sweeping the world

Chapter 751

"Ha San's army was wiped out, and only a few enemy warships escaped?"

Liu Yan received the battle report from the front line only one month after the end of the war. He was not surprised by such a result. He dispatched such a huge fleet. Winning is a matter of course, the difference is how much you lose and how much you eliminate.

In the battle report, Huan Wen introduced the naval battle in detail, specifically pointing out that the navy lacked experience in boarding battles, but Liu Yan knew the reason.

The crossbow boat produced by the system is a long-range unit. If non-system soldiers were arranged to board the ship, the situation would be even worse.

There is nothing perfect in everything. Liu Yan already has this kind of gold finger against the sky, so he really can't expect more, not to mention that the boarding battle is extremely bad, even if he is at a disadvantage in long-range mutual attacks, all he can do is use Quantity to pile up opponents, all because the loss is affordable.

[That's why sailing is encouraged! 】Liu Yan knows that conquering the sea is not an easy task, it takes a long time to train sailors, and the training of the navy needs more time: [The system crossbow ship cannot be said to be a transition, but the future does not belong to them. 】

In the two naval battles, 67 ships were sunk directly by the Han army, and nearly [-] ships lost their combat power and needed to be repaired.Judging from the scale of dispatching [-] warships, less than [-]% of the battle damage seems to be nothing. However, the enemy forces they fought were less than [-] ships, which was a big problem.

Ships produced by the system have various shortcomings, and the ability to sail long distances alone is an advantage. If there are no ships produced by the system, the Han Kingdom, let alone send troops to Asanyang, or even the neighboring Indochina Peninsula, will not be able to enjoy it happily.

No joke, the production of the system can be said to be cheap and beautiful. It usually takes at least three months to build a warship, even a medium-sized warship, with labor and material costs totaling about 30 yuan.One or ten ships may seem like nothing, but the greater the number, the more expensive it will be. It is not possible to build as many as you want, at least there are not enough craftsmen to build them.

Ships produced by the system are different. Although it takes time, it takes far less time than manual manufacturing, and there is no labor cost. It only consumes materials, and it is even more self-provided.

With such a fleet, Liu Yan will not be in vain against any opponent. As long as the resources can keep up, he can fight naval battles with all countries in the world. The difference is whether he thinks it is necessary.

Apparently Liu Yan didn't think it was necessary in the early stage, but it is necessary at this stage.

"The enemy's fleet is repeatedly frustrated, and they will never dare to take the initiative to attack again." Xu Zheng is not familiar with naval battles. According to the battle report, the loss is [-]%, and most of the enemy's navy is wiped out. Sheng re-blocked the sea area, I think it is feasible."

Is that naval battle to eliminate the threat of the Pingman School Lieutenant, or to concentrate on preparing for the enemy on land? After winning at sea, it is natural to make persistent efforts. What Huan Wen should do next is to mainly destroy the enemy's coalition forces on land. .

The battle report only briefly talked about the land battle. Huan Wen had already given a detailed report on how to fight the land war.

"The jungle environment is complicated..." Xu Zheng paused, as if he was thinking about something, and then continued after a while: "I think, maybe we can recruit more troops from the Wa Islands?"

Naturally, Liu Yan is indispensable. The Han Dynasty has a strong control over the Wa Islands. The nobles of various countries above are eager to be attached, and the bottom is willing to do anything if it is possible to become a member of the Han Dynasty.

Based on the psychology of waste utilization, the Han Dynasty did not think that the Japanese should be treated kindly if they obeyed. The young and strong Japanese were either transferred out to serve as servants or transferred to various mines. They basically felt that the Japanese were bleeding and sweating for the hegemony of the Han Dynasty It is a matter of course.

"If all goes well, we will land in Asan's territory next year to fight." Liu Yan felt that the steps were not small, but he also thought it should be like this: "At that time, there were coalition forces from various countries participating in the war, but the territory of Ahsan was too large. , it is reasonable to mobilize a lot of Japanese expeditions.”

Landing in the mainland of Asan has long been related plans. At the beginning, I didn't want to invest much in the standing army, and even the county and county soldiers didn't want to invest too much. They planned to use the Japanese to shed blood for the hegemony of the Han Dynasty.

Putting down the battle report sent by Huan Wen, Liu Yan picked up another memorial on the case table, and the topic of discussion changed.

