Chapter 852 The three major powers serve him alone
Dakunmi was very happy after receiving Zhang Fei's reply.
He immediately replied to Zhang Fei, saying that he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and Da Kunmi's forces would definitely help the Han army deal with Xiao Kunmi and Kang Juguo. If the Han army decided to go to war, Da Kunmi would definitely lead troops to support the Han army.
Zhang Fei then made a complete battle plan.
Dong Zhuo also had his own diplomatic mission. After Da Kunmi was settled, Dong Zhuo forcefully demanded that Xiao Kunmi and Kang Juguo submit to the Han Empire, become vassal states of the Han Empire, and accept the decrees of the Emperor of Han. Otherwise, he would inevitably be attacked by the Han Empire.
The military expedition.
After receiving the news, Xiao Kunmi and Kang Juguo were very unfriendly to the Han army's request. They almost drove the Han envoys away. They let go and said that if they wanted to surrender, they could, and they would see the real seal on the battlefield, otherwise there would be less.
Go and talk nonsense in front of them.
Zhang Fei was furious when he heard this and ordered a war against Xiao Kunmi and Kang Juguo.
It was March of the fourth year of Zhenguan. Zhang Fei mobilized the entire Tiger Cavalry Army to the Shule Kingdom, and ordered Weitou, Wensu, Gumo, and Qiuci to provide food and fodder for the Han army and send troops to follow them.
The Han army fought together and obtained five thousand allied troops from various countries.
Subsequently, 15,000 troops entered the territory of the Wusun Kingdom, and received the support of more than 20,000 troops from Da Kunmi's command and the support of grain and grain. Zhang Fei, as the commander of the entire army, launched an attack on the Xiao Kunmi and Kangju coalition forces.
attack.
The Xiaokunmi and Kangju coalition forces actually had a relatively negative attitude towards the Han coalition's attack at the beginning, and they had relatively large anti-war forces within them at the time.
These people believe that the Han Empire is powerful and the Han army is powerful. They can destroy Yanqi and Shule, the powerful countries in the Western Regions, in a snap. The title of Emperor Han is enough to scare away the Xianbei people who are good at conquering and fighting. This is enough to prove that the Han army is difficult to defeat. In this case, they
Even less should we be enemies with the Han army.
It should be noted that Da Kunmi has defected to the Han army. If the Han army defeats them, Da Kunmi will definitely take advantage of the situation and annex the territory of Xiao Kunmi. At that time, Da Kunmi will definitely launch a liquidation against them. The result of defeat will be such a horror.
Should we continue to fight?
Xiao Kunmi himself was very shaken at the time.
However, Naliduo, the commander-in-chief of Kangju's army, lobbied Xiao Kunmi, believing that Xiao Kunmi should resist resolutely and not make peace with the Han Empire, otherwise he would still be dominated and even enslaved by the Han Empire.
But Da Kunmi was the first to defect, and he already had the first-mover advantage. When the time comes, he will give little shoes to Xiao Kunmi to wear. In the end, there may still be a rebellion or a war.
Rather than fighting then, it is better to fight now. With the help of Kang Ju's reinforcements now, it is definitely better than having to deal with the huge power of the Han Empire alone then, right?
Xiao Kunmi thought for a while and felt that it made sense. He felt that instead of being angry from both sides of the Han Empire and Da Kunmi, it would be better to fight vigorously. Moreover, the Han army was far away from home and fighting, so it was not certain that they could retain some combat effectiveness.
With Kang Ju at his back, he will definitely have an advantage.
It’s unknown who will win and who will lose!
So Xiao Kunmi suppressed the peace faction forces and decided to launch a strategic showdown with the Han army.
Kang Ju's behavior is actually for themselves.
Kang Ju knew very well that the Han Empire was expanding its power in the Western Region too fast and with too much momentum. It had already reached the Shule Kingdom. In this way, once Wusun was won over, the Han Empire's sphere of influence would directly come into contact.
Kang Juguo.
In a sense, if the Han Empire and the Wusun Kingdom formed an alliance, Kang Ju's hometown would be directly threatened, which would be equivalent to directly bordering the behemoth of the Han Empire, which would be a very dangerous situation.
Therefore, no matter what, Kang Juguo wanted to keep Wusun from directly falling to the Han Empire and retain this important strategic buffer land.
Not only Wusun, but also Dayuan must be preserved. We must rely on Wusun and Dayuan to establish a strategic buffer with the Han Empire, so that Wusun and Dayuan can directly face the power of the Han Empire, and Kang Juju
Afterwards, this can still ensure a certain degree of strategic security.
For the Kangju State, it was once powerful and now faced multiple threats. Not only was the domestic situation unstable, but externally, the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire were also strategically squeezed by it.
If the Han Empire squeezes its power again at this moment, Kangju State will directly face the triple squeeze of the Han Empire, the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire.
The three powerful countries take turns serving him, where does the blessing come from?
Men on top of men are not so masculine.
