Hanbo

Chapter 330 Akatani Success (4K)

As for Li Guangli, he was about to arrive at Chigu City, and the news that Xiao Hei brought back just now was fifty miles away from Chigu City.

His speed was slightly slower than Huo Shan's guess. His guess should have reached Chigu today, but the difference was not much.

There were also some defenses on the road, but there were only two to 3000 people. This is the benefit of a surprise attack. Let others know or guess it, so what is it called a surprise attack!

Xiao Hei and Xiao Bai also came back from Chang'an. When they came, they were very reluctant and had a little temper.

Why is there a small temper, this Huo Shan is naturally clear, there is no ice!

But it's good to be back, Huo Shan is still worried that these two goods won't come back.

There is also some news about the situation in Wusun's country. Several nobles are about to surrender to the Han. The population is about 20, and the number of troops is about [-].

This situation, for Huo Shan, can be said to be very good, but for Wusun, then...

Huo Shan was not surprised that there were so many rebels in Wusun.

The reason for their system, the reason for the domestic instability of the new king, the reason for the lobbying of the envoy, the reason for Huo Shan, the champion, led the army to attack, and so on.

The envoys in Wusun also withdrew. These were the first envoys sent by Huo Shan, and they all stayed in several tribes that were about to surrender.

Princess Liu Xijun of Jiangdu has also fled, and she is staying in a large tribe in Wusun who is about to surrender. This is good news.

She couldn't have traveled a long distance to find Huo Shan, she was pregnant.

This is what happened the day before yesterday and yesterday, and Xiao Hei went to bring back the news.

As for Huo Shan's plan to attack Wusun, Jun Xumi already knew about it, but it didn't matter, as long as he knew it, he knew it.

Before they could mobilize their troops, Huo Shan could cross the Tianshan Mountains and reach the hinterland of Wusun.

And even if they gathered their soldiers and horses, Huo Shan could just kill them all.

The next day, the army set out again. When they passed by Gumo, they borrowed some food and grass, which were notified in advance and had already been prepared.

This kind of borrowing is real, and it will be repaid in the future, but when it is repaid, it cannot be food and grass, and gold and silver are returned.

"Reporting to the Governor, the statistics of the grain and grass sent by Gumo Kingdom have been completed, which is no different from the statistics of Gumo. The cattle and sheep are unified into grain, which is about [-] shi."

Hearing the report from Zhong Gan's handwriting, Huo Shan nodded.

Four catties of grain per person per day, 20 troops, and [-] shi are enough for eight days.

But it can’t be counted like this, how can we count only people and not horses, horses can eat more than people.

[-] shi of grain and grass will only last for two or three days.

Gumo has a population of only [-], and its size is not large, and it can't store much food. It can send [-] shi, which is very good.

"Order the whole army to speed up. At the evening of the [-]th, we must arrive in Wensu."

Sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, this is three days, and when we arrive at Wensu, we will go to cross the Tianshan Mountains, which is about [-] miles away, which will take five days.

Counting one more day, we can arrive at the hinterland of Wusun on the 25th. After dealing with the affairs of Wusun, on October [-]th we must meet at the upper reaches of the Tuoshigan River.

This location is almost the same as the Tulugarte Mountain Pass. After resting here for a few days and recuperating the soldiers and horses, they can climb over the mountain pass and basically arrive at the territory of Dawan.

Go a little further, make an alliance with Kangju and Da Yuezhi, and then attack Dawan.

Huo Shan's goal is to resolve Dawan's affairs around mid-November. At that time, the weather is already very cold, and the next step is Maodong, to deal with other things, and wait for the beginning of spring next year.

At this point, the military operation to the Western Regions is basically over.

The next step is to open up barren fields, herd cattle and sheep, and sign an alliance with the countries of the Western Regions so that these more than 100 million people can live in the Western Regions.

In addition to military households, with an army of more than 30, there is no need to worry too much about safety in the Western Regions. The only problem is food.

.........

In the early morning of the next day, outside Chigu City.

Li Guangli led a school of soldiers and horses, and was standing in front of the army, anxious in his heart, calmly waiting for the order from the shooting voice.

This battle can be said to be his first battle, and there is no room for sloppy.

He rushed on the starry night, killed more than 2000 horses, left behind more than 2000 soldiers, and rushed all the way to the outside of Chigu City.

