sweeping the world

Chapter 766 The Honor of Being Cannon Fodder
When Li Kuang received the battle report from the front, he specially summoned Warrug and Chi Zhelu who were brought along with the defeated team to wait in the tent.

"The Shanshan people did not resist our entry, and the Shanshan people were very cooperative wherever we went." Fan Jin said that the Han army collected food and grass to the south of Bailongdui: "We found that Shanshan was in the process of being divided. In the middle, separatist regimes were formed in the form of tribes and towns."

When the Han army entered the Western Regions, the large army directly advanced towards Bailongdui, and small groups of troops would still disperse.

Bailongdui is a large area, and the territory of many countries is part of Bailongdui, such as Shanshan.

Facing the coming Han army, the Western Region's choice was to keep the plains clear. No human habitation could be seen within two hundred miles west of Yangguan. Even if there were towns, they were deserted, and the buildings were specially burned down.

After two hundred miles, the Han army found that they could still find some Shanshan people. When those Shanshan people saw the Han army, they showed many different aspects. Naturally, they were afraid, but generally they were friendly with expectations. hope.

"They know that we are here to recover the Western Regions, but they don't know what form we will use to recover." Fan Jin smiled strangely before continuing: "Already nearly ten tribal leaders wanted to come over and were temporarily appeased. "

"Come here?" Li Kuang was a little confused and then realized: "Is it for the throne of Shanshan King?"

Shanshan is in the process of splitting, if there is a powerful person, it would have reunited Shanshan.It is precisely because Shanshan did not have a strong figure that the division of Shanshan lasted for decades. They have no ability to unify on their own, and no outsiders were willing to see a reunified Shanshan before, but now it is not the Han people. Yet?
In the past, the Han people were not so much ruling the Western Regions as they were the rulers of the Western Regions. The kings and leaders of the Western Regions used the kings and leaders of the Western Regions to rule the Western Regions. The Han people did not directly participate in the civil governance of the Western Regions.

To put it bluntly, the way the Han people ruled the Western Regions was to allow the countries in the Western Regions to self-govern. The countries in the Western Regions provided the Han army with food and grass, and paid tribute to the center of the Han Dynasty every year.It's a tribute, not a tax.The method of endowment is that the kings and leaders of the Western Regions send labor to help the Han troops stationed in the Western Regions build military facilities or participate in farming work.

"Big Han will definitely not follow the old rules." What Fan Jin said was that he would not leave behind kings, leaders and the like: "What the big Han wants in the Western Regions is the county system."

In the past, it is not that the Han people did not think about governing counties and counties in the Western Regions. If it is broken, the cost of sending troops to sweep is too much for the treasury to support, and in the end it can only be thought about.

The Western Han, Eastern Han, Cao Wei, and Western Jin were unable to govern prefectures and counties in the Western Regions. It was thousands of miles away from the Central Plains to the Western Regions. If you dispatched an army of 500 to [-], if you want to maintain supplies, you will need at least [-] million shi a month. Seventy to eighty percent of the grain is consumed during transportation.Even if they are cruel and willing to bear the consumption, they can only get a broken Western Region in the end, or the kind of Western Region that has been rebelling constantly.

"The present is different from the past." Li Kuangyou had a special understanding of the past history, knowing that his ancestors were worried about consumption and reward: "The great Han must learn from the previous lessons. Facts have proved that without ruling counties, the Han people will never be able to truly control the Western Regions."

The Han Dynasty even defeated the Gupta Dynasty tens of thousands of miles away, so why worry about the Western Regions?

Of course, distance is still an unavoidable trouble, but transportation consumption is not a matter at all.Furthermore, the current Han nationalism is on the rise, and slave hunting is really addictive. The Central Plains have been smashed, so are you afraid that the Western Regions will be smashed?

"It is precisely because of this that we did not let those Shanshan tribe leaders come over." Fan Jin kept smiling on his face, and the more he smiled, the more reserved he became: "We will not support a Shanshan king, but Shanshan people can take advantage of it."

The Han State entered the Western Regions in the name of recovering the Western Regions, but in the eyes of the Western Regions, it was another invasion of the Han people.

In fact, the Han people also knew that they were invading, and no one cared about the name they used. What they wanted was military exploits, wealth, and population.

