This city, which is made of gray-white stone, has a natural rough texture and a cold beauty. It is cold and hard, but it lacks a bit of simplicity and humanity, and is full of coldness and mystery.
The streets are clearly defined, and they are not like the continuous buildings of the Han Dynasty, but they have the symmetrical beauty of the Qin Dynasty.
Most of these buildings in the city are gallery-style, with tall pillars, tall and spacious. These pillars are all very exquisite. Although they are tall, they do not feel heavy or clumsy. They are strong, simple, powerful, and towering.
It is carved with various plants, animals, and even portraits of people. They are strong and powerful, and the reliefs are also very exquisite. So many reliefs do not make the building complex look too exaggerated. They are simple, straightforward, but with a kind of shock.
force.
In the city, people were walking slowly. They had strange looks, deep eyes, slightly curly hair, and tall figures. Their clothes were also very strange, generally white and loose, as if they were putting sacks on their bodies and then using them.
Bright silk ribbons were tied around the waist, and some people even wore grass rings on their heads.
Their number is not large, just a few hundred. At this moment, their hands are tied, and there are ropes tied between each other. They are moving forward with their heads lowered. And beside them, there are Huns with savage faces, tall and tall.
Swing the whip in your hand high, if you are a little slow, you will be whipped a few times.
In addition to these people, there are more people who cover their bodies with something casually. These people don't need to be taller, have slightly darker skin, and have completely different looks. At the same time, they are dirtier and have bare feet.
, he already had chains on his body, he didn’t even need the Huns to tie him up, he was very docile.
Jizhu stood by the pillars of the white hall, looking at the prisoners in the distance, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Hahaha, brother! Even though this city is small, there are a lot of supplies accumulated in the city, including wine, meat, whatever you want, and those beauties...Brother, you don't know..."
"alright!"
Jizhu interrupted Hu Tu and said coldly: "I asked you to attack first, not to enjoy it first... I just conquered a small town, and you are so proud. If everyone is like you, when will you be able to
Counterattack on the grassland and take back our homeland?!"
Hu Tu was stunned, lowered his head and said: "It's so nice here... We can't defeat the Han people, so why go back..."
"In our previous battles, we won and lost. Our defeat to them was not because our soldiers were not strong enough, but because I am not as good as Han Xin. Han Xin will die sooner or later. How dare you say such depressing words?!"
Ji Zhou became even more angry. Hu Tu hesitated for a moment and asked: "Brother, let's wait until that Han is dead before we fight back? Who knows whether he will die first or you... Besides, after he dies, we will fight again."
What if someone is more powerful than him?"
Seeing that his eldest brother was about to get angry, Hu Tu quickly said: "Brother, let's not talk about the Han Kingdom for now. Let's talk about this place... The enemies here are different from those we encountered before. Their buildings and clothes are more like
They are from Dawan, but they are not completely similar. Also, they said they have a king... What is it called Oke La Di De... I can't remember it either. Anyway, they said this person will definitely come.
revenge..."
Ji Zhou frowned and asked, "How about these people fighting?"
"Hahaha~~~"
Hu Tu suddenly laughed, and he said with a proud face: "Brother, you don't know. These people are much more powerful than the savages we met before, but... hahaha, they are the people from the Western Regions.
The level is not our opponent at all.”
If the Han and the Xiongnu are 50-50 or 40-60, then the vassals around the two empires are basically 91. Whether it is the powerful soldiers of the Han or the iron cavalry of the Huns, they can easily defeat five or even one.
One against ten. The Huns looked down on their neighbors on the grasslands, but they were happy to use these servants to fight against the big men. It would not be a pity to die anyway.
The Han Dynasty naturally had the same idea and often recruited these "mercenaries" to fight against the Huns. It would not be a pity to die anyway.
The number of Xiongnu and Han armies was actually not as large as later people thought, especially the Xiongnu soldiers. Therefore, in the merit list of the Han army, someone like Wei Qing, who could kill thousands of Xiongnu in one battle, was already
A great victory, and besides the Huns, tens of thousands were killed. Wei Qing's largest number of beheadings against the Huns in a single battle was 19,000, which was enough to break the Huns' muscles and bones.
The same is true for the Huns against the Han. The number of beheads was not large. When the two empires fought, the largest number of servants died...
