Chapter 203: The Worried Western Regions
Especially in this plan, there are still large sums of money.
The poor and crazy court is now counting on the gold sent by Ju Yan to Chang'an every month to subsidize the finances!
When Chang Hui heard this, he had no choice but to bow his head and say, "No! ”
Although there is some distress in my heart, my arms can't reach my thighs in the end.
Zhang Anshi looked at the expressions of Chang Hui and the others, and knew that he couldn't let them be too depressed, and he still had to give them some confidence, so he said: "The general doesn't have to be discouraged!" ”
"Believe me......" Zhang Anshi grinned: "With the war, the Silk Road will only be more prosperous!" ”
War, but it is a monster of gold.
Especially for the battle of a kingdom like Dawan, the Huns and Wusun will only need more when the time comes.
It's just that the goods have to be replaced.
From wool and silk, it was replaced with medicinal herbs, grain, salt, and carts.
These things, Zhang Anshi is already planning to open.
Make a good wave of war money, and let the Huns and Wusun people work for him.
But on the other hand, Zhang Anshi was not idle.
As early as April, he began to expand the size of the Eagle Brigade.
From the entire four counties of Hexi, warriors and brave men were selected, so that the scale of the Eagle Yang Brigade expanded from 1,500 cavalry to 3,000 cavalry, which was fully doubled.
After two months of training and joint training, the combat effectiveness of the Hexi Army gradually took shape.
So, last month, he ordered again to expand the number of knights, expanding its size from 3,000 to 6,000.
Six thousand Northland knights, it seems like a few.
But in Zhang Anshi's view, it is enough to dominate a large-scale battle and decide its victory.
There is no way, the Hexi cavalry is ahead of this era in terms of quality, tactics, and equipment.
and the Xiongnu, Wusun, and Dawan, directly opened the generation gap.
The Hexi cavalry compared with the Hun cavalry is like a tank in World War I and a tank in World War II.
Not a class at all.
His Hexi cavalry, under his orders, quietly entered the field between Juyan and Junji Mountain to train and train.
Sharpening the knife Huo Huo, at any time under his order, he will go out of residence and extend to the Western Regions, picking the fruits of the Xiongnu and Wusun.
Now, everything he showed in Juyan was actually a disguise, and he was paralyzing the Huns and Wusun.
Let them rest assured and boldly go to Dawan to fight!
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Shule grassland.
Allied forces from the countries of the Western Regions have gathered here.
Shache, Che Master, Dangerous Beard, Yan Luxu, and the End, Exquisite, Gu Zang...... Dozens of royal flags gathered here.
More than 100,000 troops, hoarded here.
The Western Regions Alliance Army is already sharpening its knives, ready to follow the footsteps of the Huns and enter the territory of Dawan at any time.
Burn, kill, and plunder, and turn that rich and beautiful kingdom into purgatory on earth.
Keep their wealth, their women, their slaves for themselves!
Li Ling rode on a horse, surrounded by the kings of all countries, looking at the prosperous military appearance on the grassland, he was full of spirit, invincible, and said proudly: "With this heroic army, it will be like March to die!" ”
The kings nodded their heads when they heard this, and they thought so!
The army gathered here is the essence of more than 30 countries in the Western Regions.
Under the trend of Dawan's wealth, and inspired by the promise of the Huns that 'if there is any gain, the Huns will not take a penny', the countries of the Western Regions did not choose to disobey the yang and the yin as before, but did everything they could to participate in the war of the Huns.
For Dawan, few of them take it to heart.
In the eyes of most people, the Dawan people only rely on the protection of the Han Dynasty to survive to this day.
Now, their dad has abandoned them.
These white-skinned, black-haired, brown-eyed, high-nosed guys should be beaten and educated from the Western Regions Kingdom.
Li Ling looked at the expressions of the kings of various countries, so he added fuel to the fire and encouraged them, saying: "I heard that the nobles of Dawan have a custom that they will send their maidservants to show their husbands before marriage, and marry them if they can!" ”
"And like a woman, fierce and spicy, tall, different from others......"
"I really want to try the taste of these noble ladies who used to be able to step on their feet and send them......" he licked his tongue as he spoke.
When the kings of all countries listened, their hearts were surging.
Just thinking that he would soon be able to conquer one tall, more beautiful, and prouder lady after another, he could no longer help himself.
