Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

What everyone is most concerned about is actually another question, that is, who is the coach of this expedition?

As His Majesty Zhao Kuo, will he choose to go on a personal conquest by the imperial driver again?

Chapter 1268 Sending Troops to the Peacock Dynasty

Regarding this question, Zhao Kuo did not let them wait too long for an answer.

"Since it is an expedition to the Maurya Dynasty, how could I miss it?

This time, of course, I will choose to conscript myself. "

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, all the people present felt that it was true. Indeed, His Majesty the Emperor, his favorite thing in life is to fight wars, fight wars, fight wars, and constantly expand the territory. .

Therefore, considering that there are not a few decent countries left in the world, Zhao Kuo will have fewer and fewer opportunities to go out in person in the future, so he chooses to go out in person, which is predictable. thing.

Perhaps it was because Zhao Kuo had been used to this method for a long time, but this time, no one was able to raise objections, so he chose to acquiesce.

Even Zhao Kuo himself couldn't help but look left and right, obviously he was somewhat uncomfortable in his heart, did he actually say that no one objected this time?

I can't even speak the lines I prepared before, so I feel a little disappointed when I think about it.

Li Mu said to Zhao Kuo calmly, "I don't know how many soldiers and horses His Majesty plans to bring this time?"

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and tentatively said to Xu Li who was beside him, "Let's bring 20 troops this time. I don't know what Prime Minister Xu thinks?"

20 soldiers and horses may not sound like a lot, but in fact it is already a lot. You must know that the territory of the Han Dynasty is too vast. Just to maintain a normal garrison in various places will exceed 50. Therefore, it is indeed a bit difficult to generate another 50 people on the basis of 20.

Xu Li nodded very positively, expressing his approval.

With the approval of Xu Li, the logistics manager, Zhao Kuo was relieved.

He glanced at Li Mu in front of him, obviously hesitant.

Li Mu hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you can't let me guard the imperial capital.

I have to go to war, otherwise my whole body will itch badly. "

After hearing Li Mu's words, the other ministers present also didn't think it was a little funny.

Only an emperor like Zhao Kuo can tolerate a courtier like Li Mu.

It has to be said that in a sense, this pair of monarchs and ministers is indeed a match made in heaven in the legend.

Zhao Kuo also laughed, glanced at Li Mu, and then said: "Since you said so, then this time you go with me, Sima Shang, you can stay here in the imperial capital, Xiang Yan I will also stay with you, and if Wang Jian says it, I will go with me."

Zhao Kuo has already made a decision, and Sima Shang's face is obviously a little reluctant. After all, as a soldier, who doesn't want to follow His Majesty to the front line to gain military exploits.

But Zhao Kuo also has his own considerations. After all, the great Han country is indeed expanding very much now, and it is not safe to go to Central Asia or West Asia during this period, so it also needs a large enough military force. The old man sits in the imperial capital, so that if something happens, he can help coordinate the army to quell the rebellion in time, or what other armies should do.

After making these decisions, the next thing to do is to wait.

It is already autumn, and it has started to snow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In other words, it is not suitable for the ice to appear at this time, and we have to wait until next spring to gather the army and start marching, and considering the impact of this attack The route is Central Asia, so the army has to make a big circle and walk all the way along the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Zhao Kuo thought for a while, and then said: "Send another decree to go to Foshan, let the prince come back as soon as next spring. After all, since I am going to leave, he has to come back to supervise the country. one time."

To some extent, Zhao Kuo is actually very similar to Zhao Qian and his son, that is, they don't like to sit quietly in this palace. boring.

In fact, both of them are looking forward to the challenging life outside. What they prefer to do is to change the world, change the fate of many people, make the Han Kingdom more prosperous, and make the Chinese nation a better place. The most powerful nation in the world, even the only nation.

Obviously, for the Han Dynasty alone, two emperors and Tai Chi who like to do nothing so much cannot be tolerated in this country, so there must be one person sitting in the imperial capital. Since this person cannot be Zhao Kuo, then It can only be Zhao Qian.

Of course, Zhao Kuo didn't mean that he just wanted to see Zhao Qian or something. Anyway, Zhao Kuo felt that Zhao Qian would also be the emperor in the future, right?

