Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo burst out laughing, and said, "To tell you the truth, if I could have been born a few decades earlier, I would have taken the initiative to lead the troops of our Han Kingdom to march westward, and with your Alexander the Great Have a good fight."

The messenger replied without any hesitation: "If you really want to do this, then all you can gain is failure."

For these descendants of Alexander, they are obviously full of unparalleled confidence in the great emperor.

Zhao Kuo laughed, he didn't intend to argue with such an ordinary messenger on this occasion, that would be a demeaning behavior.

"So the eastern governor of the Seleucid Empire sent you here, what news did you want to tell me?"

The envoy's eyes flickered slightly, and he said: "Our great governor sent me here, in fact, he wanted to tell His Majesty the emperor that the boundary between our two countries can be established by that kind of tall mountain range.

The north of the mountain range is all the territory of our Seleucid Empire, and the south of the mountain range is up to your Majesty the Emperor. I don’t know how the Emperor judges this proposal of our governor? "

Zhao Kuo watched the messenger clearly see the change in the other party's expression, and knew what kind of medicine the other party was selling in the gourd.

This is not that the Seleucids really wanted to score the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains with the Han Dynasty, but it was just a tentative method.

They wanted to use this question to test out how much confidence Zhao Kuo had in wanting to start a war.

If Zhao Kuo agrees to this proposal quickly, it means that Zhao Kuo actually has no confidence in defeating the Seleucid Empire.

Zhao Kuo laughed and said, "Let me put it this way, whether it is south of Tianshan Mountain or north of Tianshan Mountain, as long as it is land that I can see, it belongs to my Han Kingdom.

As for your Seleucid Empire, I would like to advise you that it is best to withdraw my troops now and not to provoke us, otherwise what you will usher in will not have any other ending except perishing. "

Of course, it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to agree to this condition. You must know Zhao Kuo's goal, but how could it be possible to conquer the entire earth and stop without even reaching Central Asia at this time?

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, the envoy of the Seleucid Empire also showed a surprised expression on his face.

For this envoy, he felt that the most powerful countries in the world were undoubtedly the few countries that emerged after the disintegration of the Alexander Empire, and the Seleucid Empire was one of them.

As for this big Han country that popped out of nowhere, how can it be compared with the Seleucid Empire?

So the messenger immediately judged Zhao Kuo in his heart that he was a reckless, brave and foolish emperor.

The messenger stood up, saluted Zhao Kuo again, and then said: "Since you have said such arrogant words, Your Majesty, the Seleucid Empire can only respond accordingly. I hope that by that time Your Majesty will truly When we come to the end, we will not regret today's arrogance."

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing after hearing what the messenger said.

It has been many years, and Zhao Kuo has never felt such obvious disdain and contempt from others.

As for these Westerners, do they really like to be so arrogant?

After a while, Zhao Kuo restrained his smile, and said to the messenger in front of him lightly: "Maybe you don't know, after you say this sentence today, the demise of the Seleucid Empire is already doomed!"

Chapter 1132

For Zhao Kuo, these Seleucids did not have any capital to pretend to be so aggressive in front of him.

The former Alexander the Great was indeed a brighter generation, and the Alexander Empire he founded was indeed very powerful, but the problem is that Alexander the Great is already dead now.

After the death of Alexander the Great, the huge empire immediately fell apart. The generals fought on their own and founded different countries. After decades of fighting, they have not been completely unified until now.

What does this mean?

This shows that these guys are all trash.

If it was Zhao Kuo, he would have already recovered and unified all the former territories of the Alexander Empire, and now they are all marching into Western Europe, North Africa or South Asia.

But these so-called successors are still in the constant civil war, consuming the strength of the empire, and to put it bluntly, that's all.

Just such a guy, just such a governor of the east, dared to run up to Zhao Kuo and speak boldly. Isn't this looking for death?

The ant can dominate the ant's territory, but it would be very ridiculous if he ran up to the elephant to provoke him and tried to block Laugh's progress.

After sending off the envoy, Zhao Kuo also quickly summoned several confidants.

"Basically, I can now confirm that our enemy is the coalition of the Seleucid Empire and the Wusun people."

Since Li Mu is not around, Xiang Yan is now in charge of actually unifying the army.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, Xiang Yan immediately geared up and said, "If this is really the case, it would be great. After all, the so-called Wusun people were beaten to pieces by the Yuezhi people. I guess the combat effectiveness It's not going anywhere.