When yesterday arrived, Chigu City had already discovered their whereabouts, and the gates of the city were closed tightly.

He originally wanted to attack directly and caught him off guard, but the soldiers on his own side couldn't stand still, so they had no choice but to rest all night.

At night, he ordered thirty shots, plus twenty Xiongnu eagle archers, to attack the city gate with a god-armed crossbow. He set the time in the early morning.

At this point in the morning, the soldiers on duty at night have not changed their shifts. It is the most tired and least vigilant moment, which is the same for the enemy and us.

Now it depends on whether they can make it, if they can, then they are done, if they can't, then there is no way, the raid failed, he can only grind slowly.

If Huo Shan was here at this time, he would definitely scold him like a dog and cut off his head, which is all for him.

How could the raid be such a surprise?
Although speed is what is needed in a surprise attack, you also need to arrange the physical strength of the soldiers reasonably. Speed ​​up and run ahead.

Especially this kind of siege raid requires suddenness, not to mention you are still a cavalry.

If they rushed to the bottom of the city suddenly, even if the enemy found out that the city gate was closed, and in the case of the big Han and Wusun, when the two countries did not enter the war, they would definitely not be able to react and be unprepared.

This is half an hour's time to grab, you tell me that the soldiers have no energy?Are you joking?
If you go all out, then weaken, and exhaust yourself, if you can't attack for half an hour, it is basically considered a failure.

The enemy reacts, rolling stones, sapwood, and arrow feathers are on the wall, the city wall is ready to defend, and the city gate is blocked, how do you fight?
Li Guangli was too wild, he used the Xiongnu soldiers as feathers, and he realized it after the fact, oh, it was too late.

So now it depends on whether Shesheng can succeed or not, Li Guangli thinks that Huo Shan will definitely kill him if he fails.

Uh, this is actually not the case, it doesn't matter to Huo Shan whether this Chigu City can be defeated or not, as long as Li Guangli's entire army is not wiped out, or he is defeated badly, then he can accept it.

In Huo Shan's view, as long as the [-] soldiers in Chigu City were no longer threatened, it would be considered a success.

So, even if Li Guangli can't fight, it's okay, but he needs [-] troops to guard Chigu City.

Don't even think about participating in the subsequent Wusun Battle.

If the [-] troops don't participate, Huo Shan will be very upset, because the [-] troops can't just feed on the enemy, they need to consume food and grass.

So, the raid failed, and Li Guangli was turned into a small soldier, that's for sure.

Let you train soldiers, you have to make some achievements!
So Li Guangli was very anxious at the moment, but he had no choice but to wait.

Thirty archers, with twenty eagle archers, were groping towards the top of the city.

50 people came to the moat, and [-] eagle archers aimed at the top of the city under orders.

Although their shooting skills are not as good as shooting sound, and their eyes are not as good as shooting sound, especially at night, but they are so close to the city, they can still hit a hundred shots, otherwise they can't be called eagle shooting hands.

Twenty eagle archers and ten archers shot their bows and crossbows, staring vigilantly at the top of the city.

The other [-] shot, lowered the ladder they were carrying, and began to link the two sections together, then erected the ladder, the two supported the bottom end, and the two pulled the rope at the top, and lowered it onto the moat.

After the five ladders were erected, the team leader looked at the top of the city and let out a sigh of relief, and then made a gesture. Five people, including him, stepped on the ladders and ran forward.

There was a person pressing down on each ladder. After the five people passed by, they held down the ladder from the other end, and then the soldiers went to the moat in waves.

The figure of the eagle shooter was also very strong, and he ran over without any problems, and the team leader breathed a sigh of relief.

If he hadn't been afraid of not having enough manpower, he would never have brought these twenty eagle shooters with him. He was really afraid that these people would make a fuss and alarm the city.

After crossing the moat, the ladders were no longer used. When going up to the city, the ladders could no longer be used. The reason was that it was too troublesome, time was of the essence, and the city was too high, and the ladders were too short.

The leader made a gesture, and the 50 people were divided into two teams and walked to both sides. The eagle archers couldn't understand the gesture, but they didn't need to understand it, they just needed to follow.

After coming to both sides, the team leader and the deputy team on the other side pointed to the ten eagle archers under them, and then made a bow-bow aiming motion, pointing to the top of the city.

All 20 people nodded excitedly. It was their first time to do this, and they felt very exciting.