Throughout the long history, Zhu Xia will find various names for his military operations, and try his best to avoid using the word "invasion". When other countries and nations conduct cross-border military operations, they have always used The word "invasion" was not avoided.

For example, during World War II, the Allied forces launched military operations from Britain to France in Europe. Except for the French who used the word "liberation", the rest of the allies used the word "invasion".Among them, the U.S. military really did a full-fledged "invasion", searching everywhere they went. Even ordinary soldiers sent packages from Europe to the mainland every month. The higher-ups specifically increased the weight of packages that soldiers could send.Soldiers are like that, not to mention the army's planned robbery. After France was recovered, the new French government did nothing but protest the US's robbery of France.

During World War II, it was not only France that protested against the Yankee evacuation of the country, but also the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg...including Germany. Anyway, it was a country where the Yankee army entered, and one by one were protesting that they were about to be evacuated. However, they did not It's useless.

Compared with the terms "liberation" and "recovery", using "invasion" as the definition of military operations is a practice in any country except Zhuxia. For example, the United States has never concealed it. The definition of foreign war is also "invasion". Whether it is the Korean War, the Vietnam War, the Yugoslav War, the Iraq War, or the Afghanistan War, they are all directly defined as "invasion". Anti-terrorist invasion, rescue of hostage invasion... and many other projects.

Zhuxia is a relatively reserved nation, even if it is overbearing, it will be quite reserved. For example, the Western Han Dynasty named a distant country "Daxia", which means that the comrades must be re-accepted into the big family. The place where the Han army passed through Of course, Lido wants a piece of "Share the Holy Grace", and the process has been intruding to put it bluntly.

After the Western Han Dynasty, a new trick was played, which was to create a tributary system on the basis of the Western Han Dynasty. The Central Plains Dynasty canonized the official position of a country king or tribal leader in a certain place, indicating that that country and tribe had entered the Zhuxia system.Then they all belong to the same banner, no matter what happens, it is a "family matter", even if it is to destroy a certain country or tribe, it is also a housework, and no one should come here to chatter about Zhuxia's housework.

What if a nation or tribe is unwilling to accept official titles?Of course, there is nothing else to say, from the emperor down to the common people, they will feel that those guys are too stubborn, and they must be completely eliminated from the body and spirit.

Liu Yan still pays attention to compromise strategies when dealing with internal affairs, and never intends to hide anything externally.He has such a state of mind and thoughts, and he is indeed taking action.Now that he is like this, the people below will save the consumption of brain cells, and they don’t have to find names for one war after another. Anyway, whoever wants to do it, they must do it directly. to do.

"Of course you can't show your attitude directly." Fan Jin smiled cheerfully: "The illusion of hope that should be given is still needed."

The Han people need to lead the way in the Western Regions, and they also need the cooperation of the Western Regions in many aspects. Even if it is to kill, rob, or rob all, it needs to be divided into steps.

"How to use Shanshan people is up to you." Li Kuangcai didn't want to spend his energy on those complicated things. He hesitated and said: "Be careful... um...", but did not say the rest.

What Fan Jin understands is nothing more than paying attention to face, there will never be any promises that fall into words, and they should be coaxed, but they must be coaxed.He got out of the military tent, asked "Who is Warrug", and waved when he got a response, and then left with people.

When Chi Zhelu stood outside the account, he didn't even dare to move. He had been standing still for nearly an hour.He watched Varuge being led away by a scribe, and kept looking at the closed curtain with complicated eyes, with expectations and apprehensions inside.

The 1000 Western Region Allied Forces brought by Luo Xia failed to compete with the Han army seriously and lost most of them. Only less than [-] people broke out.

Behind Chi Zhelu, he saw the Han army handling the battlefield with his own eyes, and he also saw the Han army restraining their robes to death. I have no intuitive impression of how many people in the Western Regions died. The Han army's restraining corpses will never exceed a hundred.

The coalition's defeat was naturally due to the contribution of Chi Zhelu's bandit group and the Shanshan people, but Chi Zhelu really didn't think his own contribution was that great.Afterwards, he inquired some news that the Weili people were defeated in the first battle, the Shule people only persisted in a round of charge, the Sogdians did not even resist and fled directly, and the Qiuci people and the Di people escaped later and were chased all the way However, the rest of the horse bandits simply rebelled against the battle.

