When Sima Zhang was welcomed into the Shukla family, that is, when the so-called southern Kushans had stopped relying on Ganges water transportation to send troops, Yizhou also finalized the plan to attack the Kushans with the help of a group of civil servants and generals. Guishang wants to attack the Han Dynasty, and Yizhou also wants to beat Guishang!
"De'ang, I'm going to trouble you again this time, but unlike the last time, this time there may be danger." Zhang Ren turned to Li Hui and said, after all, the situation this time is different from the last time, and the last time was not intentional. To tease Guishuang, but this time it was obvious that he was seeking death.
After all, the current situation is that the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Dynasty are only maintaining a superficial peace. Both the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Dynasty have the idea of attacking each other. In this case, Li Hui was sent over as the victor. Asking for territory is always too much.
"As the saying goes, there is a beginning and an end. Naturally, it is most appropriate for me to go this time." Li Hui said with a smile, "However, since we want to play, let's play bigger. We present our credentials to each other, not just as the victors, How about using it as a suzerain country?"
Zhang Su, Huang Quan and others were all startled and frowned. After thinking about it again and again, they nodded and agreed with Li Hui's idea.
Both the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Dynasty are clearly going to fall out with each other this time. If this is the case, what else can be said? Even if it is just to disgust you Da Yueshi, I want to remind you of the humiliating history of being suppressed by the Han Dynasty. The vassal country will It should look like a vassal state.
When did you allow your vassal state to shame our suzerain? This wave insists on making you remember everything in the past. You Guishang are just a country that grew up after the division of the Yueshi clan, which is subordinate to our Han Dynasty. Even if you grow up to At this level, our Han Dynasty has never canceled the vassal relationship between the two parties.
"Can we make a certificate of credence of this level? Although because we went abroad, Chang'an and the eldest princess did give us orders to act expeditiously because we are currently involved in foreign wars, but this kind of credential..." Zhang Ren was a little hesitant. It was a big deal, what if it wasn't easy to follow the truth?
"What are you afraid of? Guishang is about to fall out. It's just an advantage in the end. Don't worry too much." Wang Lei said disdainfully, "If the other party accepts the credentials, we will get a big advantage in vain. Do you think Chang'an will care? Do we do something as trivial as creating a certificate of credence?”
"Honggang, please save it. It is impossible for Guishuang to admit that it is our vassal. It is impossible for them to accept this kind of credentials." Zhang Su waved his hand to signal Wang Lei to stop daydreaming, "Since it is impossible to accept it, , it doesn’t matter how we write, how can Guishang still bring this matter to Chang’an?”
"This kind of thing is impossible for Guishang to accept." Lu Kai made the same judgment, "Although I don't agree with this method of privately creating credentials, if possible, we should ask Chang'an for help as soon as possible. Take Jie Yue, I always feel like something will happen sooner or later."
Even the cautious Lu Kai was in such a situation. Zhang Ren had roughly estimated the situation on the civil servants' side. After looking at the other civil servants, he found that basically everyone had the same attitude, so he didn't say anything more.
"Since everyone has the same idea, I won't say much. The matter of the credentials will be handled by Zhang Shilang. I will lead the people to deploy the troops. Although I want to plot against Kushan, the war is not a win. , calculate the defeat first, we will set up the defense system of the camp first." Zhang Ren said calmly, everyone present was a high-level person, and there was nothing he couldn't say.
Following Zhang Ren's decision, the Yizhou high-level officials in the entire Indochina Peninsula quickly started to move. Under the leadership of their respective generals, 20,000 Han troops and 30,000 Barbarian troops were all engaged in intense preparations for war. A large number of spring plowing was over and there was nothing to do. The barbarians were also recruited for military training and prepared to go to the battlefield when the war went wrong.
A large number of bed crossbows stored in the warehouse were brought out, and according to the original plan, the semi-permanent fortress prepared by the West was half-buried in the camp during the construction, to avoid being captured by the enemy after the war went bad, and to use it to counterattack the camp. In this way, the Zhongnan camp in the direction facing Kushan was turned into a war fortress in a very short period of time.
With the completion of the bait plan and the estimated time for the high castes from southern Kushan to arrive east of Wenjia, Yizhou finally decided to conduct one last verification exercise. As for the plan, it will be implemented starting today!
"We don't have much time anymore. Although it is estimated that there may still be more than half a month until the arrival of the high castes in Kushan, it will take a lot of time for De'ang to go to Kushan to present his credentials. It will also take time for our army to march. , If you really want to say it, the time now may be a little insufficient." After Huang Quan completed the arrangement of the Han army, he immediately held another meeting.
"We have no way to determine the opponent's advancing speed and current position. The Kushan camp is blocking it, and it is difficult for our army's reconnaissance to get past it. This has a great impact on our planning, but war sometimes requires Take risks." Zhang Su said slowly.
"We have made six complete response plans here. There are indeed shortcomings in the face of possible accidents, but we don't have much time to waste. I don't think Kushan will maintain a superficial peace with us if we continue. ." Wang Lei said with the same solemn expression.
