Hanhou

In order to get rid of the pursuit of the Han army and save his head, Yueshi Xihou and his soldiers fled all the way, with their horses' belly sticking to the ground, and they did not dare to turn their heads.

When the arrows flew from behind, the guards beside them fell down on the horses one after another, the hearts of the two Xihous were raised to their throats, they kept swallowing, their throats were still dry and sore.His scalp was tense, and his back felt chills, lest it would be his turn next.

Amid the sound of the breaking wind, the Yuezhi people left their companions on the ground and continued to accelerate, just hoping to enter Daxia as soon as possible.

In the impression of the two Xihou, Emperor Antioch VII of Great Xia and himself were from the Yue family, and they have kept in touch for several years.

When Daxia and Anxi went to war, Yuezhi received the news and took the initiative to send troops to help.

Most of this 3000-strong army went out with the Emperor of Daxia, and a few others were stationed on the border of Daxia, and together with the defenders of Daxia, they were on guard against the harassing Parthian archers.

If you can meet with the rest of the defenders, even if you can't defeat the pursuers behind you, you can escape for your own protection.

At the same time, the two Xihou harbored hope that the Han army would not step into the border of Daxia and easily start a full-scale war with Daxia.

In case the wish comes true, they have a chance to live.With the help of Emperor Daxia, the scattered clansmen and tribesmen were called together, the population was restored, and the Yuezhi was revitalized again.

Back then, the Xiongnu continued to grow and prosper, defeating the Donghu first, then attacking the Yuezhi, and even supported Wusun to fight against the Yuezhi, almost crushing the Yuezhi.

Now it's just history repeating itself, no big deal.

Give them a chance and they can make a comeback.

The Yue clan will not become extinct, absolutely not!

It's a pity that the two didn't contact the Huns, otherwise, they would have heard each other sigh, thinking about what they thought back then.The result... don't mention it.

The two Xihou swung their whips desperately, and the guards beside them fell off their horses one by one. Only the mount continued to run wildly, creating the illusion that there were still guards.

Crossing a dry waterway, two oases are far away, and the border of Daxia is close at hand.

Xihou was overjoyed, and speeded up again, intending to enter the Daxia border and ask the defenders for help before the Han army caught up.

Unexpectedly, just as the hope of life was soaring, it was shattered by reality.

The sound of breaking wind behind him stopped for a while, and suddenly a rain of arrows flew in front of them, just in front of the two of them, forcing them to hold the reins, unable to move forward.

The arrows pierced into the sand and intersected with each other, forming a black barrier.

The war horses and camels that lost their owners fell in a pool of blood, struggling to stand up, but in the end it was all in vain. They fell in the red-stained yellow sand and swallowed their last breath.

Xihou Yueshi looked towards the direction where the arrow rain was flying, with a surprised expression on his face.

"I……"

One of them wanted to speak, but before he could say a word, there was the sound of rumbling horseshoes behind him, apparently Han Qi was chasing him.

Their lives were at stake, and the two Xihou didn't dare to delay any longer, and shouted loudly: "I am Xihou of the Yue family, a member of the Great Xia royal family!"

The Great Xia royal family did come from the Yue clan, but there were divisions within the Yue clan. The current emperor, Antioch VII, had ancestors from different tribes with the two of them.

However, the situation was urgent, and the two couldn't care less.In order to be able to enter Daxia and keep safe, let alone claiming to be a clan relative, pretending to be the royal family can do it.

In the process of shouting, the arrow rain of the Yuezhi defenders finally stopped.

Xihou couldn't help being overjoyed, and without wasting time, he immediately rode forward, overtook the arrows pierced on the ground, and went straight to the Daxia defenders.

Dou Liang and Chen Yu led the army to arrive, just in time to see this scene.

Thinking of Wei Qing's order, the two ordered the cavalry to slow down and make a gesture to shoot arrows, but the arrows deviated from the target, ensuring that the remaining targets could cross the border and be "protected" by the Great Xia Army.

"almost."

