When Ma Yue went on an expedition to the east, he handed over the military and political power of Longdu to Ma Wan and Cheng Li respectively, and the two of them were in charge of the 7,000 miles of land in Liangguo.

Therefore, the threat of Ma Play to the envoys of the Kushan Empire is equivalent to the threat of the Liang Kingdom to the Kushan.

A light and fluttering threat once again pushed Liang Guo into the situation of foreign war, but none of the Liang Guo generals were timid or worried, even in the current situation of the martial arts world, still no one questioned the decision of Ma Wan.

The prestige of horse play is too great. In the eleventh year, he subdued the 27 countries of the Western Regions, pushed the territory of the Liang Kingdom to the west of the world, and reopened the trade routes of the Western Regions...... When it comes to his understanding of the Western Regions, he is a well-deserved person in the Liang Kingdom.

"Uncle, do you really want to go to war with Guishan?" Ma Qing couldn't sit still, and the pleasure of the first decision had long been swallowed up by the tension in his heart before the war came. I thought that the horse play was just to scare and scare the Guishan envoy, like this kind of envoy from the Western Regions usually can't be easily killed even if it is a small country, not to mention listening to the previous Guishan envoy's wild words, '5 million households, 200,000 soldiers' That is no less than the whole territory of the Liang country, how can the Liang country provoke such a powerful enemy in the Far West before the Liang country is about to start a big war in the north? Ma Qing hurriedly got up and said to Ma Dong: "Uncle, this battle cannot be started, and the messenger cannot be killed!" ”

Cheng Li's face was hesitant, and he didn't feel right in his heart, but he thought that he didn't know the situation in the Western Regions without playing with horses, so he just kept silent.

At this time, if Ma Wan insists on raising troops, I am afraid that the only people in the whole Liang Kingdom can persuade him to be the King of Liang who is far away in Jizhou and His Royal Highness the Prince of Liang now.

Although Ma Wan was very angry, he still had great affection and love for Ma Qing, and immediately waved his hand and ordered the soldiers to take the Guishan envoy down, and closed the door before he sat down and said to Ma Qing: "Qing'er, the situation in the Western Regions is complicated, don't be impatient, Ma Mou is convenient for you to explain the situation, and then make a decision." ”

As he spoke, Ma Wan had already ordered his relatives to return to his house to get a topographic map of the Western Regions, and Ma Wan introduced the situation of the Western Regions to everyone in the hall, "The twenty-seven countries of the Western Regions surrender to my Daliang, I think you all know something. And Guishan does not belong to the twenty-seven countries, because of its topography and the twenty-seven countries have dangerous mountains, soldiers and horses are difficult to cross, so Ma stopped the journey of the year. ”

There is the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the south of Liangzhou, the population is sparse on the high mountains, most of them are called Qinghai Qiang, and they have not yet returned to the Han Dynasty or the Liang Kingdom, and they only occasionally go down the mountains to trade with each other.

"The Guishan were once known as the Great Yue Clan, and they once ruled the land that we are now trampling on, and that was in the pre-Qin period, when they were powerful and fierce opponents of the northern overlords, the Huns. After being defeated by the Xiongnu, Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty ordered Zhang Qian to send an envoy to the Western Regions, in order to find an alliance with the Dayue clan who fled from the northwest to fight against the Xiongnu. At that time, the Da Yue clan was divided into five marquis: Xiumi, Shuangmi, Guishuang, Fatton, and Dumi. Ma Wan sat in the hall and told everyone about the history of Guishan at a slow speed, with glory and loneliness, "The people of the Dayue clan were defeated by the Xiongnu, fled to the west of the Western Regions, defeated the Great Xia Kingdom, and survived and developed in the homeland of the Great Xia Kingdom. ”

In the eleventh year of the journey, Ma Wan has spent half of his life dealing with the countries of the Western Regions, and he has a lot of treasures about the history of these countries.

"Among the five tribes of the Later Great Moon Clan, the Kushan was the dominant one, and gradually conquered all the tribes and established the current Kushan Empire. In its heyday, according to the words of the correspondents, Guishan was likely to be a little stronger than the Han Dynasty. As he spoke, the entourage galloped horses to send the topographic map of the Western Regions to the mansion, and the horse played in front of everyone. This topographic map of the Western Regions was made by Ma Yue when he was in the Western Regions, using the mapping method used by Ma Yue, marking the height of the mountains and rivers, the depth of the rivers, and the cities and kingdoms are lifelike.

"There are prosperity and decline, that is, there is luck. Just as my Han Dynasty has experienced natural disasters and man-made disasters that have led to disputes among princes. "In fact, Ma Play has not called the three words 'I Dahan' for a long time, since the Liangguo country, they have been changing the influence of the Han on the land of Liangzhou, and they have always regarded themselves as Liangguo people. But in today's situation, how can they abandon each other who once shed their blood for the big man? "After the Kushan Empire experienced three hundred years of prosperity, it had already shown its decline before Ma went to the Western Regions, first the countries of the Western Regions that surrendered to Guishan have become self-reliant, and then surrendered to my Daliang, and some small countries in the west have also become self-reliant, and signs of decay have appeared."

