Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Li Jian's expression was very calm, and he was not at all moved by the threat hidden in Guishuang Xihou's words, but said quite calmly: "To tell you the truth, Mr. Xihou, I am actually a person who is very afraid of death." , so before I came to meet you, I had already got to know you better through Brother Qiu Jiuqie."

After Guishuang Xihou heard it, his smile became even more strange: "You haven't even met me, just relying on your relationship with my son and my son's few words, do you think I won't kill you? "

Li Jian nodded very seriously, and said: "The Guishuang tribe was originally the weakest tribe among the five major Xihous, but after you became the new Guishuang Xihou, the Guishuang tribe is now the second strongest tribe among the five major Xihous." .

From this point of view, you must be a very calm and wise person. People like you often make decisions after careful consideration.

In other words, if you really want to kill me, then it is absolutely impossible for me to meet you, let alone talk so much with you here. "

Guishuang Xihou laughed loudly: "Since you say that, then if I don't satisfy you today, I think it's a bit too much.

Well, if you think you really sensed my intentions, you can get out of here alive today.

If you can't accurately perceive my intention and describe it, you can only lie down and leave here today. "

At the end, Guishuang Xihou also had an undisguised murderous intent flashing across his face.

Facing the murderous intent of Marquis Guishuang Xi, Li Jian seemed exceptionally calm and spoke very calmly.

"If you want me to say, in fact, my lord, you don't have to put on such an appearance in front of me. After all, aren't you all ready to take refuge in our Great Han Kingdom?"

Guishuang Xihou was taken aback for a moment, then laughed loudly: "It's just nonsense!"

Li Jian said lightly: "Of course this is not nonsense.

In fact, from the moment I first met Qiu, I knew that with your wit and wit, you had already noticed my existence.

But why haven't you caught me all this time? You must know that Qiu Jiuqie is the future heir of your Marquis of Guishuang, which means a lot to you.

So this can only explain one point. In your heart, you actually hope to retain a channel of communication with our Han country, and you don't even rule out taking refuge in our Han country under extreme circumstances.

Up to now, His Majesty Zhao Kuo, the emperor of our Great Han Kingdom, has brought an army of 15 cavalry to the land of the Yuezhi people.

Others may not understand what an army of 15 cavalry means, but you have fought many battles with Zhao before us. Don't you understand that an army of 15 cavalry is definitely not a force that the Yuezhi people can resist?

I think you must be well aware of this.

Now that you know it well, at this point in time, it is absolutely impossible for you to find me to kill me, but it is only possible to contact His Majesty the Emperor of our Han Dynasty through my channel.

Since you want to contact, I think everyone is very clear about what you want to do.

Isn't it? "

After Guishuang Xihou listened to Li Jian's words, the smile on his face gradually disappeared.

After a long time, Marquis Guishuang suddenly opened his mouth and asked Li Jian a seemingly insignificant question: "Under the command of the Emperor of Han, how many people like you are there?"

Li Jian laughed, and said to Guishuang Xihou: "To be honest, my lord, I am just an insignificant and unknown pawn under the emperor's command."

Guishuang Xihou was silent for a long time, and slowly said to Li Jian: "What you said is indeed right, but it is only half right.

I have a letter here, you can take it to your Majesty the Emperor, and tell him that if he can really show the same strength as the Zhao cavalry back then, then I will immediately surrender with the Guishuang tribe and help He conquered the entire Yuezhi land. "

Guishuang Xihou actually left the second half of the sentence unsaid, that is, if the soldiers and horses of the Han state were not as strong as the soldiers and horses of the Zhao state before, the surrender of the Guishuang clan would naturally be impossible to talk about.

This is the old rule on the grassland all the time, the strong are respected, and only the truly strong can win the votes of everyone.

Guishuang Xihou originally thought that Li Jian would hesitate after hearing this sentence, and even continued to persuade Guishuang Xihou to surrender directly, but he never expected that Li Jian would accept this letter very readily. Xin, smiled and said to Guishuang Xihou: "Then it's settled."

Watching Li Jian leave the tent with ease, Xihou Guishuang took a deep breath, and slowly said to Qiu Jiuqie who was listening to the whole process: "Now I seem to understand why you are willing to treat it as a real Maybe the big Han country behind him is really much stronger than the Zhao country, not necessarily."

