Controlling Kucha was a surprise for the Han army.

Originally, the Han army had no hope of controlling Kucha before Wei Li was resolved.

but……

The active contact between the King of Kucha and his ministers made all this possible.

Five thousand Han cavalry galloped hundreds of miles in three days and three nights. Under the leadership of the Kucha army, they unexpectedly appeared under Duyan City.

Then, in cooperation with the Kucha army and nobles in the city, they almost did not take much effort to eliminate the Hun army in Duyan City.

Now, the battle situation has completely turned to Li Guangli.

According to Kucha, the Han army gained the advantage of geographical advantage in the Western Regions for the first time.

Now, the Han army in Kucha can suppress and even cut off the connection between Weili's enemy and the south of the Tianshan Mountains from the west to the east.

For the Huns, this is not good news!

The entire Quli is now in panic.

Thanks to the mapping and reading techniques taught by Zhao Xin, Wei Lu, Li Ling and others, the high-level nobles of the Huns have already had certain geographical knowledge and map reading ability.

So, now they just need to open their eyes and look at the map of the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains painted on sheepskin.

Everyone will tremble uncontrollably!

Judging from the map, Kucha is simply the ** of Wei Li and the entire northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains.

It not only overlooks the entire Weili from a high place, but also the terrible thing is that the Kucha people directly control the water sources and roads related to the lifeline of the entire northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains!

Now, the main force of the Xiongnu Western Regions is like a wild beast that fell into the hunter's trap.

It has no strategic space for retreat or maneuvering.

Just lose once, you may lose everything!

"King Kun, what should I do now?" Xianxian looked at Li Ling fearfully and couldn't help asking: "Are we ready to retreat?"

When Kucha lost, the gateway to the entire northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains was opened.

If the Han army took advantage of the victory and ignored the direction of Wei Li, they could even browse the Northern Tianshan Mountains from Kucha and enter the rich and beautiful Tarim land, and do whatever they want in the fertile land of the Huns!

Don’t have too many, as long as there are three thousand cavalrymen who will kill in, the entire land will be turned upside down!

Now, as soon as the wise man closed his eyes, he would dream of the scene of the Han Dynasty cavalry turning over in his nest, so he was so scared that he couldn't sleep at all!

"Don't panic in Tu She..." Li Ling still looked calm. He looked at the wise men and said, "Although the situation is not good now, it is not without a chance of winning!"

He had already thought it through.

In this battle, it doesn’t matter if you win or lose.

The key is to consume the power of both Han and Hun.

It is best to have both the wise and Li Guangli defeated each other, and at the worst, it is necessary to lose both sides as much as possible.

In this way, no matter where you win, you will never be able to interfere in the affairs of the northern desert in the next few years.

Especially the Han Dynasty!

Li Ling knew very well that the financial and human resources of the Han Dynasty could not withstand such consumption.

After this battle, the Han army did not cultivate and accumulated for three to five years, and had no strength to go out again.

In this way, the powerful Han Dynasty army would become a mountain guard dog because of its national strength.

This gave him and his friends the opportunity to slowly draw within the Huns!

"The three families have divided Jin, and I have the chance to rule the Huns!" Li Ling thought this in his heart, and said to his ancestors: "Although the current situation is bad, our army still has the chance and has bargaining chips!"

"If you retreat just now, that's really bad!"

"The retreat of Tu She can protect the south of Tianshan Mountain, but the north of Tianshan Mountain will be the Han territory..."

"Yiyihan has gained a foothold here, like that of the Luntai, to build a city blockade and promote wood and earth. After several years, I am afraid that the entire south of the Tianshan Mountains will become the front line..."

"Can Tu She withdraw north of Tianshan today, and south of Tianshan tomorrow?"

"If there is no supply from the Western Regions, Mobei will be just a lamb to be slaughtered!"

The wise men listened to the Xiongnu nobles in the tent and looked at each other, and they all knew that Li Ling was right!

