At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Before that, he was victorious on the battlefield.

In late July, after defeating Xinlimi's small troops on the battlefield several times in a row, he successfully led the large army to force Xinlimi to use the main force to fight.

And successfully defeated Xinlimi on the battlefield of the main decisive battle.

In that battle, he led his army to kill more than 1000 Xinlimi soldiers, captured more than 4000 people, and achieved a brilliant victory.

And in the subsequent battles, Xin Limi was forced to retreat continuously, constantly losing pastures with rich water and grass, and constantly losing population, cattle and sheep.

Seeing that the dream of unifying Wusun is about to come true, seeing that this once fantasy dream is about to come true.

As a result, he was on the verge of successive victories when he suddenly saw a piece of news that hit him like a bolt from the blue, making him dizzy and at a loss.

Cao Xiu, the governor of the Western Regions of the Wei Empire, suddenly announced that the mediation envoy team of the Wei Empire was unreasonably intercepted and killed by Atami in the territory of Xiao Kunmi. Dozens of Wei people died as a result, and the mediation failed.

Cao Xiu was very annoyed with him, and announced that he would lead the army of the seven kingdoms in the north of the mountain to attack him and destroy him in order to maintain the dignity of the Wei Empire.

Cao Xiu has already completed this wave of operations, and successfully mobilized the troops of the seven countries in the Western Regions to form the Western Regions United Army and announced that he would attack him. During the whole process, Atami didn't know anything.

He didn't know how on earth he had ruined the mediation.

I don't know how I had someone kill the mediation envoy of the Wei Empire.

I don't even know when there was this mediation.

Conscience of heaven and earth, he has been chasing Xinlimi on the front line, when will he kill the mediator of the Wei Empire?

Of course, he will never have the opportunity to know why this is, let alone know why, because there is no excuse for committing a crime.

Facing the puzzled and panicked questions of his subordinates, he didn't know how to answer them.

"How could you do such a thing?"

"Why didn't you discuss with us before doing this kind of thing?!"

"You dare to do this kind of thing? That's from the Wei country! It's from the Wei country!"

"Stupid! Stupid! How dare you kill the people of Wei!"

"That's someone sent by the Protectorate of the Western Regions, don't take us with you if you want to die!"

The elders of the clan who could talk to him yelled at him one after another, not allowing him to defend himself at all.

He tried his best to explain, saying that he didn't know about it at all, and he didn't know why someone died in Xiao Kunmi's territory, but everyone was terrified, and no one listened to his explanation.

Everyone agreed that this was a private decision made by Atami, because the war was about to be won, and he was dazzled by the victory, so he didn't want to stop the war anyway.

Atami no longer needs to explain.

That's right, the Allied Forces of the Western Regions have already set off, so it doesn't make any sense to say these things now.

And at this time, Xinlimi also learned the news, was overjoyed, and immediately launched a counterattack against Atami with the morale-boosted Da Kunmi army.

This time the tide turned.

With three victories and three victories, Xinlimi drove out the dispirited and unmotivated Xiao Kunmi army for more than 200 miles, regained many lost pastures, cattle and sheep, and in turn gained a lot of Xiao Kunmi's population.

The situation was reversed in an instant.

Obviously, Cao Xiu's big movement broke the will and hearts of Atami's team in an instant, and people collapsed in an instant.

They didn't have time to think about whether this matter was true or false, and whether they were at fault.

A behemoth suddenly declared war on him, and gathered troops from seven countries to attack together. No one can handle this kind of thing.

They are in constant fear.

Xinlimi seized this great opportunity to pursue them fiercely, and did not give them any chance to recover. This is also an important factor in promoting this matter.

After all, Atami was not an ordinary person, after all, he realized it, suppressed the panic in his heart, and immediately sent someone to it to Gancheng to apologize to Cao Xiu.

He wants to say to Cao Xiu——

I am not guilty.

Chapter 1039 One thousand and forty-nine they are ready to fight a battle of life and death

Under such a crisis situation, Atami has also achieved the limit of what he can do.

