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This unexpected upgrade made everyone very happy, especially Ma Gui, whose force value reached 100, and his intelligence was 5 points higher than Li Qiang.

The condition for the next upgrade is to reach a site area of 25 million square kilometers.

Gao Shun gathered everyone and pointed to the map: "This area, there are these two big rivers, the land is fertile, the irrigation is convenient, the east is the Southern Han Kingdom and the Jin Kingdom, the north is the high mountains, the south is the sea, the west is the high mountains, relatively closed, the area is more than three million square kilometers, if the battle is here, it will not be far from the next upgrade." ”

Ma Gui said: "Your Majesty, what you plan to do, we will carry it out." "He is most eager for promotion now, and like Li Qiang, the battle territory is his most enthusiastic pursuit at the moment.

Gao Shun said: "I plan to set up three countries here, and the southern peninsula is one country; The north and the east bordering the Southern Han Kingdom are one country, and the west is one country. ”

Li Qiang said: "Your Majesty, in this case, the territory is much larger than that of the Southern Han Kingdom, and the territory of each country is one million square kilometers." ”

Gao Shun explained: "The territory of these three countries is relatively inferior to that of the Southern Han Kingdom, and there is a threat from the Kushan Empire and the Sassanid Empire in the west, and if the territory is set too small, it will not be able to compete with them. ”

Ma Gui suggested: "Your Majesty, in this case, according to the topographical considerations, it is better to build only two kingdoms, and one kingdom in the southern peninsula and the eastern plains; establish a kingdom in the west and north; The eastern kingdom had the eastern plains as its core, and its main objective was to deal with the indigenous peoples of the peninsula and the mountains; The kingdoms in the west and north, with the plain of the two rivers as the core area, mainly dealt with the nomads in the northwest, otherwise the kingdoms in the west would not have enough money. ”

Gao Shun thought for a while, and felt that if the kingdom was established in the location of New Delhi in the future, it would be convenient to control the fertile plains of the middle and upper reaches of the Ganges River in the east and the fertile plains of the Indus Valley, and the financial resources would be very strong, as long as the dynasty was not corrupt, and only a few mountain passes could be guarded, the enemy could be blocked, and the entire Indian region would be protected from the threat of foreign forces.

So, Gao Shun decided: "Okay, just do it." ”

Gao Shun and the others did not pay attention to the alliance of dozens of small kingdoms in the form of principalities in the local area, after all, their strength was too strong, and they were confident that they could sweep away all the state power at that time, and any powerful force would be vulnerable in front of them.

What they didn't expect was that another surprise happened, the Kushan Empire, which he had always regarded as an enemy, actually sent an envoy, and after many difficulties and dangers, he finally found Gao Shun and the others.

The Kushan Empire actually proposed to form an alliance with Gao Shun and others to jointly deal with the threat of the Sassanid Empire.

The Kushan Empire was established by the tribe of the Wuxi Marquis of the Dayue clan and had a deep relationship with the Han Dynasty.

In the 5th century B.C. ~ the beginning of the 2nd century B.C., the Yueshi people were nomadic in the area from Zhangye to Dunhuang in the west of the Hexi Corridor, and their power was strong and they were the fierce enemies of the Xiongnu.

About in the first year of Emperor Wu Yuanshuo (128 B.C.), the Han envoy Zhang Qian came to his country, and the exchanges became increasingly dense after that.

Shortly before 177 B.C., the Yueshi defeated another small nomadic tribe near Dunhuang, Wusun, and killed its king, and it was difficult to seize its land. Around 170 BC, it was defeated by the Xiongnu and moved west to the Amu Darya River valley in Central Asia.

In 125 BC, he conquered Bactria (a state established by the ancient Greeks in Central Asia) and ruled the entire Amu Darya and Syr Darya valleys.

The five Hou are divided into Xiumi, Shuangmi, Guishuang, Didun, and Dumi.

In the middle of the 1st century A.D., the Kushan tribe Xihouqiu unified the five tribes and established the Kushan Empire. Qiu then went south to attack the Kabul River valley and later Kashmir, and later made the capital Gaofu (present-day Kabul, Afghanistan), which initially laid the foundation of the empire.

