Months later.

Winter is coming.

Ying Xuan had already crossed the Golden Mountain with an army of 200,000.

After nearly a year of inspection, Yingxuan was slightly tired.

But looking at the lake in front of me, I felt a little proud.

In front of it is the Yibohai (Bashkar Lake), the fourth longest lake in the world.

Historically, since the Han Dynasty, it has been the natural dividing line between China and the northwest.

It was only in the late Qing Dynasty that it was cut out by unequal treaties.

It has always been a regret for people.

But now, he has once again included it in the territory of Great Qin.

The last part of the stele prepared was also erected here to show the prestige of Great Qin.

Looking back, there was the territory of Great Qin in sight.

Ying Xuan stood on the top of the mountain, and the whole person was empty.

It's as if part of the mission has been accomplished.

Although no one gave him this mission, he did not actively aspire to it.

But deep down there is a force in his heart that constantly drives him to make up for some regrets.

Perhaps this is the common denominator of people who like history.

After a short rest, he calmed down the surrounding tribes who had come to meet him.

After conquering this area, the king of the right valley was summoned back by Mao Dun before he had time to rectify it.

When Ying Xuan attacked with 200,000 iron horsemen, these tribes were about to cry one by one.

Ying Xuan repeated it several times, Daqin would give them a chance, and he would not kill them first and then talk to them like the King of the Right Valley.

But these tribes were still frightened, and Ying Xuan was terrified when he moved a little bigger.

Sighing, Ying Xuan, who was a little impatient, handed it over directly to Zhang Liang to deal with.

Then he sent Han Xin to lead 5,000 light horsemen to open the way.

The army continued to march southwest along the lake.

The trip has finally come to an end.

On the west side of the lake is Kangju.

To the south is the Tianshan Mountains, where the Thirty-Six Kingdoms are located.

Meng Tian's battle has not stopped.

Ying Xuan knew that the last four countries of the Western Regions had not been able to completely subdue due to problems in the outside world.

In fact, even if there are no four small countries, it will not hurt.

But Ying Xuan's inner attachment to the reunion plot.

Let him always feel that the thirty-six countries should be neat.

None is complete without one.

As the Great Army continued southward.

Meng Tian of the Western Regions also got the news.

"Your Highness is coming?"

Almost as soon as he heard this, cheers rang out from inside the tent of the large barracks.

witnessed with his own eyes how the Xiongnu were defeated step by step in the hands of Ying Xuan's generals, and their worship of Ying Xuan has been engraved into their bones.

Even Bai Zhong no longer uses his father Wu Anjun as an example at this moment.

In his opinion, one must have ambition.

It has always been in the shadow of its predecessors, and it is impossible to surpass it.

But in the shadow of His Highness it's different.

As long as you can keep up, everyone else will be able to keep up with it.

Bai Zhong thought that surpassing his father was such a feat, but in fact, it was just that.

If you can follow His Highness, I can't say that I can do more.

It's a pity that he never had a chance, and he was fooled by Meng Tian after mentioning it a few times.

"Look, there are so many fierce generals under His Highness's command."

"You are only in the middle and lower reaches of the past, but you are different with me, and I am the supreme general besides me."

"As the saying goes, it's better to be a chicken's head than a phoenix's tail, you have to think clearly."

Bai Zhong laughed every time he heard it, saying that it must be good to follow Meng Tian.

But I rolled my eyes in my heart.

As the news spread, the 30,000 troops stationed in Qiuzi seemed to have entered the festival.

The arrival of His Highness means the arrival of victory.

After a long stalemate with the West, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

A few months ago, they were about to withdraw to Dunhuang, but they suddenly got news halfway through.

The western kingdom of Bactria seems to have a certain plan for the Western Regions.

The 20,000 troops who supported the drug donation not only did not withdraw, but also sent an additional 30,000.

This news made Meng Tian a little worried, Shache only had an army of 20,000.

If they withdraw to Yuejun, it will be too late to support if there is a situation.

Therefore, Meng Tian temporarily changed to Qiuzi Country in the middle of the Western Regions as his station.

Qiuzi has a larger population and more food.

The savings are enough for them to sustain the country to bring grain and grass.

And what happened later was indeed as Meng Tian expected.

The kingdom of Nabaktria not only donated 50,000 troops to garrison, but even began to train cavalry in front of them.

The soldiers in front almost watched as tens of thousands of them gradually equipped their horses.

With more and more cavalry on the opposing side.

