The First Military Division of the Three Kingdoms

Of course Chen Ziming is willing to open up this business route, but he can't make it too obvious. He needs to fight for more benefits for the big man.

After hearing Chen Ziming's words, Yarman and Ackerman's expressions changed slightly. There was a big difference between allowing merchants to choose and open a business route independently. Merchants would choose a business route that was supported by the Han court, rather than a wild road.

"As long as the big man is willing to open up trade routes from Dawan and Kangju, our country will guarantee the safety of the trade routes, build roads at the same time, and levy minimum tariffs..."

Sure enough, Chen Ziming's words made the two countries anxious. When they came, their king gave a death order, and they had to get in touch with the big man in terms of interests, and the business route was the best choice.

"If so, we will consider..."

After sending away the envoys from Dawan and Kangju, Liu Bei looked at Chen Ziming in confusion. He could tell that Chen Ziming intended to open up business routes between Dawan and Kangju, but he didn't understand why Chen Ziming didn't directly agree to the envoys of the two countries.

"Hehe." Chen Ziming explained: "The reason why Dawan and Kangju are eager to open a business route with the big man is probably because they want to get a deeper connection with the big man. If my guess is right, the Guishuang Empire is putting more and more pressure on them. "

"That's right." Liu Ye nodded slightly and said, "Dawan and Kangju were first annexed by the Guishuang Empire, and then they got rid of the control of the Guishuang Empire. The Cizimo Kingdom was again attacked by the Guishuang Empire, and now the Guishuang Empire is targeting the two countries of Dawan and Kangju, and wants to annex these two countries again."

Liu Bei frowned and said, "Although Dawan and Kangju got rid of the Guishuang Empire, it seems that the two countries are now the vassal states of the Guishuang Empire. If they contact the two countries rashly, they may be hindered by the Guishuang Empire."

Compared with dealing with Dawan and Kangju, Liu Bei valued the trade route of the Guishuang Empire more.

"There is no need to worry about this matter." Chen Ziming narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "With the rise of the Sasanian Dynasty, the pressure on the Guishuang Empire has doubled, and it is temporarily unable to send troops to Dawan and Kangju, and the king of the Guishuang Empire is old and has no successor. At that time, the Guishuang Empire was too busy to take care of itself, and dared to fight against the big man."

Hearing Chen Ziming's words, Liu Bei's eyes lit up. Dawan and Kangju are two important powers in the northwest. If the two countries can be included in the pocket and they become the vassal state of the Han Dynasty, it will be very beneficial to the rule of the Han Dynasty.

"It is said." Pang Tong said: "The northern Xiongnu often plundered the two countries and blocked the road to the west. I am afraid this road will not pass."

That was the territory of the Northern Huns, and the Northern Huns made their living by plundering. Dawan and Kangju probably had no strength to guarantee the safety of the trade routes.

"That must be opened." Chen Ziming said firmly: "The big man must open up business routes with the western countries, and he must be blocked by the Sassanid Dynasty."

It is of great significance to open the business road and connect Europe to lead the development of Dahan. This business road can provide Dahan with countless good things in Europe, and at the same time let Dahan keep abreast of the development of Western countries.

"We have initially reached a deal with the Xiongnu. I think the Xiongnu are more willing to open up trade routes than Dawan and Kangju." Xu Shu is optimistic about the commercial roads in the north, and the Huns are very eager for things from the Han Dynasty.

Chen Ziming said in a deep voice: "Send someone to contact the northern Xiongnu, so that they are not allowed to plunder the two countries of Kangju and Dawan, and at the same time ensure the safety of the business road. The big man will open this business road. As for the western countries, let them do whatever they want. We only need the business road to be safe. .”

"Yes." Liu Bei nodded. He knew Chen Ziming's purpose and wanted to use the knife of the Northern Huns to attack the forces of Western countries.

Now the military department can be said to be full of talents, Liu Bei ordered it, and soon came up with a feasible solution.

General Guan Yu gave Liu Bei the plan to attack the Western Regions, a simple plan: "If you just occupy the Western Regions, you only need [-] soldiers and horses, but to completely control the Western Regions, you need [-] to [-] soldiers and horses."

