sweeping the world

Chapter 739

Those who are brave and brave are also those who dare to die.

When Li Kuang led the first batch of folk Xiaoguo to embark on the journey to the Western Regions, the season had already arrived in the late spring of the new year.They marched at this season, naturally because there was no rain in the northwest this year, and they would not suffer in the continuous rainy season of late spring and new autumn, and they set off early because there was no rain.

In the new year, there was only a few days of rain in the northwest in the first ten days of spring. Except for the heavy rain at the beginning, the next few days were all hazy and drizzle, which did not actually alleviate the drought.Then the reason to transfer the brave fighters from the Northwest away from the Northwest as soon as possible is to reduce the possibility of turmoil. Even if there is a real turmoil, it will be because the brave and brave fighters have left. Even if there is chaos, there will be no chaos. where to go.

"General Hussars is stationed in the northwest to deter Xiaoxiao, and the chaos in the northwest has been contained." Ji Chang is the prime minister. Before the military and government are completely separated, he has to take care of everything that belongs to him, so he reports to Liu Yan: "Li Kuang's troops set out to pull out Bailongdui However, there was no change when the Allied Forces of the Western Regions stayed at Bailongdui. The Taiwei Office speculates that the battlefield will be around Puchanghai."

The Western Regions is not a region with many water systems, and it can even be said that it is very short of water sources. Puchanghai is the place with the most rivers.The reason why the Allied Forces of the Western Regions set the eastern side of the Puchang Sea as a battlefield is not difficult to guess. It is nothing more than to wait for work and then obtain sufficient water sources.

"The coalition forces built dams on the river to cut off the river water from the Puchang Sea to the east. Our army will face water shortages when we march to the east of the Puchang Sea." Xu Zheng stood beside a hanging map of mountains and rivers. Yan introduced: "Here is the last water supply for our army. The army has made the greatest preparations and can store half a month's worth of water."

The larger the size of the army, the more water will be consumed. Although various tools can be used to store water in advance, water is not so easy to store. Whether it is stored in pottery or wooden barrels, once the water is stored for a long time, moss will grow. Then there are some other reasons that make the water no longer edible.

Li Kuang led his troops close to the Western Region coalition camps stationed around Puchanghai. It is impossible to set up camps too close. It is necessary to leave a certain area for battle. Furthermore, it is not possible to set up camps anywhere. The center is not very good. Anticipate what will happen.

The central government already knows that the people from the Western Regions are clearing up the walls, and they also know that most of the migrating tribes are concentrated in Bailongdui, and a large number of people from the Western Regions saw that the Qiuci people made a bid for the heads of the Han people and went to Bailongdui. , so that the coalition army, which was originally only [-] to [-], rapidly expanded, and it was known as an army of [-].

The price offered by the people of Kucha is very exciting. If it is converted into copper coins, an ordinary Han head can get 100 copper coins from the Kucha people. The head of a Han soldier is worth [-] copper coins, and it is subdivided The prices of Wuchang, Shichang, Tuenchang, Junhou, and Xiaowei were as high as [-] million copper coins for Li Kuang, a general.

If you talk about national righteousness to the people of the Western Regions, all the people in the Western Regions will sneer, but there is nothing to say if there is a bounty.There are too many ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and wars and vendettas happen every day. Since there are many small countries without strong political constraints, there are really not too many desperadoes. Even countries in the Western Regions have the habit of raising horse thieves. There are many.

"One hundred thousand?" Liu Yan returned to his seat and sat down, and said slowly: "Qiuci?"

To say that there are 100 allied forces in the Western Regions, Liu Yan actually doesn't believe it.He didn't know the population of the Western Regions. He guessed that it was about [-] million at most. The ones who mobilized this time were Shanshan, Qiemo, Jingjue... and other countries in the Western Regions to the east, even if they were big countries in the Western Regions One day, Kucha sent out people and recruited troops. Could it be that one out of ten people from the Western Regions went to Bailongdui?

With a total of 100 million people, it is impossible for everyone to be young and strong enough to fight. Do we still need old people, children and women?Using data to make inferences, it would be more than 100 of the 15 million young and strong in the Western Regions, and two-thirds of the young and strong in the Western Regions went to Bailongdui, which sounds like a joke.

"The name doesn't count." Xu Zheng also laughed, but then said: "But since Kucha can pay for people from the Western Regions, will it also pay for people or troops from countries in the west?"