So after you make Zhao Qian the emperor, you can do whatever you want. Anyway, Zhao Qian is not without children, so it would be good if his own children are also in charge of the country?

With such a happy mood, Zhao Kuo immediately sent a decree to Zhao Qian.

Not only that, Zhao Kuo also sent an envoy all the way to the Maurya Dynasty to send the letter of credence written by Zhao Kuo himself to King Ashoka.

The wording in this letter of credence is very severe. Zhao Kuo directly scolded the Maurya Dynasty for its invasion, and warned the Maurya Dynasty that they would soon usher in a counterattack from the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty.

By that time, the Maurya Dynasty will be easily destroyed.

Because the real Buddha blesses the Great Han Kingdom, and the Great Han Kingdom is the most powerful and only country in the world.

Considering that the words of the credential are too slap in the face, Zhao Kuo also kept an eye on it, and specially asked Nightingale to arrange a guy who is not his own, and try to give the credential to King Ashoka, instead of sending Han Guo My own people went to die.

When Ashoka received this letter of credence, it was actually the spring of the second year.

This aunt king was already 50 years old at this time. Although he still had some ambitions, sometimes he would start to think about whether he should continue to kill and conquer through war like this.

But no matter what, since he has chosen to support the third prince, of course he will support it to the end.

King Ashoka looked up at the respectful businessman in front of him, and suddenly said slowly, "You don't come from the capital of that eastern country, do you?"

With a somewhat excited expression, the businessman said to Ashoka: "Your Majesty, I actually did business in Yili, but someone told me with a very generous reward, as long as I can send this letter to you In my hands, I can get those rewards, so I'm here."

After hearing this sentence, Ashoka couldn't help laughing.

"You are a very lucky person, because if I had received such a credential two years ago, your head would have fallen to the ground by now."

After hearing these words of King Ashoka, the businessman in front of him obviously showed a surprised expression, and subconsciously shrank back.

Ashoka sighed, and said to the businessman in front of him: "Go back, remember to tell those who photographed you, I have received this letter."

The businessman scrambled away.

After learning the new content, all the ministers of the Maurya Dynasty were very angry. In their opinion, the Maurya Dynasty is the most powerful country in the world, because the Maurya Dynasty not only resisted the invasion of Alexander the Great, but also A few years ago, the Mauryan Dynasty also defeated the army of the Seleucid Empire.

If you consider this point, you will find out why these people from the Maurya Dynasty dared to take the initiative to launch an attack on the Great Han Kingdom, because they felt that they were actually at the same level as the Great Han Kingdom.

Since everyone is a country of the same level, what's the problem with hitting you?

Therefore, under such a psychological situation, they are obviously not prepared for the Dahan Kingdom's daring to choose a large-scale counterattack, and they even feel a little incredible.

what is this?

This is actually the so-called Yelang's arrogance.

But in fact, the king of the Yelang Kingdom recorded in history, when he asked that question, was actually sincere, because in the cognition of the king of the Yelang Kingdom, Vietnam was indeed in his mind. Amongst the most powerful nations of the known world.

So in many cases, my insight can really change people's decisions, but it is a pity that this is not the era of great geographical discovery, so most of the emperors in this world do not have enough insight, only Zhao Kuo is an exception.

Who made Zhao Kuo a time traveler?

Therefore, after a fierce verbal criticism of the Han Dynasty, Ashoka finally made a decision.

"Let everyone on the border pay attention. Once you find a large army from the Han Dynasty, you must report to us immediately. If the army from the Han Dynasty really comes to our land, I will personally Lead the army and set out to repel them, so that our land can be truly preserved.

"After hearing Ashoka's words, everyone was relieved, because in their minds, Ashoka was also one of the greatest commanders in the world. If it was King Ashoka who went out to fight, then the victory will definitely be tilted to the side of the Mauryan Dynasty, there is no doubt about it.

While Ashoka and his ministers were still in a meeting, Zhao Kuo had already led his troops and set off mightily.

