The temperature of the May season was already very hot in the territory of Guishan, and in this early summer atmosphere, Wu Junbing came to Fulou Shacheng, the capital of Guishan, and set up camp outside the city, and hurriedly counted miles.

In the camp tent of the Chinese army, the generals gathered, and then discussed how to attack this fortified city.

"Kong Ming, if I wait for half a year, I might as well storm Fulousha, and I can break through the city in three months at most!" Zhou Tai listened to Zhuge Liang's words, there was a trace of war intent in his eyes, and he said coldly.

With the withdrawal of troops from the Bashu side in China, the three divisions that Gan Ning took away at the beginning have already returned to Guishan.

The strength of the Sea Eagle battalion has been gathered, and if he uses all his troops and horses to attack this battle, he will be able to grind this city down within three months, and there is no need to wait for half a year.

"Half a year?"

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he looked at Zhou Tai and smiled, but shook his head: "General, we don't need to take so long, just a month!" ”

"A month?"

Zhou Tai's eyes suddenly widened a little, and his gaze fell on the marching map, which contained a map of the Western Regions Protectorate.

A month, impossible, right?

As far as he knows, now Han Sui's soldiers and horses are still in the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, and it is impossible to go south so easily, and one month is not enough!

He gritted his teeth and retorted: "Kong Ming, this is simply impossible, Han Sui's soldiers and horses are still in the Qiuzi territory of the Western Regions Protectorate, even if the Wusun Kingdom does not send troops to intercept it, if they want to go south to Guishuang, they must break through the Dawan Kingdom, and they also have to borrow the territory of the Dayue Clan, although they have the detailed marching map we have drawn for you, you can avoid some dangerous terrain, but the road along the way is difficult." And there will be a certain number of soldiers and horses to block, a month, it can't be done at all! ”

"General, I don't mean that all of their main forces will go south, but as long as they send a cavalry south, there will not be a lot of them. 3,000 cavalry is enough! ”

Zhuge Liang said softly: "At the speed of three thousand light horses, it won't take a month, at most twenty days, if it goes well, in half a month, they will be able to enter the territory of the Kushan Empire!" ”

"Kong Ming, you make it clear, I'm a little confused no matter how I listen to it!"

Zhou Tai scratched his head a little.

Zhuge Liang's words were clueless, and he felt that he had listened to them one by one. It's really a little unconnected.

"General, I mean to sing an empty city plan to the Guishan King in Fulousha City, with our current strength, it will be very difficult to break through Fulousha, but if we can force the Guishan army in the city out, it will be much easier!"

Zhuge Liang's detailed analysis: "For a long time, the route of the Wu army's attack on the Kushan Empire was from south to north, and entered Kushan from the sea. The Northern Expedition naturally gave the impression to the Kushan Army that our soldiers and horses were all in the south. But when a force of Wu troops appeared in their north, the king of Kushan would inevitably be in chaos, and he would be afraid that we would attack from the north and the south, and in such a situation, he would definitely be defeated, and he would have to flee for his life at that time. ”

"I see. The chief of staff meant that as long as the north made a momentum, there was no need to attack the city, as long as they were sure that the soldiers and horses from the north were going south, the king of Kushan would not be able to bear it, and he did not want to sit still. You need to break through! ”

A division commander's eyes lit up and he said.

"That's right!"

Zhuge Liang's eyes narrowed: "I don't believe that King Guishan is a person who regards death as home, he is afraid of death and will flee for his life!" ”

"Now that most of Guishan's territory has been taken by me, does he still have a place to escape?" Zhou Tai said with a sneer.

"Absolutely!"

Zhuge Liang looked at a delicate marching map and pointed to the area west of Guishan: "Rest the Empire, as long as he can break through, he can also flee towards the Rest Empire!" ”

"The Rest Empire?"

"That's right, Rest Empire!"

Zhuge Liang's gaze fell on a large map hanging on the front, which was a map of the world that Sun Quan had drawn with his memory.

