The Rise of the Song People of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 329 Conspiring to Shanshan

The Western Regions generally refer to the west of Yumen Pass, the east of Congling Mountain, and the east of Balkhash Lake, which is a large area of ​​Xinjiang in later generations. In the Western Han Dynasty, Zhang Qian was ordered to go to the Western Regions to visit the Great Yue clan to jointly fight against the Xiongnu.

All the way to the west, I did not find the footprints of the Da Yuezhi. Instead, I traveled all the way and saw a total of 36 countries, large and small, in the Western Regions. This is also the origin of the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

Among them, the more famous ones are Qiuci, Loulan, Jingjue, Cheshi, Shache, etc., and there are Wusun, Dawan, Da Yuezhi in the west and even the Anxi Empire in the southwest.

Since the contact between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty, there have been constant frictions. For example, King Loulan robbed the Han envoys to death and led to the first Western Expedition. Zhao Puonu defeated his aunt and captured King Loulan.

The second time Dawan paid tribute to the sweat-blooded BMW, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty forcibly broke Dawan for the sweat-blooded BMW!Since then, Dawan Kingdom, one of the powerful countries in the Western Regions, has been in a slump.

For the third time, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty sent Zheng Ji to attack Cheshi, causing Cheshi to split into three countries. At the same time, he defeated the Huns who controlled the Western Regions at that time.
Several large-scale wars, the division of the original 36 countries, the annexation of the Western Regions, more than 50 countries have appeared.

At the same time, because Wang Mang established a new dynasty, the Han Dynasty transitioned to the Eastern Han Dynasty. After a hundred years, the Eastern Han Banchao sent the Western Regions to pacify more than 50 countries in the Western Regions.

The last time the Han Dynasty conquered the Western Regions, the Western Regions rebelled again during the reign of Emperor Han'an, and Ban Chao's son Ban Yong went to the Western Regions to pacify the Western Regions again.

Even so, more than 70 years have passed. Today's Western Regions have lost contact with the Eastern Han Dynasty due to the turmoil in the Eastern Han Dynasty. After Cao Cao pacified Ma Chao more than ten years later in the original time and space, he sent Xia Houyuan, Zhang He, and Zhang Ji to wipe out the king in Fuhan Song Jian established the Chief History of the Western Regions and the Captain of the Western Regions again.

But because of the appearance of Lu Heng, the Western Regions are now completely different from the original time and space. With the rise of Yelu Abaoji, the ancient Cheshi Kingdom was changed to Liao and became a new powerful country in the Western Regions.

At the same time, the Shanshan Kingdom in the south rose with the birth of Princess Shuangyang. In addition, Qiuci in the central part of the Western Regions, and Congling, Dawan, Shache, and Wusun in the west were the seven major powers. As for other small countries such as Yanqi, Wutan and Shule linger on in the Seven Kingdoms.

The small Western Regions played a scene of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period. Yelu Abaojixiong was about to destroy the other seven countries and unify the Western Regions. He shamed and wiped out the Northern Huns before the snow in the north. At this time, he had the strength to avenge Xianbei.

The hatred in his heart is the driving force of Yelu Abaoji. Now his Liao Kingdom will develop towards Wusun and Qiuci to the west. It is not a good strategy to contact a powerful country like Wusun too early. Xiao Siwen proposed the strategic policy of first going south and then going west.

That is to first unite with Kucha to jointly destroy the Shanshan Kingdom in the south, and then take advantage of the situation to annex Kucha on this basis, and then there will be capital to make a decision with the four major countries in the west.

Shanshan is not a weak country, and there have been many frictions on the border. Even if Yelu Abaoji sent three marshals, Yelu Xiuge, Yelu Xiezhen, and Xiao Talin, they would not be pleased. Kucha must send troops from the west, so that the Liao Kingdom will have a chance take.

However, when Xiao Siwen came to Kucha, he saw that the country was along the Jishu River (the Tarim River in later generations), with the Gancheng (Kuqa in later generations) oasis as its core.

