Chapter Thirty-Eight: Troops Sent to the Western Regions
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Song Shenzong said very excitedly, and didn't notice the expressions of Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing, until he finished speaking, he found that the two of them were in shock, and couldn't help but be a little strange, and asked, "What happened to you?" ā
"Ugh!" Wang Anshi made a grinding sound from his mouth, and then he came to his senses, and asked a little stunned: "Official, has the Western Regions really descended?" ā
"Can that be fake?" Song Shenzong raised the military report in his hand: "How long did Wu Ji lie about the military situation? ā
"That's not what it means!" Lu Huiqing hurriedly took over the conversation, held his forehead, and said: "Since the previous dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions, the Western Regions have been controlled by the Great Food, although the pace of the Great Food's eastward expansion has stopped, but the influence of the Great Diet in the Western Regions is incomparable, why does the Western Regions say that it will fall?" ā
After the rise of the Arab Empire, its conquest was swift, soon conquering the Mediterranean coast and then advancing eastward. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoThe first obstacle to the eastward advance of the Arab Empire was the Persian Empire, which lasted for decades and finally the Arab Empire destroyed the Persian Empire.
The last king of the Persian Empire, Tai Belus, led a large number of Persians to retreat eastward and came to the Tang Dynasty to seek refuge, and he himself became an official of the Tang Dynasty.
One consequence of this eastward retreat was to bring Manichaeism to Middle-earth, and because of a translation error, it became a "demon cult".
Without the hindrance of the Persian Empire, the pace of the Arab Empire's eastward advance was even faster, and it soon confronted the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. At that time, both countries were on the rise, and their strength was strong, and a century-long war broke out in the Western Regions, and the Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions because of the Anshi Rebellion.
However, although the Arab Empire wanted to continue to advance eastward, it was more than willing to do so, because the conquest was too fast to assimilate the conquered land, and after the Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions, the Arab Empire had to devote itself to internal affairs, "Islamize" the conquered land, and turned the entire Middle East region into an Islamic stronghold.
Then, the Arab Empire was in turmoil again, and it was unable to move eastward and could only take control of the Western Regions. The Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions, and the Arab Empire was the dominant one, and its influence in the Western Regions was quite large.
It can be said that the Western Regions at that time were mainly influenced by the Arab Empire. No one thought that the Western Regions would descend when they said that they would fall, which was too unexpected.
"Can he not descend? Does he dare to surrender? Song Shenzong raised his head, his chest was straight, his face was full of red light, and he laughed: "My 250,000 elite army is placed in the land west of the river, as long as I throw a will, I will move the Western Regions in a big way, and let him eat it is not an opponent." You don't want to think about it, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty patrolled to Zhangye, and the 28 countries of the Western Regions came to offer land and become vassals. Emperor Yang of Sui didn't mobilize many troops, and my 250,000 was just an ornament? Not to mention, Wu Ji slaughtered more than 600,000 allied troops of Western Xia and Tubo in one battle, which has never been seen in the thousands of years of Chinese history, who can not be afraid? Who can not be afraid? ā
Speaking of this, Song Shenzong couldn't help but nod his head and admired: "Wu Ji is right, whoever offends Huaxia will bear the wrath of Huaxia!" Western Xia and Tubo have offended Huaxia and have already endured the wrath of Huaxia, and with this lesson from the past, no one will dare to offend Huaxia again! ā
"The Battle of Hexi is a battle of Liwei!" Wang Anshi nodded violently and said: "Since the fall of the previous dynasty, the Great Song Dynasty has not been able to revitalize the prestige of Huaxia thousands of miles away from foreign lands, and the foreign races do not know the majesty of Huaxia. Now, they finally know! ā
"Yes, the fall of the Western Regions, what's the blame?" Song Shenzong concluded loudly, raised his eyebrows, and said: "I think that the previous dynasty set up the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions, which was a good cornerstone, and the previous dynasty took this as the foundation, and there was no change in the Western Regions for more than a hundred years, and I am determined to restore the four towns of Anxi." Jiefu, what do you think? ā
"Although the four towns of Anxi have been repeated from time to time, they have been taken away by Tibet. However, there is no doubt about its importance, and the ministers are in favor of restoring the four towns of Anxi. Wang Anshi couldn't help nodding.
