The great man will live forever

Chapter 120: Breaking South Vietnam (Ten Sweeping the Southwest)

"Surround us, and don't let a single dog out. Wait for the general's order!"

Han soldiers gathered under the city like a pack of wolves, preparing to launch a fierce siege against Qielan City.

Their morale is high, with a determined light shining in their eyes. Their spears, bows, arrows, and ladders are all ready. They are always ready to show off their skills under the city.

In just ten days, the Han army successively captured the cities of Duyun, Pingyue (Fuquan), and Jiuxian (Guiding) in the Qielan Kingdom. They were so powerful that they killed gods and Buddhas.

Even Liu Han had to sigh, "This fight is too easy." If the roads were not difficult to walk, they were all mountainous and densely wooded, Liu Han estimated that he could reach the capital in three days.

"I thought you were so powerful, but this is what happened? Who gave you the courage to rebel, Liang Jingru?"

Liu Han murmured in his heart when he thought about the words of future generations, but he was not too arrogant. He stood far away and set up a tent on a high mountain so that he could observe the situation below at any time.

Compared with the city walls of Han Dynasty, the city walls of Qielan Kingdom are simply not worth mentioning.It is also the capital of the country, and Qielan City in Qielan Kingdom is far inferior to Chang'an.

Chang'an has urban defense facilities such as moats, city walls, city gates, palaces, and arsenals.

The total length of the city wall is 25014.83 meters and the total area is 3439202 square meters.Among them, the east wall is 5916.95 meters long, the north wall is 6878.39 meters long, the west wall is 4766.46 meters long, and the south wall is 7453.03 meters long.

The Chang'an City Wall is wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. The width at the bottom is about 12 to 16 meters, and the height is about 11.02 meters.

At 11 meters high, it would not be considered a short building in later generations.Before construction, the foundation trench was excavated, the foundation trench was filled with soil and tamped, and the city wall was rammed and built on top of the foundation trench.

Compared with direct piling, this approach can enhance the toughness of the wall foundation to prevent enemies from drilling through and destroying the bottom of the city wall.

The city walls of Chang'an City are all rammed earth walls. The rammed earth is pure and hard in texture. The rammed layer is 7 to 8 centimeters thick, and the rammed layer at the bottom of the city wall is thicker.The upper and lower stick eyes are arranged staggered with a spacing of 80 to 88 cm.

After seeing the majesty of the Chang'an City Wall, and then looking at the Qielan City Wall, it is like the earthen houses of later generations and the high-rise buildings of the Magic City, forming a sharp contrast.

In the palace of King Qielan, King Qielan's face was full of horror. He had thought about the power of the Han Dynasty, but he had never thought that the Han Dynasty was so powerful. The defense line he thought was solid was gone in a few days. By the time he arrived, he almost became the king of subjugation.

"Witch, what should we do now?" He looked at the old man next to him who was wearing animal skins and had a weathered look on his face. The old man had a gray beard and a crown.

There are various feathers on his head, and he holds a golden crutch in his hand. His name is Xi Chuhaixiang, and he is the great shaman of Qilan Kingdom.

His status is only below the king, which is somewhat equivalent to the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Sometimes he even surpasses the king and is in charge of sacrifices. The countries in the southwest still look like primitive tribes.

"Wait for me to do some divination, please don't be impatient, Your Majesty."

"Ula, hello..." Xi Chuhaixiang muttered something in his mouth, and then he took out the tortoise shells and shells in his arms, sprinkled them into the air, and randomly fell on the ground.

After he took a closer look, his expression was solemn at first, then horrified, "Your Majesty, we... we are finished with Qilan Kingdom."

After saying that, "Pfft!" he spat out a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

"Great witch, great witch..."

……

"Today, destroy Qilan, take action!" Liu Han issued the order to attack.

The soldiers of the Han Dynasty launched the first round of charge. Their steps were uniform, their spears were like a forest, and their momentum was like a rainbow. However, even though the soldiers of Qielan State on the city wall were afraid, they stuck to their posts, and the weapons in their hands were as hard as rocks. .

"Kill it!"

The Han soldiers shot arrows, then picked up the ladder and began to climb. On the city wall, the soldiers from the Qielan Kingdom kept shooting arrows and throwing stones. They smeared poisonous juice on the arrows.

"Whoops!" A Han soldier was hit by an arrow, then began to foam at the mouth and fell to the ground dead.

"Ah!" Similarly, a soldier from Qielan Kingdom was hit by an arrow and penetrated directly.

The arrows of the Han army are very sharp and can shoot far. The armor on their bodies has strong defense. Unless they hit the head or hands, the poisonous arrows will have little effect.

Both sides come and go, a hail of arrows.Soldiers kept falling from the city wall. Some Han soldiers stood on the city wall and were knocked down again.

The arrows were almost fired, and the Han army continued to attack the city. The battle between the two sides broke out all over the city. For a while, the war drums thundered, blood splashed everywhere, and the wails and the drums intertwined to form a heroic battle symphony.

The charge of the Han soldiers hit the city wall like a tide, and the soldiers of Lan State counterattacked with a dense rain of arrows.

In the city, the people of Qielan also joined the battle. They picked up the weapons at home and tried their best to assist the soldiers defending the city.

