Chapter 715: Crusade against Wusun
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King Kangju couldn't help but feel a little emotional, but Cao Cao frowned and said, "Decisively retiring the army is also a wise decision for Guishuang!" But they retreated too crisply, too unmuddy! I don't believe that there is such wisdom among the Kushans! I thought, maybe something happened in Guishan! ”
King Kangju said with deep feelings: "No matter what, it is a good thing to retire after all!" ”
Cao Cao smiled and nodded, thought for a moment, and said to the herald: "Tell Shou Cheng to closely monitor every move of Guishan, and at the same time order the spies in Guishan to find out the reason for their retreat!" ”
The herald answered and withdrew.
Soon after, the king and the minister of Kangju left, ready to let all the subjects of Kangju know the good news.
After another day, Cao Cao finally received the news from the secret agent lurking in the royal capital of Guishan, and learned the real reason for the sudden army of Guishan from the report of the Guishan secret agent.
It turned out that there was a large-scale rebellion in the thirteen eastern provinces occupied by Guishan, and the secret agents of Guishan judged that this rebellion could not help but be extremely large-scale, and there were obvious signs of being instigated.
King Vesudeva I of Kushan immediately ordered the armies of each town to go to quell the rebellion, and at the same time ordered the armies of Yue Kefeng and Yue Duo, who were confronting the Wei army, to immediately scatter back to stabilize the situation in Kushan.
Cao Cao couldn't help frowning, he felt that this news was too brief. Cao Cao summoned the herald and ordered him to summon the Kushan spies to gather as much information as possible about the rebels and the progress of the situation in the Kushan. It is to be summoned once a day.
Cao Cao walked to the sand table and tapped his finger on the location of the Wei army camp in the Mulberry River. He nodded at the position of the Wusun royal capital again, and a cold light flashed in the tiger's eyes.
The next day, the Wei army camp was busy in the mulberry river, and the armies were pulling out the camp, Ma Teng would lead the main force of the Wei army to leave here and go to the Kangju royal capital, while Xiahou Yuan would lead tens of thousands of infantry troops to stay here.
Three days later, Ma Teng led a large army to the capital of Kangju, and Cao Cao personally led the generals to meet him at the gate of the city, accompanied by Cao Cao.
At the gate of the city, I saw Cao Cao. Ma Teng couldn't help but feel flattered, and hurriedly turned over and dismounted to meet Cao Cao, his performance was more deferential and cautious than before.
Cao Cao picked up Ma Teng, patted his palm, and said with a smile: "General Shoucheng has worked hard!" ”
Ma Teng hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "It is an honor for the last general to share the worries of His Majesty!" ”
Cao Cao patted Ma Teng's shoulder, smiled, and took Ma Teng's hand and walked towards the city.
Two hours later. Cao Cao, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Kangju Wang, Kang Wenrui and other important ministers of Kangju met in the Kangju Palace.
Cao Cao first listened to Ma Teng's report on the battle of the Mulberry River.
Cao Cao nodded, and said, "It is necessary to collect the bones of the fallen soldiers, and the identities of the fallen soldiers should also be counted as soon as possible." ”
Ma Teng hugged his fists and said: "Your Majesty, don't worry!" The last general has already ordered a few generals to do it! ”
Cao Cao nodded, then smiled: "The current situation is very favorable to us!" It's time to settle old scores with Wusun! ”
Several generals present couldn't help but puff up their chests. With a look of hope and excitement on his face, King Kangju's voice rang out, "Your Majesty. But what do you need us to do? ”
Cao Cao smiled, "Thank you King Kangju for your kindness." But we just need logistical support from King Kangju! ”
King Kangju couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Kang Wenrui, who was on the side, pleaded hopefully: "Your Majesty, that Wusun has bullied us Kangju in the past. We are willing to be pioneers! ”
Cao Cao only hesitated a little in his heart, and then thought about the pros and cons of Kangju's expansion.
Cao Cao, who thought that this move would not only not let Kangju get out of the control of Great Wei, but would make it easier for Kangju and Wusun to become mortal enemies, and in the end he could only rely on Cao Cao of Great Wei, so he smiled and nodded: "Since this is the case, then take 30,000 Wusun soldiers as the vanguard to attack Pegasus City, an important town in the west of Wusun!" ”
Kang Wenrui couldn't help but show surprise on his face, and hurriedly thanked him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your success!" ”
Cao Cao smiled, "I should thank you!" ”
Cao Cao turned his head to look at Ma Chao and Ma Teng, who looked longing, and ordered: "Meng Qi, you lead the First Army and the Xiongnu Army to attack the Wusun Wangdu from the west!" ”
Ma Chao's eyes lit up, and he got up and hugged his fists to promise, Ma Teng and Dian Wei couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
Cao Cao then said: "Shou Cheng is responsible for coordinating logistics materials, Dian Wei will stay by my side!" ”
The two of them immediately got up and took the order.
Early the next morning, Ma Chao led the First Army and the Xiongnu Army to leave the Kangju Wangcheng, and went straight to the important town of Pegasus City west of Wusun, with them also 30,000 Kangju troops, and the leading general was the Tuokun who guarded the Crow Mountain that day, and his current identity is the deputy general of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.
The day after Ma Chao led the Eastern Expeditionary Army to leave, the defenders of Pegasus City, who had been paying close attention to the movements of Kangju, got the news that this was very bad for them.
The main general of the army is the younger brother of Queen Wusun, but after learning that the Wei army has invaded, this Wusun relative actually led his cronies to run away with all the money in Pegasus City.
This made the already very nervous soldiers and civilians of Pegasus City even more unaware, but fortunately, the deputy city lord of Pegasus City, Tuole, was a figure, and he stabilized the military heart of Pegasus City at a critical time, but he didn't have a little bottom in his heart, and he didn't think that his own garrison of less than 20,000 could withstand much time.
In this case, some people advised him that it was better to surrender to the Great Wei, so as to save the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the city, not to mention that it was not a shame to surrender to the powerful Great Wei.
However, Tuller did not accept this suggestion, and he felt that it was a shame for a warrior to bow his knees to the enemy in this way.
Two more days later, near noon, the mentally discouraged sentry suddenly saw countless black shadows appear in the sky, and at first he didn't know what they were, but when he saw it clearly, the whole person jumped up, and his face turned completely white.
His companion noticed his strangeness and couldn't help asking, "What's wrong with you?" ”
His fingers trembled and pointed to the outside of the city, and he trembled: "That, that"
The companion turned around and looked out of the city, and was stunned for a moment, and then his face changed greatly, and he shouted in a mournful voice, "Oh no! The Wei army is coming!! (To be continued.) )