Han Shizu

Chapter 1684 Xizhou Complete Recovery
The majestic golden eagle flies in the blue sky, cruises on the top of the mountains, and looks down at the earth. Its brown wings shine brightly in the sun, and its sharp eagle eyes search for the prey. Like lightning, it swoops at the hares looking for food among the licorice fields.

This is obviously an experienced "hunter", moving like a thunder, and a single blow is fatal. Although the rabbit is agile, it is hard to escape bad luck and lose his life.

The golden eagle grabs its prey and flaps its wings, circles under the sky for a while, flits across the mountains recklessly, looking for its owner.

In the wilderness at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, Wei Wang Liu Min and Yang Yanzhao were hunting, a group of dozens of riders, high-spirited, and lightly dressed, when they heard the golden eagle singing happily, Liu Min reined in his horse and stopped, laughing to the left and right: "Listen to this sound!" , it seems that my family Diaoer has gained something."

The golden eagle fluttered its wings and went straight to Liu Min and his party. The accompanying eagle slave hurriedly dismounted to meet them. However, the big eagle was coming so fiercely that even with the strength of the eagle slave, it was almost overturned. It took several steps before it stabilized Body.

The golden eagle didn't care about the eagle slave's embarrassment, and vibrated its wings triumphantly, and uttered a cry to Liu Min.Looking at the discarded rabbit carcass in front of him, Liu Min smiled and said, "What a carcass!"

This eagle was given to Liu Min by the fourth elder brother Liu Fang. He has been raising it for many years and loves it very much.He rode his horse forward, gently stroked the strong wings of the eagle, and commanded almost lovingly: "This is the prey of the eagle, cook it and feed it!"

"Yes!" Ying Nu obeyed respectfully.

"This eagle is majestic and soaring for thousands of miles, just like His Highness at this moment!" Yang Yanzhao followed behind, and gave a small compliment.

Liu Min chuckled, turned the horse's head, rode the horse and held the bow, and said to Yang Yanzhao: "Brother Yuan Xian, we must not fall behind. Let's compete today to see who can hunt more!"

"Your Highness has such an elegant spirit, so I will accompany you to the end!" Yang Yanzhao smiled heartily.

Liu Min is good at hunting, but since the Western Expedition, he hasn't gone hunting in the wild for several months. This time, he took advantage of the easing of the fighting between Han and Black, and the situation has stabilized, so he can have this leisure time.

It was very enjoyable, and when it was late at night, the group of people returned with a full load and headed towards Wuchi City at the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain.I don't know if he deliberately gave in, but Liu Min won, capturing one more gazelle than Yang Yanzhao.

Walking slowly along the Tuoshigan River, the figures of a group of people were reflected in the clear water. Liu Min couldn't see his fatigue. Looking around at the surrounding mountains, rivers, forests and soil, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "This place is barren, but there are a lot of products. , This way westward, many of the occupied land are suitable for reclamation, if it can be well developed and utilized, it will be enough to raise tens of thousands of troops!"

"Yes!" Yang Yanzhao was at the side, nodding his head when he heard the words: "To the west of Moman, there is no shortage of fertile plains, dense mountains and forests, and two rivers. It is also a treasure land of geomantic omen. It can be called the Central Plains, but it is sparsely populated, which is a little insufficient."

After two months of hard work, the Western Expeditionary Army has made a huge breakthrough. Although the Battle of Kucha cost a huge sacrifice, it was finally broken under the firm will of the general of the Han Army.

The Battle of Kucha was fought very hard, and the scene was also very cruel. The battlefield like a meat grinder is rare in the previous wars of the Han Dynasty.In terms of scale, it is nothing, but in the history of war, it has extraordinary significance.

This is the beginning of large-scale use of gunpowder by the Han Dynasty. A large number of weapons of war under the blessing of gunpowder appeared on the battlefield and achieved outstanding results. The final victory of the Han army also benefited from the concentrated use of gunpowder.

No matter how strong the city is, it is difficult to sustain it for a long time under the powerful blasting ability of gunpowder. The mode of war has quietly begun to undergo some subtle changes.

After the Kucha disembarkation, under the support of the cavalry, the head coach of the Black Khan, Ariaman, took in only a few hundred people, and fled to the west in embarrassment. Taken captive, none survived.

The bloody Han army even planned to slaughter the more than 3 civilians gathered in the city, but Liu Min retained a sliver of reason, or out of the victor's pity, he did not ruthlessly kill in the end.

Even so, the treatment of civilians in Qiuci City did not show mercy. In order to appease the soldiers, those who went up to the city and participated in the defense of the city were also screened out and killed one by one. The rest were demoted to slaves and coolies. Give all the rewards to the soldiers. In the Western Regions, manpower is still too scarce.

