Chapter 328 Bullying the Princess Leads to Disaster (Part 1)

Five days later.

The first year of the Tang Dynasty, the tenth day of the fifth month.

The 50,000 Tang Anxi Iron Cavalry (formerly Guanning Iron Cavalry) led by Lan Yu, the Marquis of Anxi of the Tang Dynasty, finally arrived at Chigu City, the capital of the Wusun Kingdom.

At this time, the trees and grass in Chigu City were full of soldiers, and everyone was in danger.

King Tibisi had been unable to wait for the return of the envoy Subati, and an ominous premonition had already arisen. He knew that the war between the Wusun Kingdom and the Tang Dynasty was inevitable!

For the Wusun people and royal families in Chigu City, King Tibisi led 30,000 Wusun cavalry out of the city to fight before the Anxi Iron Cavalry of the Tang Dynasty besieged the city, intending to first defeat the Tang army on the battlefield, and then negotiate with Lan Yu, the Marquis of Anxi.

However, how could the Wusun Kingdom be the opponent of the Tang Dynasty, and King Tibisi was not the opponent of Lan Yu, the "Ming Dynasty General".

The two armies fought on May 9, the first year of the Tang Dynasty's Zhaowu reign, thirty miles northwest of Chigu City, and the battle ended with the complete victory of the Tang Dynasty's Anxi Iron Cavalry.

The 30,000 cavalry led by Wusun King Tibisi went out of the city to fight, but only a few hundred personal soldiers escorted Tibisi back to the royal city in a panic.

The remaining tens of thousands of soldiers were either killed by the Tang army on the battlefield or surrendered to the Tang army and became prisoners of the Anxi Iron Cavalry.

After this battle, the Wusun Kingdom was seriously injured.

King Tibisi had to order the remaining 20,000 soldiers in the royal city to defend the city, and at the same time sent multiple messengers to other cities of the Wusun Kingdom and the Uighur Khanate, the leader of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, for help.

However, how could Anxi Marquis Lan Yu, who was angry, give Tibisi the opportunity to ask for help from the outside world?

In this battle, he came to destroy the Wusun Kingdom.

Especially after the "Wusun Cavalry" attacked the camp at night and set fire to the Tang army's food and grass, Lan Yu was more determined to destroy the Wusun Kingdom.

On the tenth day of May, the first day of the Tang army's siege.

In the Tang army's central tent, Anxi Hou Lan Yu was furious at a group of Tang generals under his command.

"Deputy General Tan, what is the purpose of the vanguard formation (suicide squad) you command? We have been fighting for a whole morning in a mere Chigu City and still haven't been able to break through the outer city;"

Lan Yu pointed at the nose of Deputy General Tan Li and shouted angrily: "Since I followed the emperor to the Western Regions, where has this general ever fought such a cowardly battle?"

"Back then, as long as the "Prince of Jin Flag" was raised, which of these small countries in the Western Regions did not surrender?"

Faced with the rebuke of Anxi Marquis Lan Yu, Tan Li, as a deputy general and commander of the vanguard of the siege, had to bite the bullet and explain: "General--"

"My Anxi Iron Cavalry is a cavalry, and is not good at attacking cities. In addition, our army on this trip They did not carry large-scale siege equipment, and all weapons and equipment had to be made temporarily, which further slowed down the progress of the army's siege;"

"I hope, I hope the general will give me more time, I will definitely capture Chigu City!"

"Enough——"

Lan Yu waved his hand and rudely interrupted Tan Li's defense, and said sternly: "Deputy General Tan, I don't want to hear excuses, I want results;"

"Tomorrow, at the latest tomorrow evening, I will set up a celebration banquet for my Tang army in the palace of Wusun King Tibes in Chigu City!"

"Get out——"

"I have received your order!"

After all his generals withdrew, Lan Yu still couldn't hide his anger.

In his opinion, the excuses of cavalry not being good at attacking cities and lack of large-scale siege equipment were all just excuses. In the final analysis, it was because these generals who were used to comfort were not fighting hard enough.

