Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 1045
Chapter 1054

However, Kangju Grand Minister Luang Po Boer advised: "Your Majesty, if things are abnormal, there must be monsters! Wei Guo Liu Ke is also waiting for someone, who is the third apprentice of His Majesty the Emperor of Wei Guo, and the general Xi Daren. The ancestors also beat people who were bloody, and although the Heda people are kings and hegemons here, the Heda cavalry is indeed a rare elite in the world. They may not lose if they challenge Wei, but if they can win easily, they are Impossible! There must be something wrong here."

"Although there may be problems," King Kang Ju said, "but in case Liu Ke is really a strong outsider, and we are so stagnant, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain to our subjects. Our Kangju country has been enslaved by the Heda people for a long time. If this king does nothing , I’m afraid it will disappoint the subjects of the whole country.”

"Your Majesty, we don't need to be so anxious!" Luang Bupoer said: "The situation of this war is not yet clear. If we gather the troops in advance, we will alert both of them. If only the people of Wei know, then there is no need to worry, but Once the Heda people know about it, they will launch a thunderous strike. This time, the Heda people can gather more than 20 troops, which is a formidable enemy!"

In the late February of 4799 in the Yellow Emperor era, the weather began to be abnormal. The snow that had not started to melt until April actually melted in a large area. Join Jersey's troops outside Stone City.

This is a battle that may determine the fate of the country - the Heda Khanate dispatched the one-eyed god of war Gesuyeddin and the wise fox Jeersi among its four great generals, with a total of more than 25 soldiers and horses, of which the Heda Khanate The core force is nearly 20, while the servant army is less than 5.Among the more than 25 troops, there are millions of horses and countless supplies.Marching in the desert does not need a car, but directly uses horses to carry it.

After a long journey of nearly five thousand miles, the soldiers and horses of the Heda Khanate began to show fatigue, and the consequences of fighting without fully recovering their horsepower would be fatal. This did not affect the overall situation, but the herdsmen who are familiar with horse affairs are already in tears. They know what kind of disaster it will be for the Heda Khanate after this war.

E Nagui seemed very calm, and finally came. As long as they defeated the Anxi Army, they could chase the defeated soldiers of Wei State all the way, invade Tianshan South Road and even Hexi, and expand the land for thousands of miles. It is no longer an unattainable dream.

Er Nabu asked Jersey the wise fox, "How is the situation now?"

"The situation is not good. It is said that food in the city has long been out of food, and the Wei army began to choose people to eat as early as half a month ago!" Jesse said: "Wei Guo'an Xijun first ate the Kangju people in the city. Most of them have been cooked, and there is no useful news coming!"

"Be careful, it's a trick of the Wei people. You fox is plotting against others all day long, but don't hunt wild geese for a thousand days, only to be pecked at the eyes by wild geese!" The one-eyed war god Gai Suyedin sneered and said, "Be careful of Izumo Pass, If Shule's Wei army advances westward to support them, they will not be allowed to cross the Izumo Pass no matter what!"

"Yes," Jesse said, "But even if the Wei army in Shule City advances westward now, it may be too late. Unless the battle in Stone City drags on for a long time."

E Nabu's face was a little gloomy: "It shouldn't be too long, because Liu Ke can't afford it!"

When a large number of troops from the Heda Khanate appeared on the outskirts of Stone City, the generals of the Western Army of Wei Guoan were a little worried. During a winter, they depended on a small amount of food every day to hang their lives, although the food made them uncomfortable. As for starving to death, fighting, especially fighting in the era of cold weapons, requires a lot of physical strength for soldiers. Without physical strength, even [-]% of their combat effectiveness will not be able to exert [-]%.The combat effectiveness cannot be brought into full play, and they are faced with an enemy that is several times superior in number. Everyone in the Anxi Army is worried.

"Hey, it's going to be bad if we don't do it this time, I can't even stand firmly now, how can I fight?" A veteran said worriedly.

"Me too." Another soldier touched his already shriveled belly and said, "Damn it, I could beat five of them by myself in the past six months, and now they can kill five of me alone."