It seems... is there such a possibility?
In the Zhuxia civilization, the army is an important weapon of the country. Ministers and generals cannot be mobilized privately. It is even more ridiculous to dispatch the army to fight for a foreign country out of the temptation of wealth. Unlike the Zhuxia civilization, there are so many countries!
There are not many countries further west in the Western Regions, such small countries as Kangju, Yancai, Suge, and Tuoli can be counted, and there are big countries such as Yueban and Hunnit in the west.

A small country in the Western Regions can be called a small country with a few thousand people. A medium-sized country is between 5 and [-] to [-]. A country with a population of more than [-] is considered a large country in the Western Regions, such as Cheshi, Qiuci, Khotan, and Shule. A country with a population of more than [-] is a superpower in the eyes of many small countries.

Therefore, the method of identifying the strong in the Western Regions is very simple. Whoever can pull out as many troops is considered strong. There was once the Han Empire that could pull out [-] troops alone (the battle of Li Guangli's conquest of Dawan) , or to attack the Western Regions from thousands of miles away, the people of the Western Regions at that time were really scared to pee.

My God, just [-] troops is equivalent to the population of [-] or so small countries, and just one expeditionary force is equivalent to the population of a medium-sized country, so what kind of colossus should the Han Empire be?

What region you live in, and what kind of country you live in, will give people a kind of survival thinking.People from the Western Regions were surrounded by several strong men. They were either bullied by the Huns, or established a management system after the Hans came. After the Huns and Hans disappeared, someone from the west would come. Sometimes Ah Three will come to join in the fun, and it has given the people of the Western Regions the habit of serving the strong.

There is no doubt that compared with the declining Wusun people, the Cheshi people who have long seemed immortal, the Shule people who are busy with the plateau people, and the extremely rich and active Kucha people are now the overlords of the Western Regions.

"So the Kucha people are very appealing in the Western Regions?" Liu Yan has never put a certain country in the Western Regions in his eyes. It is not a strategic contempt. No matter what country is really vulnerable.He was curious: "The friendship between the people of Kucha and many countries in the west is good enough to hire regular troops?"

It is just a guess that Kucha hired troops from powerful countries to resist the Han people's westward advance. There is no evidence that they can take action, and there is no relevant intelligence for the time being. They are just speculating based on the number of coalition forces gathered at Bailongdui.

In fact, it is not that the Han State does not have an intelligence system for the Western Regions. Since the Han State is going to attack the Western Regions, the procedure of collecting various information in advance will naturally not be forgotten. Furthermore, the Zhang Liang Kingdom also made various arrangements for the Western Regions.

This time, Liu Yan had to take action against the Western Region, so the "first move" was not yet fully prepared, and it could be considered an unexpected action.

The intelligence system that originally belonged to Zhang's Liang country was taken over by Han. The problem was that the Northwest's affiliation with Han was not strong, so Han didn't know whether it should send back information from spies originally belonging to Zhang's Liang country. letter.

Under the premise of unreliable intelligence, the correct approach is to ignore the intelligence and rely on the commanding generals to operate on their own. The rear center gives the frontline generals the greatest autonomy, waiting for the harvest, or asking for help to give reinforcements.

Isn’t that what superpowers are all about?If you can afford to lose, it's not a big deal to lose once or twice, and then you may not necessarily lose.This time, when entering the Western Regions, the tendency to stop losses far exceeds military considerations. As long as the contradictions can be vented outward, it will actually be considered a success.

"Killing the enemy is also a military achievement. Not only people from the counties and counties in the northwest, but also many people from other places." Ji Chang's attitude towards this is actually mostly repulsive, but under the needs of the general environment, he can't say anything against it: "Thank you According to Ai Huihui, there are more than 20 people gathered in Yangguan.”

Liu Yan's generosity this time is unprecedented in more than ten years. The government has given the greatest convenience and assistance to open up civilians to the Western Regions. Killing the Western Regions can be credited with the head, and capturing the Western Regions can also be sold to the government for money. Being able to keep it on its own is definitely the first time in Zhuxia civilization in history.

It is a big temptation to exchange the heads of foreign races for military merits. Not to mention there are various ways to make a fortune, people from all over the country who feel that they can do it have become a torrent of people.

"Han people never shy away from their desire to make contributions, and the same is true if money and other things are not illegal." Liu Yan is still very complacent. Those with a little ability will go abroad to make a fortune, and the number of people who will cause trouble in the country will be reduced. If you make a fortune, you will still go back to China for consumption: "It is better for a bloody man to vent outside the territory than to bleed internally."

Not all the people who go out can make meritorious deeds and make a fortune. There will definitely be many people buried in foreign lands. There is really nothing to say about this.

