Chapter 1118: Wei Chishun
After the defender of Guzang City led his 30,000 horses to rush out of the city gate, he launched an attack on the back of the Tuyuhun army at the fastest speed, and he knew very well that he should launch a fatal blow to the back of the Tuyuhun army before it reacted, only in this way could he more effectively attack the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses and share a pressure for Song Cheng's army.
Song Cheng was anxious to return to Guzang City, but he did not expect that his impatience would make the army under his command exhausted, and fell into disadvantage in the battle with the Tuyuhun army that was waiting for work, 100,000 camel cavalry is the only elite of the Liangzhou army, and it is also the core force of the recovery of the Western Regions, if it is consumed in his hands, he will not be able to explain to the Great Jin court, nor can he explain to himself, but he can not order a retreat, otherwise, the entire team will be scattered, and morale will also be greatly damaged, 100,000 camel cavalry is the pillar of the Liangzhou army, If the pillars are soft, Guzang City will be in danger, and the entire Liangzhou will also be in danger.
"General, the soldiers and horses in the city have gone out of the city to reinforce us." One of the generals shouted.
Song Cheng looked up and saw that tens of thousands of soldiers and horses with bright armor had rushed out of Guzang City, and they were attacking the back of the Tuyuhun army at the fastest speed, which made Song Cheng feel greatly excited.
He didn't expect that Guzang City, which had been besieged by the main army of Tuyuhun for so long, still had such a new force, but soon he thought that most of the people and horses in it were ordinary people, after all, when he left Guzang City, he only left more than 10,000 defenders, and after defending the city for so many days, there must be a lot of losses, only a few thousand remaining, and now tens of thousands of horses are naturally the people in the city, after all, there are a large number of inventory armor in the warehouse in the city, this Song Cheng is aware, but even ordinary people, After being well-equipped with weapons, it can also have a non-negligible effect on the battlefield, especially the deterrent effect on the Tuyuhun army is certainly not small.
Such a God-given opportunity to turn defeat into victory. Song Cheng naturally had to grasp it well, he raised his sword and shouted loudly: "Soldiers, the soldiers and horses in the city have gone out of the city to reinforce us." Our army will win, kill ......"
At this time, most of the soldiers of the Song Cheng army who were fighting saw the reinforcements and horses in the city, and their morale was greatly boosted, and the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses. After seeing a large number of soldiers and horses suddenly pouring out of the city, I felt a little afraid in my heart.
The situation has begun to quietly reverse, and the Jin army has gradually gained the upper hand, forming an oppression on the Tuyuhun army.
Standing on the slope of a small hill not far away, King Shaxi of Tuyuhun looked extremely anxious when he saw that the Jin army had begun to reverse the situation, he had a very good chance of winning this battle, but unexpectedly tens of thousands of new Jin troops suddenly rushed out of the city, breaking all the battle plans he had carefully formulated.
"Your Majesty, our army is already at a disadvantage. If we continue to fight, I am afraid that it will be detrimental to our army. A Tuyuhun general said worriedly.
"Your Majesty, our army has no chance of winning, so it's better to withdraw!" Another general persuaded.
King Tuyuhun Shaxi's eyes were full of anger, and he looked at the people on both sides who were fighting, and he was very unwilling.
And at this moment, the general of Guzang City found the king of Tuyuhun and others not far away, and shouted, leading thousands of men and horses under his command to rush towards the small slope where the king of Tuyuhun was located.
"Your Majesty. The Jin army rushed over, and they should have discovered us. A Tuyuhun general said nervously.
"Your Majesty, it is no longer safe here, and the end will be broken. The king walks quickly. The pro-soldier captain stepped forward and said.
King Tuyuhun sighed helplessly, and said loudly: "Order a retreat, and the whole army will immediately retreat to Bailan." Then he turned his horse's head and ran southwest.
Under the order of Sha Xi, the Tuyuhun soldiers who were fighting bravely. Immediately retreat back.
Seeing the retreat of the Tuyuhun army, the Jin army naturally boosted its morale, and pursued it for more than ten miles in a row, and then returned to Guzang City.
After entering Guzang City, Song Cheng, the assassin of Liangzhou, felt shocked, he had not seen him for several months, he almost couldn't recognize Guzang City, the city had changed a lot, many houses were demolished, and the streets in the city were all empty, which seemed extremely desolate.
A war completely changed the image of Guzang City, turning it from a thriving and prosperous city into a deserted and dilapidated city.
Because so many people died in this war, the city was full of paper money, and almost all of the houses were hung with white lanterns with a large inscription on them.
