I am a child of Daqin Xiong, who supervises the country at the age of eight

Chapter 205 Loulan
Building a steam engine is slow work.

Ying Changsheng is not in a hurry.

now.

At the same time, Dang won Changsheng and left the Shaofu.

Say goodbye to the time when Gongshu went up.

At the moment, it is located at the border of Daqin, in the area of ​​Shangjun.

Meng Tian, ​​the general of the Great Qin Empire, was riding a majestic horse at this moment.

These war horses used to be the horses of Modun.

Now Mao Dun is already dead.

And his horse was captured by Daqin soldiers.

At this moment, it also became Meng Tian's mount.

Right now, Meng Tian is riding this steed, and behind him is a whole [-] cavalrymen.

Of course, it is not so much cavalry as mounted infantry.

the reason is simple.

An army cannot win a battle relying on cavalry alone. It needs the cooperation of various arms to win every kind of war. Otherwise, once the cavalry encounters a solid fortification, it will be caught blind.

The reason why the current army is all on horseback.

It is also because since the Huns were conquered, the Great Qin Empire has no shortage of war horses.

Without a shortage of horses.

Naturally, use as much as you have.

Especially the [-] soldiers who are currently going to the Western Regions.

The journey to the Western Regions is extremely long.

In such a situation, riding a horse is always better than walking.

And in addition to riding a horse, all the soldiers have another spare horse beside them.

All soldiers except the spare horses.

They also lead a camel.

Ok.

Meng Tian already knew something about the harsh environment of the Western Regions, and he learned this through investigations of the caravans that had been traveling to and from the Western Regions.

The local climate is harsh.

The horse may not be able to bear it, and the exposed hardship may die of illness and exhaustion on the road.

But camels are different.

This thing is extremely hardworking.

And most importantly, he is also drought tolerant.

It can live for a long time even without water.

And his belly can store a lot of water.

Once the Qin army can't find the water source.

You can also kill a camel and take out the water in the camel's stomach to drink.

In this way, it is also a backup water source for the soldiers of Daqin.

Of course, in addition to this, camels have another advantage, that is, they can bear hardships and stand hard work and can carry a lot of materials.

This is why Meng Tian will prepare a camel for each soldier.

In addition to these soldiers, the Qin army at this time also carried the most advanced weapons of the Great Qin Empire.

That is the cannon.

Due to the small number of people and the long road, it is not easy to walk, so the soldiers did not carry too many cannons.

There are only ten cannons.

Each of these cannons is pulled by a dozen horses.

And even so, the speed of carrying such a heavy cannon is not much faster.

But even so, Meng Tian decided to bring these cannons.

The reason is simple, the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

According to the investigation, they all built city walls.

And Qin soldiers.

Although brave, although good at fighting.

It is almost invincible and invincible, but this does not mean that the soldiers of the Qin Army are willing to undertake siege battles with extremely high casualties.

Instead of attacking a solid, heavily guarded city.

Why not just bombard it with cannons?

In this way, it can suppress the morale of the enemy.

Well, in this day and age.

The cannon, a powerful and loud weapon, is simply the best propaganda tool.

Some enemies who have never seen the world may kneel down and surrender the moment they hear the sound of the cannon.

Under such circumstances, having cannons is better than not having them.

The length is long, and the yellow sand is rolling.

Along the trade routes opened by the merchants, this army was marching slowly.

They didn't dare to go too fast.

Because almost all the roads in the yellow sand are exactly the same.

Meng Tian can only follow the guide.

Then take a look at the map from time to time with the compass, looking for a reference.

After all, this is beyond the Great Wall, and this is a place that the Great Qin Empire has never set foot in.

Once lost, once lost.

Then there is only one consequence.

is to die.

In this situation.

Meng Tian seemed cautious.

36 countries in the Western Regions.

If you say who is the one closest to the atmosphere.

Well deserved, it is a small country named, named Loulan, passing through the hometown of Da Yuezhi.

That is to say, Dunhuang, Yumen Pass, and Yangqu Jiuquan during the Han Dynasty in the Gansu area of ​​later generations were all here.

But Meng Tian didn't know these places.

At this moment, he is entering a small country called Loulan.

This place is actually not far from Daqin.

It can be said to be very, very close.

This is also a small country that is the best distance from Daqin.

At this moment, when the soldiers of the Qin Army arrived outside the city of Loulan.

Within the ancient city of Loulan for a while.

King Loulan was surprised when he heard the report from his subordinates.

After learning that a huge army was approaching, he immediately felt that it might be the army of the Huns.

Ok.

The 36 countries in the Western Regions sound awesome.

But in fact these 36 small countries have always been.

They are all being bullied.

When the Huns were strong, they were bullied by the Huns.

When the Han Dynasty was strong, they were bullied by the Han Dynasty.

It can be said that these small countries have never been their own masters.

at the moment.

After learning that a large army is approaching.

King Loulan was surprised, and immediately sent people to investigate.

I'm really thinking about it.

The wealth that I sent to Modun last year.

It is enough, and there is no loss of him, why would he send a large army here?
Just when Loulan King was wondering.

Meng Tian's scout cavalry.

We also discovered Loulan City in the distance.

At this moment, I could only see Meng Tian saying excitedly with surprises.

"Haha, we've arrived in Loulan. This place will be my first target for Meng Tian to fight for the Western Regions!"

As he spoke, Meng Tian couldn't help but licked his dry lips.

He is not thirsty, because there are water sources along the way, and it is not far from Daqin, and their water has not been exhausted.

In this situation.

Naturally, he will not have chapped lips due to lack of water. The reason why his lips are chapped is because.

The climate is too dry.

"Not a Huns?"

At the same time, when Qin Jun scouted Loulan City ahead.

King Loulan actually received the report from his subordinates.

"It's definitely not the Huns. The Huns don't have such good weapons. They wear armor and their clothes are completely different from the Huns. Although they all ride horses, I can guarantee that they are definitely not the Huns, but Another unknown, unknown powerful force..."

The subordinates patted their chests and said to King Loulan.

The latter looked confused because he didn't know there was any powerful existence in the world besides the Huns.

His knowledge is very shallow.

In his opinion, the Huns are already powerful enough. Could it be that there is something more powerful than the Huns? ?

Just when Loulan King hesitated.

(End of this chapter)