"Official, since the Western Regions have surrendered, the Great Song Dynasty needs to send a good general to sit in town!" Lu Huiqing reminded.
"Hmm!" Song Shenzong nodded heavily and said, "Since the Han Dynasty took over the Western Regions, if you want the Western Regions to be peaceful, you must choose a good general. Ban Dingyuan sits in the Western Regions, and there is no change in the Western Regions. Gao Xianzhi sits in the Western Regions, with a mere 30,000 or 20,000 people, and fights against the soldiers of the whole country in the Great Food, which is amazing! If the Western Regions wants to be stable, they must choose a general. ā
He raised his eyebrows and pondered: "I think that the general guarding the Western Regions is none other than Wu Ji. ā
"If Wu Ji goes to the Western Regions, the Western Regions will have no worries!" Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing glanced at each other, agreeing with this proposal.
However, Song Shenzong shook his head heavily and said, "If Wu Ji is in charge of the Western Regions, the Western Regions will definitely be stable, but I think that this is overkill and bury talents. After the First Battle of Hexi, all the nations were terrified and rushed to sacrifice land, and Yelu Hongji was left. As long as Yelu Hongji is solved, the Great Song Dynasty will be restored to the grandeur of the previous dynasty, and the territory will be restored. However, problems have also arisen, these places have been under foreign rule for a long time, and I need to change the old and make new ones if I want to govern them from the beginning. To reform the old and make the new, we must not only innovate the literary affairs, but also the military affairs. Literary affairs, hehe, very smooth. As for martial arts, Wu Ji is indispensable for the revolution and the new, so Wu Ji will not go to the Western Regions. ā
The current situation of the Song Dynasty is because Wu Ji first promoted it, because he promoted the military innovation of the Song Dynasty at the border pass. Of course, this is not enough, far from it. When it comes to military innovation, no one is as good as Wu Ji, and if you want to carry out a large-scale rectification of the Song Dynasty army, this person must be Wu Ji.
"If Wu Ji goes to the Western Regions, the Western Regions will naturally sit back and relax, but he can't give full play to Wu Ji's strengths, or the officials are far-sighted." Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing had to be convinced.
"I mean, the Western Regions will let the seed go to guard it. The old land of Tubo, let Yao Gu go. The land west of the river was handed over to Li Xian. Song Shenzong seemed to have made up his mind, and said with a smile: "They are the generals of the western soldiers, and it is better to hand over this western matter to them." ā
Chong Ge is a good general and a general, and there will be no problem in handing over the Western Regions to him, Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing have no objections.
"As for Wu Ji, I want him to move his division from Hexi, return to Youzhou, and then solve Yelu Hongji by the way, and return to Bianjing." Song Shenzong paced, pondering: "By that time, I will have to cultivate internal affairs, which will take ten years. Ten years from now, my army will march westward in a big way, and it will be shameful to compete with the Great Food for dominance in the Western Regions. ā
The faster he paced, his steps were so light that he seemed to be flying: "The mouths and silver of the previous dynasty were not as much as I, and they could suppress the Great Eclipse for decades." Ten years later, I have more people and more silver, and I have enough food and soldiers, so I don't believe it, and I can't clean up the big food! ā
The right hand slashed suddenly, like thunder and lightning, and it was extraordinary.
xxxxxxxxx Xingqing Mansion, Wu Ji's Shuai Mansion, a group of generals are fighting for red faces, and no one will let anyone.
