The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Kushan soldiers entered the northwest valley one after another.

The winding mountain roads forced most of the Kushan soldiers, except for some senior generals, to walk on their own feet.

This made the Kushan soldiers, who were used to traveling on the plains and riding war horses, miserable, and they were soon out of breath.

"Are the Han people sick? If you want to fight, why do you choose to camp in a place like this?"

Some Kushan nobles complained, but were scolded by Potiao.

“This is the brilliance of the Han people.”

"Among the Han people's knowledge, there is something called the Art of War."

"It records in detail how to use the terrain to win the war."

"For example, in this war, if we were completely unaware of it, how much would it cost to capture this place?"

In Bo Diao's mind, he kept recalling what Mrs. Li had said in front of him at that time.

"Some of the Han people's things are really useful."

"If we win this battle, we must learn from the Han people to strengthen our Kushans!"

While Bo Diao was thinking, he did not notice that on both sides of the valley, there were countless pairs of eyes staring at them.

Han army!

On the cliff on the left are Cao Ren and Cao Chun.

On the cliff on the right, Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were lying in ambush!

"There are so many people here! It seems that Fengxiao's plan really works!"

Cao Ren was initially worried that Cao Cao's advice to the Kushans not to use too many troops would reduce the results of this battle.

But now it seems that Guo Jia really has manipulated people's hearts to the extreme!

The more you prevent the Kushans from sending troops, the more they will send their troops!

Cao Ren roughly estimated that there were at least 20,000 Kushan soldiers and horses!

If they could completely defeat these 20,000 soldiers and horses, the Kushans would no longer be able to challenge the Han Dynasty!
Cao Chun grabbed Cao Ren and signaled him not to look too long, so as not to be discovered by the Kushan army.

"There are some open terrains, some hanging terrains, some supporting terrains, some narrow terrains, some dangerous terrains, and some distant terrains."

“If the terrain is narrow, I will occupy it first, and I will fill it up to wait for the enemy. If the enemy occupies it first, I will not follow if it is full, but I will follow if it is not full. If the terrain is dangerous, I will occupy it first, and I will occupy the high ground to wait for the enemy!”

"Now that our army has taken advantage of the narrow terrain and is in a high and sunny place, we will naturally be able to win!"

"Just be careful, brother. Even trapped animals will fight to the death, let alone humans."

"got it!"

Cao Ren responded, and at the same time patted the big guy beside him: "But today is different from the past!"

"With these things, they are the ones who should be careful! Not us!"

Cao Ren's words were so powerful that they immediately startled the flying birds. Cao Chun was so scared that he quickly covered the other party's mouth and signaled for silence!
However, Bo Diao and the others felt something was wrong as they walked along.

This valley is extremely quiet, and there is no sign of a large number of soldiers moving around.
Besides, this mountain road is too long. What if...

Fortunately, after walking for an hour, a scout finally came to report that the Han army camp had been discovered!
This news undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Kushan army, and also allowed Bo Diao to put aside his last bit of doubt.

"Prepare to attack!"

Immediately!

Then countless Kushan soldiers holding large shields stood in the front and changed their formation!

Behind these large shields are some Kushan spearmen holding sharp spears!
The Kushans were able to dominate for hundreds of years. Although they were far inferior to the Han Dynasty in military terms, they were still familiar with some of the most basic military formations.

The Kushan soldiers marched with strong steps, step by step towards the Han army camp in the valley!

However, just when he was about to take a hundred steps, Bo Diao's expression suddenly changed!

Something is wrong!
Nine out of ten something is wrong!
Although Bo Diao is an enemy of the Han Dynasty, he understands the strength of the Han Dynasty and even more so the elite soldiers of the Han Dynasty!

Even though the Han Dynasty had no reaction when they were still several miles away, the Kushan army was already at their doorstep, so how could they not react!

In panic, Bo Diao immediately looked up at the sky.

Under the three stone walls, the sky became extremely narrow, yet also extremely high.

The nervous voices of the Kushan soldiers echoed through the surrounding stone walls and seemed to be turned into the ridicule of the Han soldiers!
"Cao..."

Before Bo Diao finished shouting, a loud noise suddenly came from the rear of the Kushan army!
Although the other Kushan soldiers were frightened by the sound, they were not afraid.

But the accompanying King of Dayuan screamed: "It's gunpowder!!!"

gunpowder!!!

Although this thing has never appeared in front of the Kushan nobles, it does not hinder the reputation of gunpowder!
Whether it was the blowing up of the extremely solid Zhenzhong City, or Fa Zheng using it to wipe out the entire Wusun high-level officials in one fell swoop, it all demonstrated the horror of gunpowder!
Bo Diao was immediately shocked: "Retreat! Retreat!"