The map is not very accurate, but it has roughly marked some of the terrain of Kushan, Sabbat, Rome, Africa, and the Mediterranean.

When Zhuge Liang saw this map for the first time, he felt extremely shocked.

As the saying goes, it is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles.

Zhuge Liang was forced to come west to Guishan this time, from the reluctance at the beginning, to now he is somewhat at ease, he feels that his horizons have opened up a lot, before he only knew the existence of the Western Regions Protectorate, but he never thought about whether there were other countries in the west of the Western Regions Protectorate.

When he came ashore from the sea and saw the Guishan Governor's Palace, and the world map drawn by Sun Quan himself hanging above the main hall, he felt that his worldview had changed a little.

In the past, in his Zhuge Liang's worldview, there was only the Central Plains, a little farther than the Xiongnu Xianbei in the north, Goguryeo in the northeast, and a little farther away, that is, the Western Regions, Wusun, Qiuzi, Dawan, Shanshan These places.

But this map of the world told him that the world was very big, beyond his imagination, and he used to be like a frog sitting in a well and watching the sky, unable to see the vast sky.

The Kushan Empire, the Rest Empire, these places seemed very strange to him, but what made him more interested was the Roman Empire that he had never heard of.

He has been in the Sea Eagle Army for a long time, and as the chief of staff of the Sea Eagle Battalion, he has the right to see all the materials in the army, which are top secret to the Navy and related to the news of the detection from the west.

He also got a lot of information from Zhou Tai's mouth.

Therefore, he knew that the Roman Empire, which was far west of the Far West, was a powerful country that Sun Quan, the Emperor of Eastern Wu who held half of the Central Plains, was extremely fearful.

Although he had never heard of the Roman Empire and questioned whether there was a country in the world that could be compared to the Central Plains, he might as well trust Sun Quan's judgment.

He sometimes felt very strange about where Sun Zhongmou knew about these places, he was younger than himself, and it was impossible for him to have such a travel experience.

Is there really someone who is born to know?

Zhuge Liang shook his head, returned to the topic, and pointed to a target direction on the marching map: "General, you see, the frontier of the Kushan Empire is adjacent to the Resting Empire, according to the information that your spies have obtained from the Resting Empire over the years. The rest of the empire is much stronger than the Kushan Empire in terms of national strength and military strength, after defeating the Kushan, it is naturally the rest of the empire, and the king of the Kushan should also know this, if he wants to escape to the rest of the empire, because of the same hatred. You can use the forces of the Rest Empire to restore the country! ”

"Kong Ming, there is one thing, you are wrong, it is not you, but us, you are now the people of Da Wu Deng's name!"

Zhou Tai glanced at Zhuge Liang meaningfully, and then corrected it seriously.

"I said the wrong thing!"

Zhuge Liang's expression was calm, but there was some bitterness in his heart, you and us. There's a big difference.

In fact, since he entered the Sea Eagle Camp, he has come into contact with the Wu army, and the Wu country he has seen more has made him constantly improve the thoughts in his heart, he doesn't know how long he can continue like this, and it is estimated that he will soon turn you into us from the bottom of his heart.

"Kong Ming, are you sure to force them out of the city?"

Zhou Tai didn't pay much attention to this. Leaving the marching map, walk in front of a large sand table. looked at the troop arrangement on the sand table, and said cautiously.

"General, as long as there is a force in the north of the Kushan Empire that sets up the battle flag of the Wu army to respond to us, this possibility can reach eighty percent!"

Zhuge Liang said the steps of the plan and said, "Let's retreat here first, and give the Guishan army a sigh of relief." When they breathed a sigh of relief, they suddenly found that there were traces of Wu soldiers and horses in the north of Guishan, and their attention would be on the north, and when their attention was on the north, we would kill back the horse guns. Naturally, they will be given a sense of crisis to the greatest extent, even if they can't break Fulou Shacheng, they can force them to quit Fulou Shacheng by themselves! ”

"Kong Ming, I believe in you, just do what you say!"

