Chapter 321 War is inevitable

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 321 War is inevitable

King Yu Cheng was already eyeing the position of King of Dayuan at this time.

However, he knew that if he wanted to seize the throne of king, he would not only have to deal with Cicada Feng from Guishan City, but more importantly, the big man behind him.

These days, he has been sending people to raid the Ershi City Ranch. In fact, he does not want to start a war with the Han, but wants to use this to show his strength.

In addition, he also knew that the reason why Governor Anxi supported him was actually because of the strategic location of Yucheng.

The powerful Yu Cheng could limit the Western expansion of the Han Empire.

Harassing Ershi City is also showing its role to the Parthian Empire.

But if he really wanted to go to war with the Han Dynasty, King Yu Cheng didn't have the courage.

Therefore, although Yu Cheng's soldiers frequently sent out to harass Ershi City, not a single Han soldier was killed.

It was precisely because of this that Ma Han reluctantly restrained himself and did not start a fight with Yu Cheng.

However, such harassment also made both Ma Han and Pan Hong furious.

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Dawan Wang Chanfeng has been in a difficult situation recently.

The Governor of Sucia of the Parthian Empire sent troops to occupy two Cypriot city-states that originally belonged to Kangju.

Originally, Cicada Feng was a little gloating about the misfortune and was ready to sit back and watch the tiger fight.

Unexpectedly, King Nakanju not only failed to fight back after his two affiliated city-states were occupied, but instead took the initiative to reach a series of agreements with the Parthians.

Then, before he could react, the people of Parthia began to vigorously support King Yu Cheng.

With the support of the Parthians, King Yu Cheng's military strength surpassed Guishan City in just two years.

A few days ago, King Yucheng had publicly expressed his ambition for the position of King of Dawan.

In order to deal with the aggressive King Yu Cheng, Chanfeng had to recruit Gengchen who was out guarding the Yuezhi people.

Compared with other countries, the system of Dawan Kingdom has a very special feature, that is, in addition to the king, there is also a deputy king and an auxiliary king.

Gengchen had already become the deputy king of Dawan when he became king from Mocai.

He is also an old and powerful noble in Dawan, and his influence is not inferior to that of Cicada.

However, after Gengchen became the deputy king of Dayuan, he was not very interested in the struggle in Guishan City and had been fighting against the Yuezhi people on the southern border.

It is precisely because of this that when the nobles of Guishan City launched a coup to kill Meicai, his status did not change and he still served as the deputy king of Dawan Kingdom.

Over the years, only a few years ago when the Cicada Feng and Kangju Alliance sent troops to march eastward, they returned to Guishan City in an attempt to prevent Dawan from participating in the war.

But after his opposition was ineffective, he returned to southern Dawan again.

After the coalition forces failed to advance eastward, it was Gengchen and the army he commanded that made Dayuezhi give up their plan to advance northward.

"Why does Your Highness the Vice-Prince think the Parthian Empire supports Yu Cheng?"

As soon as Gengchen returned to Guishan City, Chanfeng couldn't wait to come to his door.

Faced with Chanfeng's inquiry, Gengchen did not answer directly, but instead asked, "Why does His Majesty the King think An An is supporting Yu Cheng?"

Chan Feng hesitated and said, "Could it be that you want to annex Dawan?"

Gengchen sighed silently in his heart when he heard this, and then asked, "Does your Majesty know what Gotharzes I of the Parthian Empire has been doing recently?"

Cicada said, "I heard that the Parthian Empire has defeated the Kingdom of Armenia and is now about to completely annex Armenia!"

Gengchen nodded and said, "Yes, Gotharzes I has been working hard to completely annex Armenia over the years..."

Cicada said, "It is said that Gotharzes I is building a great city in the west!"

Gengchen said, "It's true. The name of this city has been decided. It's called Ctesiphon, and it will soon be the new capital of the Parthian Empire!"

Upon hearing this, Cicada Feng was confused and said, "Isn't Ctesiphon on the western border of the Parthians?"

Gengchen sighed, "Gotarzes I moved the capital to the western border, he must have wanted to move westward!"

Chanfeng asked in surprise, "Could it be that the Parthians still want to attack the Ptolemaic Dynasty and Greece? Aren't they afraid of causing interference from Rome?"

Gengchen said, "The Parthians claim to be the successors of the Persian Empire. The goal of Gotharzes I has always been to become the king of kings. The westward expansion is inevitable!"

When Chan Feng heard this, he said disdainfully, "The King of Kings, how can he compare to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty!"

Gengchen said, "Of course he is not as good as the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, but the Han Dynasty is far away in the east!"

Chanfeng suddenly realized when he heard this, "The deputy king's intention is that the people of Anxi want to use King Yu Cheng to hold back the Han Dynasty and prevent the Han Dynasty from heading westward!"

Gengchen said, "It's not Yu Cheng, but Kang Ju and Dawan!"

Chanfeng thought carefully about what the Parthians had done in the past few years, and suddenly understood.

"It's so true!"

At this time, Cicada Feng couldn't help but feel sad in his heart.

The two seemingly powerful countries, Dawan and Kangju, turned out to be just two mere chess pieces in front of the real empire.

Chanfeng sighed, "Dahan and An'an both use Dawan as their pawns, what can we do?"

Gengchen said, "If Dawan wants to stop being a pawn, it can only become an empire like Parthia and Han Dynasty!"

Chan Feng shook his head, "This is easier said than done!"

Gengchen said, "I once heard that the Han Dynasty Marquis Yunyang once said, "Although the country is small, if it is warlike, it will prosper!" What do you think, Your Majesty?"

Chan Feng's eyes lit up and he said, "What's the deputy king's plan?"

Gengchen slowly said a name at this time, "Daxia!"

Bactria, also known as Bactria, was originally a powerful country.

Unfortunately, they were defeated first by the Parthian Empire, and then by the Yuezhi people who moved south.

At this time, Daxia had semi-submitted to the Yueshi, but they still had a population of over one million.

Chan Feng heard this and said, "Could it be that the deputy king's intention is to occupy Daxia?"

Gengchen said, "Yes, if Dawan wants to get rid of the current situation, the only way out is to annex Daxia and defeat the Yueshi!"

Chan Feng said, "It is not difficult for the Daxia people to defeat him with their weak troops. But if they want to annex Daxia, I'm afraid that both Anxi and Yuezhi will send troops to interfere!"

Gengchen said, "The Yuezhi people will definitely interfere, but Anxi may not!"

Chan Feng heard the words and said, "I would like to hear the details!"

Gengchen said, "Now the Parthians obviously want to go west with all their strength. Looking at what they do, we can know that the Parthians hope to have a strong enough buffer state between the east and the Han..."

After listening to Gengchen's explanation, Chanfeng said, "Even so, the Yuezhi people are difficult to deal with!"

Gengchen said, "Although the Yuezhi people are strong, they are divided into five lords. We, Dawan, are not without opportunities!"

Chan Feng nodded and said, "If we want to compete with the Yuezhi, we, Dawan, have to unify them first!"

Having said this, Buchan Fengfeng began to envy the Han and Xiongnu.

Gengchen agreed, "Yes, if Dawan wants to be strong, it must become a truly centralized country like the Han Dynasty!"

Chan Feng sighed, "Easier said than done!"

Gengchen said, "Isn't now an opportunity?"

Chan Feng thought for a while and said, "What the deputy king said is very true..."
Chapter completed!