At this moment, a black line suddenly appeared on the edge of the eastern desert, rushing towards Zhan Hailan and the Loulan tribe. Under attack from two sides, the Loulan tribe had no way out. Zhan Hailan was so disheartened that all the Loulan tribe would die today.
Is this why?
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The shouts of a large group of cavalry came faintly from the eastern army.
"Chinese?"
Hope appeared on Zhan Hailan's dehydrated and anxious face. The cavalry was approaching, and a large group of white-turbaned and masked cavalry came over with spears and swords.
"Weapons of the Han people."
Zhan Hailan finally realized something, but was still not convinced in the surprise, until the cavalry walked into a woman who was also wearing a gauze and it gradually became clear.
"Messenger Luoli." Zhan Hailan lifted up her skirt and ran towards the Sali woman. The Sali woman riding a horse also saw Zhan Hailan.
"Princess Aquamarine."
The two women hugged each other tightly and cried with joy.
"Princess Hailan, I have invited reinforcements from the Han Dynasty. Look, that General Zhao is not worthy of me...Princess, why are you all here? Could it be...that Loulan has fallen?" Luo Li looked at the tribesmen in the sea of sand and was suddenly shocked.
She asked. Although she didn't hear the answer, Luo Li's face already showed sadness.
Every Loulan person has a deep love for Loulan.
Zhan Hailan nodded painfully and suddenly woke up: "Lori, hurry up, call the Han army to rescue my father..."
Needless to say, Zhan Hailan said that Zhao Yun had already led his army to attack the Yarkand Camel Team.
"The Han general Changshan Zhao Zilong was ordered by King Liu Zhang of Shu to rescue Loulan. Anyone who resisted was killed."
The Han cavalry and the camel cavalry clashed. Zhao Yun took the lead in charging into the enemy formation with his gun, and was invincible. As soon as he entered, he shocked the Shache army. The camel cavalry was no match for the Han cavalry.
"The Han army is coming. Withdraw, report to the queen, withdraw." The leader of the camel team shouted, and the camel team immediately turned and drove towards the depths of the sand sea.
"General, don't pursue me. It's difficult for the horses to catch up with the camel team in the desert." The rescued king, who suffered numerous injuries, said to Zhao Yun in a weak voice.
Zhao Yun nodded. In fact, he had no intention of pursuing him at all. If Zhao Yun planned to pursue him, how could the king be able to stop him?
War horses can fight here because this is already the edge of the desert and there is no such serious dehydration. If you dare to go deep into the desert, even a pony with extremely strong endurance is no match for a camel.
More than two hundred camels were seized, and Zhao Yun had people carry Loulan's wounded on horseback. As for the dead, they had to be buried in the sand.
"Princess Loulan, Zhan Hailan, pays homage to General Han on behalf of my father, Prince Tong Grojia of Loulan, to thank Han for sending troops to the Western Regions to rescue the vassals, and to thank General Han, Liu Zhang, King of Shu. Loulan will always respect Han as the supreme king of heaven."
The Han army and the Loulan people passed through the Bailongdui together and came to the Han army's camp. Because the Loulan king boy Grojia was seriously injured, Zhan Hailan paid homage to Zhao Yun on behalf of Loulan.
"Thank you to the King of Shu Liu Zhang for sending troops to save the country and the might of the Han Dynasty." The main members of Loulan paid homage to Zhao Yun together.
The messenger Luoli looked a little lonely, and she was looking for reinforcements very quickly. On the third day after arriving in Chang'an, the Sichuan army began to gather troops. And from Chang'an to Xiliang, all the soldiers were galloping.
Throughout the ages, the kingdom has never been so quick to rescue its vassal states, but unexpectedly, it was still too late. Loulan City and Haitou City had already fallen, and even Prince Tuoja died in Haitou City.
Zhao Yun nodded slightly to everyone in Loulan and said in a deep voice: "Since Loulan has fallen, there is no rush to engage in battle immediately. Our Han army has just arrived and will set up camp first. Another 20,000 Xiliang troops will also arrive soon. Don't worry, Loulan is the
We, the Han vassal, will defeat Che Shi and restore Loulan to our country."
"Thank you, General." Zhan Hailan and others saluted again. Although they were eager to restore the country, they also knew that what Zhao Yun said was reasonable. The Han army had just arrived, and the fall of Loulan had no foundation. The first thing to solve was of course the foundation problem.
What's more, Zhan Hailan knew that even if Zhao Yun wanted to fight with Shache now, he wouldn't be able to do so.
"Yang Zishang."
"My subordinates are here." A civil official came out in response. Yang Zishang was very eloquent. Liu Zhang originally wanted him to follow Zhao Yun and handle some diplomatic matters.
"Now that Loulan has fallen, it is impossible for our army to camp in such bad weather in the Western Region. There is a sand city in the southeast called Cila City, which belongs to the Ruoqiang Kingdom. You go and negotiate and let Ruoqiang surrender Cila City.
Garrison our army." Zhao Yun said calmly.
"What if King Ruoqiang refuses?" Yang Zishang asked this not because he doubted his ability, but because he wanted to know his own trump card. Of course, a diplomat must know his own bottom line, especially since there are many countries in the Western Region and their relationships are
It’s complicated, and you need to know what you can and cannot take out.
"No? Have you forgotten the purpose of our coming to the Western Regions?" Zhao Yun looked at Yang Zishang coldly, and Yang Zishang was stunned.
The Han army came here to re-establish the rules of the Western Region. Anyone who resisted the Han army would join Yarkand. If Ruoqiang was unwilling to give up the city, it would of course be an act of resistance. In other words, Zhao Yun would send troops to Ruoqiang.