In this short period of time, Zhuge Liang's talent gave Zhou Tai trust, because Zhuge Liang could push the war step by step so fast, so he was willing to accept Zhuge Liang's judgment: "Zhao Zheng, can you Jinyiwei deliver the news to Han Sui in the shortest possible time?" ”

"It should work!" A young man wearing a flying fish suit with an embroidered spring knife at his waist walked out.

"Well, you immediately send me a message to him, and ask him to send five thousand iron horsemen south, and within half a month, one must arrive in the territory of Guishan!"

Zhou Tai said categorically: "And the momentum must be bigger, and it is best to make the street a household name!" ”

"Yes!"

Jinyi, Wei, Guishuang, and thousands of households, Zhao Zheng was ordered to leave the camp.

"I'm afraid that Han Sui won't cooperate now!" Zhuge Liang expressed his concern: "If he is the king of the Western Regions, then he will abandon us!" ”

"Han Sui was once a prince, so he wouldn't be so short-sighted!" Zhou Tai said: "He should know very well that sooner or later, the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate will also be occupied by our Great Wu!" ”

"I'm afraid he won't be able to figure it out!"

"Wait for a month, if there is no news for a month, we will not rely on them and fight ourselves!" Zhou Tai said: "Kong Ming, you prepare the second set of plans, once Han Sui's troops and horses don't go south, we will see if we can force out the Guishan army!" ”

"Good!"

Zhuge Liang nodded.

"Wait for your orders, now I announce the military order, tomorrow at noon, the whole army will retreat for a hundred miles, and completely withdraw from the scope of Fulou Shacheng!"

"No!"

The generals were ordered to leave the camp to prepare for the retreat.

"General, I'm going to prepare for grain and grass too!"

Zhuge Liang arched his hand.

"Wait, Kong Ming, you sit, I have something to say to you!"

Zhou Tai watched the generals leave, left the sand table, sat down in front of the military table, and pointed to the position next to him.

"What can the general say directly!"

Zhuge Liang sat down and smiled slightly.

"Kong Ming, although you are a general, but you have been my chief of staff for a long time, during this time, you can be regarded as dedicated, there is no shirk, I have begun to believe in you, so I want to ask your thoughts, how do you feel about our soldiers of Dawu?"

Zhou Tai's eyes narrowed slightly and asked.

"Good!"

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment before he said: "Back then, the Chu army, the Shu army, and even the current Wei army, compared with your Wu army, there is a little gap, not to mention combat effectiveness, in terms of military discipline, your soldiers and horses are definitely the most rigorous!" ”

"Then I sincerely invite you to join Wu Jun now, are you willing?" Zhou Taidao.

"General, I don't understand what you're saying, I'm not already the chief of staff of the Sea Eagle Battalion now!"

Zhuge Liang smiled bitterly.

"You are here, but your heart is not here!"

Zhou Tai hit the nail on the head, and then said sincerely: "I hope you can truly become a Wu person." You are a capable person, Dawu is your stage, don't keep thinking about the past, Shu is destroyed, this is a fact! ”

"What will happen in the future, who can say for sure!"

Zhuge Liang sighed: "What I can guarantee you now is." I will definitely do my best to assist you in your expedition to the west, to fight Kushan, to fight in peace, and even to fight Rome, I will do my best, because I also want to see if there is really a glorious Roman Empire in this far west! ”

The matter of the Central Plains, he forgot to put it aside, unwilling to think about it. He really wants to see how big the world is now.

Roman?

Is there really an empire in this world that can compete with the Central Plains?

The interest in his heart is getting stronger and stronger!

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The Western Regions are all protectorates, and there are many small countries.

In a broad sense, the Western Regions refers to the territory west of the Han Dynasty and can extend all the way to Europe, but in a narrow sense, it refers to the scope of the Western Regions established by the Han Dynasty outside the Yumen Pass. That is, it refers to the Xinjiang region in later generations.

In today's Central Plains, people generally say the Western Regions. Refers to the territory of the Western Regions Protectorate.

