Dunhuang County, Dunhuang County.
This is the westernmost area of Liangzhou. After leaving Dunhuang and Yumen Pass in the west, you enter the Western Regions. Continuing all the way to the west, it is the Gobi Desert with no human habitation. The only option is to go northwest and arrive at Pulei Country, the gateway to the Western Regions.
In the early years when the Han family was strong, they established Yihe Duwei, who was stationed in Yiwu City, to govern this area of Pulei Kingdom.
Unfortunately, at the end of the Han Dynasty, civil strife was too much to take care of, and the Western Regions completely changed.
In other words, it has been like this since ancient times. The Central Plains Dynasty was strong and powerful, and the Western Region was controlled and became a vassal of the Central Plains Dynasty, just like the rear. Once there is civil strife in the Central Plains, these people will escape control and develop on their own.
The current Pulei Kingdom was also one of the small countries that originally belonged to Cheshi and was split off.
Don't think that the Han Dynasty controlled the Western Regions just to do good things and do good things. In fact, it also adopted a strategy of disintegration and disintegration. The large territory was divided into several small territories, causing them to fight with each other, and they were too busy to take care of themselves.
There is a huge difference between Pulei Kingdom and Qiuci Kingdom, and Pulei Kingdom only has Yiwu City, which has a population of only more than 8,000. It is a small city.
The news from Pulei Kingdom in the west had already reached Dunhuang and reached Lu Xuan.
Lu Xuan took Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong, Jia Xu, Xun Yu, Guo Jia and other civil and military officials from Guzang to Dunhuang on the front line. Once there is news from the front line, Lu Xuan's army will be able to leave the border.
On this day, the army was still stationed and resting.
The military strength of each ministry is controlled by the commander-in-chief of each ministry.
During this period, Lu Xuan took Lu Yu to know Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others, and they all introduced Lu Yu and kept them in his mind.
Although Lu Yu was young and had no prestige, he knew one thing: he must treat military generals with respect. He acted like a corporal and paid great attention to every veteran general in the army.
The king and his ministers belong to the king, but the prince Lu Yu must respect these old ministers in order to gain the support of everyone.
On this day, when Lu Xuan and Lu Yu were talking, there was a sound of footsteps. Xu Chu entered and reported: "Your Majesty, there is a letter sent back by Guo Jia. Please read it."
Lu Xuan took it and inspected it quickly. He looked excited and said, "Come here, please inform Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Jia Xu and other civil and military generals to discuss the matter."
"As you command!"
The soldiers immediately went to make arrangements.
Lu Xuan felt excited. He had been preparing for this period of time, and today it finally came.
Not long after, Cao Cao, Guan Yu, Jia Xu, Huang Zhong, Xun Yu and other civil and military generals, nearly twenty people, all entered the Chinese army's tent with a roar, and saluted Lu Xuan respectfully.
Lu Xuan glanced at the crowd and said, "I just received the news from Guo Jia. He persuaded the king of Cheshi Kingdom, Abelo, to surrender. In addition, Abelo also killed the envoy of Tianzhu, Sharma. Now, the Cheshi Kingdom has officially asked us for help, asking us to send troops to help."
Wow! !
Everyone started talking excitedly.
This day finally came. We had discussed it many times before and agreed on many strategies for sending troops.
Now, it's finally here.
Lu Xuan turned his eyes and nodded: "If we want to go to Cheshi Kingdom, we will definitely pass by Pulei Kingdom. To this day, Pulei Kingdom has not made a decision. We don't care about Pulei Kingdom's decision. According to the original plan Plan to take advantage of others and see what the other party’s intentions are.”
"Zhao Yun obeys the order!"
Lu Xuan arranged it directly.
"The general is here!"
Zhao Yun answered loudly.
Lu Xuan ordered: "You lead three thousand cavalry to Yumen Pass first, go north to Pulei Kingdom, hover near Pulei Kingdom, and carefully observe Pulei Kingdom's actions. Once Pulei Kingdom makes any move that is detrimental to us, directly Attack and destroy the opponent."