Xihou of Yuezhi and Daxia's defenders joined together smoothly, and Dou Liang and Chen Xun both cheered up and ordered all the cavalry to speed up.

"Rush!"

Han Qi went from slow to fast, and the sound of thunderous hooves was getting closer.

The Daxia garrison was newly transferred from the country in order to resist the Anxi scouts and small groups of cavalry archers.Because of the station, he had never seen Han Qi before, so he naturally didn't know the identity of the visitor.

Seeing more than a thousand riders approaching with murderous aura, their first reaction was to shoot arrows.

The sound of string control continued one after another, and the arrows gathered into black clouds, flew across the air, and flew towards Han Qi amidst the buzzing sound.

"Raise your shield!"

The cavalry of the Han Dynasty army marching west were all wearing iron armor, strong bows and long knives.There is a small round shield embedded in the left forearm, which is specially designed to resist flying arrows, and a hand crossbow is hidden under the right arm, which is used for close combat defense.

The front of the horse's forehead and sides are also covered with armor plates, which are specially designed for charging and resisting arrows.

This was originally the unique equipment of the fifth battalion of the pro-army. After the victory of the same military exercise, it was gradually extended to the cavalry and infantry of the border county.

Tens of thousands of troops spent a lot of money to replace their armor and weapons.To put it bluntly, now armed with a black armored cavalry, 20 years in advance, it can pull up a team of light cavalry.

During the period of Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, even though the treasury was full and the ropes stringing the money were rotten, the court did not dare to do so.

Today is not what it used to be. Through the influence of Zhao Jia and the continuous victories of the army, the treasury has been continuously enriched. Emperor Wu has developed new economic and political concepts, and gradually grasped the essence of fighting more and getting richer.No need to worry about running out of money, you can roll up your sleeves and let your hands and feet go.

When the signs first appeared, the bigwigs in the DPRK and China could not help but worry.

Even if it gets richer every year and the national treasury exceeds that of the previous dynasty, it cannot be so lavish.After all, the army has gone out several times and how much money and food it has spent is obvious to all.

In order to correct the emperor's attitude, including Dou Ying and Zhi Buyi, they all made suggestions to Liu Che.

Liu Che's response is very simple. The Sangong Jiuqing convened, closed the door of the propaganda room, and asked Shaofu and Tainongling to make financial reports in turn, counting how much money the court has, how much it can increase immediately, and what it will achieve next year. kind of numbers.

Item by item is listed in detail, so that everyone can have a clear and thorough understanding.

After the report was over, Liu Che ordered someone to bring out several wooden boxes, inside which were the memorials secretly presented by Zhao Jia and Wei Yue, recording how many were actually seized during the previous army's westward expedition.Point out the suspected presence of gold mines in the oasis along the way, and carefully state that Anxi Daxia craftsmen are good at smelting and forging, and there may be iron mines in both countries.

As the bamboo slips were passed around, there was no other sound in the announcement room except for the sound of flipping through them.

After reading the last bamboo slips, the expressions of the bosses changed. As Liu Che expected, they all had a new understanding: it turns out that the imperial court is so rich, even richer than I imagined!

There is no worry of militaristic depletion of the national treasury, no need to worry about domestic instability, the big bosses naturally follow the footsteps of the emperor, let themselves go together, and start to throw off their shoulders.

With the current conditions, let alone arming tens of thousands of troops, even if it is 10,000+, hundreds of thousands or even millions, it is still no problem!

Nanzheng won Baiyue, and the dividends have gradually appeared.

There is a steady stream of rice and sugar from the south. Last year, there were locust plagues in counties and counties, and profiteers hoarded them in an attempt to drive up the price of grain. The price has remained stable and even fell for a while.

The merchants who participated in this matter not only failed to make a lot of money, but lost their entire family.Afterwards, they were investigated by the official temple, and they were arrested and sent to prison one by one. Those who committed serious crimes were beheaded, and those who committed minor crimes were sentenced to Chengdan, and they were escorted to border counties, where they would have to serve at least five years of hard labor.

