Since the Canglang Army and the Xiliang Army left Yumen Pass at the beginning of last year, more than 100,000 troops under Zhao Xing have been tossing back and forth between Yumen Pass and Yanqi. Although it is hundreds of miles away from the Wusun Kingdom on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and is blocked by the Hark Mountains and Saarming Mountains, this earth-shaking and lasting military force operation for more than half a year will be transmitted to the Wusun Kingdom on the northwest of the Tianshan Mountains.

Regarding the Wusun Kingdom, there is a passage in "Book of Han? Biography of the Western Regions" describes "The land is vast and flat. It is rainy and cold. There are many pine trees in the mountains. There are no fields to plant trees, follow the animals and chase water and grass, and the same customs as the Huns. There are many horses in the country, and the rich are as high as four or five thousand horses. The people are strong and hateful, greedy and wolves without trust, and there are many bandits, and they are the most powerful country."

This is a powerful nomadic people at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, located at the critical moment of the Silk Road. In the former battle between the Han Empire and the Huns, the Wusun Kingdom was under pressure and win over from both sides and was always shaking.

The Wusun Kingdom is a patriarchal slave society with a clan blood organization closely combined with the early state administration and military organizations. The "Book of Han. Biography of the Western Regions" records: "The Wusun Kingdom, Dakunmi, ruled Chigu City and went to Chang'an for 8,900 miles... The prime minister, Dalu, two generals on the left and right, three marquis, one general, one chief lieutenant, two chief lieutenant, one chief lieutenant, two cavalry king."

This is a nomadic country that blends clan blood organizations with military and administrative organizations. "Da Kunmi" is the supreme ruler of Wusun. It also has prime ministers and great fortunes, and then it also has official positions such as generals, marquis and cavalry kings. These important official positions are mostly held by descendants of the royal family or relatives.

Before the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Wusun tribe was nomadic in Guyuan, Ningxia, and then they gradually moved to the Hexi region. As early as before the Western Han Dynasty, the Wusun tribe established its own country in the Hexi Corridor. The founding monarch Hujiaomi became the Dakunmi, with his eldest son as the crown prince, and his second son was "Da Lu". Before migrating westward, the Wusun tribe had nomadic in Dunhuang and Qilian Mountains, close to the Central Plains, and was influenced by Han culture, so he had the official system of Prime Minister Dalu and Left and Right Duwei, which was similar to the Han system.

During the Pre-Han period, the Huns rose in the north of the Han Dynasty and gradually oppressed the living space of the Wusun people. So they migrated westward until they crossed the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains and entered the fertile Yili River Basin and the Junggar Basin, and settled and flourished here. Neither the Western Han Dynasty nor the Eastern Han Dynasty could truly include the Wusun Kingdom in its territory. In the best case, they had a marriage, which could affect some of the internal affairs of the Wusun Kingdom.

There is a reason why a powerful man, such a powerful man, was unable to subdue Wusun in the end.

Although the Wusun State was still a backward slave country, it was also a clan country that integrated blood ties and patriarchal law into the country. Among the Wusun residents with "120,000 households", males were recruited as soldiers according to their household registration, and there were often "188,800 victorious soldiers".

The geographical environment of Wusun Kingdom is very suitable for animal husbandry, so animal husbandry is developed. The Yili grassland is flat, with fertile black calcium soil and chestnut calcium soil, with lush vegetation, and is an excellent pasture. Wusun Kingdom produces a lot of horses, and the most wealthy families in the country have four or five thousand good horses. The horses in Wusun Kingdom are excellent in breeding and are the "Western Ji" second only to Dayuan horses. In addition to horses, they also have sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, dogs, etc., among which sheep are the majority. From 33 BC to 16 BC, when the female Limi was in the Great Kunmi of Wusun Kingdom, the number of livestock in the country reached 4.5 million, which is about half of the annual number of livestock in the vast desert north of Jin.

As time goes by, the Huns no longer exist. The Xianbei people who replaced the Huns and became powerful were eliminated by Zhao Xing. Only a little remnant of the Xianbei in Liaodong was left. The Wusun people who were guarding the area south of the Yili River and the Junggar Basin were also attacked by the Northern Huns when they migrated westward and the Xianbei people expanded westward, and are no longer as powerful as they were two hundred years ago.

However, the lean camels have always been bigger than horses. Although the national strength of Wusun has declined, this country is still the most powerful country in the Western Regions, and it is also the suzerain state of Xiuxun, Donor Poison, Weitou, Wulei and Shache states.

After the Shadow Team members' reconnaissance, at least 80,000 to 100,000 cavalry troops can be drawn in the Usu country today. If the Wusun people secretly colluded with the Kangju Kingdom and the Dayuan Kingdom in the northwest and west, and borrowed reinforcements from these two countries, the troops could exceed 150,000.

From this point of view, Guan Yu and his friends' expedition to Wusun this time was not as easy as they imagined.

On the southern bank of Lake Isek, there is a city called "Red Valley" by local herders. It is the capital of the Wusun people, Chigu City (the former site is now Ishtik City, Kyrgyzstan).

The king of the Wusun people, Da Kunmi, was sitting majestic on the tallest throne inlaid with agate, ruby, sapphire, emerald and amethyst in the palace. On the red carpet extending to the main entrance of the palace, at the front stood an old man, who was the prime minister of the Wusun State (similar to the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty). Behind him were four people left and right generals (similar to the Han Dynasty general) and left and right commanders (similar to the Weiwei and Tingwei), and then three Xihou in charge of local military and political affairs of Wusun. Next were two major supervisors in charge of law, one official in charge of official affairs, one translator who was proficient in the situation of the Han Dynasty and one Chinese translator.

In addition to Da Kunmi, there are thirteen people in total, which is the core of ruling and managing the nearly 600,000 population of the Wusun Kingdom.

Dalu reported to Da Kunmi with a serious expression: "My king, recently, urgent reports came from Wensu, Gumo, Weitou and Shule, and found the Han infantry army. They went west along the Pamir River and laid heavy troops on the road leading to the south of the mountains, intending to use force to threaten Xiu Xun, donate poison, Weitou, Wulei and Shache, who were originally affiliated with us, turn to the arms of the Han people!"

Da Kunmi nodded, indicating that he had learned about the attack of the Han army, and then turned his inquiry to the Zuo General who was responsible for national military affairs (Wusun regarded Zuo as the supreme.)

General Zuo seemed to have thought for a long time, so he said without hesitation: "Since the decline of the Han royal family, the Chief of the Western Regions' Mansion has been in name only for many years. My king is wise and has taken advantage of the situation to take advantage of the situation. He has gradually controlled most of the Western Regions from the north of the Pamir River to the Qinhai. Now he is strong in his troops and his morale is like a rainbow. The land of the Western Regions belongs to us nomadic peoples, but the Han people are now going to take it. If we do not fight back hard, we will repeat the mistake of bullying in the future!"

The right general followed and said: "Now our clan can recruit 100,000 elite cavalry, and can also borrow troops from Kangju and Dayuan. They are absolutely unwilling to be neighbors with the greedy and cunning Han people, so we can borrow at least 50,000 to 60,000 reinforcements. A army of 160,000 tigers and wolves is enough to kill this group of Han dogs who don't know how to live or die!"

ps: Today's first update came a little later than before. South Dao suffered from insomnia last night, his eyes were red, like a monster. In today's chapter, it took two hours to organize language just by looking up information, and it would be better later.


Chapter completed!