The other memorial was written by Li Kuang, introducing what happened on the way to the Western Regions. After nearly two months of marching, they had already reached Bailongdui [-] miles away, and temporarily stopped to take a necessary rest before the battle.

Along with Li Kuang’s memorial, envoys from various countries in the Western Regions were also sent back to China. The countries they represent will not be unfamiliar to Han people who know the general situation of the Western Regions. It is strange that those countries that participated in the alliance against the Han Dynasty also sent envoys. .

The envoys from various countries in the Western Regions who came to Chang'an did not receive an audience from Liu Yan after their arrival. They were arranged to go to the post house together.

"The envoys are roughly divided into two types, those who dare not resist the king's teacher, and those who come to take advantage." Lu Yi felt that there was no difference in fact, no matter what attitude and goal they came with, the fate of the countries in the Western Regions was already doomed .He said: "The Kucha envoys have repeatedly requested an audience, saying that they are here to reopen the Silk Road."

The Silk Road has a long history, but in fact Zhuxia did not make much profit as a producer of silk. On the contrary, some countries in the Western Regions and Central Asia made a lot of money as second-hand traffickers.

It is not wrong at all, silk may be very valuable, but Zhu Xia, the only one who can manufacture silk, has not made much profit from this trade from the beginning, and the only advantage he has is obviously to earn hand money.

The Silk Road was not opened by Zhu Xia at the beginning. In fact, it was the Huns who brought silk to the Western Regions, and the Western Regions resold it to Central Asian countries. The Central Asian countries that had contacts and trade with the West sold it to Western countries. It has increased exponentially, but no matter how many times the price of silk has increased, it has nothing to do with Zhu Xia's wool.

"In the past, the Xiongnu benefited first, and then Loulan, Shache, and Cheshi took turns to benefit. It is not surprising that Qiuci thinks this way." Ji Chang has a say in this aspect. He is on the Maritime Silk Road After the re-opening, I did some research and found out that the price of silk skyrockets with the increase of distance: "The people in Kucha are whimsical!"

The Han people are a little unfamiliar with the Western Regions, but they definitely know some things that should be known, including the fact that this time the Western Regions formed a coalition to resist the Han people and regain their old lands, it was Kucha who took the lead, and the King of Kucha was also regarded as the leader of the alliance.

On the way to the envoys from the Western Regions, the court discussed what attitude should be adopted. There was no shortage of people who wanted to kill the Kucha people. The envoys who participated in the coalition's resistance to the king's army should all be killed. But what followed was The ancient traditions of Zhu Xia played a vital role in enabling those guys to live well.

"The small country of Miner has not been sealed by the Great Han." Xu Zheng's meaning could not be more simple and clear: "Because of this, it is only a post house, and it is not received by the Honghe Hall."

Although Zhu Xia's etiquette collapsed from the Warring States Period, some facade projects have never been abandoned, especially in the facade projects of some countries. Even if the etiquette may seem strange, there are still some things that should be done, such as receiving foreign envoys. Honglu Hall personnel were dispatched.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, except for the enemy countries in the surrounding countries of the Central Plains Dynasty, the head of any country needs to be granted by the emperor. Any country that has not been granted the emperor's thorn will not be recognized, and it is even a must. country.

The countries in the Western Regions can only have legal status after receiving the title of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty. It is a matter of course since Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, otherwise even the people of the Western Regions would not recognize the legal status of the king.This practice was maintained until the collapse of the Western Jin regime, and even Cao Wei, who was in the separatist regime, still maintained order.

After the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhuxia no longer had any restrictions on the Western Regions. After the reconstruction of the Han Kingdom, it has not extended its hand to the Western Regions. Are the current rulers of the Western Regions self-reliant?It belongs to the kind of Caotou king who is not recognized, not to mention that he does not recognize his legal status, even if he is eliminated, he can shout loudly: If he is not a Hanchen concubine, he should be destroyed.

It's a matter of course!Didn't Zhu Xia clearly and publicly announce that "the whole world is the land of the king, and the shore of the land is the king's minister"?This sentence is straightforward, every inch of land in the world belongs to Zhu Xia, as long as anyone who needs to breathe is Zhu Xia's subject, but anyone who opposes this should be eliminated.

Those envoys have not been killed for the time being. It is because the Han Dynasty has begun to be a little more particular. If it is not a deadly enemy, it must maintain the tradition of not killing envoys. Then it feels that those small countries are the ones that can be killed with one finger. It is an enemy country that feels threatening and come again. Consider whether to follow tradition.

