Chapter 739

Those who are brave and dare to die.

When Li Kuang led the first batch of folk Xiaoguo on the journey to the western regions, the season had come to the late spring of the new year. They march at this time of year, naturally because there is no rain in the northwest this year. It will not be the kind of suffering in the continuous rainy season in late spring and new autumn. It is also because there is no rain that they set out as soon as possible.

In the new year, there was only a few days of rain in the early and late spring in the northwest. In addition to the heavy rain at the beginning, the next few days were hazy drizzle, which did not alleviate the drought. Then, the purpose of transferring the brave and brave people in the northwest to the northwest as soon as possible is to reduce the possibility of unrest. Even if there is unrest, it will not go anywhere even if the brave and brave people leave.

"The Hussars general is in charge of deterring the curfew in the northwest, and the chaos in the Northwest has been curbed." Ji Chang was the prime minister. Before the complete separation of military and political affairs, he had to take care of everything. Only then did he report to Liu Yan: "Li Kuang's headquarters drove away from bailongdui, and there was no change in the Western alliance's stay in bailongdui. The Taiwei office speculated that the battlefield would be around puchanghai."

The western region is not a region with many water systems. It can even be said that it is very lack of water sources. Puchanghai is the place with the most rivers. It is not difficult to speculate why the Western Coalition army set the east of Pu Changhai as a battlefield. It is nothing more than waiting for work and then mastering sufficient water sources. In the past, the Han people must compete for water sources, which means that the initiative of the war is on the side of the western coalition army.

"The Allied forces dammed the river and cut off the river to the east of puchanghai. Our army will face the dilemma of water shortage to the east of puchanghai." Xu Zheng was standing next to a suspended mountain map, pointing to the map and introducing Liu Yan: "here is the last replenishment of water source for our army. The army has made the greatest preparation to store the available water for half a month."

The larger the size of the army, the more water will be consumed. Although various tools can be used to store water in advance, water is not so easy to store. Whether it is packed in pottery or wooden barrels, once the water is stored for a long time, it will grow moss. In addition, some other reasons will make the water inedible.

Li Kuang led his department close to the Western alliance garrison around puchanghai. It is impossible to set up the camp too close. It must set aside a certain battle site. In addition, it is not possible to set up a camp anywhere. In fact, it is not easy to predict what will happen at the center.

It is known to the center that the people of the western regions are engaged in Jianqing Biye. They also know that most of the migrated tribes are concentrated in bailongdui. A large number of people in the western regions see that the Kucha people offer a price to the head of the Han people to go to bailongdui, which makes the Alliance Army, which was originally only 30000 or 40000, expand rapidly and call it 100000 army.

The price offered by the Kucha people is very exciting. If it is converted into copper coins, an ordinary Han man's head can get 1000 copper coins from the Kucha people. The head of the Han soldiers is worth 5000 copper coins. It is subdivided into the price of Wu Chang, Shi Chang, Tun Chang, junhou and Colonel. The price for Li Kuang is as much as one million copper coins.

If you tell the western people about the great national righteousness, all the western people will scoff, but there is no reward to say. There are too many nationalities in the western regions, and wars and vendettas happen every day. Because there are many small countries and there are no strong political constraints, there are really not too many outlaws. Even all countries in the western regions have the habit of raising horse thieves, and there are many people who want money but don't want life.

"100000?" Liu Yan returned to his seat and sat down. He said slowly, "tortoise?"

Liu Yan doesn't believe that there are 100000 allied troops in the western regions. He doesn't know how many people there are in the western regions. He guesses that the maximum population is about one million. This time, Shanshan, Qiemo, Jingjue and so on are mobilized. Even if kuci, one of the great powers in the western regions, sends out people and recruits horses, does one of the ten people in the western regions go to bailongdui?

With a total of one million people, it is impossible for everyone to be young and strong enough to fight. Do you want old people, children and women? Using data for reasoning, one million young people in the western regions can have 150000, even more. Two thirds of the young people in the western regions went to bailongdui. It sounds like a joke.

"Well, it doesn't count." Xu Zheng also laughed, but later said, "but since Kucha can pay to hire people from the western regions, will he also pay to hire people or troops from the western countries?"

Seems... Is it possible?

