Chapter 63: Sweeping the Western Regions (I)
Yumen Pass, as long as it is Chinese, who does not know?
The famous Tang poem "Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate", is popular among the people, and every Chinese has read it.
At first glance, when I heard the words of "Yumen Pass", it would be impossible for Qin Yiren not to be shocked.
"Mother, in the Warring States Period, not only were there many cattle and people walking all over the place, but there were not a few people who were famous in this place. Fortunately, Ben Gongzi's careful liver is good, so he doesn't have to worry about heart disease. Qin Yiren couldn't help muttering in his heart.
I don't know how many cattle and gods I met in the Warring States Period, not to mention, even the place names are famous, which can be scary, and it is impossible for Qin Yiren not to sigh.
In fact, the reason why "Yumen Pass" got its name is because Yumen Pass is located in a small square place, connecting the Western Regions and the Hexi Corridor, and a large amount of jade from the Western Regions was transported to the mainland, so Yumen Pass got its name.
"Li Si, you have a point, let's call it Yumen Pass." As soon as Qin Yiren saw the eyes of everyone looking at him, he knew that he needed to make a decision, and hurriedly affirmed: "This name is good!" Not bad! ”
It's very good, and it's a test of people's hearts.
Qin Yiren pulled Ma Jiang, turned around, faced Qin Jun, and prepared to give a lecture.
The soldiers of the Qin army knew that Qin Yiren was going to give a lecture, and they all held their heads high, and their faces were full of joy. Qin Yiren led them to fight one big victory after another, which made the soldiers especially love Qin Yiren and listen to him.
"Brethren, this is called Xiaofangpan, which is the confluence of the Western Regions and the Hexi Corridor. It's the Western Regions. Qin Yiren didn't disappoint them. It's time to start talking. Said: "The Western Regions are no strangers to you, because we arrived here at the beginning of winter last year and saw the treasures of the Western Regions......"
At the beginning of the winter of last year, when the Qin army first came to Xiaofangpan, Qin Yiren bought a large number of treasures from the Western Regions, such as pomegranates, raisins, alfalfa, etc., from the merchants, and used them to treat the army. The soldiers knew the value of the treasures of the Western Regions. When I heard this, my face was full of joy and yearning, and it would be nice if I could have a lot of pomegranates and grapes to eat.
After all, although Qin Yiren bought a large number of goods, he could not meet the needs of the soldiers, the number of merchants was limited, and the goods he brought were limited, so he could only let the soldiers try it.
It's a taste of it. The soldiers had never eaten such a delicious fruit, and it would be impossible for them not to miss it.
Now. The Qin army is finally marching to the Western Regions, which means that they can taste these strange fruits again, and they can't do it if they are not excited.
“…… The Western Regions is a beautiful place, but I don't know the etiquette of China, I don't respect China, today, I will lead you to the Western Regions, trample this beautiful land under your feet, conquer the barbarians of the Western Regions, and ask them to respect China! "Qin Yiren's words do not have any lies such as the mandate of heaven and the king, they are naked utilitarian words, but they can arouse the passion of the soldiers.
"Conquer the Western Regions!" The soldiers erupted in an earth-shattering roar.
The roar pierced through the sky, shaking the ground and trembling.
Qin Yiren pulled the horse's head, patted the horse's back, raised his right hand violently, waved it down magnificently, and took the lead in galloping out.
"Rumble!" The sound of hooves like thunder suddenly sounded, and the Qin army followed Qin Yiren into the Western Regions and began the journey to conquer the Western Regions.
Shao Yun rode a horse and came to Qin Yiren's side. He was the guide invited by Qin Yiren, and among the many merchants that Qin Yiren had come into contact with, Qin Yiren recognized this Shao Yun the most. He has entered the Western Regions many times, not to mention that he is very familiar with the Western Regions, but he has kept an eye on it, and he understands the customs and customs of the Western Regions. What's even more rare is that he also knows the hobbies of a country's monarch.
It can be said that Shao Yun is an "encyclopedia of the Western Regions", and Qin Yiren decided to ask Shao Yun to be a guide.
Shao Yun was overjoyed about this, and without saying a word, he agreed to it. For Shao Yunzhi, a merchant engaged in trade in the Western Regions, he knew best the significance of the Qin army's westward expedition. Once the Qin army succeeds in its westward expedition, it will provide supreme convenience for trade in the Western Regions.
"Childe, this place has just entered the Western Regions, and it is not bitter, but in a few days, it will be very hard." Shao Yun explained to Qin Yiren while galloping, "If you get lost, you only need to follow the bones, and you will definitely find the oasis." ”
The Silk Road is made of corpses and bones, and there will be no shortage of camels for people and horses along the way. This is not only a clear proof of the hardships of the trade, but also a signpost to point the way.
As Shao Yunzhi said, in the first three or five days, the Qin army had an easy journey and there was no difficulty. Once you go deeper, there will be trouble, sparsely populated, sometimes there are no people for hundreds of miles, only the white bones on the side of the road.
However, the good news is that there are many oases, so don't worry about not having a place to camp.
In the future, these oases would have ceased to exist a long time ago, and had been reduced to reckless yellow sand.
On the seventh day, he met Xiao Wanguo on an oasis. There are not many people in Xiaowan Kingdom, but there are only three or four thousand people, and they have a small city. In the eyes of Qin Yiren, this city is not worthy of being called a city, because this so-called city is made of stones in a mess, there is no discipline, and there is no technical content, and it is a question whether it can stop the beasts, let alone an army.