The infrastructure capabilities of the Han people are so terrifying!

Thirty years ago, they seized Hexi, and in just ten years they built the Great Wall from Heshuo. Thousands of miles of walls surrounded the four counties of Hexi tightly.

What's even more terrible is that they continue to expand outward and build strongholds.

They built the Guanglu Pass in Heshuo, the Zhalu Pass in Hexi, the Suicheng City, and the Luntai Pass in the Western Regions.

If we let go, if the Han Dynasty acted as usual, the entire northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains were surrounded by side walls.

Then he worked hard to farm in the side wall, built cities on a large scale, and immigrated wildly.

I am afraid that in five years, the Han army will be able to appear from the Tianshan Passage from the Tianshan Mountains to visit the Xiongnu in the Western Regions just like their current army in Juyan and Heshuo.

If this is the case, the fall of the Western Regions will probably be a matter of time sooner or later for the Huns!

"What should I do?" asked the ancient wise man in a daze.

"Don't worry, Tu She, now, Li Guangli is more afraid of Tu She's retreat than anyone else..." Li Ling smiled and said, "So, I guess, Li Guangli's army may have reached the periphery of Wei Li!"

"In two days, the Han army will come to attack Quli!"

"This is the most favorable opportunity for our army!"

"The most advantageous?" The wise man seemed to hear a joke: "How can King Jiankun explain this?"

"Tu She should know that Wei Li lives below the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and there are many hills and canyons from the Quli area, which is not conducive to cavalry and infantry!"

"If we can lure the main force of the Han army into the mountainous areas, our army can form a balance of power with the Han army!"

The wise man listened fearfully and felt a little absurd.

When did the Huns have the advantage of infantry?

But if you think about it carefully, it’s true!

Because, compared with the cavalry, the Huns' infantry could at least fight against the Han people.

Instead of being completely abused!

As we all know, on the battlefield, it is necessary to cancel one Han cavalry.

And in the infantry battle, the two were almost the same.

only……

Fighting in the mountains?

The ancient wise man suddenly remembered it, and it seemed that the Huns had also made such attempts in history.

It was the Battle of Gaolan Mountain more than 30 years ago.

In order to delay the rapid advance of the Han army, Huo Qubing's troops, Zhelan, Aries and other several ace tribes joined forces with a 10,000 cavalry to set up defenses in Gaolan Mountain, attempting to prevent the Han army's cavalry from entering the protruding parts between Zhangye and Mobei, and the strategic attempt to separate Hexi and Mobei.

As a result, more than 30,000 Hun cavalry dismounted and fought with the Han cavalry in the mountainous area of ​​Gaolan Mountain.

That battle was the most tragic war in the history of the Han and the Hungarians.

The result of the war was that all the Huns' participating troops were wiped out.

But they also fulfilled their mission and successfully delayed the Huo Qubing Group, allowing the Han army to invade Zhangye in the second year and complete the strategic idea of ​​closing the door and fighting dogs.

only……

No Huns wanted to go to the Gaolan Mountain Battle again!

That's so scary!

That hell-like battlefield is still a nightmare for the Huns!

So much so that after the Battle of Gaolan Mountain, the Huns completely gave up the Hexi area.

He even regarded Xiu Tu and Hun Xie as abandoned sons and used them to drag the progress of the Han army.

Now, if we come to Gaolan Mountain again...

The wise men knew fearfully, and I’m afraid they couldn’t hold on at all!

After all, a tribe as fanatical as Zhelan and Aries is rare.

Li Ling seemed to see the fear of the ancestors. He smiled and said, "Don't worry about Tu She. Today's Han army is no longer the Han army of that year!"

"There is no more Huo Piaoyao in the world!"

"Although our army may not win when fighting in the mountains, the Han army is also average!"

"As long as it can be kept equal, you can force him to retreat!"

"After all, it's going to snow soon!"

When the wise man heard this, he nodded thoughtfully.
To be continued...