So, they all asked Li Ling: "General, when will we start attacking?" ”
In the past, these monarchs were still very jealous and delayed Li Ling's request to attack, but now, they all asked for war.
Because, from the Tianshan Mountain, the general of the Han Dynasty, Chiyou, was hunting and frolicking with his subordinates every day.
His army, all in its place, had no vision.
What reassured them even more was that according to the reports of Hu merchants who returned from Yumen and other places, the Han Dynasty was transporting large quantities of grain to Quli and other places, ready to sell them to the countries of the Western Regions.
This shows that the general Chiyou of the Han Dynasty really gave up on Dawan.
He was even happy to see the nations teach, flog, and even perish.
Since the people of the Han Dynasty are like this, then they have no scruples.
In their opinion, Dawan is already the meat in their mouths!
Li Ling listened, smiled and said, "It's soon, it's soon......"
"As soon as the Wusun people make a move, after attracting the Wanren forces in Yuchengcheng, we will do it immediately!"
"Within three days, take Yu Chengcheng and open the road!" He said smugly: "Destroy Dawan in three months, and then before the winter, we can come back with wealth, beauties, and slaves to spend the winter!" ”
The Hindu Kush mountain range, winding and stretching into the distance.
Rolling water, rushing to the west, flowing to the unknowable distance.
On the banks of the river, a majestic city of wonder in this area has sprung up.
It is in the whole of South Asia and Central Asia today, it is famous, known as the 'mother of ten thousand cities' Bozhi (Greek Bactria), Han called the city of the blue city.
Bactria, the capital of Alexandria.
Han is known as the exotic capital of Bactria .
Now, it has been a full thirty-five years since the Han envoy Zhang Qian traveled tens of thousands of miles to arrive in Blue City.
Thirty-five years later, the Han envoy who had been in this city and talked and laughed with the monarchs and ministers of Daxia had passed away, and his soul returned to his hometown in Hanzhong.
And the city he visited has also undergone earth-shaking changes, even changing the sky.
Great Xia ......
This dynasty, founded by the descendants of the Greek colonists, which once ruled the entire kingdom of Central and South Asia, has come to an end.
It perished at the hands of the Dayue clan, the target of Zhang Qian's envoy.
At the beginning, the nobles and citizens in the Blue City City had either been turned into a moon clan, or turned into dry bones underground.
The armies of the Macedonians were destroyed along with their kingdom.
The Hellenistic temples, councils, and town halls they had built were all pushed in.
Instead, there is a Buddhist temple that the Otsutsuki people believe in and believe in.
One relic stupa after another has risen one after another in the past 30 years.
Buddhist temples are standing one after another.
Nearly 400 years after Shakyamuni attained Nirvana, Buddhism founded by him was brought to the confluence of this watering by a people from the East, and became the state religion of this emerging power in Central Asia.
And with the hooves of the Yueshi people, it will radiate to the surrounding area.
At this moment, in the original Great Xia Palace, the five Yue Clans gathered together, like the stars and the moon, surrounded by a young monk sitting on a futon.
Thirty-five years ago, when the Han envoy Zhang Qian arrived at the court of the Yue Clan.
At that time, the Yue people were still a united tribe.
But thirty-five years later, the king of the Yue clan has become a puppet with no title.
The originally unified Yue Clan has gradually split into five self-respecting tribes in the past thirty-five years.
These five eunuchs seized the authority that originally belonged to the king of the Yue clan.
Then, they joined forces to put the Yue Clan King under house arrest in this palace.
The contemporary king of the Yue clan, under their persecution, had no choice but to escape into Buddhism and become a monk to show that he would give up his secular power.
Wu Xi Hou is happy to give face, and whenever there is a major event, he will invite the king of the Yueshi family, who has become a monk, to come out as a witness.
Just like now.
The five departments of Guishuang, Shuangmi, Xiumi, Didun, and Dumi surround the king of the Yue clan who is dressed in a white-clothed monk's robe.
But that's all.
"Gaozhen!" Sitting on the left side, he suddenly asked, "Are there anything you want to call me back in such a hurry?" ”
"Dear Di Dun Hou ......" The name of the is the Shuangmi Hou Gaozhen who is responsible for staying in this blue city city, he bowed his head slightly, and said: "It's really urgent, I can't make the decision alone, and I can't solve it with my strength, so I have to send someone to urgently invite you back to ......."