Speaking of the Western Regions Protectorate, we have to start from the Silk Road in the Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was ordered to send an envoy to the Western Regions to contact the Dayue clan and fight the Xiongnu tribe together.

Although Zhang Qian did not complete the task of contacting the Da Yue clan. But he acted as a line between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, opened the way to the Western Regions, guided the Silk Road, and strengthened the connection between the Western Regions and the Central Plains.

In 108 BC, the Western Han soldiers went out of Yumen Pass. After defeating Loulan, Cheshi, Qiuzi, and then defeating Dawan, these small countries in the Western Regions, they garrisoned Tuntian in Luntai and Quli, and established the 'Messenger Captain' to manage Tuntian's affairs.

In 60 B.C., in order to manage the unified Western Regions states, the Western Han Dynasty established the Western Regions Protectorate in Wulei City (in present-day Luntai County).

During the Eastern Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen its control over the Western Regions, the Central Plains dispatched Ban Chaosai to pacify the Western Regions and rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate.

However, during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the war in Liangzhou was chaotic, and the court lost control of Liangzhou, and also broke the control of the Hexi Corridor, so naturally the Central Plains and the Western Regions also lost contact.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions has lost its allegiance to the imperial court, and can only stand on its own in the Western Regions, facing the countries of the Western Regions, they can only be suppressed in a city, they have always thought that the Central Plains is in civil strife, and the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains will not appear in the Western Regions......

But the soldiers and horses of the Central Plains suddenly appeared in the Western Regions, and the countries of the Western Regions began to panic.

About two months ago, an elite group of Central Plains soldiers and horses came out of Yumen Pass and entered the Western Regions, alarming several large countries in the Western Regions, such as Wusun, Dawan, and Qiuzi.

In fact, this group of soldiers and horses is the remnants of Han Sui who escaped from Liangzhou in a hurry.

Han Sui was chased and beaten by the Wei army, and when he was in danger, he followed Li Nie's advice, abandoned Liangzhou, went north from Jincheng to Dunhuang, and then went west from Dunhuang, all the way into the Western Regions.

In the Central Plains, in the face of Cao Wei, he was just a lost dog, but after entering the Western Regions, he had 10,000 elites, 20,000 young and strong, and a full 30,000 soldiers and horses, but he became an invincible force.

On the banks of the Tarim River.

Tens of thousands of soldiers and horses were stationed, and above the big camp, there were Korean battle flags fluttering.

In the main camp of the Chinese army, Han Sui's body stood in front of a marching map, and there was a hint of gloom in his eyes: "The five thousand soldiers and horses of the Western Regions Protectorate of Qiancheng are unwilling to surrender to us?" ”

It was very difficult for him to enter the Western Regions, and along the way, the sand flew into the sky, killing and injuring many people out of the desert one by one.

After entering the Western Regions Protectorate, he began to conquer the city.

But soon they encountered a trouble, the former Western Regions Protector, in fact, the Western Regions Protectorate and the Central Plains have not been in contact for more than ten years, they set themselves up as an army, although the army is not strong, but they occupy the city, it is difficult to fight.

"The king, Ban Lu and Gai Ling think that we are not Han troops, so they are not willing to surrender to us!"

Yan Xing stood up and said in a deep voice.

The Western Regions Protectorate is now a class road with the capital protection, and the long history is Gailing.

Ban Lu is rumored to be the son of Ban Chao, and succeeded as the descendant of Shi Ban Yong, the head of the Western Regions after Ban Chao, although Ban Chao returned to China, but Ban Yong's vein has been living in the Western Regions.

And Gailing, also from Dunhuang, is the last long history of the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty.

The two of them held 5,000 soldiers and horses, and sat firmly in its dry city, but they blocked the way for Han Sui and the others to go south to the Kushan Empire. (To be continued.) )

PS: I took the medicine, I was groggy all day, the cold was not good, I felt weak, I didn't want to code words at all, but I still coded a change, I didn't want to break the change, I slept one night and estimated that it was almost, and tomorrow I will resume the update of two more updates every day, and I will make up for it if I owe it these days!