Seeking success and plotting

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Seeking success and plotting

The actions of King Chanfeng of Dayuan and Deputy King Gengchen went very smoothly.

Under the pressure of the two men, a group of nobles had no choice but to hand over their military power.

The former Great Elder of Dayuan also turned to support Chan Feng and Geng Chen.

The success of the first step of the plan did not make the two of them get carried away.

After the two men took control of the military, they first purged the nobles of Guishan City.

Gengchen then personally led the team to Ershi City, hoping to seek the support of the Han Dynasty.

…

"What, Chan Feng and Geng Chen actually dare to do this!"

After King Yu Cheng received the information from Guishan City, he simply couldn't believe it.

In his eyes, Chan Feng is just a coward and incompetent, and Geng Chen is also just an old loser.

He had no idea that the two of them would dare to do such a thing in Guishan City.

It took him half an hour to recover from the shock.

At this moment, he suddenly realized that his situation was not good.

Originally, he had 23,000 troops, while Chanfeng had about 17,000 troops. He had the upper hand.

But now Chanfeng and Gengchen have completely controlled Guishan City, which means that the entire Guishan City army is likely to be controlled by the two.

There are 40,000 troops in Guishan City. If deputy king Gengchen's army in southern Dawan is added, the number will exceed 50,000.

Not only that, the connection between Yu Cheng and An An will probably be severed.

Yucheng is in the northeast of Dawan, and there are only two roads to go to Anxi.

One goes through Guishan City, and the other goes west from Ershi City.

A few days ago, in order to show my worth to the Parthians, I had been actively provoking the Second Master City.

At this time, King Yu Cheng couldn't help feeling regretful.

"What to do now!"

King Yu Cheng had no choice but to quickly summon his cronies to discuss the matter.

…

At the same time, in Ershi City, Pan Hong also received news from Guishan City.

This news was not sent by the Sogdian caravan, but by someone personally sent by Cicada Feng.

Also sent was a request from Dawan Deputy King Gengchen to come to Ershi City.

"What do you think Mr. Ma?"

For such an important matter, Pan Hong naturally wanted to ask Ma Han for his opinion.

Ma Han looked at the letter sent by King Dayuan and fell into deep thought.

After a long time, he raised his head and said, "Mr. Pan, this King of Dayuan is probably planning to do something big!"

Pan Hong said, "Ma Gong refers to Yu Cheng!"

Ma Han shook his head and said, "No, from my perspective, the Dawan people's ultimate goal should be Daxia or Yueshi!"

Pan Hong was shocked when he heard this, "Daxia, Yueshi?"

Mahan affirmed, "Cicada Feng's move is clearly to make the domestic orders consistent. Why he wants to do this? The only explanation is that he wants to expand!"

Pan Hong thought carefully and said, "What Ma Gong said is true... It seems that Gengchen is here to seek support from the big man!"

Ma Han said, "That's right, but I don't know how he wants to get help from my big man!"

Pan Hong walked up to the map at this time. After studying it carefully, he asked Mahan, "Do you think the Han Dynasty should support the cicada seal?"

Mahan shook his head and said, "This is beyond my ability to judge!"

Pan Hong also smiled at this time and said, "The Lord will arrive at the Second Division soon... Such a difficult problem should be left to the Lord to handle!"

When Ma Han heard this, he also smiled and said, "Good!"

Then the two men immediately sent someone to send Zhang Yue the details of the Dawan Incident and their judgments.

At this time, Zhang Yue and his party had arrived at Wuji City.

Zhang Yue originally planned to stay here for seven days. After receiving the information from Pan Hong, he immediately summoned Geng Shu, Liu Yi and others.

"This is the urgent letter sent by Mr. Pan today. Please take a look at it first!"

Although Zhang Yue's tone was calm, everyone immediately understood that something big might have happened.

Everyone's expressions suddenly became serious.

It took two quarters of an hour for everyone to finish circulating it.

"What do you think?" Zhang Yue asked.

Upon hearing this, Geng Shu first said, "The Lord Yi saw something, and the information is not yet clear at this time... It would be better to make plans after seeing Geng Chen!"

After Geng Shu finished speaking, Liu Yi also spoke in support, "What Geng Hou said is true... we should wait and see what happens!"

After the two spoke, the others also said they would postpone making a decision.

Zhang Yue also said at this time, "That's what I mean... I intend to meet Na Gengchen in Ershi City!"

After Zhang Yue discussed with everyone, he decided to lead Zhang Zhan, Han Ye, Wu Zheng and others to Ershi City first.

As for the immigrants and craftsmen, Geng Shu was responsible for transporting materials.

"Mr. Geng, please do that..."

After a brief explanation, Zhang Yue led a thousand cavalry and headed to the Second Division City first.

Geng Shu and others followed the plan and rested in Wuji before setting off.

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In September of the fourth year of the First Yuan Dynasty, the deputy king of Dayuan, Gengchen, arrived at Ershi City to seek support from the Han Dynasty.

After Pan Hong received Gengchen according to etiquette, he just placed Gengchen and his party in the post house.

Except for a simple banquet arranged on the first day, Gengchen was not received for more than ten days.

"Your Highness, the Vice-President, what does this big man mean by acting like this?"

Sapo, who followed Gengchen to Ershi City that day, could no longer sit still.

"General Sabo, please be patient. This is a good thing!" Gengchen spoke while slowly tasting the tea from the East.

"Good thing?"

Sabo looked puzzled.

At this time, a person next to him explained, "The big man who can really make the decision is coming!"

Sabo was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then asked in surprise, "Could it be that the Great Han Protector of the Western Regions is coming to Ershi City?"

Gengchen said with a smile on his face, "That's right. Calculating the time, Marquis Yunyang should be arriving in the next few days!"

Sabo said happily, "That's good...that's good!"

Gengchen's judgment was good. Zhang Yue and his party had already entered Ershi City that night.

"This is the situation in Dawan now!"

After arriving at Ershi City, Pan Hong immediately handed the information he collected to Zhang Yue and explained it carefully.

Zhang Yue fell into deep thought after reading the information sent by Pan Hong.

At this time, he had already keenly noticed that the Parthian Empire was a key factor in the current situation in Dawan.

Because the information about the Parthian Empire was limited, Zhang Yue could only carefully recall some records of the Parthian Empire in later generations to help him make judgments.

According to later records, the Parthian Empire was a country composed of different cultures.

It has absorbed Persian culture, Greek culture and other regional cultures to a large extent.

According to records, the Parthian Empire moved its capital many times. If the records are correct, then it was this year that the Parthian Empire moved its capital from Nyssa to Ctesiphon.

King Gotarzes I of the Parthian Empire should have taken over the Kingdom of Armenia by now, and is preparing to continue to expand westward and take over the Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt.

It seems that the focus of the Parthian Empire at this time should be on the west rather than the east.

So could the Han Dynasty take the opportunity to expand westward at this time?
Chapter completed!