Chen Ziming hesitated for a while and said: "Send [-] soldiers and horses. The big man has no shortage of soldiers and horses now, and the Western Regions are connected to the Guishuang Empire, so the defense must not be relaxed."

The Western Regions and the Guishuang Empire are separated by the Congling Ridge. Although the Congling Ridge is not as good as the Himalayas, it is not so easy to cross. Especially if the army wants to cross the Congling Ridge, it is more difficult and it is a natural barrier.

"Let Wenyuan go." In the end, Liu Bei chose Zhang Liao. The Western Regions have a special terrain. Compared with South Vietnam and other places, the Western Regions are more important. After all, the Western Regions are connected to the Guishuang Empire. Maybe in the near future, the Han Dynasty will conflict with the Guishuang Empire. Maybe.

Chen Ziming also felt that Zhang Liao was the best candidate, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Then let Wenpin be the deputy general and go out with the army."

After Cao Cao's defeat, Wenpin demoted Liu Bei, just like Zhou Tai, Ding Feng and others in Jiangdong, because they were surrendered generals, they didn't get rewards, and they didn't have the chance to lead the army. The opportunity to gain military exploits will be reused in the future.

"For the affairs of the Western Regions, there is Lao Yuanzhi."

As for the military adviser, Chen Ziming chose Xu Shu. Although Chen Ziming wanted Fazheng to go, Fazheng was too young, and he was from the Yizhou clan, so Fazheng didn't know much about some things.

Xu Shu was the first to follow Liu Bei, and was deeply influenced by Chen Ziming. There are some things that need not be explained. Xu Shu knows how to do it. If he wants to quickly pacify the Western Regions, a gentle method will not work.

Xu Shu and Chen Ziming looked at each other, immediately understood what Chen Ziming meant, and nodded slightly. It has to be said that among the advisors of the entire Liu Bei Group, Guo Jia and Xu Shu knew Chen Ziming best, and they had no dislike for Chen Ziming's methods at all.

The big man is slowly getting on the right track, all the big man needs now is time, a time to grow slowly and then take off.

Chapter 665 Intervene

The construction of Luoyang is in full swing, and the whole Han is peaceful. Although the Han will soon use troops against Jiaozhou and Nanyue, after all, the two places belong to the territory of the Han, and the Han is just taking back the ruling power.

Moreover, only [-] troops were dispatched in total, which seemed like a lot, but compared to the Three Kingdoms War, where a million troops fought in melee, it was much worse, and it did not cause panic among the people.

As for sending troops to the Western Regions, the imperial court did a lot of publicity, not to fight abroad, but to send troops to protect the people of the big man.

The Western Regions have been the territory of the great Han since ancient times. It is normal for the Great Han to send garrisons. Except for the opposition from the leaders of the various tribes in the Western Regions, no one has any intention of opposing it.

Of course, what we are talking about is that there is no opposition from the Han people, and they have not reached the level of confidence that they are qualified to oppose national policies.

The one who opposed was the envoy of the Guishuang Empire. Not long after the news that the big man would send troops into the Western Regions came out, Barrett, the envoy of the Guishuang Empire, brought his deputy envoy Ross to see Liu Bei.

"Your Majesty the Great Han Emperor." Barrett said to Liu Bei with a stern face: "I heard the unfortunate news that the Great Han is going to send troops to attack the Western Regions. My Guishuang Empire expresses dissatisfaction with this kind of behavior of launching a war, and the Western Regions In terms of commercial roads, we should take into account the current state of the Western Regions, so as to ensure the smooth flow of commercial roads."

"Ok?"

Everyone in Liu Bei frowned after hearing this. Barrett spoke calmly, but he seemed to have forgotten something.

Immediately, Chen Ziming said in a cold voice: "Message of the Guishuang Kingdom, I want to remind you that you are interfering in the internal affairs of the Han Empire. The Western Regions have been my Han territory since ancient times. It used to be, it is now, and it will be in the future. Our Han Empire sent troops into it." The Western Regions are a matter within the empire."

"And." Chen Ziming sneered, "It is precisely because the Western Regions are on the commercial roads that the Han Empire decided to send imperial cavalry to clear up the bandits in the Western Regions and keep the commercial roads in the Western Regions unimpeded. How can it be said that the Han Empire's troops are launching a war when they go to their own territory? Could it be that the Guishuang Kingdom wants to interfere in the internal affairs of the great man?"

