Waves at the end of Han Dynasty

Chapter 122
Dawan Kingdom in the Western Regions.

After all, the Western Regions are different from the Central Plains. There are not many high mountains here, and the vast yellow sand is endless.

Occasionally, some hills can be seen, which are still composed of sand and soil, and they change positions when the wind blows.

Therefore, it is difficult for a person to remember the direction when walking in the desert. I still remembered that there was a mountain here yesterday. Maybe after a gust of wind, the universe will be reversed, and the yin and yang will alternate.

As a result, some tactics commonly used in the Central Plains became inapplicable here.

For example, hiding soldiers in an ambush in the mountains, according to the terrain of most of the Western Regions, not to mention a large number of cavalry, it is a dozen horses galloping from a distance, and then find a hill to hide. Before you can hide yourself, the enemy has already come The raised dust guessed where someone was.

Farewell to the head of state at the end of the year,
The prime minister will punish the traitors.

The salty song breaks the array,
Share Taiping.

The Spring Festival is approaching, but for Dong Zhuo who is away on an expedition, how can he say that he can't live through it?

What's more, now that they have just entered the border of Dawan, it is the critical moment of the war.

However, Dong Zhuo learned that the commander-in-chief of the Tongsi Kingdom was also Han Chinese and after the Spring Festival, he followed Liu Ai’s suggestion and invited the commander-in-chief of the Tongsi Kingdom, Xi Chengjue Ma Zheng, and his generals to come and simply celebrate...

The war is approaching, and the relationship between the friendly forces still needs to be maintained. At any rate, Tongsi Kingdom has brought [-] elites this time, and their combat power may even exceed that of the Protectorate Army under Dong Zhuo's command.

Dong Zhuo had carefully observed the cavalry of the Tongsi Kingdom, and felt that although there were some differences in their outfits, their overall equipment was similar to that of the Feixiong Army. In addition, he heard that these elites had rich combat experience, and their strength should not be underestimated. .

As for his commander Xicheng Jue Ma Zheng, Dong Zhuo also did some homework. He is the successor of General Fubo Ma Yuan, and his grandfather was a general of General Ouyang, so he can be regarded as a family of generals.

However, his title was obtained through his illustrious military exploits, and he was considered a military god in Tongsi's country.

After the friendship ended, the army continued to move forward. As long as there were tens of thousands of cavalry, the wind and sand when marching in the Western Regions would be very spectacular.

And Dawan Kingdom seemed to be frightened, and did not organize any resistance along the way...

But a few days later, the scouts brought back the latest news, and Dong Zhuo realized that this was actually Dawan's countermeasure.

Ever since they knew that Dong Zhuo was leading the army to crusade, Dawan Kingdom began to make preparations. They implemented the strategy of fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness within the borders of the country, and moved all the people and materials to Guishan City and Ershi City, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack.

In this way, the ball was kicked back to Dong Zhuo, whether to choose to attack the capital of Dawan with a solitary army, or send troops to block the border for a long-term siege, or... to retreat.

Dong Zhuo was a little undecided, this decision was not easy to make.

Dawan Kingdom's way of doing this is really clever, it seems that there are many good planners in the country...

If you choose to attack, you must suffer heavy casualties and may not be able to attack.

Especially Guishan City, which is built on the mountain and has two circles of city walls, and now has a lot of supplies and manpower, and Dong Zhuo's coalition forces are almost all elite cavalry, so it would be too wasteful for them to dismount and attack the city...

But if you choose to besiege, it is also very difficult.

Dong Zhuo's current supply line is very long. Although there are enough supplies from the captured horse thieves to last for a long time, don't forget that Dawan also has two allies, Wusun and Guishuang...

As for retreating...

That is impossible!

Of course, the real reason why the king of Dawan Kingdom adopted this method of warfare was that the soldiers in Dawan were not strong enough. In a field battle outside the city, perhaps they will be defeated as soon as they fight.

It is Dong Zhuo's habit to investigate the details in detail when he can't make a decision.

So he ordered the army to camp on the spot, and then invited Xicheng Jue Ma Zheng to come to Guishan City with his personal guards and scouts. Anyway, Dawan is clearing the walls and clearing the fields, so there will be no danger.

