Three Kingdoms

Something has indeed happened in Xihai City.

Not in Xihai City, but in the north of Xihai City.

Accidents, like justice, are never absent.

The more you think things will go smoothly, the more often things will go wrong.

Surprisingly, this guy not only targeted the Western Region Allied Forces, but also targeted Zhang Liao and others.

The main trouble for the Western Region Allied Forces is the large number of people...

Yes, large numbers of people are indeed troublesome, especially since these Western Region coalition forces do not have a unified administrative structure. When organizing laws, not only are they slow to move, but the advance troops and the last people can even travel more than three days. It forms a long, comet-like structure, and because many people are just like the Buddha's call from the lake, it comes as soon as their minds are hot. There is no familiarity at all, let alone any cooperation.

People always inevitably think subconsciously that other people have one head and two eyes, so they should be the same as themselves. Kind people often think that others should also be kind, and treacherous people often think that others are being treacherous. In the Three Kingdoms drama, Zhuge sat at the top of the city and sang a big show, and naturally there were also Sima under the city who understood this.

The people in the Western Region Allied Forces naturally have all kinds of people, so they are naturally prepared with all kinds of thoughts. If these people are placed under any Taksa or Busen, they can immediately form a joint force...

It is estimated that this would only be possible if the Buddha appeared immediately and then cast a large-scale miraculous spell.

For Zhang Liao and others in Xihai City, their main trouble is the lack of people.

Not only were there few soldiers, but there were also few generals.

It was not a big problem in the original plan. After all, Fei Qian had already arrived at Yumen Pass and could reach Xihai City within a few days. For the Western Region Allied Forces, even with a large number of people, they could not capture Xihai in such a short time. city.

But no one expected that at this point in time, a change occurred that Zhang Liao and others did not expect.

Because he and Lu Bu could not agree on the same opinions, Lu Bu left Xihai City angrily. So now when the Wusun people suddenly appeared, everyone was caught off guard.

Gao Shun defeated the Cheshi Hou Kingdom and dealt a heavy blow to the Wusun people, but this does not mean that Gao Shun conquered the Che Shihou Kingdom, or that the Wusun people no longer had any influence on the Han people. Coveted.

Because greedy people will still be greedy, and stupid people will still be stupid.

The failure of Wusun Xiao Wang actually aroused the "same hatred" of more Wusun people, or in other words, it triggered a new round of competition in order to inherit the vacant position of Xiao Wang. In fact, this is very common in tribes, or in some organizations that maintain tribal traditions. After the previous leader dies or fails, the successors can only be truly recognized by everyone after they have washed away the shame of the previous leader. .

Xihai City seems to be at the crossroads of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions Allied Forces are dragging their long tail on the western road, while the Wusun people are coming on the northern road...

Located about two to three hundred miles north of Xihai City, there is a medium-sized swamp grassland with rich water and grass. Therefore, the Han people in Xihai also established a small farming town here for farming and grazing.

Now on the slope outside the small town, the sound of killing was loud and clear. Hundreds of Wusun cavalry were galloping, constantly driving the men with braided hair and hooded men to charge towards the small town on the slope. The robes of these bastards were messy, and they could only hold simple instruments such as sticks and lassoes. They were obviously strong men captured by the Wusun people along the way. It was unclear which tribe they belonged to, or whether they belonged to any tribe at all. . These miscellaneous beasts were poorly equipped, while the Wusun cavalry behind them were relatively well equipped with bows and knives and neat armor.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the Wusun people were still unwilling to admit defeat after their first failure, and instead launched an attack.

Compared with the menacing Wusun people, the rear army in the small garrison town was somewhat dwarfed.

"Put it closer and cum!" Come closer... you damn! Didn't I tell you to move closer? Are you deaf? ! 』

"Damn it, don't strangle your hands!" Are you going to cut off your fingers? ! 』

"Go away!" Get out of the way! Even if your legs and feet feel weak, get out of here! 』

Although there are some experienced military academies in the small towns of Tuntian, most people are still ordinary young people in Tuntian. These young men in the field do not have enough armor or enough experience. When they are in a panic, they just know how to run back and forth and create some trouble for themselves and others.

