Cai Shi City, an important border town in the east of Wensu State, is also an important node on the East-West trade route. With a permanent population of over 300,000, it is the second most populous city in Wensu State.
Ever since the entire territory of Gule State was conquered by Liang State, although the garrison strength in Caishi City has continued to increase, the number of merchant caravans passing through Caishi City has increased.
The trade routes, which had been almost interrupted due to the internal dispute over the throne in Gule Kingdom, have basically returned to normal after the establishment of the Liang State Zhenxi Protectorate.
Of course, if the merchants knew that the Western Regions countries, led by the four major powers of Parthia, Cheshi, Wensu and Puwan, were already forming a third coalition army, the trade routes that had just resumed their prosperity would probably soon become depressed again.
On the morning of May 3rd, 388th year of the Daliang calendar, at the west gate of Caishi City, the Wensu officers and soldiers guarding the gate were preparing to inspect a white merchant caravan.
However, what these Wensu officers and soldiers never expected was that just as they were inspecting the caravan's cargo, the caravan's white guards suddenly attacked them.
In fact, this white caravan was disguised by the white officers and soldiers of Sun Hao's Tiger Soldiers. The two leaders were Harip with a combat power of 93 points and Pazi with a combat power of 91 points among the Tiger Soldiers.
Although Sun Hao purged all the dignitaries and wealthy businessmen of the Gule Kingdom, he did not raise his butcher knife against ordinary white civilians. This is why there are still nearly 800,000 white people in the Zhenxi Protectorate.
However, due to the long-term persecution and suppression of the Liang people by the white people of Gule Kingdom, the Liang people, who had turned the tables and became the masters, inevitably had some extreme behaviors. For example, in the first 46 cities occupied, hundreds of thousands of white people were almost wiped out by the Liang people.
But no matter what, the Zhenxi Protectorate also left a way out for ordinary white civilians, which led to the appearance of many white soldiers in the garrison troops formed by the Zhenxi Protectorate in various cities, and many of the white soldiers were captured officers and soldiers of the former Gule army.
Among the 4,000 tiger soldiers under Sun Hao's command, there are more than 1,000 white people. Except for white gladiators such as Harip and Pazi who have followed Sun Hao for a long time, the other white people who joined the tiger soldiers are basically fierce generals and soldiers captured from the former Gule army.
"Puff—" Harip chopped down a Wensu officer guarding the city with a single blow, then shouted, "Brothers, hold the city gates! The rest of our personal guards will be here soon!"
The attack by the Zhenxi Army was too sudden, and they attacked the weakly defended west gate. As a result, the Wensu defenders in Caishi City had no time to react.
The three thousand black armor cavalry, three thousand Beiwei cavalry, three thousand Hubao cavalry, three thousand Xiliang iron cavalry and two thousand wind, rain, thunder and lightning cavalry of the Zhenxi Army's personal guards, led by Lu Bu, Pan Feng and Yang Zaixing, rushed into the city of Cai Shi from the west gate.
Immediately afterwards, the 5,000 Wei Wu soldiers, 5,000 Qin elite soldiers and 5,000 vanguard soldiers of the Zhenxi Army, led by Wu Yunzhao and Wu Tianxi, broke into Caishi City.
Since the Wensu Kingdom lost 270,000 troops in the two coalition forces formed earlier, even though the garrison strength of Caishi City had been increased as much as possible, Caishi City now only had less than 30,000 Wensu troops.
After five "hundred-level" generals led 14,000 heavy cavalry and 15,000 heavy infantry into the city, the fate of Caishi City was already doomed.
In the end, most of the Wensu troops in Caishi City were killed in the battle, and the remaining approximately 8,000 people, led by a Wensu general, chose to lay down their arms.
After Cai Shi City was captured by the Zhenxi Army, the Zhenxi Army immediately divided its troops into several routes and launched a full-scale attack on all cities in the eastern region of Wensu State.
By the end of June in the 388th year of the Daliang calendar, the Zhenxi Army had already conquered 58 cities in the eastern part of Wensu State and was heading straight for the capital of Wensu State - Feicui City.
However, at this time, reinforcements from many countries in the Western Regions had already arrived in the Emerald City, including the 100,000 Parthian troops who were originally preparing to join the third coalition, as well as the 300,000 Cheshi troops and the 150,000 Puwan troops.
In a ducal mansion in Emerald City, Duke Aisaizi of Wensu State held a banquet and invited General Aonu of the Parthian Army, the famous general Tohedi of Cheshi State, General Dagati of the Puwan Army, and more than 20 other military generals from various countries in the Western Regions.
Duke Aisaizi raised his glass and said with emotion: "Thank you all for leading the troops to support our Wensu Kingdom.
If it weren't for the reinforcements from other countries, I'm afraid our Wensu Kingdom would have no choice but to temporarily abandon the Emerald City and withdraw the army to the western region to deal with the Liang army.
I'll drink this glass of wine, everyone please help yourself."
Although Emerald City is the capital of Wensu Kingdom and the most populous city in Wensu Kingdom, with a permanent population of over 400,000, the walls of Emerald City are not high, averaging less than five meters, making it easy to attack but difficult to defend.
In addition, the Wensu Kingdom lost a lot of soldiers in the process of defending the eastern region. Duke Aisezi barely assembled 100,000 Wensu troops in the Emerald City, most of whom were newly recruited soldiers who were temporarily recruited.
After everyone drank a glass of wine with Duke Aisaizi, the famous general of Cheshi, Tohedi, said, "Duke Aisaizi, there is no need to be polite. The Liang State that invaded the Western Regions is already the enemy of all the countries in the Western Regions.
The coalition has already gathered a million troops in Emerald City. Adding the troops from various countries that have arrived one after another, our total strength will reach over 1.5 million. They are all elite troops from various countries. We will definitely be able to defeat Liang's so-called "Zhenxi Army" and completely drive Liang's forces out of the Western Regions!
Tohedi's words were echoed by generals from other countries.
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