In 90 A.D., King Kushan was rejected by Ban Chao because of his request for the Han princess, and sent his deputy Wang Xie to lead an army of 70,000 to attack Chao, but he was defeated by Chao and sued for peace. Ban Chao has never known the name of King Guishuang, and only calls him "King of the Moon Family".

At the beginning of the 2nd century, Yan Zhizhen ascended the throne and conquered the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent again, expanding his sphere of influence in Central Asia to Khorezm and annexing Sistan, forming a huge empire in Central Asia. The empire stretched from Patna in the east to Dakhrat in the west, to the Nabada River in the south, and to the Aral Sea in the north. The capital was moved to Peshawar.

In 183~199, during the reign of Khovishega II, the control of Central Asia weakened, Kangju and Dawan got rid of the fetters, and Khorasan and Khorezm also broke away from Kushan rule. Signs of decay are already being revealed.

Around 213, when Bo ascended to the throne, Kushan power expanded in Central Asia, regaining control of Khorezm and allied with Kusnois of Armenia against the Sassanid Empire.

In 229, he sent an envoy to Wei to dedicate.

After the Sassanid dynasty destroyed the Anshan Empire, its strength developed rapidly, and it was a strong opponent of the Kushan Empire, which had conquered a large amount of territory in the Kushan Empire, and the Kushan Empire only controlled the eastern region.

The Kushan Empire had a relationship with the Han for hundreds of years, so it wanted to get the support of the Han people at the critical moment, so it sent an envoy to Wei, but the control of Wei only reached the Western Regions, and the distance was too far to give them too much help.

Now that Gao Shun has led the Han people and has led them to the eastern countries, the strength is so strong that if the Kushan Empire allied with the Han people here, the Sassanid Empire would not have to worry about it.

Ma Gui was responsible for receiving the envoys of the Kushan Empire, and Gao Shun and the others continued to study the next offensive.

Gao Shun is very conflicted in his heart, the capital of the Kushan Empire is in Peshawar, that is, not far northwest of the capital of Pakistan in the later days, not far from the Gandhara Basin on the Portwar Plateau, they also control the upper reaches of the Indus River, if the Kushan Empire continues to exist, it will be a sharp sword hanging over the head of the new kingdom, which he does not want to see, and the Kushan Empire now controls the Wakhan Corridor, which is the most convenient road to connect the Western Regions on land, Gao Shun is also determined to win, so an alliance with the Kushan Empire has both interests, And a lot of benefits will be lost.

Li Qiang was even more aggressive, and suggested: "Your Majesty, if you are not willing to form an alliance with the Kushan Empire, you only need to recover them, which is also our mobile force." ”

"I'm afraid it's a little difficult!" Gao Shun felt that the Kushan Empire was, after all, a country established by nomads, and its comprehensive strength was stronger than that of the Xianbei people, with millions of people and dozens of troops.

Li Qiang smiled and said: "Haha, Your Majesty, there is no nation that we can't conquer at present, the Kushan Empire will either submit to us or be destroyed by us, or they will flee in advance and continue to wander." ”

Gao Shun thought that their submission was the best result, not only to increase a cavalry force, but also to smoothly enter the Central Asian region, especially to successfully receive the territory of Afghanistan in later generations, then build a new kingdom, with the local geographical advantages, then safe and worry-free; The disadvantage is that they have a large population, and it is difficult for the number of Han people here to surpass them in a short period of time.

However, in the end, Gao Shun decided to negotiate with them first, so he ordered Ma Gui to negotiate with the envoys of the Kushan Empire according to this line of thought, believing that the people of the Dayue clan knew the strength of the Han people and would definitely make a reasonable choice, even if they chose to leave, it would be very beneficial to Gao Shun.

Ma Gui suggested: "Your Majesty, in this case, we should start a war immediately, establish the two kingdoms first, and quickly wipe out the surrounding small kingdoms, which will be conducive to the Kushan Empire to make a choice." ”