"This group of jade diggers, Zheng Du protects and practices for me in Khotan."
Zheng Ji, who finally became the protector of the Western Regions, smiled bitterly: "The prince also knows that the necessary is to be an outlaw, in the past, most of them were light chivalrous and evil boys and Yong Liye, how to practice?"
”Ren Hong laughed and said: "Clean up ruthlessly, Zheng Duhu has been in the Western Regions for so many years, and thousands of Sanfu light heroes come every year, aren't they all trained by you to become a strong army guarding the border?"
”Although some people would rather rot in the local area, most of the jade workers who had suffered for several years in Khotan and Shache still chose hope and were willing to follow Ren Hong's expedition to the west, and they had no way to retreat.But this group of people is ruthless, and their bodies are okay, but when it comes to order, they don't have the slightest order, and pulling them directly to the battlefield is definitely a tumor and a chaotic soldier, Ren Hong can only ask Zheng Ji to help him practice for a month, and then set off as the rear of the army.And the soldiers of the Western Regions City in the south also followed Ren Hong to Shache one after another, and there was Shanshan Wang Wei Tu Qi, who was still a little stunned when he saw Ren Hong's old horse radish, but he was kicked by Miss Radish's iron hooves and broke two ribs.There is also Liu Wannian, the king of Shache who has many children, these two are the main force of the southern province, Liu Wannian is the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and the king of Shanshan is the first elite man, and they each pulled half of the troops in the country, but these city soldiers were only arranged by Ren Hong to Feng Fengshi, and the right to be used as a baggage army.Liu Wannian did not have the consciousness to assist, and asked Ren Hong with great interest about his next plan."
Hussar general, will we go to Shule next to turn over the Tianshan Daban and go to Wusun to meet the queen mother?"
Ren Hong had already let Yaoguang go to Wusun first, and with her, the combat effectiveness of the Wusun cavalry could be guaranteed a little, and Zhao Han'er, who went to the Beiting Metropolitan Protectorate, also arrived at Chigu City with five thousand subject country horses.And the theoretical goal of this battle: the base camp of the Xiongnu Zhizhi is in the northwest of Wusun, and the Dulai water in the south of Kangju.In the eyes of Liu Wannian, Feng Fengshi, and Zheng Ji, it was the best choice for the army to go over the mountains to Wusun, so that the army could eat the grain of Chigu City, and also attack Dulaishui and Kangju nearby.But Ren Hong didn't, he chose a long way on the map."
After I arrived in Shule, I went west through the Green Ridge Valley, and walked Dawan to hit Zhizhi and Kangju!"
The hussar general smiled: "Send a messenger immediately to King Dawan and borrow the way!"
”In April, after joining up with the Xin Qingji Army, which had arrived in Shule first, the 20,000 men of the Western Army began to march westward, getting closer and closer to the Mother of the Mountains."
There is a proverb in the Western Regions, the navel of a man is on the belly, and the navel of the world is on the green ridge."
Looking at the towering snow peaks in the distance, Ren Hong sighed so much to the younger generation in the army.The Tianshan Mountains and Kunlun Mountains, which stretch for thousands of miles, are knotted here, and the Pamir Plateau is not only the knot of ten thousand mountains, but also the source of ten thousand waters, and its eastern waters all flow eastward.There were Han merchants as guides to lead the way for the army, originally Han merchants came to the Western Regions rarely, most of them stopped when they arrived in Dunhuang, and the main trade force west of Yumen was the Sogdians.But Ren Hong still asked Lu Jiuyu, who was already worth tens of millions, to send some caravans to walk the Silk Road, carefully record the distances and mountains and rivers along the way, and present them to the subject countries as military information, so they can't rely on the Sogdians forever.Meanders, lakes, wetlands, snow-capped peaks, gently rising slopes, flat grasslands, yaks and long-haired sheep grazing with their heads down, and stone-built houses are common sights in the wide valleys of the Pamirs.The inhabitants of this place are called the "drug donation country" of the state tribe, there is no city, but the plateau nomads, clothes like Wusun, with water and grass, the appearance seems to be a plug, the drug donation population is only in the early 1,000s, this is the robber who robbed in the upper reaches of the plateau, and was taught a lesson by the Duhufu and Shule and Shache before he became good.When the army arrived, with silk silk and other things and the donor exchanged some sheep for food, the drug donor also performed their specialty for Ren Duhu "holding sheep", these plateau riders skillfully rode on the horse, in the smoke and dust stirred up by chasing the galloping horses' hooves, competing for a white fat sheep, the galloping rider directly threw out the rope sleeve, tied the goat and pulled it, clamped it under the arm, and then single-armed horse, the sheep was dedicated to Ren Duhu.This riding skill is really good, and it can fight on the plateau, so when the army continued to move west, there were 100 more drug donation riders who went out to work with the Han army.After entering the "Yandun Valley" to the west of the drug donation, the river valley gradually narrows and follows the mountains.The color of the mountain can be yellow or red, but there is almost no vegetation growing, and the narrow road climbs close to the mountain, and the rock walls on both sides are as sharp as knife edges.On the left is a hundred-foot-deep, roaring river mixed with the white slag of the glacier, and the path of the stream is dangerous and snowy.The army brought its own dry food, marched hard for several days, and when it passed the "Xiu Xun Country", which was similar to the custom of donating drugs, it entered the more narrow and difficult "Bird Flying Valley", which means that birds can cross, the mountain peaks squeeze the blue sky into a narrow one, and the snow-capped mountains are just above the head, which seems unfathomable.The length of the bird flying valley is only eighty miles, and they have walked for eight days, and those who are weak and unable to adapt to the high anti-reflex have already stayed in Shule City.But there was still a death of illness, and the people who were good yesterday were out of gas when they got up in the morning, which made the soldiers worried, but fortunately, Ren Hong had already let people popularize the principle of "cold miasma" on the plateau, and feasted on the soldiers, so that everyone survived the most difficult trip.Ren Hong couldn't help but sympathize with a certain general: "Li Guangli was also miserable back then, he went to the dangerous mountain and crossed the cave valley, and he walked a total of four times on this road. ”"General, the water is starting to flow west!"