When Qin Yiren and them appeared, Xiao Wanguo was frightened and at a loss.
Qin Yiren sent people to explain to the monarch of Xiaowan that they were an army from the Central Plains, and as long as Xiaowan surrendered, they could be protected by Qin.
When the monarch of Xiaowan Kingdom heard that this was an army from the Central Plains, he didn't say a word, and immediately surrendered.
The reason why he was so happy was because he had heard that the Central Plains was very large, that the Central Plains was a rich paradise, and that the mouths of the Central Plains were too numerous than those of his country. In the past, he was a little unconvinced, but this time he did, because he saw with his own eyes an army that was much larger than the total population of his country, and he did not dare not believe it.
In this way, Qin Yiren and them traveled all the way west, and almost without bloodshed, they destroyed nearly ten countries.
In these dozen or so countries, there was no resistance, not because they didn't want to, but because they didn't dare. These dozen or so countries are all very small, with the total population of the large ones being only three or two thousand people, and the small ones being only a few hundred. How could they have the confidence to fight against the Qin army with 50,000 generals to the teeth. Just fight. They will be beaten to the ground.
When it was thirteen days. Finally, the resistance took place, but it turned out to be a joke.
In an oasis, there is a small "city". This city is so small, so small that people are speechless, how small is it? However, a village in the Central Plains is as big as that, if it is in the Central Plains, no one will pay attention. In the Western Regions, this is not just a city. It is also the "national capital" of the end of the country.
And the end of the country, is a small country in the Western Regions, with a total population of only more than 600, and it lives in three villages near the national capital.
The whole country has an army of no more than 130 people.
The king was a middle-aged man in his forties, thin and insatiable.
On this day, he was drinking, and his men reported to him: "Your lord, there is a good thing, there is a good thing." ”
"Oh. What kind of good thing? "Listen to the word "good thing". And when he opened the king's eyes, his eyes were full of wonderful little stars.
"The Central Plains are here. The Central Plains people are coming. "This subordinate hurried back.
"Central Plains people? That's great. The people of the Central Plains are so rich. Much richer than we are. Let's go, take the army, and we'll go and exterminate the Central Plains people and rob them of their goods. The king laughed and said, "As long as we get these goods, we won't have to worry about food and clothing." ”
At that time, although the Central Plains had not yet conquered the Western Regions, because of the relationship between merchants, the countries of the Western Regions knew that there was a Central Plains, and the Central Plains was very rich, and it was a paradise that they dreamed of.
At first glance, I heard that the people of the Central Plains were coming, and the king of the end could not be happy? It means wealth.
"King, you can't do it, you can't do it." The subordinates hurriedly stopped and said: "The Central Plains people are not here this time, but the army, I heard that there are many people, and the smoke and dust splashed by the horses' hooves cover the sky and the sun......"
"Shut up!" Before he finished speaking, he was rudely interrupted by King Jimo and said, "How many people can there be in the Central Plains?" How many troops can there be? Don't you look at it, we are not a small country, and we only have more than 130 troops, so do they have more troops than us? ”
Yoro is arrogant!
At that time, although the countries of the Western Regions knew that the Central Plains was very large, they had their own interpretations, because the countries of the Western Regions had completely different definitions of the size of the country. For the great powers of the Western Regions, it seems that the big ones are as big as these great powers; For the small countries in the Western Regions, big is as big as these small countries.
The reason why this is so is because they don't know much about the Central Plains, their vision is limited, and their understanding of the big picture is limited.
"King, we can exchange some goods, and we don't have to provoke the Central Plains." The reason why his subordinates are happy is because the people of the Central Plains are here, they can do some trade, they can exchange some necessities for life.
"Order, gather my army, and you must rob and kill all the people in the Central Plains." And the last monarch waved his right hand, the atmosphere was extraordinary, and he ordered loudly.
Seeing that the monarch was so bent on going his own way, his subordinates couldn't stop it, so they had to give up.
As soon as the order was handed down, and the army of the last kingdom was gathered, the total number was no more than one hundred and thirty-six. The concentration of these 136 people together is really dazzling.
These people are of different heights, standing together, uneven, quite joyful.
What's more, these people don't have a standing phase, they don't have a sitting phase, some stand, some sit, a group in the east, a cluster in the west, there is no formation at all, even compared to the chaotic Xiongnu and Qiang, it is also several streets behind.
As for weapons, it's even more provocative. They don't have a real weapon in their hands, Iron Soldiers? Dream on!
Bronze soldiers, there are three or five remnants, some of them are broken in the center, some only have the head of the knife, and some only have the handle and a small section of the blade. As for the complete weapon, it has not yet been made.
More people made sticks, some people made stones, and a few people did not even have sticks and stones, but only clenched their fists.
Armour? That's too extravagant, because they're all naked, bare-chested, they don't even wear clothes, and you expect them to have armor, you can figure it out.
The only clothes on them are animal skins and tree barks to cover their shame.
In the entire army, the only sub-leather armor is the leather armor on the monarch of the end of the country, and this leather armor is still in tatters, if it was in the Central Plains, I don't know where to throw it for a long time.
The only relatively complete weapon is the scimitar in the hand of the monarch of the end of the country, which is a bronze scimitar, rusty, not to mention, and the tip of the knife is broken. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please go to read. )