochang. It is no exaggeration to say that it may be the most active and developed place for ancient religions in the world.
After many years of operation, it finally became a dazzling pearl on the Silk Road, the window to the outside world for the northwest region at that time, and the most prosperous city and commodity trading place in the west. Economic prosperity made Gaochang once become the northwest region of my country. Political and cultural center.
Gaochang is a hub connecting the Central Plains, Central Asia and Europe. Merchants from Persia and other places came to Gaochang City with alfalfa, grapes, spices, peppers, gems and horses, and took away silk, porcelain, tea and houses from the Central Plains.
They are lined up on both sides of the street, showing the prosperity of Gaochang's trade. These houses have workshops, markets, temples, etc., among which there are as many as 3,000 monks alone.
However, now, this prosperous city seems to be silent as if it is forever shrouded in night because of the imminent arrival of the Tang Dynasty army.
All caravans were withdrawn from the city. Han and Hu merchants, monks and believers also gathered in groups outside the city to avoid the coming war.
No one can deny that the arrogant Tang Dynasty army will definitely defeat this city and this country with thunderous force.
Regardless of the merchants, monks, or the people of Gaochang Kingdom, no one knows that Gaochang Kingdom Ju Wentai took the wrong medicine, and he dared to challenge the Tang Dynasty?
In fact, Ju Wentai didn't know if he had taken the wrong medicine...
When the news came that the merchants traveling on the Silk Road would march the Tang Expeditionary Force westward, Ju Wentai was like an ant on a hot pot, anxious and regretful!
He thought that the Tang Dynasty was thousands of miles away and would not take his little provocation seriously. How could he know that he would actually send tens of thousands of troops?
Before the army arrived, the vanguard army led by Qi Bi Heli had already swept across the entire territory of Gaochang Kingdom like a broken bamboo, and the vanguard was already less than a hundred miles away from Gaochang City!
There is even a nursery rhyme spread among the people, which goes like this: "The soldiers and horses of Gaochang are like frost and snow, and the soldiers and horses of Han Dynasty are like the sun and moon. The sun and moon shine on the frost and snow, and they will destroy themselves when they look back."...
Ju Wentai was almost scared out of his wits!
"General Ashina, has Yugushe Khan sent troops?"
Ju Wentai was panic-stricken. With the strength of the Chang Kingdom, he was like a mantis with arms like a chariot in the face of the fierce Tang Dynasty troops. But he dared to betray the alliance with the Tang Dynasty, and the Western Turks agreed to be his support.
Now that the Tang army was approaching the city, Ju Wentai could only ask the Western Turks to send troops to resist the Tang army.
Ashina, who was about forty years old, looked up at the anxious Ju Wentai and said in a deep voice: "Master, please don't worry, the Great Khan has sent cavalry to help Gaochang to jointly resist the Tang army. Although the Tang army
Sheng, but among our Turkic warriors on this grassland and desert, who is not a warrior equal to a hundred? The Lord of the country should be relieved."
When he said this, Ju Wentai breathed a long sigh of relief.
That guy Yu Gushe is the most insidious and cunning. If he is afraid of the power of the Tang army and shrinks back at this critical moment, then Ju Wentai will be in trouble!
As long as the troops and horses of the Western Turks arrive, even if they cannot repel the Tang army, they can certainly block its front. The Tang army exhausted its troops on expeditions, and then declined and was exhausted. As long as this first wave of offensive is blocked, the Tang army will be in trouble.
It won't go away on its own for a long time.
but……
Ju Wentai reacted suddenly, widened his eyes and asked Ashina: "What does it mean to take one for a hundred? How many troops did Yugushe Khan send?"
According to Tan Ma, the Tang army has a hundred thousand troops. You can give me one for one hundred, why not just send a thousand men and horses?
Ashina smiled awkwardly: "The soldiers sent by the Great Khan this time are all the Great Khan's personal soldiers, and they are the most fierce and skilled warriors of the Turks..."
Ju Wentai interrupted him loudly: "Don't talk about those useless things. How many people are there?"
Ashina was helpless and said: "A thousand fine knights..."
Ju Wentai was stunned and felt a group of things rolling through his heart. He was stunned for a long time and suddenly shouted: "Bitterness!"
He fell headlong to the ground.
Ashina was startled and quickly helped Ju Wentai up and called the medical officer urgently. Seeing that his face was like gold paper and his eyes were closed tightly, he reached out his hand and tried to breathe. Fortunately, he was still breathing.
I think I was so angry that I fainted...
The entire Gaochang Palace was in chaos.
The extremely frightening oppression brought by the Tang Dynasty's army had already frightened these royal concubines who were accustomed to living a comfortable life. Now that Ju Wentai has fainted again, what should we do?
Ashina sighed, feeling full of resentment towards his own great Khan.
