The South China Sea, in the state of Wu, means the sea area south of the country of Wu.

Now Wu has just stepped out of the inland sea area and entered the Age of Discovery, but their exploration of the sea area is very small, except for the East China Sea on the east side, which is the South China Sea south of Yizhou in Jiaozhou.

The South China Sea is very large, and as the territory that the Wu Navy focuses on exploring today, Sun Quan put a whole battalion and 120,000 elite troops of the Wu State here, which can be described as well-intentioned.

He hoped that Wu Guo could look at the world, instead of sitting in a well and watching the sky, just looking at his own one-third of an acre.

In the South China Sea, Wu's biggest gain was Australia, which later became the Australian continent.

After taking Australia, the navy, under the instructions of Sun Quan, began to advance westward.

The first problem in the westward expansion was the Strait of Malacca, which was a dangerous area, even in the era when later battleships were unstoppable.

Compared with the navy, which is just starting today, in order to explore the shipping route and cross this strait, the navy has paid at least two building ships, more than 20 fighting ships, and more than 800 soldiers' lives.

Therefore, Gan Ning and Zhou Tai named this place the Devil's Strait.

After passing through the Devil's Strait, it is the Indian Ocean for the next generation.

Entering the Indian Ocean, the first stop is the Bay of Bengal.

In these years, the scale of the navy has not been comparable to that of Wu, and the navy of Wu that has entered the Bay of Bengal is enough to sweep this sea area and stand firm.

In later generations, the Bay of Bengal was a large strait belonging to India and the Golden Triangle, and today, this strait is facing the Jiaozhou and Kushan empires of the Wu Kingdom.

It is most suitable for the Wu navy to land from here.

Ashoka Island.

Located at the western outlet of the Bay of Bengal, at the junction of the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal, this island is wobbly opposite the Indian Peninsula to the north.

In the Hereafter. It's called Sri Lanka.

Nowadays, it is called the Kingdom of Ashoka.

The Sinhalese people migrated to the island from the Indian peninsula in the 5th century BC, and in 247 BC, the Mauryan Emperor Ashoka sent his son to the island, and since then it has been established as the kingdom of Ashoka.

The kingdom of Ashoka is a small kingdom, not as good as a city in the Central Plains. The total number of soldiers of the common people was only tens of thousands, and as soon as Zhou Tai's soldiers and horses landed, they had already been conquered.

From then on, it began to become the bridgehead island of the Wu army's westward expedition to the Kushan Empire.

Zhou Tai and Gan Ning garrisoned 100,000 soldiers.

On this day, the sea breeze was fierce, and on the island, a newly built deep-water military port wharf, a black eagle on a blue background, and the flying eagle battle flag with the wings of the Roc spread. The two main generals, Zhou Tai and Gan Ning, led the generals above the level of each division and stood at the forefront, waiting for the young man who walked down from the ironclad building ship.

"Salute!"

Zhou Tai shouted, and all the soldiers hurriedly raised their hands and saluted a respectful military salute.

The young man who came down from the ship step by step, but now he is one of the best gods of war in the army in Wu State, and he is still the youngest and most trusted giant of the military aircraft department, the hussar general Zhao Yun. Zhao Zilong.

"General Zhao, your journey is still going well!"

After saluting. Zhou Tai stepped forward, looked at Zhao Yun, who was a little pale, and asked with a smile.

"It's hard to say, I'm used to fighting on land, floating on the sea, and a certain family's heart is always unsteady. If it weren't for the better bones of this body, I'm afraid this trip would have killed me! ”

Zhao Yun's face was pale, and there was a slight bitter smile on his handsome face.

He was a cavalryman, the best cavalryman in the world, on horseback. He dared to fight between heaven and earth, but on the ship, he felt that he was useless, except for the time when he returned to Jiangdong from the East China Sea and took a boat, the others rarely did such a long boat.

The feeling of taking a boat is very weird, as if the whole person is drifting with the waves on the vast sea of this world, and he has to have to be himself, floating so much on the sea, there is no sense of security at all, and it is already remarkable that he has not fainted.

"Hahaha!"

Gan Ning laughed a few times and said: "General Zilong is a cavalry, the best cavalry in the world, it is not surprising that he has this feeling on the sea, I was a general from the navy back then, and I had the same feeling when I was floating so much on the sea!" ”

The Yangtze River is different from the sea, and Gan Ning felt the same way when he went to sea for the first time.

"General, do you need a break?"

Zhou Tai asked in a low voice.

"No, I, Zhao Yun, are not so expensive, and I don't have much time to go south, this time I go south, I must return to Jinling City on January 1 at the beginning of next year!"

Zhao Yun went south to command the battle this time, not because of the untrustworthy War Eagle Battalion of the Fifth Military Region of Wu State, but because the battle was relatively urgent.

"January 1st? General, why are you in such a hurry? ”

Zhou Tai led Zhao Yun along a newly built official road on the island, all the way into a relatively rich palace, this is the palace of Ashoka, which is the best building on the road.

This is the command camp of the Warhawk Battalion.

"The king is going to be crowned emperor!"

Zhao Yun sat down, took a sip of warm bed, stabilized his mind, and then said, he didn't hide this from Zhou Tai, he said lightly: "The day of the coronation is January 1 next year!" ”

"Coronation as emperor?"

When Zhou Tai and Gan Ning heard this, they were slightly excited in their hearts, and hurriedly withdrew all the generals in the hall, and Zhou Taicai asked: "General Zilong, now that the Central Plains has not been unified, is the king too anxious about this move?" ”

"It's not that the king is in a hurry, it's Cao Cao's urgency, you have been in the open sea for too long, I'm afraid the news of the Central Plains is a little behind, the Wei Dynasty has been crowned, Cao Cao has been crowned, if the king is not crowned, isn't it equivalent to falling under him!"

