Chapter 631: The Huns appeared

Gao Shun and others slaughtered back and forth within the Gallic Empire, and he was sure that as long as all the natives were wiped out, their religion and civilization were destroyed, history would not record what he did.

At that time, there were tens of millions of people in Europe, and it was very difficult to kill them all.

Gao Wei led a fleet to blockade the Mediterranean with the fleets of the Egyptian Empire and the Western Wei Empire, and all merchant ships were either captured or sunk. Most of the grain in Europe was bought from outside, and even after the establishment of the Egyptian Empire and the Western Wei Empire, some merchants still secretly transported grain to Rome, and Gao Shun and others did not strictly restrict this.

Now that a general offensive has been launched, food has become an embargo, and nothing can reach Europe.

Previously, Egypt's governorates alone exported 20 million grains. (one modii is equivalent to about eight kilograms), Carthage, Syria, Asia and other places are all large food exports.

Food shortages alone have killed tens of millions of people in Europe; The army lacked rations and either broke up or starved and could not resist, and it was very easy to slaughter.

Although Gao Shun and others brutally killed the locals, they paid special attention to the craftsmen and protected the city's buildings well.

The buildings built by those craftsmen are, in Gao Shun's view, simply works of art; He was so shocked that the Romans were far superior to the Han Chinese in the planning and construction of cities, and he even wondered if there were any later generations of architects who had crossed over?

The three-story building they built was a classic even in later generations; Gao Shun praised the public baths, public toilets, and water supply and drainage systems they built; He planned not only to continue to carry forward these buildings in the existing kingdom and the subdivided kingdoms, but also to send some builders to the Wei Kingdom, as well as to Asia and the Southern Wei states to promote the development of Han architecture.

The only drawback is that there is no toilet on the top floor of the three-story building, which is not difficult for the Han people, and a small toilet can solve it very well.

There are also city streets that are too narrow and sanitation problems, which are difficult for Gao Shun.

As long as the management was strengthened, the urban conditions at that time were not inferior to the urban level of later generations.

Any civilization must have its merits.

In just over a year, Gaul's tens of millions of people were gradually wiped out, and Gao Shun built numerous large, medium and small cities here, and established a well-developed defense system here, which he planned to become the center of Europe.

The name of the country is the Eternal Empire, and the capital is the Eternal Empire, which is located in Paris in the later generations, and is in the center of the empire; The territory is bordered by mountains in the south, the sea in the west, Sardinia in the southeast, the Alps in the northeast, which is now renamed the Central Mountains in Gaoshun, and the Rhine River in the north; The total area is much larger than that of later France.

Gao Shun has the assistance of a systematic map, and the war is unfavorable, he can increase his troops at any time, and even directly put his troops into the enemy's rear, so he is invincible.

However, Zhao Xiong and Sun Cheng did not have these advantages, so that they were in danger.

They relied on the prestige of the Han people and the strong forces they bringed, as well as the backing of the Anxi Empire and the Xiliang Kingdom, to force the Kushan Empire to move north, and they fought for the territory of the Kushan Empire.

When the Kushan Empire moved north, the first country it encountered was the Kangju Kingdom, which had been conquered by the Xiongnu who had moved westward, and the Xiongnu continued to expand their sphere of influence to the west and were competing for territory with the Alan Kingdom.

When they learned that the Otsutsuki clan was invading north, they were very angry, and immediately withdrew their troops from the Alan kingdom and prepared to deal with the Otsuki clan.

At the beginning, the Da Yue clan was expelled by the Huns to establish the Kushan Empire in the south, and now they met the Huns in the north, and they were naturally afraid in their hearts, so they immediately asked Zhao Xiong and others for help.

At this time, Zhao Xiong and others were still busy establishing the Beiliang Kingdom; Zhao Xiong felt very good about the establishment of the Northern Liang Kingdom here, firstly, the Kushan Empire left a good agricultural foundation, secondly, it was very close to the Western Liang Kingdom, which was convenient for support, and thirdly, it was convenient to contact and communicate with the Wei State, connecting the eastern and western trade routes, and benefiting from developed trade.

