The reappearance of the Han army's banner in the Western Regions, although it stopped at Shanshan, but the shock to the countries of the Western Regions was definitely no less than a ten-magnitude earthquake.
The Western Regions began to be controlled by the Central Plains Dynasty from the Western Han Dynasty, and the Western Han Dynasty stage was actually just a name, and did not have too strong control.
At that time, even if a "state" was established to appoint the assassin, in fact, the assassin only had the power to report and report, and there was not much power at the local level, and the center adopted an absolute centralized system.
From the regain control of the Western Regions in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the re-establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate, it can be regarded as increasing the number of standing garrisons, but in many cases it is about 3,000 people, and sometimes it will reach 20,000.
The number of garrisons in the Western Regions Protectorate is sufficient, and the stronger the control over the countries of the Western Regions.
Dozens of people dare to rush into a king's palace and kill the king, which is basically a frequent occurrence in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
The Central Plains was ruled by nomads was something known to the countries of the Western Regions, and they were surprised that the rule of the Qiang people had collapsed too quickly, and the re-emergence of the Han people was fast enough, and they were even more worried that the Han people would once again bring the Western Regions under their control since they had re-emerged.
With the countries of the Western Regions adding fuel to the fire to exaggerate the "Han threat theory", the news about the establishment of a Han empire in the East again was widely spread, and the first to face up to this news were Yueban, Hunni and Wusun.
Yueban and Hunni will attach importance to the fact that there are descendants of the Northern Xiongnu and the Han people who are unending enemies.
In the past, the Han army only knew where the Northern Xiongnu were, so they carried out an expedition thousands of miles and at any cost.
Stemming from the fact that they crusade at any cost when they know the existence of the other party, the remaining descendants of the Northern Xiongnu definitely have reasons to be nervous, but although they have the right to speak in Yueban and Hunnia, they can't influence the national policies of the two countries, and there are not many things they can do.
Wusun's current situation is not good, they first hugged the thighs of the Huns to rise, and then hugged the thighs of the Han Empire to become the hegemon of the Western Regions, the Xiongnu and the Han Empire collapsed successively, and Wusun, who had no thighs to hold, first encountered the joint counterattack of the countries in the Western Regions, and then encountered the Persians and Arabs who went eastward.
If there is anyone in the Western Regions who is most excited about the rise of the Han people in the east again, then it is really the Wusun people, and they are even brewing another marriage.
The countries of the Western Regions are all chattering, and it is difficult for the Persian Sassanids not to pay attention.
The current Persian Sassanids have recovered and begun to gain an advantage in the war against Rome, and they did not care too much about the re-emerging Han Chinese, after all, no matter how strong the Han Empire is, the two countries are separated by several countries, and the road is really far away.
What intrigued the Persian Sassanids was that they found that Rome's share of maritime trade with the Gupta dynasty had repeatedly declined, and within a few months it had even reached the point of almost being cut off.
The Persian Sassanids originally thought that the rise of the Han people again had nothing to do with them, and what they thought of was that the Silk Road was expected to be restored on the road, and they thought a little about how to collect the tolls of the Silk Road on the road, but the Han people's force extended to the Gupta Dynasty and it was a little different.
The Gupta dynasty had a large share of trade with Rome, and even if Rome repeatedly purchased weapons from the Gupta dynasty, then the Persian Sassanids were naturally hostile to the Gupta dynasty.
In addition, the Persian Sassanid navy actually often clashed with the Gupta navy, that is, the Persian Sassanid navy wanted to cut off Rome's maritime trade, and the Gupta dynasty attached great importance to maritime trade with Rome, so it was natural that there would be a contest.
The Persian Sassanids knew about the situation of the Assanyang a little late, and they actually didn't guess that the scale would be so large, so that they just came over and found that the Gupta Dynasty had gathered a large fleet of more than a thousand ships to fight the Han Empire, and to be honest, they were really frightened.
At this moment, Ergutai Bahram led a fleet of twelve warships, hanging far away from the periphery of the large fleet led by Katruk Karp.
"It's not just us, but the countries that have the strength to come and spy have sent fleets."
