Chapter 650: The High Car and the Boom
In the face of the increasingly aggressive Yan State, the major powers in the Western Regions not only formed an alliance to resist the strong enemy, but also actively looked for helpers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Among them, the high-chariot tribal alliance at the foot of Jinshan Mountain, which is a powerful country in the northwest, has all received invitations from the Western Regions Alliance.
After receiving the invitation of the alliance, the leader of the Gaoche Tribal Alliance, Afu Zhiluo, immediately brought the leaders and nobles of the tribes to discuss, among which the leader of the Hulu tribe, Hulu Na, tried his best to encourage Afu Zhiluo to take the opportunity to go south.
"Khan, this time you can't miss the opportunity and don't come again, the Western Regions Alliance has 200,000 troops, and it occupies a geographical advantage, plus it is like helping me with a high car, even if the Yan Kingdom is strong, it is not without the strength to fight."
"If I really defeat the Yan army by luck, my Gaoche will have the opportunity to go south and annex the former country of Cheshi, once Gaochang is taken, it is equivalent to opening the door to enter the Western Regions, and then defeat Yanqi, Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan and other countries in the future, Gaoche will be able to dominate the Western Regions, and then the Great Khan will have the hope of establishing a country and becoming king."
This remark can be regarded as talking about Ah Fu to Luo Xinkan, he has always been ambitious, and it can be seen from his choice to leave Rouran that he is by no means a character who has lived under the people for a long time.
The pretentious Afu Zhiluo has always dreamed of establishing a kingdom that belongs to the Gaoche people, but it is not easy to establish a kingdom as king. If the strength is insufficient, it will not only become a laughing stock in the outside world, but also may bring unforeseen disasters to the tribe.
After leaving Rouran, Ah Fu Zhiluo has been thinking about the development strategy of the Gaoche tribe, but has never been able to find a good way out. It wasn't until he crossed the Golden Mountain and saw the richness of the Western Regions that Ah Fu Zhiluo suddenly realized that only by taking all the Western Regions could he be expected to establish a high-speed car country.
However, Ah Fu Zhiluo had never found an opportunity to intervene in the Western Regions before, so in the face of the invitation issued by the Western Regions Alliance, he would never miss it.
"Khan, if you join the alliance, you will have to fight against the powerful Yan State, last time you were unwilling to follow the Rouran people to the south, but this time why did you agree to the people of the Western Regions?"
Facing the doubts of the tribal nobles, Afu Zhiluo explained with a smile: "The reason why Ben Khan rejected the Rouran people at the beginning was mainly because the Rouran people were too powerful, and assisting them in defeating the Yan Kingdom would not be conducive to the future development of Gaoche. Only then did I refuse the conscription of Rouran Khan on the grounds that the Yan State was too strong to be defeated, and then chose to leave Mobei. ”
"But right now, the Western Regions Alliance looks very powerful, but in fact it is just a rabble. The reason why everyone is united at the moment is not how harmonious the relationship between the countries is, but the choice they have to make in the face of the invasion of the powerful enemy Yan State. ”
"Ben Khan believes that as long as the Yan army is successfully defeated, the Western Regions Alliance will collapse overnight, which gives me the opportunity to dominate the Western Regions with a high chariot. As long as you go south to capture Cheshi, Yanqi, and Qiuzi, the strength of the Gaoche tribe will be significantly improved, and then who will dare to underestimate my Gaoche? ”
Many tribal leaders and nobles in the Great Tent were attracted by the prospect described by Afu Zhiluo, and if they could really establish a country in the Western Regions, I believe that no one would oppose it, after all, compared to the rich Western Regions, no one wants to stay in the cold land of the north.
"If I can realize my long-cherished wish to establish a country, the Khan will be the greatest Great Khan in the history of my Gaoche tribe!"
"Yes, yes, the Great Khan is wise! I think that at the beginning, I couldn't figure out why the Great Khan left Mobei, but now I know that the Great Khan already had ambitions in his heart. ”
Hearing the constant flattery around him, Ah Fu Zhiluo's heart was extraordinarily proud.
However, he was not arrogant enough not to take Yan Guo in his eyes, and Ah Fu Zhiluo was very jealous of the powerful Yan Kingdom.
