According to the Confucian idea of "barbarians enter China, then China will be Chinese", as long as Xue Lianto recognizes Chinese culture, there is no doubt that he can join China and become a part of China.

However, the empire is not now in power by Confucianism, and the national policy of the empire has not yet really taken shape, but it has a corresponding foundation, which is to complete a certain amount of taxes, fulfill the obligations due to the empire, and meet certain standards, and can be regarded as a part of the empire.

There are numbers for the amount of taxes, and tax is one of the obligations to be fulfilled, and there is also a need to participate in the twice-a-year compulsory exercises, which can be used to speak, and the last "certain standard" is the most fucked up, because what the standard is is not clearly stated at all.

The policy of admitting foreign races as members of the empire was prompted by a report from the envoys, and Liu Bang wrote a letter back to the ruling government in the imperial capital, introducing the eagerness of many merchants from Central Asia to join the empire and become part of it. In addition, many people in the Western Regions are also seeking the protection of the empire, and the status and wealth of these people are obviously more important.

The empire will occupy the Western Regions in the future, and Chen Yu believes that accepting some natives of the Western Regions will be beneficial to the occupation of the Western Regions in the future, and suggests that Liu Bang take those things seriously, and it is best to transfer the ardent expectations of the natives of the Western Regions back to China.

The merchants of Central Asia had personally visited the borders of the empire, and they saw with their own eyes what kind of country the empire was. For many foreigners, the empire was replete with the ruins of war, but the country was healing the wounds of war at a very rapid pace, and entered a very lucrative period of rapid development because of the ruling class's emphasis on post-war reconstruction.

It seems that being able to profit from this is one of the factors that Central Asian businessmen want to join, but more importantly, Central Asia is in chaos right now, and they want to have a stable environment to ensure the safety of their lives.

The merchants of Central Asia have personally experienced the arbitrariness and unreasonableness of the empire, the kind of unreasonableness that unanimously defends the people with the outside world and the government. Only those who have been persecuted and bullied. The country is powerless to protect it, so they can understand how happy it is to be a member of a powerful country, and they also know one thing after many inquiries, the Eastern Empire is not a country that only protests and condemns, and the steppe war that is being waged in this country is out of retaliation for the invasion of the steppe people, and it seems that those lands did not belong to the empire when the steppe invaded?

Oh, yes. The empire sent troops to attack the grasslands, and the slogan was revenge, to avenge the slain compatriots of Qin and Zhao, and to avenge any Chinese Miao who had been injured during the invasion of the Hu people in the grasslands.

A country that is willing to retaliate for the harm caused by the invasion of its citizens may sound like an inexplicable sense of belonging and security. Isn't that exactly what happened? Either the state talks about what the people should pay when they need it, or what obligations the people need to pay to the country, and when the people need to go to the country, the country suddenly "disappears", and such a country always makes people feel a little bit unloved.

No matter where the businessman is. They will always be the most insecure. It was until the end of the pre-Qin era in ancient times, it should be said that before Confucianism completely raised its head, the situation of merchants in China was actually good, although they were also suppressed in various ways, but unless they were killed, the people in power were not so unscrupulous to "raise pigs"; Merchants outside of China, their situation is good and bad, and the best businessman controls the country. The merchants who were in a bad situation were one step ahead of the Chinese merchants and were raised as fat pigs.

Central Asia was plagued by wars, and big businessmen had official influence. There are also a large number of armed groups themselves, and these merchants have not been harmed in the war-torn areas, but have been expanded because of their strength in the war. But not all merchants will be big merchants, not to mention annexation and expansion, it would be good if they were not annexed and destroyed in the war, and it was precisely this part of the merchants who were so eager to join the empire. Become a part of the empire.

"It seems that the Seleucid Empire has resumed its military presence in the east?" Chen Yu looked uncertain, and said, "Didn't the Seleucid Empire attack the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt before?" ”

Liu Bang's face was full of confusion, Chen Yu could still remember those countries with strange names, but Liu Bang, who was not very literate, could rarely remember the names of those countries with stinky and long names.