The coalition army lost too badly and was too embarrassing, let Chi Zhelu have enough awareness, even if they did not rebel, the Han army would at most spend a little more effort, and there is no suspense about the victory or defeat of the war, so how can we dare to boast What power?

"Go in."

"what?"

"General Lang calls, go in!"

"Okay... no, yes, no!"

Of course Chizhelu was nervous. His legs were numb after standing for a long time, and his walking posture was very strange.He didn't dare to raise his head since he entered the tent. After walking a few steps, he knelt down and lay motionless on the ground.

"You said your name is Uncle Liu?" Li Kuang was handling official duties. He didn't stop writing or raise his head: "Is your uncle Liu's rank in the family, or his given name?"

Chi Zhelu did have another name called Liu Bo, but it was useless for a long time.He straightened his waist first, bowed down again, and replied respectfully: "The villain is the eldest in the family, according to the customs of the Han family."

The "bo" is the ranking, not the name.

In addition, Li Kuang asked very professionally, asking for "name" but not "name".Just because people are asked what their name is now, if they use "name", they are asking "name" and "biaozi".

Li Kuang then raised his head to look at Chi Zhelu, and saw Chi Zhelu's curly hair. When Rang raised his head, he saw a face that was not much different from that of a Han Chinese, but it was rough and had a bit of a beard.

"The villain's grandfather is Han." Chi Zhelu said respectfully: "My grandfather was a member of the army."

grandfather?That was at least 100 years ago, and it should be the period when the Three Kingdoms stood side by side. If you can go out of the northern border, there will be nothing but Cao Wei.At that time, no matter whether it was Cao Wei, Shu Han or Eastern Wu, no one dared to say that he was not Han. No matter which country's army went out to fight, the foreign race was also regarded as the Han army.

"Since you are a Han Chinese, stand up." Li Kuang gave a rare smile, and he was not particular enough to search for it, because he couldn't find it at all: "You speak Chinese very well, and you have a Xiliang accent. Did you grow up in Xiliang?"

Chi Zhelu didn't dare to conceal that he did learn Chinese from Xiliang people, but he didn't grow up in Xiliang.He is a person who lives in nowhere, and he speaks Chinese with a Xiliang accent. There are many Xiliang people in the horse thief team...or it should be said that he is from Zhang's Liang country.

"Oh..." Li Kuang said to a person next to him: "Since there are people from the Northwest in that team, let someone check it out, and record it if there are any achievements."

Chizhelu was obviously stunned. He was in a daze before he turned the corner, and he was in a daze when he wanted to understand what was going on.He did not dare to stop the Han army from annexing his horse bandits, but he was very envious that those from the northwest would be counted for their military exploits.

"The Han Dynasty has regained the Western Regions and welcomes willing and talented people to serve." Li Kuangcai asked, regardless of what Chi Zhelu was thinking: "Since you have traveled to the Western Regions all year round, you know the terrain, mountains and rivers well. Since you are a descendant of the Han family, you are willing to serve the country. ?”

"Yes, the villain is naturally willing!" Chi Zhelu... uh, no, from now on there will only be Uncle Liu, not Chi Zhelu.He bowed down again, his heart full of joy: "Serving the emperor is my life-long ambition for a villain, and I wish my liver and brains would be wiped out!"

Li Kuang nodded with a smile, waved Uncle Liu out, and when Uncle Liu walked up to the curtain, he said, "Since you are the son of the Han family, you should also record your military achievements."

Uncle Liu stopped, turned to salute Li Kuang, thanked Li Kuang gratefully, and then went out.

Li Kuang watched Uncle Liu's figure disappear before turning his gaze back to the table.He actually doesn't care whether Uncle Liu has Han ancestry. The first thing he cares about is Uncle Liu's knowledge of the Western Regions, and the second is Uncle Liu's fluent Chinese. It is necessary to recruit similar people, at least The most important thing is that it can be used even to find water sources.

The Han Dynasty is not a country that divides ethnic groups based on blood. If it really wants to do that, how to confirm the blood is a big problem. There is no basis for how to identify. It can only be based on the general appearance and then cultural integration.

"Integration still needs to be integrated..." Li Kuang put down his pen and looked at the top of the tent: "As long as the appearance is not so strange, they are all eligible for integration, and it is enough to target those ethnic groups that look different from the Han people."

At present, even if the Han people want to be cannon fodder, not everyone can be cannon fodder...

(End of this chapter)