Chapter 1124

Zhao Kuo rode his horse forward, looking at the vast green grassland in front of him, he couldn't help singing a song that he was familiar with a long time ago.

"The sky is blue, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass to see cattle and sheep!"

Beside Zhao Kuo, Li Mu's eyes lit up immediately after hearing this song, and he couldn't help but praised: "Your Majesty's reading is really a good poem, a good poem."

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said to Li Mu: "You kid, you still need to learn from other people to learn how to flatter. This flattering is too careless."

Li Mu laughed immediately when he heard the words, and said to Zhao Kuo: "Your Majesty, I don't know. The minister is already a captain. To be honest, there is no room for improvement. Others are flattering. They are If you want to make progress, if you come to this minister, you just need to follow His Majesty to fight well."

After all, Li Mu has been with Zhao Kuo for so many years, and he is also one of Zhao Kuo's trustworthy confidantes. He has also experienced the test of Zhao Kuo's coup, so when he talks to Zhao Kuo, he seems very casual and close.

Zhao Kuo obviously enjoyed the conversation very much, so he immediately nodded to Li Mu and said with a smile: "You can't say that, you have to know the term of the prime minister, but it's only five years, if you work hard, you can talk about it in the future." Maybe you can get a position as a prime minister."

Li Mu immediately waved his hands and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, please let me go, I am self-aware, if you let me command the battle, it will be absolutely fine, I will be the first to charge.

But, if you want me to instruct those officials who talk all day long, how to deal with their business, then I can only say that Your Majesty really spared the old minister's life. "

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing out loud when he heard this.

Not far from Zhao Kuo, Wang Jian also rode forward. He looked at the conversation between Zhao Kuo and Li Mu with a thoughtful expression on his face.

For Wang Jian, he also had contact with Qin Wang Yingzichu before, but as the most trusted general of Qin, Wang Jian had never had such a casual conversation with Yingzichu, nor did he have such a harmonious relationship between the monarch and his ministers.

Perhaps this is one of the reasons why Zhao Kuo was able to succeed in the end, Wang Jian thought silently in his heart.

The 15 cavalry of the Great Han Kingdom kept moving forward on the vast grassland. At this time, an unexpected news came from the vanguard army that surprised Zhao Kuo.

"Your Majesty, the Yuezhi people have sent an envoy, hoping to meet with His Majesty."

Zhao Kuo laughed immediately when he heard it, these Yuezhi people still know how to be courteous before soldiers?

"Forget it, come here, let's meet him."

Zhao Kuo was actually a little curious in his heart, what kind of words would the envoy of the Yuezhi people say after seeing him?

Soon a member of the Yue clan appeared in front of Zhao Kuo with two other people who seemed to be followers, and saluted Zhao Kuo very respectfully: "I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Han."

Zhao Kuo nodded, and said to the envoy of Yueshi in front of him, "King Yuezhi sent you here, is there anything you want to tell me?"

The envoy of the Yuezhi said very respectfully: "Our great king wants to know that the Yuezhi and the Han Kingdom have always been friendly neighbors, why this time the Han Dynasty suddenly sent so many soldiers to our Yuezhi land, Is this going to formally start a war with our Yueshi?"

Zhao Kuo nodded with a smile, and gave a very positive answer: "That's true, Jane, this time I came to the grassland to open up the Hexi Corridor, and completely incorporate this area into the territory of our Great Han Kingdom. "

The envoy of the Yuezhi obviously did not expect that Zhao Kuo would give such a direct answer, and he was taken aback for a moment.

After a few seconds, the Yuezhi envoy said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, perhaps you overestimated the power of your Great Han Kingdom, we Yuezhi people have lived here for hundreds of years, whether it is the Huns Neither the Wusun people have ever taken this land from us.

I hope you can make a wise choice, because we have always felt that peace is the best way for you and me to get along. "

The Yueshi envoy spoke in a very humble tone. After all, the Yueshi had never won the two previous wars with Zhao, and it was Zhao who led the army this time. The most powerful general in the country, Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly, waved his hands casually, and said to the Yuezhi envoy: "The reason why no one was able to conquer before is because the people who came to fight against you Yuezhi people were only some people from the grassland. It's just rotten fish and rotten shrimp, how can they be compared with the elite soldiers and horses of our Han Dynasty?