According to the previous room, among the 20 people dispatched this time, 15 will be soldiers from countries such as Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Antigonus who have just been surrendered by the government in Central Asia and West Asia. Only the remaining 3 Musketeers and 2 Fuzhubing came from the mainland of the Han Kingdom, the mainland.

This kind of situation is actually very common. After all, the territory of the Han Dynasty is so large now. If you dispatch the army of the Han Dynasty at every turn, it will be somewhat wasteful.

This time, Zhao Kuo felt that 3 people were enough to deal with the Peacock Dynasty. As for the soldiers who joined temporarily in other areas, it was to give them some experience and training, and let them know how the soldiers of the Han Kingdom fought. In this way, after some investigation in the future, these people who have just been conquered from the western territories can be slowly absorbed into the Musketeers.

In this way, the military source of the Han Dynasty can continue to expand, and more troops can be provided for the Han Dynasty.

Generally speaking, Zhao Kuo's idea looks very good, but in terms of actual operation, it is difficult to say how far it can be achieved.

But Zhao Kuo is actually not very nervous in his heart. Anyway, he still has 3 Musketeers in his hands. Almost all of these 3 Musketeers are composed of Chi You Army, which is equivalent to the most powerful Musketeers in the world. Soldiers, if such a force can't protect Zhao Kuo, then it's really a joke.

As before, this time Zhao Kuo set off by train as well, but this time the distance by train has been extended a lot, and can extend all the way to the edge of the Yellow River, which is Longxi County.

As a very important node connecting the west wing of the Hexi Corridor, the Han Kingdom puts the highest priority on the railway construction here, so Zhao Kuo just got off the train, and then took a boat to cross the Yellow River. Then I was able to board the train again and continue along the Hexi Corridor, heading northwest all the way.

After the train arrived in Dunhuang, Zhao Kuo finally bid farewell to the train and set off towards the Gobi Desert in the west.

For this train journey, Zhao Kuo gave a very high evaluation, and thought that it is definitely a very, very wise decision to build railways in the Western Regions. The next thing to do is to build railways in the entire Western Regions, and then Then continue to build the railway to the west, all the way to Central Asia and West Asia. In this way, the entire Han country can be connected in a real sense, and the Han country can be completely connected in a physical sense, and it is a very fast connected.

After leaving Dunhuang, there are no trains to take, so the next step is to choose a route.

There are two routes from Dunhuang to the west, one is to take the northern Xinjiang, which is the road that Zhao Kuo took every time before, and the other is to take the southern Xinjiang, which is the huge basin where the Taklamakan Desert is located.

Perhaps it was because he chose to go to northern Xinjiang every time before, but this time Zhao Kuo made a very decisive decision to go to southern Xinjiang.

Of course, this is not the only reason, there is another reason, that is, what Zhao Kuo hopes more is to take a look at this place in southern Xinjiang, because he has never been to this place, and he does not hope that something will happen. Things he might not want to see.

However, it turns out that Zhao Kuo obviously thought too much. In southern Xinjiang, there are actually very few people in this era. Although there are some countries that have been stationed here before, these countries are very small, generally Tens of thousands of people, at best, a tribe dares to call itself a country.

It is precisely because of this that when the Han Kingdom conquered this place a few years ago, it did not use much effort, and after being conquered by the Han Kingdom, many people here have actually moved away, or they would go to the Hexi Corridor. Otherwise, it is going to northern Xinjiang, anyway, it is going to some places that are more comfortable, easier and suitable for living.

Someone is about to ask, so why didn't they leave before?

The answer is actually very simple, because if they left before, they would go abroad. In this era of frequent wars, it is very difficult to go abroad. It's just a migration, so the risk they face is basically gone.

Li Mu had been here before, and Li Mu was in charge of conquering this place, so Li Mu was very active when he was marching here. From time to time, he would point to a certain city and brag to Zhao Kuo, saying that he was in this city back then. How many enemies were killed in it, or what tricks were used to defeat the enemies and so on.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but yawned when he heard Li Mu's great achievements.

It's not that Li Mu's strategy is not exciting enough, the main reason is that the continuous rush is really exhausting, and the heat in the desert is too amazing, even if you keep going all the way close to the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, It still makes it difficult for Zhao Kuo to adapt.