It is not that the Han people did not have the adventurous spirit at the beginning, as later generations said, but the government has repeatedly restricted that adventurous spirit. Liu Yan did not want to close the door to guard the foundation of the imperial dynasty, and removed various restrictions. What he had to do was to encourage the Han people to go out Exploration and adventure, everything you get is in the pot.

"Big men shouldn't rest on their laurels, and shouldn't think that the Central Plains is the world." Liu Yan also knows that it's not enough for the high-level people to have enough knowledge, but the whole people have a clear understanding: "The government's words have no basis, there is The people will know the fruit of the fruit when it comes out of a foreign land."

To put it bluntly, don't drag all the benefits to the official. Development should be a kind of welfare for those who have the courage to go out.It’s not that the past dynasties are not doing nothing, but all the benefits are given to the emperor himself or the government. The people only pay and sacrifice but have no benefits, so the people will hate the expansion.

"The Western Regions are like the Southern (Central South) Peninsula." Liu Yan said with a smile: "The two places are the starting point for the Han people to understand the world."

This time, Xiaochao's discussion on the Western Regions came to an end soon, and the final conclusion was to wait for Li Kuang's instant information to change the topic to the Pingman Colonel's Department.

Last year, Huan Wen had already made a detailed report to the Central Committee. The entire southern part of the Gupta Dynasty was mobilized for the war, and many younger brothers were recruited to attack the Pingman Colonel.

The Gupta Dynasty, which mobilized in the south, showed what a regional hegemony should have. The number of troops recruited is seen as population, and the speed of launching warships reflects the industrial strength of a country. How many younger brothers are willing to be pulled into the chariot? within the scope of influence.

"Ah San has recently mobilized 30 people. And this is only the mobilization in the south." Xu Zheng was quite surprised that the Gupta Dynasty had such a background. That was the number of people mobilized within a year, and there must be a follow-up.Facing the updated map of mountains and rivers, he pointed to the location of Cutak: "After this year, there are more ships here every day."

The Guishuang Dynasty was not in charge of Ah San. The problem was that the navy of the Guishuang Dynasty was controlled by Ah San.Since the period of the Guishuang Dynasty, Asan’s figure has been full of Asanyang, and even the islands of South Asia are indispensable. They have been playing happily in Asanyang for hundreds of years. Whose navigation technology is today in the world? The most developed one is indeed Ah San.

"It is reported that there are as many as a thousand ships in the Asan navy in Cuttack alone. With such a large number of warships in Cuttak, the big man has to be cautious." Xu Zheng did not hide his fear: "The big man has repeatedly fought with Asan. In a confrontation at sea, the advantage lies in the sharpness of the ships, and the method of naval warfare is much inferior to that of Ah San."

The Han Navy stationed in the Pingman Captain's Department has also been increasing. If the system warships are not counted, the number of large and small warships has reached more than [-], but the combat effectiveness is really hard to say.

In the naval battle between the Han Dynasty and the Gupta Dynasty, unless the weather was bad, there were many contests with different numbers every day.The Navy of the Han Dynasty accumulated naval combat experience in the contest with the Gupta Navy, but the Gupta Dynasty used observations to learn from the warships of the Han Army to improve their own combat ships during the battle.

The most obvious example is that the Asan found that the bed crossbow arrangement pattern of the warships of the Han army was very scientific, and later they followed the pattern to build warships with the same arrangement, and more warships were undergoing similar modifications.

"Mutual progress is inevitable." What Liu Yan said was that the layout of the warship's attacking weapons is so obvious, and the ship will be captured during the battle. At present, the warship does not have any technology locks, so it is really not too difficult to imitate.He asked, "What about the land?"

Xu Zheng had to ask someone to change the map of mountains and rivers again, pointing to the area marked on the map as Pyu, he said: "The enemy army uses this small state as a place to station troops, and the front of the soldiers is as close as [-] to the Pingman school lieutenant's department. inside."

There are more than [-] miles between Pingman Xiaowei's Department and the original appearance of the Pyu Kingdom. Not only is the coalition led by Gupta advancing, but the Han army is also continuously deploying defense depths towards the Pyu Kingdom.

Primitive dense forests and mountainous areas are not so easy to travel to. Obviously, both sides have been at war for nearly a year, but the real confrontation in that area is still a recent thing. Most of the scouts from both sides suddenly encountered fierce battles.

Now that the trial operation of the small group has already taken place, the outbreak of the big war is actually not far away.

　The title of the chapter should be: where the intention is, where the heart is, where the strength is, where the spirit is gathered, where the perseverance is, and where the benefit is.

　　
　
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