After taking Kucha, the Han army rested on the spot for half a month, repaired the city defense, replenished food and equipment, stabilized the vast area east of Kucha, and then led the army to continue westward to the Moman area at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.

The Black Khans maintained their tenacity. Although they suffered a disastrous defeat and their morale declined, they did not directly fall into a complete collapse.The rest of the Han army in Kucha also gave them a certain amount of time to adjust, even if it was very short.

Ariaman gathered all of Heikhan's troops south of the Tianshan Mountains in Moman City, and brought together 1 domestic reinforcements, supplemented by the remaining 4 cavalry, and then recruited strong men from the local area to completely The militarism of the Communist Party of China barely organized an army of more than [-] people.

However, even if the 4-odd troops were not mobs, their combat effectiveness was definitely not as good as the 2-odd defenders of Kucha City.The fall of Kucha dealt a huge blow to Hei Khan, especially the casualties of a large number of elite soldiers, which can be described as traumatic.

Facing the menacing Han army's westward advance again, perhaps it was the shadow of Kucha's failure, which made the judgment of Heikhan coach Ariaman go wrong.

Not daring to defend the city any longer and being beaten passively, their strategy of defending Kucha with success and controlling the enemy with cavalry was completely seen through by the Han army and basically declared a failure.The powerful city warfare capabilities of the Han army also clearly told the Heihan people that relying on defending the city would not be able to defeat the Han army, and would only make them passive.

However, Qiuci City, which has been in operation for many years and is known for its solidity, cannot withstand the attack of the Han army, let alone a small city like Moman.Therefore, this time, Ariaman chose to lead the entire army, take the initiative to attack, and march eastward to meet the Han army.

Compared with urban warfare, the Black Khan army is better at field warfare, and among the 1 troops organized regardless of the consequences, the most guaranteed combat power is the more than [-] Black Khan cavalry.

No matter what the considerations are, Ariaman's almost desperate decision is in line with the wishes of the generals of the Han army.The Black Khans lost confidence in their defense, and they also cast a shadow over the bloody battle in Kucha.

The two sides fought in Bash Town, more than a hundred miles east of Moman City. In this battle, the two sides set up their positions and actively counterattacked.The Black Khan army adopted the tactics they were most used to, and took out what they were best at. Volunteers mainly composed of YSL believers rushed wildly.

The Han army fought tit-for-tat, and also took out their tactics of combining infantry and cavalry.What's more interesting is that both sides set up an ambush at the same time, and each sent elite cavalry to attack the enemy's rear.

On the side of the Han army, Wei Wang Liu Min personally led [-] cavalry, detoured for dozens of miles, and rushed to the rear of the Black Khan army. In the end, a big melee was formed.

When the battle fell into a stalemate, the shortcomings of the Black Khan Army's weak successor were magnified. With more elite soldiers, better command, and efficient organization, the Han Army won the Battle of Bash.

The defeated Black Khan army was routed for hundreds of miles. Except for a small number of cavalry who escaped, the rest either died or surrendered.The coach, Ariaman, failed to escape this time, and died in the chaos when he was defeated.

What's even more tragic is that the entire army was wiped out with three thousand heavy cavalry. This was the guard army supported by the eight assassins, and it was the most elite army in the Black Khanate.

Of course, the Han army also suffered huge casualties to eliminate this black sweat cavalry. It can even be said that most of the casualties of the heavy Han army in the Battle of Bash were caused by this black sweat heavy cavalry.

After winning a decisive victory, under the command of Liu Min, the Han army took advantage of the situation and marched westward, swept across the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain, and occupied the Tuoshigan River and Yunhu River.The large and small towns dominated by Moman and Wuchi based in the middle were also easily captured by the Han army, and the Black Khan army could no longer organize a strong resistance.

So far, since the Western Expedition of the Han Army, it has lasted for more than three months. At the cost of over [-] casualties, it has expanded [-] miles of land, wiped out more than [-] black Khan troops, and restored the old Uighur land in Xizhou.

This also declares that under the attack of the Han army, the achievements of the Black Khanate's expansion to the east for more than 20 years have all been spit out at one time. In the vast area south of the Tianshan Mountains, only the Shule area at the southwestern foot of the Black Khanate remains.

In the Shule area, after several deployments of troops, the defense was almost non-existent. Even the Heihan defeated troops in the Battle of Bash, most of them did not choose to retreat westward to Shule, but fled northward to Badaling, a key pass in the Tianshan Mountains.

(End of this chapter)