The cronies of King Dayuan tried to persuade King Dayuan one after another.

King Dawan said, "It's a pity that the Kangju people in the army don't want to listen to my orders. What should I do?"

He said, "Those who are unwilling to surrender are just the nobles of Kangju... The soldiers have long been tired of fighting and have no choice but to do so... If His Highness wants to surrender, the soldiers will definitely support him."

King Dawan said, "If I can convince the Kangju officers and men, I will lead them to surrender to the Han army..."

He said, "Your Highness, don't worry, leave this matter to me..."

King Dawan nodded in agreement.

On that day, rumors spread widely among the coalition forces led by the King of Dayuan, and the morale of the army was fluctuating.

In the evening, several Kangju commanders came together to find the King of Dayuan.

"Please, Your Highness, please save me and wait for me?" Several officers looked panicked.

King Dawan said, "Why is this?"

Several officers said, "The army sergeants want to rebel and surrender to the Han, but they want to use our heads as a pledge of surrender!"

King Dawan said, "The only way we can survive is if we surrender to the Han first!"

Everyone looked at each other in shock, and after a brief hesitation, they all agreed to surrender to the Han.

On November 29 of the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, the desperate King of Dayuan led more than 3,000 remaining soldiers to surrender to the Han army...

When the news came that King Dayuan led his troops to surrender, King Kangju couldn't help but became furious.

"Damn...damn...how can he surrender, how can he surrender!"

Unfortunately, his anger cannot change this fact.

Although King Kangju tried his best to block the news of King Dayuan's surrender.

But the matter spread quickly in Shule City.

"Pass my order. From today on, the whole city is forbidden to talk about the surrender of King Dawan. Anyone who offends will be severely punished!"

Although King Kangju ordered not to publicly discuss King Dayuan's surrender, there were still discussions in private.

All the Dawan soldiers in the city were disheartened.

At this time, King Kangju could only place his hopes on the Huns.

…

On the day King Dayuan surrendered to the Han army, the Huns cavalry finally arrived at Chigu City under the cover of Ni Mi and others.

Chigu City is said to be a city, but it is actually a valley. It is located on the south bank of Khotan Lake (now Issyk-Kul Lake), and its strategic location is extremely important.

By occupying this place, the Huns could not only easily control the entire land of Seven Rivers.

And you can go south and pass through the countries on the northern Silk Road at any time.

It can be said that after possessing Chigu City, everything from Shule to Yuanqu was under the hooves of the Huns.

When the Huns invaded Chigu City, the Han army was not unaware of it.

In fact, Qianniuwei had already detected the news that the Huns were planning to attack Chigu City.

The Han army also reported this information to the Xihou who was left behind by the Xiongnu in Chigu.

After obtaining the intelligence, the Marquis of Xi believed that it was impossible for the Huns to send out large-scale troops in winter.

What's more, before they can reach Chigu City, they need to pass through Ni Mi's pastoral area first.

After receiving the warning from the Han army, he did nothing.

He immediately sent someone to inquire with Ni Mi.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that Ni Mi had already defected to the Huns.

Faced with the messenger sent by Chigu City, Ni Mi vowed that no Huns had been found.

Ni Mi also said, "This is because the Han army was dissatisfied with Wusun for not sending all-out troops to attack Kangju, and used this to sow discord between Wusun and the Xiongnu..."

Chigu Xihou thought that the Han army had indeed sent envoys many times to ask Wusun to send troops to attack the Xiongnu together.

Fat Wang Weng Guimi always found excuses to excuse himself.

Therefore, he believed Ni Mi's words and did not inform Weng Guimi of this important information.

It only slightly strengthened the security of Chigu City, but this method did not have much effect.

…

On November 29, the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, King Youxian of the Xiongnu personally led an army of 20,000 people, supported by Ni Mi's 10,000 cavalry, and arrived outside Chigu.

Under the cover of wind and snow, the Wusun people in Chigu were unaware of this.

The Huns did not act rashly, but sent out the Wusun people under Ni Mi.

These familiar Wusun people quickly figured out the situation in the valley.

Contrary to what the Huns expected, the Wusun people in the valley were not stationed together, but were divided into five groups. Three of them were inside Chigu and two were outside Chigu.

The three troops stationed in Chigu were lined up along the valley from east to west, and the Wusun people also arranged soldiers to garrison on both sides of the valley.

The two troops outside Chigu were stationed fifty miles south of Chigu.

The Huns mainly need to deal with the three tribes in the valley.

Perhaps because of the severe cold, there were not many soldiers on guard inside and outside Chigu, and they were completely unable to stop a Xiongnu charge.

"How do you fight, Your Majesty?" General You, the deputy general, asked.

King Youxian did not answer directly, but instead asked, "How do you think we should fight?"

The right general said, "I thought we should attack the enemy in the east first!"

King Youxian nodded and encouraged, "Tell me your reason?"

The right general collected his thoughts and continued, "According to the information from the scouts, the Wusun people in the east are the weakest... there are only two thousand people..."

"After our army defeats them, we can drive them to continue rushing into the two camps to the west..."

King Wuchan next to him said with some concern after hearing this, "I don't think this is good. The enemy's camps in the east are too far apart. I'm afraid it will be difficult to drive away the defeated troops and attack the enemy's camp..."

"I thought that if we want to fight, we should fight the strongest one, and directly attack the camp to the west. The Wusun people in this camp are the strongest. They collapsed. The other two camps are not to be afraid of!"

King Youxian still smiled and said nothing. After King Wuchan finished speaking, he asked King Huyan again, "What do King Huyan think?"

King Huyan was not polite. He cupped his hands and said, "I thought that our army had sufficient strength and we should attack from both the east and west at the same time... close the door and beat the dogs!"

King Youxian laughed and said, "King Huyan, good meeting!"

King Huyan said, "I don't dare. Hasn't your Majesty already made preparations for this?"

King Youxian smiled and said nothing, but turned to the others and asked, "Do you know the benefits of this?"

Everyone did not answer immediately, but carefully considered King Huyan's plan.

After a long time, everyone sighed and said, "The king wants to ensure that the news is not leaked..."

King Youxian smiled and said, "Yes, if we can wipe out all these Wusun people, we will have enough time to take down the entire Qihe in one fell swoop."

…

The plan was finalized and the Huns quickly took action.

A group of about 4,000 cavalry was led by King Huyan, and their mission was to clear out the Wusun people on both sides of the river valley.

A group of about 6,000 cavalry led by King Wuchan attacked the east camp.

A group of about 8,000 cavalry, commanded by the right general, attacked the camp to the west.

King Youxian personally led 4,000 men as a reserve force to prevent the Wusun people from counterattacking.

In addition, there are three thousand cavalry teams scattered around Chigu, responsible for encircling and killing the Wusun people who escaped.

The remaining 6,000 cavalrymen, under the command of General Zuo, were ambushing in the valley south of Chigu, preparing to ambush the Wusun people who came to rescue them.

The heavy snowstorm concealed the Huns' actions.

When the Huns arrived at their intended location, the Wusun people didn't know anything about it.

…

At this time, in Chigu City, Chang Rui, the Han army's messenger, suddenly woke up from his sleep.

A strong sense of uneasiness arose in his heart.

"How is this going?"

He stood up and walked outside the tent, where it was snowing heavily.

When I opened the curtain, a cold air spread across my face.

"Baijiang, something happened!"

His actions suddenly woke up the other soldiers in the tent.

"Huh!"
To be continued...