Chapter 451 A chaotic fight between all parties

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 451 A chaotic fight between all parties

While the Han Dynasty was attacking the city and plundering the territory of Jibin State, the Kushan people were also making all-out efforts to conquer Southern Daxia.

In order to annex Southern Daxia before the Han Dynasty ended the war with Jibin, Qiu Ju ignored the threats from Dayuan and Hezhong Jiedushi in the north, leaving only a very small number of troops in the north as a warning.

After the deputy king of Dawan, Gengchen, found out about this news, he decided to march south to capture the cities of Alexandria and Antioch, which were occupied by the Kushans.

Unfortunately, just when Gengchen was fully preparing for the war, an unexpected incident caused his southern expedition plan to be aborted before it even started.

After three years of preparation, the Governor of Sucia of the Parthian Empire finally took action against Malacanda.

Fifty thousand Parthian Empire troops quickly broke through the border between the two countries and marched to the gates of Malakanda.

After these years of operation, Malacanda is now the economic center of Dawan.

One-third of Dawan's fiscal revenue comes from Malakanda.

For the Dawan people, Malakanda must not be lost, so after learning that the Parthian Empire raided Malakanda.

Gengchen immediately diverted all the troops originally planned to attack the cities of Mount Ayutthaya and Antioch to Maracanda.

In order to win the war, King Chanfeng of Dayuan immediately rushed to Ershi City to seek support from the Han Dynasty.

After meeting Guo Kai, Cicada made an advance request to the Han to purchase 5,000 sets of armor and 20,000 weapons.

After discussing with Pan Hong and Ma Han, Guo Kai agreed to Cicada's request.

In order to understand the situation of the Parthian Empire army.

Not only did Guo Kai also provide Cicada Feng with 5,000 sets of armor and 20,000 weapons.

He also personally led two thousand cavalry to go to Malakanda to observe the battle between Parthia and Dawan.

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"General Jiedu of the Great Han River came to Malakanda with two thousand cavalry!"

Gengchen couldn't believe it at all when he received the news from Cicada.

"Hezhong Jiedushi general is indeed coming with his troops!"

"Yes, Your Highness the Vice-President, Marquis Guo's army should have already set off, and it will take at most seven days to reach Malakanda!"

The messenger replied affirmatively.

"That's great...that's great!"

Gengchen stood up excitedly.

"Announce this news to the entire army..."

Gengchen's face was full of excitement at this time.

"promise!"

The messenger agreed and immediately spread the news to the entire army.

"The Han army will be victorious... The Han army will be victorious..."

When the announcement came out, the morale of the Dawan army suddenly rose, and the soldiers shouted spontaneously.

When the Parthians noticed something unusual about the Dawan people, they immediately sent people to investigate.

The Dawan people originally intended to publicize the Han's participation in the war, so they did not hide it.

Parthian spies soon discovered this.

"The Han Kingdom joined the war so quickly!"

After receiving the information, Governor Sucia lowered his head and thought.

In his plan, even if the Han army entered the war, it should only be after the Parthian Empire captured Marakanda.

He always believed that Han had ambitions towards Dawan.

A strong Dawan is not in the interest of Han.

When he went to war against Dawan, the attitude of the Han Dynasty's Hezhong Jiedu envoy should have been to sit on the sidelines.

The Han Kingdom would not send troops until Dawan was weakened by the Parthian Empire.

At this time, the Parthian Empire could negotiate with the Han State to jointly carve up Dawan.

Now Han actually intervened in the war at the beginning, which was completely beyond his judgment.

It is actually natural for Governor Sucia to make such a misjudgment.

How many people can think that the strategic target of Zhongjie Town in the Dahan River, which seems to be relatively weak now, is neither Dayuan nor Guishang nor Kangju, but the Parthian Empire, which now seems to be in full swing.

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Qiu Jiu finally breathed a sigh of relief after learning that the Han Dynasty was also involved in the war between the Parthian Empire and the Dawan people.

In order to seize the entire Nan Daxia as soon as possible, he gritted his teeth and mobilized almost all the standing troops in Kushan City.

The Kushan Kingdom, with a population of only two million, actually invested 200,000 troops to invade Daxia.

Facing the huge force of the Kushan people, the Daxia people did not dare to go out of the city to fight in the field, and tried to rely on the city to resist.

However, most of the cities in Southern Daxia were built by Greeks.

The walls of these cities are generally low, and the city fortifications were designed hundreds of years ago.

How could such city fortifications withstand the Kushan people who had rich experience in sieges?

Hermoeus, Menander, Margiana... city-states were conquered by the Kushans one after another.

Soon the 100,000-strong army led by Qiu Jieque arrived at Bactla, the capital of Southern Daxia.

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"Everyone, what should we do if Kushan's 100,000-strong army besieges the city?"

King Heliocles of Bactria asked the nobles.

At this time, his face looked haggard, and he no longer had the majesty of the past.

The nobles in the hall look at me, and I see that you are unwilling to speak.

When everyone thought about the seemingly endless military formation they had just seen on the city, they all lost confidence.

I don’t know how long it took, but a middle-aged noble stood up and said, “Your Highness, let’s surrender!”

"Our army is now less than 10,000, so we are no match for the Kushans!"

"No!"

Before Heliocles could speak, an older noble stood up and said:

"You must never surrender...Have you forgotten how the Kushan people treated me, the nobles of Great Xia?"

His words made everyone in the hall even more desperate. The Kushan people were quite friendly to the surrendered Daxia civilians. Although there were massacres, most of the time, they still chose to be absorbed into the Kushan (Yue clan).

But the Daxia nobles like them were much more brutal. Whether they surrendered or were captured, the Daxia nobles were basically executed on the spot.

At this time, the noble who had just proposed to surrender said hesitantly:

"This time the Kushan people want to annex our country of Daxia, so they should be open to us and others!"

At this time, another noble said: "I'm just afraid that the Kushan people will be even more cruel... After this battle, Qiujiu will need a lot of land and wealth to grant to his warriors... If he doesn't clean us, Qiujiu will not do anything.

There is so much land and wealth..."

Everyone was silent when they heard the words.

At this time, Heliocles suddenly suggested: "How about asking a big man for help?"

"Ask for help from the big man?"

When the nobles heard this, they all looked at their king in surprise.

"Your Majesty's Han army is now attacking our ally Jibin...asking the Han for help..."

The man shook his head as he spoke, obviously thinking that Heliocles was being crazy.

But at this time, a nobleman spoke in support: "I think asking the big man for help is a good choice!"

"In my opinion, the Han Dynasty will not sit back and watch the Kushan people become powerful. Supporting us can not only limit the development of the Kushan people, but also form a buffer between the Han Dynasty and the Kushan people..."

At this time, another noble said: "But what the big man did in Jibin was even more cruel than the Kushan people..."

King Heliocles said: "The Jibin people brought it upon themselves. If Gandhi hadn't massacred the Han prisoners, how would the Han army have committed the annihilation of the Jibin nation..."

"Wouldn't it be okay for Nandouguo and Wugoshanliguo to have both been conquered?"
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