Then they took a few steps back, placed their bows and arrows neatly on the ground, and then raised their god-armed crossbows to aim at the top of the city. One person was in charge of the wall for several months, and they had a tacit understanding.

The remaining [-] Shesheng, [-] on one side, ten came behind the Condor Archer, six stared at the front wall, and four stared at the side wall.

Cities are not square and square, as long as they have a certain scale, it is the same no matter where they are.

Just like the cities in China, although they are square and upright on a large scale, each of the four corners will protrude.

This prominent part has many names, such as turrets, Wengcheng, etc., but it has a great effect.

The city wall goes straight up and down, and the people on the top look down. They need to show their bodies from behind the moon wall and bend over to look at it, which will be very dangerous.

The function of this Weng City is to be able to observe and attack enemies on the front wall from the side.

Chigu City is no exception, there is also Weng City, since there is one, it must be guarded against.

The remaining five people took off the ropes and four-claw hooks hanging from their waists, swung them around a few times, and threw them towards the top of the city.

The few people threw it at the gap, because there were basically people behind the moon wall, and the length of the few people was well controlled, so that no one would lie flat and get hooked on people.

As for how they do it, thousands of training sessions will do.

After the claw hook was thrown up, the ten people who threw the claw hook hurriedly leaned against the city wall, and the rest of them raised their vigilance.

After waiting for about ten breaths, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and each of them looked at each other and smiled silently. This defense is really lax!

Afterwards, ten soldiers were divided among the people staring at the top of the city, and the rest were reassigned to watchful positions.

These ten people ran to the top of the city and held the rope to prevent it from shaking. The ten people who threw the claw hooks threw down the crossbow, stuck the rope on the buckle at their waists, and began to grit their teeth and kick off the wall. climb up.

As time passed, ten people successfully climbed up to the top of the city. First, they stood at the gap in the moon wall and looked in. Sure enough, the enemy soldiers were sitting and sleeping with their weapons and bows and crossbows in their arms.

Ten people jumped in cautiously, picked up the champion crossbow hanging from their waists, looked around, then shook the rope, and then ten people came up, and then ten more people.

The next step is the most difficult part, how to get these twenty eagle shooters up?
They didn't teach anything during this march, but taught the 20 people how to use crossbows and how to use ropes.

Then ten eagle archers tied ropes around their waists, and two shooters on each rope began to pull them up.

No way, except for a few of them, the others couldn't climb up at all.

After the twenty eagle shooters were brought up, everyone, including themselves, breathed a sigh of relief.

Among the twenty eagle shooters, many of them were shaking because they were too nervous.

The team leader had no choice but to calm them down a bit.

Then there are ten people in a team, six archers, four archers, three archers holding daggers in front, three holding crossbows in the middle, and the remaining four eagle archers are at the end.

The three men with daggers walked forward, while cleaning the enemy, covered their mouths, pulled the dagger neck, and let the enemy die in sleep.

Three crossbow shooters stared forward, lest anyone wake up and find them, and four eagle archers stared at the sides and behind, lest anyone not die completely.

Then five small teams, two went to the suspension bridge chain, two teams went down the city wall to the city gate, and one team was on guard.

Just cleaning the past step by step, some accidents naturally happened during the period, and some people resisted, but basically no loud noises were made.

The early morning time was well chosen, and the enemy was sleeping to death.

The two teams going to the sling went smoothly, as did the city gate team, but after the two teams at the city gate came to the city gate to deal with the enemies, they saw two rows of sacks used to block the city gate.

Everyone looked at each other, helpless looks flashed in their eyes, but anyway, there are not many sacks, and they can be cleaned in a quarter of an hour. There is no way, move them!
Everyone was busy carrying the sacks, but Li Guangli outside the city looked at the pale sky in the east, feeling more and more anxious.

What gave him some comfort was that there were no shouts of killing, which showed that the plan was going well.

Suddenly, in the pitch-black city, there was a sound of arrows, followed by the second, and then the third, and then there was a creaking sound, and with a roar, the suspension bridge fell to the ground.

Li Guangli was overjoyed immediately, the champion sword was drawn out, and then he held it up high and roared:
"Soldiers, kill with me!"

Then Li Guangli took the lead and rushed towards the half-opened city gate, followed by three thousand cavalry.

Chigu City, the capital of Wusun, has fallen!

(End of this chapter)