How can the west side underestimate the huge benefits of the southern expedition?

Compared with rice and zhe which require land reclamation and growing seasons, and can be harvested at least one or two years, the minerals in Central Asia and West Asia, as long as the location is locked, the site is laid down, and people are directly ordered to excavate and transported back to the country, it could not be easier.

Searching for craftsmen may seem troublesome, but in fact there are ways to do it.

Zhao Jia wanted to take the business route by resting the businessman.The bosses are even more ruthless. If the land is occupied, the people on it will naturally be ours!

So, when Zhao Jia was working hard in Shuofang County, organizing the relocation of the population, and rolling up his sleeves to start construction, Liu Che and Sangong Jiuqing, who were far away in Chang'an, let themselves go collectively and ran wildly on the sidewalk of history.

In view of the astonishing weight of the bigwigs, they forcibly stepped on the fork into the official road, and it continued to expand, getting wider and wider.It is completely a true embodiment of "go your own way and let others have no way to go".

The monarchs and ministers reached an agreement, and expanding the territory became the topic of discussion.

The Han army changed their armor and weapons to improve their combat effectiveness. No one raised any objections, and it was unanimously approved on the spot.

When Anxi and Daxia were fighting fiercely, and Central Asia and West Asia were in chaos, the Han army finished changing clothes and chased Yueshi to Daxia.

As the coach, Wei Qing made up his mind to cut a piece of the Great Xia border.The main purpose is to facilitate the search for craftsmen and to complete the goal that Zhao Jia did not achieve.

As for whether Daxia will send heavy troops to regain the lost land after the craftsmen are collected, Wei Qing already has a countermeasure.

This place does not border the Han Dynasty, and the Western Regions are separated in the middle, so it is natural to be able to hold on.It can not only take the opportunity to set up a bridgehead, but also conveniently hold the gold mine hidden underground.

It doesn't matter if you can't keep it.

Before the Han army retreated, it was entirely possible to notify Anxi and let the other party come over to take over and add fuel to the melee.

After annihilating the remnants of the Yue clan, the Han army began to clean up the battlefield.

Wei Qing was riding on a horse, looking in the direction of Daxia, thinking of the art of war and allusions that Zhao Jia had said, and seriously began to think about whether to leave a cavalry in the latter situation, and add some fire to both sides every now and then, so that they could fight hard. It's more lively.

Not to mention Wei Qing's plan, Dou Liang and Chen Yu met the Daxia garrison, thinking of Liu Rong and Zhang Qian's words that they went to war with Anxi and Daxia's subordinates. In order to facilitate "post-war liquidation", the reason for using the sword must be valid. I was going to sacrifice my ego, deliberately showing my flaws when rushing into the battle, pretending that I couldn't stop the dense rain of arrows, and was injured by "shooting arrows".

However, it is easier to think than to do.

Based on the rich experience of the veterans on the battlefield, the recruits practiced a lot of actual combat on weekdays. When encountering arrows flying, most cavalry formed conditioned reflexes. Coupled with the amazing defensive power of the armor, it would never be so easy to "shoot the arrow".

Seeing that the plan failed, Dou Liang became ruthless on the spot, picked up a flying arrow, and stuck it directly on the shoulder armor.

This kind of wit is almost impossible to guard against, so I asked the opponent if he was ignorant, and if he was afraid!

Chen Yu suddenly realized that he followed the example of the cavalry under his command. While being "injured", he scolded the Daxia defenders: "Harboring the bandits of the Yue clan and attacking and wounding my generals is to make me an enemy!"

Regarding the series of operations of Han Qi, the defenders of Daxia were really confused.

When the general realized that the situation was wrong, Dou Liang and Chen Yu had already shrunk their formation and released the chimney at the same time to send a message to the army.

Antiochus VII, who was on the front line, would never have imagined that when he and Dmitri fought to the death in the decisive battle at the top of Central Asia, a fire was about to start behind him, and the fire was quite large.