Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Because there are benefits!Since the Zhao State and the later Han State have been expanding continuously for so many years, the officials of the Han State can be said to be very concerned about how to establish a new ruling order as soon as possible when taking over a new place. It's easy to get used to.

With the help of these skilled officials, Zhao Kuo's work has naturally become a lot easier.

After another 5 days, Zhao Kuo felt that everything was basically taken care of, so he continued to issue orders.

"Tomorrow we will gather the main force and set off, and we will continue to move west."

The conquest of the Western Regions has indeed completed the goal set by Zhao Kuo in advance, but in fact there is another goal that has not been completed, and that is to establish a bridgehead in Central Asia.

This bridgehead is the city Yili City that Zhao Kuo and Li Mu agreed in advance, which has not yet been established.

As long as you cross the Borokonu Mountain, a branch on the west side of the Tianshan Mountains, you can reach the legendary Yili River Valley.

It is a fertile land that is extremely rare in the Western Regions and Central Asia, and it will also be the end of Zhao Kuo's Western Expedition this time.

On the second day, Zhao Kuo led the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty to set off in a mighty way. He very much hoped to see the scenery of this beautiful place and draw a perfect end to his western expedition.

Chapter 1137

For Zhao Kuo, the Western Expedition was a very easy long-distance journey.

But for the Seleucid governor who became an opponent with Zhao Kuo, this war was a very painful memory.

In the city of Bactera, the largest city in the Seleucid East, there is a magnificent mansion, which is the governor's mansion.

As the master of the governor's mansion, the governor is kneeling on the ground at this moment.

A Seleucid envoy stood in front of the Governor and said coldly: "Your Highness, Your Majesty the Emperor is very disappointed with your failure, very disappointed."

This sentence seemed to be a slap in the face, hitting the governor's face hard, causing his face to lose all color in an instant.

The envoy was not moved by this, but continued calmly: "His Majesty the Emperor has made a decision to remove you from the position of Governor of the East and ask you to return to His Majesty the Emperor immediately, and he will personally hold you accountable."

After saying this, the envoy turned around and left without even looking at the governor.

The governor knelt quietly by himself, and many officials around him looked at each other in blank dismay, and then quietly left.

After a long time, an official came behind the governor and said softly, "Master, the messenger has already left."

The governor slowly raised his head, looked around, and found that only three people were still standing on his side.

The governor smiled wryly and said, "Why don't you leave?"

The official smiled: "My lord, failure is temporary, you have the ambition like an eagle, and success will belong to you sooner or later.

As your servants, how could we leave at this time? "

The governor's expression moved slightly, and a moment later, a smile bloomed.

"Yeah, who can always be a victorious general?"

The governor's body shook for a while, but due to kneeling for too long, he finally stood up unsteadily with the support of several officials.

The governor took a deep breath and pushed away the officials who supported him: "I will do it myself."

After walking a few steps, the governor bent down in pain, rubbed his knees, and let out a gasp.

"I will definitely be back!"

Half an hour later, under the protection of a guard, the governor's carriage left the city of Baktra.

The governor's departure fell into the eyes of the envoy.

The envoy stood quietly on the city wall, watching the governor's carriage leave, heading west.

After a while, the envoy turned around, and in front of him were many officials from Baktra City, and almost every official had a flattering expression on his face.

The messenger said indifferently: "According to the order of the great and honorable Emperor Seleucus II, I, Theodotus, will take over the post of governor of the eastern Bactera governorship from today."

Many officials of Bhaktra City saluted respectfully: "I have seen the governor!"

Diodotus smiled: "Very good.

I hope you can cooperate with my work from today onwards. His Majesty the Emperor is very dissatisfied with the failure of our Governor-General of Bhaktra. His Royal Highness has already paid the price, but it is hard to say whether this price will satisfy His Majesty the Emperor. . "

Who will be the next victim of His Majesty's wrath?

Everyone knew that this was actually just a thought of Governor Theodotus.

The next moment, everyone's waists bent down again, almost touching the ground.

"Obey, my lord governor!"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Diodotus laughed happily.

"Okay, now, who is going to talk to me about that Han emperor, let me see where he came from?"

Surrounded by many Han cavalry, Zhao Kuo left the Borokonu Mountains.

After seeing the situation in front of them clearly, the Han cavalrymen all exclaimed.

"This is actually the Western Region?"

"This is really not the Central Plains?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhao Kuo was also moved by it.

It's really not because the soldiers of the Han Kingdom were too fussy. The situation in front of them really seemed to be the Central Plains where they had left for several months.