This small farming town is not large in scale. It is mainly used as a warehouse for storing grain and grass. Apart from being high on the top of a slope and facing water on one side, it is far from dangerous. There are only about 200 guards in the city. At this time, there are more than 150 young men at the top of the city commanding the strings to defend against the enemy. The other soldiers are serving as a reserve team, recharging their strength under the inner wall.

If you look at the number of people alone, the Wusun people are not too many, but compared to the Han army in the small town of Tuntian, there is a huge gap. There are two thousand Wusun cavalry with braided hats and armor outside the city. There were many people, and the number of vassal miscellaneous people they drove out was 3,000.

Judging from this scale, maybe some of Wusun Xiaowang's remaining soldiers were gathered up and then some were added?

After this group of people arrived outside the small town of Tuntian, they launched an attack shortly after resting. At the beginning of the battle, Yin was shot to death by Han soldiers on the city. Dozens of miscellaneous men were killed. However, this loss was obviously not in the eyes of the Wusun people. Wusun's cavalry were more capable, but they also cherished their lives and would not start the battle. They would just drive those bastards forward to consume the energy of the defenders.

The same old tactics, the same old patterns.

As long as it still works, I will keep doing it.

The terrain of the Western Region is like a flattened "O", with a desert area in the middle, and grasslands moistened by melted water from the snow-capped mountains on the north and south sides. There is a relatively good river in the small town of Tuntian, which flows all year round. With water, it is a very good place whether it is to temporarily station soldiers and horses or to farm fields on weekdays.

The Wusun people's invasion was not really about a showdown with the Han people, but more like retaliation as if they had been humiliated. Therefore, on the one hand, the Wusun people were fierce, and on the other hand, the Wusun people chose the target. Interesting……

Strictly speaking, the small town of Tuntian is not Xihai City. Even if such a small town is captured, it will not cause much direct losses to the Han people. But from another perspective, this is indeed a city of the Han people. Who knows? If you say a small town, it doesn’t count as a city? After capturing the small town of Tuntian, they can advance, attack, retreat or defend. If the Western Regions Allied Forces can really capture Xihai City, the Wusun people would not mind joining up with the Western Regions Allied Forces to seize some Han people's belongings and people and take them away. If the Western Regions Allied Forces If the coalition forces cannot defeat them, then the Wusun people can promote their own reputation by saying that they defeated the Han people's cities, and successfully ascend to power, etc.

Anyway, the strategies are perfect.

It's just that the Wusun people also forgot a problem, and they are not good at attacking difficulties.

This cannot be blamed on the Wusun people, but all nomadic peoples have this problem. After all, the Great Wall has been in existence since the Qin Dynasty. Nomads have broken their heads and bled under the city wall not once or twice, but it is No one has thought about it, or even if they have thought about it, there is no way to settle down and develop the technology tree, so when it comes to dealing with stone city walls, the barbarians' methods are actually very pitiful.

As for the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, if there were not a large number of leading parties...

Of course, there are always two aspects to the matter of the leading party. On the one hand, it is the traitor behavior of surrendering, and on the other hand, a large number of people are indifferent to foreign invasion. The upper-class Han people feel that there is no shame in betraying the country, while the lower-class Han people feel that the country has become so decadent that there is no hope, and it makes no difference whether the country is subjugated or not.

Fortunately, the Han people today still have some warmth in their hearts and some light in their eyes. In particular, the small town of Tuntian is located high up. Although there are not many defenders, combined with the young and strong people in the surrounding Tuntian, no one has expressed any intention to open the city to surrender or beg for their lives.

For the Wusun people, it was somewhat of a surprise. If they can't capture the small town of Tuntian, then they have no foothold, so they can't sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and there are many people gathered. If they can't replenish some supplies, will they all starve to death halfway in the winter?

