Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 164 Attacking Kucha Kingdom

Han Rui said softly: "A spy has just reported that the army of Dayuan has begun to march towards us. It is estimated that it will arrive in Qiuci in the next few days."

Du Yan's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and he said: "Brother, is Dawan really ready to be hostile to our Datang?"

Han Rui nodded and said: "According to the relationship between Dawan and the Kingdom of Kucha, they will definitely join forces to deal with us, the Tang Dynasty. Now that Dawan is marching towards Kucha, I am afraid that it is not good-hearted. We have to rush to the Kingdom of Kucha as soon as possible."

"Then what should we do?" Du Yan asked.

Han Rui said: "This time we will first find out the enemy's specific deployment before making a decision."

"Ok!"

Han Rui thought for a moment and said: "In this way, you will retreat in batches. I will take [-] brothers to stay in the camp, and the rest of the brothers will follow me to attack Kucha. If the situation is critical, I will lead my troops to leave. You are nearby. Find a place to hide and wait for the army to return, do you understand?"

"Brother, I listen to you." Du Yan said.

Du Yu said: "Brother, I am willing to go with you to attack Qiuci."

Han Rui glared at Du Yu and shouted: "Shut up, this is a military order."

"Oh!"

Du Yu lowered his head aggrievedly, not daring to refute.

"Du Yan, you are in charge of the camp. Du Yu and I will go to attack Kucha. The rest of us will search for hidden places to hide around and wait for the army to return."

"Here!"

All the generals responded in unison, and then went to perform their duties and arrange the arrangements.

Han Rui also immediately went to Kucha with [-] armored guards.

Qiuci Kingdom is located at the junction of Dongsheng Shenzhou and West Asia. It is the only medium-sized country in West Asia.

It is rich in materials and has countless mines, so it is known as the "Land of Abundance".

It's just that Qiuci, a land of abundance, is barren due to its narrow territory, remote location, and lack of food. The price of food is lower than that of several other medium-sized countries.

However, none of these can stop Han Rui's ambition to conquer Qiuci.

Su Liangsi once made a suggestion to Han Rui. If Han Rui could capture Qiuci, the Tang Dynasty would no longer have to worry about fighting between the East China Sea and Xixia.

Of course, Han Rui also understood the weight of this suggestion.

If the Tang Dynasty can engulf the territory of the Kucha Kingdom, its strength will definitely increase, and it will have more confidence to fight against the Western Regions.

That's why Han Rui took the risk and led three thousand elites straight to Kucha.

However, Han Rui was not stupid and would naturally choose to march at night to avoid encountering the checkpoints of Qiuci Kingdom.

In the dark night, Han Rui led his cavalry and quietly lurked not far outside the Qiuci city wall.

The Qiuci city wall is very short, only about four meters. Under the charge of the Tang Dynasty cavalry, it was like paper and could be broken with a single poke.

Han Rui galloped to the gate of Kucha City and looked up to observe the movement at the top of the city.

Soon, two soldiers in armor ran over and asked, "Who are the generals?"

"I am Han Rui, the general of Zhenbei, personally appointed by the Empress Dowager of the Tang Dynasty. I have come to attack Qiuci on your Majesty's orders. Please open the door and surrender as soon as possible." Han Rui said coldly.

"You beat me, but we opened the door and surrendered. Could it be that your Tang Dynasty regarded me as a fool in the Kingdom of Qiuci?"

On the city wall, the general of Kucha said with a sneer on his face.

"Huh, if that's the case, I won't be polite."

Han Rui shouted angrily: "Shoot the Kucha defenders and charge them to me!"

As soon as Han Rui finished speaking, the archer raised his bow and nocked an arrow to aim at the guard on the top of the city, and then a shower of arrows poured out.

Suddenly there were screams.

Han Rui sneered and issued a new order.

"The ballista advances, prepare to fire."

As soon as Han Rui's order came out, the ballistas that had been ambushing at the foot of the city wall opened their postures one after another, and then aimed at the Kucha soldiers on the top of the city.After a round of arrows, the Kucha soldiers on the city wall were killed and injured instantly.

Not only that, Han Rui also did not forget to instruct the soldiers to hold their shields against the ballista to avoid being shot to death by random arrows from the Kucha soldiers on the tower.

"kill!"

With a burst of shouting, the army began to attack the Kucha city wall.

"Fire the arrow... let go the arrow!"

The Kucha defender was so frightened that he quickly ordered his soldiers to fire arrows.

Unfortunately, Han Rui had already had people use shields to cover the ballista tightly, so the Kucha soldiers could not attack at all.

"Fire the arrow, let me shoot the arrow!"

The guard general of Qiuci Kingdom was unwilling to give in and issued orders desperately, but all this was in vain. Han Rui led the army closer to the city gate step by step.

"Boom!"

Finally, in the desperate eyes of the Kucha Kingdom guard, Datang's siege vehicle crashed into the city wall of Kucha Kingdom.

The huge impact made the entire city tremble violently, and the soldiers on the city wall were stunned.

"kill!"

Han Rui drew his sword and roared, and the army immediately charged and rushed towards the city wall.

Seeing that the Tang army was attacking the city, the Kucha soldiers panicked and wanted to escape, but how could the Tang army allow the Kucha soldiers to escape.

Rows of swords and guns were placed on top of the city, and then the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty raised their weapons and slashed at the enemies on the top of the city.

"Ah~"

A scream suddenly rang out from the city wall, and blood spattered down.

The city head was soon stained red with blood, many Kucha soldiers died unexpectedly, and the city wall shook.

Han Rui took the opportunity to climb up the city wall, looked at General Qiuci standing on the top of the wall, shouted, took out the sword from his waist and rushed forward.

General Qiuci was stunned, and hurriedly faced Han Rui, shouting at the same time: "Who is coming? How dare you break into the Qiuci Palace?"

Han Rui was too lazy to answer. He swung his long sword and hit General Kucha on the neck, instantly decapitating him and causing blood to flow out.

"Ding!"

Han Rui's long sword fell and successfully chopped off General Kucha's head.

When the Kucha soldiers at the top of the city saw their commander being killed, they immediately screamed and turned and fled.

Han Rui did not go after him, but quickly occupied the city gate of Kucha with his soldiers, then sent soldiers into the city and took control of the Kucha Palace.

Although the Kingdom of Kucha is small, the palace is extremely luxurious. After all, the people in the Kingdom of Kucha are poor.

After occupying the palace, Han Rui did not massacre the subjects of Kucha Kingdom. On the contrary, he ordered the soldiers not to harass the people of Kucha Kingdom.

After resting for a while in the military town of Kucha Kingdom, they continued to attack the royal city of Kucha Kingdom.

The army of Qiuci State was completely helpless against the army of Tang Dynasty. They were invincible and invincible along the way.

Finally, they encountered a difficult tug-of-war in the royal city of Kucha Kingdom.

The two sides fell into a stalemate, and the Kucha Kingdom's resistance was extremely tenacious. The guards in the Kucha Palace even poured kerosene on the city wall.

Han Rui knew that if the guards of the Kucha Kingdom were not eliminated, it would be difficult to capture the Kucha Kingdom.

"Burn the grease on the wall for me, light the gunpowder pot, and throw it down the wall."

Following Han Rui's order, the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty poured all the grease on the city wall, and then hung it in the air with ropes.

Han Rui stood in the night, with an unreal expression on his face, and waved his hand: "Go up the ladder."

(End of this chapter)