Sweep the World

The valiant person is also the brave and daring person.

When Li Kuang led the first batch of folk xiaoguo on the journey to the Western Regions, the season had already reached the end of the spring of the new year. They marched at this season, naturally because there was no rain in the northwest this year, and it would not be the kind of suffering in the continuous rainy season of late spring and autumn, but also because it did not rain to set off as soon as possible.

In the new year, the northwest has only a few days of rain in the first ten days of spring. Except for the heavy rain at the beginning, the next few days will be hazy and drizzle, which actually did not alleviate the drought. Then the brave and brave warriors in the northwest are moved out of the northwest as soon as possible to reduce the possibility of turmoil. Where to go.

"General Hussar is in the northwest to deter Xiaoxiao, and the chaos in the northwest is contained." Ji Chang is the prime minister. Before the military and government are completely separated, he has to take care of everything that belongs to him, and he reports to Liu Yan: "Li Kuang's department opened the Bailongdui. After going, the Western Region Allied Forces stayed in Bailongdui and there was no change. The Taiwei Department speculated that the battlefield would be around Pu Changhai."

The Western Regions are not a region with many water systems, and it can even be said that there is a shortage of water sources. Puchanghai is considered to be the place with the most rivers. The reason why the Western Region coalition forces set the east of Puchanghai as a battlefield is not difficult to speculate. It is nothing more than waiting for work and having sufficient water sources. In the past, the Han people must compete for water sources, which means that the initiative of the war is controlled by the Western Region coalition forces.

"The coalition forces built a dam on the river to cut off the eastward water of the Puchang Sea. Our army will face a dilemma of water shortage when marching to the east of the Puchang Sea." Xu was standing next to a suspended map of mountains and rivers, pointing to the map and Liu Yan introduced: "Here is our army's last water replenishment. The army is fully prepared to store water for half a month."

The larger the army, the more water will be consumed. Although various tools can be used to store water in advance, the water is not that easy to store. Whether it’s in pottery or wooden barrels, once the water is stored for a long time, it will grow moss. Then there are some other reasons that make the water no longer edible.

Li Kuang led his troops close to the station of the Western Region coalition forces stationed around Puchanghai. It is impossible to set up the camp too close. It must set aside a certain battlefield. Furthermore, it is not possible to set up camps anywhere. The hub is actually not very good. Predict what the situation will be.

The people of the Western Regions have already known about the clearing of the wall. They also know that most of the migrating tribes are concentrated in the Bailongdui. There are also a large number of Westerners who have seen the Qiuci people offer a bid to the Han people to go to the Bailongdui. , So that the coalition forces, which originally had only three to four thousand, rapidly expanded, and became known as a hundred thousand troops.

The price offered by the Kucha people is very exciting. If you use copper coins to convert, an ordinary Han can get one thousand copper coins from the Kucha people, and the heads of the Han soldiers are worth 5,000 copper coins, which is subdivided. The price of the army chief, the chief officer, the chief officer of the army, the army officer, and the lieutenant of the school lieutenant, and the price for Li Kuang, the general, was as much as one million copper.

If you talk about national justice to the people of the Western Regions, all the people of the Western Regions will sneer, but if there is a bounty, then there is nothing to say. There are too many ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and wars and vendettas are happening every day. Because there are many small countries without strong regimes, there are really not too many desperadoes. Even the countries in the Western Regions have the habit of raising horses and demanding money without life. There are too many.

"Hundred thousand?" Liu Yan returned to his seat and sat down, and said slowly, "Kuchi?"

To say that there are 100,000 coalition forces in the Western Regions, Liu Yan actually doesn't believe it. He doesn’t know how many people there are in the Western Regions, and guesses at most about one million people. This time the mobilization is only Shanshan, Qiemo, Jingjue... Wait for the Western Region countries that are close to the east, even if there are Western Region powers. One of the people from Qiuci came out and recruited troops. Could it be that one of the ten Western Regions went to Bailongdui?

With a total of one million people, it is impossible for everyone to be a young man who can fight, do you want the elderly, children, and women? Using data to make inferences, one million young people from the Western Regions can have more than 150,000, and one-third of the Western Regions all went to Bailongdui. It was a joke to listen to.

"It's called it, it doesn't count." Xu Zheng also laughed, but then said: "But since Qiuci can pay to hire people from the Western Regions, will it also pay to hire people or troops to the west?"

It seems...is there such a possibility?