For example, trying to justify this matter, and blamed Xinlimi, he slandered Xinlimi, excused himself, and said that Xinlimi was responsible for all the crimes.

Then he also said that he was willing to make an apology, how much cattle, sheep, horses and money to give, and that he was willing to be a vassal of the Wei Empire forever, and asked Cao Xiu not to attack him or something like that.

Then spread all kinds of news to their own people.

Saying that this is a conspiracy by Xinlimi, a bastard thing done by Xinlimi, Xinlimi killed Wei Guoren and blamed them. He has already defended Cao Xiu, and Cao Xiu will believe him.

They should unite and kill Xinlimi to prove their innocence or something.

Not to mention, in a state of extreme panic, Atami's statement has really become a life-saving straw for some people.

They were willing to believe Atami's statement, and under the leadership of Atami to fight back against Xinlimi, they actually stabilized the battle.

The two sides entered a confrontation again.

But Xinlimi's advantage can no longer be reversed. Even in a confrontational state, Xinlimi will continue to lead the army to take the initiative to attack, but Atami cannot do this.

The fact that Cao Xiu led the armies of the seven countries in the north of the mountain to attack Atami is really too big.

Under such circumstances, in late August of the fourth year of Yande, the armies of Kucha, Gumo, and Wensu had all arrived in Tagancheng, where they were inspected by Cao Xiu, the governor of the Western Regions.

To be honest, looking at these troops, Cao Xiu felt like going back in time to the time when he saw Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu's troops more than ten years ago.

The enemy army I saw at that time was the feeling in front of my eyes.

The melons are crooked, the queues are crooked, and the army equipment is not uniform.

Some of the front are considered elite troops, and the further you go, the more you can see those people holding all kinds of weapons and wearing all kinds of clothes that don't even wear armor.

At first glance, they were recruited temporarily.

With the size of these countries, it is not easy to maintain a standing army of hundreds to 1000 people.

The other armies are recruited temporarily during wars. If there are too many troops, they will be out of production. Once they are out of production, it will be a huge burden for the country to raise troops.

A certain Guo is engaged in farming across the country, desperately squeezing farmers to accumulate food to support full-time professional troops, and the productivity of these small countries is simply not enough to support a large number of troops.

That is to say, I can take it out now to please Cao Xiu, so that I can reward him after winning the battle in the future.

After the war is over, most of the people here must be sent home to continue farming and farming as cattle and horses.

So don't expect them to have any fighting power.

It's really unbelievable that they can do things like Wei Jun assembled into a tight army formation and crushed all enemies on the battlefield.

The same thing can happen in Wusun.

The standing army of Wusun Da Kunmi and Xiao Kunmi will not be too many, tens of thousands of people will be pulled up once they are pulled up, usually there are only 2000 standing troops, and they will only be assembled temporarily when there is a war.

Now that they have gathered temporarily, other countries can also gather temporarily.

Cao Xiu didn't care whether these troops tried their best or not. Anyway, they were mobs themselves, and they were pulled out as cannon fodder, and they consumed each other with the Wusun people. That would be the most beautiful.

Cao Xiu's decisive force was [-] Wei cavalry, and the [-] elite Wei cavalry had not yet used Cao Ren's support.

Cao Ren sent someone to ask Cao Xiu if he needed military support, but Cao Xiu shook his head and refused.

Because Cao Xiu felt that on such a battlefield, two thousand elites were enough to reflect the strength of the Wei army.

When the cavalry of the Wei army appeared on the stage, they really blinded the eyes of many generals such as Kucha.

When they saw Wei Jun's excellent armor and thick and long weapons, they were really surprised.

Can Wei Jun use these terrible long weapons to fight on horseback?

Looking again, they found that the Wei Jun cavalry had a cushion-like thing under their buttocks. The middle was low and the sides were high, which seemed to be able to stabilize the figure...

New equipment?

There are also stirrups on the sides of the feet, they all have only one side, and they are used for the convenience of getting on and off the horse, but the Wei army cavalry has two sides...

