One hundred and fifty Li East of alimali City, on the Bank of the Ili River, the cavalry of Tiemuzhen, Zhebei and Chagatai gathered here, and Mongolian and Wusun cavalry gathered here to fight the expeditionary forces of the Han Empire.
This is the second large-scale battle between the two sides. Tie Muzhen and others are on the defensive, while the expeditionary army of the Han Empire has crossed the Tianshan Mountains, but it is the offensive side.
"Dahan, 80000 cavalry of Wusun state, obey your command."
King Wusun saluted Tiemuzhen respectfully and was full of fear for the Khan from Mobei.
Tiemuzhen has the characteristics of "Genghis Khan", which has a suppressive effect on many tribal kings.
Wusun is one of the most powerful kingdoms in the thirty-six western regions.
Some small countries in the western regions may have only one medium-sized city in the Lord, with tens of thousands of people and hundreds of thousands of people. However, the territory of Wusun state, from the Ili River Valley to the Junggar basin, has a large number of cities, second only to the western regions capital.
The original kingdom of Wusun was defeated by huo'an, and the old king Wusun was executed. Huo'an established a new Wusun king. However, after being defeated by wokuotai and yeludashi, he was captured and joined the Mongolian cavalry.
"Ben Khan heard that many Wusun nobles chose to support the Han Army and sent cavalry to support the Han Army, which led to the Han Army's great momentum in the Ili River Valley."
Tiemuzhen looked at the king in front of him coldly.
Sweat seeped from King Wusun's forehead: "huhuoan, the capital of the western regions, once ruled here. He was very kind to many nobles. Therefore, for their own interests, they naturally chose to support the Han army. Please rest assured that more nobles will support me. There are 80000 cavalry who are willing to follow me and help him win
"I hope not to let me down. If the Han army is defeated, you will be the vice king of the Chagatai Khanate. "
"Yes..."
King Wusun was overjoyed.
He became the Chagatai Khanate in one fell swoop. His role was similar to that of King Wusun.
The expeditionary army of the Han Empire is advancing rapidly. It is less than 200 li away from Ali Mali!
The Han army broke the fourth city and captured a group of craftsmen and servants to join the army and expand their scale.
The surrounding wanhu and Wusun nobles fled to alimali, and the army of Chu Tian and others got less and less booty.
All the officers of the expeditionary army knew that the decisive battle with Tiemuzhen in the Ili River valley was approaching.
According to the prisoner's account, timuzhen and the Chagatai Khanate gathered millions of cavalry in front of them to annihilate this in-depth expeditionary force on the Bank of the Ili River.
Although Tiemuzhen is known as a million troops, the princes of the Han Empire all know that this kind of claim is only an imaginary number, and the real strength has been reduced by at least half, perhaps less than half.
Nevertheless, Tiemuzhen and Chagatai were at their home, and the Chagatai Khanate was fighting, and the overall situation was unfavorable to the Han army.
The 110000 Han Army and 40000 Wusun army, like entering the explosive barrel, may break into pieces together with Tiemuzhen and Chagatai at any time.
Because huo'an once ruled the Yili River Valley, huo'an can obtain the map of the Ili River Valley, which is quite familiar to him. Tiemuzhen and Chagatai did not occupy absolute land.
The expeditionary army of the Han Empire knew that it was alone and in-depth, and had the determination to fight back and forth, so it was only with people.
"If we fight Tiemuzhen and Chagatai in the Ili River Valley, what is the chance of winning?"
Looking at the map, Mr. Qin was lost in thought.
With Lao Qin's prudence, he would consider his side's winning rate before the war began.
The battles between Luntai state and Tiemuzhen and Chagatai were, at least, under the direct control of the capital of the western regions. The Han army even occupied Tianshi and defeated Tiemuzhen in one fell swoop. This time, there may not be a good time.
Ten thousand of the main force of the 100000 expeditionary force came from the hot nanzhong area. The combat effectiveness of Tengjia and Baigan soldiers was greatly reduced because of the cold winter.
Most of the 50000 troops in Chutian are from the Central Plains or Qilu, and the climate here is intolerable.
The Guanzhong army of Laoqin was almost the same as the Central Plains army of Chutian.
The remnant of Xu Fengnian can barely accept this kind of climate.
The expeditionary army of the Han Empire seems to have suffered a lot in the aspect of favorable weather, favorable place and harmonious people.
The 40000 horsemen of Wusun who came to depend on them were adapted to fight here because they lived in this place.