You officials don’t dare to risk your life and put your head on your belt to attack the city and kill the enemy in person, so how can the grassroots soldiers work hard?

Back then, when he, Lan Yu, followed the emperor to conquer the Western Regions, there was no city that could not be conquered within a day.

How come, after he, Lan Yu, personally led the troops to fight, a mere Chigu City actually became a stumbling block for the Tang army?

This time, Lan Yu also had selfish motives in conquering the Wusun Kingdom.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he was appointed as the Anxi Jiedushi (deputy envoy), in charge of the Anxi Protectorate (Northern Prefecture), and the Champion Marquis Huo Qubing was also appointed as the Anxi Jiedushi (deputy envoy) of the Tang Dynasty, in charge of the Anxi Protectorate (Southern Prefecture);

In Lan Yu's view, Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian wanted to choose one person between him and Huo Qubing to become the Anxi Jiedushi to guard the Western Regions and become a real frontier official who holds great power and guards one side.

And who will eventually win the position of Anxi Jiedushi must be examined by the achievements of Lan Yu and Huo Qubing during their respective administrations in Anxi.

Since its establishment, the Tang Dynasty has had a strict military merit reward system;

The six founding dukes of the Tang Dynasty are the best proof. Which one of them did not have outstanding military exploits, and which one did not destroy several countries?

To the extent that a unified trend of thought has been formed among the generals of the Tang Dynasty, that is, if you don't destroy several countries, you are embarrassed to say that you are a famous general of the Tang Dynasty!

Therefore, Lan Yu also wanted to take advantage of this expedition to Wusun to show his bravery in front of Emperor Zhaowu Chen Huaian and accumulate military merits for the final competition for the post of Anxi Jiedushi.

Who would have thought that Chigucheng, the capital of the Wusun Kingdom, would become the first test for Lan Yu to be promoted to Anxi Jiedushi.

Moreover, when his generals faced this test, their performance on the battlefield did not satisfy Lan Yu, which made him furious and furious!

At the same time.

In Chigucheng, the main hall of the Wusun Kingdom Palace.

King Tibes was also worried and depressed.

Facing the Tang army that was besieging the city, Tibes and the civil and military officials of Wusun had no way out. The soldiers who defended the city struggled to hold on until now, all for the sake of their wives and children in the city to avoid the disaster of war.

At this time, there were bursts of shouting and blunt hitting sounds outside the palace.

Tibes knew that this was the Tang army outside the city, and a new round of siege operations had begun.

I don’t know how long the Wusun soldiers who defended the city can hold on, and whether they can hold on until the arrival of reinforcements!

“Report——”

“Your Majesty, the offensive of the Tang army outside the city is getting more and more fierce, and the soldiers defending the city have suffered heavy casualties. It will only take a moment to break the city!”

At this moment, a palace guard in armor and carrying a sword hurried over and reported the latest battle situation to King Tibes.

"What?"

Hearing this, Tibes' blue eyes were filled with surprise and sadness, and he sat down on the throne helplessly.

Seeing this, Wusun Prime Minister Aihaiti, who was standing by Tibis, came forward and said, "Your Majesty, the Tang army is coming with great force, and this time they are going to destroy our Wusun country!"

"I suggest that your Majesty should break out of the city in time to avoid tragedy!"

"Where to go?"

On the throne, Tibis, who was as disappointed as death, sneered and said, "Let's not talk about whether the Tang army outside the city can help me break out smoothly;"

"Even after breaking out, where can I go?"

"These Western Regions countries have long surrendered to the Tang Dynasty and become their running dogs and minions. If the Tang Dynasty is determined to put me and Wusun to death, there will be no place for me in this vast Western Regions!"

When King Tibis said this, Prime Minister Aihaiti's eyes flashed with a cunning and viciousness that was not easy to be noticed.

Then, he blurted out: "Your Majesty, there is another place for my Wusun country to go--"

After a pause, Aihaiti said word by word: "Go west, to the Abbasid Dynasty to seek help from this super empire in the west!"