Is this also a new type of equipment?

Some courageous people stepped forward and asked Cao Xiu if this was a new type of equipment, and Cao Xiu gave an affirmative answer.

"My Emperor Wei sympathizes with the hard work of our soldiers, and the equipment specially tailored for our soldiers is sophisticated and expensive. What's the matter, are you interested?"

They expressed that they were just curious, not interested.

They had seen this kind of equipment before when they were in the joint caravan, but at that time they were all focused on the goods and making money, so they didn't pay attention. This time they didn't notice until they were fighting.

Does it make any sense?

They didn't pay too much attention.

Cao Xiu held a swearing-in meeting in Gancheng, and then led a 3-strong Western Regions Allied Army to attack northward to find trouble with the Wusun people.

Not long after, Shi Zhaoyan, the chief of the Western Regions, also led the 2 allied forces of the other four countries to attack westward, attacking the Wusun people from another direction.

Under the respective command of Cao Xiu and Zhao Yan, the two western allied armies launched attacks on Wusun Xiaokunmi Atami respectively. This was the first time after almost six or seventy years.

Going back further, it was a defeat in the Eastern Han Dynasty under the leadership of the Changshifu of the Western Regions.

It was also a war initiated by the long history of the Western Regions in the Eastern Han Dynasty, who led the countries in the Western Regions to send troops to fight against rebels, but unfortunately, they were defeated.

After that defeat, the Eastern Han government gradually lost control of the countries in the Western Regions, and then encountered the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

But this time, Cao Xiu was not mentally prepared to lose the battle.

He wants to win battles and establish his prestige.

To annex the Western Regions in the future, we will have to rely on our own battle to lay the foundation.

Atami experienced a roller coaster-like change of mood in a short period of time. After the envoy sent to seek peace with Cao Xiu was beheaded by Cao Xiu and sent back, he completely gave up.

He tried his best to spread the news that this was Xinlimi's conspiracy, trying to reverse public opinion and stabilize people's hearts.

But his own heart has not been stabilized, how can he stabilize the hearts of his followers?

Finally, while Xinlimi was still attacking in front of him, the news came that Cao Xiu led the Western Region United Army to attack him in two ways.

The news made him desperate and overwhelmed.

And under such heavy despair, a new conspiracy launched a strong attack on him.

The five clan elders felt that everything was Atami's fault, so they decided to unite to kill Atami and use his head to apologize to Cao Xiu in exchange for Cao Xiu's forgiveness.

However, when they started to implement the plan, they were counter-killed by Atami because of their bad luck.

In a rage, Atami led his own personal guards to kill them all, cut off their heads and hung them on the flagpole to stand up.

After such a surprise coup, Atami's mentality changed.

The extreme panic turned into extreme madness. He frantically killed the rebels, and then gave a crazy speech to the soldiers who followed him.

Said they were a group of outcasts, abandoned by the combination of the despicable rebels and the wicked Wei people.

They are about to be sacrificed, along with their families and property, their families will be ravaged like slaves, their property will be stripped, and no one will survive.

The only hope of survival is to fight to the end, follow him, fight to the end.

Make the last bet with the only life that can be lost, pick up your own weapons, ride your own horses, and make the last resistance!

After a passionate and extremely crazy speech, Atami miraculously integrated the crumbling military spirit and the fighting spirit of the soldiers.

All that remained believed they were outcasts.

They will be deprived of everything, including their families and property.

If they don't fight hard, they will lose everything.

The only hope is to fight to the end with Atami!

If they don't give us peace, we have to rely on our own courage to fight for peace!

After Atami's followers shed painful tears, under the stimulation of Atami, everyone made a blood oath—an oath to fight to the end.

An atmosphere of mourning soldiers gradually permeated and enveloped the entire tribe.

Except for those who fled earlier, Atami's remaining 9000 fighters were also the last force he could rely on. Facing the crusade army several times his own, they had no way out.

With their wives and children right behind them, there is no way out for them.