On the morning of March 14, 388 in the Daliang calendar, Sun Hao led the Left Guard of the Western Region Army, as well as 20,000 Wei Wuzu, 20,000 Qin Ruishi, 10,000 Black Armor Cavalry, 10,000 Beiwei Cavalry, 10,000 Tiger and Leopard Cavalry and 10,000 Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and arrived outside the coalition camp.
The commander of the coalition forces, Duke Aisezi, saw that more than 100,000 Liang troops were preparing for a battle outside the camp, but he was not prepared to gather troops from other countries to fight.
Now, not only the 250,000 troops from Shaye, Yanzi, Shache and Qumo are rushing to join the coalition forces, but Wensu, where Duke Aisezi is located, is also organizing the third batch of 100,000 reinforcements to be sent to Gul.
Because of its long border with the Gule Kingdom, the Wensu Kingdom can be said to be the country in the Western Regions that is most reluctant to see the Gule Kingdom being annexed by the Liang Kingdom.
Once the entire territory of Gule State fell into the hands of Liang State, Wensu State might become the next target of invasion by Liang State.
In addition, Puwan State, located west of Wensu State and adjacent to Wensu State, sent 120,000 troops to aid Gule State. However, after learning that the situation in Gule State had worsened, it dispatched another 150,000 troops to form the second batch of troops to aid Gule State.
At this moment, the second batch of reinforcements from Puwan State has arrived in the territory of Wensu State. They will join the third batch of 100,000 reinforcements from Wensu State and rush to the territory of Gule State together to join the coalition forces.
In other words, the coalition forces still have a full 500,000 troops on the way, and these 500,000 troops are different from the 300,000 troops hastily organized by the Gule Kingdom. They are all standing armies of various countries and have quite good combat effectiveness.
Yesterday's exploratory attack gave Duke Aisaizi a deeper understanding of the saying "Liang's army is the best in the world", so he hoped to wait until all the 500,000 reinforcements arrived before engaging in a decisive battle with the Liang army.
If he fights now, Duke Aissazi has no guarantee of victory.
Muzhepa, the general leading the troops of the four small Western Region nations in the coalition, saw that the commander, Duke Aisaiz, was not planning to send troops to fight the Liang army outside the camp. He suggested to Duke Aisaiz, "I feel that if we ignore the Liang army's challenge to a battle, it will really damage the morale of our coalition forces.
I have a fierce general under my command named Kutu, who was born with supernatural strength and once killed a 500-pound lion with his bare hands.
Why not let Kutu leave the camp and fight against the Liang army, kill a few Liang generals, and boost the morale of our coalition forces?
Fighting generals was originally a tradition of the nomadic peoples of the grasslands. After it was introduced to the Western Regions, the armies of the Western Regions would often send their own brave generals to fight in front of the formation before the two armies fought in order to show their bravery.
Even in many wars between small countries in the Western Regions, in order to reduce casualties, the outcome of the war would be determined by the outcome of a duel between generals.
The commander-in-chief, Duke Aisezi, and the two deputy commanders of the coalition forces, General Dagati of Puwan State and Prince Megaji of Gule State, all agreed with Muzhepa's proposal.
Duke Aissaizi then called Kutu, the fierce general that Muzhepa had mentioned, to his front. When Duke Aissaizi saw that Kutu was at least two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a strong waist, and exuded a fierce temperament, he nodded with satisfaction.
"Kutu, as long as you can kill a Liang army general in the battle, this Duke will reward you with 3,000 gold coins on behalf of the coalition forces." Duke Aisezi promised Kutu.
The gold and silver coins used by the countries in the Western Regions are similar. Apart from the different patterns on them, the weight of the gold and silver coins is basically around half a liang.
The exchange rate between gold coins and silver coins varies slightly among the countries in the Western Regions, but most of them are 1 to 11 or 1 to 12.
Since the exchange rate of gold and silver in Liang State remained at 1 to 10 for many years, some merchants emerged who specialized in reselling gold and silver between Liang State and the Western Regions.
When Kutu heard that he could get 5,000 gold coins for killing a Liang army general, his eyes suddenly lit up and his breathing became rapid.
Kasa was just a small country with six cities and a population of 300,000. Although Kutu was the most powerful general of Kasa and held a high official position, his annual military salary was barely enough for 500 gold coins. 3,000 gold coins was equivalent to his military salary for six years.
"Your Excellency the Duke, what if I can kill two Liang army generals in the duel?" Kutu asked anxiously.
Duke Aisaizi smiled slightly and said, "As long as you kill a Liang army general, I will reward you with 3,000 gold coins.
If you can kill two Liang generals, you will be rewarded with 6,000 gold coins. If you can kill ten Liang generals, 30,000 gold coins will be yours.
Kutu said happily, "Thank you for the generous reward, Your Excellency the Duke. I will definitely bring back a few more heads of Liang army generals."
Seeing that the coalition forces had no intention of leaving the camp to fight, Sun Hao prepared to send the left guard of the Western Region Army to directly attack the coalition camp.
As long as the Western Region Army's left guard could capture a gate of the coalition camp, or fill a section of the trench outside the coalition camp, move the wooden fence and the deer camp, and push down the wooden wall of the camp, Sun Hao could send 40,000 heavily armored cavalry to take advantage of the situation and attack the coalition camp.
However, before Sun Hao could give orders to the left guard of the Western Region Army, a gate of the coalition camp suddenly opened, and a white general riding an Anlum horse urged his horse to the front of the Western Region Army.
"I am Kutu from the Kasa Kingdom. Is there any general from the Liang Kingdom who dares to fight with me, Kutu?" Kutu shouted loudly in the Liang dialect.
Because there are tens of millions of Liang people in the Western Regions, many white people in the Western Regions can speak fluent Liang dialect, which also makes Liang dialect the common language in the Western Regions.
Sun Hao has many brave generals under his command. Of course, he is not afraid of the coalition forces wanting to fight him, not to mention that he has a magical skill that can detect combat power.
When Sun Hao used the "Intermediate Exploration Eye" on Kutu, he found that Kutu's combat power value was very high, reaching 98 points.
Sun Hao then looked around at the generals around him, and then said to a burly man who was nearly two meters and two inches tall, "Pan Feng, go up and meet this fierce general from the Kasa Kingdom!"
Sun Hao now has ten "hundred-level" generals under his command, and Pan Feng is one of them.
Pan Feng's face lit up when he heard this. He immediately picked up the long axe weighing 180 kilograms, which was hooked on his warhorse Desheng. "Don't worry, my lord. I will definitely bring his head back to you!"
As he spoke, Pan Feng rode his horse to a place about sixty or seventy meters away from Kutu, and then he grabbed the reins of the warhorse with one hand.
When Kutu saw that the Liang army had sent out a man who was taller and stronger than himself, and that the Anlum horse he was riding was also a circle bigger than the Anlum horse he was riding, his expression became a little serious.
But Kutu was very confident in his strength and martial arts. He just reminded himself in his heart that he must be serious when the fight started.
Kutu pointed the long-handled mace in his hand at Pan Feng, "Come and announce your name!"
Pan Feng shouted carelessly, "Grandpa is Pan Feng, a general under the command of Sun Hao, the Grand Commander of the Western Regions Protectorate. If you go to the underworld, don't forget to introduce your grandfather's name!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Pan Feng used the heels of his feet to tap the belly of the warhorse and urged the horse to rush towards Kutu.
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