After hearing Situ Liang's return, Zhao Xun was determined to fight with Wusun State. Otherwise, the Wusun State would become more and more excessive. If you don't fight the other side, you will be afraid of repelling them, but you are afraid that the Zhao army wants to gain a foothold here, not the same.
It is an easy thing. On the contrary, if the Wusun Kingdom is defeated, the more than ten small countries still alive around Gaochang Kingdom and Kucha Kingdom will surrender one by one.
"Lord, we can know from our detailed works in Kucha and the words of the envoy of Wusun that the Wusun Kingdom once sent people to secretly have contact with Kucha King Heli. Fortunately, Kucha King Heli, fortunately, Kucha King Heli.
Li did not stand with the Wusun Kingdom, otherwise we would have had more troubles.” Situ Liang said in a narrow voice.
Zhao Xun sneered: "If the King of Kucha was not a fool, he should have understood that it is much better under our Zhao army than under the Wusun Kingdom. Now the Gaochang and Yanqi Kingdoms in the north are gone, and more than ten small countries are gone.
If Wusun Kingdom occupied this place, would he be able to escape from Kucha?”
"The Wusun Kingdom occupied this place, but it would not be like us using policies and economic means. The civil wars in the Western Regions were at the cost of destroying the country. However, this also reminded us that the Kucha Kingdom is now
The situation is indeed a very threatening existence for the moment.”
Zhang Yuanjing said in a deep voice: "My lord wants to attack Kucha first?"
Zhao Xun shook his head and said, "No, it is not a direct force against Kucha. This time, we must take action against Wusun. Then, sending troops must be unexpected. Therefore, dispatching from the direction of Kucha is an excellent place.
"As he said that, Zhao Xun pointed lightly at Shanhaiguan on the map.
Situ Liang and Zhang Yuanjing followed Zhao Xun's instructions and nodded secretly. Situ Liang said: "This Feicheng is located in the northeast of Xisha City, surrounded by city guards. It is the place where Wusun Kingdom now hoards logistics supplies.
However, even if you send troops from Kucha, you must act carefully, after all, it will have to cross two cities."
Zhang Yuanjing smiled and said, "I think it is very feasible. Brother Situ, you negotiated with the envoy of Wusun Kingdom, so that the other party thinks that we are powerless to attack them at this moment. And we lead the army to Kucha, which can instead allow the people of Wusun Kingdom.
I thought we were going to rectify Kucha. After all, although Kucha was allied, it was not under our rule."
"Not only that, we can even let some news from Kucha that we are very dissatisfied with the Kucha king's secret contact with the Wusun Kingdom. This will make the Wusun Kingdom even more likely to think that we are busy dealing with the Kucha country now.
.Of course, we must also let the current King Gaochang pass the letter of the country and reject the predecessor King Gaoya's edict to ced the thirteen cities in the west."
Situ Liang said: "That's good, the next is the raid. The Wusun Kingdom raided Kucha, but said that the raid, our Zhao army is not worse than them. In the Kucha Kingdom, we can also provide us with guides.
.Well... It is indeed a good way to send troops to Kucha. I wonder who the Lord wants to send this time?"
Zhao Xun smiled and said, "This time I went there personally. Although this time was for the affairs of Wusun State, this Kucha country really needs to be resolved. No matter what, if I came in person, it can be considered as the King of Kucha.
It’s a step. If you know the current affairs, it’s naturally the highest. If you don’t know the current affairs, I don’t mind changing the monarch.”
The Zhao army and the Wusun team each defended the city, and it seemed that they had entered a peaceful period. However, both the Zhao army soldiers and the Wusun soldiers were preparing for war. Both sides also knew that if they stopped, they would definitely be
Impossible. Without a war in the western part of Gaochang State, it is absolutely impossible. However, no matter who it is, they are restraining their own battles and actively preparing...
At this time, Zhao Xun led 10,000, his personal guards and 20,000 soldiers toward Kucha. Of course, before the action, he had already passed the military order of King Zhao.
At this moment, in the Western Regions, the total number of troops transferred to the Zhao army was only more than 75,000, plus more than 10,000 personal guards. In this huge area, the Zhao army had less than 100,000 troops.
However, after more than half a year of mobilization and preparation, there were no less than 100,000 troops stationed in the area occupied by the Zhao army. Most of these troops stationed were refugees, and they surrendered from all over the world in the past, especially the Liangzhou army in Liangzhou.
