From the west of Kucha, he entered the territory of Gumo Kingdom.

The Taklamakan Desert ravaged the territory of this Western Region Kingdom, and the flowing sand dunes transformed large areas of land into Gobi and wastelands.

Fortunately, the ancient Tarim River, the surging river water flows through here and forms a tributary within the territory of Gumo Kingdom, called Gumo River.

The river water flows in gurgling, bringing infinite vitality and hope. In Gumo, oasis of all sizes has been formed. These oasis attracted the initial humans to settle here, nomadic, and finally Gumo, Jingjue, Qiemo, Wensu and other kingdoms were established on these oasis.

Among them, Gumo Kingdom is the largest!

But it only has a population of 20,000, and the winning soldiers is only a thousand.

Such a small country was trembling in front of the Han army's power and did not dare to resist at all. As soon as the Han army entered, the nobles of Gumo, Qiemo, Jingjue and other countries immediately changed into Hanfu crowns and hats that had been prepared, using the Han etiquette that had been practiced, ate and sang and dance, and welcomed the great savior of the people of the Western Regions and the arrival of the King's Division of the Han Empire.

Zhang Yue pulled his horse to the north bank of Gumo River. Looking at the clear river water flowing through his eyes, he asked: "Can the military rations promised by Gumo and other countries have been delivered?!"

"Reported to the five thousand stones of cheese and jerky meat promised by General, Gu Mo, Qiemo and other countries, they arrived this morning!" Chang Hui whispered: "In addition, the countries also sent thousands of stones of forage, all of which had been taken over by military officials and sent to the captains!"

"Good!" Zhang Yue cheered his hands and praised: "I heard Mencius say: "It is more helpful to have the Tao and no help to lose the Tao. Now the people of the Western Regions take food and drink sip and sing and dance to welcome the king's army. The nobles of the Western Regions donated money and lost to the military monks. This is exactly what Mencius said!"

"I will order that the people of the Western Regions are all subjects of the emperor. Our soldiers should not disturb them easily! If there is any harm to the people, we will be engaged in military law!"

"No!" Chang Hui immediately took the order and left.

Zhang Yue led his horse and waded through the Gumo River, which had gradually dried up and was left with only a shallow river.

On the other side of the river, the Han army troops embarked on their journey again.

Today is the third day after Zhang Yue led his army out of Kucha, and the army had already crossed the Gumo River and advanced to the periphery of Shule.

And the Huns were already waiting for him in the Shule Kingdom.

That is indeed a good battlefield!

Zhang Yue smiled and couldn't help but rub the palm of his hand.

Shule Kingdom!

Today, the most famous thing in this kingdom is its Dayuan neighbor.

However, in later generations, Shule's name was famous!

An important town in the Han and Tang dynasties, the former home of Dingyuan, and one of the four towns in Anxi, the Tang Dynasty!

Its geographical environment and structure almost determine that whoever possesses this place will take the initiative in the entire southern Western Regions.

Guiyuan, the Shule Kingdom belongs to the impact plains formed by the upper reaches of the Tarim River (Kitzil River) and several other ancient rivers.

Its biggest feature is that the terrain is flat and the entire territory is almost on the same level.

There are no commanding heights and no low-lying areas.

Even in later generations, the altitude difference between the altitude of its highest point and the lowest point is no more than one hundred meters!

It can almost be said to be a complete plane.

Because of this, Shule is the most important node on the Silk Road.

Whether it is from the Pamir Mountains, or from Kangju or Chu River, business trips that come from Shule.

Naturally, by the same token, if the Huns do not want to be blocked by the Han army in Dayuan, lock them between the Pamir and the Medicine and Slaying Water, and do not go home, they must first seize Shule.

Otherwise, if Shule belongs to Han.

Then, there are only two of the Huns' 100,000 troops to leave.

The first one is to bring the things I grabbed in Dayuan, roll up the bedding and move westward.

The second article follows the footsteps of the defeated army in Wusun, walks through the Yinlishui River Valley from the Huohu Basin, and goes around thousands of miles to return to the Yanshe and the Weixu Child servants' garrison. If by that time, their little Shanyu Dulongqi had not been captured by the Han army back to Chang'an.

Therefore, the Huns had to fight!

They must stick to Shule!

At least we will stick there until the snowstorm in the Western Regions arrives. Otherwise, many of them will have to celebrate the New Year in Dayuan this year.