Meng Tian also began to be more and more solemn.

Constantly strengthen the intelligence connection at the front, and send messengers to report back at fixed points every day.

If it is half an hour overdue, troops will be sent to support.

However, the other party was quite reasonable, and they didn't dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool after a stalemate for several months.

At this moment, when His Highness comes, he is even more worried.

Bai Zhong licked his lips as he looked at the map of the western territory that had been gradually improved in recent months.

"General, the Champa rice brought back to China by His Highness has been delivered."

"There have been two rounds of bumper harvest to supply us first, enough to eat half a year."

"It's better to take this Great Xia directly, and jump up and down like a monkey there."

"I've been looking at them for a long time."

Meng Tian nodded slightly, but his eyes were on the west of the Pamirs.

"It's not a problem to take Bactria down, the real problem is that Bactria is the old land of the Seleucid Empire."

Bai Zhong raised his eyebrows.

"The general is worried that they will use this as an excuse to send troops?"

Then his eyes narrowed.

"Then destroy them together!"

But Meng Tian raised his head and did not agree.

"A Seleucid empire won't make me hesitate."

"What really worries me is that we're going so far west."

"Will it be like the time of the Thirty-six Kingdoms, so that the Western countries will jointly resist."

Meng Tian turned to look at the generals.

"His Royal Highness defeated the Huns, but he didn't stop for a day."

"Who knows if he'll continue his expedition west?"

"If we move too much and expose our strength and disturb the Western countries, it will not be good to spoil the big things of Your Highness!"

Meng Tian's words made everyone silent.

At a time when the generals are thinking, the West is donating drugs to the country.

The West donates drugs domestically.

The drug donation king has just sent away the reinforcement generals of Great Xia.

The minister under his command asked excitedly.

"Wang, why did you deceive Great Xia? Said that Daqin was so weak and so unbearable. ”

"This will make Great Xia mistakenly think that they can defeat Great Qin."

"When the time comes, it will be easy to go east, and there is a danger of destruction!"

"There are eggs under the nest, and if Great Xia is defeated, we will also be destroyed by Great Qin."

"King! What a bad thing you do! ”

The face of the drug donor remained unchanged, and he looked at the excited minister and asked coldly.

"And what do I say?"

"Say that Great Qin is too strong to resist?"

"It is said that the royal court is as strong as the royal court has surrendered to Great Qin?"

"Where do you think a Great Xia will have the courage to continue to help us resist?

"Are they going to support us?"

"I'm afraid that he will immediately withdraw the army to Great Qin to show goodwill!"

"What if then?"

"Counting on the thousands of people under your command, can you stop Daqin?"

The angry shouting of the drug donor king finally made the minister sober up.

"But~ But it is impossible to defeat Daqin, when the people of Daxia find out the truth, I am afraid that our end will be even more miserable."

When the drug donor king heard this, he snorted coldly.

"What are you afraid of! Great Qin didn't blink when he destroyed the 200,000 allied forces in the Western Regions. ”

"But now he is frightened back by tens of thousands of soldiers who came to help."

"That Meng Tian also promised not to go west again within ten years."

"It can be seen that their subsequent war with the Xiongnu was also a loser."

"I don't have enough troops to avoid the war as much as possible, and I want to rest and recuperate for a while."

"Take advantage of the weakness of Great Qin, let Great Xia touch the bottom of Great Qin."

"Let them catch up and fight, can't they defeat Daqin?"

"Even if we can't defeat it, we can easily hit Daqin again for many years."

The drug donor king's eyes narrowed.

"And the Yue clan agreed, as long as Great Xia is allowed to go east."

"He Yueshi will donate drugs to me and leave a piece of land."

"We can't win anyway, so it's better to gamble."

The minister's face was shocked when he heard this.

"This is the Yue's game for Great Xia?"

"If it leaks out, Great Xia will definitely fight to the death with us!"

The drug donation king looked coldly at the few people present.

"If this matter really leaks out, whether it is you or not, this king will kill the entire clan first!"

The words of the drug donation king finally made the ministers sweat coldly.

They want to persuade the drug donor king, but there is no better way to think about it.

As a small country, these people can only survive in this kind of crack.

……

After leaving, the generals of Great Xia immediately sent the information they had received to the Minister of Criminal Law who was waiting on the southern border.

After hearing a little, the Minister of Criminal Law did not stop at all, and rushed to the Zhangzhung Dynasty with the envoy of the Yue clan.