In the Zhuxia civilization, the army is the important weapon of the country. Ministers and important generals can't be transferred privately. It's absurd to dispatch the army to help foreign countries fight out of the temptation of wealth and goods. It's not like there are many countries in the Zhuxia civilization. Yes!

There are not many countries in the western region to the West. There are small countries such as Kangju, Yancai, Sugo and Tuoli, and large countries such as Yueban and hunnit to the West.

A small country in the western region can be called a country by thousands of small people. A medium-sized country is between 10000 and 34000. A country with a population of more than 50000 is regarded as a big country in the western region. People with a population of more than 100000, such as Cheshi, kuci, Khotan and Shule, are regarded as a superpower in the eyes of many small countries.

Therefore, the western people's method of identifying the strong is very simple. Whoever can pull out how many troops, even how strong, will have the former Han Emperor. The army alone can pull out 30000 (the battle of Li Guangli against Dawan) or attack the western regions all the way. At that time, the western people were really scared to pee.

My Lord, 30000 troops alone are equivalent to the population of more than 30 small countries, and only an expeditionary force is equivalent to the population of medium-sized countries. What a behemoth should the Han Empire be?

Living in what region and what the country looks like will give people a kind of survival thinking. People in the western regions are trapped among several strong people. They are either bullied by the Huns or established a management system after the Han people come. After the Huns and Han people disappear, someone from the West will come. Sometimes a San will come to join the fun, so they have formed the habit of serving the strong people.

There is no doubt that compared with the declining Wusun people, the Cheshi people who have been living for a long time, the Shule people who are busy living with the plateau people, and the extremely rich and active kuci people are now the overlords of the western regions.

"So the Kucha people have great appeal in the western regions?" Liu Yan has never paid attention to a country in the western regions. It is not a strategic contempt. History has repeatedly proved that as long as the Central Plains makes power, no matter what country in the western regions is really vulnerable. He was curious: "the friendship between the Kucha people and many western countries is good enough to hire regular troops?"

It's just a guess that the army of a big country hired by Kucha to resist the Han people's westward advance. There is no evidence that can be taken, and there is no relevant intelligence for the time being. It's speculated from the number of coalition forces gathered in bailongdui.

In fact, the Han state did not have an intelligence system for the western regions. Since the Han state wanted to start with the western regions, it would not forget the procedure of collecting various kinds of intelligence in advance. Then, the Liang state of Zhang had also made various arrangements for the western regions.

This time, Liu Yan had to attack the western regions, resulting in that the "first hand" was not appropriate, which could be regarded as an unexpected action.

The intelligence system originally belonging to Zhang Liangguo was accepted by the Han state. The problem is that the northwest does not have a strong sense of belonging to the Han state, resulting in the Han state not knowing whether to believe the information returned by the spies originally belonging to Zhang Liangguo.

Under the premise of unreliable intelligence, the correct way is to ignore those intelligence, subject to the independent operation of the general of the unified army, and the rear center gives the front-line general the greatest autonomy, waiting for harvest, or asking for help to give reinforcements.

Isn't that what superpowers are? I can afford to lose. Losing the last two times is not a thing at all. Moreover, I don't necessarily lose. This time, when we entered the western regions, the tendency to stop loss far exceeded military considerations. As long as we can vent the contradictions, it is actually a success.

"Killing the enemy is also a military feat. Not only people in counties and counties in the northwest, but also many people from other places." Ji Chang's attitude towards this is mostly exclusive, but he can't open his mouth to any opposition under the needs of the general environment: "Xie AI reported that there are more than 200000 people gathered at Yangguan."

Liu Yan's generosity this time is unprecedented in more than ten years. The government has given the greatest convenience and help in opening up non-governmental people to the western regions. Killing people from the western regions can count merit at the head level, capturing people from the western regions can also be sold to the government office for money, and the capture can also be kept by himself. It is definitely the first time in the history of Zhuxia civilization.

It's a big temptation to exchange foreign heads for military merit, not to mention all kinds of ways to get rich. People all over the country who think they can do it enthusiastically become a flood.

"The Han people never shy away from their desire to make achievements. The same is true if money and other things are not illegal." Liu Yan is still very complacent. People with some skills go abroad to make a fortune, and there will be fewer people who will cause trouble at home. Those people will still return home to spend when they make a fortune: "it's better for bloody men to vent abroad than to fight and bleed."

