Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Next, Zhao Kuo actually has only one goal left, and that is to continue to advance westward in the future and destroy all the countries near the Mediterranean Sea.

In that case, it is basically unified. The entire Eurasian continent and North Africa, considering Africa south of the Sahara Desert, actually those so-called civilizations belong to a state of self-play, so once these places are agreed, Zhao Kuo’s The Great Han Kingdom is tantamount to completing the hegemony over the civilization of the earth.

That is definitely a wonderful future.

The future belongs to the future, and what we are doing now must continue to be done.

Zhao Kuo stared at the mountains in front of him. This was the southernmost tip of the Deccan Plateau, and he was about to enter the area of ​​those small states.

Zhao Kuo waited here for a few days. He didn't say that he needed to rest, but sent some local officials of the Maurya Dynasty who surrendered as envoys to persuade these small states to surrender.

Mao Sui had his own opinion on this: "Your Majesty, I feel that these southern barbarians have long been used to dominating the mountains. They feel that the Maurya Dynasty can't do anything to them, so why should they surrender to us?"

Zhao Kuo chuckled and agreed with Mao Sui's point of view: "It is indeed possible, but even if they do not agree to surrender, what can we lose?

At best, it is waiting for a few days, and the soldiers can also take a rest, so why not do it? "

Starting from the imperial capital, they traveled thousands of miles along the way, and then fought from the northernmost point of the Maurya Dynasty to the current southernmost point. The soldiers of the Han Dynasty were indeed a little tired.

Two days later, the envoys returned one after another.

Several states expressed their willingness to pay tribute to the Han Kingdom.

A few of them directly rejected the Han Kingdom's request for surrender.

As for those who want to surrender directly and merge into the Great Han Kingdom, there is none of them.

Everything will be expected from Lao Shui, generally these barbarians from the south, they are obviously very confident in their own force, even though this time they have to face the Han Kingdom that has just defeated and annexed the entire Maurya Dynasty .

For this situation, Zhao Kuo could only helplessly spread his hands, and then issued an order.

"Since these guys are really so ignorant, let's teach them a lesson they will never forget."

With Zhao Kuo's order, tens of thousands of troops from the Han Kingdom began to step into the mountains neatly.

After entering the mountains, the expected attack really happened.

The tactics used by these small local countries are actually exactly the same as they used to deal with the Mauryan Dynasty at that time, that is, relying on their familiarity with the mountains, they quietly launch various attacks in the mountains and forests.

As long as such an attack can be successful, it can keep killing the morale of the great army of the Han Dynasty, and eventually force the Han Dynasty to withdraw from the forest.

It's a pity that what they didn't know was that what they encountered this time was an out-and-out hard idea.

Zhao Kuo commented on this: "Guerrilla warfare is indeed a very good tactic that can defeat the strong with the weak.

But the question is, what if the enemies they face are more familiar with the mountains and forests than they are? "

Will there be foreign troops in this world who are more familiar with the mountains and forests than the local natives?

There is, and there is only one, and that is the Chi You Army.

This army, which was created and trained by Zhao Kuo himself, has been aiming at the goal of all-round special forces since the day it was born.

Whether in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the Lingnan Hills, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau or the deserts of the Western Regions, they have successfully completed their tasks.

Today, it is just a small piece of peninsula-shaped plateau forest, how can it stop these bears, wolves, tigers and leopards from the east?

Zhao Kuo directly ordered: "Send five thousand Chi You troops out, and I want them to know who is the real elite!"

Then, Zhao Kuo camped in the mountains calmly, waiting for good news.

Someone is about to ask, where did Chi Youjun come from?

The answer is actually very simple. The guards around Zhao Kuo have always been composed of Chi Youjun, but they are all included in the Musketeers during normal battles.

Since the Chi You Army is the first batch of troops equipped with muskets in the Han Dynasty and even in the world, most of the officers and generals of the Musketeers are also from the Chi You Army.

Although Chi Youjun's reputation is not as famous as it was back then, if someone really underestimated the power of Chi Youjun, then these people must pay the price.

Zhao Kuo soon got good news.

The five thousand Chiyou army swept across the entire mountain forest in an instant, and explored the way to the three states, and even broke through one of the states along the way, and raised the head of the king of this state in front of Zhao Kuo.

Now even Zhao Kuo was a little surprised: "You don't even have explosives, do you?"

