Chapter XVIII: The Expedition to Central Asia

After negotiations with the remaining Xiongnu tribes, it was finally agreed that if the Xiongnu tribes were willing to move west with Uwei, they could go together, and the Huaxia Army would be responsible for the safety of the Xiongnu on the way west. The westward migration took place in the area west of the Caspian Sea and the Ural Mountains, from the Volga River basin to the East European Plain. After many efforts and negotiations with Uwei, the number of Xiongnu tribes who agreed to move west reached nearly one million, with 80,000 troops.

At the beginning of July, the various tribes that moved west were assembled in Beihai, including the remnants of King Zuoxian and King Zuoguli, who had already surrendered, and the tribes of Xinli, Xubu, Dingling, Qu Chuan and Hun, but not many chose to stay. When he set off, he held a ceremony to worship the heavens according to the customs of the Huns, and he was going to go to Wolf Juxu Mountain to worship his ancestors, but he was sternly rejected by Ouyang Xuan.

When the official departure began, the Huns took tribes and ethnic groups as units, drove their cattle and sheep, and tied daily necessities and yurts to camels, and slowly traveled westward, and they could walk more than 50 miles in one day. Ouyang Xuan sent several coordinating officials to assist the Xiongnu in moving westward.

After replacing the armor and weapons, the Huaxia army marched west along the Siberian Plateau and marched towards the Central Asian countries according to Ouyang Xuan's plan. The armor replaced this time is a newly developed black armor based on the technology of the Duliba people, with two pairs per person, which is not only lightweight, but also has a perfect protection against cold weapons. The weapon is also an alloy weapon developed on the basis of tough iron with the technology of the Duliba people, a pair of powerful crossbows with an effective range of 400 paces, a short knife, a saber, and standard weapons according to the post. The pro-soldiers finally used the assault rifle using a new alloy, in exchange, Ouyang Xuan took out a thousand catties of super energy body, of course, Ouyang Xuan's assault rifle is naturally a lot more high-end, black and shiny gun body, professional scope, with night vision function, some parts are made of gold alloy, inlaid with various colored gems. In terms of performance, it has been improved by the Duliba people, and the effective killing range has reached 400 steps, with three gears of single shot, triple burst and continuous shot. Ouyang Xuan, the assault rifle of the pro-soldiers, believes that it is much more powerful than that of later generations, with an effective range of 400 meters and a much smaller recoil, and also designed a silent device, using the energy-absorbing characteristics of a high-poly graupel energy body, absorbing recoil, sound energy, and heat energy into the forehand support through the device.

After a month's march out of the territory of the former Xiongnu, they walked down the Siberian plateau and entered Kangju. Dai Zhan, Huyan Leopard, He Chan, Bai Yang Gu, Peng Fei each led 10,000 troops, divided into five routes to the south, swept the area east of the Caspian Sea, after several battles, Xian Cai, Kangju, Da Yueshi, Dawan and other countries killed the Xiongnu prison state and bowed down to the vassals, with the assistance of various countries, exterminated the Xiongnu garrisons of various countries. Entering December, the Huaxia army and the Lan clan of the Dayue clan gathered to prepare for the winter, looking at the neat and mighty Huaxia army, the king of the Dayue clan was very afraid, if he did not insist on going his own way, and tried his best to subjugate China, the consequences were really hard to say, and respectfully accepted Ouyang Xuan's canonization.

In the military tent in the Lan Clan's city, Ouyang Xuan and the generals were studying and judging how to further consolidate the existing territory and the next plan to send troops on the sand table. After five months of crusades to the east and west, the north of the Hindu Kush Mountains and the east of the Caspian Sea are now under the control of China. The governor and the Huaxia army sent to various places are on the way, and Li Muling, who marched into the Western Regions from the Hexi Corridor, has already occupied Loulan, Cheshi, and Gaochang, and has taken over the territories north of the Xiongnu Tianshan Mountains and on both sides of the Altai Mountains. A railway to the Western Regions with the help of the technology and equipment of the Duliba people, is rapidly being built from Wuwei to the west, and is now repaired to the Xishuo City (now Hami) at the eastern foot of Tianshan Mountain, because of the cold weather, the Duliba people can not adapt to this climate, and the project is completely taken over by the Chinese. Since there was no equipment for the construction of the tunnel, the Duliba people had to build peripheral works. Li Mu is Ouyang Xuan's most important general of the new generation in China, and has made immortal contributions to the pacification of the Chinese State and the construction of Minyue, Lingnan and the Southeast Peninsula, and was named the Duke of Xia by Ouyang Xuan. It is the son of an endangered pregnant woman who was treated by Ouyang Xuan when he passed through the mass grave outside Xianyang City when he went to serve as the king of Xia, and the mother and son were extremely loyal to Ouyang Xuan. It just so happened that when Ouyang Xuan passed by here, he rescued the dying slave and maid, and gave birth to Li Mu six months later, and his mother has been serving by Liu Hui's side. Li Mu and Peng Fei and other pro-soldiers were carefully trained by Ouyang Xuan, and their outstanding military talents were greatly recognized by Ouyang Xuan. It successively pacified Liaodong, Sushen, Fuyu, and Wei's Joseon. After Zou Chou's death, he led his troops into Minyue, and successively pacified Nanyue, Dian Kingdom, Jiaozhi, Ailao and the countries of the Southeast Peninsula, and fought in the mountains and on the water.