You go back and tell King Yuezhi that if he surrenders now, then I can give him the honor and treatment he deserves as a great king. The prairie disappeared. "

Zhao Kuo's words can be said to be very tough, even in the ears of the Yuezhi envoy, there is already a kind of domineering taste.

The face of the Yueshi envoy changed again and again, and after a while he said: "Forgive me for not being able to answer this matter immediately, but I will definitely pass on your majesty's words to our king."

Zhao Kuo nodded, and suddenly smiled and said to the envoy of the Yuezhi in front of him: "Actually, it is very clear that there are six major tribes in your Yuezhi, namely the royal family and the five Xihous, right?

Are you an envoy from the royal family or the envoys from the other five Xihou? "

The envoy of Yuezhi replied honestly: "It doesn't matter if the king says that I am an envoy from the Hudun Xihou tribe."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said to the envoy: "Then you can go back and tell your Marquis of Hudun Xi that as long as he is willing to surrender to our Han Kingdom and accept the rule of our Han Kingdom, then the most fertile grassland here will belong to him in the future.

If he is not willing, then his fate will be buried in this grassland with King Yuezhi, and the Hudun tribe will become history forever. "

The envoy of Yueshi couldn't hold back the expression on his face when he heard this, he just found a reason and left immediately.

After the envoy of the Yuezhi left, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing, and said to his confidants: "It seems that the Yuezhi king is really not confident, and he has already sent people to inquire about our reality. .”

Li Mu also said to Zhao Kuo with a smile on the side: "Your Majesty's attitude and majesty, once you let those Yuezhi people know, they will definitely be shocked. I guess they won't be able to sleep well for a few days. gone."

Zhao Kuo also smiled and said: "That's what I said, but of course I still hope that these Yuezhi people can surrender as soon as possible, and then accept the assimilation of our Huaxia clan."

Frankly speaking, if it is about the assimilation of the advanced Ming to the backward Ming, then the speed of assimilating these northern Manchus will undoubtedly be much faster than the speed of assimilating other Warring States vassal states.

This is actually relatively easy to understand. After all, among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the level of civilization of each country is relatively equal. Since everyone is equal, then if you want to assimilate me from the perspective of assimilation, it will take a lot of money thoughts.

And like the barbarians in the north, they have almost no culture at all. All Zhao Kuo did was to instill the culture of the Han Dynasty directly into the heads of these barbarians. They will be completely assimilated by the Han Dynasty, and eventually become real Han people.

This is like the Germanic invasion of the Roman Empire in history. Although they destroyed the Roman Empire, because these Germanic barbarians had no culture at all, they continued to accept the religion and culture of the Roman Empire.

Even the later so-called European Renaissance was actually because these Germans resisted the rule of the Christian Pope, the state religion from the Roman Empire, so they simply absorbed nutrients from the Greek civilization, which had a longer history than Rome, and looked for something that could Such a basis for rebelling against the Pope.

If it is Huaxia Ming, what kind of Renaissance is needed?

The Huaxia civilization itself is a very powerful civilization, and there is no need to accept other people's culture at all. In the end, it was stepped on by some other pope to shit on the head, and finally created a dark middle ages.

Of course, it was also because of this dark Middle Ages that eventually led to the era of great navigation in Western European countries, which is the so-called blessing in disguise.

But in any case, when a civilization is always advanced, there is absolutely no harm. The reason why China fell behind in history was also because the civilization of China at that time was indeed inferior to Western countries in terms of technology.

So what Zhao Kuo has to do is to absorb the nutrients from other civilizations and add them to the Chinese civilization, so that the big tree of Huaxia Ming will grow stronger.

In this way, the foundation of other civilizations can be broken by the way, which virtually reduces Huaxia Ming's opponents, which is also a very good thing.

Of course, it is impossible for Li Mu to fully know these thoughts in Zhao Kuo's mind, but as one of Zhao Kuo's most trusted confidantes, Li Mu can more or less guess Zhao Kuo's thoughts, so he said with a smile: "Then we can only I hope these barbarians of the Yue Clan can really listen to the King's advice and choose to surrender honestly."

At this time, the Minister of Intelligence, Mao Sui, came in, just heard Li Mu's words, so he said with a smile: "Don't tell me, among these barbarians, there are indeed some people who really want to surrender to His Majesty. Woolen cloth."

When Li Mu heard this, a surprised expression appeared on his face and he said, "The envoys of the Yue clan have only left for a few minutes, yet you have already heard the news that they are determined to surrender so quickly?"

