The Three Kingdoms

"Have you ever heard of Ban Chaoju?" Zhou Tai looked at the generals, thought about his words carefully, and then asked in a deep voice.

"Ban Dingyuan?"

When the generals in the hall heard this name, their expressions were filled with awe.

Ban Chao, Marquis Dingyuan of the Great Han Dynasty, was sent as an envoy to the Western Regions. He has been awe-inspiring in the Western Regions for decades. He is a military strategist and a famous diplomat.

In the past, in order to frighten the aliens, Ban Chao threw his pen into the army. In this era when scholars are thousands of times more noble than soldiers, it is an act that many generals respect.

In the hearts of soldiers, he has a revered status.

"General Zhou, what does this have to do with Marquis Dingyuan?"

Pan Feng looked at Zhou Tai and asked a little puzzled.

"The empire we discovered was verified to be called Guishuang Empire. Of course, it also has a name, Da Yuezhi!"

Zhou Tai spread out six or seven volumes of detailed marching maps on the sand table, and then spliced ​​them together. He pointed to the position of the new marching map, and said: "We will go west along the South China Sea by sea, and naturally let you Some people can’t perceive our route intuitively, but as long as we draw the chart and compare it with the Dahan map, we will actually circle around from here, this is the Western Region!”

"Western Region?"

Everyone's eyes lit up slightly.

Naturally, they are no strangers to the Western Regions. Zhang Qian's Silk Road, Banchao's envoy to the Western Regions, made the Western Regions have many records in China.

"So it's the Western Regions!"

Ju Yi's expression moved slightly, and he said: "There are indeed many countries in the Western Regions. In the past, there were 36 so-called Western Regions. However, according to historical records, it is difficult for us to go there on land. Even if we pass through Liangzhou, there are deserts. It is not advisable to march in large numbers!"

"But now we have a sea route!"

Zhou Tai said proudly: "The sea route can reach directly, my Great Wu's battleship is the best in the world. After landing by sea route, we can conquer the entire Western Region!"

"Youping, let's talk about the Guishuang Empire first!" Sun Quan instructed.

"Historical Records once recorded that King Yueshi wanted to ask for a pro-Han princess, but was rejected by the Marquis of Dingyuan. In the end, he raised troops to attack, [-] lions came rushing, but was defeated by Marquis Dingyuan in the Western Regions with [-] elite soldiers. !"

Zhao Yun's eyes flickered, and his low voice seemed to be a little natural to himself: "Is this Da Yuezhi the so-called Guishuang Empire?"

"That's right!"

Zhou Tai nodded, he stretched out his hand, and continued to spread out several detailed marching maps, saying: "At the beginning of March, our warships passed through this sea area. When we found this country, we sent scouts to , Many people were arrested, and the language barrier wasted, which wasted a lot of our time."

On this point, Sun Quanke spent a lot of effort, and even asked Jin Yiwei to send people to Dunhuang and other places in Xiliang to find someone who could communicate with the Guishuang Empire.

"However, the Guishuang Empire has a lot of records about the big man, and finally let us communicate. We used some means to let the Guishuang people serve as our scouts, and drew the general terrain of the Guishuang Empire, comparing our Central Plains. It became the current map."

Zhou Tai pointed at the map and said, "This is just a rough map. We will spend at least half a year to investigate it!"

"Is the proportion of the territory on this marching map a little too exaggerated?"

Pan Fenghu stared, and said: "This is at least the territory of the Wu Kingdom, and it can even be said to be another Central Plains!"

"General. The scout battalion of the Southern Navy will not be careless in this regard!"

Zhou Tai said displeasedly: "For this detailed marching map, we not only sent out scouts, but also invited several Confucians who are familiar with historical records to help, and dug up all the records and historical records about the Western Regions.

It took a month, and this is the most detailed power distribution map that can be drawn so far. "

"It should be the so-called barbarian land that we underestimate!"

Zhao Yun thought for a while, with a solemn expression, and sighed.

"According to our preliminary detection, apart from the Guishuang Empire, there are dozens of small countries around it. The population of this area will not be under our Wu State at first, and the Guishuang Empire is not independent. It is still The empire adjacent to the west, we only know that this empire is called the Parthian Empire, and other empires that we cannot detect for the time being.”

A scorching light burst out of Zhou Tai's eyes, and he said, "But the only thing that is certain is that the Western Region will not be the Extreme Western Territory we have seen. If we go there, there is still a world that we cannot know!"

Pan Feng, Zhao Yun, and Ju Yi listened to Zhou Tai's narration, and each of them looked a little dignified. They said a thousand words and ten thousand. In this era, they are talking about population.

Only when there is a population can there be soldiers and horses, and only when there is a population can there be labor force.

The prosperity of the Wu Kingdom is definitely not because it has the most extensive territory, but because it has the largest population. However, the current population of the Wu Kingdom is only a little over 1000 million.

Before the collapse of the Han Dynasty, there were about 5000 million people. However, since the Yellow Turban chaos, in the past ten years, the world has suffered from military disasters and countless casualties. Today, the world has a population of 4000 million, which is already remarkable.

A Western Region, with a population of tens of millions and such a large territory, is indeed worthy of Wu Guo's great struggle.

"Did you all hear clearly?"

At this time, Sun Quan looked at several people with his amber eyes, and then asked, "What do you think?"

"The west is so big, the world is so big, we seem to be watching the sky from a well!"

Ju Yi murmured.

"Our eyes are only on the Central Plains, and we really want to ignore the vastness of the world!" Pan Fenghu's eyes flickered with a gleam.

"That's right!"

Sun Quan said in a deep voice: "If Gu tells you that in this vast world, on the westernmost side, there is still an empire that is comparable to the Han Dynasty in the past, do you still think that Gu is making a big deal out of a molehill?"

"Is the king talking about the Great Qin Kingdom?"

Zhao Yun narrowed his eyes slightly, and said: "Historical records, in the ninth year of Yongyuan, Marquis Dingyuan sent Gan Ying as an envoy to Great Qin in the Western Regions, but Gan Ying did not arrive in Great Qin, but returned from the West Sea!"

"It's the Roman Empire!"

Sun Quan said indifferently, in this era, there are indeed some history books that record the Roman Empire as the Great Qin Kingdom in the Far West!

"Roman Empire?"

Several generals in the hall looked at Sun Quan's face for a moment, feeling puzzled, puzzled, and disbelieving.

"Remember, the Roman Empire is the greatest enemy of our Wu Kingdom in the future, and it is also the empire that Gu most wants to conquer. If our Great Wu wants to unify this world, we must step on the territory of Rome!"

Sun Quan's calm voice revealed a trace of the scorching breath that they all felt.

Conquering the Roman Empire was Sun Quan's biggest ambition since he was born, an ambition that had sprouted since he went to sea in the past, and at this moment, he showed it unreservedly in front of Zhao Yun and the others.To be continued.

[Text Chapter 732 The Calm of May]

Battle Hall.

Zhao Yun, Pan Feng and the others heard Sun Quan's burning words, and stared fixedly at Sun Quan's tough face.

It is rare for them to see such an ambitious side of Sun Quan. Sun Quan always gave them the feeling that he was a little deep, and that he acted in a smooth flow, but he lacked a wanton ambition.

This is the time for Sun Quan to show the dominance, ambition, and arrogance of a monarch in front of them. These should be the temperament that a king of Wu should have.