Chapter 430: Liu Heng is in the Western Regions
"Villain Alotti, see the plough lonely!" Arodoti spoke half-baked Chinese, and bowed to Liu Yuan with five bodies.
Since the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Hexi Corridor has been cut off, and the countries of the Western Regions have been cut off from the Central Plains for nearly 20 years. Of course, these Hu people in the Western Regions are by no means admiring the kings of the Central Plains, but Liu Heng's expedition to the west once again made the countries of the Western Regions realize that a country of "tigers and wolves" has risen in the east, showing their fangs to them.
Surrender, or perish.
As a native of the Western Regions, the Han people in the east only exist in their imagination, and at most they get some sporadic descriptions from the mouths of some former Han relics. After coming east, Arodoti was shocked by the countless cities and towns along the way. In this Xia Empire, in addition to the brutal iron cavalry led by King Chen, there is also a "bright" civilization.
The Cheshi Wangcheng is already a "famous city" in the Western Regions, but after seeing the counties of Daxia County, a deep sense of inferiority enveloped his heart. After arriving in Chang'an, Alotti was dazzled, and the majestic prosperity of Chang'an completely broke through his imagination.
Coming to the east, the group brought several truckloads of "native products" from the Western Regions, and along the way, they were basically traded. In the north city, the last bit of wealth was disposed of, and Fang found that he was pitted by the "Xia Shang" along the road, and many good things were sold cheaply, and he was complacent before.
However, he and his companions were completely fascinated by the prosperity of Chang'an, and there was a feeling of "chaotic flowers gradually becoming charming". Until he inadvertently said some news of King Chen's expedition, and after a little publicity, he was targeted by the black-clothed guards, and then he was "invited" to the palace at a loss.
From the annexation of Xianbei to the Jianxia weighing system, Liu Yuan still did "supporting the plough and being alone" for several months. After many years, hearing this title again, Liu Yuan inevitably had some strange feelings in his heart.
With a scrutinizing gaze, staring at His Highness's trembling Hu Shang in the Western Regions, Liu Yuan's cold voice sounded: "There are dozens of large and small countries in the Western Regions, which country are you from?" ”
Is this the sound of the plough being lonely, the first reaction in Alotti's mind was this, trying to make the violent heartbeat slower, but with a mouth, he stumbled: "The villain is a native of the Cheshi country!" ”
There is a map of the Western Regions spread out on Liu Yuan's imperial case, which is something left over from the former Han Dynasty, which has been stored in the Shiqu Pavilion of the "Royal Library", and has now been turned out again. I don't know how many decades have been made, and it has long been dilapidated.
It was very difficult to find the word "Cheshi" on the blurred picture, and the "Captain City" with a lack of strokes on one side was vaguely visible, and after looking at it for a while, Liu Yuan's eyes showed inexplicable emotions.
"I heard that the driver is divided into two parts, which one are you?" While studying the map, Liu Yuan didn't raise his head and asked indifferently.
"The villain belongs to the front of the Che Division, and lives in Jiaohe King City!"
"You know the news of King Chen!" Liu Yuan raised his eyes and glanced at Arodot.
"A year ago, Chen Wangshuai's Great Xia Iron Cavalry raided Jiaohe, and the Great Xia warriors were extremely strong and unstoppable, and entered the city in one fell swoop. The old king was stubborn, tried in vain to resist the king's master, and called on the whole city to resist. The little prince Che Yiliang killed the old king and the eldest prince, and led the whole ** people to surrender! After saying a long paragraph, there was also a bit of "Guizi language" in it, but Liu Yuan still roughly understood the meaning.
frowned and thought for a moment: "It was all a year ago!" Do you know what King Chen's recent movements are? ”
Liu Yuan only had a simple change in expression, but in the eyes of Arodot, it was a precursor to anger, and he kowtowed again: "After the chariot division surrendered, King Chen ordered the chariot division to move the whole country and then march west to attack other countries. Before the villain came to the east, he heard the news in the car division that the army was invincible in the summer and the attacks were invincible, and the countries were terrified, and now they are afraid that they have hit the green ridge! ”
"How long did it take you to get from Cheshi to Chang'an?"