The place where Jizhou is now is obviously Bactria, also known as the Kingdom of Bactria. This is a Greek kingdom that also belongs to the legacy of Alexander the Great. What the Huns had encountered before were the original kingdoms in the north.
residents.
The Daxia Kingdom in history was conquered by the Sezhong people. Why did the Sezhong people come here to capture them? It was because the Yuezhi people expelled them here. So why did the Yuezhi people expel the Sezhong people?
What about the people? It was because they were defeated by the Huns and forced to migrate.
To put it simply, for the Huns, Daxia is the country of the enemies I defeated.
This is not to say that the Great Xia Kingdom is not capable of fighting. They adopted the tactics of Alexander the Great. They are well-equipped and have elite soldiers. The main reason for their high combat effectiveness is... there are few people. According to the records of Western historians, the Great Xia Kingdom was at this time
The number of city defenders is a full three hundred people... After all, it is a Greek-style country. Their army must have citizens to serve, and there are not many Greeks here. Adult male citizens... that's almost the number.
.
Even if the Huns throw out a prince, they will not only have 300 people... not to mention that in terms of weapons, tactics, generals, etc., the Huns may not be far behind. If Alexander and Maodun were to compete,
Mao Dun may not lose.
Hu Tu was quite contemptuous of these people, but he was also very excited, "Brother, we were worried about their army at first, but now it seems that these people are not our opponents at all. This place is simply given to us by God."
Treasure land, if I saw the Han army now, I would hug them and kiss them... We have this place, what else do we need for our homeland..."
Hearing what his brother said, a trace of worry flashed in Ji Zhou's eyes.
Hu Tu hurriedly said: "Brother! Give the order!"
"For these people, there is no need to divide them into two armies. We directly let each prince lead his own troops to fight and capture all the cities we see. Here we can build an empire even larger and more powerful than before!
!”
Jizhu glanced at him, "It's easy to capture, but not easy to govern... Don't kill those people wearing sacks. They seem to be very knowledgeable and may be useful. Just imprison them for now. As for those black ones,
, at your disposal..."
"Also, don't rush to capture the nearby cities. Reorganize the army first, manage the cities you have obtained now, and manage them. This is not a grassland. We must imitate the Han people... and manage this place well..."
Hu Tu set off happily, leaving the governance to his elder brother. He liked the feeling of bullying others. The enemies here were very arrogant. When they saw the Huns, they even dared to open the city gate and drive them away.
, came out with sticks to drive them away! None of the big men dared to do this, just be arrogant, the combat effectiveness is still pitifully low, the city just now was completely defeated by the guards with their own soldiers, and they charged in a round
Just took it away...
In these years, the Han Dynasty fought against the Xiongnu, and many generals appeared, including Zhou Yafu and other sages. They were all developed in the Han-Hungarian war. Of course, the Huns also fought against the Han Dynasty and gave birth to many generals.
There are many generals and soldiers with rich combat experience. To defeat these people is like an elephant stepping on an ant...
With excitement on his face, Hu Tu led the cavalry and charged towards the south.
"I must hit the southernmost point to see what it looks like?!"
...........
"This is Jianli??"
"What kind of country is this?"
Chai Qi, the Taiwei of the Dian Kingdom who had just taken office, looked around with disdain. Soon after Xiao Yan became the Prime Minister of the Dian Kingdom, Chai Qi was also sent here to serve as the Taiwei. Chai Qi became the Taiwei because of the previous
His military exploits in the conquest of Bashu and his outstanding performance in the subsequent battles in the Western Regions had nothing to do with his father Chai Wu, who was the commander-in-chief, and his good brother Liu Chang.
Chai Qi came here mainly to use "mercenaries", that is, the barbarian army from Bashu. Although these barbarians are short in stature, they don't seem to be able to fight, but if they are in the mountains, they really are not afraid of anyone.
When Zhou Yafu led the Northern Army to fight these barbarians in the ravines, they suffered a lot of losses.
Liu Chang showed favoritism towards them, and the two county guards were now very friendly to them, so they changed from rebels to the Han army, which can be understood as the Han mountain army, and these armies certainly cannot let the Bashu generals
The leader came to Dian to fight, and it was impossible to hand it over to the feudal lord of Dian to fight, so he had to send people to command them. This is how Chai Qi came to Dian.