In Zhuxia civilization, the army is the country's important weapon. Ministers and important generals cannot be transferred privately. It is even more absurd to send troops to fight in foreign countries out of the temptation of wealth. It is not as many countries as Zhuxia civilization!

There are not many countries from the Western Regions to the west. Those who can be counted include small countries such as Kangju, Amcai, Su Ge, and Tuoli, and more to the west are large countries such as Yueban and Hunite.

A small country in the Western Regions can be called a country with a small number of thousands of people. A medium-sized country is between 10,000 and 300,000. A large country in the Western Region with a population of more than 50,000, such as Cheshi, Qiuci, Khotan, and Shule. A population of more than 100,000 is considered a superpower in the eyes of many small countries.

Therefore, the Western Regions people’s method of identifying the strong is very simple. Whoever can pull out as many troops, no matter how strong, will have the Han empire. The military alone can pull out thirty thousand (Li Guangli's battle in Dawan) , Or tens of thousands of miles to attack the Western Regions, the people of the Western Regions at that time were really scared to pee.

Lord of heaven, 30,000 troops alone are equivalent to the population of about 30 small countries, and an expeditionary force alone is equivalent to the population of a medium-sized country, so what a behemoth should the Han Empire be?

What area you live in and what the country you are in will give people a way of thinking about survival. The people of the Western Regions were trapped in the middle of the big powers. They were either bullied by the Huns, or the Hans came to establish a management system. After the Huns and Hans disappeared, someone from the west would come. Sometimes, Ah San will come to join in the fun, and form the habit of serving the strong for the Western Regions people.

There is no doubt that compared to the Wusun people who have not fallen, the Cheshi people who have been immortal for a long time, the Shule people who are busy with the plateau people, and the extremely wealthy and active Qiuc people are now the overlords of the Western Regions.

"So the Kucha people are very appealing in the Western Regions?" Liu Yan has never put a certain country in the Western Regions in his eyes. No matter what country is really vulnerable. What he was curious about was: "The friendship between the Kuucians and the many countries in the west is so good that they can hire regular troops?"

It is just a speculation that the army of the great power hired by Qiuci to resist the Han people's westward advance, there is no evidence that can be taken, and no relevant information has been obtained for the time being, it is speculation based on the number of coalition forces gathered in the Bailongdui.

In fact, Han is not without an intelligence system for the Western Regions. Since Han is going to start with the Western Regions, it will naturally not forget the procedure of conducting various intelligence collections in advance. Furthermore, Zhang's Liang Kingdom had originally made various arrangements for the Western Regions.

This time, Liu Yan had to act on the Western Regions. As a result, the "first move" had not been properly handled, and it was considered an unexpected action.

It turns out that the intelligence system belonging to Zhang’s Liang Kingdom has been taken over by Han. The problem is that the Northwest is not strong in the ownership of Han, which leads to Han’s not knowing whether the spies who originally belonged to Zhang’s Liang Kingdom should send back information. letter.

Under the premise of unreliable intelligence, the correct way is to ignore the intelligence and take the commander's own operation as the standard. The rear center gives the frontline generals the greatest autonomy, waiting for harvest, or getting help and reinforcement.

Isn’t that the case with superpowers? If you can afford to lose, it's not a problem to lose once or twice, and you won't necessarily lose. This time to enter the Western Regions, the tendency to stop losses far exceeds military considerations. As long as the contradictions can be vented, it is actually a success.

"Killing the enemy is also a military exploit. Not only the people in the northwestern counties, but also the people from other places." Ji Chang is actually repulsive to this. However, under the needs of the general environment, he can't speak any opposition: "Thank you. Ai reported that there are more than 200,000 people in Juyangguan."

Liu Yan's generosity this time is unprecedented in more than a decade. The government provided the greatest convenience and help to the people who started to travel to the Western Regions. To kill the Western Regions, they can rely on the first level of merit, and the capture of the Western Regions can also be sold to the government for money and seized. It is definitely the first time that it happened in Zhuxia civilization.

It is a big temptation to exchange military merits with foreign heads. Not to mention that there are various ways to make money. The crowds all over the country who think they are walking away eagerly become a torrent.

"Han people never shy away from their desire to make meritorious deeds. The same is true if money and other things are not involved in illegal activities." Liu Yan is still very contented. People who have the ability to go abroad to make money will reduce the number of people in China who will have troubles. If he gets rich, he will return to the country for consumption: "Blood men venting outside the territory is better than fighting blood."