Looking at the desolate scene in the city, Song Cheng felt very sad, but the responsibility for all this was not him, it was the imperial court that ordered him to lead 100,000 main forces to recover the Western Regions, but he didn't expect that the main force of Tuyuhun would attack Liangzhou.
"General, the Tuyuhun army attacked Liangzhou for no reason, and the people of Guzang City suffered such a great disaster, we must avenge this revenge." Gu Zangcheng's guard, his eyes were slightly red, looked at Song Cheng, and said loudly.
Song Cheng pursed his lips, exhaled from the end of his nose, patted the shoulder of the guard of Gu Zang City, and said: "Gu Zang City can be defended, it is all your credit, and I will report to the court truthfully, but at the moment, our army needs to rest, and then wait for the king's order, and rashly launch an attack on Tuyuhun, I am afraid that it may not be able to win." ”
Hearing this, the guard general of Guzang City nodded in approval.
After the Tuyuhun army evacuated Liangzhou, they rushed directly to the direction of Diezhou City, they had to arrive at Diezhou City in the fastest time, and launched an attack on the thunderstorm army that entered the territory of Tuyuhun.
In an open field, Tuyuhun soldiers and horses stopped to rest and began to discuss how to break the enemy.
"Your Majesty, more than 30,000 soldiers and horses of the Shuzhong Corps of the Jin Army have broken through Pingkang City and Longgan City, and bypassed Heishui City, and approached Diezhou City, Diezhou City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it should not be captured at this moment." A Tuyuhun general said loudly.
"Your Majesty, the main force of our army still has nearly 100,000 people, as long as we reinforce Diezhou City, we can annihilate all the Shuzhong legions of the Jin Kingdom." Another Tuyuhun general said loudly.
Although, at this moment, the Tuyuhun army has lost the battle, but the Tuyuhun generals are still extremely confident, because they do not think that they are defeated by the fact that their combat strength is inferior to the Jin army, but because the Jin army has an advantage in soldiers and horses, and suddenly kills from behind, if it is not so, their Tuyuhun army will definitely not be defeated by the Song Cheng army of the Jin army, at least, they themselves think so.
King Sha Xi of Tuyuhun nodded, and said: "The soldiers and horses of the Jin army in Shu have entered the territory of my Tuyuhun and have continuously attacked many of my cities, which must be exterminated as soon as possible." With the police general, he set off half an hour later and marched to Diezhou City, before Diezhou was broken by the Jin army. Arrive at the city of Diezhou. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty." The Tuyuhun generals replied loudly.
After resting for half an hour, Tuyuhun's main army of nearly 100,000 rushed towards Diezhou City, preparing to annihilate the Jin Army's Thunderstorm Legion in one fell swoop.
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In the Western Regions in Khotan, the city of the king. A group of more than fifty horsemen was blocked by soldiers at the city gate and asked about their identities.
"Bastard, don't you even know this princess? Take this princess to the palace. One of the women at the head struck the soldiers at the gate with a horsewhip and scolded.
The soldiers guarding the city were new recruits, so naturally they didn't know Yu Chilan, the princess of Khotan, but then a lieutenant who rushed over after hearing the news recognized Yu Chilan at a glance, and said in surprise: "Princess, are you really back?" ”
"Don't lead the way yet." Yu Chilan shouted.
"Princess, please."
Yu Chi Lan rode into the city and marched in the direction of the palace. Fifty Jin cavalry naturally followed closely behind, looking very majestic.
Soon, Yu Chilan and his entourage arrived at the palace of Khotan, and directly entered the palace, fifty Jin army guards were stopped when they entered the first gate of the palace, and arranged for them to eat and lodging, only Yu Chilan continued to walk to the palace.
I haven't seen my father for many years, and Yu Chilan's heart is very excited. She didn't know what to say after meeting her father, after all, she hadn't seen her for so many years. There will be some rustiness between each other.
Yu Chilan didn't know that since she led the army to fight with Tuyuhun and did not return, his father Wei Chishun thought that he had died in battle, and set up a mound for her, if he knew that she was still alive. I don't know how I feel.
At this time, Khotanese King Wei Chishun was meeting with the envoys sent by Tuyuhun in the main hall of the palace, and talked with the envoys of Tuyuhun in a harmonious atmosphere on topics of mutual interest.
