sweeping the world

Chapter 499 The family is really big
The Han-Hungarian War lasted for more than 130 years. It was not because of how weak the Han Empire was or how strong the Huns were. The fact that the grasslands were too big and too wide had no obvious reason. Landmarks are a big hassle.

At that time, the territory of the Han Empire was smaller than that of the Huns.The total population from the Han Empire to the period of Liu Che was about 5000 million, and the territory stretched from the edge of the grassland in the north (Inner Mongolia to Mongolia), in the west to the Southwest Peninsula (in the area of ​​Myanmar), in the east to the East China Sea, and in the south to the Zhanghai Sea (South 1 Sea ).The population of the Xiongnu in its heyday was about 1 million, but the territory of the Xiongnu was terrifyingly large, extending beyond the North Sea (Lake Baikal) in the north, the Xianbei Mountains (Daxing’an Mountains) in the east, the entire Western Regions in the west, and beyond the Great Wall in the south.If you really want to compare, the territory of the Xiongnu is about twice that of the Western Han Dynasty at that time.

In fact, the Han Empire and the Huns were the second of the four great empires in the world at that time. The other two empires were Rome and the Seleucid Empire (recorded in the history books of the Central Plains as Tiaozhi).

Needless to say, Rome, the Seleucid Empire is a Persian-dominated country, and there are Syrians, Egyptians, Armenians, and many other ethnic groups, but the ruler of the Seleucid Empire is a Macedonian descendant, The Greeks were also the ruling class, because the Seleucid Empire was actually one of the "leftovers" after the Macedonian King Alexander's Eastern Expedition.

It should be shortly before Liu Che annexed Nanyue, Minyue, Dongou, Yelang, Ailao, and Dian. A kingdom named Greco-Bactria also became independent from the Seleucid Empire. Seleucid became a kingdom with only a few provinces of Egypt, Syria, and Iraq, and was no longer able to bear the name of an empire.

Of the four previous empires, only the Roman Empire still exists, but Rome has also split into two parts. The former Parthian Empire was replaced by the Sasanian Dynasty, and the Han Empire was also buried in the dust of history.

It's actually quite strange to say that the earth is so big, but those powerful empires are not the only country that suffers turmoil every time. For example, when the Central Plains suffers from the large-scale invasion of the grassland barbarians, Rome will also encounter Germans and Goths. A group of barbarians headed by the Chinese invaded.The explanation of historians is that no matter whether Hu people or barbarians invaded those empires, they were forced to migrate to warmer areas due to the influence of cold climate.

Liu Yan has paid special attention to the current climate. According to academic explanations, it is now a small ice age, and the closer to the North Pole, the colder the region.

"So, the Hu people are resistant to retreating to the grassland?" Liu Yan just discussed with his ministers what happened to Shijie Zhao Guo and Murong Xianbei's counterattack, and they also talked about the climate issue.He is looking at the map, which is a large map that depicts the territory of multiple countries: "Their counterattack is to curb our army's northward movement?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ji Chang said with great certainty, "White disasters continue on the grassland. This is the news from the captured prisoner Zhai Bin."

Zhai Bin is one of the tribal kings of the Gaoche tribal alliance.There are two tribal alliances in Gaoche. The west one is called Western Gaoche, and the east one is naturally called Eastern Gaoche. Wars often break out between the two Gaoche due to the competition for the pasture. Zhai Bin brought his people to Shijie Zhao because the pasture was seized. country.There is also a Rouran tribal alliance next to the Gaoche tribal alliance in the east.Whether it was Donggaoche or Xigaoche, including the Rouran Alliance, they were all wiped out by the rapidly rising Turkic people.

The Gaoche tribal alliance is a force dominated by Dingling people. They are entrenched in the Mobei area. According to Zhai Bin's account, it starts to snow every autumn. In winter, there will inevitably be a blizzard. (Descendants of the Northern Huns), the Donggaoche Alliance is also constantly invading the Rouran Tribal Alliance.

The topographical drawing of that large map is not completely accurate, but it has marked all the known countries and forces, including the known forces such as the two high-vehicle alliances.In such a large map, the territory of the Han Dynasty seems to be too small, and it can be regarded as Liu Yan's use to spur all the ministers and workers.

"In this case, Shihu will indeed not retreat into the grassland easily." Sang Yu actually didn't know the two Gaoche or Rouran before. Only after seeing the map did he make a new judgment: "Not only because of the climate, Shijie If you want to lead the crowd back into the grassland, you still have to face high-speed vehicles."

Knowing how big the world is, you will have a high vision. Liu Yan is telling the ministers with facts that the Central Plains is definitely not the whole world. Apart from the Central Plains, there is a vast territory. The Han Kingdom is not about restoring the old land of the Han family. Even if it's over, the goal should be to destroy all known countries and create an unprecedented empire.

"When the great Han invaded the south, Shi Hu and Murong Hao probably felt that it was very appropriate to take advantage of this time to counterattack." Sang Yu glanced at Liu Yan cryptically as he spoke, and then said after a pause: "Although there is a plan to make the barbarians counterattack I expected, but the battle lines of the big man are really...too many."