"It's been almost half a year!"
There was dissatisfaction in his eyes, what this person brought was half a year or even a year old, and now Liu Heng's situation is still unknown. When asked again, Arodoti really couldn't say anything, and he didn't dare to make it up.
Liu Yuan's face was gloomy, and Arodor under him was worried and uneasy. After a long time, he glanced at it, and waved his hand lightly to Zhang Rang and instructed: "Reward!" ”
"No!" Seeing Hu Man of the Western Regions who was still kneeling there, Zhang Rang reprimanded in a low voice: "Don't thank you for retreating!" ”
Being glared at by Zhang Rang like this, Alottifang propped up his already numb legs and retreated to the outside of the hall tremblingly, as if he was in another world. The afterglow swept the surrounding buildings and halls, and a deep sense of awe was engraved in my heart.
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To the west of Chang'an, thousands of miles away, even in the Western Regions, it is also in the position of the extreme west, and Shule, a great power in the Western Regions, is located here. And Liu Heng's army of the Western Expedition has now reached here.
After stepping into the Western Regions last year, with a strong desire to conquer, the Xia army set off a bloody storm in the Western Regions. Break the car division first, there is a prince Che Yi who has a good understanding of current affairs, "admires the emperor in his heart", "takes the initiative" to surrender to sincerity, and the car master can survive.
Che Shi had hundreds of soldiers, and was forcibly turned into a servant army by Liu Heng, and ordered the new king Che Yiliang to recruit more than 1,000 Ding Zhuang and continue to march west with Liu Heng. And Liu Heng's tactics of fighting to nourish war completely started from Jiaohe City.
Judging from the experience of westward expansion, there are many cities in the Western Regions, and all battles cannot be as easy as the chariot division's side to attack the city. Once the enemy was on guard, it was impossible for him to let the knights of the Great Xia army rush to the city.
Sure enough, when attacking the country of Danger in the future, he was prepared, and he could not persuade him to surrender, so he directly attacked the city, and those servant troops were used to attack the city. As the hometown of dragon horses, Wei Su also had a glorious moment in the Western Regions. has the courage, under the leadership of its captain, he also dared to go out of the city to counterattack, and the servants of the rout division. Liu Heng led the army, and only Guo Huai led a thousand horsemen to drive the city, which probably gave Wei Xu courage.
has beaten the chariot master, and Xia Qi. The soldiers who went out of the city, where could they withstand the attack of the Xia army, were simply defeated, captured, and broke the city. At a moment's notice, the Xia army got a lot of slaves to drive, and the military resources were replenished.
To the west and south of the dangerous beard, there are two small countries of Yanqi and Weili, which are close at hand, and they have not been able to stop them, and they have broken the country one by one and surrendered to the feet of Liu Heng. All the men of school-age in the two countries were organized by Liu Heng as servant troops, and all the food, gold and silver were used as military funds.
After resting for a while, Liu Heng personally led Xia Qi, and the army of 5,000 servants of various countries went west, pointing directly at Qiuzi. This is a big country in the Western Regions, and its influence is not small, Liu Heng did not send any more envoys to persuade him to surrender, and those small countries did not surrender before, and Liu Heng did not have hope for Qiuzi.
To Liu Heng's surprise, the army had not yet set up a village to call for battle, and the king of Qiuzi led the crowd to surrender, wanting to unite the heroes of Great Xia to jointly crusade against the countries in the extreme west. And offered more than 100 cars of wine, meat and dozens of beauties as a reward. Although Liu Heng was surprised, he was quickly carried away by the great joy and accepted it with joy.