Feng Yewang, who had been the pioneer in the past, excitedly returned, and sure enough, they saw the meltwater flowing from the top of Gaojun's snowy peaks through the arid and bare mountains and merging into a stream in the valley, and the stream no longer headed east, but westward.This means that the army has come to the other side of the Green Ridge, and for Ren Hong, it is also to the other side of world history!
He was now far away from the Central Plains in the east, and close to deceased conquerors such as Alexander and Ashoka in the west.Ahead is an iron-gray canyon, an open, flat valley, a winding river, you can see herds of wild camels foraging on the beach, at first a little barren, but after a few days, when the army's dry food is about to run out, the terrain in front of it drops sharply, and a large area of lush greenery appears at the end of the road.The soldiers who had had had enough of the suffering of the desert and plateau couldn't help but rub their eyes, making sure that they were not mistaken, what was presented in front of them was the rich and fertile soil that they had never seen since they entered the Western Regions!
A few days after crossing the green ridge, there are picturesque scenery along the way.Dawan is surrounded by mountains on three sides, the climate is mild and humid, there is no dryness of the desert at all, the cold wind blowing on the Kangju grassland is also blocked by the mountains, the rain is abundant, all year round, there is no frost and snow for more than 200 days, regardless of farming and grazing, it is an excellent ideal place.The warm sun shone on the faces of each soldier, the wet wind blew in front of them, the green grass was like grass, running strong horses, chewing alfalfa, as far as the eye could see, there were cities that could look at each other, connected with fields and vineyards, and the air seemed to exude the smell of wine and goat's milk, which made people dare not believe that this was in the "Western Regions".Ren Hong raised his whip on this fertile soil and praised: "Although I am the son-in-law of Wusun, I must also admit that the Yile River Valley is far less rich than Dawan. ”The tone was like a jackal taking a fancy to a piece of fat.Zhongyingnuo: "Even if all the oasis city-states in the north and south of the Western Regions are combined, they are not as rich as half of Dawan, no wonder Taishi Gong lists them alone." ”At the end, Zhong asked Ren Hong in a low voice: "Du Hu didn't go directly to Wusun this time, but borrowed Dawan, could it be to emulate the former Jin Xiangong and fake Yu to destroy Yu?""
Kill Zhizhi first, and then turn around and eat Dawan, otherwise why let him contact the Sogdians?"
What do you think?"
Ren Hong also gave Zhong the bottom and let him understand what he should do.Dawan has a population of 300,000 and 50,000 or 60,000 victorious soldiers, which is almost the sum of the 36 states in the Western Regions.According to the agreement made by Li Guangli and them that year, two heavenly horses were paid tribute every year, but they did not belong to the capital protection, and they were neutral among the Xiyue clan in the green mountains, Kangju, Wusun and other countries, and relied on the Silk Road to eat a lot of money, but the arrival of Zhizhi obviously broke this balance, and attracted the covetousness of Ren Hong.The Han army that emerged from the Green Ridge had already attracted the attention of the Dawan people, and when they approached the Dawan city called "Ershi City", a group of Dawan people with bronze helmets or pointed hats on their heads, blonde hair and green-eyed tendrils took the initiative to visit Ren Hong.Behind him was a cartload of food and gifts, and apparently, King Dawan had received the letter of state sent by Ren Hong to the envoy and made his reply.The Dawan envoy groveled, met with Ren Hong, and said that the king of Dawan was willing to provide the Han army with a month's food, and sent someone to guide the Han army east along the river to Wusun, Dawan is still a loyal ally of the Han Dynasty, and this year's Tianma has been sent.After listening to the translator's words, Ren Hong ignored the gold and sapphires they offered, but motioned for Zhong to come forward and question the envoy.Zhong said loudly: "Zhizhi is a disaster to the west of the Green Ridge, blocking the trade route, and Dawan is also deeply affected. ”"When the Emperor of the Han Dynasty heard this, he specially ordered the Great Sima Hussar General to lead his soldiers to come, wanting to remove this evil for Dawan.""
Therefore, Dawan needs to mobilize the troops of the whole country and destroy the Zhizhi with the Han army.""
And the Han army will pass through the second division, Yu Cheng, and then pass through Guishan City, the capital of Dawan, and go north to rely on water, and Dawan needs to provide all the food and straw of the Han army during the war.""
All of the above are told by the messenger to King Wan, could it be that King Wan does not allow it?
Have you forgotten the oligarchic level that hung in Hanbei Que back then?"
Where can I forget, the current King Dawan is the grandson of his younger brother Cicada Feng, but the conditions put forward by the generals of the Han Dynasty are too harsh, and since the war forty years ago, how dare Dawan let the Han army pass through the capital?
And according to the temperament of the Wan people, it is indispensable to bargain with the Han people.The Dawan envoy protested nervously, but Ren Duhu was impatient, and couldn't help but say something, directly and rudely interrupted the Wan envoy, and unilaterally declared war on Dawan."
It's a pity, it seems that it is the same as forty years ago, Dawan, once again colluded with the Huns and chose war!"