In the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King Qin, the young Wang Li came to the shore of the vast sea with thousands of vanguard cavalry.

The marching Sima took out the map, wrote and drew with a ruler and a pen, and nodded to him very conviciously, "General, we have reached the sea of the extreme west!" ”

Hearing this, Wang Li let out a long sigh of relief.

He was born in a family of generals, and his grandfather and father both had marquises.

According to his background, even if he lies in the luxurious marquis mansion all day long, eating, drinking and having fun, there are marquis' titles and fiefs waiting for him to inherit.

is the so-called proud son of heaven who was born with a golden soup spoon, and he is talking about him.

But he was unwilling to stay in Xianyang City to enjoy happiness, but took the initiative to apply to join the ranks of the Western Expedition.

As for the reason or something, needless to say, I know that it is nothing more than the children of the rich family who want to prove that they are not waste.

At first, he was very excited, and his mind was full of thoughts about making achievements.

All the way out of Guanzhong, through Longxi, through Hexi, into the Western Regions.

Along the way, he can also joke with his companions with a smile, discussing the scenery along the way that is very different from Middle-earth, as well as the local beauties of the Western Regions.

But as time went on, the smiles and laughter gradually disappeared, and everyone was embarrassed.

I finally arrived in Broken Leaf City, and when I got out of the car, I was put away for training.

Of course, with Wang Li's background, there is naturally no need to do basic training, and he has already practiced those things when he was at home.

Wang Li's identity was destined to be trained as an officer, and he worked with the logistics Sima in Broken Leaf City for a year, and finally received an order from Meng Tian to go to the front line.

He was taken by Meng Tian, the general of the Western Expedition, to be a small school, and he taught by word and deed at close range.

And Meng Tian didn't hide it, and said very clearly that this was all requested by your father and your grandfather.

The young Wang Li didn't say much, but he was holding his breath in his heart.

Great Qin had already swept away Parthia, and then defeated Armenia, an ally that Parthia had called, and his troops had penetrated deep into Anatolia and even reached the southern shore of the Black Sea.

At that time, the Qin army thought that it was to the sea of the extreme west, and it was not okay to cheer and be happy.

But when Li Yunze sent a letter, indicating that they were going the wrong way, they should have gone all the way to the west, but they ran to the northwest instead.

Although this is also the sea, it is not the far western sea.

The Qin army had no choice but to turn around and head south.

What they didn't know was that on the northern shore of this sea they had arrived, a country called the State of Chu was rapidly expanding.

Batch after batch of Jiangdong fathers and elders came to this vast land under the leadership of Xiang Yu.

Hundreds of thousands of Jiangdong fathers and elders, under the leadership of Xiang Yu, swept away many barbarians on the northern shore of the Black Sea, as well as the colonial states established here by the Greeks.

Xiang Yu's domineering spirit that was rampant all over the world, coupled with the strength of Jiangdong's soldiers, left a deep impression on many colonial cities and barbarians on the northern shore of the Black Sea.

They bowed down at Xiang Yu's feet one after another, and honored Xiang Yu as the king of kings!

For this title, Xiang Yu felt very speechless.

He knew very well that there was a monster whose strength was unfathomable, far stronger than him.

Fortunately, that monster has a problem with his brain, so don't worry too much about turning his face.

The barbarians on the northern shore of the Black Sea provided slaves and cannon fodder for Xiang Yu. Too. People run the trade routes for Xiang Yu to do business, and the pirates of the Black Sea formed Xiang Yu's navy to transport goods to and from various places.

When the Qin army retreated from the south bank, Xiang Yu's fleet was heading to the cities on the south bank to trade and buy grain.

The Qin army, which went south, did not hesitate to start a war with the Seleucids.

The ancestors of the Seleucids were Alexander's generals, and after Alexander fell ill and died on the way back to his hometown, the great empire he had defeated was divided among his generals.

The kingdom of Dawan, Seleucus and even Egypt are actually Alexander's legacy.

Before the Seleucids were fighting with the Egyptians, they didn't want to kill a dragon in the far east, swallowed Parthia in one bite, and sneezed and sprayed Armenia without a trace.

The frightened Seleucids hurriedly ceased war with the Egyptians, packed up their men and horses, food and supplies, strengthened the garrison of the city, and began to defend the city.

The strong city defenses that once made the Egyptians, the Armenians, and the Parthians helpless were simply vulnerable in front of the Qin army's great weapons.

Normally, after a few days of intermittent bombardment, the walls will naturally collapse.

Then Qin Ruishi lined up and entered the city, and there was nothing that could withstand it.

The Seleucids thought of fighting back, and even used their famous scythe chariot.

It is the kind of chariot commonly used in wars in the Spring and Autumn Period, but in the middle of the axle of the wheel, a long blade is installed, and the blade is constantly turned over at high speed, and it is definitely dead and injured when it hits.

When dealing with others, this kind of shutter chariot worked well, and was even used as a magic weapon by the Seleucids.

But when it was used in front of Qin Jun, it made Qin Jun laugh.

The reason is simple, they played with this thing hundreds of years ago.

The best way to deal with chariots is, of course, for the light cavalry to come forward and play mounted archery with the speed of the horses.

Shooting people first and shooting horses, or shooting horses and then shooting people is arbitrary, and the result is the same anyway.