In front of Zhao Kuo is an endless plain. In the distance of the plain, there are a few small villages indistinctly. Chickens and ducks drink water by the river, and some peasant women can be seen drying clothes by the river.

This scene is all too familiar to any Central Plains person.

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath, looked to the left and right sides of the river, and he could see the distant distance. In fact, there are still two tall mountains, one on the left and one on the right, sandwiching this river valley and plain.

This is the Ili River Valley known as the "Little Jiangnan Beyond the Great Wall" in the Western Regions.

This is a very magical place. Because a fork appeared here in the Tianshan Mountains, which blocked the drought in the south and left a lot of water vapor here, it became a very humid and rainy place, which created He is in a completely different scene from other places in the Western Regions.

Zhao Kuo raised the whip in his hand, and said to Xiang Yan and other courtiers beside him: "You have all seen it, if we reclaim all the fertile land here, it will be enough to support a soldier of more than 10 people." It's a horse."

Seeing this scene, Xiang Yan's eyes had already shone with golden light, and she couldn't wait to say to Zhao Kuo: "Your Majesty, we must take this place, and it will definitely be a battleground for military strategists in the future. .”

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing loudly: "Why do we need to wait until the future, in fact, he is already a battleground for military strategists now."

The arrival of the army is undoubtedly a very terrifying thing for the small village. After realizing the arrival of the army, all the people in the village quickly hid in their homes, and quietly looked at the army outside through the gaps in the wooden houses. Dajun was full of apprehension, not knowing what would happen next.

Naturally, Zhao Kuo would not harass this small village at will. In fact, there is no plundering value in such a small village.

Zhao Kuo just sent people into the village to find a few elders, and learned about the current situation of this Ili River Valley in great detail.

According to the descriptions of these elders, Zhao Kuo gradually understood what happened in the past few decades.

Just as Zhao Kuo and Xiang Yan thought together, this place is indeed a battleground for military strategists, and it happens to be located in the gap between the Western Regions and Central Asia, in a zone that both sides can compete for.

The result of this is that the place often changes hands between the parties.

The Seleucid Empire has sent troops to occupy here several times. As the opponents of the Seleucid Empire, it is of course impossible for the small countries in the Western Regions to confront the Seleucid Empire head-on, so when the soldiers of the Seleucid Empire arrived, these Small countries will hide back to the east of the Tianshan Mountains.

However, after all, the Ili River Valley is too far away from the core area ruled by Seleucid and the Eastern Governor-General. It is impossible for the Eastern Seleucid Governor-General to maintain a large army here for a long time, so it often takes a few months Afterwards, the Seleucid armies would retreat.

Once the Seleucid army retreats, the expelled armies of the small countries in the Western Regions will make a comeback. At this time, the small army and immigrants left by the Seleucids in the local area cannot resist the attacks of the small countries in the Western Regions. Change hands again.

The two sides have been seeing each other for decades, and finally formed a tacit understanding, that is, everyone will give up the Yili River Valley and let the Yili River Valley exist as a buffer zone between the two sides.

Even so, small groups of scout troops from both sides would still appear here from time to time, go to the local villages to plunder, beat the autumn wind, and snatch a few women back, which is commonplace.

Hearing this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help asking curiously: "If this is the case, then your life is actually quite difficult. Why don't you want to move away?"

After hearing Zhao Kuo's question, the oldest among the elders let out a wry smile and answered slowly.

"Your Majesty the Great Emperor, it's not that we don't want to leave, it's just that this is the home that our ancestors have lived in for generations. If we leave here, where can we go?"

After the old man finished speaking, everyone present fell into silence.

Xiang Yan took a deep breath and said to Zhao Kuo, "Your Majesty, this is obviously a rich land, but it cannot be developed due to the long-term war.

Now that we are here, we should turn this place into one of the most fertile areas in our Great Han Kingdom, and let the people here help us continue to rule this place firmly. "

After Zhao Kuo heard this, he also gave Xiang Yan an approving look.

As expected of Xiang Yan, who has been with Zhao Kuo for so long, her consciousness has gradually improved.

Zhao Kuo said to the old men in front of him: "I am the emperor of the Han Kingdom from the east, this name must be very unfamiliar to you, but it doesn't matter, from now on you will become the people of our Han Kingdom.

After becoming a citizen of our Great Han Kingdom, this piece of land will be developed by us, a new city will be built here, and everything here will become rich.

