449 Go down to the two countries first
The preparation for the expedition, and what Liu Hong needed was only to consider bringing those people. In this way, it will be simple, in terms of commanders, Liu Hong asked Li Ying and Liu Fu to follow him out, and in terms of generals, as long as there is no task, he will bring them all, and then, point up the soldiers and horses, and kill the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
In the past, it was not easy to get to the Western Regions, but now it is extremely simple. After all, the railway to rest has already run through their section, as long as you get on the train, you can get to them quickly.
Of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, the closest to the Han Dynasty are Wuqiang and Loulan. And the railway to rest also happened to pass through here, so Liu Hong's first stop was here.
Wuqiang is a small country that can't be smaller, and Loulan is not very big. The two of them were next to each other, and as soon as Liu Hong and them got off the train, they were all within Liu Hong's attack range.
Seeing the Han army coming, the kings of these two countries were terrified. Hurriedly sent someone over and asked where to provoke the big man.
In this place of the Western Regions, no matter in the past or present life, Liu Hong is coming for the first time. Therefore, how could he have any spare time to meet the people from those two countries, he took Dian Wei, Xu Chu, Hu Che'er and his escorts, and began to appreciate the customs of the Western Regions.
Liu Hong could ignore the two messengers, but Liu Fu and Li Ying couldn't. Therefore they raised their accounts and brought the two messengers with them.
"Two adults, I don't know where the subject country has made the Celestial Empire unhappy, but it has provoked the Celestial Empire's army to attack, please make it clear to the kingdom, and we and other small countries will definitely correct it?"
"How unreasonable, you don't know what you've done, and you still have to come to ask us, it's really unreasonable!"
"That's it!" After listening to Li Ying's words, Liu Fu also spoke, "Until now, you haven't realized what mistakes you have made, which means that you have not taken our big man into your eyes at all." Therefore, we sent troops to destroy you this time, and we did not wronged you! ”
Hearing that the big man was going to destroy them directly this time, the two envoys were directly frightened and stammered, and asked, "Two big men, we really don't know where to provoke your Heavenly Empire, please make it clear to the two big men, even if we want to die, let us die in the open?!" ”
"If you want to be a ghost, then well, I'll fulfill you!" Seeing their appearance, Liu Fu no longer talked nonsense with them, and said directly: "You countries, as vassals of our Han Dynasty, have you ever paid tribute to our Han Dynasty?" When your king took over, did he get the permission of our great man, or appoint him? None of these you have ever had, which means that you have not seen our big man in the eyes at all, and you have not seen our majesty in the eyes at all, do you think that our big man can not send troops to destroy you?! ”
Hearing this, the hearts of the two messengers were cold. After all, what the big man said was the truth, and this point was indeed not authentic in their country.
Now that we know the cause, we need to remedy it quickly. So the two messengers did not dare to stay here any longer, and immediately got up and hurried back, and let their king find a way to go.
Hearing the reason of the two envoys, the two kings were dumbfounded. You must know that although they are nominally a vassal country of the Han Dynasty, none of them take the Han seriously. Especially after the weakening of the Han Dynasty, it was impossible for them to go to the Han Dynasty to pay tribute. In this way, this matter was slowly forgotten by them completely, and even if the Great Han stood again, they still did not think of paying tribute.
"Oh, what can we do, this is really our fault?!"
The two kings were in a hurry, after all, they knew that since the Han was here, it was absolutely impossible for them to be sent away easily. And their ministers can only be dead horses as horse doctors, and try their best to come up with ideas to remedy them.
"King, it is imperative that we immediately prepare tribute and send it to the Han to seek forgiveness. Otherwise, our country's eight achievements ......"
Although he had not finished speaking, the two kings understood what he meant. So, they immediately prepared tributes so that they could go to the Han to make amends.
The armies of the Han are coming, how can they be let go because of a little tribute. However, Dahan didn't let go of the things in his hands. So, Liu Fu left the tribute, and then kicked the people of the two countries out of the camp of the Han army.
Seeing that the Han didn't forgive them, Wuqiang and Loulan didn't know what to do. And at this time, Huang Zhong came to Wuqiang with a team of people.
Liu Hong came here completely to relax, so all the things about the conquest were handed over to Liu Fu and Li Ying. And when the two of them saw a rare opportunity, they directly ordered Huang Zhong to lead people to destroy the least number of Wuqiang, so that the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions could have a horse.