"The Seleucid Empire was attacking the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt, and it seems that it had conquered Syria last year. Then the troops were transferred back to the Eastern Front. Han Xin didn't have any expression on his face, his eyes were fixed on the map hanging on the side, and he said, "The envoys of Parthia and Bactria have said that the two countries intend to move forward this year, probably to force the Seleucid Empire to withdraw its troops. ”

The map looked a little rough and showed the distribution of countries in the Western Regions and Central Asia. The part of the Western Regions on the map is quite detailed when depicted, at least not only the countries and spheres of influence are drawn, but also the deserts, Gobi, swamps, water sources and other necessary things. Those parts of Central Asia are simply drawn with lines of national distribution and some famous rivers.

The current location of the envoy is in the southwest of Khotan, which is actually the northwest of Beishanxi, separated from Wanguo by a desert, the desert is not big, and then to the southwest is a plain with abundant water and grass, where Wanguo is located.

Today, Mao Dun is no longer in the Beishan area, they left Beishan more than three months ago and went west, during which Xu Zhi of the Western Expedition Corps led his troops to chase after him, and the two sides fought once in the plain not far from the envoys.

Xu Zhi led 8,000 cavalry, and what they encountered on the plain was 15,000 men and horses that Mao Dun had dropped to block the pursuing soldiers. Eight thousand armed assault soldiers and rangers met a rabble of 15,000 people of all ethnic groups who looked miserable and depressed, the scene was actually not fierce at all, Xu Zhi only dispatched three thousand assault cavalry to launch a charge, and the two wings were encircled before the battle started, and the men and horses left by Mao Dun to block the enemy immediately surrendered.

From the mouth of the prisoner of war, Xu Zhi knew that Mao Dun was going to Wan with his subordinates, and this group of people who were left behind were natives of the Western Regions, they heard that Mao Dun was going all the way to the west, and they were unwilling to flee with Mao Dun, and Mao Dun also needed someone to stay to block the pursuers. The result was that it was left behind.

Maudun to Wanguo? When Xu Zhi got the news, he escorted the prisoners of war to their return journey.

The empire has already competed with Wanguo because of the affairs of Loulan State, and the forward troops encountered the rout led by Li Xinsuo in the territory of Jimo, and that encounter was that 500 imperial cavalry blocked 3,000 Wanguo cavalry at the mouth of a valley, and then wiped out all of them with some effort.

Five hundred against three thousand, and it ended in total annihilation, and it seemed that the results were very brilliant. But in fact, those who really know the inside story know that it is actually not easy.

Wan is a regional power in the southwest of the Western Regions, this regional overlord rose up after the weakening of Wusun, annexed many city-states and tribes in the western part of the Western Regions, and previously accepted many fugitives who migrated from west to east, and the national power increased rapidly in three to five years.

In addition to the increase in population and land, Wan also acquired some advanced technology from some accepted fugitives, including smelting technology, agricultural cultivation technology, cloth weaving technology, and so on, which were transmitted to Seleucid from India.

Wan Guo has obtained a lot of technology, because the resources obtained from a period of expansion are not small, plus they already have the best war horses in the Western Regions. It is not without reason that it can be regarded as the hegemon of the western part of the Western Regions.

The so-called 500 total annihilation of 3,000 is based on the fact that half of its own losses are based on the fact that it finally relies on blocking the Wanguo cavalry, and then using the terrain advantage to shoot with a bow and crossbow at a distance to have such a result.

The Imperial Trooper is currently ahead of any other country in the world, and every Knight of the Trooper is dressed in metal armor, which also includes skirt armor and striped armor on the legs, and metal armor on the face and chest of the horse. In addition to metal armor, the Trooper carried a cavalry lance and a long-handled saber. The ranged weapons were a long-range single-shot crossbow and a short-range repeating crossbow, and individual knights would carry their own non-standard riding bows.

Such a package for the Commando. The grassland Hu people have no smelting technology, and generally use bone arrows or bows without arrows, and the melee weapons are made of bronze, so the arrows of the grassland Hu people generally have no threat to the cavalry, and the bronze weapons cannot break through the metal armor during close combat.

Wanguo's cavalry is a little different. Although their arrows are bronze, they are at least more lethal than those made of bone, and what is more strange is that most of the Wanguo cavalry are equipped with iron weapons.