If there is no light cavalry, there is no need to panic if there are only foot soldiers, the Qin army is also experienced.

In this era, the soldiers were usually equipped with long weapons, and those who went to the battlefield with swords were usually the fastest to die.

After all, the truth of one inch long and one inch strong has long been played clearly by the ancestors.

In the face of the charging chariot, the Qin soldiers directly lined up and squatted, put the rear end of the rows of long soldiers against the ground, and resisted with a long spear formation like a forest.

When the chariot was blocked and slowed down, a skirmisher immediately stepped forward and stuffed the long soldier in his hand into the wheels.

When the wheels get stuck, the chariot becomes waste.

Seleucus, who lost his chariot, almost never won a battle in the field, so he had no choice but to continue to defend the city and defend it to the death.

The reason why they were able to hold out for several years under the offensive of the Qin army was not that the city defense was strong, but that the Qin army was severely limited by the long logistics supply line, and could not invest enough forces on the front line.

It was not until the Qin army built the railway line at any cost that it could continue to move forward.

In order to build this long railway, the Qin army swept everywhere they went, whether it was the descendants of the Greeks or the barbarians in the mountains and forests, they were all taken away to build roads.

Anyway, there is no technical content in building roads, and you only need enough coolies.

Because Li Yunze knew the best line to take, he basically didn't bypass any detours, and he didn't directly build into a dead end, such as building into the mountains, into the swamps, and on the banks of a big river that were too wide to build bridges, and so on.

He also knew where there were iron mines and where there were coal mines.

Along the way, there are large and small mines mining frantically at the expense of human lives, and there are various earthen blast furnaces constantly spewing black smoke, smelting railroad tracks, cutting down trees to make sleepers, and so on.

It is precisely because of these conditions that the railway line can be built all the way to the far west.

When the Qin army defeated Seleucus, Wang Li, who had participated in the Western Expedition for several years at a young age, received an order from Meng Tian to lead the vanguard to find the sea in the west.

Wang Li led thousands of cavalry and groped westward for several days, and finally came to the shore of the extreme western sea.

Facing the slightly fishy sea breeze blowing on his face, Wang Li closed his eyes and inhaled deeply.

All the way here, not to mention 20,000 miles!

If it weren't for the train, my legs would have been broken.

Now that he has finally come to the legendary Far West Sea, Wang Li only feels that his life is worth it!

Grandfather and father have been to such a far place in their lives.

In the distance, some people wearing robes, seeing the cavalry of the Qin army, immediately turned around and got on the camel and ran away.

In recent years, the famous reputation of the Qin people has spread everywhere, even in the distant city of Rome.

They fought hard, but they plundered even harder.

In particular, the Qin army mainly arrested people, followed by looting goods and materials.

As for those who were captured, they were seen by the locals as nothing more than being used as slaves.

It's not wrong to think so, after all, the people who were captured were either repairing the earth in the mines, or repairing the earth at the paving site, anyway, it was all hard work.

No one wanted to be taken as a slave, so seeing the black flag and the iconic Oriental face, the locals always fled.

Wang Li didn't pay attention to it after looking at it a few times, and he didn't chase it.

He was a regular soldier, and the arrest of people was usually done by the auxiliaries with the people.

Turned over and dismounted, and came to the shore.

Wang looked at the sea from afar, and a little white sail slowly sailed by in the distance.

"Taifu said that there are many countries and city-states in the depths of the Extreme West Sea, and it seems to be true."

Wang Li, who withdrew his gaze, turned around and began to look at the surrounding environment.

Empty wilderness, scattered patches of sparse groves, or rolling hills.

Wang Li shook his head and arranged for his men to ride out on horses to explore the surrounding environment.

As a striker, he not only came to enjoy the sea view, but also took on the important mission of surveying the environment.

The railroad cannot be built to the sea, and if the westward expedition continues, it will have to be shipbuilding.

The most important thing in shipbuilding is to have wood, qualified and suitable wood.

Obviously, the crooked trees around here are not qualified.

Occasionally, some date books are quite straight, but I heard Taifu say that this thing is not suitable.

In desperation, the Qin army could only continue to go south and north along the coastline, looking for a suitable location.

The place where the king left them was not a nameless wilderness, but a field known as Suriston. Sharp. Ya) place.

There are many cities and villages here, and the population is also large.

Moreover, there is a host here.

The previous owner was the Seleucids, and later the Seleucids were beaten out by the Qin army, and the Egyptians in the south took advantage of the situation to grab the territory.

Not surprisingly, the Qin army collided with the Egyptians.

When the envoy of the Egyptians, a messenger who was said to be a prince sitting in a sedan chair carried by more than a dozen slaves, came to Wang Li, the young Wang Li immediately frowned.

The reason is very simple, this person actually wears a very thick eyeliner!

Those who know know that this is to protect against the sun, but Wang Li doesn't know.

The first impression is poor.

Through the narration of the interpreter, the Egyptians made their own demand, that is, this place belonged to them, and the king should go back wherever he came from these easterners, otherwise Pharaoh would send a natural disaster to destroy them.

Wang Li, who was speechless, shook his head and waved his hand very simply, he only said one word to the translator.

"Get out."

(End of chapter)