More importantly, those small countries from the Western Regions have been completely wiped out by us now, and the Seleucids from the West were defeated by us not long ago. There is absolutely no danger for you to follow our Han Kingdom. "

After listening to Zhao Kuo's words, several old men present knelt down in unison, and said respectfully to Zhao Kuo: "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, all the people in our Yili River Valley are willing to join the Great Han Dynasty!" In the country, as long as you can help us avoid the invasion of war, all the tribes in the Erie Valley will be your most loyal servants from now on."

For Zhao Kuo, subduing this tribe is actually just a seemingly insignificant matter. After all, this tribe is just a small village with only a thousand people.

But what Zhao Kuo never expected was that the surrender of this tribe actually triggered a new situation that he himself did not expect.

This time Zhao Kuo came to the Ili River Valley with preparations. For example, he specially brought more than 1 strong prisoners.

What are these captives coming for?

Of course, it is here to build the Yili City, which had already been conceived by Zhao Kuo.

Here, Yili City is being built in full swing, and on the other side, a surprise that Zhao Kuo did not expect has also arrived.

In the next half month, many tribes rushed here from other places to swear allegiance to Zhao Kuo.

After a rough count, Zhao Kuo was pleasantly surprised to find that he had gathered more than 5 people in the Ili River Valley.

Don't underestimate the number of more than 5 people. You must know that even in the Central Plains, a city with more than 5 people is definitely a fairly large county in a county.

Zhao Kuo was pleasantly surprised, but also a little puzzled. After asking the leaders of these tribes, he learned the truth.

It turns out that the failure of the Seleucid pillow has spread throughout Central Asia, and of course it has also spread to the Ili Valley.

The leaders of these Ili Valley tribes who have long been unable to withstand the oppression of the Seleucids, after learning that the emperor of the Han Dynasty who defeated the Seleucids has led his army to the Yili Valley, and also chose to build a city in the Ili Valley, they naturally came here one after another. Take refuge.

After learning of this situation, Zhao Kuo couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional, how cruel and oppressive it is to make these tribal leaders rush to surrender after knowing a little hope?

Beside Zhao Kuo, Li Si, who was in charge of supervising the construction of Yili City, also expressed emotion.

"I've heard a saying of Confucius once, that is, a tyrannical government is fiercer than a tiger! Unexpectedly, in this family land of the Western Regions, Confucius' truth can still be verified."

Zhao Kuo also laughed after hearing this sentence, and said: "Whether it is our Huaxia or a foreign race, in the final analysis, all rulers are actually greedy.

It's just that smart rulers will extend their greedy hands abroad and go to the enemy to grab spoils to satisfy their own wishes, while stupid rulers will only extend their greedy hands to their own people and squeeze their own people come to meet. "

After saying this, Zhao Kuo turned his attention to the south.

Li Sigang wanted to say something to flatter Zhao Kuo, but suddenly he seemed to sense something and turned his gaze to the south as well.

At this moment, on the grassland south of Yili City, there was a sudden thunderous sound of horseshoes.

Countless cavalry appeared obliquely wrapped in smoke and dust, heading towards Yili City.

Zhao Kuo looked at the very bright red flag in front of the cavalry and smiled.

Li Mu, the Taiwei of the Great Han Dynasty, finally led his troops to Yili City.

Chapter 1138 Emperor Seleucid's Judgment on the Great Han Kingdom

Antioch.

This city is the capital of the Seleucid Empire, and it is also the most magnificent city in the entire Seleucid. The palace is located in the center of the city. Whenever the sun rises, the whole palace looks like Surrounded by golden light, shining brightly.

His Royal Highness, the prince of the Seleucid Empire, just walked quietly in this palace.

For him, this imperial palace is actually quite familiar. After all, he has lived here for more than 20 years, but at this moment, the place he once called home is not friendly to him, and even makes him feel uncomfortable. He felt a bone-chilling chill.

Soon, he came to a large hall, in which His Majesty the Seleucid Emperor was waiting for him.

The prince walked into the hall and knelt down towards His Majesty the Emperor.

"I have seen my father."

While speaking, the prince's heart was full of fear, and his face was full of respect.

He is very clear that his father can decide his life and death.

His Majesty Antiochus II, the emperor of Seleucid, raised his head, revealing a very tired face.

Antiochus II stared at the prince in front of him, and said lightly: "My child, you have disappointed me very much.

Once, I thought that you would continue to expand the glory of our empire to the east, to a place that even Alexander the Great could not touch, but I didn't expect that what you brought back to me was a complete failure. "

The prince's head was almost on the ground, and his back began to sweat, and he said in the most respectful voice: "My father doesn't know something, that is the enemy from the east, using a kind of weapon that we have never seen before. Weapons, this is the ultimate reason for the boy's failure."