The Western Regions had a history of being ruled by Zhu Xia, and the time was not too short, so a very interesting phenomenon appeared. For example, many envoys from the Western Regions came this time, and their purpose was to plead for the title of thorn.

"In a capricious country, there are no thorns." Ji Chang's attitude is very straightforward: "Get rid of the country, rule the counties, and eliminate future troubles forever."

For people who are a little bit older, they will not forget how the Western Regions jumped up and down after the Han family lost their country, and they will not forget how the countries in the Western Regions flattered the Jie people.Even if it is only because the ancestors of the Jie people came from the Western Regions, even if it is just because of this, they think that the people of the Western Regions are unforgivable, that is why they simply ignore the favors of some envoys from the Western Regions.

In addition to the above reasons, isn't the Han Dynasty going to send people out of the Western Regions?Now that the Western Regions are all set aside to reduce the pain caused by natural disasters, and then go to seal the countries in the Western Regions, wouldn't they be regarded as "in the order" again, how can they play happily!

Ji Chang at least knew that if the country in the Western Regions recognized the legal existence, the military would be the first to refuse. Whoever dared to speak like that would not only have to face the wrath of the military, but also those who rushed to Yangguan to earn military honors and The wealthy people will also want to take action. When the time comes, not only will they hate the military, but they will also be scolded to death by the people.

"It is a great good thing to eliminate the country and rule it with counties!"

Whether he felt indifferent or was waiting to take a bite, Ji Chang's statement received enthusiastic responses.

Xu Zheng even said: "Qiuci does not know the number of the sky. If he dares to compete with the sun, he should kill his envoys, defeat him when encountering a city, and destroy his country."

It is already treasonous for the people of Kucha to gather allied forces to resist the king's division, and they dare to be that kind of leader.

That's an alliance!Look at the people who took the lead in the alliance in the history of Zhuxia. In the past, those people were called overlords, that is, they were the ones who respected the king and fought against the barbarians. If he wants to kill his whole family, if he doesn't kill the whole family, will cats and dogs be able to challenge the emperor's authority?

It's not a trivial matter to make a dignified captain shout "Yuchengkezhi".

In Zhuxia's wars, whenever "Kecheng" was encountered, it was the rhythm of being razed to the ground after the capture, and the practice of not sealing the sword for a few days was absolutely indispensable in the process.Although Kecheng was not as bloody as the massacre of the city, the fate of the people who were conquered in Kecheng would definitely not be much better. If they can survive, they will inevitably have the fate of becoming slaves.

Liu Yan also heard another meaning. The people of Qiuci are very rich. Since it is Kecheng, the process of razing the city to the ground is indispensable to screen the materials. Can those wealth be taken for granted as spoils of war?

To put it bluntly, Kecheng sounded the clarion call of legal robbery. People in the city were either killed or became slaves of the victors. No one could complain about injustice at all.

Xu Zheng dared to call "Kecheng", that was the confidence given by Liu Yan, who made Liu Yan not hide anything from the beginning, since the purpose of going to the Western Regions was to reduce domestic losses, of course he would grab whatever he encountered, and he could grab it. If you get property, it is property, and if you capture someone captive, you can sell it for money.

For the current Han state, captive talent is the key to a certain extent. The national project desperately needs slaves, and the folks also found that the government encourages the enslavement of foreign races. Calculate".

The so-called "slave official calculation" was a feature of the Western Han Dynasty. Anyone who owned slaves had to pay taxes.Liu Che was so poor that he went crazy during the subsequent wars. In addition to raising taxes under various names, he also did not miss the levy of slave tax.

Liu Yan made improvements based on the "slave official calculation" of the Western Han Dynasty, clearly announced to the world and formed a law, using the "Han five calculations, Hu one calculation" as the system, that is, every tax season, Han slaves need to pay [-] Money, but alien slaves only have twelve coins.

Since there is no way to completely eliminate Han people as slaves, then use taxes to increase the cost of using Han people as slaves. The most Liu Yan can do is this.If he completely eliminates Han people as slaves, it seems great, but if the Han people really can't survive and can't find a livelihood, will they starve to death?

The Han Dynasty wanted to take over all the wealth, land and population of the Gupta Dynasty. It was especially eager to obtain enough slaves. The population of the Western Regions was not as large as Asan, but the legs of mosquitoes are still meat no matter how thin they are!
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