The Zhangzhung Dynasty was a dynasty of all the tribes.

The lord of the country, "Muqiujiere", is similar to the leader of the alliance.

At this moment, he is receiving several distinguished guests.

These people are dressed in monk's attire, with their hands folded in front of their chests, and they look very polite.

It is said that it came from the southern Mauryan Empire (India).

In accordance with Emperor Ashoka's orders, it is necessary to exchange Theravada Buddhism with those who are advanced in Buddhism in the Zhangzhung Dynasty.

The Zhangzhung Dynasty was the birthplace of Mahayana Buddhism, and only recognized Mahayana Buddhism.

He was originally dismissive of Theravada Buddhism, and could even be said to be extremely resistant.

But the current king of the Mauryan Empire, Ashoka, was extremely tyrannical, not only killing all his political enemies before succeeding to the throne.

After succeeding to the throne, once the order was resisted, it was easy to kill them at every turn.

Emperor Ashoka's penchant for war continued to expand outward, and he had completely unified the southern continent.

During the conquest of the kingdom of Kalinga, he killed hundreds of thousands of captives.

Known as Black Ashoka.

Mucho Jiere, the lord of Zhangxiong, did not want to anger Ashoka because of this.

It can only be received on a hard head.

The discussion lasted for three days.

The two sides can be said to be red-faced in the debate.

Until the messengers of Great Xia and the Yue Clan came.

Mu Qiujiere seemed to have found a savior.

Eagerly paused the discussion.

In order to show his sincerity, he did not shy away from it, and met with the envoys of both parties in front of the monks.

The minister of criminal law of Great Xia entered the temple with the envoy of the Yue clan.

Mu Qiujiere is very enthusiastic.

"I wonder what you two mean here?"

The Minister of Criminal Law of Great Xia was the first to speak.

"I have long heard that the Zhangxiong Dynasty ruled the country with Buddhism."

"He has studied Buddhism deeply, and most of the people of the DPRK and China are compassionate."

"Jinte came to visit with the envoy of the Yue Clan, mainly to feel the profundity of Buddhism."

"If you can learn a thing or two, you can bring it back to China to educate the people."

The words of the Minister of Criminal Law almost instantly made Mu Qiujiere's eyes light up.

For Buddhist disciples, the size of the country may not matter.

But the preaching of doctrines and the recruitment of believers are no less attractive to them than the inner Buddha.

Even the Mauryan monks who were standing on the side forgot about the dispute just now for a while.

Staring at the Great Xia Envoy.

But Mu Qiujiere is not a fool either.

There can be no ruler who is willing to decentralize power to religion for no reason.

The other party must have some purpose in doing this.

Don't need Mu Qiujiere to speak.

A Buddhist disciple beside him stepped forward.

"Your envoy is so sincere, my Buddha is naturally willing to cross the people under his command."

"I just don't know, can you have any conditions for this move?"

The Minister of Criminal Law smiled slightly, and did not hide it.

Pointing directly at the envoy of the Yue Clan, he said.

"My Bactrian kingdom is unhindered, and I can accept the Buddha Pudu at any time."

"It's just that the Yueshi is miserable."

"Not only were half of his tribe brutally killed, but they were also driven out of their homes and ended up in a situation where they now have nowhere to go."

"If the Buddha is willing to help the Yue clan return to their ancestral land."

"Presumably, the Yue clan is very willing, and the people under his command sincerely worship the Buddha."

Speaking of which, the veteran of the Yue Clan could no longer be silent.

took a step forward and said very sincerely.

"As long as it can help me the Yueshi return."

"Hundreds of thousands of people in our race will always have the Buddha in their hearts."

"Daily worship, incense offerings!"

When the words fell, the slightly excited people in the hall were quiet for a few breaths.

Sure enough, it's the most troublesome thing.

If you get your ancestral land back, there will inevitably be war.

Even encountered strong enemies.

If you don't get this kind of thing right, you may even get into it.

Mu Qiujie paused for a few moments before trying to ask.

"Where is the ancestral land of the Yue Clan?"

"Who are the snatchers?"

The veteran of the Yue clan raised his head and said with some eagerness.

"It's not far to the east of the thirty-six countries, next to the land of Loulan and Qiang."

"The snatcher is the Qin State that attacked the Western Night."

"They are very ambitious, and their people are fierce and brutal, and they are constantly expanding westward."

"If you don't take advantage of the fact that they are weak now, they will be able to push them back."