It no longer had any spare power to deal with the huge threat from the Han Empire.
Fortunately, Xiao Kunmi's brain is not very easy to use, and Xiao Kunmi's strength is not very weak. Kang Ju feels that relying on Xiao Kunmi and their coalition forces, they should be able to fight against the Han and Da Kunmi coalition forces, and defeat the Han Dynasty.
The battle lines were stabilized and entered into a long-term confrontation mode.
On this basis, the Kangju Congress further united with the Dayuan Kingdom, allowing the Dayuan Kingdom to become their barrier. While isolating the threat of the Han Empire, it could also provide some assistance to resist the Kushan Empire's northward strategy.
Kang Ju's ideas were pretty good, but the problem was that Zhang Fei's ideas were even better.
The first stage of the Western Region strategy is to advance together from the north and the south, and finally join forces at the Dawan State to bring all the Western Region countries east of the Dawan State into the scope of rule. Those who agree will be converted into vassal states, and those who do not agree will be directly destroyed.
It was set as a county under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate and directly accepted the rule of the Han Empire.
Liu Bei wants to establish an alternative [parallel system of prefectures and states] in the Western Regions.
Therefore, at this level, Kangju and the Han Empire had irreconcilable disputes of interests, and the ripples caused by the geopolitical collision destined that there would inevitably be a war between the two.
Although the Han army had already demonstrated strong combat effectiveness in Shule State, it ended the resistance of the Shule State army within a few days and quickly destroyed the country. This powerful combat capability made Kang Juguo wary, but the so-called inability to
You won't die when you see the Yellow River, and you won't cry until you see the coffin. Human beings are always a little bit "cheesy".
Naliduo and Xiaokunmi mobilized more than 35,000 coalition forces, which was almost the same number as the multinational coalition led by the Han army. The two sides were evenly matched in terms of numbers, but at the specific combat level, Zhang Fei was the same
He did not take the coalition forces of Kang Juguo and Xiao Kunmi seriously.
Based on Da Kunmi's description of the military capabilities of Kang Ju and Xiao Kunmi, Zhang Fei basically concluded that these were two mediocre enemies. Their combat capabilities were not much better than those of Shule, but they only had an advantage in cavalry.
Even so, they had no advantage against the powerful Han cavalry equipped with high bridge saddles and horseshoes.
Because both sides had a certain degree of confidence in themselves, this decisive battle in a strategic sense actually took place in the form of an encounter.
On March 19, the fourth year of Zhenguan, the two armies launched a battle on the central grassland of Wusun Kingdom. After a morning of fierce fighting, the multinational coalition led by the Han army won a complete victory, and the coalition forces of Kangju and Xiaokunmi were defeated miserably.
In fact, if the Han army had taken direct action, this battle could have ended faster, but whether it was Dakunmi, Kucha, or those small countries, in order to prove their loyalty and yearning, they all seemed to want to fight against Zhang.
Fei showed his skills, so he took the initiative to "be the king's vanguard" and fight for the Han Dynasty.
Zhang Fei didn't want to agree at first, but then he thought about it. He had heard about Kang Ju and Xiao Kunmi's combat capabilities and had never seen them with his own eyes, so it would be beneficial if he could see them with his own eyes.
So Zhang Fei nodded and agreed, and handed over the frontline command to Da Kunmi, allowing Da Kunmi to command the multinational coalition forces to fight against the Kang Ju and Xiao Kunmi coalition forces. The two sides had a real fight from the beginning, you came and I went,
The infantry clashed with each other and the cavalry clashed. It was a great fight. Da Kunmi and Xiao Kunmi even went into battle themselves.
But in Zhang Fei's opinion, it was a bit like novices pecking each other. He thought that the Kunmi and Dakunmi should have made great achievements in tactics and combat effectiveness after fighting for years, but he did not expect that the tactical level of both sides was very low.
Kang Juguo didn't want to say anything. They looked like dragons and tigers, but in fact, even the organization of the cavalry and infantry formations was very imperfect. Zhang Fei noticed that their forward and retreat speeds were quite limited, and they were obviously not qualified soldiers.
things that come out.
In this case, the answer is obvious.
They are by no means a match for the Han army.
Seeing this battlefield where novices were pecking each other, Zhang Fei couldn't bear it anymore, so he decisively ordered the Han army to enter the battlefield and launch a crushing attack on the Kangju and Xiaokunmi coalition forces.
Just a moment after the Han army joined the battlefield, the battlefield situation changed dramatically. The Han army raided the flanks and rear of Kangju Xiaokunmi's coalition forces from the left and right wings, and Kangju's commander Naliduo sent Kangju's cavalry to attack them.
, hoping to block the front line of the Han army and gain some strategic support for Xiao Kunmi, who was fighting on the front line.
As a result, in just one stick of incense, Kangju's cavalry was beaten to a pulp by the Han cavalry. The side and rear of Xiao Kunmi's command were completely exposed to the Han cavalry. The Han cavalry easily tore apart the infantry of Xiao Kunmi's command.
