sweeping the world

Chapter 1021 No one is stupid
Every nation has its own characteristics, or character.

A nation that has been in a dominant position for a long time, even the most humble people in the nation, have their own "starting point" in their vision and thinking, especially when facing aliens.

It has always been a weak nation, even the upper class will have limited vision, let alone talk about ambition.They will be superior to others in their own nation, and when facing the overlord nation, even the civilians of an overlord nation can be more proud and confident than them.

Since the term "Han people" came into being, they experienced difficulties at the beginning, but soon entered the era of "one Han as five Hu".

The Han people used the corpses of countless enemies to establish their dominance, and even used a once nomadic empire as a stepping stone to declare their power to the known world.

At a certain historical stage, in those countries (nations) that knew there were Han people, the first thought when they thought of Han people must be "Ah, it turns out to be a Han father."

Although the Eastern Han Dynasty perished, the three major cliques as separatist forces were still able to overwhelm the surrounding alien races. Sima Jinshi, who stole the ruling power by relying on intrigue and forbearance, relied on his previous reputation to continue to give favor to the surrounding alien races. Take what you want.

The Sima Jin Dynasty took all the glory achieved by the Han people for granted. They thought that they could still be tyrannical. The foreigners did not dare to jump in view of the Han people's former strength.

When the aliens discovered that the same race of people had just been renamed Jin people, without the shock of the name "Han", and the Jin clan didn't seem that powerful, they tried it a little bit, but they really changed the Jin clan. It was overturned to the ground, and it turned out that those guys named Jinren were not so amazing.

After becoming Jin people, they encountered unimaginable sufferings. People in the occupied areas, sometimes death is a kind of relief, and most of the time they are alive, life is worse than death.Those who fled to the south, they tried to stand up and try their best, but no matter how they tried to stand up and work hard, it was useless. People with ambition still chose to fight, and some people who broke down started all kinds of absurd behaviors .

"Why do we dare to attack with so few people?" Badong was a little stunned by a young man's question, and after thinking about it, he replied, "Because we are Han Chinese!"

The young man was still young, about eighteen or nineteen years old.Their family had just migrated from Donglai County to Anxi Duhu Mansion, and it was less than four months since they settled down, when a letter of recruitment came to their family.

People under the age of 20 grew up in a completely different environment from the previous generation. The sensible stage is when the Han people stand up again.

When they were young, although their lives were miserable, at least they were not inferior people who were inferior to beasts. Every now and then, they could always hear the adults talking about where the master Wang won the victory and how many people he had eliminated. Hu people and the like.

By the time they reach adulthood, they already know that the country they live in is the most powerful country in the world, and the Han people are the greatest nation in the world.

"Yes, we are Han people." Tai Shiming nodded like a chicken: "A Han can beat five Hulu, and the Hulu who are worse than Hulu can beat at least ten!"

In Zhuxia, Hulu were the most ferocious enemies, generally referring to nomadic people from the grasslands.

There are no Hulu anymore. The entire grassland has become a pasture for the Han people. Since the textile industry has become an emerging industry, more and more Han people feel that they can make a fortune by going to the grassland to raise sheep even by simply herding sheep and selling wool. So they go to the grassland to raise sheep. There are more and more Han people in the country, and as a result, villages inhabited by Han people gradually appeared on the grasslands.

"It's good to have a heart, but..." Badong was still happy to teach Xin Ding with the attitude of a senior: "Go to the battlefield and take it easy."

"Uncle Ba, I'm not stupid." Tai Shiming said cheerfully, "I won't rush to the enemy alone in my head."

Badong is from Bashu. If counted according to the family line, his ancestors are Ba people.I don’t know which generation started. They became Han people, and they became Ba people again when Li Cheng Han ruled Bashu. They waited for Bashu to be liberated by Liu Yan and chose to continue to be Han people.

Their family moved to Anxi Duhufu in the 15th year of Yuanshuo. Before that, Badong was the first batch of folk Xiaoguo who participated in the restoration of the Western Regions.

Because he had made meritorious deeds and became a noble, the land reward he received was allocated to the Western Regions, so Ba Dong took his family over.

