"After the death of Kasserga I a few years ago, his successor, Huviska, became the new king of the Kushan Empire. However, he did not have his father's skills, and his control over Central Asia quickly waned during his reign. As a direct result, Dawan, Kangju, Khorezm and other countries began to prepare to get rid of the vassal control of the Kushan Empire. From here, it can be seen that he is a person with little ability, and he can't defend Chengdu. It was not at all surprising that he had sent someone to sue for peace this time. Gao Yang held a wine glass in his hand and explained to the many generals in the room.

"Where is this Kushan Empire? Aren't they from the Otsuki clan? Why did you become a Kushan again? "Tai Shici, who is from the coast of the East China Sea, has no understanding of these countries and peoples who are thousands of miles away, and he has not even heard of them.

Gao Yang put down his wine glass with a smile, took out a cigarette and lit it, looked at the inquisitive eyes of the large number of generals in the room, and said with a smile, "The Dayue clan was originally active in the Qinghai area. No, sorry for the mistake. They were active in the Xiliang area, and their strength was extremely strong, and they were the fierce rivals of the Huns at their peak. However, later, a generation of the Huns, Tianjiao Mao Dun Shan Yu, completely defeated the Dayue clan, killed their king, and used the king's head to make the most noble wine vessel to boast of martial bravery. The Dayue clan, whose power was greatly reduced, could only move westward under the oppression of the Huns and came to the Lianghe River valley to take root. They also conquered the kingdom of Bactria on the south bank of the Amu Darya River. The Bactrian kingdom was formed by the descendants of the Greeks in the Far West who colonized Central Asia and was called the Kingdom of Bactria. This is not important for the time being, let's not talk about him. ”

Taking a hard puff of his cigarette, Gao Yang continued, "The Great Moon Clan has five large tribes, called the Five Tribes. One of them, the Kushan tribe, rose rapidly more than a hundred years ago and became the strongest among the Otsuki clan and the king of the Otsuki clan. After conquering the two river valleys, the Kushan tribe established the Kushan Empire. The emperor of the Kushan Empire is the leader of the Kushan tribe and the king of the various tribes of the Otsuki clan. Got it now? ”

"I see." Many of the civil and military generals in the room all showed expressions of understanding. There are a few twists and turns in this story. It's all involved in the huge war hundreds of years ago.

"Don't underestimate them." Gao Yang's expression froze. "They are different from those small countries in the Western Regions, they are a real big country, and they are at the same level as the Xianbei people. There are hundreds of thousands of people with armor under his command. Moreover, now that the national strength is still there, it must not be underestimated. ”

"I think about it, it seems that there is a record in the biography of Ban Dingyuan, saying that there is a princess of the king of Kushan who seeks Han. Rejected by Ban Dingyuan. He then sent 100,000 troops to attack the Western Regions, but was defeated by Ban Dingyuan. Then he made peace. Ban Dingyuan never knew the name of King Guishan, and only called him the King of the Yue Clan. It turns out that this King of the Moon Clan is the emperor of the Kushan Empire. Guo Jia held the wine glass in his hand and said with a yearning expression.

"Hmm." Gao Yang nodded, and said in response, "Ban Dingyuan is talking about them. ”

"How do these people compare with those Xianbei people? When I fought them before, I didn't feel any better than the people of the Western Regions. The burly Xu Zhu asked suspiciously.

"It's not as good as the Xianbei people." Gao Yang briefly summarized.

"Oh~~~" The civil and military in the house suddenly responded. That's the bottom of my heart.

"The soldiers are fierce and the war is dangerous, everyone must despise the enemy strategically, and we must pay attention to the enemy tactically!" Gao Yang raised his wine glass and gestured to everyone. At the same time ended the topic.

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Marakanda is the name of the ancient city, that is, the city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan in modern time and space. It was a necessary place on the Silk Road, with developed commerce and a large population, and was an extremely important stronghold of the Kushan Empire.

To the north of the city are Khorezm and Kangju. To the east is Dawan, and to the west is the Amu Darya. Because of its important location, the emperor of the Kushan Empire handed over the city to the Humi tribe of the five princes of the Great Moon Clan as a territory. When the Han army settled down and began to continue to send troops to the west, it became the first target of the Han army!

There were no ups and downs in the battle of Maracanda, and the powerful Han army surrounded and annihilated the desperate Humi tribe in Maracanda step by step.

There is endless infighting among the five major tribes of the Great Moon Clan, and the Xiumi tribe who controls the fat and oily Silk Road has always been hated by other tribes. This time it was attacked by the army of the Han Dynasty. Almost no one wants to help them. Even the new Emperor of the Kushan Empire. These short-sighted fellows are counting on the Han army and the Humi tribe to fight each other and then they will pick up the benefits. I don't know what it means to have cold lips and cold teeth.

The politically immature Khuvyshka easily shattered the reluctance of the various tribes that his father had painstakingly run. When the Han army turned around and attacked other places, no one would take the initiative to rescue.

After the capture of Maracanda, Gao Yang soon established an advance command here. Spread out your army and attack everywhere. Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and others led nearly 100,000 iron horsemen to the north to sweep Kangju and Khorezm.