However, after seeing the towering city walls, the wide moat, and the numerous archery towers of Guishan City, Dong Zhuo understood that it would be impossible to attack by force, and it would be very difficult to take over all his family assets...

"General Ma, what do you think of this strategy of Dawan Qingye?"

Dong Zhuo immediately raised his whip and pointed at Guishan City and asked Ma Zheng.

"Zheng is joining the army, just listen to the orders of the governor. The king also ordered before he left. The governor has military orders, so he can give them as much as he wants. The Tongsi army will do their best to implement them and dare not violate them!"

Ma Zhengshi saluted and said solemnly.

This cunning fox, Dong Zhuo secretly sighed.

"Forget it, now that we know the enemy's true strength, I'll wait until we return to the camp and make further calculations."

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Back in the camp, Dong Zhuo dismissed Ma Zheng with a few polite words, and then ordered Liu Ai to come to discuss.

"Zhongzhi, the whole territory of Dawan is clear and wild. We can't seek a fight, we can't seek a retreat. What good strategy do you have?"

Zhongzhi is Liu Ai's nickname, and Dong Zhuo asked impatiently as soon as he entered the account.

Liu Ai smiled and said:

"Since this is the case, we will just surround and not attack. When the food is exhausted, we will surely break the city!"

"Zhong Zhixiu wants to joke, I'm afraid Guishan City has not run out of food, and our army has already run out of food!"

Seeing Liu Ai's smiling face, Dong Zhuo was a little displeased and said seriously.

Seeing that Dong Zhuo was in a hurry, Liu Ai calmly expressed his inference.

He thinks that Dawan's move is indeed sharp, but this seemingly determined sacrifice is actually just to declare an attitude, or just a cover-up.

The core of the war has always been fighting for strength and logistics. Although Dawan has concentrated a large amount of supplies in the two cities, there are more people and more consumption. What's more, if the war lasts for a long time, Dawan's economic pillar-sweat and blood Horse domestication will be greatly affected, which will be a fatal blow to Dawan.

The reason why Dawan has now become a powerful country in the Western Regions is mainly due to the large amount of profits brought by the bloody trade...

Therefore, Dawan Kingdom's strong walls and clear fields are not sustainable. Liu Ai judges that they most hope that Dong Zhuo's army will go to the city for a decisive battle immediately, so that they can rely on the solid city defense to consume a lot of Dong Zhuo's vitality.

Then join Wusun and Guishuang's reinforcements, and you can easily defeat the Protector of the Western Regions!

"So we can only do the opposite, station here, strengthen the camp defense, besiege and blockade Dawan for a long time."

Liu Ai suggested.

"But in this way..."

Dong Zhuo also thought about siege, but his battle line is too long, and it will be too difficult to supply in the future.

After hearing this, Liu Ai explained that this long-term siege is not just a siege, just like Qingye in Dawan is not just Qingye.

He concluded that if his side chooses the strategy of siege, then Dawan will definitely not be able to hold on, and they will definitely make a fuss about their own food road.

Whether it is to stay in the army and hide in the dark to sneak attack, or let the Wusun and Guishuang army detour to rob food, there must be arrangements.

However, in this way, it is an excellent flaw in Liu Ai's eyes!
He suggested that Dong Zhuo use all his tactics, let the army continue to besiege on the surface, but in fact secretly deploy troops to hide around the grain road, and at the same time quickly inform Li Changshi of the Protectorate, asking him to send a grain transport team as a bait, and wait until the Dawan coalition forces rob him. Hold back the enemy army while the food is on the way, wait for the main force to kill them, and wipe them out!
In addition, he also suggested that there is no need to let the Tongsi army be idle now, but let them disperse the army into small teams and attack everywhere to search for the eyeliners and scouts hidden in various places by the Dawan people.

In this way, Dawan will become blind and lose all sources of information outside the city, creating a terrifying pressure that is about to sink.

Furthermore, regarding the food supply issue that Dong Zhuo was worried about, he had already made arrangements. The reason why he proposed to wipe out the horse thieves all the way was another consideration that fell here.

Although the food and grass seized was not too much, plus the original military rations, it was probably only enough for two months.

But this is just the grain that was seized, and there is also a large amount of gold and silver and various goods and materials, which can be exchanged for grain and grass with merchants at any time, so there is no need to worry about the grain and grass at all...!
(End of this chapter)