Zhao Yun explained lightly.

"What a Cao Mengde, I'm too anxious!" Gan Ning sneered when he heard this.

"He doesn't do it for himself!"

Zhou Tai was a little angry: "My Da Wu is like the first prince today, the southern expedition to the north, occupy the hinterland of the Central Plains, open up territory in foreign areas, the king has not yet been called the emperor, he actually dares to take the lead in calling the emperor, if a certain family is in the Central Plains, he will raise troops to conquer it!" ”

"Whether he is anxious or not, he doesn't measure himself, and now he forces the king to be the emperor in advance. For this reason, the king gritted his teeth and started the Battle of Qingzhou, and now the entire Flame Army in the East China Sea has been invested in the Battle of Qingzhou! ”

Zhao Yun said in a deep voice: "The reason why I chose to go south at this time and let you start the war in advance is to make the king crowned and have more glory." ”

His eyes were like fire. It was scorching and bright, and he said categorically: "I want the head of the King of Guishan." ”

"The head of the Kushan King? It's a bit difficult! ”

When Zhou Tai and Gan Ning heard this, they glanced at each other, their expressions became solemn one after another, and the two of them did a big sand table in the middle, and they spread out a few maps.

"General Zilong, we already have a lot of knowledge about the Kushan Empire!"

"Tell me about it!"

Zhao Yun's expression showed a lot of interest: "When I went ashore just now, I saw some dark people on the island, these are Guishan people!" ”

"Hmm. The Great King called these people black people, and there were many such people in the Kushan Empire! ”

"Know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles, you know the history of Guishan!" Zhao Yun continued to ask.

Gan Ning continued: "The Kushan Empire was established by Qiu Qi, the leader of the Kushan tribe, one of the five major tribes of the Great Yue Clan. About two hundred years, which is about the same as the Han Dynasty established by our Emperor Guangwu! ”

"The current Kushan Emperor is Vesudeva who has been on the throne for ten years. According to what we know so far, this person is a relatively wise emperor, with 150,000 elite soldiers in his hands, and there are many guards guarding the city under his command, adding up, at least more than 200,000 soldiers and horses! ”

Zhou Tai added: "Guishan's soldiers and horses are led by cavalry. Their cavalry strength is very strong, it is said that many horses are Dawan good horses, and they also have two more important troops, one is the most powerful war elephant soldier in the war elephant camp today, and the other is the lion cavalry.

In fact, it is not difficult for us to fight. But it takes time, and the original plan of our Warhawk Battalion was to spend three to five years fighting this battle. ”

"Where is their capital?"

Zhao Yun asked suddenly.

"Here!"

Gan Ning spread out a map, pointed to a city on it, and said, "This city, if it is in our Chinese, means Peshawar City!" ”

"Weird name!"

The corners of Zhao Yun's mouth raised a playful smile: "How many soldiers and horses do they have?" ”

"At least 50,000 elite soldiers!" Zhou Tai understood what Zhao Yun meant, but shook his head and said, "General Zilong, we are not familiar with the Guishan region, and now we can only deploy according to the information provided by the translation, and it is very difficult to make an assault!" ”

"That's no problem!"

Zhao Yun sighed, he also knew that his ideas were difficult for some strongmen, how could the lord of one dynasty be beheaded so easily.

However, he was still a little reluctant, and continued to ask: "Now you can talk about the marching strategy of your Warhawk Battalion!" ”

"We plan to divide our troops into two routes, one to land from Wangshe City, then march from the land and go straight to the east side, and the other way to enter from the largest river in the Kushan Empire, and go straight to the capital Peshawar!"

Zhou Tai said in a deep voice: "Wangshe City, Sobra and Minagara, these three cities are the first bridgeheads we want to take, we have figured out the situation above, the rule of the Kushan Empire is a bit similar to the rule of our northern steppe tribes, they use the city lord system, and the lord of a city manages the military and government."

The lord of the royal city, Almis, and their emperor Vesudeva are at odds, he united the two cities around Fahrenheit and Ayuttha, and has broken away from the rule of Kushan, we fight here, even if Vesudeva knows, he will not shoot reinforcements, this is our best breakthrough. ”

"After the preliminary confirmation of our scouts, there are a lot of soldiers and horses in Wangshe City, and most importantly, they have three thousand elite war elephants, these war elephants are invulnerable and difficult to fight!"

Zhou Tai sighed.

In the Mauryan Dynasty BC, the war elephants have exerted great combat effectiveness, and it is rumored that the Mauryan Dynasty had tens of thousands of war elephant soldiers, comparable to 100,000 elites.

"What about Minagara?"

"This is the entrance to the Kushan River, we have to take it down, otherwise there is no guarantee for our navy to enter the Kushan Empire!"

Gan Ning Road.

The Kushan River, which was later known as the Indus River, the largest river of the Kushan Empire, penetrated this Kushan country.

"When are you going to fight?"

Zhao Yun thought for a moment and asked.

"Lu Fan has solved the biggest problem for us, the grain and grass are ready, our soldiers and horses are almost ready, we are not waiting on the island for most of the year, we use the people of the Ashoka Kingdom to slowly infiltrate it, we have also found a guide, we have taken down the people who should be taken!"

Gan Ning said categorically: "Three days later, I will swear to go west!" ”

"Okay, it's better to come early than to come by chance, in this battle, a certain Zhao Zilong will be a pioneer for you!"

Zhao Yun's eyes were as bright as stars. (To be continued......)