They were not required to occupy much land, as long as they drove all the natives north into the desert. And Zhao Yun and the others also lived up to expectations, and it only took two months to drive all the barbarians in the north to the desert north of the Aral Sea.

As for the south, Cao Cao was the main general, leading the army all the way south across the Amu Darya River to attack the Lan Clan, the original capital of the Great Xia Kingdom, and besieged and annihilated the Shuangmi tribe among the five tribes of the Dayue clan in one fell swoop.

At the same time, the method of encircling the point to send reinforcements hit the Fatun tribe who came to the rescue and had a deep friendship with the Shuangmi tribe. So far, except for the Kushan tribe that has gathered in the high annex city of the country, that is, Kabul. and beyond the Dumi tribes in the Punjab in the south. The main force of the Otsutsuki clan has been routed.

As Cao Cao's army approached Kabul City, Hu Weishka, who finally panicked, ordered the whole ** team to prepare for a decisive battle with the Han army. It's a pity that by this time it was too late. The Han army, which was almost entirely cavalry, moved like the wind, and they had already dismembered the Kushan Empire in a very short time. Vassals have been destroyed. Various resistance forces took advantage of the situation, and the country was in chaos.

The thoughtful Cao Cao slowed down the pace of the attack. After allowing Huvishka to gather all the troops he could muster to the high annex city, he suddenly attacked and made a rapid assault along the foot of the Hindu Kush in one fell swoop. Surrounded the city of Kabul and nearly 100,000 Guishan Emperors.

After ten days of bloody fighting, Khuvyshka set fire to his own palace in the High Annex, and burned his clan and the palace to the ground. The remaining tens of thousands of Guishan Emperor's ** team put down their weapons and chose to surrender. At this point, the Kushan Empire, known as one of the four great powers of Eurasia and the rest of Rome in the Han Dynasty, disappeared.

The Otsuki clan of the five major tribes also existed in name only, in addition to the Dumi tribe in the southern Punjab, the Otsuki clan also disappeared into the long river of history with the fall of the Kushan Empire.

From a normal point of view, Gao Yang went out to expand thousands of miles of land this time and plundered more than 100,000 people. All kinds of goods and cattle are not counted. It is definitely an epic and glorious victory, and it is inevitable that it will be remembered in history and sung through the ages. After making such brilliant achievements, it stands to reason that the class teacher should return to the dynasty full of honor at this moment to enjoy the glorious honor of the victor.

It's just that Gao Yang knows what he wants in his heart. He also knew that these lands, which now seemed to be subjugated, would inevitably rise after the army left. There has never been a shortage of careerists in this world. Gao Yang didn't think that the destruction of the Kushan Empire was the end, in fact, it was just the beginning.

Gaoyang will be a large number of people of the Kushan Empire. Whether it is the people of the Otsutsuki clan, the descendants of the Greek colonists, or simply the poisoners, they are all collected and built under the watchful eye of the army to build a wide road through the original Silk Road. Prepare to connect with the roads that are also under construction on the ground in the Western Regions. At the same time, a large number of garrison troops from the country were continuously dispatched to garrison here.

Because of the large number of horse-producing areas, the Han Empire had a large herd of horses that had never been seen before. Horses numbering as many as a million, four-wheeled wagons with rubber tires and steel springs traveled back and forth between the Han Empire and the various prefectures and viceroyalties. Gao Yang himself used the storage space to arrange a large number of supplies in various places, so that the Eurasian passage around the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau was quickly built.

There are roads, there are people. This vast and fertile land can be regarded as truly in the hands of the hands.

Cao Cao's army stopped its march south after capturing the city of Fulou Sha, also known as Peshawar, south of Gaofu City. To the south is the vast South Asian subcontinent, and Gao Yang has no plans to continue to march south for the time being. There are many people there, and the place is big. It takes a lot of time to conquer. Gao Yang had no interest in trapping the main army over there.

After the first governor of Central Asia, Huaili Hou Huangfu Song, entered the capital of Dawan State, Gao Yang handed over the task of attacking the southern body poison to Huangfu Song. And Gao Yang himself continued to the west with hundreds of thousands of recuperated and recharged main forces of the Han Empire, and attacked the Iranian plateau in one fell swoop.

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"This is the Resting Empire, one of the four great powers of Asia and Europe? Where did Zhang Qian ever go on a mission? Looking at Mulu City, which was caught in a sea of fire in front of him, Gao Yang asked in disbelief. This is a place that the Chinese army has never come to in history. Today, their footprints remain here!

"That's right, this is the Empire of Rest." Origin said.

"Huh~~~" Looking at Mulu City, which was surrounded by flames and smoke in the distance, Gao Yang let out a heavy sigh and said dissatisfiedly, "What the hell is Cao Cao?" How can people live in the city if it is burned like this? Is it impossible to let the whole army live in the wilderness? ”

"Who knows?" The origin didn't matter, and said, "Maybe it's because the resistance of the rest people is too fierce, and Cao Cao's anger will come directly to attack the fire as soon as it comes up." (To be continued)