"If we fight in accordance with the normal situation, we will have more cavalry in Tiemuzhen, which is seven." Huo'an just finished saying, "but under abnormal circumstances, we are seven."
Chu Tian and old Qin both moved slightly: "abnormal situation?"
"About this..."
"I see."
This time Chu Tian and Lao Qin were finally relieved.
We can fight with Tiemuzhen and Chagatai in the Ili River Valley.
"Some cavalry of Chagatai Khanate went to attack Seljuk empire. Seljuk Sultan sent his envoys to contact us before he lost the news. Nine times out of ten, the royal city is besieged, so the Seljuk empire may soon be destroyed. "Hoan is also looking at other battlefields.
The five major civilizations agreed that when the ice and snow melted, it was the time for war drums to beat. However, Tiemuzhen launched an offensive in the cold winter. Among the five civilizations, the Seljuk Empire, which was the weakest at present, was beaten to the verge of subjugation.
If the Han Army had not gone deep into the Chagatai Khanate, perhaps Tiemuzhen could have occupied Central Asia without fear and strengthened its strength.
A player's captain from the western region's Imperial Palace came here, and he was in charge of contacting Dawan state.
He came to Huoan's ear and whispered the news from Dawan. Huo'an's face changed one after another.
Because the Han army broke the city of Chagatai Khanate, in which some players' systems could be activated, huo'an could know the changes of the western regions' capital and the vassal state of the western regions' capital.
Chu Tian, Lao Qin, Xu Fengnian, Mu Ke and others saw the change of huo'an's expression and knew what might have happened to huo'an's territory: "what's the matter?"
Huo an's tone was solemn: "you should know that Dawan was under my control before the fourth national war. Now the nobles of Dawan have killed my appointed king. The kusana Empire invaded and occupied Dawan. Dawan became a dependency of the kusana empire. "
"The kusana empire is really making a lot of money in silence."
Chu Tian could not help admiring the forbearance of the Kushan empire.
When the five civilizations, the Mongol Empire and the three khanates fought each other, they quietly seized the vassal state of the western region's capital, expanded its influence to Congling and other places, and directly bordered on the huarazimi, Chagatai Khanate, and the western region's Duhufu.
Hoan suffered too much in the war.
Originally, Dawan state and Wusun state were his territory. Now he wants to reoccupy these places and start a war with the Kushan empire.
"What are the famous generals of the kusana Empire?"
"I don't know. The historical records of the kusana empire are too few. Even if the kusana Empire has famous generals, it is estimated that there are some original generals. "
People think about it for a moment. The records of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the European region are still detailed, while the Kushan Empire, a civilization once in a flash in history, seems to lack records.
"No matter how powerful the Kushan empire is, he has taken away the vassal state controlled by our western regions. Sooner or later, this revenge will be revenged."
Huo'an was angry at the Kushan empire which occupied Dawan.
Dawan, located in the Fergana basin and rich in fine horses and grain, is an important vassal state for the governor of the western regions.
Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty sent General Li Guangli to lead Han Army in order to ask for blood and blood from Dawan kingdom. He made two expeditions to Dawan, killed its king and established a new king of Dawan.
In order to appease Dawan as soon as possible, he chose to kill the king of Dawan and set up a new king who was close to the governor of the western regions.
However, huo'an underestimated the power of the aristocrats of Dawan. After their influence in the western regions was reduced, they joined forces to overthrow the king established by huo'an, and elected a new king to represent the interests of the aristocrats of Dawan, rather than the interests of the governors of the western regions.
Generally speaking, it is very difficult for the governor of the western regions to conquer the Central Asian civilization which is incompatible with its own civilization.
Compared with Dawan state, Cheshi state, Yanqi state, Luntai state, kuizi state, which were ruled by the western regions for a longer time, were more able to accept the culture of the Han Empire.
"In the future, we must use the transmission array to change the way of ruling the civilization of Central Asia. It is best to force our culture into Chinese."
After the repeated defections of these vassals, huo'an has been thinking about the establishment of a new order.
Obviously, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the strategy of supporting and establishing a new king could not achieve long-term control over the vassal state. The measures of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty were based on the premise that the western regions' prefectures were strong. Once the influence of the western regions' prefectures was weakened, or a more powerful civilization appeared than the western regions' prefectures, these places rebelled one after another.
Replacing the old culture with a new one and suppressing it by force may be the long-term solution.