The countries to the east, except for the slightly stronger charioteer, are all small countries. Qiuzi is different, the history, culture, and military are not ordinary, and there are nearly 10,000 victorious soldiers. Although Liu Heng is not afraid, with the sharpness of Xia Qi, the decisive battle in the wild, even if it is doubled, he still has the confidence to break it.
But if it can surrender and avoid death and injury, it is not bad.
Liu Heng was a little careless, and Wang Chang sensed that something was wrong. He dabbled a lot, more than a hundred years ago, there was a matter of King Qiuzi's deception, but unfortunately, he didn't know which volume he had read on the miscellaneous book.
quietly spoke and poured a sip of cold water on Liu Heng. Liu Heng, who was suspicious of the descent of King Qiuzi, immediately increased his vigilance. discussed with Wang Chang and secretly arranged a wave.
made a complacent, arrogant and arrogant posture, and did not make any temptations to the king of Qiuzi, just coldly waited for Qiuzi's movements. According to the fortified city, and with nearly 10,000 troops, he did not hesitate to surrender. Even under the banner of "Lianxia", it is really unconvincing.
And this barbarian in the Western Regions secretly really wants to play tricks on Liu Heng. That night, the surrounding Qiuzi army joined forces with the defenders of Wangcheng to attack Liu Heng's "coalition army", and naturally fell into Liu Heng's army.
Using the servant army as bait to attract the Qiuzi army, more than 3,000 Chinese Xia cavalry outflanked and intercepted from the side. Seven or eight thousand "strong soldiers" were completely beaten to the north, and the Chinese cavalry led by Liu Heng came from Lantian and were mostly Hetao iron cavalry, which was the backbone of Liu Xia's army.
With these fish belly armies, bullying and bullying the local "natives" is okay, playing night raids, and attacking the servants of the chaotic summer, their own army formations are in chaos.
The result was almost doomed, and under the early preparation of the Xia army, King Qiuzi's plan fell through. The army of the whole country was defeated in one day, and the Xia cavalry plundered and killed, and captured countless prisoners.
In the first battle of Qiancheng, the self-righteous surrender of the king of Qiuzi ended in failure, and the army was lost, and his body was in a different place. King Qiuci was stabbed to death by his subordinates, and his head was cut off and sacrificed to Liu Heng for forgiveness.
And the actions of King Qiuzi also completely aroused Liu Heng's murderous intent, and it Qiancheng, the former protectorate of the Western Han Regions, was ordered to be slaughtered by Liu Heng in a fit of anger. Nearly 20,000 people in the city were plundered by the servant army.
And the people of Qiuzi that it radiated to Qiancheng, except for those who fled, were all captured by Xia Qi. In the whole country of Qiuzi, all the men were slaves and became second-class servants, and all the women were military prostitutes to comfort the soldiers. Qiuzi, a great country in the Western Regions, was destroyed by Liu Heng in January.
Qiuzi's encounter was quickly spread, and the countries of the Western Regions were shaken, Liu Heng's ruthlessness made people feel frightened, and at the same time, everyone was in danger and very afraid. The nation of hosts, the turtles, was destroyed so easily.
This army from the "Han Land" really has such a powerful combat power, and the kings and ministers of the rest of the countries are beating drums in their hearts. At the same time, Liu Heng's ruthlessness is really terrifying, and the blood is flowing like a river, which is difficult to describe the tragic situation of Qiuzi Country.
The "Handi" army that came to the west this time seems to have lost the "gentleness and humility" of those Han people back then, and there is no way to salute first and then soldier, and there is no gentle means. They are brutal and ruthless, and they are powerful and ruthless, very similar to the Hun iron cavalry that sank the entire Western Regions hundreds of years ago. And this Xia cavalry also belongs to the descendants of the Xiongnu.
The countries were afraid, and Gumo and Wensu in the west, under fear, moved westward in a hurry, and were bitten off a large piece of meat by the servant cavalry sent by Liu Heng.