But it's too late!
Suddenly, countless traces of Han troops appeared on the mountain walls on both sides!

Fallen trees and rolling stones poured down from the surrounding mountain roads! The terrifying weight was transformed into an unparalleled impact force, easily crushing the Kushan soldiers one by one!
Too many Kushan nobles have seen this scene.

During the harvest season, they would leisurely inspect the rice fields, watching their serfs crush and harvest large tracts of grain and then store them in their own treasuries.

The rice grains were all poured out very neatly.

Often, with one blow of the sickle, a whole field of leaves would fall down, which was a delight to the eye.

And today, the Han army will undoubtedly repeat this scene.

Only this time, what collapsed was not the rice, but the Kushan soldiers!
It is no longer them who are to be harvested, but the Han!

"Withdraw! Withdraw!"

Bo Diao dodged the rocks and shouted to the back: "The road we came from is very wide! The Han people can't block it completely, all of you go to the back!"

Although this mountain road is rugged, it is also wide!
This was also the important reason why Bo Diao agreed to let the army in before!

Just step back a little bit and you can...

"My lord! The road behind us...collapsed!"

"..."

Bo Diao felt as if there was something stuck in his throat at first, and the next moment he felt that someone was playing a trick on him!

"How could such a wide road collapse in such a short time? Do you think I'm stupid?"

"Don't dare!"

The scout cried, "It's gunpowder! Han people's gunpowder!"

"The Han people placed gunpowder on the surrounding rocks, then blew up the mountains and buried the roads!!!"

"..."

Don't understand!
Totally incomprehensible!

Such a wide road!

How can a little gunpowder...

It's not that Bo Diao hasn't heard of the reputation of gunpowder.

But in his opinion, that thing was just to blow up the city wall at best...

But what a coincidence.

The city walls within the Kushan territory are extremely thin and weak.

Even if you use an elephant to ram it, it is not impossible to move it.

Therefore, in Bo Diao's opinion, the power of gunpowder is no different from that of the Kushan elephant soldiers.

As for something more powerful...

It's not that the wave mode is stupid or unimaginable. It's that the understanding of the wave mode only goes so far.

The brutal power of the elephant soldiers was already the limit of what he had ever seen in his life. Anything beyond that was the limit of his knowledge.

Including Cao Cao...

Bo Diao couldn't understand why Cao Cao, the enemy of the Han emperor, who had experienced the humiliation of being defeated by the Han emperor, could refuse the temptation of half of the Western Regions and choose to trick him...

Loyalty, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and trustworthiness.

These things are simply beyond Bo Diao's understanding!
So Bo Diao didn’t understand why Cao Cao would betray him, nor did he understand how the Han people’s gunpowder could actually blow up rocks and bury roads!
……

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Just as Bo Diao was trying hard to accept these things, soldiers kept shaking his body.

"My lord, although the road behind us is buried, there are still small paths that people can pass through!"

There is a bright future!

Just as Bo Diao was overjoyed, the scout said, "But there is only room for two people to pass through there. It's almost impossible for a large army to pass through!"

Bo Diao opened his mouth and looked around hesitantly.

However, this hesitation did not last long, because a high-caste Kushan general had already demonstrated to Bo Diao.

"Damn you lowlifes! Get out of the way!!!"

The high-caste Kushan generals kept swinging their whips, whipping the low-caste soldiers on their left and right, asking them to leave the chance of escape for themselves!
No, this cannot be considered as leaving it to themselves.

It is only natural for the untouchables to give way to the higher castes!

This is a chance God has given these untouchables to prove themselves! Although the Kushan soldiers on both sides were terrified, they were filled with fear of death.

But the caste system in their bones actually forced them to make way! A way to sacrifice their lives and give way to the higher castes to survive!

At this moment, Cao Ren, who had been observing the situation on the cliff, was shocked.

"They are not even afraid of death, but they are afraid of those high-caste Kushans?"

Cao Chun, who was standing next to him, panted and brought a Zhuge Crossbow over: "Brother, stop looking!"

"The power of the gunpowder was not strong enough after all, and it did not completely cover the mountain path."

"The Kushan soldiers outside the valley are also rushing in to support us. We should put an end to the fighting here as soon as possible!"

Cao Ren touched Zhuge Crossbow, and some long-lost memories came flooding back.

He patted Zhuge Liannu with some fear: "My dear! You almost took my life back then!"

"But this time, it's someone else's turn!"