"For the time being, we don't have to consider the affairs of Dawan state and the Kushan empire. Sooner or later, we will clean up the civilization of Yili and Central Asia by defeating Tiemuzhen and Chagatai and recovering the civilization of Ili and Central Asia."
Chu Tian and others set their eyes back to the Ili River Valley.
The kingdom of Dawan was annexed by the Kushan empire. The Kushan Empire clearly knew that the governor of the western regions could not reach Dawan at that time, and the governor of the western regions condemned Dawan at most, but could not send troops to fight against it, so it was unscrupulous.
But this is the end of the bridge.
The expeditionary forces of the Han Empire believed that Huo an would win 70% and marched along the Ili River to fight the second battle in the Ili River Valley with Tiemuzhen and Chagatai Khanate. However, the protagonist of this time changed from the Central Asian united army to the Han Empire's expeditionary force.
"The Han Army actually chose to fight a decisive battle in the Ili River Valley. Their troops are only over 100000. Are they really confident that they can defeat our 300000 troops?"
Tiemuzhen learned that the Han Army did not retreat but moved forward. On the eve of the second battle in Ili River Valley, Tiemuzhen still couldn't believe it.Tiemuzhen could not produce the so-called million army, but 300000 cavalry were more than enough.
The Han Army crossed the Tianshan Mountain, but the number of soldiers was not large and the number of servants was not large, but they dared to fight head-on.
There is a big problem here.
"Khan, they just have confidence in themselves, so they dare to fight with us. This time, we will destroy them with absolute force and let their blood dye the Ili River."
Chagatai touches the wing of a Warhawk. The Ili River is frozen and frozen for thousands of miles. However, the cavalry of both sides have to fight a decisive battle unprecedented in this climate.
"Zhebei, at the beginning of the war, you led a cavalry to ambush in the snow forest in the north of the mountain, raided the rear of the Han Army and shot Chu Zimu."
Tiemuzhen thought that Chu Tian's cavalry was no less than his cavalry. He was an opponent who had to be removed. So he ordered Zhebei to ambush in complex terrain for surprise attack.
The goal of Zhebei is to shoot Chu Tian, who is the biggest threat to Tiemuzhen.
"The last general will take orders!"
Zhebei took away eight thousand cavalry. Among them, there were about one thousand Chih Xue's troops.
In order to kill Chu Tian, tie Muzhen even spared no effort to employ the already small number of Xuexi veterans.
Tiemuzhen has already made people recruit new soldiers to make up for their losses in Mobei. However, the new army of Xixue, who had just been recruited in Mobei, was generally of a lower level and could not go to the battle. Even if it did, its combat effectiveness was quite different from that of the veteran soldiers who had experienced many battles.
"In this world war, we must kill Chu Zimu, otherwise, he will become a nightmare that has been threatening us."
Tiemuzhen is more and more alert to Chu Tian.
Chagatai said to a wanhu nearby, "when will Timur's cavalry return?"
"Within three days."
"It's too late, but Timur only has 30000 cavalry, which does not play an important role in the war. The 8000 ambush troops of Zhebei, together with our more than 300000 troops, are enough to defeat the Han army. This time, the Han army only has more than 100000, and they still come over the Tianshan Mountain, and the people are tired."
Although Chagatai has some regrets, Timur's cavalry is still on the way, but the war may break out at any time. The Han Army's advance speed is unimaginable. It is obvious that the target is directed at Ali Mali, which does not give Tiemuzhen and Chagatai time to gather more troops.
If the Han Army encircles Ali Mali, the transmission array of Ali Mali will be invalid, and Tiemuzhen and Chagatai will have to gather forces in other places to relieve the siege.
On the whole, the Han army was on the offensive, while the forces of Tiemuzhen and Chagatai seemed to be huge, but they were passive to cope with the rapid offensive of the Han army.
Timur's 30000 cavalry were still on their way, and he received new orders from Chagatai.
"Khan asked me to send it directly to alimali, and then immediately went to support the battlefield, responsible for harvesting the Han Army If Khan can defeat the Han army. Everybody, speed up the march
Timur limped to his horse, and then turned over.
Like sun Guan who was injured, Timur was just like a normal person only on his horse.
However, he was born disabled, nicknamed "lame Timur".
Timur's 30000 cavalry, with its characteristic bonus, speeded up their march and tried to catch up with the decisive battle between Tiemuzhen, Chagatai and the expedition army of the Han Empire.
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