The slaughter of Qiuzi also made the servant army completely afraid, and they had a deeper understanding of Xia Qi's toughness, and they did not dare to disobey again. After the incident of Qiuzi, Liu Heng seems to have no interest in persuading the countries of the Western Regions to surrender, and since then, he just wants to crush all the way to the past and teach the arrogant monarchs of the Western Regions to be human beings with iron blood and killing.
In Qiuzi, Liu Heng recuperated for a month and a half. The 4,000 iron cavalry from the west, after many battles, lost nearly 500 people, which made Liu Heng quite distressed. The reorganization and training of the servant army was put on the agenda, and many officers and soldiers were sent to serve as servant officers in the army to strengthen control, and in the subsequent battles, Liu Heng did not consume them as cattle anymore.
When Liu Heng was training, the western countries quietly united and wanted to deal with Liu Heng. More than ten countries in the north of the Green Mountains and Kunlun, Shule, Shache, Khotan, Wulei, Wuzhen, Deruo...... Even the West Nights and the Elite Nation have joined the Alliance, intent on fighting against the evil armies from the East.
After fighting in the Western Regions for more than half a year, I also have a lot of understanding of the Western Regions. Of course, Liu Heng was aware of the changes from the western and southern countries, but he did not move, silently reorganized the army, and prepared.
After fighting for so long, city by city, country by country, it is too slow, too wasted of time and energy. When they are concentrated, they can be annihilated in one fell swoop. In the Western Regions, Liu Heng was unprecedentedly confident, and seemed to be confident to the point of conceit. The countries in the west are enough to gather tens of thousands of troops, Liu Heng can imagine it, but he is still very calm.
After that, Liu Heng slowly marched westward, and along the way, the living beings were cut off, and the Hu people in the Western Regions fled westward in a hurry, seeking refuge from Shule and other great powers. All the way to the small town of Weitou in the west of Wensu, there is a coalition of Shule, Shache, and Wulei countries. In the field battle, the servant army sold some strength this time, and the Xia cavalry was fierce and crushed.
After a big defeat, the coalition army retreated, and Liu Heng took advantage of the situation to advance, but he lost his previous impatience, and used his troops very steadily, and advanced to the city of Shule.
The city of Shule is very strong, and its country's determination to resist is also quite firm, Liu Heng seems to have lost his previous decisiveness and resoluteness this time. did not urge the servants and soldiers who accompanied the army to rush to the city, and took wood and water on the spot to build a fortress and build ordnance, as if they wanted to fight a protracted war.
Shule is close to the mountains in the north and the water in the south, the scale of the city is not large, and the enemy insists on holding on, but it cannot be rushed down. In the east of Shule City, there is a temple, which is very large. Buddhism is very popular in Shule.
However, at this time, the place where Buddhism was cultivated had been dyed by soldiers, and dozens of "bald donkeys" became prisoners. And Da Jialan has become the location of Liu Heng's garrison, and the large army camp is centered on this. In the Central Plains, there is also such a thing as a temple, but Liu Heng has never seen it.
Now that he has met it, Liu Heng was surprised for a while. Curiously listened to a few passages of the monk's Sanskrit chanting, and was very bored and killed. Liu Heng came to the west, and his murderous intent became heavier and heavier, probably because the monk had the intention of turning Liu Heng into the devil, but he really went to hell.
"Da Dan Yu, King Shule is stubborn, do you want Xiao Wang to lead the army to attack, and he will definitely break through the city and dedicate his head to you!" Che Yiliang, the king of the driver, asked for battle.
On the temple's "Daxiong Treasure Hall", Liu Heng sat extremely profligately, with a beautiful bearded girl in his arms. glanced at it, pinched the crisp breasts of the beauty in his arms hard, and said lightly: "No!" ”
When he came to the west, many Hu people called him Da Shan Yu, and he was a little unaccustomed to it at first, but slowly, he accepted it.