Yang Zishang felt cold when facing Zhao Yun and did not dare to say anything. However, as a civil servant, he knew that the complicated Western Region could not be as one-size-fits-all as Zhao Yun. It was either black or white. Many times it was necessary to deal with the situation and make the best use of the situation.
However, Zhao Yun and Yang Zishang, who are now in charge, do not dare to disobey orders, but this makes it easier. A diplomat's trump card is to go to war, so there is basically no need for rhetoric. The diplomacy of a strong country is much simpler than that of a weak country.
Yang Zishang accepted the order and left. All the Loulan people present felt a chill on their backs. These Han people seemed to be different from the Han people a hundred years ago. Although the Han people who came before also wanted the countries in the Western Regions to surrender, they spent all their energy thinking about how to get it cleverly.
How to get more support from Western Region countries.
Only when there is really no other way can one or two be successful.
But now looking at the young and handsome generals, it seems that they are either friends or enemies, and they will start a war if they disagree. Is it possible that after so many years of turmoil in the Han Dynasty, the soldiers have become iron-blooded?
Just as Zhan Hailan was thinking about it, a Loulan woman came to report anxiously. She opened her mouth to speak to Zhan Hailan. Seeing Zhan Hailan's eyes, she quickly bowed to Zhao Yun and said to Zhan Hailan: "Princess,
Go and have a look, Your Majesty is dying."
Zhan Hailan suddenly became anxious, bowed hastily to Zhao Yun, and went to the camp of his father, Tong Geluojia.
A few days later, due to the poor healing environment, even though the Sichuan military doctors and Loulan local doctors tried their best, they still could not save Tong Geluojia. Tong Geluojia died, and her daughter Zhan Hailan succeeded to the throne of Loulan.
Ruoqiang was only a small country, not enough for Zhao Yun's 10,000 cavalry to defeat. In addition, Ruoqiang, like Loulan, was pro-Han, so Yang Zishang successfully borrowed the city of Cila without threatening war.
Zhan Hailan's simple inheritance ceremony was held in Cila City. At this time, Pang Tong followed 20,000 Xiliang troops to Cila City, and the Sichuan army finally completed its reorganization.
"Sir, now we are stationed in Cila City, and Yarkand has captured the entire territory of Loulan. If we want to help Loulan recover, we must attack Yarkand immediately. However, the general feels that the Bailongdui spans thousands of miles and it is difficult for our war horses to cross it.
, there will definitely be heavy losses.”
A royal ceremony of blue sea was held outside. Zhao Yun said worriedly to Pang Tong. Although Zhao Yun didn't care about many things, he was deeply aware of the difficulties at hand. If Loulan had not fallen and the Han army had stationed on the west bank of Puchanghai (Lop Nur) in time, Zhao Yun
Not afraid of Yarkand at all.
But now we are not only separated by the Puchang Sea, but also by the White Dragon Pillar, the Continent of Death. How can we attack Loulan from such a distance? What is the difference between that and seeking death?
"General Zhao doesn't want to attack?" Pang Tong asked with a smile. When Huang Yueying came to Pang Tong's secluded place to find Pang Tong, Pang Tong really didn't want to come.
In his early years, Pang Tong was very utilitarian and wanted to do something great to silence those who looked down on him because of his ugliness.
However, after many experiences, especially after leaving Liu Bei, Pang Tong got used to the pastoral life. Only then did he realize that it would be nice to live a normal life if he didn't have such a strong sense of utilitarianism.
So when Huang Yueying approached Pang Tong and asked him to lead the Western Expeditionary Army, Pang Tong was reluctant.
But what Huang Yueying said at the end completely made Pang Tong determined. Huang Yueying didn't say anything else, she just said that the lord Liu Zhang still had half a year to a year to live, and the expedition to the Western Regions was the last battle. She hoped that Pang Tong would make the lord have no regrets.
Pang Tong agreed to Huang Yueying, not only for Huang Yueying, but in Pang Tong's heart, Liu Zhang should be the most important person in changing his outlook on life and values in the first half of his life. If it weren't for Liu Zhang, he doesn't know where he would be now.
Regardless of whether Pang Tong still had the ardent utilitarian heart he once had, Liu Zhang was an unyielding leader in his heart. Whether in opposition or in government, Pang Tong regarded himself as a member of the Sichuan Army. Even in his pastoral life, he was a member of the Sichuan Army.
On the territory.
Who wouldn't be saddened by the end of the hero, so Pang Tong resolutely agreed to Huang Yueying's request.
But Pang Tong could see that Huang Yueying actually wanted to come here by herself, just because Jingzhou still needed her and she couldn't leave, and she didn't want to leave either.
Pang Tong, as Huang Yueying's friend, knew about the relationship between Huang Yueying and Liu Zhang. With Pang Tong's wisdom, he also knew that Huang Yueying was worried that if she came to the Western Regions, Liu Zhang would be worried.
She was not worried about the battle in the Western Regions, but worried about whether Huang Yueying would have a calm mind to assist Liu Xun after she left. Huang Yueying didn't want Liu Zhang to have such worries, so she could only stay in the Central Plains as if nothing had happened.
Pang Tong didn't say anything to Huang Yueying, but his purpose in coming to the Western Regions was to let the Han Dynasty regain control of the Western Regions.
"If you attack, you will fail." Zhao Yun said with certainty. No matter how strong the army is, it cannot cross the desert and the Aral Sea to attack a coastal city.
"Then don't attack." Pang Tong said casually.
"But." Zhao Yun said worriedly: "We are here to assist Loulan. If we just station ourselves in Cila City without sending troops, it will not only make the Loulan people dissatisfied, but also damage the prestige of our Han army."