"It's finally here, is it about to start?" Liu Ke smiled and said to Zhao Xun: "Since the army of the Heda Khanate is here, they will definitely lose this time. The question now is, how much can we gain?"

Zhao Xun's face was a little heavy, and he said: "The Heda people are here, but they came too much and too early. If the main force of the Anxi Army is here, we don't have to worry, but our real Anxi Army is less than 3 Thousands of people, the others are just fakes!"

"Don't worry about it. If you fight in the field, the people from the Central Asia Development Company will naturally not be the opponents of the Heda people." Liu Ke said with a smile, "But if you want to defend the Stone City, the people from the Central Asia Development Company are still fine. It's just that big, and the open space outside the city can hold a battle of up to 3 to [-] people. No matter how many people there are, we won't be able to put them in. We also have a cavalry division. It's not easy for us to defeat the Heda people, but we have to spend some time It is still very easy for the vigor of the Heda people."

E Nagu once said that Liu Ke couldn't afford it. In fact, that's exactly what happened. There is no need to worry about the issue of food, but this time is not extended indefinitely. In the case of hanging their lives, milk powder can allow them to last for 65 days, and compressed dry food can last for 65 days. However, if it is a fierce battle, the consumption of food will be accelerated However, this time can only be compressed into [-] days. If in the [-] days of high-intensity battles, the main force of the Anxi Army has not broken through the Izumo Pass and failed to provide timely support, Liu Ke will still be unable to escape the fate of defeat.

Liu Ke will do whatever he can, but there is a critical point. After this critical point, Liu Ke will face a catastrophe.However, there is one sentence that E Naju is right, that is, Liu Ke can't afford it.

Although Stone City's savings are not short for the time being, after a long winter of consumption, what is left is limited.To provide the supply of 10,000+ military horses in Stone City, it is impossible for the Heda people to consume it for a long time-but this is not what E Nagui fears the most. What he fears the most is the threat from the east.

Although the state of Wei has not yet formally fought the Khanate of Heda, a large number of merchants from Lite and people from Kangju have already sent some simple information about the state of Wei.E Nagui knew that Wei State had more than 2000 million people, more than 100 million troops, and rich money and food. Once the war was unfavorable to Wei State, he could transfer the Anxi Army and the Zhenxi Army to move westward to support the Anxi Army.If the Northern Han Kingdom had agreed to cooperate with the Heda Khanate at the beginning, and when the Wei State dispatched the Anbei Army, it would have sent troops southward, even if they didn’t have to go south, but just made a feint, the Wei State’s Anbei Army would not have dared to go west.If Di Qin made a move to intimidate Bashu on the plateau, the Zhenxi Army could also be restricted to death.In that way, the Heda Khanate, with the power of the whole country, will have a greater chance of winning against a Wei Anxi army.

It's a pity that Northern Han and Diqin are too far away from the Heda Khanate, and they can't convey the news, and both of them have no intention of competing with Wei, especially Northern Han, if Wei is willing to accept their surrender It is estimated that someone will behead Liu Kuren and send it to Yecheng immediately.

Trapping the Anxi army in stone, dampening its edge, and making the Anxi army lose its vigor to break through the Yuwen Kingdom and occupy the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, this is the real intention of Heda Khan Enagu.If the Anxi army is defeated, the Heda Khanate will not invade Hexi, but will stop its troops in Tianshan to avoid excessive stimulation of Wei. It may be acceptable to occupy the northern and southern Wei of Tianshan, but once they threaten Hexi, their emperor will definitely not be able to sit still of.Ran Ming is not the emperor of Taiping. Once Wei Guo is angered, because maybe Ran Ming will lead the army to march west at any time - if at that time, the Persian Empire and the Gupta Empire hold back their Heda Khanate, then It's over.

Therefore, at a certain juncture, the two sides are actually developing a subtle tacit understanding, which is the time for a decisive battle that both sides feel is most beneficial to them.Moreover, the scale of the war must not be too large, and the Wei State must not be overly stimulated.However, E Naju didn't know that no matter what he did, Wei Guo would never give up his determination to occupy the two rivers.Because of the loss of Congling, Wei State's occupation in the Western Regions will be extremely passive.Just like the loss of the sixteen prefectures of Yanyun in the Song Dynasty, strategic passiveness will waste national strength and plant the factors of defeat.

