The climate in Weili is getting colder.

It even snowed last night. Although it didn't last long, this was still extremely bad news for Li Ling.

Judging from past practices, as long as it starts to snow in the Western Regions, a blizzard will soon come.

The howling north wind will lock the mountain gorge with continuous ice and snow.

By then, the passage between the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains will be completely closed.

If you want to withdraw, it will not be so easy.

The closure of the passage also means that the Wei Li army will completely lose the supply of materials from the Western Regions.

"Why haven't Li Guangli come yet?" Li Ling murmured to himself.

This question is not only asked by him, but also by the Huns, but also by the monarchs and nobles of the Western Regions.

In the past few days, Li Ling and his ancestors were afraid and tried their best to spread the news that they had gathered Han army prisoners of war to Wei Li everywhere.

To be honest, judging from Li Guangli's hometown and the current situation, he should arrive immediately!

"This is not normal!" Li Ling thought worriedly: "Li Guangli must be planning something!"

Just as he was thinking about this, a nobleman hurriedly came to Li Ling and knelt down to report: "King, something is wrong!"

"What's the matter?" Li Ling asked immediately: "But the Han army is here to attack?"

"King, a messenger just came to report that the Han cavalry attacked Kucha, and the capital Yancheng was lost!"

When Li Ling heard this, he staggered and almost did not stand firm.

Kucha!

The strategic cornerstone of the Huns under the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains!

It has an almost irreplaceable strategic position!

Because Kucha directly strangled the throat of the entire Tianshan Mountains, and even stood high, monitoring the entire Luntai area and the subsequent Jishi River Basin.

But the problem is...

How did the Han Dynasty army bypass Wei Li and attack Kucha?

Moreover, Kucha is not completely defenseless and defending!

At least half of the main forces of the Kucha Kingdom remained in Kucha. In addition, there were thousands of Hun cavalry and more than 4,000 troops from Yanshe to assist in the defense.

There is also a big city like Yancheng, which is also a strong fortress in the Western Regions.

How could it fall so quickly?

Moreover, Li Ling didn't even hear any wind or signal before this!

The nobleman said, "I heard that it seems that the King of Kucha rebelled..."

When Li Ling heard this, he suddenly looked up: "King Kucha rebelled?"

He murmured to himself: "That's right. If he didn't rebel, the King of Kucha would be too stupid..."

The 36 countries in the Western Regions have been conquered by the Huns' Old Shang Shanyu, and the Huns' rule here has been walking on two legs.

One is deterrence and exploitation.

The Huns asked the Western Regions to contribute slaves, cloth, gold, treasures, grain and other handmade products to the Shanyu court on time.

The other is support and protection.

The Huns who received the protection fee would actively maintain the rule of the royal families and nobles of the Western Regions.

Including but not limited to sending troops to help the pro-Hun kings eliminate dissidents, suppress rebellions, and even supporting the new king to ascend the throne.

In this way, over the past hundred years, the countries in the Western Regions have become dependent on the Huns.

Most kings would marry the daughter of the Hun nobles and even Shanyu was the second wife of the Left.

The nobles in their country also had close ties with the Huns.

Therefore, although the Huns exploited them, they asked for a lot.

But all the countries can still tolerate and accept it, and there is no second choice.

However, it is different now.

The strong intervention of the Han Dynasty gave the Western Regions a second choice.

What's even more terrible is that in the past two years, the ancestors have been afraid of military and military force.

First, he gathered the power of the entire Western Regions to confront Hu Lu Gu, but he never fought at all and was almost pushed by Hu Lu Gu.

At the critical moment, there was a fire in the north of Mo, and Hu Lu Gu retreated urgently. At this moment, the owner of the Western Regions probably had become a son of Hu Lu Gu.

As for the fear of the ancestors, the best outcome was to flee to the Han Dynasty and become a puppet of the Han people.

Originally, this was already very hurtful.

Hu Lu Gu's evaluation and prestige in the Western Regions has also dropped to a freezing point, and she has little patience and patience left.

In order to be the throne of Shanyu, he resolutely launched the Luntai Battle.

He came out in full swing, and although he captured Luntai, he also summoned the Han army.

But at this moment, Hu Lu Gu refused to admit defeat and withdrew her troops obediently, instead trying to continue to go to the end.

So, for the continued war.

The ancestors and his subordinates beat bones and sucked marrow among the countries in the Western Regions, and tried every means to raise materials and troops.

Especially Wei Li, Kucha, Wei Xu, Yan She and other countries are still exploited!

With the mentality of "Even if the last Western Regions is killed, the Huns will never surrender", these countries almost seemed to have been swept by natural disasters.

Like Wei Li, in order to maintain the existence of the army.

The Huns stipulated that each household must produce a male to serve the Huns. At the same time, they must provide ten kilograms of firewood to the Huns every day, and one kilogram of firewood and five kilograms of cheese every five days.

Moreover, not only the lower-level herders and people are so oppressed and exploited.

The ruling class cannot escape the misfortune.

Their manors and houses were occupied by the Huns, and their granaries and cellars were emptied by the Huns, and all their wealth and slaves were lost.

Like King Weili, even the palace was occupied by the Huns and became a place to accommodate Han Dynasty prisoners of war.

The king and his ministers could only curl up in less than one-third of the original place, tremblingly huddled together to keep warm.

Kucha may not be there.

Under such circumstances, as long as the King of Kucha has the opportunity, he will inevitably rebel and become a leader!

To be honest, if it weren't for the current main force of the Huns, the situation would have been similar.

"Mencius said: "As a person who has the power, he will be helpless, but he will be helpless..." Li Ling laughed as he thought of this: "It seems that even barbarians are the same!"

This situation gave him some new ideas about the future.

But no matter what, he knew that he had to face this result now.

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Wei Li went west about five hundred miles away from the Kucha Kingdom.

This ancient Western Regions Kingdom has been established for two hundred years.

There are murals in the palace of Kucha, describing the migration of his ancestors and their ancestors from afar.

And now, a new owner is here.

The Han army wearing black armor and red battle robe.

When he climbed to the top of the capital Yancheng, Gongsun Jing felt a lot of emotion.

Kucha is one of the largest powers in the Western Regions. Its territory once covered the current Yuli, Luntai, and Weini, and almost occupied half of the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains.

Even now, it still covers a thousand miles of land, making it a powerful country in the Western Regions second only to Wusun and Shache.

It is also the strategic cornerstone of the Huns in the northern Western Regions.

And now, this country has bowed its head to Han.

"After clearing the remnants of the Huns in Kucha, our army immediately advanced to the Tianshan Passage and closed it!" Shangguan Jing ordered with high spirits: "Send someone to return to the Moundai to notify Li Duwei and Wang Xiaowei, and ask them to send the good news back to Chang'an!"

Taking down Kucha means that the Han army has achieved half of its pre-war strategic intentions.
Chapter completed!