Now the Seleucid Empire sounds a little strong. If we defeat them, we will definitely be able to gain more credit and glory. "

For these militants, even though they are in different countries, their thoughts are basically the same most of the time, such as the prince and Xiang Yan, the governor of the Seleucid Empire.

You must know that in the previous battle against the Yueshi, Xiang Yan also participated, but his luck was not very good, and he didn't get much credit. Not only was he not as good as Li Mu, he was even covered by Wang Jian Over the limelight.

This made Xiang Yan take a deep breath and wanted to perform well.

Zhao Kuo looked at Xiang Yan who was eager to try, and laughed.

"Don't worry, judging from the messenger's words, their main force should be not far away. If my guess is correct, the real decisive battle should break out within a few days."

Whether it was Zhao Kuo or Xiang Yan, or other ministers and generals present, the expressions on the faces of all Han people were quite relaxed.

This kind of ease comes from the self-confidence of the monarchs and ministers of the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo smiled, and decided to remind the confident courtiers in front of them: "After all, the Seleucid Empire is also one of the successors of the former Alexander Empire, and they still retain some of the glory from Alexander the Great, so we say It's better not to underestimate them too much, so that if someone makes a fool of themselves, don't blame me for not reminding you in advance."

Self-confidence is of course a very rare and necessary trait, but excessive self-confidence will often lead to superciliousness, which will lead to underestimating the enemy, which may eventually affect the entire battle situation.

After being beaten up by Zhao Kuo in this way, the generals of the Dahan Kingdom did not say anything, but held back their energy one by one.

Don't say anything, just wait for the group of Seleucids to give away their heads!The meeting between the two parties was even a little earlier than Zhao Kuo expected.

At noon the next day, Zhao Kuo had already received a report from the scouts, and learned that he had started contact with the scouts of the Seleucid Empire.

So Xiang Yan asked such a question: "Your Majesty, do we need our scouts to show weakness?"

The contact and temptation between scouts also has a more wind-oriented effect on a war.

Generally speaking, if the performance of the scouts is weak, it is tantamount to an effect of showing weakness, making the opponent's general feel that this is nothing more than a soldier of the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo replied almost without thinking: "Show weakness?

Why show weakness?

Send me an order to let the scouts fight hard, to the death! "

For Zhao Kuo, this Western Expedition is a process of swearing majesty. It is destined to be impossible to conquer these aliens with the same tenderness as when they conquered the same race in China.

As soon as Zhao Kuo gave an order, the scouts immediately became energetic, fighting with the scouts of the Seleucid Empire in various places.

At dusk that day, when the two sides set up their camps, the generals of both sides knew the situation of the scout battle.

There is no doubt that in this battle between the scouts, the scouts of the Great Han Kingdom had the upper hand overall.

After all, it was an army trained by Zhao Kuo with modern concepts, so how could it lose?

However, during the battle, Zhao Kuo also had some preliminary understanding of the Seleucids.

"Your Majesty, the horses of these Seleucids are really outstanding. The speed of their horses is completely faster than ours. If it weren't for our stronger weapons and fighting skills, today's results are really not good. Easy to say."

"Your Majesty, in addition to horses, these Seleucids actually have a certain level of cavalry combat strength, which can be said to be stronger than the Yuezhi."

"Your Majesty, the Wusun people are indeed as useless as the rumors say, and we easily defeated them."

After hearing the reports from these scouts, Zhao Kuo nodded slowly, thoughtfully.

The horses of the Seleucids are stronger, which is not beyond Zhao Kuo's expectation.

We must know that in history, the Western Regions and Central Asia were places where good horses were produced, and the famous "sweaty BMW" was produced in this area.

Although the Great Han Kingdom also has a vast grassland as a pasture for breeding horses, from the perspective of bloodlines, the horses of the Great Han Kingdom are stronger because of their continuous galloping endurance. In terms of explosive power, they are indeed not as good as Western Region horses and Central Asian horses. Horse's.

But Zhao Kuo was not worried at all, instead he laughed: "Actually, don't you think this is very good?

As long as these Seleucids are defeated, all their good horses will belong to us! "

After Zhao Kuo's voice fell, the eyes of all the generals of the Great Han Kingdom present immediately lit up.

You must know that Zhao Kuo brought a full 15 cavalry with him this time, and even the [-] musketeers were also transferred from Chi You's army, and they were also members of the cavalry.

Everyone is cavalry, so of course everyone likes horses very much, and they like good horses even more.

Now that they hear that good horses can be captured by war, who can hold back?

It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of anticipation is even more exciting than marrying a beautiful lady!Xiang Yan said with a smile: "Your Majesty is right, I have already decided to get a red war horse like the one that the scouts said, not even a mottled hair is allowed."

