Chapter 698: The Battle of Kangju Wangcheng (2)

Half a quarter of an hour later, a group of nearly 100 Guishan patrol cavalry came to the original Cao Cao's location without hurry, and the officer-like person looked around and saw a forest a mile away, and the officer pointed to the forest and said, "Go there and see!" ”

One of the people next to him pleaded: "Captain, we have already missed lunch, let's go back first!" Besides, the general is too cautious, how can there be enemy troops here! ”

The officer frowned, and at this time, another soldier beside him also pleaded: "Captain, Yagu is right! You see, our brothers are very tired! As he spoke, he also pointed to the nearly 100 tired cavalrymen behind him.

The officer finally nodded, "Okay! Then go back! There shouldn't be any problems! ”

Immediately, the nearly 100 patrol cavalry turned their horses and headed southwest.

Two quarters of an hour later, tens of thousands of Wei troops came out of the woods, and Cao Cao ordered: "Pass this place as soon as possible!" ”

Half an hour later, the 35,000 elites led by Cao Cao entered the territory of Kangju.

On the same day, the 100,000 Kushan army led by Singh was still attacking the Kangju royal city, the battle was very fierce, and the situation seemed to be very unfavorable to the Kangju side, in the southern Raven Mountains, although the Guishan army attacking the Crow Mountains had driven away more than half, but the Raven Mountains were still under considerable pressure, and the general Tukun was simply unable to reinforce the precarious royal city.

King Kangju paced back and forth in the main hall of the palace, his originally somewhat majestic face was already very haggard at this time, and King Kangju spent the past few days in anxiety, worried about the future of Kangju, and even more worried about the fate of the royal family.

Prince Kang Wenrui and Li Jian, the envoy of Great Wei, hurried to the palace together.

"Uncle Wang. But what happened? King Kangju asked worriedly.

Kang Wenrui shook his head and said with a little excitement: "King." His Majesty the Emperor of Great Wei personally led a large army to attack the Guishan army and annihilated 100,000 elites of the Guishan general's Shijiao Division. And most of the Kushan army that attacked Raven Mountain has already been scattered! ”

"Really!" King Kangju said in disbelief, with a look of surprise on his face.

Li Jian stepped forward and hugged his fists and said, "It's true! ”

He then took out a flying pigeon from his sleeve and presented it to King Kangju, saying, "His Majesty is now leading an elite group to come!" I believe that in two days at most, the reinforcements led by His Majesty will be able to arrive! ”

After reading the letterhead, King Kangju said to Li Jian very excitedly: "I Kangya really don't know how to repay it?!" ”

In the face of King Kangju's gratitude, of course Li Jian couldn't say the idea that as long as you Kangju was obedient to me as a watchdog under the command of Da Wei, he said very high-soundingly: "Kangju and I Da Wei are allies, and the king doesn't have to see too much!" ”

Then he said in his heart: Of course. It is best to always be like this, only in this way can we and other businessmen be able to better obtain big profits!

Li Jian's ideas really reflect the special craftsmanship of businessmen.

King Kangju said very solemnly: "Kangju will always be a subject country of Great Wei!" ”

This expression of King Kangju is very unusual!

The current situation seems to be unfolding in favor of Great Wei and Kangju, however, it must not be forgotten that there is also a wavering Wusun.

Although the opposition from the court was still strong, the king of Wusun still ordered the general Nezh to lead an army of 200,000 to the west, and at the same time ordered the general Hassan to lead an army of 200,000 to the junction of Wusun and Qiuzi.

Although Wusun had been dealt a heavy blow to the Wei army led by Ma Teng a few years earlier, their strength had now recovered, and in some respects even increased due to the occupation of the three provinces in the northeast of Anxi. At present, Wusun has a total of 600,000 troops, of which 100,000 are in the three newly incorporated provinces, and the remaining 500,000 troops are within its traditional territory.

Wusun is a Western Regions. Of course, it seems like a fantasy to have an army of 500,000 in front of a Western and Central Asian power, but in fact it is very normal.

Not to mention the population density of West Asia, there is a lot of it. This can be seen from the fact that in the period of more than 400 BC, the then Persian king Xerxes was able to send a million troops to conquer Greece. Although there is a lot of water in the millions, even if more than half is lost, there is still an army of 300,000 to 400,000!

Compared to the Persians, who had almost completely become an agrarian people. The nomadic nature of Wusun is that the army that can be dispatched is larger than that of Persia at that time, and it is not a joke that the nomadic people are all soldiers, which is why, even if the total population of the nomads is not as good as the farming peoples, when it is in the comparison of the number of troops, the two sides can be equal, and even in some cases, the number of nomadic armies can exceed that of the farming peoples.

Wusun's 600,000 army is actually just equivalent to transforming 600,000 young men from ordinary people to soldiers.

After the meeting, the king and queen of Wusun returned to the harem, which had been occupied by the Wei army, but now there is no trace of that day.

"Queen, I always feel that this battle is too risky!" The king said with concern.

An imperceptible trace of contempt flashed in the queen's eyes, and then she showed a sinister color, and said to the king: "Although the Wei army is strong, its strength is far inferior to the alliance between Guishan and us, not to mention, that King Wu will definitely attack the Han people at this moment!" We have at least a 90% chance of winning this battle! ”

"Queen, although what you said makes sense, war is not such a simple thing!" The king said with emotion.

The queen frowned and said nothing.

Soon after, news came about the Wei army, but this news was not good news for Wusun, the 100,000 elites of the Guishan Stone Cutting Division were killed by the 50,000 elites of the Wei army in the Rainbow Canyon, and the entire army was wiped out!

This news was definitely a bolt from the blue for the ambitious Wusun, but there was no turning back when he opened the bow, and Wusun had no choice at this time.

The next day, before dawn, Kangju was in the royal capital.

The camp of the Kushan army was very quiet, most of the soldiers were still dreaming, the patrols were walking back and forth, and the sentries on the sentry tower were looking out of the camp with a wary expression.

It can be seen that this general named Singh is a very cautious general.

After dawn, the characteristic horn sound in the Kushan army camp sounded, and the role of this horn in the Kushan army was similar to that of the war drums of the Wei army.

The Kushan army gathered at the sound of horns, and slowly advanced in formation to a few hundred steps outside the north of Kangju Wangcheng, and all kinds of siege equipment advanced with the army formation.

The Kangju soldiers on the city wall all showed nervousness, these temporarily conscripted soldiers obviously did not have a strong will to fight, fortunately they were numerous, otherwise they would not be able to hold until now. (To be continued.) )