If the strategy is the most prosperous area in West Asia in the Mesopotamia, there will be no material in the west to support a country and force to carry out the Eastern Expedition, and the Congling Fortress can also make the Wei State invincible.

On March 4799, [-] in the Yellow Emperor era, after more than half a month of rest, the Heda Khanate finally decided to launch an offensive. The day was sunny and the melting ice and snow made the grass start to spit out tender shoots. The one-eyed war god Gaisuye Ding's Gandhara and Gurgan troops each had more than [-] cavalry and launched a tentative attack on Stone City.

In the [-]th Division of the Infantry Division of the Anxi Army of the State of Wei, Major General Chen Ben said to his generals and school: "The war has begun, and now I can tell you without hesitation that our Anxi Army does not lack food, and saving food is for today's Fight. Now the regiments will immediately send quartermasters to collect supplies for half a month. There is enough food, but the city must not be lost!"

"Guaranteed to complete the task!" When the generals heard that there was enough food, their confidence increased greatly, and their unhappiness and depression were all swept away.

Stone City is located on the west side of the Chakat Mountains. It leads to the east and relies on the valley. As far as defense is concerned, Wei only needs to face threats from the west, while the three directions of east, south and north are There is no room for massive expansion.Originally, as a city, Stone City was not small in size. The city had a permanent population of 8 to [-] people, and the business exchanges between the east and the west were very active. However, the walls of this commercial city were neither tall nor strong.Although Wei Jun has carried out maintenance this winter and installed some defensive facilities, this does not change the root of Stone City's low defensive capabilities.

Gaisuyeddin sneered and said, "Remember, there is no feint, attack me!"

More than 1 riders were quickly divided into two parts, each part was divided into six groups, each group had a thousand people, and these thousand people were quickly divided into ten teams, with every hundred riders forming a team.Ten teams of thousands of people each took turns to start shooting towards Stone City. Each team of hundreds of riders rushed to the city wall quickly. Regardless of the result, they spread out to the left and right, leaving room for the hundred cavalry behind.In just a short cup of tea, these 1 riders fired more than [-] arrows at the city wall.These [-] cavalry, from formation to galloping, moved like clouds and flowing water. From this detail alone, it can be seen that the cavalry under Gaisuyeddin's command is very disciplined and well-trained.

Chen Ben, Major General of the No.40 Infantry Division of the Anxi Army, looked at the powerful arrows on the top of the city gate, and said leisurely: "It really is a powerful force, and nearly [-]% of the cavalry are using at least three-stone strong bows."

The staff officer of the [-]th Infantry Division said: "It's just that I really can't figure it out. Although this stone city is not steep, they are all cavalry. They actually used cavalry to attack the city. Isn't this because their heads are flooded?"

"Whether their heads can get into the water, I don't know!" Chen Ben said: "But I do know that the Heda Khanate fought north and south, and rarely met opponents. Even the Persian Empire and the Gupta Empire suffered losses in their hands. It would be strange if there is no superiority. Just wait and see, they will definitely have unique skills!"

Stone City, as the name suggests, is rich in stones nearby, so the entire city wall is made of stone. Although the city wall is not high, it cannot be easily breached.However, in response to that sentence, there is no real absolute in this world.The Heda Khanate was like a bandit, looting everywhere, and captured countless cities. Cavalry attacking the city was a joke in the eyes of ordinary people, but in the eyes of the Heda Khanate, it was a matter of course.

The Hundred Cavalry Team of the Heda Khanate began to sprint towards the gate of the city, shooting arrows at the city head continuously. Those Heda cavalry shot very accurately. They knew that ordinary arrows could not penetrate the standard light armor of the Wei army at all, so They all shot at the exposed parts of the Wei Army soldiers, such as the eyes, throat and face. More than a dozen unlucky Wei Army soldiers screamed and fell down from the top of the city. At this time, other Wei Army soldiers dared not fight as usual. Everyone carefully hid themselves behind heavy shields or women's walls, or leaned on the top of the city.

"Gray bottle, vote!"

