The advantage does not lie with the Han army.
But there is one thing.
It is impossible to capture Yumen Pass with the ability of Turkic cavalry.
The Turks came from the Western Regions and had neither heavy siege equipment nor long ladders. How could they attack the city?
Not only could they not conquer Yumen Pass.
Now that the news has spread, all the prefectures and counties in the Hexi Corridor have made preparations. The Turks could not capture a single city.
Wu Nian was guarding Yumen Pass, very calm.
Wu Nian and the Han army were very calm, but the Turks were at a loss what to do. They had more than 100,000 horsemen and they didn't know what to do. The cavalry were riding around in a sloppy and chaotic formation.
"Ha!" Wu Nian's eyes lit up slightly and he pinched his chin.
At this moment, a man flew out of the Turkic army formation and shouted: "I am the envoy, please don't shoot arrows."
"Don't release the arrows, put down the hanging basket." Wu Nian was a little surprised, and immediately waved his hand to let the soldiers who were about to move put down their bows and arrows.
"Yes." An Ouchi guard responded and put the hanging basket down. The visitor got off his horse, sat on the hanging basket, and staggered to the city.
"Who is the Emperor of the Han Dynasty?" Wu Nian, wearing heavy armor, was among the crowd and did not recognize the person coming, so he bent down and asked.
Wu Nian looked at this man. He was dressed in standard Turkic clothing, with his hair in braids and a hat. His clothes were good, silk, but the style was Turkic.
"The emperor is here. Who are you?" Hojo Ushimasa took a step forward, bent slightly towards Wu Nian, and then shouted to the visitor, full of momentum and arrogance.
I am the great China, and the heaven is above my country.
The Turks are just barbarians.
"The envoy of the Great Khan, Tuoba Shu, pays homage to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty." Tuoba Shu followed the etiquette of the Han people, clasped his hands in fists, and bent down to salute.
Wu Nian reached out and pinched his chin again, based on the information.
The Turks established a great khan to command all tribes. There is one person, King Zuodu, as the successor. Not necessarily the son of the Great Khan, maybe a brother.
There is only one king of Youdu.
Below him are all the kings, big and small.
One tribe, one king.
At present, the great Turkic Khan is named Shuyoudang, who is thirty-five years old and is known as the first warrior of the Turks.
King Zuodu was Shu Youdang's younger brother, named Pingbashan. His sphere of influence was close to that of Gansu and he was very powerful.
The king of Youdu is called Ping Bagui, Shu Youdang's uncle, and he is nomadic in Central Asia.
Although the Turkic population is only a little over one million, their territory is really vast.
"No courtesy." Wu Nian put away his thoughts, waved his hand, and asked calmly: "I am fighting for Gansu with Han Laocheng."
"This is a family matter of the Han people. You Turks are roaming freely in the Western Regions. I advise you not to meddle in other people's affairs, so as not to bring about the disaster of annihilation."
Wu Nian's words did not scare Tuoba Shu.
After receiving Han Laocheng's request for help, the Turks began to gather troops and rushed to Gansu from the Western Regions non-stop.
However, the Turks did not have peace of mind and were prepared.
The premise is that they help Han Laocheng and repel the Han army. If Han Laocheng is still strong, then blackmail Han Laocheng into making money as a slave and go back happily.
If Han Laocheng is weak, they plan to take advantage of the situation and occupy Gansu. With Gansu as a bridgehead, we can have a glimpse of China.
China is a world of flowers, and everyone likes it.
Now that Han Laocheng is dead, their preparations have been aborted.
They are also self-aware and know that they do not have the ability to invade Gansu from the outside.
But the wonderful thing is that the Emperor of Han is inside Yumen Pass and is surrounded by them. This made them think a lot.
Moreover, even if you take 10,000 steps back.
Even if they return without success.
What a genocide.
Does the Han army dare to send troops to the Western Regions? You must know that China's past dynasties have had extremely limited control over the Western Regions.
For example, in the Liu Han Dynasty, it was just about conferring kingships to win over others.
The actual control of the Western Regions lies in the hands of the kingdoms in the Western Regions.
It was during the Tang Dynasty that it really had greater control over the Western Regions.
Set up the four towns of Anxi.
But it was just a flash in the pan. The Tang Dynasty quickly weakened and lost control of the Western Regions.
the reason is simple.
The journey is long and controlling the Western Region requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
Let alone conquering the Western Regions.
Now the Turks are still strong. Would Wu Nian dare to go out of Yumen Pass to conquer the Western Regions?
Besides, Wu Nian's current main enemy should be the Chu State. He should be satisfied if Gansu solves the northwest problem.
Tuoba Shu would not believe in the disaster of genocide even if he were killed.
Tuoba Shu was not polite. He cupped his hands and said, "What the Emperor of Han Dynasty said is not unreasonable, but the current fact is that I, a hundred thousand Turkic cavalry, surrounded Yumen Pass."
"And the Emperor of the Han Dynasty is in Yumen Pass. We also learned that there is not much food in the pass. It only takes a few months of siege to trap the Emperor to death."
At this point, Tuoba Shu changed his subject, became humble, and said: "Of course. We, the Great Khan, do not want to trap the emperor to death. We just want to ask the emperor to give gold, silver, cloth, and beauties."
"Just don't let the Khan go back empty-handed."
This is to surround the Han emperor and demand compensation.
The Wen and Wu present all had eyes that were about to burst, glaring at Tuoba Shu angrily. Wu Min took a step forward and was about to scold him.
Wu Nian waved his hand at him, then smiled at Tuoba Shu and said, "Do you think I am Liu Bang?"
At that time, Liu Bang led the Han army to conquer the Huns in the north and was trapped in Baideng. It was Chen Ping who bribed the wife of the Xiongnu Chanyu and returned to the army safely.
That is, the Siege of Baideng.
Tuoba Shu smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Excuse me. Liu Bang was the founder of the Liu Han Dynasty. And the Emperor is the founder of the current Han Dynasty."
"Liu Bang was surrounded in Baideng."
"The emperor was surrounded at Yumen Pass."
"Isn't this an obvious thing? As long as the emperor's gold, silver, cloth, and beauties satisfy my Khan, my Khan will immediately withdraw his troops."
Wu Nian was noncommittal, smiled, lowered his head and pretended to think deeply. Not long after, he raised his head and said, "Okay. I understand what the Turkic Khan meant."
"It's just that this matter is disgraceful. Let him give me an hour to think about it carefully."
Tuoba Shu frowned slightly, but quickly relaxed.
It's only an hour, what can happen?
"Okay. I will reply to the profuse sweat." Tuoba Shu bowed and saluted, turned around and sat on the hanging basket. Wu Nian signaled to the Ouchi guards and put him down.
"Father." Wu Min raised his head and looked at Wu Nian with a puzzled expression.
When had his father ever been so weak?
But what was the father thinking?
Wu Nian didn't hide anything. He smiled and said to his son: "The Turkic army of one hundred thousand is extremely large in number. But the army is scattered and unstructured."
"Just a common man."
"You go and order four thousand-household heavy cavalry, armed only with cavalry spears. You and I, father and son, each lead two thousand-household cavalry to fight and kill one of the Turks with great prestige."
"Let the barbarians know that the Emperor of Han's martial arts is not just a boast."