The Guishuang Empire has long wanted to control the Western Regions, but the Western Regions are the territory of the Han Dynasty. Although the Han Dynasty only established a Changshi Mansion, it has long existed in name only, but rashly attacking the Western Regions may cause the Han Dynasty's dissatisfaction.

Secondly, if the Guishuang Empire wants to attack the Western Regions, it needs to cross the Congling Ridge. In terms of the current transportation capacity of the Guishuang Empire, it is really difficult for the Guishuang Empire to pass such an advanced map as the Congling Ridge.

Their inability to control the Western Regions does not mean that they are willing to see the Han army enter the Western Regions. Although the Western Regions are barren, they are connected to the Guishuang Empire. Once the Han army enters the Western Regions, the Guishuang Empire will not be able to station a large number of troops in the Congling area. The influence of Guishuang Empire is too great.

"No, no, the Guishuang Empire has no intention of interfering in the internal affairs of the Great Han." Barrett waved his hand and said, "It's just that the Western Regions have always been self-reliant, and we should not break such peace. Our country feels that it is best for the Western Regions to maintain their current state. Good for both of us."

Liu Bei rolled his eyes when he heard this, how could Liu Bei not understand Barrett's threatening tone, looked at Barrett coldly and said: "The reason why the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty entered the Western Regions is to clear up the thieves and bandits of the Western Regions and protect the people of the Han Dynasty. Also in order to ensure the safety of the business, it has nothing to do with your Guishuang country, so you can leave."

Liu Bei directly drove Barrett and Ross out. As Chen Ziming said, the current big man is not afraid of any challenge. If the Guishuang Empire dares to intervene in the affairs of the Western Regions, the big man will not hesitate to fight.

"It seems that our weakness has had the opposite effect, making them think that the big man can be bullied." Chen Ziming's face was not good. He didn't expect that a mere envoy from the Guishuang Empire would dare to brazenly interfere in the internal affairs of the big man.

After hearing Chen Ziming's words, Zhuge Liang and the others looked at each other, dumbfounded, but Chen Ziming couldn't be blamed entirely. Look at their current office, not to mention old and simple, it's just a private house, which doesn't fit the image of a powerful empire at all. .

Moreover, under Chen Ziming's intentional or unintentional arrangements, the envoys of all the countries know that the big man has just experienced a massive civil strife, with countless casualties. Even the current capital of the big man has just been defeated. It's not over yet.

The big man wants to send 20 troops to attack the south. There are still thieves and [-] troops. In their view, this is definitely a grand war. Even the Guishuang Empire has only more than [-] soldiers and horses today. An army of one hundred thousand is equivalent to half the strength of the Guishuang Empire.

It can almost be said to be a battle of the whole country. Of course, the envoys of the Guishuang Empire underestimate the current strength of the Han Empire. As for other countries, they are too far away from the Han Empire, and there is the Guishuang Empire in the middle. The strength of the Han Empire has nothing to do with them.

However, there are quite a lot of good things from the Han Dynasty. Porcelain, tea, silk, rice paper, glass, etc. are all luxuries in Western countries, and they are the favorite things of the princes and nobles.

"Tell Wen Yuan that the Guishuang Kingdom dared to send troops to intervene in the affairs of the Western Regions and wiped them out." Liu Bei's words were brought to Zhang Liao intact. thing.

At this time, the army attacking Jiaozhou and Nanyue had assembled, and Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong also set off immediately to join the army.

Gao Lan, Ding Feng, and Zhuge Liang led an army out of Lujin Pass and directly attacked Jiaozhou.

"Jiangdong General Hu Qiong is guarding Jiaozhou. He has average strategy and poor martial arts skills, but he is Sun Quan's confidant. Now he is in Jianning, with [-] soldiers and horses in his hands, scattered all over Jiaozhou." Ding Feng knew the situation in Jiaozhou very well. , this place was defeated by his troops, and it was Jiangdong's base camp for a long time.

Zhuge Liang said: "According to the secret report sent by the dark guards, Hu Qiong has concentrated soldiers and horses in the Jianning area, and recruited a lot of strong men, claiming that there are [-] mercenaries, but in fact there are only more than [-], and they are all soldiers. Qi, a mob that doesn't understand military orders."