Hanhou

After rushing out of the Daxia army formation, in order to protect Yizhixie's safety and confuse the Han army, three confidants pretended to be King Zuoguli, and each led more than a thousand cavalry to flee in different directions.

Zhao Jia and Wei Yue then divided up their forces and caught up with two of them, only to find that the person on the horse was not Yi Zhixie at all.Another team of Han riders turned back, and after identification, the head brought back was still not King Zuoguli.

"General, do you want to chase again?"

Zhao Puonu and Gongsun Ao thought they had made great contributions, but they didn't think it was a fake.Thinking of Yi Zhixie who fled to nowhere, he felt very angry.

After discussing with Wei Yue, Zhao Jia ordered the army to rest in place and sent out more scouts to investigate in different directions.

"A fierce battle, and a long-distance raid, need to replenish physical strength. The perimeter is guarded, and the rest will bury the pot to make food."

The farther west they went, the more uncomfortable the Han army was to the climate, and symptoms of acclimatization to the soil and water appeared one after another.Fortunately, there are several medical craftsmen accompanying the army, so far, no general has died without fighting.

Wei Yue got off his horse and walked up to Zhao Jia, seeing him holding the scimitar he had seized earlier, with a thoughtful face on his face, he asked, "What is Ah Duo thinking about?"

"The two previous armies." Zhao Jia threw the scimitar to Wei Qing, took off his helmet, wiped the sweat from his forehead with his backhand, unscrewed the water bag and put it to his mouth.

After several months of exposure to wind and sun, Zhao Jia became much darker and her lips were a little chapped.On the other hand, Wei Yue seems to be born with no tan, at most she will be popular for half a day.When the night passes, it will return to its original state.

Zhao Jia felt amazing about this.

"Army appearing by the river?" Seeing that Zhao Jia's water bag was empty, Wei Yue untied one from his horse, handed it over, and said, "Judging from the clothes and weapons, it should be Anxi and Daxia's army."

Border trade flourished in the Han Dynasty. Except for the various tribes of the grasslands and small countries in the Western Regions, there were many Anxi, Daxia and Shendu merchants in the city.Soldiers and merchants dress differently, and their looks and weapons are always similar.There was no time to think about it during the war, and the memories after the war can be linked soon.

Zhao Jia nodded.

In his view, the Hu tribes in Monan and Mobei surrendered to the strong and did not dare to provoke the soldiers easily, so the Han army could move forward unimpeded.Once you leave the grassland and enter the sphere of influence of the countries in Central Asia and West Asia in history, you need to be more cautious.

Taking Anxi as an example, an empire that can be as tough as Rome, and even once dominant, should not be underestimated.

Its geographical location is superior, and the silk transported from the Han Dynasty to Rome basically has to go through Anxi.During the most prosperous period, the capital seemed to be a business center connecting the East and the West, and the accumulated wealth was immeasurable.

Relying on this background, Anxi can wrestle with Rome, and it will last a century.

The Han army went out to fight and chased the Xiongnu all the way westward. It was very likely that they would pass through the Anxi border and even encounter the Anxi army.Unless the Xiongnu turned around and avoided Anxi far away.But in that case, meeting Da Xia would be unavoidable.

Judging from the current situation, the road chosen by the Xiongnu is really not very good, which happens to be between Daxia and Anxi.

In the previous battle by the river, Zhao Jia was too busy chasing the Xiongnu, so he didn't have time to think about it.Now that Yi Zhixie was missing, and the scouts had no news, Zhao Jia couldn't help but frown when he thought about the two legions who didn't understand the language but had quite good combat effectiveness.

"Not long after I entered the Western Regions, Wusun and Dawan have not sent envoys, let alone the rest of the Great Xia kingdoms." Seemingly able to guess Zhao Jia's thoughts, Wei Yue said, "The situation is compelling, if you can't make a decisive decision, rush out of the army I fear that most of the Xiongnu will escape."

The subtext is: without sending envoys to each other, without sending credentials, they are not friends.Since they are not friends, let alone hacking thousands of people, even if they hit the capital, the country will not hold them accountable.

For the Han who inherited the Qin system and had domineering blood flowing in their bones, it is glory to expand the territory and make outstanding military exploits.

By the time Emperor Wu of the Han ascended the throne, this kind of tyranny and domineering reached its peak.

If you don't like it, you will be beaten, and if you jump high to die, you will be beaten.

It doesn't matter whether you are a big country or a small country, whether you accept it or not, it's all simple and rude, and you have to obey if you beat it down.

Wronged?

simmering.

anger?