However, to Chen Ben's surprise, these cavalrymen waved their arm shields to block things like gray bottles thrown from the top of the city. Twenty or thirty steps away from the city gate, nearly a hundred cavalrymen took out their short spears neatly and pointed at them. The city gate is thrown away.Of the hundreds of short spears, none of them hit the city gate.Cowhide ropes were tied to these short spears, and a hundred war horses pulled back neatly, causing a huge vibration at the city gate.

"It turns out that they relied on this method to attack the city with cavalry!" Chen Ben said to himself, "Fortunately, we were prepared, otherwise we would really fall into the enemy's way!"

The huge hardwood city gate was pierced by a hundred short spears, and it was already crumbling. After being pulled by a hundred war horses, with a loud noise, the city gate became torn apart.The hundred riders ignored the crossbow arrows shot from the city wall and began to rush towards the city gate.

Looking at this scene, Gurgan rushed to Gesuyeddin and said, "The city is broken!"

"It won't be that simple!" Gaisuyedin looked at the soldiers filing in, and said strangely: "Wei Kingdom rose to the east, I heard that they were just a small tribe at the earliest, with less than 20 soldiers and 20 people. In less than [-] years, countless countries and tribes have been conquered and a huge empire has been established. At this time, their empire has millions of soldiers. If it is not because it is too far away from our Heda Empire, there is no need for us to To provoke such a terrifying enemy."

"The general is too worried!" Gurgan said: "The further east the tribe is, the weaker its fighting power will be. Back then we used 8000 soldiers and horses to break Kangju, but only 25 people were used at that time. There are more than [-] Wei troops in the area. Our Heda Empire has used [-] troops, which is already too much. General, let’s go to the city. Unfortunately, this is not a Han city. I heard that Han women are very beautiful. When we capture Tianshan , when the time comes, the general will snatch some Han women for the general!"

At this moment, Gaisuyeddin sensed that something was wrong. There were as many as 3000 Heda cavalrymen who were constantly attacking the city. look.

"No, the situation has changed." Gaisuyeddin yelled: "Go and ask what happened!"

After a while, Gurgan said with shame on his face: "These treacherous Wei people are too despicable!"

"What's going on?" Gesuyeddin asked.

Gurgan said: "They blocked the street, and then ambushed a large number of crossbowmen on both sides of the street. Let's rush into the city, just..."

Gesuyeddin said: "The 3000 troops are all gone?"

"Almost, ten out of ten!" Gurgan said: "It's too miserable, General, you have to make the decision for the last general!"

It turns out that Stone City, an important commercial town, did not build an inner urn. However, because it is located in the Western Regions, it is different from the buildings in the Central Plains. Most of the houses in the Central Plains are made of wood, so it is very unfavorable for street fighting.However, Stone City is rich in stones, so the houses in the city are basically built of stones, so the Anxi Army blocked the streets and ambushed a large number of crossbowmen on the houses on both sides of the streets.The Heda cavalry who broke into the city was like entering an inner urn city, facing the arrows from front, back, left, and right, there was no possibility of defense at all.So in just a quarter of an hour, the three thousand cavalry were shot and killed.

The first battle was won, and all the soldiers of the Anxi Army cheered.The Heda army failed in the first battle, and all began to retreat slowly. However, at this moment, Guo Shiyan, Major General of the No. 18 Division of the Western Army Cavalry of Wei Guoan, saw that although the Heda army retreated, they were defeated and not chaotic.Although the Heda Empire is very poor in the field of internal affairs and people's livelihood, it is a well-deserved first-class military power. During the more than [-] years since the establishment of the Heda Khanate, the Heda Empire can be described as attacking from all directions. The Persian Sassanid Empire was fought in the west, the Gupta Empire in the south, the Arabian Peninsula was conquered, and the Northern Wei (Tuoba Wei) was conquered in the east.

Guo Shiyan ordered: "Get on the horse and get ready to charge!"

Chen Ben also ordered an attack at the same time. Since Wei Jun Anxi entered the stone westward this time, he did not carry gunpowder or ammunition, so the Wei Jun on the city wall did not use firearms, but temporarily built a batch of trebuchets.

(End of this chapter)