This expedition to the Western Regions, Ouyang Xuan appointed Li Mu as the commander-in-chief, and Li Mao, the secretary of the Ministry of War, as the deputy commander, and sent troops from the Hexi Corridor. Now he personally led 100,000 soldiers and horses to Wuli, and the other route was Li Mao led the troops to Khotan under Kunlun Mountain.

Looking at the map, Ouyang Xuan now really felt that his ability was limited, the gap between the original plan and the actual situation was too big, if it wasn't for the assistance of the Duliba people, Ouyang Xuan really didn't dare to think about how to take care of such a huge territory. Now the most formidable enemy is the Bactrian state, founded by the Greeks south of the Hindu Kush, which would connect the western territory with the territory of the southeastern peninsula as long as the Greeks were driven out of Asia. To ensure the smooth flow of land transportation, he planned to build a railway network from the Aral Sea to the south of Burma (now the southeast peninsula) with the help of the Duliba people to control the western countries, and also planned to build a Great Wall from the Ural Mountains in the north to the Hindu Kush Mountains in the south. He ruthlessly planned to increase his chips and talk to the Duliba people again, and as a bargaining chip, he took out 10,000 catties of super concentrated energy body and half of the graupel energy body in his hand. Since thousands of catties of super-concentrated energy bodies can make Duliba people willing to serve themselves, it shouldn't be too much of a problem to change it tenfold.

Thinking of this section, after discussing with the generals, they issued a combat mission led by Peng Fei to attack the Great Xia Kingdom, and flew directly to the secret base of the Duliba people by a small flying saucer, and after repeated consultations with the five elders of the Duliba people for several days, they finally reached a deal with 30,000 catties of super-concentrated energy body and 50,000 catties of graupel energy body. With the technology and equipment provided by the Duliba people, Ouyang Xuan sent people to establish a communication network, railway network and highway network covering the entire Huaxia country in a short period of time, and trained a group of scientific experts and specialists in engine manufacturing and road vehicle manufacturing for the Huaxia country. The premise is that Ouyang Xuan must help find the Duliba people who are displaced in the Qiang Land, and ensure the absolute safety of the Duliba people.

With the result of the negotiation, Ouyang Xuan was also a lot more relaxed, and on the way back, out of trust in Li Mu, he went directly to Li Mu's military camp. When Ouyang Xuan appeared in the tent, Li Mu would not believe it no matter what, and almost let the guards blast Ouyang Xuan out, if it wasn't for Ouyang Xuan showing the seal and sword, it is estimated that he would only be able to return to the Dayue clan in disgrace. Ouyang Xuan looked at Li Mu, who was with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes in front of him, and sighed with emotion, if Li Musheng was in the next life, he would definitely be his loyal fan. Whether it is governing the country, marching and fighting, or personal combat ability, he is far above Ouyang Xuan, but he does not have Ouyang Xuan's more than 2,000 years of experience and rich scientific knowledge, and the most important thing is that he does not have Ouyang Xuan's legendary experience.

"Xia Gong, I am here to list it as an absolute secret." "No! It's just that His Majesty has crossed thousands of mountains and rivers and crossed the countries of Shule, Wusun, Gumo, and Qiuzi to come here, and the minister doesn't know why? The minister was very frightened."

"Haha, I just went to Yinshan to return, passing by here. I came to visit Xia Gong".

"Your Majesty, this joke is not to be made. Yinshan is also thousands of miles away so far, and the ministers see that His Majesty has no wind and dust. Don't frighten the ministers".

"Xia Gong, please come with me." As he spoke, he pulled Li Mu out of the military tent, and Ouyang Xuan's personal soldiers served him on the horse, went out of the gate, beat the horse and galloped for more than fifty miles, and traveled to a hidden valley. The flying saucer stopped in the middle, Ouyang Xuan pointed and said, "Since I came here by this instrument, it can travel thousands of miles in an hour. Our army's logistics are all transported with this instrument, and there is also a secret base in the capital. Those who know this top secret are all my own soldiers, and now Xia Gong is also one of them." "The lives of the minister and his mother are all given by His Majesty, and the minister has nothing to repay in this life, but can only serve His Majesty before and after the saddle." "Haha, don't talk about this, come, go up with me for a sightseeing." After finishing speaking, he took the lead in hitting the horse and entering the flying saucer, Li Mu entered the flying saucer with trembling under the guidance of his own soldiers, and the bright lights made him a little uncomfortable, and he was full of curiosity about every structure and object inside, and kept asking the soldiers around him. These pro-soldiers were also Li Mu's subordinates, so they were naturally very cordial, and they all knew everything. Sitting still in the cabin, watching his former subordinates skillfully make flashing keyboards and buttons, and talking to the other two flying saucers, Li Mu also felt a sense of pride. When the flying saucer took off and accelerated, Li Mu was still a little uncomfortable.