Today's Yueshi ecology is relatively peculiar.
Although the five are independent, they often cooperate with each other.
Moreover, the relationship between the various ministries is very good, and the marriages between the five ministers are also very frequent.
Although there is friction, it is not big.
In comparison, now, there is a vast and boundless world in front of the Yueshi people waiting for them to conquer.
As a result, the various ministries began to expand and conquer one after another.
And the internal contradiction has no weight.
On the contrary, the ministries need to get what they need through marriage and trade.
Therefore, it is the honeymoon period of the five seasons of the Yueshi family.
They act together, forge ahead together, and divide their work.
With the Weishui basin as the core, it expands to the surrounding areas.
However, there is a place that the Yueshi people have never dared to approach!
That's the East!
The homeland of their ancestors, the royal court they once proudly owned.
As a result, Kangju was spared from invasion by the Yue, but on the condition that the Kangju people help them guard against enemies from the east, and at the same time allow Buddhist monks to enter Kangju to preach.
Under the hooves of the Yueshi people, the Kangju people agreed to these two conditions.
Shuangmi Yihou, named Gaozhen, took a deep breath, looked at his four colleagues, and said solemnly: "I got the news that something happened in the East!" ”
When the other four waited for the other four heard this, their eyes immediately widened, and a look called vigilance flashed in their blue pupils.
Orient......
Huns......
Wusun ......
Where their nightmares are, where their fears are!
Perhaps, most of the Yueshi people today have forgotten the circumstances of their ancestors when they fled from their homeland.
However, we will not forget!
The nobles of the Yue clan will not forget it!
It's just that the Yue's way of dealing with this biggest fear and nightmare in their hearts is a bit different.
They gave up fighting, resisting, and chose to escape.
Sixty or seventy years have passed since the westward migration.
In the past sixty or seventy years, the strength and strength of the Yueshi people have increased day by day.
But no one dared to take revenge on the east, and even the direction of their expansion tried to avoid the east.
So that at the beginning, when the Han envoy came, the Yueshi people at that time only chose warm hospitality and hospitality.
As for the alliance with the Han and the encirclement of the Xiongnu?
The people of the Yue clan didn't even dare to think about it.
Because, they know very well that if they go back, they will give away their heads.
They have been taken by the Huns with their dignity, personality. The backbone is all shattered!
Smashed to pieces, no longer able to come together.
Every Yueshi nobleman suffers from a severe phobia of the Huns.
The Xiongnu, in the hearts of the Yueshi people, are the same as natural enemies.
And the East, in their minds, is probably like the Shura Purgatory, a terrifying place all over the Heavenly Demons and Asuras.
"What's wrong with Dongfang......" After a long silence, the Guishuang Waiter Coronin, who was known for his bravery among the Five Waits, asked in a deep voice.
"Kangju people communicate ......" Gaozhen said solemnly: "Han broke with the Wan people and announced that they would give up the protection of the Wan people, so the Xiongnu and Wusun joined forces and were about to march westward ......"
"King Kangju sent an envoy to ask, how to deal with it?"
For a while, the entire palace was so quiet that you could even hear the sound of the waiters swallowing their saliva.
And the king of the Yue clan who was brought in as a witness almost couldn't even maintain a basic sitting posture.
Everyone was in a panic.
"Really?" Cronin took a deep breath and asked.
"It's been confirmed!" Gao Zhen said: "Maybe in a few days, the messenger from King Wan who came to ask for help will arrive!" ”
He looked at the other four and asked, "What should I do about this?" ”
"Shall we save or not?"
In fact, the Yue clan also has a bond and control over Dawan.
It's just that these things are well hidden by Dawan and Yue.
Outsiders know little about it, except for the top leaders of the two countries. For the Yue people, how much they fear the old enemy in the east, then, how carefully they lay out in Dawan.
Dawan is an early warning station and an outpost.
It closely monitors the activities of its enemies in the East, and has provided a steady stream of information to the Yueshi people over the past few decades.
After the Silk Road was unblocked, it provided a lot of wealth to the Yueshi people.
For decades, the Yueshi people have always received good news from Dawan.
Today, the Han and Huns fought again, tomorrow, the Xiongnu Shan Yu hung the point, the day after tomorrow, the Xiongnu Wusun broke up, and the day after tomorrow, the Huns threw away their dragon city nest.
