Chapter 337: Appear, Anxi Four Towns—21
The army of the Peerless Empire had no choice but to return to the capital Gaofu City at full speed. This is the complex terrain that I once made them proud of, but it has become a difficult and dangerous obstacle on their way back to the park, and their anxious mentality makes their team seem scattered, which is undoubtedly an opportunity for Suning to attack with all their might. However, Suning did not take this opportunity to give the other party a fatal blow.
He only sent Li Yu to lead 3,000 soldiers, who followed behind them not far away. Along the way, the army was like a tourist, idle, not at all like it was participating in a war. Even when the enemy on the opposite side saw it, he knew that he had been provoked greatly.
However, they did not have the capital to be angry when they were retreating, although a few young generals had given names to their superiors and were willing to lead their headquarters directly to the Han Dynasty army opposite, but their demands were all rejected without exception, because the superiors who were more concerned about the overall situation, or the more bureaucratic superiors, would only care about the safety of the capital, and would not care about the little troops that followed behind.
However, it was this force that attracted most of their attention, so much so that when another army whizzed past them and headed straight south, they did not notice that the situation of the war they faced was quietly changing.
Logically speaking, this change should not be overlooked, because the capital of the Kushan Empire, Gao Fucheng, is located between the Sut steppes in the north and the Punjab plain in the south, and is an extremely important strategic route. It is unlikely that any communication between the north and the south will escape the surveillance of the imperial powers in the vicinity of the capital.
It's a pity that their actions are too passive now, so that the Southern Expeditionary Army led by Huo Quzhi himself rushed into the Punjab region in the south without attracting any attention from them, which is tantamount to a huge strategic victory for Suning, because the Punjab in the south and the nearby Sindh region will be his important grain producing areas, while the Sogdian steppe in the north and the nearby Khorasan region are likely to face continuous competition with the Sabbath Empire in the future.
Of course, this kind of contention may also appear on the southern front battlefield at any time, after all, the Sabbatarian Empire can also directly rush from the Gederosia region to the Punjab area, but at this time, the main force of the Sabbatarian Empire is still concentrated on the central battlefield, and Khorezm, which is making great use on the northern front battlefield, itself borders the Sabbatarian Empire, and they may also break out in conflict on the northern front battlefield at any time.
And the matter over there basically has nothing to do with Suning, because Suning's control area in this county is roughly in the eastern part of the Sute steppe, close to the Dawan Kingdom in the rear, and the Pamir Plateau behind it. As for how the tribes in the western region fight, it has no essential connection with him, and he is more concerned about maintaining this important communication line that can connect the south, because a large amount of grain from Punjab needs to pass through this western route before it can be transported to the western region, which is relatively short of food.
For example, at this time, Chen Qingzhi led more than 20,000 people to wander around Kyrgyzstan in later generations, and their goal was to find a suitable place to build a city in the Chu River Valley.
Suning has already chosen a name for the planned city. According to the four towns of Anxi during the Tang Dynasty, the country of Khotan, the country of Shule, and the country of Qiuci were all in his hands, and now what he lacks is the last piece of the puzzle of the four towns of Anxi, the rumored birthplace of the poet immortal Li Bai, Broken Leaf City!
Chen Qingzhi himself was not particularly good at forging defenses, but many of his subordinates had followed Zhang Qi and Zhang Qianfu, and the entire Western Regions and the four counties of Hexi were now covered by the fortresses they had built. These people had accumulated three or four years of experience in building the city, so it didn't take long for several forts to be built in this relatively flat area, which were used for defense, and these forts formed horns with each other, enough to ensure that the workers who worked here and collected stone worked in a relatively safe environment.
Suning believes that it will not take long for the four towns of Anxi to appear in the civilization of Chinese history 500 years in advance, of course, the number of 500 years is relative to the Tang Dynasty, if from the Tang Gaozong period of the four towns of Anxi, then no matter how this number is made, it is impossible to reach 500 in the case of rounding.
This will be a huge confidence boost for the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which is about to fall into chaos, and he firmly believes that when this news spreads widely in China, when someone's prestige is greatly increased, his charm points will be able to get permission from the system, and he will soon achieve a significant increase.
Things turned out as he expected, and before the men's war was completely underway, a map of his uncle's ability to show the current situation of the war began to spread in the newspapers of the Liangzhou area, and the sales of that newspaper easily broke through the highest level in history.
The reason why this situation occurs is mainly because there are more and more people from other places who have begun to pay attention to the development of Liang Zhu, after all, the military exploits they have made from the Western Regions over the years, as well as the construction and achievements they have made in terms of people's livelihood, are very eye-catching, especially for the people of Guanzhong, their original pride as a member of the Great Han Jingji City, has now been in the Liangzhou region under the prosperity of the comparison, it seems more and more desolate and backward.
More and more of them have joined the Liangzhou system, and worked for Suning's company, those who have been operating in the Guanzhong area for many years, have played a pivotal role in this process, although their interval is still a big gap compared to the parent company in Liangzhou, but their local reputation has laid a strong foundation for the subsequent expansion of Liangzhou people, but unfortunately, Suning's current main forces are invested in the Western Front battlefield, He is not confident enough to devote himself to the coming chaos, which is very satisfying for Liu Hong, the Emperor of Han Ling, who will pass away next year, because the forces in Suning's hands are really a huge hidden danger for his empire, but fortunately, he and Suning.