Sued soldiers.
These troops were not in the land, and when Zhao Xun gave Yu Chonggong, most of them were willing to move here and settle down here. Of course, the most important thing is that many of them were single. The Zhao army encouraged these troops to stay in the country.
Here, settle the family, marry and have children. Of course, most of these garrison troops began to transform into local garrison troops, namely the inspection department between the government troops, county soldiers and the most basic townships and villages.
Therefore, although Zhao Xun mobilized 30,000 troops at one time, it did not affect the Zhao army's rule over the local area. Yanqi, Gaochang and the destroyed small countries around were already accustomed to the jurisdiction of the Zhao army. As for those paranoid people, they had already long been
It was cleaned up by the Zhao army and the local garrison army.
The people of Kucha were uneasy about the arrival of King Zhao. Of course, what they were uneasy was not Zhao Xun's arrival, but the 30,000 Zhao troops who came with Zhao Xun.
You know, there are only 30,000 to 40,000 soldiers in Kucha at this moment. The other 30,000 soldiers are also the army with strong combat power in Kucha. They have been raided by the Wusun ** team in western Gaochang. The rest of the country are still
The Zhao army also divided and disintegrated and gradually won over.
That's right, most of the 17,000 and Kucha teams stationed in five cities including Langcheng are controlled by the Zhao army. The new chief generals of each department were replaced by the Zhao army as generals and schools that were attached to their own side. In addition, the various departments
The Zhao army also completely reorganized the original organization on the grounds of reorganization of the defeated troops. In addition, the food and supplies of this army began to be reissued by the logistics department controlled by the Zhao army, which also led them to start
The enjoyment of much higher treatment than in Kucha. Of course, they naturally cannot compare with the Zhao army. However, it is enough to allow these soldiers to change their loyalty.
After the Wusun Kingdom occupied the thirteen western cities, the remaining 17,000 soldiers of the Kucha Kingdom had already disconnected from the Kucha Kingdom. In addition, Zhao Xun deliberately did this, so more than a month after being raided.
These remnants of Kucha Kingdom were annexed by the Zhao army in another way.
The current important officials and kings of Kucha State have known about the situation of more than 17,000 soldiers. However, they have no choice but to do anything about it. Their own soldiers were attacked and trapped in Gaochang State, and the other party provided support, which is understandable.
You can't let these more than 17,000 soldiers starve to death.
Because the ultimate goal of the Zhao army this time was to raid Feicheng, a major logistics area of Wusun Kingdom from the flanks. Therefore, Zhao Xun needs to take Kucha as the main target on the surface. Therefore, the news that Zhao Xun came to Kucha was reportedly the same.
After it was introduced to the capital of Kucha, many ministers' faces changed drastically. They naturally knew very well what the ending of the royal family and the city in Yanqi and Gaochang countries were.
They did not want themselves to die in the "war" like ministers in Yanqi and Gaochang. As for the King of Kucha, they also had no good face. After all, the purpose of Zhao's army was his country. In addition, there was a lot of rumor that Zhao was rumored that Zhao was ruthless.
The purpose of the king's visit to Kucha this time was related to the secret collusion between Kucha and Wusun. Heli had to be nervous. He had a secret contact with Wusun. It was impossible for him to have no news at all.
The King of Kucha Heli quickly called Bai Yi and asked him about the news of King Zhao's personal arrival. Bai Yi knew the exact news that King Zhao went straight to Kucha this time? However, after hearing Heli's words
Bai Yi also understood what Heli was worried about.
"King, at this moment, I'm afraid that the Zhao army has already known about the King's contact with the envoy of Wusun Kingdom. However, it did not have any bad effects on the situation of intraocular pressure. Even the King rejected Wushen.
The State of Sun wants to win over. The King of Zhao is here, and it is definitely not a fight against the king, nor will it attack the ministers of the capital." Bai Yi said repeatedly when He Li gathered troops to protect himself and fight with the Zhao army.
Bai Yi has seen the power of the Zhao army. He handled the government affairs of Kucha and found out the strength of the Zhao army from other aspects. If there was a conflict with the Zhao army, even if the King of Zhao did not want to use force this time, he would be unable to take down the turtle.