But, as the news kept coming.
The thoughts of the Yueshi people gradually evolved from the joy at the beginning to a nightmare.
Because they soon found that if they continued to fight like this, if the Huns could not bear it, they were very likely to take the road and move westward like their ancestors.
Then, the terrifying, cruel and ferocious Huns will destroy and seize their cities, tribes, palaces, and temples like the legendary enemies of the Buddha.
As a result, the Yueshi people had to continue to strengthen their vigilance against the East.
Even painstakingly supported the existence of the Kangju people at the foot of the Green Ridge, hoping that when the Huns moved west, the Kangju people could become the second line of defense.
However, the Yueshi people couldn't think of it.
This day came so quickly!
And as soon as they came, two old enemies came together.
"Must be saved!" Gui Shuang waited for the urn of Ko Luoning and said angrily: "Dawan must be rescued at any cost!" ”
"Otherwise, ......" he looked at the others and said, "If the Great Wan is dead, then the entire Green Ridge will be wide open, and the Huns may cross the Green Ridge at any time and appear at our doorstep, and then they will find ......"
Croning said solemnly: "To the west of this green ridge, there are so many weak but rich tribes and countries, with such vast and fertile land and pastures......
"They won't let it go, they will definitely come!"
"At that time, if you want to stop them again, I'm afraid it will be impossible!"
The other four Hou looked at each other, and they naturally understood this truth.
But here's the problem......
How many people were sent to save it, and did they save it?
Everyone looked at each other, and no one could give an accurate answer.
Although they were far away from the battlefields in the East, the news from the East was never cut off.
The gunsmoke on the Han-Hungarian battlefield can be smelled even on the shore of this water.
Therefore, they knew that if they could not gather the strength of the five departments, they might not be sure that they would be able to protect Dawan under the two old enemies of the Xiongnu and Wusun.
And that's impossible to do.
They knew very well that once the Yueshi Daxu appeared in front of the Huns and Wusun.
It's the equivalent of putting a piece of red cloth in front of a bull's eyes!
It will surely anger them, and thus bury the Yueshi.
Therefore, after thinking for a moment, three of them shook their heads and said, "No, if this is the case, I am afraid that it will cause a Buddha disaster, and I am afraid that the achievements of our decades of promoting Buddhism will be ruined!" ”
"What then?" Croonin, who has always been short-tempered, said angrily: "Da Wan is dead, the Huns and Wusun people will come to us sooner or later!" ”
"There is only one way...... the white-robed monk who had been silent suddenly said: "Drag! ”
He recited a Buddha horn in a low voice, and said: "All the fate is caused by cause and effect, and today's fruit comes from the cause and ...... of the Han people."
"If the Han people restore the protection of Dawan, the fruit of Dawan will be solved!"
"Send an envoy to the Han Dynasty immediately and ask the Han Dynasty Emperor to intervene!"
"I remember that there was a Han envoy who visited and left a letter from their emperor, go find it, take it, and set off for the Han Dynasty!"
"Master......" Cronin bowed and said, "Your way, therefore, you can, but ...... Will the Dawan people be able to hold up our mission to reach the Han Dynasty? ”
This is indeed a problem!
The monk clasped his hands together and said in an incomparably sacred manner: "All living beings are suffering, and impermanence is suffering, so the Buddha told the bhikshus: "I am ......the reason for the impermanence of all actions, and the change of all actions for the Dharma."
The five of them listened and suddenly came to their senses.
After all, they are all masters of the Dharma.
I understand what this King of the Moon Clan means - it doesn't matter if the Dawan people suffer a little.
As long as it can be kept from being destroyed and occupied.
Then, even if they are dead, it doesn't matter.
The focus now was to give them enough support so that they could use their own fortified fortresses to withstand the onslaught of the Huns and Wusuns.
As long as it waits until winter, then the offensive of the Xiongnu and Wusun will slow down.
That's enough!
Before the beginning of spring next year, the Yueshi delegation should arrive in the Han capital, return the letter of state from the envoy who had sent Yueshi fifty-five years ago, and ask him to show mercy and interfere with the actions of the Xiongnu and Wusun.
As long as you can move the person to agree, the Dawan crisis will be solved.
Contrarily......
That is, the fate of the Dawan people has arrived, and it is time to see the Buddha.