Chapter 665: Violent Qin 5
In the whole battle, Li Zhonghan and his 800 soldiers did only two things:
First, follow Xu Shizhen's command of the Outer Fan Sauron charge.
Second, when the Pars fled, they pursued them on horseback.
The greatest casualties in the battle were borne by Outer Tibetan Sauron and Outer Tibetan Tubo, and the greatest blow to the enemy was inflicted on the Han soldiers.
And Li Zhonghan and his Khotanese soldiers killed the enemy who could not be killed in their previous lives!
The Ghulam of the Pars people was once considered by the Buddha countries of the Western Regions to be the evil ghost from hell and the most powerful enemy of the Buddha.
Defeating a Ghulam on the battlefield and having his head decapitated is a glory that can be flaunted for a lifetime.
However, the Battle of Barasagon proved that once morale collapsed, it was not much more difficult to kill a Ghulam than it was to kill a beast - at least the beast would turn its head and fight desperately when it was cornered.
And when Li Zhonghan kills the enemy, he only needs to catch up with the panicked enemy who has run out of horsepower, and then knock it with any weapon that can break the armor.
Thinking of this, Li Zhonghan subconsciously touched the handle of the mace on his waist - how many guram has this hammer killed?
Eight? Or ten?
Li Zhonghan found that he could no longer remember this number, which was absolutely impossible in the past.
'The thighs of the Han people are too thick! Li Zhonghan looked at the strings of loot passing by in front of the horse, and thought to himself: "The so-called Buddha enemy is nothing more than this in front of them!" As long as he hugged the thighs of the Han people tightly, Khotan would never suffer from separation again! ’
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"Did we kill a little too much?"
In the palace of the King of Qin in Barasagon, Xu Daixuan asked his generals:
"Killed hundreds of thousands of people in one go, who will farm next year?"
When the Pars people in the city of Barasagon rebelled, Xu Daixuan was really angry, so he ordered to kill all the Parsians, but he really killed almost the same, and he felt that he had gone too far - killing so many laborers at once was not a good thing for Daqin's agriculture.
"There's quite a bit left, don't worry too much." Zuo Helin said in an indifferent tone: "We are an absolute numerical disadvantage to the west of the Green Ridge, and if we don't uproot the Pars people who have occupied the local area for nearly a hundred years, they will rebel in the future." ”
"I also agree with General Zuo's point of view, it is good to kill more." Xu Shizhen continued: "At least those countries in the Western Regions that have fought with the Pars people for hundreds of years and have a deep blood feud will now become our staunchest allies. By the way, that Khotanese Bo, who changed his name to Li Zhonghan, didn't he want to give your daughter and granddaughter to you? ”
"What are you talking about? I didn't. Xu Daixuan said: "This is also ridiculous, he called me 'uncle' and gave me his daughter and granddaughter together, what should those two girls call me?" ”
"Hahaha, so you're struggling with this?" Zuo Helin smiled: "This is not a problem for them at all, besides, that Li Hanzhong just called you uncle, and he is not really your eldest nephew, why do you care about this?" ”
"Also, for these countries in the Western Regions, you accept their daughters, which is a guarantee to provide them with shelter, and it is estimated that there will be other countries to send you daughters in the future, if you don't accept it, they will think that you have something else to think - they have nothing else but their own lives and the barren land now."
"If you want to reassure them, you should do a few things now: first, keep those girls, and even ask them for women; Second, let all the Outer Regions of the Western Regions send princes to form a new guard for you; Third, to suppress the Parsians. ”
"If you can do these things, in terms of agricultural production, let the people of the countries of the Western Regions take the whip and oppress the Pars slaves to do it."
"Let us never forget that we are conquerors, and that conquerors are too soft on the means of the vanquished, which will give them unrealistic illusions."
"The methods we use are more cruel than the Empire's to the Tartars." King Qin complained in a low voice.
"I'll admit that, but that's because we're outsiders here, and the last time the Han Chinese ruled here was three hundred years ago." Zuo Helin said with a smile: "After all, we are not an empire, and our foundation is too shallow, so when we encounter problems, we must use thunderbolt means to solve them quickly, which is a deterrent, but in fact, it is also benevolent." ”
"By the way, now we have a foundation, and there are still some things that have to be settled as soon as possible."
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In September 1795, the Qin state, a vassal of the Chinese Empire, announced that it would change the name of Barasagon back to its old Han name: Broken Leaves.
At the same time, Great Qin took Broken Leaves as the royal capital and called on the people of all countries in the Western Regions who believed in Futu to come and take refuge and eliminate the Pars invaders.
For the remaining Pars people in the territory, the Qin king demanded that they must renounce the Zoroastrian faith, otherwise they would have to choose between death and slavery.
This order of the King of Qin made all the countries of the Western Regions rejoice, and the kings and tribal chiefs of all countries, with the most powerful warriors in the country, stepped on the most majestic war horses, and took weapons, and rushed to Broken Leaf to serve the King of Qin.
They offered the most beautiful girl and the sweetest grapes in the clan, just to get His Royal Highness the King of Qin to lead them to the battlefield further west and defeat the enemies of the Buddha.
At about the same time, the results of the battle of Barasagon spread to another civilization farther west than Pars, and these kingdoms that believed in the god of light also regarded Pars as a mortal enemy, with whom they had fought countless bloody battles.
Now, they received news from the far east that the Pars had suffered an unprecedented defeat.
And the victory over the Pars was the kingdom of the savior of the East, John the Elder.
This is outright speculation and rumor, but in that era of geographical isolation, the Western nations believed that this was the truth: since God's scriptures say that there was an Eldernation of John in the East, then this Eldernation of John must exist.
Since the Orientals have defeated the Parsians, then these Orientals must be the Elder Kingdom of John—ridiculous but self-consistent logic, right?
It was also from this time that the Western nations began to try to get in touch with the mysterious and powerful "Elder John" in the East, and to wipe out the Parsians by attacking from east to west.
Now they don't know how wrong this decision was.
Of course, Xu Daixuan didn't know at this time that his victory in Barasagon would actually affect another civilized world thousands of miles away.
Even if he knew, he probably wouldn't care, because he had more important work:
For example, he was as good as a stream, and in a short period of time, he married more than 30 princesses from the Western Regions as concubines.
For example, to appease the kings and tribal chiefs of the Western Regions who came to seek refuge, and to distribute them land, slaves, booty, and "pardons" as trade rights.
Another example is to reorganize the army, restore local production, and prepare for the next war.