The army's defense line began to massacre in all directions, galloping freely.
Zhang Fei led another cavalry force directly towards Kangju's main formation. Under the fierce impact, Kangju's main formation did not last longer than two sticks of incense before being crushed by the Han army.
Naliduo originally thought that he could compete with the Han army, and even if he couldn't win, he could still buy some time. When the situation turned out to be wrong, he personally charged with his cavalry and fought to the death with the Han army, never retreating.
As a result, it was not his turn to take the initiative to charge, so he stayed where he was. The Han cavalry quickly approached him, surrounded him, started a fierce battle, and quickly eliminated all the guard cavalry around him, successfully capturing him alive.
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Kang Ju's battle flag was cut off by the Han cavalry. Kang Ju's army was defeated. Xiao Kunmi's troops were attacked from the front by Zhang Fei and Da Kunmi's troops on the front line. They soon collapsed. Xiao Kunmi fought with extremely complicated emotions.
At the last moment, until all the guards around him were killed, he was still fighting to the death with his sword.
In the end, Xiao Kunmi was exhausted and was killed by Da Kunmi himself. He cut off his head and roared to declare their complete victory.
The cry of victory spread to every corner of the grassland. In the middle and late March of the fourth year of Zhenguan, the forces of the Han Empire completely defeated the resistance forces of the Wusun Kingdom and won a complete victory.
After the war, Zhang Fei quickly reported the war to Liu Bei. He led his troops to pursue the participating Kangju remnant soldiers into the territory of Kangju State, strangled all the remnant soldiers, captured them, and then returned to the territory of Wusun State with great pride.
After this battle, the Han army no longer had any hostile forces in the North Road of the Western Region. The remaining countries, except for Dawan, had all submitted to the power of the Han Empire. The Third Empire had finally established its foothold in the North Road.
After that, after Liu Bei learned the news in mid-April, he immediately decided to follow the example of Cheshi State and grant Xiao Kunmi's territory to Da Kunmi as a reward, and move all Xiao Kunmi's subjects to Shule County as sinners.
, the Han Empire carried out direct management in the form of counties.
Zhang Fei fought vigorously in the northern route of the Western Region.
At the same time, in the South Road of the Western Regions, Dong Zhuo's deputy envoy Wang Chong had to ask for help from his own country because of the uncooperation of the powerful South Road countries Yarkand and Khotan. Therefore, General Zhao Yun, who was the second person in charge of the Western Region Military Region,
After receiving the news, he personally led five thousand troops to come to support.
Zhao Yun originally did not go to war. When Zhang Fei did, he, the general of Zhenxi, should stay behind and organize logistics for Zhang Fei. However, because of the ability of the Liangzhou governor, Zhao Yun was able to free up his hands. It happened that Wang Chong requested support from the country, so Zhao Yun
Lead the army into South Road.
At the same time, Zhao Yun also called on Shanshan and Mumi, who had decided to surrender, to jointly send troops and grain to provide certain support to the Han army.
Shanshan State and Mumi State had already learned about the Han army's brilliant achievements in the North Road, and they did not dare to disobey Zhao Yun's orders, so they each provided troops and food, and also took the initiative to build military camps for the Han army, and worked very hard to please the Han army.
With their support, Zhao Yun was able to lead more than 20,000 soldiers into Khotan. They met with Wang Chong who was blocked in Khotan and a thousand Han cavalry who were guarding him. They reorganized their troops and launched a final attack on Khotan.
Ultimatum.
The Khotan Kingdom was not going to be in trouble with the Han Empire from the beginning. At the beginning, Wang Chong and the Khotan Kingdom had a good discussion. The Khotan King even decided to send people to Luoyang to pay tribute. But I don’t know what happened. One night During this period, the king of Khotan changed his attitude drastically and asked Wang Chong to leave the country, otherwise he would send troops to attack Wang Chong.
Wang Chong was very angry, and after asking around, he finally learned that it was the Shache Kingdom who sent people to talk to the King of Khotan about something, which made the King of Khotan change his attitude and start a confrontation with the Han Empire.
The specific content seems to be that the Yarkand Kingdom believed that the invaders of the Han Empire were evil and wanted to enslave other countries, and the Khotan Kingdom and the Yarkand Kingdom combined could pull out more than 50,000 troops, so why should they serve as lackeys for the Han Empire? .
Then the Yarkand Kingdom also proposed that the Khotan Kingdom be the leader of the southern route of the Western Region, and they were willing to follow, so they hoped that the Khotan Kingdom would not accept the rule of the Han Empire.
The King of Khotan was moved.
Zhao Yun didn't care so much. Since he had made the determination to confront, he had to bear the consequences of the confrontation. After the ultimatum failed, Zhao Yun led his troops to attack, and the Khotan King also led the Khotan army to fight the Han army. The result was natural. It's self-evident.