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Chapter 197 Secret Travel

The next day, the snow was clear, and the snow was already one foot deep outside the camp gate. The north wind blew the battle flag, and the sound of the rushing sounds.

The Chinese army was disciplined. After breakfast, they stepped on the snow about a foot deep. Under the guidance of the guide, the army set out on the journey again!

Due to the difficulty of snow, the arrival time at Luntai was two days later than planned.

A small tribe gathered in Luntai. These people would never have thought that an army would suddenly appear in the heavy snow. The leader was very conscious and quickly sent people to carry the slaughtered cattle and sheep to offer the submission.

After the translator asked, he learned that these people called themselves the Seville tribe, with a population of only more than a thousand.

How to deal with these small tribes is a big problem for Wan Jun. Don’t look at these people acting respectfully now, it is because the army is ahead. Once the situation changes, these people will be hungry wolves around them.

If these small tribes are left behind, they will simply put some time bombs behind them. If they are not kept, let other tribes know that no tribe dares to surrender in the future and killing them too much, they will not be able to gain a foothold in the Western Regions in the future, let alone manage the Western Regions.

After much thought, Wanjun still chose to accept the situation in the future, "Accept the offer of surrender, and the army set up camp in Luntai!"

Since he decided to keep this tribe, he had to show his mercy and softness. Wan Jun took Zhang Huangyan and others to personally go to surrender.

When he arrived in front of the formation, more than a dozen foreign men were kneeling in the snow. The leader was a middle-aged man. Wan Jun asked the translator to ask, "What is his name? Are there enough supplies for winter in the tribe?"

The translator said Wan Jun to him, and the man was stunned for a moment and replied quickly, "His name is Alxa Basseville. He said that it was cold these years and it was difficult to survive the winter."

Wan Jun said, "After presenting these to the army, is the tribe's winter food enough?"

After the translation was finished, Alxa Basseville looked even more frightened, hesitated and replied, "He said that in order to survive, he could only give more to the adults, and then think about the winter after he survived."

Wan Jun made a full gesture and helped Alxa Basseville up. "Don't worry, as long as the Seville tribe stands on the side of China, the army will not hurt you at all, and will protect your safety. Next year, they will transport food and salt from the East."

This time, the translator finished speaking Wan Jun's words. Alexa Basseville looked at Wan Jun with an incredible face. After a long time, he said softly, and the translator said, "He said thank you sir."

Wan Jun said, "Leave two cattle and sheep that have been presented to you, and take the rest back!"

Alxa Basseville was very excited and kowtowed on the ground, repeating what he had just said, then turned around and said something behind him, and the people kneeling on the ground kowtowed together.

Wan Jun said, "The army went to Kuche tomorrow. Can the Seville tribe provide some warriors to help?"

After the translator said that, Alxa Basseville thought for a while, then stretched out two fingers to Wan Jun while speaking, and translated, "He said that the Seville tribe has few people, and at most can only produce two hundred people!"

Wan Jun smiled and said, "The tribe with less than a thousand people has too many 200 people. It is enough for the Seville tribe to have this intention. We only have one hundred people!"

The surrender was decided, and the troops returned to the camp. I thought that such a winning move, and taking away a hundred young and strong men, Alxa Basseville should not stab the Chinese army in the back.

The next morning, Alxa Basseville led a hundred cavalry over, pointed at the hundred knights and said to the army for a while, and the translator said, "He said this is a whole thing."

The one hundred warriors in this tribe are the best, and they are handed over to the adults, hoping to fight for them on the battlefield!"

Wan Jun bowed, "Don't worry, after the war is over, I will definitely send these warriors back safely!"

After saying goodbye to the tribe, the One Hundred Seasville Cavalry followed the forward and quickly headed towards the west.

The army set off from Luntai and walked west for half a day. A personal guard came from the front and pointed to a high ground in the north. "Sir, it is said that it is Gu Luntai!"

When Wan Jun heard this, he took Zhang Huangyan to walk closer. Under the snow, there was only a large mound of high and low soil, without any trace of man-made traces.

Zhang Huangyan said, "If there was no snow, I think I could still see a rough idea. Now it is covered with nearly one foot of snow and I can't see anything."

Wan Jun said, "It has been abandoned for hundreds of years. Even if there is no snow, nothing will be left!"

"I sent you there to the east gate of Luntai. When I went there, the snow was covered with Tianshan Road.

I can’t see you when you turn around the mountain, but there are horses on the sky above the snow."

In the 13th year of Tianbao in the Tang Dynasty, in 754 AD, Cen Shen went out of the border for the second time to serve in the Beiting Protectorate, and at this time he created the famous "Song of White Snow to Send Judge Wu to the Capital".

Just a year later, the Anshi Rebellion broke out in 755 AD, and most of the garrisons of Anxi and Beiting Protectorate were transferred back to the Central Plains, leaving only less than 10,000 people to guard the huge Western Regions.

As Tubo captured the Hexi Corridor, the Western Regions, with empty troops, finally disappeared from history after more than 40 years of defending the lonely city.

The troops remembered for a while, returned to the marching troops, and began to yearn for the last Kucha City. Eight or nine hundred years have passed, and the Chinese flag has finally come back again!

