Chapter 471: King Lanling surrenders!
"Mr. Jiedushi, Xizhou City, has been heavily besieged by the enemy. The number of enemy troops is probably hundreds of thousands..."
When Zhang Yichao and Ban Chao came to a village fifty miles east of Xizhou, Alexander, the Huns and Turks allied forces had already crossed the Tianshan Mountains and surrounded Xizhou City in the territory of Guiyi Army.
"The Huns and Turks have always been enemies of our Guiyi Army. Once they have the opportunity to wash away our city, they will never miss this opportunity."
The Guiyi Army led by Zhang Yichao frequently fought with the Huns and Turks. He knew that the Huns and Turks would not miss the opportunity to defeat the Guiyi Army.
"I know the leaders of Shule and other tribes. Maybe I can win over Shule and other tribes and abandon the darkness and turn to the light. But those who are not our tribe will have different hearts and cannot expect them. It is best to get reinforcements from Guanzhong or Liangzhou. Before that, please escort my sister to Fufeng County, Guanzhong to avoid the war."
Ban Chao's face was always gloomy, thinking that there was little chance of defeating this group of Hu people.
The Western Regions here are different from the Western Regions during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions were not strong. As long as they tried to join forces and the prestige of the Han Dynasty, they were enough to conquer the countries in the Western Regions.
But this world is different. There are heroes from all dynasties in the Western Regions, just the Huns, the Khans, the Turkic Khans, and more than a dozen kings from small Western Regions such as King Loulan, King Cheshi, and King Kucha.
The Huns' Khan and Turkic Khan were more difficult to deal with than the kings of small Western countries such as the Loulan King and the Kucha King, and the troops were stronger.
Zhang Yichao said: "The giant master Shen San from Guanzhong seems to be relatively reliable. He may be able to help Rumei settle in Guanzhong."
"It's been a labor."
After dealing with Ban Zhao's incident, Ban Chao changed into armor and went to Zhang Yichao to rescue Xizhou.
Ban Chao also knew that it was difficult to relieve Xizhou by just relying on the 20,000 new recruits raised by Zhang Yichao in Shazhou and the 30,000 Guiyi Army gathered on the periphery of Xizhou.
The Western Regions Alliance, Macedonian soldiers may be less than 30,000, but the Huns and Turks exceeded 100,000, or even more than 200,000.
The Guiyi Army and the Anxi Army must obtain reinforcements from the pass before they can recover the lost territory.
But there are some things that you know that you cannot do but must do, which is the most important thing.
"Although the enemy is hundreds of thousands, we are leaving!"
Ban Chao and Zhang Yichao led 50,000 Guiyi Army to force support Xizhou City in the wind and sand.
Yellow sand is wearing golden armor after hundreds of battles, and will never return until Loulan is destroyed!
In Shazhou City, a team of Guiyi Army forced escort Ban Zhao and, under the arrangement of Shen Wansan, went to Guanzhong.
"If we can send troops to help the Guiyi Army, we will have a chance to subdue the Guiyi Army. In this way, we will have several important Western Regions towns such as Shazhou, Guazhou, Tingzhou, Yizhou, and Xizhou..."
Shen Wansan realized that this was an opportunity to subdue the Guiyi Army, so he asked someone to send the letter back to Guanzhong and tell Zhang Hua.
The Guiyi Army had at least 100,000 soldiers, and the population controlled by more than one million. It was also familiar with the terrain of the Western Regions, which was a force that should not be underestimated.
If the Guiyi Army is conquered, Zhang Hua's sphere of influence can be advanced to the Western Regions.
The Guiyi Army can also be used to protect the Silk Road in the future.
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At the junction of Tianshui County and Beidi County, Zhang Hua led his troops to attack Tianshui County of Qin.
In order to defeat Qin, Zhang Hua brought Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling who was imprisoned in Chang'an City.
When the Northern Qi Dynasty was defeated, Lanling King Gao Changgong and his father Gao Cheng were all detained in Chang'an.
After a period of detention, Gao Changgong also figured it out that if he wanted Gao Cheng to survive or had better treatment, he could only come out to serve.
Gao Changgong was taken to Zhang Hua's camp. After Duan Shao's recommendation, he had a step to become an official.
"If Gao Changgong comes to power, Xiliang can be pacified."
Zhang Hua recognized the force of Lanling King, and when he was fighting with the Northern Qi army, Lanling King Gao Changgong caused considerable trouble to the Xia army.
Now that Gao Changgong has taken office, he is also a powerful help.
Gao Changgong sighed: "Why do you think of a defeated general? Please release your father and spare his life."
"As long as you successfully become a marquis, I will naturally release Gao Cheng."
Zhang Hua painted a cake to Gao Changgong.
Zhang Hua finally decided on how Gao Changgong could be named a marquis.
Before Gao Changgong could provide any effort, Zhang Hua naturally could not release Gao Cheng.
"I am a marquis, but I will do my best."
Gao Changgong disagreed.
With his ability, as long as he makes meritorious service in several wars, it is really not difficult to be a marquis.
In ordinary troubled times, a large number of kings, princes, generals and ministers can be born. With the strength of this world's troubled times, it is actually not a strange thing that hundreds of military generals will be named marquis.
Gao Changgong's ability is qualified to become a member of the title of marquis, but he lacks military achievements.
After Gao Changgong surrendered, Zhang Hua was able to check Gao Changgong's general panel.
