Before his expedition to the Western Regions, Liu Zhang made it clear that the main purpose of his westward journey was Dawan.
Therefore, Fazheng became familiar with all the historical materials about Dawan in the records of the Han Dynasty.
Li Guangli's two expeditions to Dawan were naturally well known to Fazheng.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered Li Guangli to expedition to Dawan, he also faced the problem of the King of Dawan holding the city tightly.
Li Guangli only used two moves to induce civil strife in Dawan and let them surrender to Kaicheng.
One move is the four-sided encirclement used by Fazheng now.
Another trick is to cut off the water!
All water in Guishan City comes from outside the city. Cutting off the water source is enough to completely collapse Guishan City.
Cutting off the water supply is not that simple.
Guishan City is the capital of the Dawan Kingdom, and the river built to draw water is extremely wide.
If you want to completely cut off the problem, a large number of hydraulic workers will naturally be needed.
Although Fa Zheng had been prepared, he still could not find so many plumbers.
If we use the existing hydraulic engineering to complete this task, I am afraid it will take a lot of time.
The longer you wait, the easier it will be for the news to leak out.
After the Dawan Kingdom was pacified, there were still two behemoths, Wusun and Kangju.
Fa Zheng must strive to use force and speed.
Completely cutting off the water source would naturally break the fighting spirit of the Guishan City defenders, but it was impossible to accomplish it in such a hurry.
If the King of Dawan makes up his mind to defend the capital to the death, the situation will definitely fall into a stalemate.
Despite being surrounded on all sides and controlling all the situations outside Guishan City, Ma Chao still had to feel some anxiety.
"Military advisor, there is no point in besieging but not attacking."
"We don't know the situation in Guishan City at all, but our food and grass are limited!"
Ma Chao didn't have much hope that Fazheng would send hydraulic workers to cut off the river.
Just for those dozens of water workers, by the time they cut off the water source, we would have already been out of food.
"General Ma, what do you think?"
When asked by Fazheng, Ma Chao's eyes immediately flashed with fierceness.
"Military advisor, these Western Region soldiers are not ours anyway, why not let them attack the city by force!"
"Fifty thousand troops are surrounded on all sides, let's see how long Dawan's rabble can last!"
In Ma Chao's eyes, what does the life and death of these coalition soldiers have to do with him?
If you summon them, you will naturally use them to fight for yourself!
If possible, Ma Chao hopes to fight until the end and let all the people from the Western Regions perish together!
Fazheng shook his head and firmly rejected Ma Chao's idea.
"General Ma, Dawan is just a small country. Behind the scenes, Kangju and Wusun are the big country!"
"Even if these soldiers die, they must not die here."
"The place where they died was in the city of Petit, in the city of Chigu!"
Ma Chao originally wanted to scold Fa Zheng for his benevolence towards women, but after hearing this, he understood Fa Zheng's far-reaching intentions.
"The military advisor is saying that facing Kang Ju and Wu Sun will be much more difficult than it is now?"
Fa Zheng's eyes flashed with admiration, and he was very satisfied with the speed of Ma Chao's enlightenment.
"good!"
"According to records in the Han Dynasty, Kangju State had 120,000 soldiers and horses, and Wusun State had 188,000 soldiers and horses!"
"Although this record has been around for a long time, I asked King Shache carefully."
"At least for nearly a hundred years, there have been no major changes in Kangju and Wusun."
"The enemies we face are probably much more dangerous!"
A trace of shock flashed in Ma Chao's eyes, and he was obviously frightened by Fazheng's words.
Fazheng also said before that they may have to face 300,000 or even 400,000 enemy troops.
Ma Chao originally thought it was the total number of soldiers and civilians in these countries.
Only now did he understand that this number refers to the number of soldiers!
"Military advisor, Kang Ju and Wusun are actually so powerful!"
"Then Dawan has only 60,000 troops, and Kucha has only 20,000. Why do they want to unite with these two weak countries?"
Fazheng smiled, most people really couldn't see through the fishiness in this.
"What Meng Qi said is absolutely true. With the combined national strength of Wusun and Kangju, it is indeed possible to completely destroy Dawan and Qiuci without any effort, but they don't dare!"
"Oh? Why is that?"
Ma Chao was even more confused. In his reckless mind, he naturally believed that military strength determined everything.
"It's very simple. Dayuan is capricious. Sometimes it belongs to the Han Dynasty, and sometimes it belongs to Guishang."
"The forces behind Dawan are beyond the reach of Kang Ju and Wu Sun."
"The same principle applies to Qiuci."
"The alliance of the four countries is just for a reasonable excuse to occupy the land of the Western Regions and Kushan."
"Once things change, Kangju and Wusun can blame everything on Dawan and Qiuci."
"Currently, our Han Dynasty is experiencing civil strife, and the same is true for Kushan. Therefore, no one is willing to go on an expedition to fight in Wusun and Kangju."
"Who is willing to face the 300,000 troops combined by the two families?"
Fazheng's detailed analysis instantly made Ma Chao suddenly realize.
"The military advisor is indeed very clever. No wonder Duke Qin admires him so much!"
“If you let me think about these things, I’ll break my head and I can’t understand them!”
It's okay to let Ma Chao lead his army to charge, but if he is playing tricks and controlling the situation, it is better to kill him!
Fazheng couldn't help but smile at Ma Chao's straightforwardness.
"Leave these matters to me. General Ma can just lead his troops to kill!"
"This battle is about the Han Dynasty and the face of our Qin country!"
"It's up to us whether we can succeed Ban Chao and once again shock the Western Region for hundreds of years..."
It has been just over a hundred years since Ban Chao made his mission to the Western Regions.
Although the remaining power has been greatly weakened, the deterrence is still in the hearts of the people of the Western Regions.
If Dawan, Kangju, Wusun, and Qiuci can be defeated one after another, then the Western Region Changshi Mansion will be able to control the Western Region without pressure in the next fifty years.
In the next twenty years, there may not be a single soldier stationed there!
"You can rest assured, military advisor. If you only have thirty-six people in your class, you will be able to shock the Western Regions!"
"Now that we have ten thousand direct cavalry, what can we be afraid of?"
From fleeing in embarrassment and almost being destroyed, to now they have gathered 80,000 soldiers and completely besieged Guishan City, the capital of Dawan Kingdom.
Ma Chao's personal morale has increased several times!
However, the current problem still needs to be solved.
"Military advisor, what should we do in Guishan City?"
"It's too unrealistic for us to cut off the water supply! Let's not talk about food and grass. If the news is leaked, we will be in trouble."
The biggest problem at the moment is that we don’t know how many troops Kangju and Wusun sent to Qiuci.
The longer you delay, the more detrimental it will be to your side!
"General Ma, don't worry. If my predictions are correct, we can make an emergency landing to the King of Dawan today!"
Seeing the confident look in Fazheng's eyes, Ma Chao immediately beamed with joy.
Although he couldn't figure out the reason, Ma Chao had full confidence in Fa Zheng.
"It turns out that the military advisor had a clever plan! But I was overly worried."
As soon as Ma Chao finished speaking, Fa Zheng pointed forward and raised the corners of his mouth.
"Look, isn't this coming?"