Endure.

break out?

Well, uprooted.

From the emperor to the officials, the thinking is highly consistent.As personal experiencers, the Western Regions, Wusun, Dawan and Huns in history can all speak out.

Wei Yue's way of thinking about problems is no different from that of a big brother in court, so it's not surprising that he can comfort Zhao Jia with this.

After some enlightenment, Zhao Jia turned around and laughed at himself for worrying too much.

The young Emperor Wu was in high spirits and wanted to flex his muscles. Solving the Xiongnu was not the end, but the beginning.

The Han Dynasty wanted to continue to open up its frontiers, not to mention the Western Regions, and it would be a matter of time before they crossed the Congling Mountains.

This westward advance was not only to pursue the Xiongnu, annihilate Yizhixie's powerful forces, and make them dare not take a step closer to the Han, but from another aspect, it was also an unintentional stepping in, to find out the way for future advances to West Asia and Central Asia, by the way Play a skirmish.

The two armies encountered by the river, even if they could not represent the most elite forces of Anxi Daxia, at least they were at the level of strong armies.

Although Anxi's light cavalry was eye-catching, Daxia's heavy infantry attracted Zhao Jia's attention even more.Especially the opponent's armor and spear, showing quite high smelting and forging skills.

If enough Daxia craftsmen can be recruited, it will be of great benefit to the development of smelting technology in the Han Dynasty.

Hearing Zhao Jia's list of items, Wei Yue smiled and said, "Aduo has this plan, so why not go to Daxia."

"Really?" Zhao Jia was taken aback.

He is only looking forward at present, and does not plan to put it into action immediately.

The two had only [-] cavalry under their command, and thousands of them were lost in the previous battle.After all, Great Xia is one of the most powerful countries in Central Asia, so it should not act rashly if it is not sure enough.

"Mobile combat, no entanglement."

When Wei Yue spoke, she threw the water bag to Wei Wu.The latter immediately pointed out several people to fetch water from the previously discovered stream.

Zhao Jia still felt that it was not appropriate, and was about to speak, when a large cloud of dust suddenly rose in the distance, and then, there was a thunderous sound of horseshoes.

"Get on the horse!"

The Han army reacted quickly. From generals to soldiers, they jumped on their horses one after another, with weapons in hand, and formed a charging array at the fastest speed, with their blades facing outward, ready to fight.

The yellow sand rolled and boiled like steam.

In the pervasive sand fog, the banner of Chinese characters looms.

A familiar horn sounded in the wind, and the black armored cavalry lined up in a long line, suddenly jumped out of the horizon, and broke into everyone's eyes.

"It's the king and grandson!"

Recognizing Han Yan at the front of the team, Zhao Jia and Wei Yue raised their right arms, and the general issued an order, and more than [-] cavalrymen put away their swords and returned their sheaths at the same time.The blade brushed against the scabbard, making bursts of sound, as if echoing with the horn on the opposite side.

"Aduo, Ji Yu!"

After several days of raiding, they finally found the right direction and caught up with Zhao Jia and Wei Yue's team. Han Yan and the three were very excited.

Riding the horse and rushing forward, Han Yan turned over and landed, clenched a fist with one hand, and hit Zhao Jia on the shoulder.

"Finally caught up!"

Zhao Jia instinctively turned sideways and held Han Yan's wrist at the same time.Seeing that the other party was relieved in his excitement, he couldn't help being surprised.

"Wang grandson?"

"Forget it."

Seeing Zhao Jia's doubts, Han Yan withdrew her hand, turned her head and stared at Cao Shi and Li Danghu, who did not dare to turn their heads when "Concentrate" was talking to Wei Yue, and explained: "Earlier, the Danghu led us in the wrong direction, and we took a fork in the road." , abducted directly to Wusun, it took a lot of time, "

Probably because she was so angry, Han Yan no longer spoke softly, and unexpectedly lit up the attribute of "talkative and poisonous tongue".

In the next two quarters of an hour, Zhao Jia realized first-hand why it was Li Danghu who took the wrong direction, and Cao Shi would also be terrified when he looked at Han Yan.

However, regardless of Han Yan's potential for talking, he really didn't expect that the skills of getting lost would be inherited in one continuous line,

History turned a corner, Li Guang did not get lost in the grassland, but Li Danghu inherited his father's business and led an army around the distance during the pursuit.

"It's not in vain." Han Yan changed the subject and led Zhao Jia to look at the supplies he was carrying.

