Liu Xin shook her head and said: "When you go back, thank the Queen Mother for your kindness. It is enough to have my men in front."
Cleia's heart skipped a beat and she asked cautiously: "Is it possible that His Majesty is angry?"
Liu Xin laughed and said: "Why am I so angry? The war a few years ago has seriously damaged Kangju's vitality. The most important thing now is to recuperate and be prepared for Kushan in the south. As long as Kangju remains stable
, is my greatest support!”
While he was talking, he suddenly saw a messenger hurried in, knelt on one knee, held up a red chicken feather letter with both hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, urgent military situation!"
Liu Xin took the chicken-feather letter, glanced at it hurriedly, sighed, and said: "It's really a storm that's about to come!" [
Xu Huang hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Liu Xin handed the chicken feather letter in his hand to Xu Huang and said calmly: "There is civil strife in Dawan, the nobles launched a mutiny, and Mo Zhiti's whereabouts are unknown!"
Xu Huang was shocked and said: "With the chaos in Dawan, the connection with Kangju and the Parthian Concession was cut off. There must be a conspiracy involved. Please make an early decision!"
Liu Xin said disapprovingly: "A small person can't achieve anything big. I have long planned to bring Dawan under the jurisdiction of the Western Region Protectorate. If it doesn't become "chaotic", it will be fine. If it is "chaotic", it will give me the opportunity to take action.
!Do you still remember
Xu Huang did not answer, raised his axe, and shouted sternly: "Kill!"
Following this order, the Han cavalry mobilized their horses one after another and fired thousands of arrows, catching the opponent off guard. The man who called out was shocked, turned away, and was hit by three or four feather arrows on his back. Fortunately, he fought to the death.
The guard then fled back to the city, but the thousands of soldiers and horses he brought with him were either killed by random arrows or killed by Han swords.
Xu Huang led the army, stepping on the corpses of Dawan soldiers, and rushed directly to the foot of Guishan City. At this time, the four gates of Guishan City were tightly closed, and there were many swords and guns on the top of the city, as if they were facing a powerful enemy. Xu Huang stepped out of the crowd and headed towards the top of the city.
He shouted loudly: "People on the city, listen, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has decreed that those who surrender will be spared death, and those who refuse to surrender will be punished for treason!"
Suddenly a man poked his head out from the top of the city, pointed his finger at Xu Huang and cursed loudly, saying: "I, Dawan, are not your vassal of the Han people, so how can I conspire against you? If you know each other, go back as soon as possible, otherwise you will die and be buried! Ah...
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Before he finished speaking, he heard a "swish" sound, and an arrow shot through the air and penetrated his forehead. The huge force took his whole body and flew backwards, and there was a heavy "bang" sound.
He hit the pillar of the city tower, and arrow clusters emerged from the back of his head, nailing him to the pillar. Suddenly there was a cry of surprise on the top of the city, and everyone rushed to save the man, but they had already lost their consciousness.
Went back to the west.
This arrow was shot by Taishi Ci in the Han army. Although Liu Xin only led four legions with 350,000 men during this Western expedition, he mobilized many strong generals from other legions. Taishi Ci
He was assigned to the First Army Corps and, together with Pang De, became Xu Huang's deputy. Just now he heard the man in the formation uttering arrogant words and couldn't hold back, so he shot an arrow. The two shots were more than 500 steps apart.
, although it was within the shooting range of the Han army's bows and arrows, it had reached its limit, and the accuracy of this arrow was even more astonishing. Looking at the generals, except for Huang Zhong, few could beat him in archery.
All in all.
At this time, Xu Huang once again issued an ultimatum: "Listen to the people in the city, I will give you one hour to think about it! After one hour, if you don't open the city gate and surrender, the day the city is broken, don't blame me for the sharp swordsmanship of my army!"
Suddenly, another man poked his head out from the top of the city and shouted loudly: "The Han and I swear we are not at odds with each other, and I would rather die than surrender!"
Xu Huang ignored him and turned around.
Because the civil unrest in Dawan happened in a hurry and it was not the focus of the Foreign Intelligence Office, the situation of the civil unrest was unknown. Xu Huang did not know that the person who just spoke was the person involved in the civil unrest.
’’s mastermind, Dawan nobleman Atike.
Atike is the richest man in Dawan. He owns half of the land in Guishan City. In the past two years, he has made capital from business activities between the East and the West. With money, he gradually came up with the idea of taking Mozhiti instead.
He had great ambitions, but he never found the opportunity. Later, Caracalla sent a mission to Dawan and stayed at an inn he opened, and the connection was immediately connected. Caracalla sent someone to pretend to be a caravan and give Attic a message.
A group of soldiers and armor were brought in. Atticus had many slaves in his house, and an army was soon armed.
In the past few years, life in Dawan has been getting better and better, but Mozhiti didn't know how to be prepared for danger in times of peace, and gradually indulged in drinking and sex. The army also neglected training, which gave Atiqi an opportunity to suddenly attack.
They captured the palace in one fell swoop.
Atike thought he had the support of the Qin Dynasty, so he immediately sent people to cut off all contacts with the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the Han army got the news and immediately sent troops, catching him off guard. The one who was shot to death by Taishi Ci just now was Atike.
Tike's eldest son Tumuji, and the one who blocked the Han army outside the city and was seriously injured was his second son Gehu. Atike only had these two sons, and one died and the other was seriously injured in the blink of an eye. He suddenly became a big man.
"Chaos", with only hatred in the heart, how can one be willing to open the city and surrender?
However, Xu Huang did not expect the people in the city to surrender voluntarily. He deliberately gave them an hour's time limit to wait for the arrival of the infantry brigade from behind. With the experience of the previous battles, the Han army's cavalry now also strengthened the city.
Training in offensive and defensive warfare, but after all, it is not easy to train cavalry, and siege will inevitably bring huge casualties. Liu Xin will not let their sacrifices be in vain unless it is absolutely necessary. Liu Xin's requirement for all arms has always been division of labor and cooperation.
Everyone performs their own duties, and it is most appropriate for the infantry to do the siege.
At this time, Liu Xin, who was still in Uzbeli Fortress, had just inspected the defense of the fortress and gave instructions to Zhang Ren, asking him to mobilize 30,000 soldiers to prepare to take over the defense of Dawan. The entire Western Region Army now has 150,000 people.
, of which 20,000 were stationed in the Han Concession in Parthia, 20,000 were stationed in Kangju, there were 20,000 each in Uzbel Fortress and Turugelt Fortress, and the remaining 70,000 were mainly responsible for the protection of the Western Regions.
The safety and daily operation of the military stations along the way. These military stations are the lifeline from Chang'an to the front. They are extremely important to the troops stationed in other places and to the merchants traveling north, so they have always been heavily stationed.
Guard. Now, sudden changes occurred in Dawan, and Liu Xin had to transfer manpower from these military stations to ensure that Dawan could be completely controlled by him.
As soon as Zhang Ren took the order and went out, he heard the report from his personal guards, and the navy deputy general Jiang Qin asked to see him.