"No! No way! You can't go! I have to go to the Western Regions! ā
"Why can't I go if you can? You can fight, and I won't lose to you! ā
"Why? With me, I followed Wu Dashuai all the way from the north to kill, it was us, it was us, and it was us who promoted the prosperity of the Great Song Dynasty from the north! I have to go to the Western Regions! ā
"Dashuai, Dashuai, look, he robbed you of your work."
"You don't want to talk nonsense! Who dares to steal the merit of the handsome? I am playing with the big handsome saddle before and after, this time I go to the Western Regions, can we old people be less? Less! Less! ā
"What do you say? On old age, you are older than our western soldiers? ā
"What happened to the Western Soldiers? Do you have the ability to knock down Yokoyama? If we hadn't fought hard in the north, would you have been able to take Hengshan? You have fought in Western Xia for decades, and you have nothing to do with Hengshan. This time, it's your good luck to catch up! ā
"That's right! The western soldiers fought the battle of Xingqing Mansion. We have survived one battle after another from the Northland, and the Khitan has broken for us, if you talk about war merits, you are not as big as us. This goes to the Western Regions, we have to go, you Western soldiers, wait for the next batch! ā
The Western soldiers have been fighting with the Western Xia for decades, although they are known as the elite of the world, but they have not won many battles, and a horizontal mountain prevents them from taking a step beyond the thunder pool.
"Okay, don't fight!" Wu Ji listened to the quarrel of the generals in his ears, and his head was big for a while. When these generals heard that they were going to the Western Regions, they all fought like they were rushing to a banquet. Not for anything else, just because I went to the Western Regions to be ashamed and fight with the big food.
As soon as Wu Ji spoke, the generals stopped abruptly as if they had cut off the conversation with scissors.
"Dashuai, this is the will of the official family!" Wu Xing stepped forward quickly and handed the holy decree to Wu Ji.
Wu Ji took a look and was very regretful: "I can't go to the Western Regions either!" ā
"If the big handsome is not going, who will go?" The generals were amazed.
To enter the Western Regions, Wu Ji was the best choice, and he didn't go, who could not be surprised?
"Kind of general, look." Wu Ji shook his head and handed the holy decree to Chong Ge.
He took it in his hand and looked at it, and couldn't help but be overjoyed: "It's me who goes!" It's me to go! ā
XXXXXX Outside the city of Xingqing Mansion, the Song army assembled, Wu Ji rode on a war horse, saw them off, and said loudly: "Brothers: to the west is Yumen Pass, that is, Yangguan, after Yumen Pass, Yangguan, embarked on the journey to the Western Regions!" The poet of the previous dynasty said, 'There is no reason for the west to go out of Yangguan', I have to say, he was wrong! Because, there are many Chinese sons and daughters in the Western Regions, and they are waiting for it! They are our loved ones! When you go to the Western Regions, you not only want to bring the majesty of the Great Song Dynasty, but also the Huaxia family! It is necessary to bring strong family affection to the Western Regions and warm the hearts of every Chinese son! ā
"Huaxia family!"
"Huaxia family!"
The soldiers raised their arms and shouted, roaring rivers and mountains, and were extremely excited.
Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos and torn apart, and the children of China have been left in exile and difficult to reunite. Today, they can finally be reunited!
"The road to the Western Regions is an ancient road of heroes!" Wu Ji then said: "The ancestors who pioneered this heroic ancient road used their sweat, blood, and surname life to open up this ancient road! Today, you are fortunate to follow in their footsteps and march into the Western Regions, which is your honor! ā
"You don't see Huo Zhongjun, and the weak crown is a captive, please be long-tasseled; You don't see, Ban Dingyuan, the Peerless Light Cavalry urged Zhan Yun ......" I don't know who took the lead in singing the battle song of Wu Ji and their entry into the land of Western Xia, and the soldiers sang in unison.
"You don't see Huo Zhongjun, the weak crown is a captive, you don't see Ban Dingyuan, and the peerless light cavalry urges the battle cloud ......" In the loud singing, the soldiers embarked on the journey to march into the Western Regions.
(To be continued)