The envoy of Tuyuhun looked at Wei Chishun and said: "King, the king of my family said that Khotan and Tuyuhun are both Xianbei people, we are all a family, and we should fight together against the westward expansion of the Jin Kingdom, this time the Jin army of 100,000 Liangzhou Legion marched westward and captured many cities, if it were not for my Tuyuhun raid on their rear, I am afraid that the 100,000 troops of the Song Cheng Army have already killed Khotan." ”
Wei Chishun smiled, clasped his fists and said, "What the envoy said is yes!" If it weren't for your king attacking Liangzhou, this king would only be afraid that he would have to fight to the death with Song Cheng's army at this moment. ”
"Haha! If the king wants to repay my king, why should he do it later, now is it! Tuyuhun envoy spoke.
"How should the king repay him?" Wei Chishun frowned and asked.
The envoy of Tuyuhun smiled, and said: "The king should know that the strength of the Jin State is huge, and our army took the initiative to attack Liangzhou of the Great Jin Dynasty in order to rescue the countries of the Western Regions, so that after the Great Jin court knew about it, it would naturally send a large army to attack Tuyuhun, and my Tuyuhun would suffer from great pressure, if I Tuyuhun could not withstand the attack of the Jin army, then the countries of the Western Regions would lose the barrier of Tuyuhun, and in the future, you would all be enslaved by the Jin State and become the slaves of the Jin State, so Tuyuhun must block the attack of the Jin army to protect the countries of the Western Regions." ”
"The envoy's intention is to ask the king to send a large army to reinforce Tuyuhun and fight against the western expedition of the Jin army together with the Tuyuhun army." Wei Chishun opened his mouth to guess.
Tuyuhun envoy's happy eyes narrowed into a line, nodded and said: "That's right, the so-called lips and teeth are cold, with the expansion intention of the Jin Kingdom, as long as I Tuyuhun is destroyed by the Jin army, the next one must be the countries of the Western Regions, for our common enemy, for the glory of my Xianbei clan, we must unite and jointly fight against the Jin army's western expedition, the king is not at this time to make a contribution, what are you waiting for?" ”
Wei Chishun is naturally reluctant to lead his soldiers and horses to resist the enemy with Tuyuhun, after all, he is also a very selfish person, all the consideration is his own interests, Khotan soldiers and horses are only 30,000 in total, and also to guard against the attack of the surrounding small countries, if you go to Tuyuhun to resist the enemy together, then the rear is very likely to be in chaos, and once the soldiers and horses under his command lose too much strength when fighting with the Jin army, then Khotan's national strength will be greatly weakened, in the future, how to be able to subdue the surrounding small countries.
Moreover, although the words of the Tuyuhun envoy were very good, and Tuyuhun and Khotan were said to be like a family, but these words were naturally impossible for Wei Chishun to believe, after all, Khotan and Tuyuhun had a war because of territorial issues, and because of this war, he lost his most beloved daughter Yu Chilan, so he would never lose his own interests for Tuyuhun, but if he didn't help Tuyuhun, once Tuyuhun was captured by the Jin army, Khotan might be exposed to the iron hooves of the Jin army. He is a person with a strong desire to control, and he is naturally unwilling to surrender to the Jin army, so Wei Chishun is very conflicted in his heart at the moment.
"If it is inconvenient for the king to personally lead the army to reinforce me, it is okay to borrow more than 10,000 troops." Tuyuhun's envoy knew that Wei Chishun was a very selfish person, and it was impossible to lead the main force to reinforce Tuyuhun, so he put forward a not too high request to test Wei Chishun's attitude.
Wei Chishun's brows stretched for a moment, looked at the Tuyuhun envoy, and said with a straight face: "The soldier is a major matter of the country, and this king still needs to discuss this matter with the ministers and generals before he can give the envoy a reply." ”
Obviously, Wei Chishun still didn't think about how to decide, so he took the method of delaying the reply, wanting to think carefully about the situation.
"Father, father, I'm back." At this moment, Yu Chi Lan rushed into the main hall and saw that Tuyuhun envoys were talking to his father, and he couldn't help but be surprised.
"Lan'er, Lan'er, is it really you?" When Yu Chishun saw Yu Chilan enter the main hall, he was greatly surprised, and strode over.
Yu Chilan held Yu Chishun's hands and said excitedly: "It's me, father, how have you been doing all these years?" ”
Seeing that the person in front of him was really his daughter, Wei Chishun was very excited, and nodded again and again, and said happily: "Okay, my father has been living well over the years, but I often miss you, I thought you had died in battle, but I didn't expect you to be alive, by the way, where have you been all these years, why don't you come back to see your father." There was a slight reproach in his tone. (To be continued.) )