He then pondered for a moment and said: "Everyone, the strength of Yan Guo's heavy army to the west this time should not be underestimated, everyone should pay attention to it." ”
Unexpectedly, as soon as Ah Fu Zhiluo's voice fell, Hu Luna stood up and retorted: "Eh, the king is too worried, Xiu Chang and others will destroy their prestige, although the Yan country is strong, but after all, it is thousands of miles away, and it has traveled thousands of miles, and the high car is not without a chance to win." ”
"Thinking that this Western Regions is thousands of miles away, there have been constant wars since the former Han Dynasty, and almost never really surrendered to China. I heard that in the past, there was a guy named Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who sent tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to go on expeditions twice for the sake of a few big horses, but what was the result? Because of the reckless use of military force, the country and the people were poor, and they almost lost their country. ”
"These are lessons from the past! Thinking that King Yan prides himself on being wise, it seems that this is nothing more than that. If the Yan army stays west of Yumen Pass, then not to mention that we add the countries of the Western Regions, even if Rouran and Ele are added together, they may not be the opponents of the Yan Kingdom. ”
"Why did the Yan army win so easily in the Battle of Mobei? To put it bluntly, it is inseparable from the support of Mo Nan Zhuhu, if it weren't for such a powerful Rouran Ele, why would it be a complete defeat? ”
"But it's different now, how can the Yan Kingdom Labor Division's expedition, relying only on a small Cheshi, be the opponent of the Western Regions Alliance that occupies a local advantage? With the help of nearly 100,000 cavalry from Yuban, Wusun and my high chariot, we will definitely be able to defeat the powerful Yan army in one fell swoop. ”
Hu Luna's words completely ignited the enthusiasm of the Gaoche people, and the leaders of the six major tribes in the Gaoche Tribal Alliance clamored to go south to join the Western Regions Alliance, and some leaders even began to discuss where to set the Gaoche country in the future.
Afu Zhiluo waved his hand with great satisfaction, and after the big tent was quiet, he stood up and said proudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, although my Gaoche clan has paid tribute to the powerful Rouran Khanate since they moved south from the distant Beihai Lake, this Khan has never given up the dream of establishing their own country belonging to the Gaocha people. ”
"And this is precisely the reason why I refused to accompany the Rouran Khan to attack Monan last year. Ben Great Khan could not let the brave chariot warriors waste a war with no chance of victory, so he led 100,000 families of chariot people to move westward. After a long journey through the wind and rain and dew, we did not find a habitat until we crossed the majestic Golden Mountain. ”
"But this land with abundant water and grass can only make the tribal subjects starve to death, and the only way out to make Gaoche strong is to go south to seize the Western Regions."
"How rich is the Western Regions, don't you need Ben Khan to say anything, right? It can be said that there is gold everywhere, and around the Silk Road, the countries of the Western Regions have made a lot of money. ”
"As long as Gao Che can occupy the Western Regions, the tribal subjects will no longer have to go hungry in the future, and at the same time, they don't have to look at any face, and they really have the strength to control their own destiny."
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In addition to the high-speed car people eyeing the Western Regions, the country of Bada is no exception. Speaking of which, the country is a matrilineal clan system dominated by women, and men are in a subordinate position, which is an authentic "daughter country".
But this "daughter country" is not as delicate and weak as the outside world imagines, but a fierce and strong daughter country, which is known for its strong folk customs, fierce and warlike, and once dominated the Western Regions in history, shaking the Northern Dynasties, and the national strength was extremely prosperous.
However, the current country has not yet reached its peak, but even then it is an extremely powerful force in the surrounding area. After dividing the Kushan Empire with the Gupta Empire and Persia, the Gaza Kingdom set its sights on the rich Western Regions in the southeast.
However, all along, his attempt to advance eastward has been sniped by Wusun and Ji, a powerful country in the Western Regions, and harassed by the old enemy Kangju State in the south, so that the country has never been able to intervene in the Western Regions.
Just when the country was helpless, it received an invitation from the Western Regions Alliance, which was also an opportunity that could not be given up.
However, unlike the Gaoche tribe who took the initiative to join the Western Regions Alliance, the Bada people plan to take advantage of the fisherman.
At this point, the six great powers of the Western Regions united with the two nomadic forces of Gaoche and Yuban to form a powerful anti-Yan alliance. Originally, there were only 220,000 troops in the Western Regions, but now with the addition of 20,000 cavalry and 50,000 chariot cavalry, the strength of the coalition army has swelled to nearly 300,000 at once.
After getting the news, Shi Fuhong, the head of the Western Regions, did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly warned the rear.
The 300,000 army cast a shadow on the upcoming Western Expedition, even if the Yan State was ambitious, in the face of the 300,000 Western Regions Coalition Army with the advantage of home battle, they did not dare to take it lightly.
It was not that no one suggested increasing the number of troops on the Western Expedition, but considering the logistical supply problems, Wei Shuo and the Privy Council had to abandon this idea after careful calculations.
Although the road traffic in the northwest has been improved, the logistical supply of more than 100,000 troops is already the limit, and if tens of thousands of troops are added, I am afraid that logistics alone will be able to crush the army of the Western Expedition.
Although the enemy has become strong again, Yan has not given up its determination to conquer the west. (To be continued.) )