Liu Yan strongly advocated the Han army's southward invasion. Ji Chang, the Prime Minister of Zuo, whose everything was based on the will of the king, did not have any advice.

Any country tries its best to avoid fighting on two fronts. Even the strongest country will choose to open a new front after eliminating its current opponents. The Han Kingdom ruled by Liu Yan was as early as when there was only one county. Just maintain multiple fronts, and after the real nation is established, there will be more fronts.

Liu Yan laughed a few times "hehe", it was difficult to explain anything to Sang Yu.

It was the reality that forced Han to go to war on multiple fronts. After all, Han was not accepted by all countries in the world from the very beginning. How could those countries let Han solve it one by one?Facing the swarm, should Liu Yan give way?

"Fu Hong led the crowd to the north, but the Liang army did not stop them." Ji Chang raised his finger and pointed to the location of Zhang's Liangguo on the map: "I think the Di clan gave up Longxi to Liangguo? In this way, Liangguo It must have been an agreement with Shijie."

Come on, the Han Kingdom is already at war with Shijie Zhao Kingdom, Murong Yan Kingdom, and the small court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and these three are the most powerful countries in the east of the world. If one of the three is "moved" to Europe or Central Asia , is definitely enough for a pot of Romans and Sassanids.

The Zhangshiliang Congress was put on the hostile list, and Tuoba Daiguo, a country that had actually begun to conflict, was facing five regional powers with one country.

A map of mountains and rivers was replaced.The map of mountains and rivers is used for marching and combat, which is different from ordinary maps.The map of mountains and rivers only draws the countries and forces surrounding the Han Kingdom, such as Gaoche, Rouran, Tuyuhun, Wusun, Yueban, Linyi, Funan, etc. Those countries are not included.

"There is Shijie on the front line of Bingzhou, Murong Xianbei in Youzhou, and the Di tribe and Liangjun in Guanzhong..." Ji Chang deliberately clicked on those locations: "There will inevitably be a war in the three regions."

"Liangguo may reach a settlement with Shijie, and join forces to attack..." Lu Yi hesitated for a moment, then said uncertainly, "Is it possible?"

"Everything is decided by the worst outcome." Ji Chang's dead face that has not changed for thousands of years pulled an ugly smile and said, "Go and strive for the best outcome."

"The Northern Expedition Corps should be split up." Sang Yu said bluntly: "The area that General Zhengbei is in charge of is too large. Next, Shijie should focus on parrying only Shijie's counterattack. Jizhou and Guanzhong should be reassigned."

Lu Tai was in the military tent. After his field corps was cancelled, he was supposed to be transferred to the south to participate in the invasion of the small imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, when Shijie ceded Jizhou and Youzhou to the Murong Yan Kingdom suddenly, he He was temporarily included in the shogunate of the Northern Expedition Corps and stayed in Jizhou to command the war, and waited for the affairs there to be dealt with before coming to Xiangguo to report on his work.

"Heng'an has been fighting in Jizhou for a long time, and he is most familiar with Murong Xianbei." The Heng'an that Sang Yu said was Lu Tai.He bowed to Liu Yan who didn't know what he was thinking, and suggested: "Let Heng'an go back to Jizhou to preside over the war."

What Liu Yan thought about was how to distribute the troops of the imperial guards.Now the "quota" in his hand has increased to [-]. In order to support the consumption of national power, nearly [-] quotas are used for production, [-] are used for warships, and the remaining [-] are used as emergency. Fifteen thousand were in the Northern Expedition Corps, and another [-] were in the Southern Expedition Corps.

In non-essential moments recently, Liu Yan actually no longer uses system troops.It's not that the system troops are not easy to use, on the contrary, the system troops are too easy to use, which may make the non-system troops too dependent and lead to abolishment, so he has to use it with caution.

"Guanzhong can appoint Rui Cai as the main general, with the Habayashi Army as the main force." Sang Yu had already stood beside the map of mountains and rivers, and the Rui he was talking about was Li Tan.Seeing Liu Yan looking over, he went on to say: "With the Habayashi Army as the main force and the original garrison, it is enough to deal with it."

"If we want to split up the Northern Expeditionary Corps..." Ji Chang took a deep look at Sang Yu. He did not fully agree with Sang Yu's obvious suppression of Ran Min. However, the situation has changed and splitting up the Northern Expeditionary Corps has to be done: " We should first summon the general who conquers the north to come to the king’s chariot.”

Sang Yu was indeed suppressing Ran Min, out of public interest, but also selfish.Sang Yu represents the faction of the Central Plains family. As the Han Kingdom recovers more and more areas, the recent conflict between his interest group and the one represented by Ran Min is getting bigger and bigger.

Liu Yan was the one who made the final decision, and the ministers discussed what to do, but in the process they just listened and would not make a decision immediately.Of course he noticed that Sang Yu was a bit of revenge, but he didn't care too much.

Liu Yan didn't care whether it was because of the emperor's intentions, such as the fact that the ministers and workers fought against each other to benefit the royal family.Just as he was thinking about how to use the imperial guards, after the recovery of the old land of the Han family, these people still don't know how many of them should arrange to continue to fight abroad, not to say that they just live in peace and live in a nest.

(End of this chapter)