The precious gold and silver are inconvenient to carry, so I ordered someone to send them back to China.There are thousands of cavalry guards along the way, and they send back the news in advance that there will be frontier troops to respond, so no one dares to make a decision.

What the army carries is grain jerky that can satisfy the hunger, as well as a large amount of dates and dried fruits, as well as spices that can be used for cooking.There was even a lot of wine, all of which were put in leather bags and carried by the horses "sent" by Dawan.

"Is this a Dawan horse?" Zhao Jia asked in surprise.

"They are all pack horses. Here are the war horses." Han Yan pointed to the unsaddled war horses driven by soldiers and a hundred horsemen. "I got five thousand horses from Dawan and tamed them to replace the Xiongnu horses. The king of Dawan promised to prepare another [-] horses." Good horse, wait for me to go back to the teacher to get it."

Zhao Jia couldn't help being stunned.

Historically, the Han Dynasty sent envoys to Dawan in order to win Dawan's hard-earned horses.As a result, the change of horses failed, and the envoys were killed, and Emperor Wu conquered Dawan twice in a rage.

Facts have proved that those who were recorded in the small notebook by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty will basically not end well.

The first battle was unfavorable, but in the second battle, the Han army broke through the capital of Dawan, and the king of Dawan became history.After the new king took office, he not only took the initiative to present his war horse, but also surrendered to the Han Dynasty, and knocked off all the courtiers who held objections to show his determination.

In later dynasties, if similar incidents happened, the history should always be recorded, and it would not be too straightforward.However, the historians of the Han Dynasty were so upright, they wrote whatever they wanted, without any embellishment.

This was true of the Western Han Dynasty, and so was the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Looking through the history books of the Han Dynasty, you will be surprised to find that there are not a few kings and national teachers who were attacked by the Han army. All of them are recorded in detail and their names can be checked.Because the historians of the Han Dynasty were so upright, later generations of scholars traced the history of Central Asia, West Asia, and even South Asia, and many of them had to find information from Han history.

Listening to Han Yan's experience in Wusun, Dawan and other countries, Zhao Jia began to think seriously about the feasibility of another armed parade on the way back.

The Huns were defeated, those who fled to Mobei were useless, and those who moved westward were scattered. Unless a miracle happened, they could no longer pose a threat to the Han.

As for the whip of God thrown at Europe, Zhao Jia believes that as long as the Huns are not completely wiped out, what should happen will still happen, but the scale and time will probably change.

Furthermore, there is no Xiongnu, there are Yuezhi, Xianbei, Qiang, Di and Dingling.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still very young, surrounded by many bigwigs, and had a rich treasury. He knew how to fight and get richer. Under various factors, the pace of foreign wars would never stop easily.

A large-scale war will inevitably introduce surrendered Hu cavalry.

Considering the different stages of conquest and rule, the conflicts that need to be dealt with will also be different. As early as when the Xiongnu moved westward, Zhao Jia had an idea to let the Hu tribe move westward.

This plan has both advantages and disadvantages. If it is implemented well, it can keep the empire's borders safe.If there is a mistake, it is likely to bring unexpected troubles.Therefore, before there was a mature charter, Zhao Jia kept his thoughts in his heart and didn't tell anyone.

Han Yan, Cao Shi and Li Danghu went in the wrong direction, and their experience in Wusun and Dawan made Zhao Jia vaguely grasp the key.Whether it can be further implemented, we have to go through it in person.

"Hodor, there is one more thing."

Han Yan put away her relaxed expression, brought Zhao Jia to a war horse, lifted the cloak covering the horse's back, and revealed Liu Ling who was tied to the horse.

"Princess Huainan?"

Zhao Jia and Liu Ling once met, recognized the person in front of him, and saw her dressed as a Hun, suddenly remembered the doorman he found at Shayan, and his expression turned cold.

"I wanted to kill her." Han Yan pressed Zhao Jia's shoulder and said in a low voice, "But she is of Emperor Gaozu's blood, so I can't do it lightly. She needs to be brought back to Chang'an and handed over to His Majesty."

Like Zhao Jia, Han Yan led the army and did not know the news of Liu Qian's death, so naturally he would not know the imperial edict issued by Liu Che.

Zhao Jia clenched her fingers, suppressed her anger, and nodded to Han Yan.

During the whole process, Liu Ling kept his head down and didn't say a word, let alone any reaction.

After another half an hour, the scouts who went out returned one after another.

They failed to find Yi Zhixie, but they found a battlefield ahead, where the Anxi light cavalry and the Daxia infantry were fighting fiercely. In terms of scale, the number was no less than one hundred thousand.