The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Chapter 532: The Legacy of the Forefathers

King Hede of Shule ran all the way back to Shule City, still in shock!

"What on earth was it?"

When asked, the attendants also didn't know.

Some said that it was hit by a stone thrown by a three-meter-tall strongman in the Han army.

Some say that the Han people set up an altar to offer sacrifices to heaven, asking heaven to punish Shule.

Others said that it was the great Han general Cao Cao who had a magical weapon called the Heavenly Sword, which could cause an earthquake as long as it was unsheathed...

All kinds of strange and bizarre statements gave King Shule a headache!

But the fall of Zhenzhong City was enough to show that the Han army was so terrifying that it was beyond imagination!
Even the King of Shule looked worried: "Could it be that the Han army really has divine help?"

"Where is this divine help?"

The left general of Wusun was on the city wall at that time.

After gathering the soldiers, he finally pieced together the truth from their mouths -

"It is a powerful siege weapon of the Han people! It only needs to be lit with a torch to produce an attack that is like a divine punishment!"

……

He De didn't know whether he should be relieved or even more depressed.

Good news: the gods are not helping the Han people.

bad news--

That offensive that seemed like a punishment from God was originally launched by the people of the Han Dynasty!

In other words, the people of the Han Dynasty were already on par with the gods!
After the Kingdom of Dayuan learned about the battle in Zhenzhong City, it also sent envoys.

The Dayuan envoy was extremely frightened, and out of fear he questioned He Delai.

"Didn't you say before that it was impossible for the Han Dynasty to conquer Shule?"

"Now that Zhenzhong City has been lost, Shule City is nothing more than a paper city. What should we do now?"

The Dayuan envoy stamped his feet, furious.

"If I had known this, I shouldn't have trusted you! Instead, I should have submitted to the Han Dynasty!"

……

Seeing that the fragile alliance of Dayuan, Wusun and Shule was about to be broken up, Wusun's left general hurriedly said: "We Wusun still have tens of thousands of cavalry. It is too early to declare defeat now!"

"I will return to Wusun to get reinforcements. They will arrive in half a month at most. Please unite as one, hold on to Shule City, and wait for my arrival!"

Wusun is located in the northwest of the Western Regions, with more than 100,000 households. Although it cannot catch up with ordinary counties and kingdoms in the Han area, it is a first-class big country in the Western Regions!
Although tens of thousands of cavalry are just a figurative number, there must be ten thousand cavalry!
Upon hearing that Wusun was willing to provide support, the Dayuan envoy's expression looked better.

But He De knew the situation in Wusun and was worried that Wusun General Zuo would not be able to bring reinforcements.

"Wusun" is called a country, but in fact it is fundamentally different from the countries in the Western Regions. Instead, it is more like a tribe.

Especially because of an event in the past, there are actually many conflicts within Wusun.

During the pre-Han period, the Han Dynasty took the initiative to form an alliance with the Wusun in order to fight against the Xiongnu. In the fourth year of Taichu, Princess Jieyou, a descendant of Liu Jiao, King of Chu and one of the initiators of the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" and the granddaughter of Liu Wu, King of Chu, who was one of the initiators of the "Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms" and was the King of Chu and a descendant of Liu Jiao, the King of Chu and the younger brother of Emperor Gaozu of Han, was married to the Wusun.

Princess Jieyou first married Wusun "Kunmi" Junxumi. After Junxumi died, his brother Wengguimi succeeded him as "Kunmi", and Princess Jieyou married Wengguimi again.

After Weng Guimi succeeded to the throne, he reported to Emperor Xuan of Han, saying that he was willing to take his grandson Yuan Guimi (Princess Jieyou's son) as his heir and inherit the title of "Wusun Kunmi" in the future.

However, after Weng Guimi's death, Princess Jieyou's son Yuan Guimi did not inherit the position of Wusun Kunmi as agreed. The Wusun nobles supported Nimi, who had Xiongnu ancestry, as Wusun Kunmi, calling him the "Mad King", which aroused dissatisfaction among the Han Dynasty.

Later, Princess Jieyou and Han envoys Wei Ruyi and Ren Chang conspired to assassinate the Mad King. Although they failed, they greatly reduced the Mad King's power.

Later, Wujiutu (son of Weng Guimi and a Xiongnu woman) rebelled, raised an army and killed the mad king. When the Han Dynasty heard about it, it sent envoys to mediate and conferred Yuan Guimi (son of Princess Jieyou) as the Great Kunmi and Wujiutu as the Small Kunmi... In this way, the pattern of the Big and Small Kunmi of Wusun has been preserved.

……

You should know that the current "Left General of Wusun" is actually the "Left General" of the "Little Kunmi of Wusun" rather than the "Left General" of the "Great Kunmi" tribe.

If the Wusun Junior Kunmi sends too many troops out, it might attract the covetousness of the Wusun Senior Kunmi!

"Don't worry! Now is the time to resist foreign enemies. Da Kunmi dare not take action!"

Just as Wusun's left general was making a solemn promise, the Dayuan envoy suddenly interrupted:

"I'm afraid the Han people are not outsiders to the Great Kunmi..."

After all, the first Wusun Great Kunmi was the real son of Princess Jieyou! He was a genuine descendant of the Han Dynasty!
Wusun's left general was speechless for a moment, then glared at the Dayuan envoy and said, "No matter what, I will definitely be able to get reinforcements!"

"Half a month! If it's faster, maybe I can lead the Wusun cavalry here in ten days!"

After hearing this, the Dayuan envoy could not respond.

He is afraid.

Fearing the Han army, they would use the same method they had used to attack Zhenzhong City to attack Shule City.

If this is the case... let alone half a month or ten days, I'm afraid I can't even last half an hour!
"The Han army of the divine creature must be very small! Otherwise, why did the Han Dynasty suffer from internal strife for so many years?"