Everyone in the team laughed at Tai Shiming.In their team, Tai Shiming is a young man who is less than 20 years old. The rest are at least thirty or above, and some of their sons are older than Tai Shiming.

They are all Han Chinese who chose to migrate to Anxi Protectorate Mansion to settle down. Some have been here for three or four years, while others have been here for less than a year.

When they came to settle in the Anxi Protectorate's Mansion, they were told that they would be recruited in the event of a war. Not only did they have no objection to this, it should even be said that they were delighted.

Not everyone is focused on migrating to the Anxi Protectorate Mansion. The land they originally owned can be exchanged for at least three times, mainly because they value the chance of being recruited to the battlefield.

In the Han Empire, there was no special ability, and the best way to change one's destiny was to go to the battlefield.

It is really too difficult to be recruited into the regular army. Temporary recruitment has become another option. No matter how you look at it, the Anxi Protectorate will be an area where war is most likely to break out. The chances of being temporarily recruited are far more than those in the hinterland. many.

Those who desperately want to change their destiny know that there are too few opportunities to be temporarily recruited in the hinterland, so they gritted their teeth and applied to the government to move to the Anxi Protectorate.

There will never be a shortage of people who want to change their destiny. There are relatively few people who really have the courage to take the opportunity to seize the opportunity. The population is nearly 17 people.

This data actually broke through the highest point in history. In the long years...or since the Han people set foot in the Western Regions, more than [-] Han people settled in the Western Regions occurred in the Western Han Dynasty, and the government forced them to migrate there.

Li Kuang ordered the conscription of the Han people in the Anxi Duhufu area to serve as soldiers. According to the tradition, one person per household was recruited. In less than half a month, a Han Chinese auxiliary force of more than 7 people was gathered.

The regular troops of the Anxi Protectorate will head to the front line, and some garrison tasks in the rear will be handed over to the auxiliary troops.

In addition to ensuring law and order, the remaining auxiliary troops also need to cooperate with the relevant administrative personnel of the Anxi Protectorate to forcibly recruit people from the Western Regions.

This time, the Anxi Protectorate's plan was to mobilize 20 people from the Western Regions as cannon fodder, just because the people from the Western Regions suffered heavy losses last time, and it was necessary to prevent the people from the Western Regions from not cooperating.

"They don't dare to make a mess." Li Kuang is quite confident about this: "Those who have the guts to make a mess are basically dead. Those who survive the Western Regions are either cowardly or mediocre."

In fact, there is another kind of people from the Western Regions, who are obedient to the Han people, willing to be the dogs of the Han people, and gain benefits.

People from the Western Regions who have benefited are happy that they have made a fortune. Being the dogs of the Han people has also become a privileged class. While bowing their knees to the Han people in various ways, can't they still be domineering over the rest of the people.

To put it bluntly, what people in the Western Regions hate the most is not the Han people, but the same Western Regions people.The Anxi Protectorate's Mansion will not lose its position to do things that anger the sky and people's grievances in person. It will only assign those tasks to the "second devils".

To a certain extent, the Han people who migrated to the Anxi Protectorate were playing the role of "good people". They accepted the girls from the Western Regions and were willing to take care of the girls' natal families to a certain extent.Isn't this a good person?
People in the Western Regions were not originally a "family". They had their own country and race before. Before the Han people came, they were killing people. The policy of the Han Empire made it impossible for the people in the Western Regions to become a "family". "The only difference is that more people died.

The source of the Panchi River is from the Aral Sea, located at the junction of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in modern Central Asia.It is a saltwater lake, and the extension of the river does not know what kind of change is due to it. Except for those river sections near the salt sea, the rest is actually fresh water.

The Amu Darya and Syr Darya are the largest river systems in that area, and the Pench River is one of the tributaries of the Amu Darya.

The east bank and the west bank of the Panchi River seem to be two worlds. The east bank is mostly a piece of loess at first glance, but the west bank has patches of green shade.

