Chapter 90: Guishan's Attack
"Rules and order are very important, and force can solve everything!"
Longdu blew strong winds from the Central Plains, and the air seemed to carry the breath of bloody battle in Tongguan. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Liangzhou rained extensively in this autumn, this is the first time in many years in the rainy season of the Central Plains heavy rain, the last time there was such weather, is Ma Yue just crowned king.
The strong winds that crossed the border were blocked by the snow-capped mountains of the plateau, and it was no longer possible to move westward...... The snow-capped mountains can stop the strong winds, but they can't stop the galloping horses of the men of the Liang Kingdom.
The letter changed one mind after another, and the rider changed one post after another, and finally arrived in the westernmost part of the Great Liang Country...... In this forgotten place on the border of Kushan, in the middle of the tired rider's respectful hand, the Liangzhou lord and horse played with a gentle wave of his hand, and ordered his retinue to take the letter.
The general of Liangguo, Zhengxi, played with a wine glass made of delicate jade, and pulled the letter with a smile on his face.
It's been a long time since a letter came from Liangzhou, the road is far away, and Longdu has a big deal...... What is it that makes Lord Ryo-sama think of his childhood when he was on an expedition to a foreign country?
The life of Ma Yu in the past six months has been very easy, with rebels within Kushan and more enemies in the direction of the west, it seems that he only needs to stand still to watch an alien empire that was once as powerful as the Great Han fall apart...... Of course, General Ma will not sit idly by and watch such a great opportunity.
He didn't attack the Kushan again, after seizing their royal court in Lan City.
They experienced a brief truce in between, but were once again defeated by the Kushan's efforts to gather men and horses to the east.
So the horse play solved everything by force.
To be precise, Lan Clan City is not the royal court of the Kushan Empire, but the royal court of the Dayue clan, the predecessor of the Kushan Empire, who moved here in the west. In the early Han Dynasty, the Dayue clan was driven westward by the Huns, and Zhang Jian searched all the way west in order to find them.
In those years, they were allies of Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty and fought against the Xiongnu.
At first, Guishan was only one of the five tribes of the Dayue clan, and in the next three hundred years, it grew bigger and became a powerful country comparable to the Great Han.
Lan City is a symbol.
And now, this symbol has been planted with the flag of the Great Liang Kingdom.
It's not that Ma Yu doesn't want to march westward anymore, but both he and Su know very well that they can't march westward anymore...... They were already too far away from the Liang Kingdom, even if they conquered more land, they were unable to defend it, and once the Kushan organized troops to carry out the eastward crusade, if they could not be prepared, they were likely to be driven back to the other side of the snowy mountain.
Blocked by tall mountain ranges, it was questionable whether they would be able to escape before they reached the border crossing in Wusun.
This is the most meritorious expedition to the west in the Central Plains in the past 400 years, and this is the end.
However, Ma Wan did not lead his troops to retreat, but managed the land of the three counties that he had looted here, settled the people's livelihood, and even recruited troops from the locals, and recruited the best Kushan soldiers to build a 30,000-strong Kushan army to attack.
He didn't mean to use the Kushan to fight the Kushan, he had found a way to truly seek peace with the Kushan.
Emperor Guishan succumbed, so Ma Dong didn't mind helping him.
Although Kushan is now one of the world's leading powers, dominating the Mediterranean...... However, in the eyes of Ma Wan, Guishan is still just the weak Yi tribe who was beaten by the Huns and did not dare to take the lead, and even the emperor's head was made into a wine vessel...... Although Ma Wan now regards himself as a cool person everywhere, and does not forget to draw a line with the current imperial court, this does not mean that he does not recognize that his ancestors are Han, and even his veins are full of Han blood.
Just like Ma Yue said in his early years, they wore Hanfu, spoke Chinese, and became Han...... It's just that Ma Yu thinks that his old brother is more suitable to be the emperor than the little emperor in Luoyang.
Guishuang? Isn't it the same as the old Otsuki clan? They were beaten to the point of almost annihilation, and even the young and tough Emperor Xiaowu at that time was deeply shocked when he found out, and immediately sent Zhang Qian out: We must find these national brothers who share the same hatred and suffering, and pull them to fight the Huns with us.
As a result, they did not appreciate it, although the emperor forgave them and traded with them.
But in Ma Play's view, not every child with a blood feud can be as strong and brave as the Han people, it doesn't matter, but if they dare to shout at Liangguo, it's their fault.
Back then, the Dayue clan was unwilling to fight against the Xiongnu together, it didn't matter, our Han people fought against the most powerful Huns, and they didn't overturn the Huns in a heads-up in a heads-up, but they also beheaded them Shan Yu, and also avenged the Dayue clan. Later, the Western Regions were opened up, and you Dayue people were the second traders of the Silk Road, otherwise where would you be powerful?
But Ma Play also knows that this is a mutually beneficial thing, if the relationship between Guishan can be coordinated, the Silk Road will be fully opened in the future, not only a Western Regions, but also Guishan, Rest, and even another Rome that haunts the soul of King Liang, and the entire Silk Road will exude the glory of two hundred years!
Therefore, after the peace talks between the Dayue clan, Ma Wan used the Kushan to enter the territory of Kushan from the elite army of the attacking army and the Western Regions, showing the powerful military power of the empire in the far east and intimidating the four empires.
