"Father is crazy." The capital of Liao, Gaoping. When Wu Zhang heard that Qingji was going to send troops to expedition to Persia and thought that he was the general of the expedition to the west, he couldn't help but jump to his feet with anger and was very dissatisfied.

He's old, can he not toss? Liao Xiangtian Wenjin, who was standing on the side, said: "Your Majesty, the envoy sent by His Majesty is still waiting for your news in the pavilion. ”

"In the opinion of the ministers, Your Majesty's decision to conquer Persia westward this time is quite profound."

"I want to hear about it."

"Your Majesty has always been very happy, in the past ten years, Dawu Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, and he has not fought wars at every turn, but has just blindly restored the people's livelihood, developed national strength, and made the world governed." Tian Wen said slowly: "But, can Your Majesty be willing to do this for thousands of years?" No, never. ”

"Your Majesty wants to achieve greater achievements and lay a larger territory for the successor of Great Wu."

"That's one of them. Second, His Majesty's westward expedition made the various vassal kings subsidize, and the king and the king of Sai had to directly lead their troops to participate in the war. ”

"What do you mean? Your Majesty wants to weaken the power of the king and the king of Sai, and pave the way for the crown prince to ascend to the throne. Wu Zhang glared and said, "Why is my father here?" ”

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty is already old, with all due respect, after 10,000 years of Your Majesty, can the kings really serve your successor as if you were serving Your Majesty?"

"......" Wu Zhang was silent. Among the twenty feudal kingdoms that Qingji divided, the most powerful were the Liao State and the Sai State.

Since Wu Zhang became the king of Liao, he has been committed to expanding his territory and building Liao into a military power.

There are more than one million people under his command, basically all of whom are nomadic peoples such as Donghu, Sushen, Lou Fu, Qian, and Linhu, but they are all naturalized by Wu Zhang, and he is the head of the horse.

In terms of the army, Wu Zhang has more than 100,000 infantry and horses, and no less than 100,000 war horses. As long as Wu Zhang is willing, he can arm an army of more than 200,000 at any time to go south...... The territory of the Liao State was still very large, not only the three eastern provinces later, but also a part of the northeast of Inner Mongolia.

In fact, Wu Zhang wanted to wait for a hundred years before peeking into the Central Plains. Who is he?

Qingji's son-in-law, the second son! In case Prince Heng dies young, won't it be Wu Zhang's turn to inherit the throne?

On Wu Fan's side, the national strength is not inferior to Wu Zhang, but it is mainly based on foot soldiers, and it can also have an army of more than ten or two hundred thousand people at every turn.

Seeing two sons like this

"Out of breath", no wonder Qingji thought about taking them to the west, and by the way, weakening the power of the two of them.

"Tian Wen, what countermeasures do you have?"

"The king, in the opinion of the ministers, the king can not get sick."

"This is unfilial piety."

"Filial piety? The king, with all due respect, has been in a dilemma since ancient times, and His Majesty has good intentions in order to help the prince pave the way. However, Your Majesty's expedition to the west is extremely unfavorable to you, the king. Tian Wen persuaded bitterly: "I heard that the prince is in poor health, and I don't know if he can survive to the top." Wait, the king, maybe the prince will collapse and die young, and His Majesty will make you the crown prince and enter the East Palace. Hearing this, Wu Zhang smiled and said, "Isn't that just right?" ”

"The widow is the son of his father, if the prince dies of illness, how can it not be the turn of the widow to inherit the throne?"

"This ......"

"Troops!" …… Green Ridge, also known as Buzhou Mountain, Pamir Plateau. In modern times, the average altitude of the Pamirs is 5,850 meters, but it is not so exaggerated now.

Eight thousand years ago, the plateau was lifted at an even faster rate, at an average rate of seven centimeters per year...... The south of the Green Mountains is the territory of the Great Wu Sai Kingdom, where the terrain is wide and soothing, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, the lakes are dense, and there are vast plains in between, with a humid climate and lush jungles.

The geomorphological pattern of the plateau has been basically formed. After Qingji and Wu Fan joined forces at Green Ridge, they integrated their troops and formed an army of 80,000 elite cavalry and 160,000 war horses.

After crossing the Green Ridge, the western expeditionary army of Wu crossed the Amu Darya River all the way. The Amu Darya River, also known as Wuhu Water and Fu Shui, belongs to the junction of the Wu Empire and Persia.

The Amu Darya is the largest inland river in Central Asia and one of the two major sources of water in the Aral Sea, originating from an alpine glacier at an altitude of 4,900 meters in the southeastern part of the Pamirs.

Wu Fan is very familiar with the Amu Darya, because he has served as the protector of the Western Regions for many years, and often leads troops across the Amu Darya River to burn, kill and loot the territory of the Persians.

In the forty-third year of Wu Shi Huang, that is, in 471 BC, at the beginning of the fifth lunar month. The Wu army crossed the Amu Darya River and entered directly into the territory of the Persians.

The territory of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia at its peak stretched from the Indus Plain and the Pamir Plateau in the east, to Egypt and Libya in the south, to Asia Minor and the Balkan Peninsula in the west, and to the Caucasus Mountains and the Aral Sea in the north.

There are about twenty provinces. The first thing Wu Jun entered, that is

"Great Xia" (Bactria). It is one of the most important areas in the middle of the Silk Road. The natives are of the Eastern Yin Lang race, close relatives of the Scythians and Cypriots.

At the same time, the Amu Darya valley in Bactria was also the homeland of the Aryans. Because Wu Fan often sent troops to Great Xia when he was the protector of the Western Regions, the people in this place all looked down on the wind and did not dare to fight against the Wu army.

Wu's army marched west to Bactria and basically did not encounter any decent resistance. At the end of May, 100,000 Wu troops and cavalry attacked Khorezm again, attacking the city all the way, and were invincible.

Due to its location on the banks of the Amu Darya River, this area of Khorezm is suitable for primitive humans who lived by fishing and hunting.

Around 2000 B.C., the inhabitants of Khorezm began to irrigate their arable land in a primitive way and learned to raise livestock.

However, it is such a Khorezm person, who, like Ah Sange, often submits to the great powers in history.

Historically, Khorezm has submitted to the Persians, Macedonians, Kushans, Monguls and so on.

In the face of the strong attack of the Wu army, the Khorezm people also surrendered with great interest. The march was so smooth that Qingji was unexpected.

However, it also makes sense. Qingji then conscripted hundreds of thousands of Khorezm and Daxia Qingzhuang on the spot to serve as laborers, plus millions of Kunlun slaves in the Western Regions and Longxi, responsible for transporting grain and grass for the Wu army.

The Wu army went deep alone, but they didn't have to worry about a fire in the backyard and a rebellion of the Khorezmian and Bactrian people. Wu's army entered the vicinity of the city of Cyrus in the Ferghana Basin and fought the Persians in the first major battle.

The Persian army of about 30,000 men spread along the east bank of the river, with cavalry as the first line and infantry as the second line, holding on to the bank to prevent the enemy from crossing the river.

The expeditionary force placed the infantry phalanx in the center, and the cavalry on the two flanks. Qingji ordered the vanguard to move, inducing the enemy to move to the left, and when there was a gap in its formation, he took the opportunity to lead the main force on the right flank to cross the river and pounce on the enemy's formation.

In the fierce battle, the Wu army took advantage of the spear advantage and inflicted a large number of casualties on the enemy. More than 1,000 Persian cavalry were killed, and their infantry were attacked from all sides by the Wu army, and they were quickly routed, and more than 2,000 people were captured.

The expeditionary force only lost more than a hundred people!