On the large circular screen, you can clearly see the surrounding scenery, and there is a holographic projection color topographic map on the platform, and the scenery on the ground is as real as watching it in person. A moment later, the three flying saucers converged and formed in the Qiang region, thousands of miles away, and flew together to Bayankala Mountain on the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. After wandering in the mountains for a long time, he returned. On the way, Ouyang Xuan told Li Mu about the Hail Energy and the Duliba people without reservation. Li Mu was also shocked when he heard this, he couldn't have imagined that his benefactor, the pillar of Huaxia Kingdom, and the person he admired the most, still had so many secrets behind him, and so many things that he didn't know, which increased his admiration and admiration for Ouyang Xuan.

When he was about to return to the barracks, Ouyang Xuan said: "Xia Gong, Qiuzi, Wusun and I still have some origins, we must be safe when sending troops, and avoid using weapons." In particular, the temple and the monks must not be harmed". "The minister knows what to do, and the envoy of Qiuzi has arrived at the military camp yesterday to discuss the matter of surrender. The minister arranged for the military commander to talk about it first, and summoned the envoy tomorrow. If it is achieved, Shule and Gumo can get it in one fell swoop. It's just that Wusun was forced by the Xiongnu* to move to the northern foot of the Green Mountains, and the minister didn't think about how to do it for a while." "Well, the matter of Wusun, put it aside for the time being, and I sent envoys to lobby. After Xia Gong gained the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, he left a garrison, crossed the Green Mountains, and went out of Dawan (now the Margilan region of Uzbekistan) to join forces with me in Yueshi to conquer Great Xia." "No!".

Dropping down Li Mu ten miles away from the barracks, Ouyang Xuan returned to Lan City and unloaded the supplies. Outside the tent of the Chinese military camp, Peng Fei and the generals were watching the soldiers of the Dayue clan conduct a drill according to the military formations and tactics of the Great Xia people they knew, and when they saw Ouyang Xuan coming back, they hurriedly stepped forward to salute. "Your Majesty, the last general just learned from the scout yesterday that the way the Great Xia people fight with the Xiongnu and other nomadic tribes is very different, and hereby find the Yue clan people who have been at war with the Great Xia Kingdom, and practice their formations and attack methods here, but they have not sent troops", Peng Fei quickly explained.

"Well, it's good, knowing yourself and knowing your opponent will win all battles. The kingdom of Bactria was founded by the Greeks and Macedonians from Europa, the far west, and its methods of warfare were naturally different from what we had seen. Armed with spears, swords, and shields, they are similar to the infantry I have trained. Oh, by the way, I ordered someone to carry the supplies here and distribute them." "No!" , Peng Fei took the order and left.

Ouyang Xuan, surrounded by all the generals and colonies, came to the Dianjiangtai and continued to watch the soldiers of the Dayue clan perform the Great Xia ** formation. After looking at it for a while, Ouyang Xuan turned to Dai Zhan and said, "General Dai can think of a strategy to break the enemy?" ”。“ Back to Your Majesty, through scouting and watching the military formation, the minister thought that the Daxia ** army seemed to be similar to our infantry formation, but it was not as strict and guarded as our army, and it was mainly based on personal bravery. The minister thought that if the cavalry rushed straight, although there was a chance of victory, the casualties were very great. The minister thought that it was better to strike with firearms and bows and crossbows, supplemented by cavalry double-column rope tactics, and win without casualties."

"Okay, according to what General Dai said, this time I have brought a new crossbow arrow, you can bring gunpowder crossbow arrows, lead the troops to go down to practice, and soon Xia Gong will lead the troops to come to reinforcements, sweep the Great Xia together, and drive the Europa people back to their hometown." "No! Duke Xia is here to help in the war, and the ministers can rest assured."

"The Qing family and the soldiers have been away from home for more than a year, and after a hundred battles, they can return to Beijing to reunite with their families after this war. In terms of meritorious deeds, the soldiers and pro-soldiers of this expedition were organized into my direct subordinate Yulin Army." "Your Majesty, all the ministers", Dai Zhan bowed a little excitedly and replied. After the first batch of soldiers brought from the Han land retired, the Yulin Army was not set up, and it also became a symbol, existing in the hearts of the soldiers of the Chinese Army. Those who died or died in the Yulin Army were placed in the Meritorious Garden, and the name plate was erected in the Meritorious Pavilion, which was the highest honor as a soldier. Now that the Yulin Army has been reset, how can the Chinese soldiers not be excited. "Not for the prince, only for the pavilion and a soil" This is the ideal of Chinese soldiers and officials, which is not unrelated to the concept of joining the country in education at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Back at the Zhongjun tent, Ouyang Xuan looked at the map and thought about how to treat Wusun, a country that was inextricably linked with him, and now he was driven to the Ili River Valley by the Huns, driving away the Da Yue clan and Da Wan back then. After looking at the map for a long time, Ouyang Xuan had a preliminary plan. Ordered someone to find Peng Fei, who was busy unloading supplies outside the camp, and prepared to make him an envoy.