The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 333 The place of death
Today's Shanshan Kingdom can be said to have encountered a very big crisis. At the same time, it was attacked by two powerful countries that are not weaker than itself, Kucha and Liao. However, the current situation is not without opportunities. Ma Mahan was evenly matched, the two were called Jiang Yuliangcai, the tip of the needle was facing the wheat awn, and their martial arts and commanding troops were evenly matched.

Although the northern battlefield is short of troops, as long as the ancient city of Loulan is defended, the Liao Kingdom will not be afraid to take advantage of it. At most, it will lose a large piece of land in the original mountain country north of the ancient city of Loulan.

From the king to the ministers and soldiers of Shanshan Kingdom, they all believed that the desert called the Cursed Land had become a natural barrier of Shanshan Kingdom, making everyone daunting. If they could not pass the ancient city of Loulan, no matter how many Liao soldiers and horses they had, it would be useless.

The army was deployed on the west line, and Princess Shuangyang of the ancient city of Loulan on the north line was in charge. After the news came, the king of Shanshan breathed a sigh of relief. In this case, the king of Shanshan summoned his subordinates and began to think about how to fight back. Yes, Shanshan can rise quickly, but naturally it is not complete. It is the credit of Princess Shuangyang.

Although the King of Shanshan was not a random figure created by the system, the King of Shanshan in this dynasty was quite talented and strategic. He dared to boldly use Princess Shuangyang and Wumahai to implement expansion policies at the same time, and only then did he rise today.

The Liao Kingdom is in the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and the road to and from it has been cut off. The only thing that can crack it is Shache, a powerful country further west than Kucha!

Now that the Kucha army is attacking their own Shanshan Kingdom, the Kucha army must be restrained. Let Shache send troops to Kucha to force Kucha to retreat.

King Shanshan's idea is indeed good, but King Shanshan himself knows that it will be very difficult to persuade Shache!

There are two reasons. The first is that there are many conflicts between Shache and Shanshan. With the rise of Shanshan, apart from Kucha in the northwest, it is the Shache Kingdom in the west, especially when Shanshan destroyed the west. After the Kingdom of Khotan was established, it bordered Pishan, which was destroyed by Shache. Both sides were powerful countries, and many small countries were destroyed, and mutual dissatisfaction led to constant friction.

The second one is the newly enthroned King Shache. Although his talent and skills are outstanding, he is rumored to be an extremely lecherous person. How lustful is he?
King Shache heard from merchants that there was an emperor in the Han Dynasty, a powerful country in the east, who required all the maids to wear heavy makeup and not allow the maids to wear trousers so that the emperor could favor him at any time. He even built a fruit swimming pool independently. King Shache was shocked Wei Tianren actually had such a good idea, using the emperor as an idol, and followed suit one by one.

Seeking an alliance under such circumstances, the consequence is that they must ask for the number one beauty in the Western Regions, Princess Shuangyang, the princess of Shanshan!

This made King Shanshan very hesitant. You must know that Princess Shuangyang is not only the princess of one country, but also has a very noble status, and King Shanshan is now old but has only this only daughter!
That is to say, the heir of Shanshan Kingdom will probably find a son-in-law for Princess Shuangyang to inherit the kingdom. Of course, it is not impossible to directly pass the throne to Princess Shuangyang as queen, and there is no such precedent in Shanshan Kingdom.

But this does not allow Princess Shuangyang to marry far away to the Shache Kingdom, not to mention that Princess Shuangyang is still the marshal of the northern line.

"Why don't I coax King Shache and let Princess Shuangyang marry King Shache after Qiuci retreats?"

It was Shanshan Prime Minister Polo who spoke, but it was obviously not a good idea, so after Kucha retreated, it was replaced by Shache to attack the western front!

So Shanshan Kingdom and the ministers discussed for a long time, but there was nothing to do. They could only ask everyone to think of ways to discuss it later.

Almost ten days later, the king of Shanshan was not industrious. He discussed countermeasures with his ministers every day, but there was no countermeasure.

At this time, Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen had been walking in the vast desert for more than ten days. The great desert called the cursed land by the locals had almost no living things. You can see desert lizards, cacti and other living creatures.

Brother Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen walked in the desert for more than ten days. Even though they brought enough water and dry food, and even arrested local people as tour guides, it was extremely dangerous. Without this local guide, Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen led the tens of thousands of troops to die in the desert.

The first thing to do is to drink up all the water. This is a more terrifying situation than having no real objects. It is conceivable that there is no water in the desert, and it is impossible to survive for a few days.

People in the army fell down and died one after another, and the horses died one after another. The local guide pointed out that there was water in the cactus to drink, until the cactus was all cut down, and they began to drink urine. No one dared to eat dry food. On the one hand It is too dry to eat. On the other hand, the dry food has no water and wastes water.

In fact, on the map, the straight-line distance from Jishushui (later Tarim River) to Puchanghai (Lop Nur) to the desert passing through the south is the narrowest part of the entire Taklimakan Desert. The river (the Cheerchen River in later generations) passed through the capital of the Shanshan Kingdom, and finally reached the Qiemo City, the capital of the already subjugated Qiemo State.

With Ji Shushui as the starting point, Puchang Sea as the turning point, and Qiemo River as the end point, the entire terrain forms a reverse C sub-shape, and Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen are going to cross such a terrain.

When Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen didn't know how many days they had walked, they thought they were going to die, when the river appeared in front of them was Qiemo River!
All the surviving people excitedly rushed to Qiemo River to drink water wantonly, excitedly splashed water, swam in the river, and even wished that the whole person could be poured into the river. At this moment, there was no distinction between the general and the soldiers. After the rest, count the number of people and leave. Only half of the people survived the desert!All the horses are dead!

It is such a narrowest horizontal distance across the desert that lost half of the elite Liao army!Horror so!
But now that they have successfully crossed the cursed land, this vast desert, it means that they have bypassed the natural danger of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, and the unsuspecting capital of the Shanshan Kingdom, Tanni City, is in front of the army of Yelu Xiuge and Yelu Xiezhen.

The current Mud City is like a girl whose defenses have been completely removed, and she can be driven straight in without any defense.

In this situation, even a guide is no longer needed, because walking southwest along the Qiemo River, the nearest city is Tanni City, the capital of the Shanshan Kingdom!
The facts are also as analyzed, Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen led the army and appeared in front of Muni City without hindrance, even when Yeluxiu and Yelu Xiezhen's Liao army appeared The soldiers guarding the city were still staring blankly into the distance, thinking it was the victorious and triumphant division of their own army, and they didn't close the city gate at all, so the capital of Shanshan Kingdom was destroyed!
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