Originally, Zhao Xiong went west after assisting Sun Tzu to build the country, chasing Li Qiang and others, and thought that there was no oil and water to fish, but now there are Huns, Kangju and Alan countries, just to defeat them, and lead their territory as the territory of Beiliang State.

And Zhao Xiong and Sun Cheng were influenced by Gao Shun, and they didn't have a good impression of the Huns, and they all had to be eliminated.

However, Sun Cheng did not recommend sending troops immediately, hoping that the Huns and the Dayue clan would fight first, so that they could clean up the mess.

Zhao Xiong felt that that would be a waste of time, and they could not afford to spend time, so he led 20,000 high-ranking cavalry, 3,000 strong crossbowmen, and 3,000 crossbowmen to march north; Left 10,000 high-level cavalry and 10,000 high-level infantry to defend the Northern Liang Kingdom.

Zhao Xiong thought to himself, the Kushan Empire has been very weak after the blow of the Sassanid Dynasty, plus several migrations, and the strength of the Kushan Empire has been very weak, and it will unite them to fight against the Huns, and after the Huns are eliminated, the strength of the Kushan Empire will be even weaker, and it will be eliminated in one fell swoop, eliminating the northern threat of the Beiliang Kingdom.

And he felt that the strength of the Huns would not be too strong at this time, they had been fighting and migrating for many years, and they had not been fixed, and the people had suffered great losses, otherwise they would not continue to graze in this cold land, but went south or continued to move westward; Besides, he hadn't even defeated an Alan kingdom that he hadn't heard of, so how strong could it be?

Sun Cheng also suggested that he send someone to contact the Alan Kingdom and attack the back of the Huns.

Zhao Xiong didn't think so, the Alan Kingdom was also the target they wanted to exterminate, how could they unite with them? If they did not take the initiative to attack the rear of the Huns this time, they would have taken the opportunity to start a war against the Alan Kingdom afterwards.

According to historical records, after the Huns conquered the Alan Kingdom, they achieved rapid development and caused heavy disasters to the Europeans; The state of Alan is located in the region of the middle and lower reaches of the Volga and Ural rivers.

Sun Cheng also suggested that he use this to demand a high return from the Kushan Empire, and Zhao Xiong took his advice.

The people of the Kushan Empire also had a sweet dream, they thought that after the Han defeated the Huns, they would not establish a kingdom in such a remote area, they could become the masters of the Kangju Kingdom, and even expand to the Alan Kingdom in the west, so they readily accepted the blackmail of Sun Cheng and Zhao Xiong.

Sun Cheng and Zhao Xiong's force value and intelligence are the same, but Gao Shun appointed Zhao Xiong as the commander, and the two considered different priorities, Sun Cheng considered the overall interests, and Zhao Xiong on the premise of completing the overall goal, he was more concerned about the future of the Beiliang Kingdom, and for the kingdom of his grandson and son, which is the so-called ass decision head.

The battlefield is narrow, with the Aral Sea in the west and the Wusun Kingdom in the east, so it can only be fought head-on; Neither the Xiongnu nor the Kushan Empire dared to attack Wusun, because Wusun was a sweet potato country of the Han people.

The Kushan Empire was responsible for the western line of defense near the Aral Sea; Zhao Xiong and Sun Cheng were in charge of the eastern defensive line.

After consulting with Sun Cheng, Zhao Xiong decided that Zhao Xiong would lead 5,000 high-ranking cavalry, 1,000 strong crossbowmen and 3,000 crossbowmen to defend frontally; Sun Cheng led 15,000 high-ranking cavalry and 2,000 strong crossbowmen to take advantage of the Wusun State to spare the rear of the Huns and launch a surprise attack.

The Huns launched several successive attacks on Zhao Xiong's positions; Zhao Xiong used bed crossbows and strong crossbows to defend himself, causing great casualties to the Huns; The shooting of such a dense stream of arrows from the camp confused the Huns, who did not realize that the Han had divided their forces.