This makes Zhao Kuo also admire from the bottom of his heart, those who can survive so tenaciously in this place, and have survived until now.

I have to say that from this incident, it can be seen that the survival ability of human beings is really too strong.

After almost a month, Zhao Kuo finally arrived at the westernmost edge of southern Xinjiang, and passed through the intersection of the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, entering Central Asia.

After entering the Fernagan Basin in Central Asia, the entire climate changed suddenly. This photo can’t help but feel a little bit emotional. It’s really just a difference of a mountain range, but the east and west sides of this mountain range are really. It's a world of fire and ice.

And after arriving in Central Asia, Zhao Kuo will soon face the real territory of the Mauryan Dynasty.

At this time, the Maurya Dynasty was the most powerful, and its territory had expanded to the whole of Afghanistan. That is to say, the Khyber Pass that Zhao Kuo wanted to cross, and the Hindu Kush Mountains are now in the Maurya Dynasty under control.

Zhao Kuo was very calm about this.

"Isn't it just a mountain range?

Let's just fight there. Those Maurya troops will probably gather for a while, and then we'll see, maybe we'll have a decisive battle with them at the Khyber Pass.

In this way, after defeating them in one fell swoop, they will be able to succeed smoothly. "

When Zhao Kuo said this, he was just talking casually, but what he didn't expect was that after half a month, what he said actually became a reality.

Chapter 1269 Zhao Kuo's Trap

?The reason for this situation is mainly because the war from Zhennan Pass has not ended until now.

Outside the pass wall of Zhennan Pass, the Third Prince stared at the pass city in front of him. He didn't speak for a long time, with an obvious expression of frustration on his face.

The third prince really did not expect that he had besieged the city for more than half a year, but there was no sign that the city would be overwhelmed by the siege.

The result of this is that the third prince has begun to doubt life a little bit.

"Could it be that there is food in this pass that can last for a year?

This is too amazing, right? "

What the third prince didn't know was what he complained about, and this was indeed the truth.

You must know that Zhennan Pass is the most remote pass in the entire Han Kingdom, so in order to keep this pass in operation for a long time, grain has been stored in this pass for more than one year all the year round.

This is also because the terrain and climate in the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau are indeed very harsh, and it is impossible to pass here for more than half a year in a year, so such a decision was made for insurance.

But judging from the current results, this decision is undoubtedly very correct. He helped Zhennanguan to survive this icy and snowy season, and made the third prince's goal of conquering here a dream come true.

Under such circumstances, when the soldiers in Zhennanguan learned that Zhao Kuo's army had set off and approached here, it is conceivable that they were excited.

On the evening of this day, an Ashoka envoy came to the camp of the Mauryan army outside the pass and read the latest decision of Ashoka to the third prince.

"His Royal Highness, the great King Ashoka has issued an order. He requires you to lead all the troops to meet him immediately, and then continue north to fight against the enemies from the north."

After hearing these words, the third prince was first in doubt, and then suddenly realized.

"Could it be that these Han people finally started to fight back?"

If you think about it carefully, it seems quite normal. After all, the three princes have already surrounded Zhennan Pass. After more than half a year, the response from the Han Kingdom should have been dealt with no matter how slow it was.

As a result, the haze in the third prince's heart was suddenly swept away, because he felt that there was no point in continuing to spend at this small pass. The emperor from the north fought a good battle, this is the best occasion to prove his bravery.

However, when he was leaving, the third prince stared at Zhennanguan in front of him, and still spat hard.

What this gate brought to the Third Prince were indeed some very unpleasant memories.

Up to now, the third prince has not figured out what kind of strange weapons are used by the Han soldiers above this pass. He just hopes that there will be as few such strange weapons as possible in the upcoming war. .

But no matter what, the third prince finally retreated. After learning the news of the third prince's retreat, everyone in the entire pass immediately cheered.

Although everyone has always known that it is absolutely impossible for the third prince to capture this place, but no matter what, the 3-strong army has been stationed outside the pass, which still creates a very strong mentality for everyone inside the pass. pressure.

Now this kind of psychological pressure has completely disappeared, the troops of the Maurya Dynasty have withdrawn, and Zhennan Pass is safe and sound.