Adjusting the crosshairs, Cao Ren aimed the Zhuge Crossbow directly at the road to survival!
It's different from the mess just now.

Now that these roads have been cleared, the Han army can clearly see who are the high-ranking Kushans and who are just ordinary Kushan people.

In an instant, overwhelming crossbow arrows shot in from both sides of the cliff again!

The density of the crossbow arrows has even reached the point of being materialized!
It was as if two huge steel clouds gathered in the sky, then fell heavily with a roar, raising large amounts of dust and blood!

The violent beauty of Zhuge Crossbow was brought to the extreme at this moment!

"here we go again!"

"here we go again!"

Bo Diao's lips trembled constantly.

Another thing beyond his understanding!
According to the Kushans, in order to launch such a dense rain of arrows, at least tens of thousands of archers would be needed to shoot at the same time to succeed.

But the Han people.

With only a thousand soldiers, Cao Zhang was able to launch such an attack with that strange crossbow!
Bo Diao suddenly thought of Mrs. Li's words again.

"The Han are far superior to the Kushans!"

The final winner who grew up in the monster room on the east side.

The great man who defeated the arrogant Huns and occupied the holy land of the Yuezhi people, Qilian Mountains, has become a being they do not recognize at all!
The beautiful Shu brocade, the exquisite lacquerware...

Their appearance is never accidental!
The big man in the east who I have never met before has the ability to crush the surrounding countries!
Even though he was calm, he still felt a little regretful at this moment.

if……

If we had listened to Mrs. Li's advice and slowly introduced the Han technology and culture instead of declaring war on the Han, would the situation today be different?
Bo Diao's face was full of bitterness at this moment.

He thought that he had become the most remarkable ruler in the world by reconquering Khwarezm!

However, the existence of the Han Dynasty undoubtedly brought the dignity of him, the Kushans, and the Yuezhi to the bottom!
Bo Diao raised his head with difficulty and looked at the sky and earth above him which were bounded into a strip by the rocks.

"The Han Chinese have an idiom, 'a frog in the well.'"

"When I first heard about it, I thought it was a laughing stock, but now it seems..."

"Your Majesty!"

At this moment, some surviving Kushan high-caste generals suddenly rushed out.

"My lord! The Han people's crossbows have stopped firing! Move quickly!"

Although Zhuge's Crossbow was powerful, it also had the flaw of being too powerful.

Although firing ten crossbow arrows in a row can make the power of Zhuge Crossbow reach its peak, the loading speed becomes extremely slow!
This window of opportunity had been discovered by the Kushan nobles, so they urged Bo Diao to escape quickly!

Although Bo Diao was already disheartened at this time, his instinct for survival still made him mount his horse and flee out of the valley.

"Brother! Look at the way that man is dressed!"

Cao Chun and Xiahou Yuan called out to Cao Ren and Xiahou Dun at the same time!
Upon seeing this, the four of them drew their bows and arrows almost at the same time and immediately shot towards Bo Diao!

However, all four arrows missed the target by a few inches. Although they hit the target, they did not hit the target!
"No! The wind in the valley is strong!"

Xiahou Yuan was the first to discover the problem and hurriedly drew his bow and arrow again, but Bodiao was obviously frightened by the sudden arrow and quickly bent down and disappeared into the crowd!
"Tsk!"

Xiahou Yuan clicked his tongue regretfully, and just when he was about to catch up, he was stopped by Xiahou Dun——

"Clean up the battlefield first!"

"There are still enemy troops outside the valley! If they counterattack, it will be bad if we cooperate with them from inside and outside!"

Xiahou Yuan has a hot temper.

If an ordinary person were to persuade him, most likely he would fail.

However, Xiahou Dun's complete bloodline suppression on him made him dare not chase him anymore, and he went back to clean up the battlefield together.

After an hour or so.

The valley was once again filled with the sound of human voices.

It was Cao Cao and Yu Jin who arrived with their troops.

Seeing this, Xiahou Dun and Cao Ren immediately asked, "Meng De! Where did the Kushan army go?"

“We have already withdrawn!”

This made both of them feel relieved.

The battle in the valley just now had obviously frightened the Kushans, so they forgot that they now had the advantage in numbers. If they attacked the valley by force, the Han army would be at a disadvantage.

Although the possibility of organizing an attack immediately after such a defeat is extremely low, it is not impossible.

Now that it has been confirmed that the Kushans have retreated, the last bit of risk has obviously been cut off!
Cao Cao had a serious look on his face at this moment and looked around.

"Where's the wave tune?"

"Where is the Kushan King, Bo Diao, now?" (End of this chapter)