Let Qiuci send troops, and go west along the Jishu River to Weili, the important town of Yanqi. This place was originally a country called Weili State, which was annexed by Yanqi during the Eastern Han Dynasty. This can go all the way to the ancient Loulan (later Lop Nur).

It can even turn westward along the Jishu River to the Yuhuan River (later Hetian River), and go straight to Xicheng, an important town in Khotan, all the way east to invade the Shanshan Kingdom.

Xiao Siwen greedily looked at the land of Qiuci. There is an oasis here with fertile land, and it controls the upper reaches of the Jishu River and the Yuhuan River, which can be said to extend in all directions, and it is an important strategic location leading westward to Shache.

However, Shanshan must be annexed first to have the national strength to take down Kucha, and forbearance is still needed!
The initiative to take Shanshan and Qiuci to rule the Western Regions is in the hands of Liao!

Before going to the palace to meet the King of Qiuci, Xiao Siwen went to a huge mansion in the city first, and left two-thirds of the boxes on the carriages in the mansion, and instead took the rest of the money to meet the King of Qiuci.

Xiao Siwen, as the Prime Minister of Liao Kingdom, a new and powerful country, very smoothly met the King of Kucha Kingdom, a middle-aged man in his forties, obese, with greedy eyes!

Xiao Siwen first presented the beauties and treasures of the Liao Kingdom, expressing the friendship between the two countries. Seeing the treasures and beauties, the King of Kucha looked directly at those beauties, and he almost burst into tears!
"A greedy and lustful idiot!"

This is Xiao Siwen's evaluation of the King of Kucha. With such a king, no matter how powerful the country of Kucha is, there is nothing to be afraid of. Instead, Xiao Siwen attaches great importance to the civil and military affairs of the Kucha kingdom.

Especially conspicuous is a general, showing off his power, seeing him one foot tall, with broad arms and thick waist, he is about forty years old, with a dark complexion and black hair, and his dark skin stands like an iron tower!
'Iron Gold Steel' Ma Mahan, Marshal of the Kucha Kingdom, is said to be one of the three major disciples of Tianshan Esoteric Sect, Zan Tianwang's younger brother, with a strong martial arts skill and a hand-made iron Xuanhua moon axe, perhaps only Wu Yanguang and Gao Mo Han Er People can fight.

The official on the left should be Qiluo Duobao, the national teacher of the Kucha Kingdom. Xiao Siwen got the news that this person is very deep in the city and is the powerful minister of the Kucha Kingdom. 'Just convince the person that this alliance is a success.

Seeing Xiao Siwen observing Ma Mahan and other generals, Qi Luo Duo Bao stepped forward with a smile to show his power.

"The Prime Minister of the Liao Kingdom has come all the way, and I will introduce him to him."

"Marshal Ma Mahan must have heard of Prime Minister Xiao, 'General Shangguo' Tongmi, 'General Angry Tiger' Datuo, 'General Lion' Ha Tianshun, 'General Cheetah' Shi Tianbao, 'General Liejiao' Qi Qinghu The five generals of our country, and..."

Qiluo Duobao eloquently introduced more than a dozen generals of the Kucha Kingdom. He was obviously very proud of the military strength of the Kucha Kingdom.

If you say that Xiao Siwen is a literati, although he doesn't know martial arts, he still has a vision to go south and north with Yelu Abaoji. The five generals of the Kucha Kingdom are not weak, and they are definitely not weaker than Yeluxiu, Yelu Talie, Yelu Helu et al.

Kucha Kingdom is in the middle of the Western Regions, a land of four wars, and it can still annex other countries with deep roots. Its military power should not be underestimated, but there is still such a king, so there is nothing to be afraid of!

Xiao Siwen smiled and then admired again and again, and took advantage of the opportunity to change the topic to the Shanshan Kingdom. Since the King of Qiuci is so lustful and greedy, that is the breakthrough point.

(End of this chapter)