Although there are other options for the Wusun people, such as going directly south to attack the West Sea, or bypassing the West Sea to see if they can break through the Yumen Pass and march into the Han hinterland, plunder Longxi, etc., there is no doubt that these military actions carry risks If the sensitivity is too high, the whole army may be annihilated if it is slightly insignificant.

Therefore, Wusun's best choice is to capture the small town of Tuntian, and then advance, attack, and retreat with rewards. In order to reduce their own consumption, the Wusun cavalry "recruited" miscellaneous men in the wild to participate in the battle.

Most of these bastards are people who originally lived in the Western Regions. Because they are not used to living in cities, they just live as nomads in the wild chasing water and grass. Therefore, it is not clear whether these bastards belong to the early Huns or the later Xianbei species. , or some earlier Hu tribe. After the Han people built Xihai City before, they did not drive out all the miscreants and restrain them. Therefore, these miscreants were driven away by the Wusun people who came along the water source and became consumables on the battlefield.

The ruling class does not regard ordinary people as human beings.

This is true not only for the dignitaries in the temples of the Han people, but also for the noble leaders among the nomadic peoples.

At most, some people know how to pretend, and some don't even bother to pretend.

Therefore, the Wusun cavalry who invaded the Western Regions did not regard the miscellaneous people in the Western Regions as human beings at all, and drove them away, consuming their lives and reducing the combat effectiveness of the Han army.

"These thieves, what are they doing here?" Is it just to kill these people? Commander Wang, why don't we put on our armor, mount our horses, and go out of the city to charge? These were all bastards, but I recognized some of them. They were kind-hearted people who had come here before to exchange for salt stones. It was really unbearable to shoot them like this. ” After the Han soldiers at the city’s head shot and killed a bastard who had jumped over his horse outside the city, he couldn’t help but turn around and said to the village chief.

As soon as these words came out, many soldiers on the top of the city also turned to look at the commander of the village, with a look of approval. Strictly speaking, the bastards who were driven outside the city were completely unarmed and could not withstand the arrows fired from the city.

The battle had been going on for nearly half a day, and the morale of those who rushed into the battle had already collapsed, but they were suppressed by a group of Wusun cavalry. They were destined to die if they went forward, and they died if they went backward. Up to now, most of the people shot by the defenders in the city were bastards who were panicking and getting close to the city defense line. It can also be seen that these bastards were already heartbroken and their actions were completely disordered. Killing a few more and a few less did not matter. difference.

"Stop talking nonsense!" You pity the bastards outside the city, and I pity your life! ” The village chief cursed unceremoniously, “Cheer up, everyone! These turtles are coming, I don’t believe they are not tired! I've already sent someone to post a letter to the West. The general will be here in no time! The most important thing for us now is to protect the city wall. Anyway, no matter who it is, anyone who comes close will be shot. Those barbarians may be pitiful, but once the city is broken, they will be accomplices! Do you understand everything? ! 』

The soldiers responded one after another, unifying their thoughts and no longer keeping a hand on the miscreants.

In the evening, I originally thought that the day would just pass, but I didn't expect that the Wusun people launched a fierce offensive.

For a time, the fighting in Tuntian Town was extremely fierce.

Although Wusun soldiers are not good at attacking fortresses, both in terms of equipment and fighting will, they are far better than the miscellaneous herdsmen who used to consume the fighting power of the defenders before. In addition, after a long period of consumption during the day, the soldiers on the small town in the field were much better. The defenders were all a little tired and tired, but also a little caught off guard.

The Wusun people put on thick armor and rushed towards the city. After successfully arriving at the bottom of the castle, they used iron awls and sledgehammers to destroy the outer wall gates and other places. The small town of Tuntian itself uses local materials and uses rammed earth as its walls. Although the climate in the Western Region is dry and the earth walls are harder than stone, they still have weaknesses. Once the enemy forces get close to the city wall and destroy it, the defensive situation has changed. Gains and dangers.

Although the defenders were trying their best to shoot the approaching soldiers on the city wall, the Wusun people on the periphery also kept shooting around the city, suppressing the counterattacks on the city wall so that they could not raise their heads.