This country is here. By then, blood will be left as a river. You must know that using force against King Zhao is more dangerous than directly hostile to the Zhao army. At that time, the Zhao army soldiers who were surging in anger would not even turtle
This country is razed to the ground?
"But King Zhao has arrived in person and the army has arrived in person, this..." He Li's face was solemn, and there was even a hint of panic in it.
"The king, King Zhao came in person because I, Kucha, was outside the confrontation between Wusun and Zhao troops. Especially now that the situation between the two sides is tense, we are an unstable factor. King Zhao will definitely not allow such an existence
It still remains on the side. After all, no one can guarantee whether an enemy will suddenly appear around him."
"The secret contact between the king and the Wusun Kingdom naturally became an important reason for the King of Zhao to beware of it. Therefore, our more than 17,000 soldiers were settled in the territory of Gaochang by the Zhao army. After all, the army was attacked by the sneak attack.
, even losing troops and losing generals can tolerate it, and can join forces with the other party. How can you not let King Zhao be wary?" Bai Yi said in a muffled voice.
Heli was extremely depressed when he heard Bai Yi's slightly complaining words. In any case, he was also working hard for Kucha. Is this wrong?
"King, at this moment, our Kucha Kingdom should also make a choice, and the King should also make a choice. If the King is determined not to give up the power in his hands, it will naturally be a unite with the Wusun Kingdom and fight the Zhao army to the death.
.This choice completely breaks us with the Zhao army. If the Zhao army uses force against us, there is no need to worry about reputation. In addition, can the Wusun State assist from the side, will the Zhao army give up the interests and the Wusun State and instead target us with all our might.
These are all unknown numbers.”
Bai Yi sighed deeply and continued: "Even if the Zhao army is defeated now, how to deal with the Wusun Kingdom is a difficult problem. Without Gaochang Kingdom, Yanqi Kingdom and more than a dozen small countries around, we are no longer able to fight.
Wusun Kingdom. And... and the Zhao army entering the Western Regions is only part of the Great Zhao. If this battle is defeated and the army attacks in the future, no one of us can guarantee what the general will be."
Looking at Heli's ugly face, Bai Yi said in a stern voice: "Either... or surrender to King Zhao and give up all his strength. With the help of my country, Kucha assisted the Zhao army in attacking Yanqi and Gaochang, the king's general
It was able to be preserved. Although it did not have real power, it was also granted the title of king enthroned by Da Zhao."
He Li remained silent for a while and said in a muffled voice: "Does the vast majority of ministers want this king to surrender to Zhao's army?"
Bai Yi did not answer, but Heli already understood the answer to his question. When it was related to the lives of the whole family, his ministers had to consider themselves. Bai Yi's silence was just inconvenient to him.
Just tell the truth in front of a king of a country.
Heli sighed and said bitterly: "I didn't expect that my ancestors' foundation was eventually destroyed in my hands!"
"Bai Yi, go and contact the Zhao army. I surrender. I hope that King Zhao can treat the people well for the sake of my Kucha country's many service." After looking at Bai Yi, He Li said in a stern voice.
He knew that Bai Yi was actually the King of Zhao at this moment, and actually the King of Zhao's soundtrack. If he refused, the Zhao army that was getting closer and closer would not be moving slowly, but a large army would have attacked the city.
After receiving Bai Yi's personal recognition and the letter of the Kucha King, Zhao Xun breathed a sigh of relief. Kucha Kingdom was taken down at a critical moment. Of course, this does not mean that everything is going to be fine.
The ultimate goal is to fully incorporate Kucha Kingdom under its command.
"Zhang Yuanjing, you must proceed slowly in charge of the government affairs of Kucha. This place is different from Yanqi and Gaochang. At this moment, the enemy Wusun will not cause any accidents. The King of Kucha and
The ministers under him are all objects we can use. We must move slowly this time, or even suspend our actions. Our main goal this time is to intimidate Kucha Kingdom, and in addition, we will raid Feicheng and force Wusun Kingdom to
Retreat.” Zhao Xun did not forget the image because of Kucha’s obedience. He knew very well what was more important at this moment.
"Don't worry, my subordinates understand." Zhang Yuanjing of course also understood the situation at this moment, "Master, are you going straight to the capital of Kucha this time? In this way, not only will I establish the reputation of my great Zhao in the Kingdom of Kucha, but I can
Gradually strengthen the influence of our Da Zhao here. In addition, the Wusun Kingdom will also make the country think that our purpose this time is Kucha."
