Regarding the Han people's re-emergence of troops in the Western Regions, the Wusun king Da Kunmi had a discussion on deciding the fate of Wusun with his most core civil and military officials.

There is no doubt that this extraterritorial country, which was described by Han historians as "the people are strong and evil, greedy and have no trust, and many bandits", never thought of surrendering to the Han people. The rebellious Wusun people did not think of surrendering when they were threatened by the Huns. The brave and powerful Emperor Wu of Han did not think of surrendering when he defeated the Huns. The beautiful and kind Princess Jieyou did not think of surrendering when he married.

To this day, when the 100,000 troops of King Pingxi were launched in Tianshan, from the king to the young and strong, they unanimously chose to use a saber as a response.

After the two left and right generals responsible for the national war in Wusun, strengthened the tone of the decisive battle to the end, the three local administrative leaders, namely Xihou, who controlled the eastern, northwest and southwest regions of the Wusun Kingdom, agreed to support the two generals' military operations at all costs.

Da Kunmi then appointed the left and right generals to lead 40,000 troops. The east army passed between Hark Mountain and Saarming Mountain, with the goal of Wensu; the west army detoured west of the Tianshan Mountain remnants, with the goal of Weitou. Da Kunmi also appointed two left and right supervisors to set off immediately to Kangju and Dayuan to ask for help from these two countries. The Wusun people were willing to give 20% of the national income to Dayuan and Kangju in the future, just to obtain 60,000 reinforcements.

Xiang Dalu is a wise man who is wise and calculating. He is familiar with the ditches and ravines in the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and knows how to exert the elusive maneuvering advantage of Wusun cavalry. He suggested to Dakunmi: "I know a hidden passage is on the shade of Saarming Mountain, where a river flows from the valley to the southeast, and finally injects into the Qinhai in Yanqi. If we can borrow reinforcements from Dayuan and Kangju, we might as well let them replace the 40,000 soldiers led by General Zuo, and then let General Zuo lead the team around the north of Saarming Mountain, and follow the river valley to attack Yanqi, destroy the Han army's logistics supply nest."

After the translation affairs of Wusun, the head of the translation affairs, raised his own questions after the Prime Minister Dalu finished speaking. He said to Dakunmi: "The Kucha spies hidden in Yanqi recently sent a message that they found that there was an army of cavalry with a population of more than 50,000, not following the Han army heading west along the Pamir River, but actually heading against the east. Since the Han army mobilized a large number of troops this time, there was no reason to let their main cavalry not be used, but only rely on tens of thousands of infantry to fight, so the movements of these 50,000 cavalry were very suspicious!"

After hearing the long words of the translator, Xiang Dalu took out a map of the Western Regions drawn with a whole sheepskin. After careful examination, his face changed color. He said excitedly: "The Han army is indeed cunning. He deliberately sent infantry to attract our attention, and actually intended to let these 50,000 cavalrymen go north from the Jiaohe Pass between the front and rear Cheshi Kingdom to cover our backs!"

Da Kunmi asked in surprise: "In this way, our troops are obviously not enough. How should we arrange troops before the reinforcements of Kangju Dayuan arrived?"

After concentrating on his mind for a moment, Xiang Dalu replied: "Our rear cannot naturally allow Han people to enter, so first we must assemble a large army to deal with the 50,000 cavalry. I suggest that General Left leads 60,000 cavalry to set up an ambush at the Tianshan Pass upstream of the Yili River. No matter what, this Han cavalry cannot be allowed to break into our rear. General Right leads 20,000 cavalry and 20,000 temporary tribe members to block the Hark Mountain and Saarming Mountain. He is not in a hurry to rescue Wen Su and Weitou. I concluded that the Han infantry that occupied the westward advance would not rashly cross the Tianshan Mountain to fight us!"

The right general frowned and asked Xiang Dalu, "How can you be sure that the Han infantry will not attack the passage between Sahark Mountain and Aerming Mountain with all their strength? What if this is their main force, isn't Akagu City dangerous?"

"The Han army's front line is so long, and the troops of only 60,000 people actually set up a formation of three left, middle and right, which clearly meant to deliberately reveal flaws, intending to attract our main force to go south and go out to fight them in a decisive battle. They are not good at mountain offensive operations, but are skilled in position defense, so I dare to conclude that their main attack direction is not in the south!" Xiang Dalu explained.

Da Kunmi supported the judgment of Xiang Dalu, and asked: "This time we not only want to defend our homeland, but also fight back against the offensive Han army. So, after the reinforcements from Kangju and Dayuan arrived, how should we dispatch troops?"

Xiang Dalu replied: "When the reinforcements arrived, we took the initiative to let Kangju and Dayuan Allied Forces go south to fight with the Han infantry to attract their attention, and then all out the 40,000 warriors under the right general, sneaked out from the Wuming River Valley, and suddenly appeared in the territory of Yanqi, and caught the Han people off guard! The Han army has always attached great importance to logistics supply when fighting. Once the front troops heard that the old nest was being taken down, the morale of the army would be in chaos and would collapse without fighting. At that time, the right general can lead the troops east to approach the rear of Jiaohe Fortress, completely cutting off the 50,000 Han cavalry retreat north of the Tianshan Mountains!"

After hearing the arrangement of Xiang Dalu, the left and right generals nodded and agreed that it was feasible. General Zuo said: "As long as we attack from north to south and eliminate the 50,000 cavalry of the Han army, the Han army infantry advancing west will be like lambs on the grassland. We can chase them and bite them until they let them dry up the last drop of blood in their bodies!"

After the discussion came here, the senior leaders in Wusun reached a resolution to counterattack the Han army, and then took action separately according to the tasks assigned by Da Kunmi.

In early March of the eighth year of Guangxi, Guan Yu's central army was in charge of 20,000 soldiers from Pingxi's army entered the Hark Mountain and Saarming Mountain, but suffered fierce resistance from the Wusun people in the mountains. Although the troops invested only a few thousand troops, the Pingxi army did not find any advantage and had to withdraw from the foothills and return to the plain to defend.

In mid-March, 50,000 Han cavalry led by Ma Chao appeared on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. As a result, they marched less than 50 miles and were intercepted by the same number of Wusun cavalry. The two sides fought in the Hutubi area, without a distinction between the winners and the defeat. Ma Chao then led his troops to retreat to Jiaohe City, waiting for an opportunity to find a fighter.

In late March, the two left and right officials of the Wusun Kingdom who went to Kangju and Dayuan to request reinforcements fulfilled their mission and actually borrowed 50,000 and 30,000 reinforcements from Kangju and Dayuan respectively.

With 80,000 reinforcements joining the battle, the situation of the confrontation between the two sides took a sharp turn for the worse in early April, becoming increasingly unfavorable to Guan Yu's legion.

At this time, many generals in the army began to doubt whether Guan Yu's two-way division strategy and the one-line snake formation were somewhat careless, because judging from the current situation, 60,000 infantry retreated into a straight line to defend the Wusun people, which was likely to be broken through and surrounded by people, and eventually led to a disaster.


Chapter completed!