"In other words, De'ang has already gone to present his credentials?" Zhang Ren frowned and said, "Didn't it mean that there should be one month of preparation time? Even if Guishang has the advantage of Ganges water transportation, it cannot be so fast. .”
"No, essentially it is impossible for us to fight against the opponent's entire reinforcements. If we are just the vanguard, it is very likely that we will march in a hurry." Cheng Ji shook his head. He also made a judgment. To be precise, the current situation itself is that it is better to march early. It's not too late.
"In this case, time does not wait for me, so our vanguard should lead the troops to go out." Zhang Ren said slowly. Time is indeed a very big problem. Once the reinforcements from Kushan and the miscellaneous troops stationed west of Wenjia When soldiers gather together, their numbers will be astonishingly large.
Even if Zhang Ren and others jokingly said that the Guishuang Empire had no elites and was full of miscellaneous soldiers at first glance, those miscellaneous soldiers under the leadership of those generals were enough to cause a lot of trouble to their Yizhou soldiers. If the soldiers were united , the number is so huge that it is really a trouble.
"Meng Huo, Meng Da, where is the Wutu bone!" Zhang Ren said after being explained by several advisers. After confirming that the current situation could not tolerate further delay, he immediately issued an order.
"Here!" The three of them stood up at the same time. Wu Tu Gu, who had been training for so long, finally learned how to deal with the coach's orders, but it would be better if the elbow on his hand could be thrown away.
"Meng Huo, you will lead 5,000 barbarian troops as the vanguard. Use more detective horses to conduct reconnaissance. After passing Wenjia, conduct careful reconnaissance. If Guishuang raises a large army to besiege, do not fight forcefully and rely on the situation to wait for rescue!" Zhang Ren faced Meng Huo! The order was given to directly hand over the vanguard position to Meng Huo.
"I will live up to the general's trust!" Meng Huo replied loudly, clasping his fists.
"Meng Da, you and Wu Tu Gu each led three thousand troops to support General Meng. Be careful and prepared just in case." After Meng Huo sat down, Zhang Ren immediately turned to Meng Da and Wu Tu Gu and ordered.
"Here!" Meng Da immediately cupped his fists and saluted.
Zhang Ren's order is very interesting. Meng Huo is chosen as the vanguard, which satisfies Meng Huo's desire to achieve more military exploits after joining the Han Dynasty. Meng Da and Wu Tu Gu only served as supporters, with only 3,000 people, so they were considered subordinate to Meng Huo. , it can be said that it gave Meng Huo enough face.
However, the two supporting troops did not march at the same time as Meng Huo. Instead, they marched in batches in order to prevent Guishang from becoming suspicious.
In addition, Wu Tu Gu is brainless. The so-called support is actually Meng Da, the brainy general and commander-in-chief Wu Tu Gu, as Meng Huo's support. From this aspect, Zhang Ren actually also took care of Meng Da, who was more senior but less capable. psychology.
"Where is Mulu?" Zhang Ren ordered again.
"Here!" King Mulu stood up and stepped forward. He knew that this time he would definitely be the main force in the battle. After the two thousand war elephants were mobilized, he was already the strongest force among this group of people. Even the vine armor soldiers would be defeated as long as they were defeated. Even if an elephant steps on you, it can crush you!
"Gather the war elephants together and equip them with enough drivers. It's up to you to march on the battlefield this time!" Zhang Ren looked at King Mulu and said with some relief. After seeing the elephant soldiers once, as a battlefield veteran, Zhang Ren knew that this thing was not guaranteed to win every battle. As long as it was used well, it would be no problem to kill someone by surprise.
The current situation requires an unexpected opportunity for Zhang Ren. Using Meng Huo as bait, he seizes the opportunity and eats up the Kushan who fought with them last time. Even if he can't swallow it in one go, he will still eat it this time. They were completely hammered.
"Wu Yi, where is Wu Ban!" Zhang Ren continued to order.
"Here!" Wu Yi and Wu Ban stood up at the same time, cupping their fists and saluting.
"You two must prepare three thousand sword shield men, three thousand crossbow archers, and tung oil fire arrows. It will be hot and hot for the next ten days and there will be no rain. If the attack is unfavorable, Wu Yi will protect the bows." The crossbowmen advance fifty steps into the opponent's camp and meet the enemy with tung oil fire arrows!" Zhang Ren ordered to Wu Yi and Wu Ban.
There is no way that the pure Han army only has 20,000 people, so the generals of the Han army except Zhang Ren can only have a headquarters of 3,000 people. Of course, if you choose the barbarian army, you can have more, but most of the barbarian armies, Han generals The commander is not very flexible.
"Here!" Wu Yi and Wu Ban shouted.
"Where is E Huan?" Zhang Ren ordered again.
E Huan, who was carrying a big halberd, immediately took a step forward. Zhang Ren looked at E Huan and said, "Lead your elite troops to support me and be ready for the entire army to attack and break the formation."
"Yes!" E Huan shouted immediately.
"The rest of the people will guard the two wings according to the situation during training to prevent the enemy from counterattacking." Zhang Ren stood up and ordered.