Not all people who go out can make achievements and get rich. There will certainly be many people buried in foreign countries, which is really nothing to say.

The Han people did not say that they had no adventurous spirit at the beginning. It was the government's repeated restrictions on that adventurous spirit. Liu Yan did not want to close the door to guard the foundation of the imperial dynasty and remove various restrictions. What he had to do was to encourage the Han people to explore and take risks, and everything he got was in the pot.

"A great man should not be complacent, nor should he think that the Central Plains is the world." Liu Yan also knows that it's not enough for the senior management to have enough knowledge. It's necessary for the whole people to have a clear understanding: "the government's words are groundless. If there are Xiaoguo out of a foreign country, it will make the people know."

To put it bluntly, don't draw all the benefits to the official. Development should be a kind of welfare for those who have the courage to go abroad. It's not that all dynasties have been doing nothing to open up territory, but all the benefits have been occupied by the emperor or the government. The people only have to pay and sacrifice, but there is no benefit at all. Then opening up abroad will be hated by the people.

"The western regions are like the southern (Indochina) Peninsula." Liu Yan said with a smile, "two places are the starting point for Han people to understand the world."

The discussion on the western regions in this small court meeting soon ended. The final conclusion was that after Li Kuang's instant information, the topic turned to the captain's Department of pingman school.

Last year, Huan Wen had made a detailed report to the Central Committee. The whole south of the Gupta Dynasty mobilized for the war and pulled a lot of younger brothers to fight against the pingman school captain.

The Gupta Dynasty, which mobilized the south, showed the details that a regional overlord should have. The number of troops recruited depends on the population. The speed of launching warships reflects a country's industrial strength. How many younger brothers are willing to be pulled into the chariot belongs to the scope of influence.

"Ah San recently mobilized 300000 people. This is only the mobilization of the south." Xu Zheng was surprised that the Gupta Dynasty had such details. It was the number of people mobilized within a year. There must be follow-up. He pointed to ketak's position on the renewed mountain map: "after this year, ships are increasing here every day."

The kusana Dynasty was not dominated by ah San. The problem was that the navy of the kusana Dynasty was controlled by ah San. Since the kusana Dynasty, ah San's figure has been filled with ah San ocean, and the islands in South Asia are also inseparable from ah San's figure. They have been playing happily in ah San ocean for hundreds of years. It is really ah San who has the most developed navigation technology in the world today.

"It is reported that there are as many as 1000 Arab third navies in ketak alone. Ketak has such a number of warships that the big man has to be cautious." Xu Zheng did not hide his fear: "the big man has repeatedly fought with ah San at sea. The advantage is that the ships are sharp, and the method of naval warfare is much worse than ah San."

The Han Navy stationed at the pingman Colonel's headquarters has also been increasing. Excluding the system warships, the number of large and small warships has reached more than 600, which is really hard to say.

The naval battles between the Han state and the Gupta Dynasty were fought in many places and in varying numbers every day unless the weather was bad. The Han Navy accumulated naval experience in the battle with the Gupta Navy, but the Gupta Dynasty improved its combat ships by learning from the Han warships according to observation.

The most obvious example is that a San found that the layout of bed crossbows of Han warships was very scientific. Later, they drew gourds to build warships with the same layout, and more warships were carrying out similar modifications.

"Mutual progress is inevitable." What Liu Yan said is that the layout of warship attack weapons is so obvious. Ships will be captured in battle. At present, warships don't have any scientific and technological locks, so it's really not too difficult to imitate. "Land conditions?" he asked

Xu Zheng had to ask someone to change the mountain map again. Pointing to the area marked as the state of Biao on the map, he said: "the enemy takes this small state as a garrison, and the military front has been nearly thirty miles away from the pingman Colonel's headquarters recently."

There is an original appearance of more than 200 Li between pingman Colonel's headquarters and the state of Biao. Not only the Allied forces led by Gupta are advancing, but also the Han army is constantly arranging defense depth to the state of Biao.

It's not so easy to wade in the primitive dense forests and mountains. It's clear that both sides have been at war for nearly a year, but it's still a recent thing that there is a real confrontation in that area, most of which are the fierce battles suddenly encountered by the Scouts of both sides.

Since the small unit's exploratory battle has taken place, it is not far from the outbreak of the war.