Not all people who go out can make contributions and make a fortune. There will definitely be many people buried in foreign land. There is really nothing to say about this.

The Han people are not as the later generations talk about the lack of adventurous spirit at the beginning, but the government has repeatedly restricted the adventurous spirit. Liu Yan didn't want to close the door to guard the foundation of the dynasty and remove various restrictions. What he has to do is to encourage the Han people to go out. Explore and adventure, and everything you get is in the pot.

"The big man should not stand still, nor should he think that the Central Plains is the world." Liu Yan also knows that it is not enough if the high-level officials have enough knowledge, and the whole people have a clear understanding: "The official saying is unfounded. Xiaoguo will be known to the people when it comes out of a foreign land."

To put it bluntly, if there are any benefits, don't pull it all out to the official. Development should be a benefit for those who have the courage to outsiders. It’s not that the dynasties and dynasties are not doing nothing to open up the territory, but all the benefits are occupied by the emperor or the government. The people only pay and sacrifice without the slightest benefit, then the expansion will be disgusted by the people.

"The Western Regions are like the South (Central South) Peninsula." Liu Yan said with a smile: "The two places are the starting point for the Han people to perceive the world."

This time the Xiaochao’s discussion of the Western Regions quickly ended, and the final conclusion was that after Li Kuang’s immediate information, he switched the topic to the Pingman Captain's Department.

Last year, Huan Wen had already made a detailed report to the center that the entire southern part of the Gupta dynasty was mobilizing for the war, and many younger brothers wanted to do something against the Pingman Captain.

The Gupta dynasty, which was mobilizing in the south, showed the background that a regional hegemony should have. The number of troops recruited depends on the population. The speed of launching battleships reflects the industrial strength of a country. How many younger brothers are willing to be pulled into the chariot It belongs to the scope of influence.

"Asan recently mobilized 300,000 people. And this is only the southern mobilization." Xu Zheng is quite surprised that the Gupta Dynasty has such a background, but that is the number of people mobilized within a year, and there must be follow-ups. He pointed to the location of Cutak at the newly-replaced map of mountains and rivers: "After this year, ships are being added here every day."

The Guishuang dynasty was not in charge of Asan. The problem was that the navy of the Guishuang dynasty was controlled by Asan. Since the Guishuang Dynasty, Asan’s figure has been flooded with Asan, and even the islands of South Asia are also indispensable for Asan. They have been playing happily in Asanyang for hundreds of years. Let’s talk about the sailing skills of all countries in the world today. The most developed is really Asan.

"It is reported that the Asan navy of Cutak alone has reached a thousand ships. Cutak has such a large number of warships, and the big man has to be cautious." Xu Zheng did not hide his fear: "The big man has repeatedly and Asan. The advantage of sea clash ~www.wuxiamtl.com~ is that the ship is sharp, and the method of naval battle is much inferior to that of Asan."

The Han National Navy stationed in the Pingman Captain's Headquarters has also been increasing. Excluding the system warships, the number of large and small warships has reached more than 600, but the combat effectiveness is really not easy to say.

The naval battle between the Han and the Gupta dynasty, unless the weather is bad, would be held in many different places every day. The Han Chinese Navy accumulated experience in naval battles in the battle with the Gupta Navy, while the Gupta dynasty used observations during the war to learn from the Han's warships to improve its combat ships.

The most obvious example is that Sanmen found that the layout of the bed and crossbows of the Han army's warships was very scientific. Later, they followed the same pattern to build warships with the same layout, and more warships were undergoing similar modifications.

"Mutual progress is inevitable." Liu Yan said that the layout of the warship's attack weapons is so obvious. Ships will be captured in battle. At present, warships do not have any technological locks, so it is really not too difficult to imitate. He asked: "The land situation?"

Xu Zheng had to change the map of mountains and rivers. He pointed to the area marked as Piaoguo on the map, and said: "The enemy is using this small state as a base for troops. The front of the army has been close to 30% from the Pingman Captain's Headquarters recently. inside."

There is a primitive appearance of more than two hundred miles between Pingman's Colony and Piao State. Not only is the coalition led by Gupado advancing, the Han army also continuously deploys defense depth to Piao State.

The primitive dense forests and mountainous areas are not so good. Obviously, both sides have been fighting for nearly a year, but the actual confrontation in that area is still a recent event. Most of the scouts on both sides suddenly encountered fierce battles.

Now that the trial operations of the small stocks have taken place, it is not far from the outbreak of the war.

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