In early August, after the King of Kucha sent a letter of state to express his surrender, Zhao Xun led his army to the capital of Kucha. Of course, the Zhao army also took over the city from Yanqi to the capital of Kucha.
King Heli of Kucha personally went to the royal capital ten miles outside to greet him, leading the horse to Zhao Xun to show his surrender. Zhao Xun did not refuse, and ten thousand personal guards were escorting him to the side. Under the guidance of Heli, he entered.
The King's Capital of Kucha. The King's Capital of Kucha was soon controlled by the Zhao army.
Of course, it is not that the Zhao army is unable to control the overall situation, but the Zhao army has arrived for no reason, so it is naturally impossible to take over the other country's capital without any reason. Zhao Xun's personal arrival and Zhao army's actions are a reasonable reason, and they have not been attacked by the people of the Kucha King's Capital.
Dissatisfaction.
Whether it was King Heli of Kucha or the subjects of the capital, they were shocked by the fierce army of the Zhao army. They were like a forest of swords and guns, and armor was all in place, just like a forest of steel coming towards them.
Originally, Heli and some ministers were extremely unhappy about surrendering to the Zhao army, especially Heli, how could he be willing to give up the power in his hands. But at this moment, he suddenly extinguished the only thought that had remained in his heart. So he could only respect and respect.
The one who led the horse for King Zhao.
If the King of Kucha had led his horse for others at other times, it would have attracted refutation from his ministers, but after Zhao Xun followed the mighty 10,000 personal guards, everyone was silent and led his horse for King Zhao to his king.
, no objection.
They knew very well that the one who came with Zhao Xun this time was 30,000 Zhao soldiers, and the 10,000 soldiers here were enough to make the current Kucha Kingdom unable to deal with it, let alone 30,000? Of course, they didn't know that
, The 10,000 cavalry with sharp armor and burly soldiers and murderous auras was the most elite personal guard in the Zhao army. That is, Zhao Xun's personal guard camp was expanded in the past. The remaining 20,000 people naturally cannot be combined with this.
Compared with ten thousand soldiers, many of the 30,000 soldiers of the Great Zhao who accompanied him were infantrymen.
However, Zhao Xun was not worried about this. He knew that the ten thousand cavalry around him was enough to shock everyone in the Kucha King Capital. The consumption required by these ten thousand personal guards was enough to support 30,000 yuan.
The troops are invincible.
The reason why Zhao Xun did not deliberately get close to the King of Kucha, but asked him to lead his horse was to let the whole country understand that the kings of Kucha had surrendered. Now, Kucha was already a vassal of the Zhao army.
Of course, in the eyes of ordinary people at this moment, Kucha is a vassal of the Great Zhao, and Dacha is the sect leader of the Kingdom of Kucha. They did not know that the purpose of the Zhao army was far from this.
Zhao Xun didn't need to pay attention to whether ordinary people understood. At this moment, he only needed to let the people in the Kucha King's capital spread the news that the Kucha King surrendered to him, and also facilitate his people's actions in the territory of Kucha. Of course,
Zhao Xun did not always ask the King of Kucha to lead his horse, but it was just a declaration of King Zhao's majesty to others. Then Zhao Xun asked Heli to get on the horse and walked side by side.
In fact, the importance of this Kucha to the Zhao army was not just for raiding the Wusun Kingdom. This Kucha was in the center of the western part of the Western Regions. To the northwest, it threatened the Wusun Kingdom, a major northwest country. To the south, it was
Directly cut off the retreat route of the countries in the southern Western Regions. In other words, if the troops from Kucha will be rushed south, they will appear directly behind the countries in the southern Western Regions. They will form a force of east-west attack with the Qiwei Prefecture in the western part of Liangzhou.
Including the Yanqi Kingdom in the north, the southern Western Regions will all be besieged by the Zhao army. Therefore, this Kucha Kingdom is still extremely important to the Zhao army's overall Western Regions strategy.
It is also because of this that Zhao Xun did not want to carry out the Kucha Kingdom by force, so that it finally involved the southern countries. It happened that the Wusun Kingdom was also related to the Kucha Kingdom, so Zhao Xun was determined to be completely this time.