Mao Sui suddenly said, "What if there is only one variegated hair?"

Xiang Yan chuckled, and said, "That's not easy, just dye it red with the blood of the Seleucids?"

There was a burst of laughter in the big tent.

Wang Jian watched this scene quietly from the side, feeling quite emotional in his heart.

Although it was not the first time to see such a harmonious scene of the monarch and his subjects, every time he saw it, Wang Jian's heart was very touched.

This was an absolutely impossible scene in the Qin State back then. From a certain perspective, this is also where Zhao Kuo's personality charm lies.

Although majestic enough, Zhao Kuo can definitely make the courtiers feel relaxed from the heart when it is time to relax.

Such a lord is the real lord worth following!On the other side, in the tent of the Seleucid army, the atmosphere was not so relaxed.

The second prince of the Seleucid Empire, that is, the governor of the eastern part of Seleucid, sat in the tent with a rather ugly face: "You mean, the most elite scout troops under my command actually faced this so-called big Han country? Did you suffer?"

Standing in front of the governor was a group of Seleucid generals. The expressions on the faces of these generals were not calm, and they did not dare to speak.

But the facts are already in front of our eyes. It is true that the Seleucids suffered a loss in this scouting battle, and they still suffered a big loss.

Judging from the reports, at least 220 scouts of the Seleucids were missing during this day, while only 37 scouts of the Han Dynasty were killed.

Calculated from this number, every time a Dahan scout is killed, the lives of seven Seleucid scouts will be paid as a price. Who can stand this.

The governor was silent for a while, then turned his gaze to the emissary: ​​"You are someone who has met the emperor of the Han Dynasty, tell me, what is going on?"

When questioning, the governor was angry.

For the governor, when the envoy returned the report, he clearly stated that the emperor of the Han Kingdom was an out-and-out reckless man, and the strength of the Han Kingdom's army should not be much stronger.

The result now?

Facts have proved that the strength of the Han Dynasty is simply not too strong. Instead, the Seleucids hit the iron plate with their heads, and now they are still a little bit overwhelmed.

The envoy was a little flustered when he heard the governor's question. The envoy didn't expect that the Great Han Kingdom could really be so strong.

The messenger had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "To tell the truth from the master, the servant did not find anything powerful when he went to the Han army camp. Perhaps these Han people deliberately concealed something to confuse us."

The governor smiled coldly and said: "So, you are so easily deceived, what an idiot! Come on, drag him down for me, and cut him off!"

The envoy's face changed drastically when he heard the words, and he kept begging for mercy, but the governor was angry at this time, so how could anyone dare to speak to the envoy?

A moment later, the envoy's dead head was brought before the governor.

The governor snorted, and said lightly to the silent Seleucid generals in front of him: "We still have one day tomorrow, and I want you to send the most elite scouts under your command to retrieve this place for me tomorrow." Come!"

For the governor's order, all the Seleucid generals naturally responded in unison.

King Wusun stood in the corner, watching this scene, feeling a little regretful in his heart.

Is that Han Dynasty really stronger than the Seleucid Empire?

If this is the case, perhaps it is not impossible to surrender to the Han Dynasty.

No, the Han Kingdom killed King Yueshi. I am King Wusun, and surrendering to the Han Kingdom is also courting death.

It seems that we can only expect these Seleucids to really come back.

As Governor Seleucid said, the armies of the two sides are indeed still a day away from the official battle.

The next day, the two sides sent out their own scouts to continue the fierce confrontation in all directions.

Xiang Yan reported to Zhao Kuo: "Your Majesty, the Seleucids seem to be desperate. The number and quality of scouts have improved a lot compared to yesterday."

Zhao Kuo snorted and asked Xiang Yan, "So do we have any pressure now?"

Xiang Yan smiled: "Stress?

Your Majesty is really joking, what pressure can these Seleucids put on us? "

Xiang Yan is really not bragging, who is the scout of the Han army?

They were all led by the former Chi You Army knights.

It goes without saying that Chi You's army's combat effectiveness is all at the tiger level.

Tigers led the team, and there were still a pack of hungry wolves in the team. Could it be that they were afraid of the Seleucids?

Seeing Xiang Yan's smile, Zhao Kuo also smiled: "Since this is the case, then we can just play according to our normal rhythm.

Don't worry, tomorrow is the real decisive moment. "

Xiang Yan also nodded when she heard the words, and said with a smile: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, even if tomorrow is the decisive battle, these Seleucids will definitely not be able to please today!"