After the leader of the Western Turks, Tong Yehu, died of illness, his successors were dissatisfied with each other and finally divided into two factions and started a war.
This war lasted for years, from the second year of Zhenguan to the sixth year of Zhenguan. All countries in the Western Region were not immune. They had to make choices in the face of the two factions within the Western Turks. Of course, most of them had no choice.
Whichever faction controls you can only follow that faction.
The two factions of the Western Turks were seeking support from the Tang Dynasty at the same time.
By the twelfth year of Zhenguan, Yugushe defeated his opponent and was on the verge of unifying the entire Western Region. While the power of Yugushe's faction increased greatly, it gradually had serious friction with the Tang Dynasty. After all, the Tang Dynasty had previously supported its own.
The opponent Yugushe sent Tutun Ashinaju to lead the Gaochang champion general to supervise his country.
And joined forces with Gaochang to attack Yanqi. Yanqi is located in the south of the Tianshan Mountains, separated from Gaochang by the Tianshan Mountains. At the same time, Yugu set up blocked the exchanges between the Western Regions and the Tang Dynasty, blocking the Western Regions trade routes. Some Central Plains people fled to the Western Regions in the past, and now
They are not allowed to return even if they want to...
If you dare to go against the bright chariots and horses of the Tang Dynasty, that's it. Regardless of winning or losing, the eagle soaring in the desert grassland does not care about death, only cares about honor!
The key to this war is not that the Tang Dynasty attacked Buchen. If it was just Gaochang, it would be too simple.
The Tang Dynasty was for the Western Turks behind Gaochang Kingdom!
In order to prevent the small Gaochang Kingdom from sending an army with a total number of no less than 100,000, it was obviously not the main target of the Tang Army. The Tang Army's huge army was prepared for the Western Turks.
Even if there are hundreds of thousands of troops, so what?
If they could not fight head-on with the Tang Dynasty, how could the Western Turks gain a foothold in the Western Regions and command the countries in the Western Regions?
Is it possible to continue moving westward?
The result? Yugushe Great Khan’s ideas were completely different from his Ashinaqu.
Yugushe Khan detected the strength of the Tang army and knew the determination of the Tang Dynasty. Finally, before the Tang army arrived, the Great Khan ran away in advance and ran a thousand miles westward in one breath.
What Ju Wentai still didn't know was that the Western Turk general stationed in Khan Futu City had surrendered.
First you offended the Tang Dynasty to death, but when their powerful soldiers came, you became soft again...
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The main army has already set off for Gaochang City, and the Shenji Battalion's station looks particularly quiet. Only the supply camp not far away and civilians are constantly filling large carts with grain and grass, waiting to be transported to the front line.
The blazing sun baked the top of the tent, and the entire tent was like a giant microwave oven, even hotter than the outside.
Fang Jun sat for a while, but couldn't stand it any longer. He walked out of the tent and met Xi Junmai, who was almost completely recovered from his injuries. He said, "Let's go with me to Puchanghai!"
"promise!"
Xi Jun bought the horse happily and ran to get the horse.
Fang Jun looked at the large lake in the distance and thought that since he had arrived in Lop Nur more than a thousand years ago, why should he also visit it?
Unexpectedly, before leaving the camp, a scout from the Shenji Camp came to report that there were horse bandits nearby!
Fang Jun frowned and had no choice but to turn around and come back, giving up the opportunity to witness the lush Lop Nur.
In the camp, Liu Rengui, Duan Zan, and Yin Yuan were all there, and even Qin Huaidao from the transport camp came over.
"What's going on?" Fang Jun walked into the camp and asked in a deep voice.
Duan Zan said: "Behind the sand dunes in the northwest, a horse team was found. The number is unknown, but it is not necessarily horse bandits."
Fang Jun frowned in thought, he didn't want to make a bet. If it was horse bandits, it would be fine, but if a group of Turkic cavalry appeared, wouldn't he still be dead?
The Turks did not dare to confront the large army head-on, but it was entirely possible to sneak attack their small force.
"How long will it take to break camp now?" Fang Jun felt that we should be more cautious. If we did not gain military merit, but were attacked by Turkic cavalry for a while, it would be embarrassing...
Qin Huaidao smiled bitterly and said: "Of course your Shenji camp can leave if you want, but our baggage camp will be in trouble. There are too many grain and grass baggage items, and we can't move them all in two days. If we abandon the grain and grass baggage baggage, our whole camp will be waiting to be beheaded."
Bar……"
Not only the supply camp, but also the wounded in the injury camp were difficult to deal with.
A large number of the wounded were seriously injured and unable to move. If they wanted to catch up with the army, they would all have to be abandoned.
Fang Jun took a deep breath: "Check out the nearby terrain for me, and release all the scouts from the entire camp!"
Mom, you won't be so unlucky to be targeted by the Turkic cavalry, right?