Regarding this, the General Chi Youjun who raised his head looked proud: "Your Majesty is serious, why don't you just hit some savages and natives in the mountains and forests, what kind of explosives do you need!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then laughed loudly: "Very good, it really deserves to be the soldier brought out by me!"

When Chi Youjun took action, everything changed.

The war, which was not progressing smoothly at first, became infinitely smooth as if using Kaiselu in an instant.

In just half a month, Zhao Kuo has completely swept across the entire peninsula and stood at the southernmost tip of the South Asian subcontinent.

Here, there is another island, which is connected to the South Asian subcontinent by a not-so-obvious land bridge. It is Sri Lanka.

The third prince is on the island of Sri Lanka.

After fleeing for a long time, there were less than 500 people around the third prince.

These 500 people are all loyal to the third prince and able to go through fire and water for him.

After several months of fleeing, the third prince has become much thinner and his skin is dark. Compared with before, he is almost two people.

A confidant stood beside the third prince and persuaded softly: "Your Majesty, the Supreme Emperor has already surrendered to the Han Kingdom, so why should we continue to resist?

Now that the emperor of the Great Han Kingdom is willing to surrender, perhaps we should indeed end this futile resistance. "

This is actually not the first time someone persuaded the third prince like this.

It's normal to think about it, after all, now, as long as you are not a fool, you can see that the soldiers and horses of the Han Dynasty are like tigers descending from the mountain, and even the 20 main force of the Peacock Dynasty can't stop it, let alone the third prince who is only around now. There are only a few hundred people in some areas?

In fact, after knowing this point, he is still willing to follow the third prince, which is already a very rare thing.

The third prince smiled when he heard the words, and said: "I actually understand the truth of what you said.

The reason why the father surrendered must be because he has already seen clearly that our Peacock Dynasty really cannot be the opponent of the Han Dynasty.

However, neither you nor Father have forgotten one thing. "

Having said this, the third prince turned his gaze to the north, and said slowly: "I am the real emperor of the Maurya Dynasty today, as long as I do not surrender, then all the people loyal to the Maurya Dynasty will continue to resist.

And resistance represents the future hope of our Maurya Dynasty! "

This is what the third prince really thinks in his heart.

The emperor is a very sacred and representative position. As long as the emperor is not dead and the emperor is still fighting, there will always be someone willing to fight.

After listening to these words, the confidant hesitated to speak.

Indeed, as the third prince said, as long as he survives, there will always be people willing to fight, but the question is - can such a fight help the Maurya Dynasty to restore the country?

Obviously not.

Such a battle will only cause more Maurya people to lose their lives.

Does it make sense?

Thinking of this, the confidant looked at the third prince again, and suddenly felt a little emotional in his heart.

For the third prince, perhaps all the meaning of his life lies in this.

Imagine that just before this year, the Maurya Dynasty was still an extremely prosperous country, and the third prince was the most favored son of King Ashoka, and he was also recognized by everyone as the most promising person to become the next emperor.

But after the army of the Han Dynasty arrived like Mount Tai, all of this became a mirror image.

The once incomparably bright future has suddenly come to naught, let alone the third prince, how many people can accept it?

Therefore, it is very easy to understand that the third prince is willing to fight for this.

The confidant glanced at the third prince and said, "So, is Your Majesty going to go to sea?"

The third prince nodded and said, "Yes.

I heard that there are many islands in the east of this sea, some of which are so huge that they can even accommodate millions of people.

As long as we can reach those islands and conquer the local people, we can re-establish a powerful country and become new kings and officials. "

Having said that, the third prince turned around, looked at the last 500 warriors in front of him, and said in a deep voice, "Are you willing to go out to sea with me and open up a new world?"

500 warriors said in unison: "Yes!"

The third prince laughed loudly and stepped onto the sailboat in front of him.

"What are you waiting for?

Let's go! "

Under the sunshine, these dozen or so sailboats just staggered out to sea, carrying the last hope of those who were willing to resist in the Maurya Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo learned the news three days later.

"Going to sea, going east?"

After hearing the whereabouts of the third prince, Zhao Kuo also had a strange expression.

Geographically speaking, Sri Lanka goes east to the sea, which is the eastern half of the Indian Ocean.

The third prince and his party have to cross a very vast sea area to reach Southeast Asia, and after arriving in Southeast Asia, it does not mean that they will be carefree from now on.