If it is counted by the territory of the country, the Penchi River is actually a boundary line. The east bank belongs to the Han Empire, and the west bank belongs to the Hunnites. However, the last invasion of the Anxi Governor's Mansion created a "span" spanning [-] miles. No-man's land", the Hunnites themselves retreated, but the Han people ignored the concept of territory and settled down.

"We built three pontoon bridges before." Huo Dong pointed at the sand table, looked at Li Kuang and said respectfully, "If necessary, we can build three pontoon bridges within seven days."

Placed in the large tent of the Chinese army is a sand table four meters long and three meters wide, which strictly replicates the surrounding mountains and rivers, so that people can see the terrain and environment within three hundred miles by looking at the sand table.

The narrowest river surface of the Panchi River is more than 200 meters wide. The previous selection of the pontoon bridge was to choose a place with a small width.

With the pontoon bridge, it is natural to establish an outpost, and when there are more people coming and going, settlements will form around the outpost.

Li Kuang arrived at the Penchi River with two divisions and [-] auxiliary troops. He did not immediately choose to take the troops to the west bank of the Penchi River. He must have a closer understanding of the immediate situation before making the next choice.

"The enemy army has arrived here." Huo Dong pointed to about forty miles in front of the Panchi River: "The terrain here is flat and can accommodate a large army for garrison."

At the same time, there is still the upper reaches of the Penchi River.

The Penchi River is an inverted "U"-shaped river on the map, which is very similar to the big river (Yellow River) in the Han Empire, but the Penchi River is not so long and the river is not so wide.

"The number of enemy troops that have been discovered has reached 15, and there are still an unknown number of enemy troops behind." Huo Dong frowned, and continued with a wry smile: "The warning points we set up in front worked, but they sent back The information is a bit messy."

That is an inevitable thing. Not every military unit in front can find all the enemy troops, and it may even confuse the enemy troops discovered before with the enemy troops seen later. It is indeed difficult to report how many enemy troops there are. .

"They didn't want to build a camp there." Huo Dong was still referring to the plain: "It's just that they haven't moved forward for the time being, they are constantly waiting for follow-up troops."

Li Kuang has some impressions of that plain. In terms of military value, it is suitable for the army to build camps and station there. At the same time, the surrounding area is actually not dangerous to defend. It is just because it is stationed next to the Penchi River. is the other three sides.

"The army's requirements for water sources will not be small." Li Kuang knew very well what the army's marching route was: "Since they chose to march along the river bank, the number will not be less than 20."

If the number of troops is too large, it is impossible to rely on transporting water from other places to solve the required water sources.In this way, no matter what size the army is, if the planned marching route is not along the bank, it will definitely not be far away from the river bank.

Li Kuang thought for a while, and arranged: "One division will go to the west bank to build fortifications, and the rest of the troops will camp on the east bank."

All the generals naturally responded: "No!"

There were originally 500 people in this outpost, and they will change their roles after the arrival of the army.

Because they have a better understanding of the surrounding terrain, the soldiers at the outpost will be split into various units, basically acting as guides.

Forty miles west of the Penchi River, Marus and Altaba received a report from the scouts.

"The Han army didn't rush over." Marus said with a look of pity, "I thought the Han people would come here without thinking."

Al Taba kept frowning.

They sent a lot of teams to follow the movements of the Han army, and they sent back information one after another, but a considerable number of teams seemed to have disappeared.

"They are the Han army, not barbarians." Marus took the performance of the Han army for granted: "Only barbarians would foolishly let others control their movements. As the undisputed number one power in the world, they How can you be indifferent?"

In every war, the contest between the two armies will always be those soldiers who are responsible for spying. They are not only charged with the task of spying on the enemy's intelligence, but also have the task of cleaning up the enemy's counterparts.

"The main reason is that our marching speed is too late to cross the Wuhu River (also known as the Penchi River), otherwise..." Altaba calmed down: "Since the Han army has not killed them, we cannot cross the river before they arrive. March east. Are you going to camp here next, or?"

Rivers can generally be used as natural barriers for military purposes. They were doubting whether they could fight through them, and there were only [-] Han troops stationed there.

(End of this chapter)