Afterwards, the soldiers of the empire made a comparison, although most of the iron weapons of Wanguo were shorter, but the quality of the spearheads used by the cavalry was actually very good. The only thing that lags behind the empire is the relatively brittle disadvantage, but it is really unusually sharp.

In view of the fact that it was found that Wanguo was a little different from the previous opponent of the empire, and the Western Expeditionary Corps at the end of the first war was not dealing with it with a joke, the two sides sent 10,000 on the empire's side, and 30,000 on Wan's side.

The collision between the empire and the Wan State at the end of the period was not fierce, only a small-scale confrontation, and the Wan Kingdom retreated in an orderly manner.

Considering that the empire currently has no intention of occupying the Western Regions on a large scale, and the Western Expeditionary Corps has just arrived in the Western Regions, Meng Tian just ordered 5,000 cavalry to follow the retreating Wanguo troops to harass along the way, and then concentrate on the unified management of the captured southern part of the Western Regions, intending to build a stable forward base.

Meng Tian's caution was actually not without trouble, he did not show the tyranny and barbarism that the empire has always been when facing Wanguo, and some countries in the Western Regions would inevitably have small moves. In the end, Wei Han, who arrived in the southern part of the Western Regions, raised his butcher's knife and wiped out a few tribes that had abnormal movements, so that the various forces in the Western Regions that had been careful could be regarded as settling down.

Wei Han found Meng Tian after the massacre and reminded Meng Tian of the strong attitude of the Meng Tian Empire.

Meng Tian just subconsciously forgot that he was leading the army according to the mentality of the Qin period, and he also ignored that they were not fighting a civil war now, they were dealing with the alien race that the emperor had repeatedly emphasized, and being gentle with the alien race would only be regarded as weakness and bullying.

"Actually, General Meng is not ignoring, nor is he forgetting." Chen Yu secretly guessed: "That's General Meng wanting to open the way for the old master." ”

Meng Tian's former master is Fusu!

Fusu was on his way to the Western Regions with the strength of two legions and a very large number of people, and they were going to cross most of the Western Regions and go to a place that originally belonged to the Northern Sakyas.

The Northern Sakya had been defeated by the Mahato, and that area currently belongs to the Mahato. And Da Yue is trying to return east, and recently he has been uniting with the Xiao Yue clan who stayed in Wusun's territory, and he is constantly making trouble for Wusun.

"Meng Tian treats the natives of the Western Regions gently, with the intention of adding help to Fusu." Liu Bang clicked directly and said: "General Wei Zhonglang must have discovered this, but I don't know what kind of mentality he had, he actually destroyed General Meng's careful thinking, and raised the butcher's knife without hesitation." ”

"Why don't you think in the direction that General Wei Zhonglang is helping General Meng?" Chen Yu has always been at odds with Liu Bang, and choked up: "It is obviously more beneficial for King Qin to raise the butcher's knife by the Imperial Defense Army, and then it is up to Qin Fengguo to show mercy." ”

"Hah!" Liu Bang slapped his thigh and agreed: "You're right! ”

Chen Yu began to be speechless, what he couldn't stand Liu Bang the most was that Liu Bang never talked about face, admitting his mistakes and absorbing correct views at the same time, and then did not prevent Liu Bang from repeatedly teasing and oppressing people with power.

"King Qin must be going to absorb some natives!" Liu Bang squeezed his eyebrows at Chen Yu, who was full of depression, and said: "If you don't just bring those people from the empire mainland, you can ...... in a foreign land", when he said this, he reacted a little wrong, and changed his words: "Can it develop in the fiefdom?" ”

Chen Yu seemed to sense some of Liu Bang's plans, his eyes widened, and he said, "You wrote to the center to accept foreign merchants, it wasn't to sell some face to King Qin, right?" ”

In fact, Liu Bang really planned to do that, in addition to selling Qin King Fusu a face, he could also get direct benefits from those merchants. In addition, he genuinely felt that accepting some wealthy merchants would only be good for the empire.

"We're going to Central Asia, maybe even farther away in the Mediterranean, and we're shouting the slogan of finding a trade partner for the empire." Liu Bang looked serious, raised his chin, and pulled his beard: "Accepting those merchants doesn't immediately make them members of the empire, doesn't it take a certain amount of time and tax payments?" It's still good for us to have people who understand the situation in Central Asia, right? (To be continued.) )