Don't forget, the South China Sea Fleet of the Great Han Kingdom is now tirelessly exploring towards the south, and has just established a new supply base on Hainan Island!In other words, if the third prince is destined to die, he is very likely to usher in a fleet from the Han Kingdom in a few years... Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo unconsciously sighed.

"This guy actually ran into me, and I can only blame him for his bad luck."

So far, Zhao Kuo has occupied the entire South Asian subcontinent and Sri Lanka, brought the Maurya Dynasty to an end, and successfully completed the previous goal.

The ruling territory of the Great Han Kingdom has also increased again, and now it has exceeded 2000 million square kilometers!This territory is enough to make the Great Han Kingdom rank among the top three largest empires in the world, and it is still 1 million square kilometers away from the No. 300 heyday of the British colonial empire.

But is it that much worse?

Zhao Kuo felt that it was not much at all.

Because, the expansion of Han Kingdom is far from over!

Chapter 1278

Although the expansion of the Great Han Kingdom is not over, but this time the conquest of the Maurya Dynasty has come to an end.

There is no longer a country called the Maurya Dynasty in this world.

As for the many states in the south, they were completely wiped out, and those barbarians who resisted to the end were directly captured by Zhao Kuo mercilessly and became slaves.

There are actually two ways to deal with such barbarians. The first is to kill them all directly, and the second is to turn them into slaves and forcibly assimilate them.

Killing them is obviously genocide, and it sounds obviously bad for the reputation. What's more, Zhao Kuo thinks that so many young men and women are very suitable labor force. If they are used as slaves, it will undoubtedly be better for the big man. country to contribute.

Slavery is a necessary stage in the transition of civilization, and of course it is also true for the Han Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo is not saying that he does not want to abolish the slavery system, but as the so-called non-human race, his heart must be different. Now that there is an opportunity for such a system in front of Zhao Kuo, then Zhao Kuo will not mind at all. Weapons used to the extreme.

For Zhao Kuo, what is really important?

Of course, it is the survival and development of the Han Dynasty and the Chinese people.

Zhao Kuo will only care about their well-being until those people truly become Chinese, and before that, forget it.

After all, in this era, even the Han Kingdom is the most powerful country in the world, and the country's resources are not rich enough to support other people. Therefore, we must first live a good life for the Chinese people, and wait until all the Chinese people live well. After getting up, let’s think about things like the Great Harmony of the World.

With such a happy mood, Zhao Kuo began to return to the north and returned to Fahrenheit City.

After conquering the entire Cardinal Dynasty, Zhao Kuo officially changed the South Asian subcontinent to the South Asian province, and will send a governor of the province here, while still setting up counties locally.

The reason for considering sending a governor of a province is mainly because the communication between this place and the Central Plains of the Great Han Kingdom is too difficult. If something big happens sometimes, it is still necessary to have a more capable guy It's better to sit here.

Of course, you also have a disadvantage of this kind of racial system, that is, these governors may take the opportunity to grow locally, and even have the idea of ​​wanting to get rid of central control independently, but Zhao Kuo is very confident that , Before Zhao Kuo died, no governor dared to do this.

Then another question arises here, that is, what should Zhao Kuo do after his death?

In fact, this problem can also be solved through the development of science and technology. The main thing is that Zhao Kuo can urge the Ministry of Science and Technology to build airplanes and telegraphs in a timely manner, and that is enough.

Things like airplanes and telegraphs can communicate with the whole earth in a timely manner, so when he arrives at that time, he can just report to the central government directly when he arrives, and the position of governor can be revoked.

Now that the victory has been won, the next thing to do is to triumph, but this time because it is still relatively far away from the capital, Zhao Kuo spent a lot of time on the return route.

In the end, Zhao Kuo decided to follow the road he came here, that is, from the Khyber Pass to Central Asia, then to the Western Regions, and finally return to the Central Plains from the Western Regions.

Although this road is the longest of all roads, it is also the safest road. For Zhao Kuo now, he is not worried about the length of the journey, and he is most concerned about safety.

At the same time, Zhao Kuo has another thing to do in Fahrenheit City, and that is about this Buddhist reform.

As His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Kingdom, Zhao Kuo is very busy. He has no time to talk nonsense to these monks here. If he feels that he cannot come up with a satisfactory solution, then Buddhism will not hesitate. Swept into the dustbin of history by him.

You have been given a chance, if you haven't used it yet, what can you do?

Well, this time the great monks did not disappoint Zhao Kuo. After reading the Buddhist reform plan they submitted, Zhao Kuo was quite satisfied after reading it.