Kuslauso Rodeas, who was Ergutai Bahram's deputy, pointed to the black dot in the distance and said, "The fleet of the Serbs is not far from us. ” The current country of the Sai people is not small, they first inhabited the Western Regions, and even lived in Hexi, but they were repeatedly driven by the Dayue clan and gradually migrated westward.
The Cypriots are a white-skinned race, once fused into the Kushan Empire, and then the Kushan Empire collapsed and established itself again, and the current largest Cypriot country is called Two Satrap.
There were many Serbs living in the various states of Asan, including the eastern and southeastern parts of the Sassanid Empire.
"A great fleet of five hundred ships," said Ergutai Bahram, looking at a large Gupta fleet in the distance, and with some fear, "they Gupta have more ships that have not yet gone into battle." ” "Gupta is a maritime power."
Kuslauso Rodeas felt that this point, including them, was somewhat incomparable to Rome, and he was puzzled: "The re-emergence of the Han Empire did not make a big move in the Western Regions, but invaded Gupta from the sea, which is very unusual. ” There are too many legends about the Han Empire, just to defeat and force the Xiongnu to flee westward is an epic feat, no one can deny the strength of the Han Empire on land, but no one has heard of any movement on the sea of the Han Empire.
"We were able to recover from the ravages of the Romans, and certainly the Han Empire, which was once one of the four great empires, certainly could."
Summoned by Shapur II before his departure, Ergutai Bahram temporarily made up for his knowledge of the Han Empire, saying: "In ancient times, we have established alliances with the Han people, and we have never had a bad relationship, and we are happy to see the Han Empire's invasion of the Gupta Dynasty." ” Parthia and the Han Empire had established diplomatic relations, but that was during Liu Che's reign, the Han Empire was sent by Zhang Qian, and the Parthian Empire made a lot of moves in order to meet the Han envoys, just sending 20,000 horsemen, and a group of foot riders approaching 100,000, which can be regarded as the largest envoy in history to welcome other countries.
Liu Che's contact with Parthia was to form an alliance, and it happened on the premise that he could not persuade the Dayue clan to return eastward, and he longed for an ally in the west to be able to flank the Xiongnu.
However, at that time, Parthia and Rome were fighting like dogs, and the Parthian Empire was not interested in fighting the Huns at all, on the contrary, they thought that after forming an alliance with the Han Empire, there would be Han troops to join the war against the Romans.
The two sides wanted to agree, but neither was interested in listening to the other, so they left friendly relations and did not form actual allies, but the official Parthian records do regard the Han Empire as an ally.
Parthia fell, Persian Sassanid re-established and rose, whether it was for shame or in the need for interests, the war between Persian Sassanid and Rome did not stop, unlike the Parthian period, Persian Sassanid is now on the side with an advantage, that is, the advantage is not obvious, and the potential enemies of Persian Sassanid are much more than in Parthia.
"Because Rome was unable to get arms from Gupta and we defeated the Romans again on the Syrian battlefield."
Ergutai Bahram took a deep breath of the sea breeze and laughed, "I really hope that the Han Empire will be able to defeat the Gupta fleet and keep Gupta on land. ” Today's Han Empire is no longer the Han dynasty it once was, but no country, including the Persian Sasanians, can distinguish that point, and no one except the Persian Sassanids has a favorable impression of the nascent Han State, but no matter what their attitude is, no one knows what kind of strength the Han State has.
The sea is far wider than the land, and the ships that sail on the sea can move more space without being obscured by the mountains, and the Katruk Kap, who commanded the Gupta Dynasty's Grand Fleet, does not drive away the ships of the countries that follow him, but wants to let the countries see the power of the Gupta Dynasty on the sea again.
The Grand Fleet of 500 ships of all kinds was unwavering in its predetermined target, and any side, including the Gupta fleet, was speculating about when the Han fleet would appear, and many people were eager to see how much power the Han had at sea.
Contrary to expectations, until the Gupta fleet repeatedly advanced, they could see the coastline in the distance, and the Han navy that everyone expected was also some small fleets that followed, and they could not see a large fleet going to sea to fight.
"What we do know is that the Han Empire will not have more than three hundred warships in this sea area at most."
Kapil Marik did not return to his own warship formation, he was left at the flagship by Katruk Karp as an intelligence officer.