"And now, there is a country to the west of Kushan, and the decaying rest has brought a powerful rebel army, and the rebel army called Sasan is expanding, encroaching on the eastern and western lands, and also burning the war on the head of Kushan." Ma Yao smiled slyly, pointed to the vast territory on the map in the southwest of the Western Regions, and said: "The once powerful Guishan is facing the danger of being torn apart, this is our opportunity for the Liang Kingdom!" There were indeed 5 million households in Kushan, and there were indeed 200,000 or more victorious soldiers. ”

"But they can't all push to the northern battlefield to confront our forces, and at this time, Guishan will not be stupid enough to offend an enemy like us in the outside world." Ma Wan was laughing, and was suddenly interrupted by Cheng Li and said: "But the situation in our Liangguo is also somewhat similar, but we are on the offensive and Guishan is on the defensive." Then what good do we do if we offend a country like Kushan, which has five million households, except for being quick for a while? ”

Indeed, a declining nation, even if it is now under attack, cannot ignore the fact that it was once strong. Just like the Great Han, after nearly twenty years of chaos, it is not the same as the Liang Kingdom that has grown from the old body, and is even a few points stronger than the former Great Han in terms of technology for strong soldiers and horses.

"Old man Cheng, don't worry, listen to what he said slowly. When he was in the Western Regions, he fought a few small battles with the border army of Guishan, and the border over there couldn't afford to fight big battles, all because of this big snowy mountain! Ma Yu pointed to the Himalayas and said: "Kunlun is six thousand miles, this mountain is more prosperous than Kunlun, and it is isolated in the border between Daguishan and my Daliang, and there are these two snowy mountains separating each other, so it is determined that it is difficult for both the army of Liangguo and the army of Kushan to pass without being ambushed." So we don't have to worry too much. ”

"On the other hand, Mr. Cheng asked Ma, what can we get and get the hearts of the people!" Ma Wan raised his finger to the sky and froze for a moment, and said confidently: "What is the reason why Ma Mou wants to start a war with Guishan, the reason is not that his Guishan envoy injured the orphan of the Jiang family, but because he killed my Daliang people, who died?" He is a servant on the Zhuangzi outside the city of Jiang Langjun. This reflects that no matter what status, as long as my Daliang people can be protected, maybe there are wealthy families and noble relatives within the borders. But whether it is a noble relative or a Qiantou, to a foreigner, they are all people of the Heavenly Empire! ”

"Chen Tang has a cloud, and those who commit strong men will be punished even if they are far away! Why, is it only the big man who is strong? I'm so cool...... Isn't it strong? Ma Yu smiled and opened his arms, his eyes widened and looked at everyone one by one, especially when he saw Ma Qing, he raised his eyebrows, that look was simply a virtue with the horse before the expedition to the Western Regions. used to wander the world like the prodigal son of the floating clouds, but now he is even more vigorous, and he actually treats the great power game as a street fight and squeezes his eyebrows and says: "Qing'er must remember that between countries, if I am weak, I must reason with others and convince others." If I'm strong...... Of course, it is also necessary to be reasonable. ”

Ma Qing wondered, reasonable? What kind of reasoning are you talking about? I couldn't help asking, "Uncle, this is just reasoning...... Why did you still order the capital of the Western Regions to protect the borders of Su Zechen and Guishan? You also said that the snow-capped mountain on the Kushan border is more prosperous than the Kunlun Mountain, so why should you make the sergeant suffer so much? ”

"Yes, this is the way to reason should also become different with strength, first send troops, and then reason." Ma Yu stood on the map and stretched out his hand in a circle and said: "There are two meanings of sending troops, one is to let the people know that all the people of my Liang country will die in vain at the hands of a foreign country, and my Liang country will also fight with the enemy to the end!" Let the people be proud of my Daliang people, not only the hearts of the people, but also affect the morale of the army, so that the sergeants will have more pride and be not afraid of the former enemy! Second, to make the countries of the Western Regions envious and fearful, didn't His Royal Highness King Liang say before that the strength of my Liang country lies in the strength of the army, and the weakness of my Liang country lies in the lack of people and land? I pondered, if there are more people in Liangguo, the way to snatch is still too slow, and it must make people want to be strong! ”

"Let's ask, if all the countries in the Western Regions envy the people of Liangguo, there are still too many kingdoms in the Western Regions, and even if they surrender, it is only because of the strength of Liangguo. Therefore if you want to weaken them, you must make their people abandon their homeland and run to the cold, what kind of situation do you not want to see? Ma jokingly raised his hand and said proudly: "Don't worry, when Ma returns, I will order all the princes to say with their own eyes, and the officials and people of the Western Regions will all come to Longdu and rush to go!" ”

"Therefore!" As he spoke, Ma Yu sat on the topographic map of the Western Regions, slapped his palm on the vast territory of the Kushan Empire, raised his head and said to everyone: "Because the people of my Liang Kingdom were killed by the envoys of Guishan, and the order of His Royal Highness King Liang, Ma will conquer the Western Regions again, and collect Guishan to be soft, so that he can send the royal family as a hostage and pay tribute every year...... The king wrote an apology for the people of the Liang country who died in vain, and offered a gift of 100 gold. ”

Saying that, Ma Yu said to Cheng Liji: "Cheng Gong, how can this matter spread all over the Liang Kingdom, and even spread to the Western Regions and even the Central Plains, please ask your old man's Wood Chopping Courtyard, the more people who know, the more beneficial Ma's expedition will be to the Liang Kingdom!" ”

"Alas......" Cheng Li sighed, this eventful horse play has to rejuvenate the army, some of which caught his old man off guard, but the reason for horse play is very sufficient, so he has nowhere to refute, so he has to ask: "How does General Ma plan to inform King Liang, how to mobilize soldiers and horses, consume money and food, how to report?" ”

The horse got up, and the entourage cleaned up the topographical map, and said after a moment of silence: "The general of Zhengxi is playing with horses, because the people of Liangguo were harmed by the Guishan envoys, so he set up a 500-hundred-person army to expedition to the Western Regions, and will return in two years at the latest, so His Majesty King Wangliang should not worry." ”

Five hundred soldiers, expedition to the Western Regions?