"As you command!"
Zhao Yun answered loudly.
Lu Xuan turned his eyes and ordered again: "Gao Shun!"
"The general is here!"
Gao Shun also stood up and answered.
Lu Xuan said in a deep voice: "Cheshi Kingdom is about to be attacked by Tianzhu. Tianzhu's army is very elite, and there are even behemoths like Xiang soldiers. You lead 10,000 elites of the direct line and 10,000 elites of the Qiang people, as our vanguard, rush to Che Shiguo rushes to help."
"As you command!"
Gao Shun also answered.
Lu Xuan further ordered: "Huang Zhong, Ma Chao, Xiahou Dun, Chen Dao!"
"exist!"
Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and others all spoke.
Everyone is very motivated.
Men fight on the battlefield, and their bodies are wrapped in horse leather. For these people, they are willing to fight on the battlefield.
Lu Xuan ordered: "The four of you lead 10,000 cavalry, accompanied by Gao Shun, and are ready to fight at any time. Once there are cavalry from Tianzhu, kill them first, and destroy the opponent's cavalry."
"Here!"
Huang Zhong and others answered in unison.
After Lu Xuan arranged everything, his eyes fell on Xun Yu and said: "Wen Ruo, you are responsible for sitting in Dunhuang County and coordinating our grain and grass supplies. You have full decision-making power on grain and grass supplies."
"As you command!"
Xun Yu answered again.
Lu Xuan said: "Everyone who is left, follow me. We will lead the army to the rear and advance towards Cheshi Kingdom."
"As you command!"
Everyone answered in unison.
After Lu Xuan made all arrangements, he ordered the action.
The first to start was the 3,000 cavalry led by Zhao Yun, who left first, followed by the cavalry of Huang Zhong and others, and the 20,000 troops of Gao Shun and others. Finally, the army led by Lu Xuan was at the rear.
Lu Xuan still has 70,000 to 80,000 troops, which is a very large force.
There is no way, Tianzhu's power is strong.
If we don't have enough troops, we won't be able to fight Tianzhu.
When the Ming army moved on a large scale and Zhao Yun's cavalry headed towards Pulei State first, the news quickly spread to Pulei State.
The king of Pu Lei is named Pu Dan.
He was younger. When Tianzhu's army came, Pu Dan was panicked, feeling that Pu Lei could not stop it and would definitely fall into a desperate situation. Now, the Ming Dynasty's army is coming, and Pu Dan is also worried.
Pudan is a king and a local emperor. However, once the Ming Dynasty comes and the Pu Lei Kingdom submits, everything will no longer be decided.
Yiwu City, the royal capital of Pulei Kingdom.
Pu Dan was discussing countermeasures with his advisers, but when he mentioned the strength of the Ming Dynasty's army, both of them were a little desperate.
Daming is very strong.
This is the news that has been explored over the years. However, Pu Dan wants to surrender directly, but he is somewhat unwilling to do so.
Pu Dan thought for a while and finally said: "We have no choice in this battle. After all, Kucha, Gumo and other countries chose Tianzhu, while Cheshi State chose Ming Dynasty. We cannot be alone and we have to make a choice. . However, we cannot surrender directly. This time, I want to test the fighting power of the Ming Dynasty. If the opponent is powerful, it will not be too late to surrender."
The counselor asked: "How can the king test this?"
Pu Dan quickly said: "Arrange eight hundred cavalry to test the opponent's cavalry capabilities. We don't have many troops, and the eight hundred cavalry are our most elite, and they are the best of the best. Now, let this group of people test it. Think about the next step.”
The counselor nodded in agreement.
Pu Dan quickly ordered that his general Yuan Duo, as the cavalry commander, led 800 cavalry out of the city and went in the direction of Zhao Yun's 3,000 elite cavalry.