【Hero】: Gao Changgong
【Level】: 72
[Commander]: 90 [Military power]: 95 [Intellect]: 71 [Politics]: 37
[First Talent]: Lanling King Entering the Formation Song (spiritual talent, the "Lanling King Entering the Formation Song" played by the special military "Northern Qi Military Band", which caused the enemy to fall into a fantasy and his will collapse)
[Second Talent]: End Target Realm (Legislature, release End Target Realm, all cavalry and their mounts in the realm, adrenaline rush, pain decreases, move forward, and the speed of the mount increases, cavalry strength increases)
[Special Army]: Baibao Xianbei (eighth-level army, select the most talented group of warriors from the Xianbei people to train high-level cavalry, talented "true Qi equipment", "martial suppression": suppress the force of enemies trapped in the battle formation, source of soldiers: B or above, Xianbei people), Northern Qi military band (fourth-level special army, can play "Lanling King Entering the Formation Song", "Chi Le Ge" and other military music to mobilize the emotions of soldiers, so that the army can obtain various gain states, source of soldiers: life skills with musical music)
[Article]: Northern Qi royal family, Lanling King.
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"Gao Changgong actually has two special troops and such a fierce talent..."
Zhang Hua swept Gao Changgong's panel and was secretly surprised.
Gao Changgong was one of the three generals of the Northern Qi Dynasty. He was a pillar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and was indeed a powerful abilities.
Zhang Hua arranged Gao Changgong to Yaoxiong's Northern Qi army and transferred some of the originally captured Baibaoxianbei back to Gao Changgong's command to send an order to the emperor.
Baibaoxianbei is still under Gao Changgong's command, and can maximize the combat power of Baibaoxianbei.
"Lord, there are several people who claim to be the servants of the giant master Shen Wansan. They came back from west of Yumen Pass to see the lord and tell him something important."
After Zhang Hua entered Tianshui County, the envoys sent by Chen Wansan successfully found Zhang Hua who entered Liangzhou at this time.
Zhang Hua remembered that Chen Wansan was committed to opening up the Silk Road and had ventured to the Western Regions. At the same time, he was collecting information about the Western Regions for Zhang Hua.
After conquering Western Liang, the Western Regions will border Zhang Hua's territory, which is also a problem that must be faced.
Chen Wansan's caravan can be regarded as Zhang Hua's scout team.
"The Western Regions countries, because of their small population and weak strength, should not be able to achieve a climate. At most, they are the Huns lingering in the local area. The Turks are more troublesome, so there will be no chaos..."
Zhang Hua believed that there would be no problems in the Western Regions, but for the sake of prudence, he specially summoned the servants Chen Wansan sent back.
With Chen Wansan's pattern, he would not report to himself just because of trivial matters, but it would probably be some great things.
"The villain is the servant hired by the shopkeeper Chen. This is a letter from the shopkeeper who asked us to present to the adults."
The servant, who was exhausted, presented Chen Wansan's letter with both hands.
Zhang Hua browsed the letters that Chen Wansan brought back.
"Alexander, a barbarian from the West, colluded with the Huns and Turks in the Western Regions?"
"The Anxi Army of the Prosperous Tang Dynasty? The Guiyi Army of the Late Tang Dynasty?!"
"Zhao Yun?!"
The information that Zhang Hua was brought back by Chen Wansan was completely shocked.
Originally, Zhang Hua thought that the Western Regions were just a small fight, but he never thought that the Western Regions had evolved into a large-scale battle of hundreds of thousands of troops!
And there are many famous generals in the Western Regions!
The population density in the Western Regions is indeed very low, and the land that can be cultivated and grazed is limited, but it cannot withstand the vast area and the total population is still quite large. If someone integrates the troops in the Western Regions and invades Xiliang, it will be a big trouble.
In order to compete with the Huns for the Western Regions and ensure the stability of the Silk Road, a group of famous generals such as Ban Chao and Chen Tang emerged.
What Zhang Hua most unexpectedly was that the Macedonian king Alexander the Great and his expeditionary army actually appeared in Tianshan and were still fighting with two elite Tang corpses, the Anxi army and the Guiyi army.
"Did Alexander's expeditionary army travel through Central Asia in this world on the way to conquer India? In addition, Gao Xianzhi's Anxi army expanded its sphere of influence to Central Asia, and clashed with Alexander, which eventually made Alexander discover that there were more abundant lands in the distant East..."
It is said that in 327 BC, after Alexander conquered Persia, he led his army across the Khyber Pass, entered the South Asian subcontinent, and conquered North India.
Zhang Hua had reason to suspect that Alexander traveled through the way to India. In this way, Alexander's age and the number of Macedonian Legion could match.
Only a small number of Alexander's army were Macedonians, most of which were soldiers of other civilizations conquered during the Eastern Expedition.
Alexander's approach, like Ban Chao of the Eastern Han Dynasty, controlled the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, used barbarians to control barbarians, with only a small number of direct troops and military troops as the main force.
"If only Alexander had an army, he might not be the opponent of Qin State established by King Zheng of Qin in Xiliang. Qin Ruishi was not afraid of the Macedonian phalanx. But if the messy tribes such as the Huns, Turks, and the Nine Clan Tiel were added, it would be hard to say. When these tribes were powerful, they would be enough to cause headaches for a feudal empire..."
Chapter completed!