In the eighth month of the Liang Kingdom's war, the Sabbatarians evacuated the western border of Kushan and retreated to the Mediterranean.
Because there was also a rebellion within the Sabbations, a new and powerful dynasty rose from the ruins of the old empire, and Ardashir, the governor of Fars, raised a large banner to create a rebellion against the Sabbations, and for a time the flag was raised everywhere.
Farther west, Rome was also mired in a century-long period of chaos.
In the third century AD, the Han Dynasty entered the Three Kingdoms War, the Kushan Empire fell apart, the Anxi Empire continued to rebel, and the Roman emperor was assassinated and fell into a hundred years of chaos.
The four mighty empires of this era collapsed in the third century AD, like the twilight of the gods.
Perhaps this is the power of the times.
"A bunch of bastards!"
After a cursory glance at the letter, Ma Yu's smiling face changed color, slapped his palm on top of several cases, and got up and paced in the house.
This is indeed a mansion, but there is no hall, this is the city lord's mansion of Lan Clan City.
The letter clearly states that Liangguo and Jiangdong fought in Xuzhou, Youzhou Liu He attacked Jizhou, the imperial court took advantage of the situation to enter Tongguan, and Huaxiong died in battle...... Ma Yue told him not to go back, and to build a country in the west.
He understands very well what his old brother's words mean, Ma Yue is not sure of winning this war!
The Western Regions Expeditionary Force was mobilized, and it was too late to return to Liangguo at this time, and Ma Yue didn't want him to see Longdu with the enemy's flag hanging after he returned, so he asked him not to go back.
This is the founding of the country, what man does not want to build the country?
Horses don't want to play!
"The capital of the Western Regions, the three counties and the Western Regions, will be handed over to you." Su Ze, who was in charge of recruiting troops outside the Lan Clan, came to him, and as soon as they met, he said such a sentence, which blinded Su Ze, and the joyful smile on his face was stunned, and asked, "Is this ...... Why is that? ”
At present, the two of them in Guishan's business can be described as a very good, the three counties with the Liangguo Taishou model, for the selected local Taishou to set rules, through unified management soon to gain a firm foothold in this land.
The recruitment of Guishan from the attacking army has also been carried out in an orderly manner, and the quality of the soldiers of the Dayue clan is actually not inferior to that of the Han people or even to the people of Liangzhou...... The land has also been in turmoil, and the Kushans once swept through Central Asia more than a hundred years ago.
What they lack is good generals and the use of military strategy.
And the people of Liangzhou came here, recruited the exiled warriors of the Dayue clan, formed a new army, and raised 100,000 soldiers in the land of the three counties and even had some surplus, the reason was that Guishan was too rich.
This country is located between the Han Dynasty and Rome, guarding the best trade routes of the Silk Road, and its culture and economy have developed to its peak.
This Guishan, which numbered more than 30,000 people, used all the methods of the attacking army, and the horse play was based on the Liangwang Armored Army, eating four meals a day, and the training was also only important.
Compared to the real Liang Wang Armor Army, the gap between these people and the real Liang Wang Armor Army is constantly narrowing, although this shrinking time is slowly getting shorter, but one day they will become the elite of the Liang King Armor.
However, after six months of forming the army, the exiled samurai of the Otsuki clan have undergone earth-shaking changes, they are already proficient in bowing horses, and are good at using Qimen weapons that do not exist in the Central Plains, such as maces, after experiencing four meals a day for six months and the nutrition of camel milk and mare's milk, everyone's figure has become bulging and full of strength.
And their 100,000 Western Regions Expeditionary Force, although it has now been reduced by as many as 20,000 troops, still maintains an astonishing combat effectiveness, far exceeding the rabble that hastily applied for conscription back then.
In Su Ze's opinion, the force he and Ma Play now have in their hands can be compared to a powerful prince in the chaotic Central Plains!
"Longdu sent a letter asking me to go back." Ma Play didn't say much to Su Ze, he didn't want the news of the Central Plains chaos to spread in the Western Regions, but Ma Play still pretended to be relaxed and smiled at Su Ze: "His Royal Highness King Liang wants me to meet Sun Jian of Jiangdong for a while on his behalf...... It's probably going to be a decisive battle, and I don't want to miss it! ”
It's really going to be a decisive battle, but this battle is not a confrontation between several states and regions...... The outcome is worrying.
For seven days in a row, the general played in Lan City to prepare troops and horses and gather his subordinates. Guishuang's hometown was boiling, and countless wandering warriors of the Otsuki clan followed General Ma's call to bring their own horses to Lan Clan City.
Follow the Han people to have food, and it is a lot of rice, which has become the consensus of the wandering warriors of these chaotic countries.
No one cares where they go, no matter who they stay in Kushan to be loyal to, they are fighting for someone else...... And to help General Ma, will eat better.
More importantly, General Ma had no intention of making enemies with Kushan, and even helped them defeat the Sabbatarians in the west.
This proves General Ma's sincerity.
When Ma Yu left, Su stood on the stone castle of the Lan Clan, which still had the remnants of Roman architecture, and looked east, and the 50,000 Guishan had traveled from the far distance of the attacking army...... It seems to be telling the world that the Great Liang Expedition to the West General Horse Play will lead more fierce war clouds to the Central Plains!