Huang Zhong has been holding back for several years, and he has long been impatient. And now that he came to the Western Regions, he was the first to go on the expedition, which made him very happy. You know, this is the first merit of this expedition, and he must win it cleanly. Therefore, when it was time to reach Wuqiang, he was not polite at all, and directly ordered the attack.
Wuqiang, which was once annexed by Loulan. Therefore, his number is very small, a total of more than 1,000 households, five or six thousand people, so as soon as Huang Zhong's army arrived, he directly surrounded them, and he couldn't escape if he wanted to. And if they want to fight with the Han, it is even more impossible, after this period of intensified production, although the new musket of the Han has not been completely replaced, but the army that went out this time has all been reloaded. They used cold weapons, and if they wanted to compete with the hot weapons of the Han Dynasty, they were just sent to death, so it didn't take much time for Huang Zhong to completely take down Wuqiang.
"Although the number of people is small, in any case, this is also the destruction of a country. And it's the first merit of this expedition, which is also good! ”
Huang Zhong escorted the people back to the camp, but frightened the people of Loulan. They didn't expect that the Han would destroy the Wuqiang so quickly.
"It seems that this time the big man has moved his real character, and we in Loulan will definitely not be able to escape the end of destruction."
The king of Loulan realized that it was not good, so he had to make a final effort and send someone to ask the Han how it was before he let them go.
The messenger who received the order quickly ran to the Han camp, and at this time, the Han army was also ready to deal with Loulan. The reason why Loulan was late was completely because Loulan was protected by the city. In this way, it will be much more difficult to deal with them than it is to deal with them, and it will require some preparation.
Now, the Han has a way to siege the city. Even if they came in a hurry this time and didn't bring artillery, they brought all of them, whether it was explosives packs or airships and hot air balloons, and any of these things, they could easily capture the city.
In this siege, in order to reduce casualties, the Han army chose a hot air balloon. Therefore, the preparation time was a bit long, but the effect of the siege was good, a few explosive bags were dropped, and the city gate of Loulan was blown open.
As soon as Loulan's envoy left the city, he saw a hot air balloon flying over, but he didn't know what it was. Therefore, he still rushed to the Han camp. But when he heard the loud bangs, and saw the gates of the city blown open, he knew that it was broken. And before he could react, the crazy Han army rushed over.
"It's broken!"
Not only did the envoy think so, but the king of Loulan also thought so. In order to keep Qingshan here, the king of Loulan wanted to take people to escape. But the Han army had long prevented them from escaping, not only had people prepared at those city gates, but the soldiers who had thrown explosives bags on the hot air balloons were now holding binoculars and staring at those city gates to see if there were any escapes, so as to immediately command people to pursue.
With these arrangements, King Loulan can still run there. Not to mention the king of Loulan, even the other people were not able to escape, they were either captured by the Han army, or they were killed by the Han army.
After capturing the city of Loulan, Liu Hong and the others did not have to suffer in the wilderness, and they all moved to the city. And just as they moved to the city, the news of their destruction of Wuqiang and Loulan also spread in several nearby countries.
You must know that the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are not very far away, and each other, whether they are good friends or wary of each other, are very concerned about each other. Therefore, as soon as Liu Hong and the others started here, they got the news there.
"What is the purpose of Dahan to destroy Wuqiang and Loulan this time? Do they know how to destroy both countries, or do they want to destroy us all? ”
Don't look at them, they all know that the Han army destroyed these two countries, but this time, the Han army did not let one go, either killed or captured, so none of them knew why the Han army was raised.
However, although they don't know why the Han raised troops, they just guessed, and they also knew that when the Han sent a large army, it was impossible to just destroy Wuqiang and Loulan. Therefore, the countries of Jimo, Xiaowan, Jingji, and Ronglu prepared gifts overnight and went to inquire about the specific situation with the Han army.
"Made, now I'm running here one by one to get fast, but what are you doing earlier?!"
Liu Hong is full of contempt for these countries. Of course, he didn't have the heart to meet them, so Liu Hong threw the characters who met them to Li Ying and Liu Fu.
For Liu Hong's two people, they are quite helpless, you know, they have just won the two countries, and they are busy. But at this critical time, Liu Hong asked them to meet those envoys, and of course they were all reluctant. But Liu Hong is the emperor, even if there is fire, they don't dare to come at Liu Hong, but in this way, those envoys will be unlucky. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe (this site), reward, your support is my biggest motivation. )