The women in the city used their strength to provide food and medicine to the soldiers defending the city, while the children were placed in safe places to avoid the spread of the war.

As time went on, the fighting became more intense and casualties on both sides became more severe.Han soldiers made many charges under the city, but they were never able to break through the city wall.

However, the Qielan soldiers in the city still stood firm at their posts. They did not flinch and resisted resolutely. "The great witch is dead."

Suddenly, a piece of news came out, and everyone in the Qilan Kingdom, from the soldiers to the people, wailed.

The Great Witch was their communication entity with Huang Tian and the guide of God. His death dealt a great blow to the soldiers of Qielan Kingdom.

"The king set himself on fire."

Another shocking news came. There was a raging fire in the city, which was in the direction of the palace, and the soldiers and people of Lan State no longer wanted to resist.

"Tell them to put down their weapons and surrender, and they will avoid death!"

Liu Han took this opportunity to issue an order. When he saw the fire in the city, he guessed something.

"Put down your weapons, those who surrender will not die!"

Thousands of Han soldiers roared and rushed towards the city wall. The Qielan people, who had lost confidence, began to give up resistance.

The city was destroyed and the Qilan Kingdom was destroyed.

"Count the losses, put out the fire, and stop killing indiscriminately. Anyone who dares to commit adultery or plunder will be killed without mercy!"

Liu Han immediately began to send people to put out the fire and rescue the injured soldiers. He issued a series of orders.

According to the final statistics, 5600 enemy troops were destroyed, 4700 of their own were lost, and more than [-] Qielan soldiers and civilians were captured. Qielan King burned himself to death.

Even though Liu Han gave the order, some soldiers could not control themselves and secretly committed rape and robbery.

"How many people have violated my orders and raped and kidnapped?" Liu Han looked at Captain Fei Yi, his former retainer Xiong Er. In recent years, in addition to Xiong Er, Bald Qiang and Xiong Da have also been named captains.

"About 30 people."

"They were all beheaded and their heads were hung in the military camp."

"Ah? Among them, Colonel Liyang, he is very brave in battle, otherwise..."

"Kill, no matter who dares to violate, no matter how great military achievements they have had before, they will be killed without mercy. If you and Xiong Da also violate the rules, I will be merciless, you know? Only animals can rape and plunder, we He is a soldier of the Han Dynasty, whose bounden duty is to protect his family and country and open up new territories."

"Yes!"

"By the way, where are Fubo General Lu Bode and Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Zhaoye?"

"General, they are near Dulan Kingdom, at most 200 miles away from us."

"Tell them to destroy Toulan, as well as Gouding, Luowo, Qiong, Dou, Zuo, and Mosha. These small countries are obeying the laws of the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River, and they will be destroyed when they should be destroyed. But they must not kill innocent people, and they must act quickly to scare the barbarians in the southwest. Surrender and avoid death.”

"promise!"

On this side, General Fubo Lu Bode and Zhao Ponu, the Marquis of Zunye, were surprised when they received the news.

"In less than half a month, the Hussar General destroyed the Qielan Kingdom?" Zhao Ponu still wanted to grab the credit for destroying the country. No matter how small it is, it is still a country. He hurriedly and slowly caught up, but he still couldn't catch up. .

Fubo General Lu Bode nodded and said, "Such a small country dares to resist my big man. If it is destroyed, it will be destroyed. General Hussar asked us to destroy Toulan as soon as possible, or other small countries around. I guess he will take action against Yelang." , and even the Dian Kingdom is probably attracted by him."

"It would be best to wipe them out at once. But I heard that the Xiongnu and Qiang people were invading in large numbers. I really thought that we big men were easy to bully. I equalized South Vietnam and then led the troops to completely wipe out the Xiongnu."

"Ah."

The two nodded, and then led tens of thousands of troops and tens of thousands of navy, a total of 7 troops, preparing to destroy small countries all the way. They had just destroyed the Toulan Kingdom. As a result, other small countries surrendered one after another, and everyone in Yelang King was scared to death. .

He quickly wrote a letter saying that he was willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty, lose his country's title, and completely become a part of the Han Dynasty.

The Dian Kingdom as far away as Yunnan was also extremely nervous. It quickly sent soldiers to guard various important roads, and then did not dare to act rashly. It also sent people to write many times to express its goodwill to the big man, and even brought gold and silver treasures.

After receiving these feedbacks and petitions, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very happy, praised Liu Han, and immediately ordered people to establish Zangke County (zāng kē), also known as Zangke.

Xangkou County has jurisdiction over Qielan, Fan, Pingyi, Wulian, Tanzhi, Chudan, Yelang, Tongbin, Tanzhen, Lujiang, Wudan, Wanwen, Tanfeng, Luowu, Gouding, Jincheng, There are 17 counties in the west, including Qielan.

At this time, the southwest countries were basically integrated into the territory of the Han Dynasty. Only the Dian Kingdom, Liu Han was busy dealing with South Vietnam and ignored it for the time being.

　Duyun, Fuquan and Guiding, I didn’t find out what they were called before. I know they belong to the Qielan Kingdom. I checked again later. It may be wrong. If you find anything wrong, please tell me. Make corrections promptly.

　　
　
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