And I'm afraid I'll have to celebrate the New Year in Dayuan in the future!

"Six thousand to one hundred thousand..." Zhang Yue smashed his mouth: "It's so satisfying!"

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"Hundreds of thousands to six thousand..."

"You can fight anyway!"

On Shule City, Li Ling stood on the top of the city, looking at the outline of the mountains thousands of miles away from afar. He murmured to himself, as if cheering himself up.

However, in fact, he had no idea at all!

His army is known as one hundred thousand.

But what is actually going on? He knows it well!

Among the 100,000 troops, the truly reliable Hun cavalry may not be enough!

The others are just native chickens, tiles and dogs, and mobs.

They came from Shule, Yan She, Shache, Jingjue, Gumo, Qiemo, Cheshi and other thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, as well as surrendered Dayuan soldiers.

These people, under the elite Xiongnu army, bullied the people of Dayuan and relied on their number to fight against the army of Dayuan. Perhaps they could do whatever they wanted.

But if you have to face the elite Han army cavalry...

Li Ling felt that they might not be able to support even for a quarter of an hour, so they would scatter birds and beasts!

Even if there are 100,000 real Huns, facing 6,000 Han elite cavalry, there may not be a chance of winning!

Just like back then, the Marquis of Qie, Shanyu, poured out the whole country's troops and surrounded the five thousand Jiangxia soldiers led by him in Junji Mountain.

What is the result?

The main force of the 80,000 Huns was killed by the 5,000 Han army without war horses.

The Han army in the siege relied on organization, tactics and cooperation to kill tens of thousands of Xiongnu soldiers, kill and kill dozens of Gudu Hou.

Even Shanyu's younger brother was shot.

In the end, the Han army was exhausted from ammunition and food, and was betrayed by the traitors, which was destroyed by the Huns.

Now, the six thousand great man cavalry, under the command of General Ying Yang, rushed towards him in the cold wind and the wind and sand.

But 20,000 Hun cavalry, what should I fight him?

Is it fate?

In this era when Han was the Five Barbarians, the six thousand Han troops were absolutely elite, and they could completely suppress the 30,000 to 40,000 Hun cavalry and slash!

There are 20,000 people, I am afraid that they will not even consume or mobilize the other party’s energy!

What's more, Li Ling knew that the current Han cavalry had undergone earth-shaking changes under the command of General Ying Yang.

Whether it is tactics, organization, or equipment, they have been fully updated.

Not to mention the other side, in the battle last year, the cavalry of Li Guangli's troops were equipped with a large number of new cavalry such as horseshoes.

Relying on these cavalry tools invented and created by General Yang of the Eagle, Li Guangli's troops completely crushed the predecessors on the battlefield.

If Li Guangli hadn't underestimated the enemy and was ambushed, he would have probably been on the head of the Beique City in Chang'an, Han Dynasty, and the "superiors" such as the King of Nanyue, King of Korea, etc., were wearing the wind and enjoying the moon.

So, head-on struggle is absolutely not possible!

But if you don't force yourself and stick to the city...

Li Ling looked at Shule City under him and slowly shook his head.

This Shule City is not even half the size of Guishan City.

As for the city walls and city defense facilities, it was even more simple and made him feel a little crying.

The city wall is rammed earth, and can only be regarded as a city wall, and it cannot stop the powerful siege weapons of the Han army.

and……

To be honest, the Han army did not need to fight in Shule City at all, they just needed to drive the army to Shule City.

At that time, under the heavy pressure of the Han army, the Western Regions minions and Dayuan cannon fodders in the city may collapse under depression.

That's probably even more miserable than the outcome of defeat in a head-on battle!

Even if the servants and surrendered soldiers do not collapse, 100,000 people and horses crowded in this small city, in less than three days, human, animal feces and domestic wastewater will be destroyed by the defenders in the city.

Therefore, you can't stick to it!

"For the sake of the present, it can only be a dangerous move!" Li Ling looked at the south and clenched his fists.

The only good news for him is probably that he does not need to defeat the Han army in this war.

Just drag it, drag it down, and wait for the Han people to tighten their supply lines, and at the same time, a blizzard is coming.

Then he has the opportunity to seek peace.

He used gold, beauties, slaves, pearls and jade and even land to exchange for the Han Dynasty's army to withdraw back to the country.

Simply put, it is to buy time with money, land and population.
To be continued...