He said as a matter of course: "We have dispatched a large fleet of five hundred ships, and their ships are far fewer than ours, so it is rational not to fight." ” The coastline in the distance is already visible to the naked eye, and the large fleet on the Gupta Dynasty's side is already preparing in formation, and they are confused that the Han State does not have warships to meet the battle, but most of them feel that the Han Empire thinks that it can't be defeated, so it has not gone to sea to fight.
"So," Katlukkarp said with a smile as he touched his chin and said, "Should we stop outside and send envoys ashore to negotiate, or should we attack directly?"
"Judging by past examples, the Han people do not appear to be easy to speak, but on the contrary, they show a barbaric and rude side."
What Kapil Marik said is also true, the Han navy was able to take prisoners, but it was sunk every time.
He gave his opinion: "The only way for the Han Empire to face up to our strength is to defeat them first, and then come and communicate." ” Five hundred ships of all kinds lined up in a large area, and after Catluk Karp made a decision, a formation of about seventy ships broke away from the large formation and moved forward alone.
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The seventy Gupta naval formations that went out to fight slowly turned into an inverted triangle as they advanced, and the big ships were basically arranged in the forward position, and the wings were some small but flexible ships.
Zampt Warren was the commander of this formation, and his ship was in the spear position, staring ahead with wide eyes, and as he got closer, he could already see the water village above the water.
The water village on this side of the Pingman Captain's Department seems to be very large, extending directly to the sea for nearly a mile, and the width is more than three miles.
Looking at the past at this moment, the water village is full of running soldiers, and when you look from the outside to the inside, you can also see rows of moored warships, that is, the height is high enough to look inside, except for the moored warships in front, there is an emptiness at all.
At this time, the rain did not stop, under the heavy rain, the field of vision was limited, and the farther away was a haze, Zampt Warren listened to the sound of war drums in his ears, and he could also hear the undulating shouts of the water villages, but he could not see that there were Han ships coming out to fight.
"Bed Crossbow Ready" Of course, the Gupta Navy has no shortage of warships equipped with bed crossbows, otherwise who is qualified to claim to be a maritime power, their inverted triangle gradually lined up in a straight line without encountering resistance after getting closer and closer to the Han army's water village, and then became a side-by-side array line, and the warships equipped with bed crossbows were arranged in front.
Zampt Warren was about to give the order to cast the bed crossbow, but he saw that there were quite a lot of bright spots rising in the sky on the side of the Han army's water village.
It is impossible for the Han army to not arrange long-range attack equipment, and now there is no shortage of countries equipped with bed crossbows, which can be used as the inventor of bed crossbows.
On the side of the Gupta Dynasty's leading fleet, they saw the highlights of the Han army's water village rising into the sky, and a piece of "launch bed crossbow" and "prepare to defend against arrows" were mixed and shouted out.
Under the haze of rain, all the forces in the distance could see, and all they could see was the bright spot like a meteor constantly passing through the sky of that sea area, which was not only the launch of bed crossbows, but also bows and crossbows joining the battlefield.
"What a dream-like scene" Ergutai Bahram looked at the dense bright spots in the sky in the distance, and also saw that the fire had broken out in the Gupta Dynasty's leading formation and the Han army's water village, and said with great admiration: "Such a picture is rare to see." ” Kuslauso Rodeas has been paying attention to the Han naval formation that has appeared a long time ago, reminding Ergutai Bahram and saying: "The warship formations of the Han Empire are converging. ” The Han warship formation that followed the Gupta fleet all the way had five or six groups, and with the establishment of three warships in each group, there would not be more than twenty ships at most.
They were indeed rendezvous, and the captains of the warships relied on torches to communicate with each other.
These Han navies who went out to carry out sabotage warfare, they didn't know the plans of the Pingban captain's department, they had been following and did not launch an attack before, they were waiting for a fleet to come out of their home port, and after waiting for so long, the Gupta navy also launched an offensive to the home port, knowing that the number of their own warships was too small to launch an attack was tantamount to sending them to death, but they really didn't plan to continue to watch.
"Fifteen warships dare to launch an attack on hundreds of enemy ships" Ergutai Bahram has already guessed what the Han navy on the periphery wants to do: "It is worthy of shouting out that the people who commit a strong attack will be punished even if they are far away":