Chapter 519 Three years of success

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Chapter 519 Three years of success

In February of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Han Zeng, the governor of southern Sichuan, sent news. After several years of hard work, the southwestern barbarians finally opened up the road to Shendu.

When the news came, everyone from Guandong to Kansai, from noble princes to virtuous writers, from officials to common people, were all excited.

Han Zeng also reported to Chang'an, requesting that he personally lead the army into poison.

Naturally, Huo Guang and the emperor would not object to this.

Soon Han Zeng received the emperor's official order to send troops.

In March of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, Han Zeng, who had already lost his patience, personally led a thousand Northern Army cavalry, five thousand Qianwei County soldiers and ten thousand barbarian rebels to kill him.

The opening of the Southwest Road and the fact that Han Zeng led his troops to poison immediately attracted the attention of Chang'an and even the world.

Everyone in the Han Dynasty was discussing how much wealth Han Zeng could bring to the Han Dynasty this time.

"Han Jiedushi is poisoned this time, and I'm afraid he will make a fortune!"

"A few days ago, my cousin's father-in-law's neighbor's three boys came back from the Western Regions. They brought back millions of goods..."

"Now you can go from Southwest Yi to Shendu, but the distance is much closer. It would be better for a few big brothers to go together!"

"There is still a great disparity between the rich and the poor in our Han Dynasty, and I'm afraid the same is true for poison..."

"What the elder brother said is true. From the Southwest Passage, you can reach the eastern part of Shendu, and the Western Regions can lead to the western part of Shendu. I'm afraid Han Jiedushi may not be able to gain much wealth!"

"It should be no less. In the past, the Qin people also arrived in the western part of the country, and legend has it that they brought back a lot of wealth!"

"The story of the Qin people is just a legend. It is not certain whether it is true or false!"

"How can it be false? If it is false, how can we open the way!"

"The Marquis of Xinyang can send back five hundred carts of wealth every time. It would be great if Han Jiedushi can get back three hundred carts of wealth this time..."

"It's a pity that Han Jiedushi didn't have many troops, so he had to give a lot of wealth to the barbarian soldiers!"

Because of the opening of the Southwest Road, the entire Han Dynasty was attracted by Shendu's wealth, and Zhang Yue's reforms in the Western Regions gradually no longer attracted attention.

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While various parts of the Han Dynasty were discussing body poisoning, Han Zeng's army had already arrived in the northeastern region of India.

This area was one of the poorest in the world in later generations.

But it is different in this era. Although it is poorer than the drug heartland, it is much richer than most other parts of the world.

The poisonous man never expected that there would be enemy troops coming from the east.

In the knowledge of Shendu Man, there are mountains in the east, and only some savages haunt them. Therefore, when the Han army arrived, Shendu Man had no defense at all.

Han Zeng occupied the small town "Kamalubo" in the northeast of Shendu almost without a fight.

This Kamalapa is a border town established during the Mauryan Empire.

After the collapse of the Mauryan Empire, it remained independent.

The appearance of the local people is quite similar to that of Zhuxia, but they are quite different from the people in other places in the body.

What made Han Zeng even more curious was that the language of the people here was quite similar to that of the people of Qin.

What's even more strange is that the people here worship black birds and dragons just like the people of Qin.

"Could it be that the people here are descendants of the Qin people who came here in the past!"

Han Zeng guessed that it was precisely because of this that the Han army did not plunder at Kamalupo, but instead provided some supplies to the locals.

Perhaps because of the similarity in language and culture, the Han army and the local people actually formed friendship.

After Han Zeng thought about it for a while, the Han army also needed a base in order to gain a firm foothold.

Therefore, he decided to build Jiamolubo as the forward base of the Han army in the east of Shendu, and renamed Jiamolubo Dongzhi.

In order to win over the local people, Han Zeng recruited 2,000 local people as righteous followers.

In order to give Yicong, composed of these local people, combat effectiveness, the Han army stayed here for more than forty days.

When Yi Cong had a certain fighting capacity, the Han army went south along the river under the leadership of Dong Zhi's guide.

Seven days later, the Han army had already arrived at the gates of Samoyu Zha.

The city of Samadhi was located in later Bangladesh, which at this time could be considered a very prosperous area.

After the collapse of the Mauryan Empire, the city of Samadha remained independent for a long time, and it was not until more than ten years ago that it surrendered to the Maurya Kingdom again.

When the Han army arrived, the city of Samadhi was completely defenseless.

Naturally, Han Zeng would not give up this good opportunity. He directly issued the order to attack without letting the soldiers rest.

At this time, the people of Samajeda City thought that what was coming to the city was the army of the Capricorn Kingdom.

When they realized something was wrong, it was already too late, and the Han army quickly rushed into the city.

The prince of Samomayuzha City still wanted to resist at this time. He assembled two thousand troops and launched a counterattack against the Han army.

However, under the attack of the Han army's crossbows, the counterattacking Samadhi army quickly lost its fighting spirit.

Then the Han military officers launched a charge against the enemy. The two sides fought but could only fight back for a quarter of an hour before the Samadhi army was completely defeated.

King Samadhija was also shot dead by the Han army among the rebels.

Han Zeng rested for three days in the city of Sama and Zha, leaving two thousand soldiers behind to collect goods.

The main force of the Han army went upstream along the Ganges River and soon arrived at the city of Kalanasuvarana.

At this time, the news that Samadha was defeated by a mysterious army had reached the city of Kalanasuvarana.

Nearly 20,000 troops have been gathered in the city of Kalanasuvarana.

After Han Zeng arrived with his troops, he saw that the city was already on guard, so he did not launch an attack immediately. Instead, he ordered to set up camp and prepare for the soldiers to rest before advancing.

The governor of the city of Kalanasuvarana saw that the Han troops who came were not many in number.

Therefore, he took the initiative to leave the city early the next morning in order to defeat the Han army in a battle.

Han Zeng was overjoyed when he saw that the defenders in the city took the initiative to go out to fight with the Han army.

He also personally led the troops to confront the Shendu army who came out of the city.

Facing the waiting Shendu army, the Han army launched the attack first.

The first to attack were a thousand Han cavalry. Facing the attack of the Han cavalry, the Shendu Army's formation actually wavered.

Han Zeng was so powerful that he immediately ordered his infantry to follow up and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the poisonous men.

Speaking of which, the equipment of these poisonous soldiers is very sophisticated.

Han Zeng only had the equipment of his personal guards and the thousand Northern Army cavalry that could compare with them.

Even the equipment of the five thousand county soldiers is worse than that of the poisonous soldiers, let alone the Yi Cong soldiers.

However, the Han army was not at all afraid of the poisonous soldiers who had superior numbers and equipment.

Although the poisonous soldiers were well-equipped and their training seemed to be adequate, the Han army could see at a glance that the soldiers on the opposite side were just showmen who had never actually been on the battlefield.

Han Zeng rode up to a high place and shouted to the army: "Second and Third Sons, let these poisonous people know what terror is..."
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