Mao Sui smiled and said nothing, just put a secret letter in his hand in front of Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo opened the secret letter unexpectedly, and after reading the contents of the secret letter, a smile appeared on his face.

"Unexpectedly, among these Yuezhi people, there is such a Xihou who can understand current affairs, which is not bad. Speaking of which, the tribe of Guishuang is actually a very good tribe."

In Zhao Kuo's impression, about dozens or 100 years later, the Yuezhi people will rise to a new empire, that is, the Guishuang Empire.

It can be seen from the name that the so-called Guishuang Empire in the future must have an inheritance relationship with the current Guishuang tribe.

So sometimes, the formation of some tribes is really because of some excellent ancestors, and reincarnation is really a technical job.

But now that Zhao Kuo has come, the so-called Guishuang Empire naturally has no chance of rising. This is the cruelty of history. When a dynasty rises, it must be accompanied by a circle of small countries around it tragedy.

Zhao Kuo put away his smile, and said to the confidantes in front of him: "Judging from the current situation, King Yueshi probably won't accept my conditions, so pass on the order, go ahead and prepare for the battle." .”

Zhao Kuo's judgment did not make any mistakes. After just three days, the cavalry army of the Han Dynasty led by Zhao Kuo collided head-on with the cavalry army of Yuezhi.

"Do the Yuezhi people actually have as many as 15 cavalry?"

After hearing the news, Zhao Kuo couldn't help being a little surprised.

You must know that in the past few years, the Yue clan was actually a relatively weak country, and only tens of thousands of cavalry were able to dispatch to invade the Zhao country. How strong is it?

Of course, this question can only be answered by Mao Sui, who is the Minister of Intelligence: "Your Majesty does not know, but he has been actively expanding towards the Western Regions these years, and has annexed many countries in the Western Regions, so from the Western Regions. Gaining enough benefits and sources of troops is the real reason for their strength."

When Zhao Kuo heard the words, he suddenly realized.

In fact, to put it bluntly, the Yuezhi people followed the old path taken by the Huns. They first occupied the Hexi Corridor, and then used the Hexi Corridor as a springboard to further expand towards the Western Regions, plundering the countries in the Western Regions to obtain more resources, and then return to the Western Regions. Come back and fight the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's just that the Huns, the founders of this tactic back then, had the Monan and Mobei grasslands as a buffer.

The current Yuezhi, just owning the Hexi Corridor, is far inferior to the powerful Xiongnu Empire in history, both in terms of strategic situation and military strength.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help shaking his head when he thought of this, and commented on these efforts of the Yuezhi people.

"Well done, but it's pointless."

Chapter 1125 The Power of Musketeers

If Zhao Kuo said this in the era of cold weapons, there is more or less the meaning of bullying others and looking down on others.

But the problem is that Ma Ke, the soldier under Zhao Kuo's command, is no longer just an army that can move freely in the era of cold weapons. He has begun to evolve towards hot weapons.

Zhao Kuo said to Li Mu who was on the side: "You have been training for so long, you should more or less take it out for a walk."

Before Zhao Kuo, he handed over the musketeer team to Li Mu for training.

And because the follow-up is still continuously replenishing musketeers, the number of musketeers that Li Mu can train now, excluding those generals and senior officers, can still have about 11000.

This amount is indeed very much for Li Mu, and definitely enough for Zhao Kuo.

No one may not understand what is the order of magnitude of 11,000 Musketeers, so we can compare it with historical wars.

In the first Opium War in history, the British Empire dispatched 1 warships and 28 combat personnel to defeat the Qing Dynasty, which was still in its heyday, and forced the Qing Dynasty to cede Hong Kong.

Of the 18,000 combatants, the vast majority were Musketeers.

You must know that it was the Qing Dynasty, which occupied an area of ​​nearly 18,000 million square kilometers and had a population of nearly 1,400 million, who were fighting against these 4 Musketeers.

The Qing Dynasty, with a population of 4 million, could not defeat 18,000 musketeers, so could the mere 15 Yuezhi cavalry in front of them be able to fight against 11,000 musketeers?

The answer is obviously self-evident.

This is where Zhao Kuo's confidence lies, because the weapons used by these musketeers under Zhao Kuo's command are the same as those used by the British Empire in history, and they are all front-loading flintlock muskets.