From Luntai to the west, and along the direction of Tianshan Mountain, on the afternoon of the third day, the advance army suddenly stopped, and the cavalry of the vanguard all led their horses to hide in the valley, and explored their horses and spread them out from both north and south.

A soldier came to report, "Kuche is here, no, it's Kucha!"

"Kucha is here!"

Wan Jun couldn't help but feel excited, and led his men to catch up with the vanguard and advanced far away towards a certain place at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

After riding for several miles, I finally saw a big city at the foot of the mountain. There were many long triangular flags waving in the wind on the earth and stone walls, and yellow squares reflected in the center of the flag.

Everyone got off their horses and hid behind a hillside. After a while, Li Dingguo came with his troops and looked at Kucha City and Li Ding National Highway, "This is the capital of the Yarkand Khanate. I don't know how many soldiers and horses are in the city. I plan to raid tonight!"

Wan Jun said, "The army has arrived several miles away, and it seems that the enemy is not prepared. Night attack is the best, but it can reduce our casualties."

After waiting for half a day, the sky finally got dark. Half a bright moon hung on the sky. Taking advantage of the glimmer of the moon shining on the white snow, the army drove over from miles away.

After everything was arranged, Sun Shoufa led two battalions and touched Kucha City. He reached the shadows under the city wall. The Mongol Husbands never sounded, which made Wan Jun and Li Dingguo breathe a sigh of relief.

Under the city wall, soldiers set up two ladders. Sun Shoufa led several people to climb up, reached to the edge of the city wall, and pulled it over the city wall with force.

As several people climbed up to the city, two soldiers threw down the ropes and helped the rest climb up to the city.

Sun Shoufa saw that there were no guards on the city wall. A few torches were inserted into the enemy platform not far away. He walked gently to the door of the building and found that there was a fire inside.

There are five or six guards sitting or standing.

Sun Shoufa signaled behind him, and immediately rushed in with a knife in his hand, slashing and killing the two guards. The others were shocked, but soon came to their senses. Some people raised their swords and stood up to fight back, while some wanted to call the police!

Sun Shoufa said in a muffled voice, "Don't let anyone go!"

After saying that, he took a step forward and stabbed the man who was trying to get close to Hu Zi to death.

Soon, a few more soldiers who climbed up the city wall came over. Seeing that there was no chance, the other two dropped their knife and knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

Sun Shoufa looked at the top of the city, and the rest of the soldiers were still climbing up. I wonder if the sound of the fighting just now was heard by nearby guards.

Sun Shoufa looked at the two guards kneeling on the ground, "We don't have time to care about the prisoners, kill them!"

When the two soldiers heard the order, they stepped forward and killed the guard who was begging for mercy with one knife.

After waiting for a while, more than a dozen soldiers climbed up to the city. Sun Shoufa said, "No need to delay, leave one person here to pick him up, and the rest follow me to seize the city gate!"

Sun Shoufa led more than a dozen soldiers out of the enemy platform and quickly rushed towards the nearest city gate. The guards on the city wall suddenly saw more than a dozen people coming and called out in Hu language.

Sun Shoufa could not understand it, so he ignored him. He stepped forward and pushed him with a two-step push, which would stab him to death.

The rest of the Hu people reacted, and more than a dozen people rushed up to fight. Sun Shoufa waved his long sword and opened a scimitar that he had slashed, kicked the man down with one kick, then pulled from bottom to top, and killed another person.

At this moment, the desolate Huba sounded, and someone blew the alarm. Sun Shoufa killed one of his people and pulled away, "Leave a few people to solve the remaining enemies, and the rest follow me to open the city gate!"

From the top of the city to the city, Sun Shoufa commanded two soldiers to open the city gate, and the rest guarded behind the door, fighting with the guards who arrived.

The vanguard cavalry, who had been preparing for a long time in the distance, finally saw the open city gate and the flashing torches behind the city gate!

Li Dingguo is ahead, "Go for me!"

Then Li Dingguo took the lead and led everyone to rush towards the city gate. A large group of cavalry rushed into the city gate, dispersed the guards and quickly spread out and advanced to all parts of the city.

Sun Shoufa brought people back to the city, cleaned up the defenders on the city wall, and led two battalions to control the entire city gate.

Seeing the fire on the city wall in the distance, someone chopped down the triangular flag and put the Chinese army's flag on it. Zhang Huangyan jumped up and said happily, "Hahaha, OK, the city is broken!"

Wan Jun suppressed his excitement, "Yes, the army entered the city!"

The central army lit torches and quickly advanced into the city. The musketeers joined the battle and cooperated with the cavalry to start sweeping away the enemies in the city.

When the troops rode their horses into the city, Li Dingguo had already sent troops into the palace. All the nobles of the Yarkand Khanate fell to the ground, and the concubines and children of King Abudulha Khan were all beaten to the ground.

As the palace fell, the resistance of the entire city finally stopped, and Kucha City returned to the hands of the Chinese.

Standing on the head of Kucha, the night was over, and the first dawn light began to emerge from the eastern sky.

"This Kucha City!"

Wan Jun sighed with emotion, the reinforcements that the Iron Blood Prince Guo Xin had been waiting for finally arrived. Unfortunately, it was nine hundred years late, and the group of veterans who had been holding on to the point of white hair had long disappeared!

"A lonely city with white hair is full of white soldiers! This Kucha City is finally back!"
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