He De stood up at this moment.

Although he was also panicked in his heart, he had to act as a stabilizer for everyone at this moment.

"If the Han people can use such a sacred object at will, what will happen?"

He De comforted the Dayuan envoy and also comforted himself.

"If you don't believe me, just wait and see if the Han army will use that magical object to break through the city gate again!"

The Dayuan envoy looked at He De suspiciously. He felt that He De was clearly gambling that the Han Dynasty would not have such a magical object to blow up Shule City.

But after thinking about it, the Dayuan envoy finally stopped questioning and instead sighed heavily.

What else can they do if they don’t take this gamble now?
……

……

It turns out they were right.

Xiahou Yuan led his troops in pursuit, but failed to catch up with Shule King Hede, so he could only go back and report the truth to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao heard that He De had not been captured and killed, he frowned slightly.

The Han army indeed had no gunpowder left.

The most critical problem with gunpowder is its inconvenience in transportation, and Cao Cao's journey was extremely difficult, so the quantity was actually not that large.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia initially agreed that gunpowder should be used in Shule City, the capital of Shule State, in order to intimidate the countries in the Western Regions and completely destroy Shule State at the same time.

But Zhenzhong City was indeed easy to defend but difficult to attack, so they used gunpowder in advance. They thought that catching Hede was a sure thing, but they didn't expect that the other party actually escaped back to Shule City relying on the Ferghana horses...

"Do you want to attack by force?"

Xu Shu also knew that the Han army was now out of gunpowder. If they wanted to storm a city, the cost would be extremely high!
Guo Jia hesitated: "In fact, we can follow the example of General Ershi when he went on an expedition to Dayuan. We can cut off the water source of Shule and slowly besiege it..."

"can not do this!"

After hearing this, Fa Zheng immediately interrupted Guo Jia.

Fa Zheng said solemnly: "When we attacked Dayuan, Dayuan had no backup, so Li Guangli was able to lay siege to the city and take his time."

"But now... although Dayuan is not a concern, Wusun is indeed a great power in the Western Regions!"

"Moreover, most of the Wusun soldiers are cavalry. If they come and surround our army, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Although Fa Zheng had the idea of ​​seizing Cao Cao's military power before, at this moment, facing the foreign enemy, everyone was united and tried their best to use their wisdom to help Cao Cao plan.

"Fortunately, Wusun now has both the Great Kunmi and the Small Kunmi! If we can send an envoy to them, it should make Wusun afraid to send reinforcements!"

When Guo Jia heard Fa Zheng's plan, his eyes lit up!
"I have also read about Princess Jieyou and the two Kunmi in the history books. I never thought that Wusun still maintains such a system!"

I have to say, the Han envoys are really good at being troublemakers!
After Emperor Xuan of Han, the connection between the Han Dynasty and the Western Regions was completely cut off at least three times. However, Wusun was never unified and instead maintained its old system.

However, this move by the previous Han envoy did allow Guo Jia to see the possibility of delaying the Wusun.

only……

"Is Fengxiao worried about who he is sending as a messenger?"

Meng Da stood up at this moment and saluted towards Cao Cao and Guo Jia——

"Of course I'll go!"

Meng Da's wish is to break into Zhenzhong City.

Now that his wish has been fulfilled, Meng Da naturally has no regrets even if he dies!
Although this trip to Wusun would certainly be a life-threatening one, Meng Da still volunteered, expressing his willingness to go through this dangerous place!

"Zi Jing, what are you talking about!"

Fa Zheng also didn't want Meng Da to go alone -

"Your Wusun language is a mess! How can you be a good envoy to the Han Dynasty?"

"Why don't I go and persuade the Wusun Great Kunmi to help the Han Dynasty!"

Meng Da shook his head awkwardly.

Wusun language is considered to be the most difficult language among all the languages ​​in the Western Regions.

It sounds like the Sai language in the south and Tocharian in the north. I don’t know if it’s because of Princess Jieyou, but some of the words are even mixed with Chinese pronunciation and grammar.

Therefore, Meng Da's Wusun language was indeed not very good, far inferior to that of Fa Zheng and Xu Shu.

Cao Cao was also very happy when he saw that Fa Zheng and Meng Da were willing to go to Wusun.

"But what we are planning may not succeed."

"Therefore, I would like to ask General Zhengxi to think of a way as soon as possible to capture Shule City and completely seize the initiative!"

Cao Cao agreed with Fa Zheng's words, and at the same time he could not help but recruit him: "Xiao Zhi is truly a 'wonderful assistant'!"

"I am the General of the Western Expedition. In the future, I will also build the Western Regions Protectorate. When Your Majesty was in Chang'an, he granted me the right to open a protectorate. Will Xiaozhi come to serve in the shogunate in the future?"

Cao Cao had already realized that Fa Zheng and Ma Chao were not in a superior-subordinate relationship.

Too……

With Fa Zheng's wisdom, he could naturally see that although Ma Chao could be a friend, he was not easy to be a leader.

Although Cao Cao now has a strong army, he still has no strategists besides Guo Jia. Does this mean he really wants to recruit someone?
"Ah I?"

Fa Zheng was stunned for a moment and then shook his head: "Thank you, General Zhengxi, for your kindness!"

"But I once worked with Uncle Liu in Shu for a while, so I made an agreement with him long ago that if I really want to enter the shogunate one day, it must be his!"

"Although the emperor's uncle is still in the Beiting Protectorate, I believe that one day he will come to the Western Regions!"

The corner of Cao Cao's mouth twitched.

He never expected that the Fa Zheng he admired had turned into someone else's appearance!

And this other person... was actually Liu Bei Liu Xuande, the person he had always envied and jealous of?
(End of this chapter)