As the soldiers in the city began to suffer casualties, the peasants who were gathered in the city also began to divide. Some of the peasants felt the need to help their soldiers, while others were trembling with fear and just wanted to hide or It's an escape.

The sky gradually darkened, and the Wusun people began to launch a large-scale attack. The small town of Tuntian gradually became depleted. Some places were ignited and thick fireworks were emitted.

Far away from the small town of Tuntian, a group of soldiers and horses stood.

Han Guo looked at the fire burning in the distance with a solemn expression. He turned around and ordered the scouts, "Go and inquire again!" 』

Next to Han Guo was Zhang Liao's army commander Zhang An.

Zhang Liao was too weak to come to support the small town of Tuntian at this moment, so he had to let Han Guo lead 500 people.

"Han is engaged!" Now that the city is in crisis, why not march? ! "Zhang An looked at the light and fire in the distance and asked somewhat anxiously, "If the city is broken, we...they...why don't we march? 』

Han Guo pressed the sword on his waist and rubbed the handle, "Zhang Sima, I am not General Wenyuan." 』

"ah? "Zhang An didn't understand what Han Guo meant by these words. Was he threatening him? It meant that Zhang Liao could tolerate him talking casually, but he was not following Zhang Liao now, so...

Han Guo looked at the small town of Tuntian in the distance, "If I had half the martial arts skills of General Wenyuan, I would lead my men to rush over there now!" 』

"Uh..." Zhang An was stunned for a moment.

Does this mean you are praising Zhang Liao?

Or is Han Guo looking for an excuse for himself to be afraid of fighting?

But soon, Han Guo explained: "These Wusun people don't know we are coming, so this is an opportunity... But if we... the scouts are back!" 』

The hurried scouts rushed to Han Guo, "Reporting the news, the Wusun people have stepped up their offensive, and the garrison city can no longer withstand it!" The west corner tower was set on fire, and the north gate seemed to have been destroyed as well! 』

Zhang An suddenly became anxious, "Engage, send troops immediately!" 』

Han Guo frowned deeply and said after a moment of silence: "Is Wusun an unbroken city now?" How long do you think the city can last? 』

The scout said with some embarrassment: "It hasn't been broken yet, but I guess it will be soon... I don't think I will be able to survive tonight..."

Han Guo nodded and said to the scout, "Thank you for your hard work. Go and keep an eye on the Wusun people. Once the city is destroyed, come and report it immediately!" 』

The scout shouted, and Han Guo repeated the order. Then the scout hesitated and went to investigate again.

"The city is broken?" ! Zhang An couldn't help but said angrily, "Han Zhengzhi, do you know what you are talking about?" ! 』

Han Guo nodded, "I know." If I had five thousand cavalry, I would attack now. If I had half the strength of General Wenyuan, I would not be standing here now... The Wusun people's formation is not in chaos now... Only when the city is broken, the Wusun people will In order to compete for wealth and food, there will definitely be chaos. When the time comes..."

"But..." Zhang An stared and said depressedly, "The city is broken... After the city is broken, what about the soldiers and people in the city?" ! 』

Han Guo was silent for a long time, then clutched the sword tightly, "Now... if we are defeated, the Wusun people can directly threaten Xihai City!" General Wenyuan can't leave! So what about the soldiers and generals of Luntai Military Village? Are they not human anymore? What to do with the plans we made before? If we evacuate Xihai City now, the people in front of us will not only be killed or injured! 』

Zhang An held his breath, and then only sighed.

"We are here to give these Wusun people a heavy blow," Han Guo's eyes were very clear and very painful. "Obviously, we cannot encircle and annihilate these Wusun people, so we can only temporarily delay their attack." Footsteps... The lord has arrived at Yumen Pass, and the vanguard will arrive at Xihai City within three days! Whether it's the Western Region Allied Forces or the Wusun invading enemy, we just need to hold on to this breath... Just like the dark night in front of us, if we hold on, the sun will shine brightly! 』

Han Guo looked up at the sky, "Land and peace can only be truly obtained through iron and blood... Let's go, we have to make some preparations now, don't disturb them, go around first..."