"When they come back, Xiye and Zihe will definitely not be able to resist."

"Even Buddhahood like you have a hard time holding on."

The veteran's words made everyone look at each other.

Their soldiers had only fought against Great Qin months earlier.

Although it was only a slight touch, it immediately separated.

But the Zhangzhung Dynasty also attached great importance to it.

Keep looking around about the situation in Daqin.

It wasn't until from the border of Qinghai in the east that it was discovered that Daqin was a behemoth in the east.

After that, Mu Qiujiere has also been worried that if Great Qin goes west again.

How do they deal with this expander?

Unexpectedly, Da Qin didn't wait for him to come, but first waited for Da Qin's enemy.

Mu Qiujiere glanced at the ministers on both sides.

All frowned.

If it's against a small country, it's fine.

But in the face of such a behemoth.

Even if they covet hundreds of thousands of believers, they will not dare to be easily involved.

Seeing that everyone hesitated.

The veteran's face was anxious.

The Minister of Criminal Law raised his eyebrows and spoke again very calmly.

"The lord doesn't seem to be paying attention."

"Nayue's location is a great place to preach."

"Their ancestral land is in the very center of the vast region of the East."

"If you can hand over the Buddha's sutra to the Yueshi and send it back there."

"At that time, the Great Qin in the east, the Thirty-six Kingdoms in the west, and the Xiongnu in the north are all potential Buddhists."

"I don't know how many people will be affected for a long time."

"Hundreds of thousands of people are the size of a sesame seed compared to this!"

The words of the Minister of Criminal Law made Mu Qiujiere moved again.

The Buddhists on both sides also looked at each other.

This is equivalent to giving them a white land without any religious rendering, and they can promote Buddhism at will.

It's a holy place.

But even so, Mu Qiujiere was a little discouraged when he thought of Daqin's force.

At this time, the Minister of Criminal Law lowered his eyebrows and said in an aggravated voice.

"And~"

"We get reliable information."

"That Great Qin has been fighting hard with the northern Xiongnu for several years."

"Now we have reached the point where our national strength is exhausted."

"Otherwise, we will not be in a hurry to occupy the countries of the Western Regions and collect grain, gold and silver."

At this time, the veteran of Yuejun also took a step.

Said in agreement.

"That's right, when we evacuated our ancestral land, we learned that Great Qin was trying to defend against the Xiongnu."

"They did not hesitate to give up the southern land they had worked so hard to conquer."

"In the southernmost part, the small Cham tribe that had been subservient have regained their independence."

"The vast territory had to be abandoned because there were not enough troops, which shows how far Great Qin has come."

This surprised the people in the hall, but they didn't wait for them to digest it.

The Minister of Criminal Law then stepped up.

"Besides, when Daqin encountered tens of thousands of reinforcements, he directly abandoned small countries such as Xiye and donating drugs."

"Even a hundred miles back, saying that he would not attack again for ten years."

"With such a look, where can there be the confidence of a great power."

"Can't you see it?"

"This dragon that dominates the east is afraid that it has reached the point of old age."

"Don't you want to participate in this kind of gluttonous feast?"

"Watching the Huns enjoy it exclusively?"

The Minister of Criminal Law raised his eyes and looked at Mu Qiujiere and said one last word.

"That's millions of believers!"

Just this sentence made Mu Qiujiere subconsciously clench the handrail.

The monks of the Mauryan Dynasty beside him had already raised their heads with wide eyes.

Cham tribe?

He seemed to have heard of it somewhere.

But it doesn't matter, the important thing is that this information must be reported to Ashoka.

That's a big deal.

The monks silently kept the news in their hearts.

And Mu Qiujiere above had already made a decision in his heart.

But his face relaxed.

He waved his hand as if he didn't care.

"The envoys are tired of traveling, so it is better to rest for a day first."

"Whether the Buddha is willing to purify the Yue clan or not, we also need to wait for a reply."

"Why don't we discuss it tomorrow and wait for my Buddha to show the way."

After the words were finished, he didn't wait for a few people to speak.

The Buddhists on both sides approached and stretched out their hands to invite them out.

The veteran of the Yue clan became more and more anxious, and wanted to open his mouth but was stopped by the Minister of Criminal Law.

Dragged out.

"It's all done, what else do you want to do?"

A rhetorical question made the veteran both surprised and skeptical.

But the Mauryan monks who walked out after him passed by, and the veteran hurriedly calmed down, pretending not to care.

(End of chapter)

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