At this moment, the princes of the Dian Kingdom stood beside him with smiles on their faces. Chai Qi's character was very in line with the sages, and he was also an authentic sage who liked flattery and pleasure, so he
I get along very well with the princes here. I often go hunting with them, eat meat, drink wine, flatter each other, etc. This is what the princes of the Dian Kingdom do. These people still retain the original aristocratic style of the Chu Kingdom.
Many habits.
This kind of habit, at worst, means liking ostentation and doing useless work. Chu people seem to have this problem, such as Gao... ahem, such as Liu Ruyi!
Chai Qi just suits their taste. It has the same good pomp and face, and they have a lot of fun.
At this moment, Feng Jun Jingcheng pointed to the distance and said: "That is King Chenli..."
“King??He deserves it too??”
Chai Qi's face was full of disdain. There was a reason for his disdain. He usually came into contact with various kings, such as Tang Wang, Zhao Wang, and Wu Wang. Look at this Jianli, which is said to be a country, but it doesn't even have a city wall. Here is
Their royal city was built on the mountainside, close to the mountains and rivers, without any defensive measures. Many buildings were randomly built beside trees or stones. They were shockingly simple. There were also many houses.
Built on a tree.
As for those soldiers, Chai Qi didn't know if they could be regarded as soldiers. Anyway, they covered their lower bodies and covered their bodies with various unknown things. They held spears made of wood in their hands and had lewd eyes, standing in groups of three or three.
Together, they were talking loudly about tactics and weapons, but nothing existed. They were completely a tribe, even the worst tribe.
Even the Yelang Kingdom next door, which was destroyed by Changsha Kingdom's troops, was stronger than this one.
In the southwestern corner of the Han Dynasty, there are three slightly larger ones: Nanyue Kingdom, Dian Kingdom, and Yelang Kingdom. Among them, Nanyue is the strongest and largest, and Yelang is the smallest and weakest. Guan Ying, the Prime Minister of Changsha, previously sent people to
Bashu helps his son "find bandits"
, the Yelang Kingdom immediately entered a state of war preparation, probably thinking that the cavalry on the border was coming for them. Guan Ying could not bear this. He thought that the Yelang Kingdom had ulterior motives for the Han, so he immediately led his men into their country.
Kill King Yelang.
Changed Yelang Kingdom into four counties of Changsha Kingdom.
As for the Yelang Kingdom, it is estimated that it is stronger than the so-called "Jianli Kingdom" in all aspects. It is not that these people have low combat effectiveness, but they have not established a country at all. They are purely tribes and cannot be regarded as a country at all.
After the "King Chenli" arrived, he started to talk gesticulatingly.
Chai Qi didn't understand what he was talking about at all, but saw his own lord talking to them.
"What is this guy talking about? Is he willing to do business with the Han Dynasty?"
Feng Jun said angrily: "Lieutenant, this guy asked us to leave the ordnance..."
"What?! Old dog!"
Chai Qi was furious, pulled out the sword from his waist, and struck the opponent violently. The savage leader probably did not expect that Chai Qi would take action, and was directly pierced through the chest by the sharp sword, and fell into a pool of blood. Chai Qi
He raised the sword in his hand high and said, "Charge!!!"
In less than an hour, the Chenli Kingdom was destroyed... Their king was killed just after he finished speaking his first words to the Han people. As for his barbarian army, after seeing the death of the king,
They all fled and hid in the mountains and forests. Chai Qi himself was also very surprised. When he was sitting in the city, he still felt a little confused.
"Am I... destroying a country???"
"The Taiwei bladed the thief chieftain with his hand! Destroyed the unruly country! His military exploits were outstanding!"
"Hahaha, yes, my military exploits can make me a Marquis of Che? I destroyed a whole country!"
Only then did Chai Qi react and couldn't help but laugh.
Jianli, this country that was established so casually, perished so casually. It really can’t be considered a country, it’s just a tribal settlement. The savages who occupied this place don’t know where they fled to.
The Bashu army brought by Chai Qi actually failed to catch up with many of them, and they seemed to have mysteriously disappeared here.
"They must have run away to the northwest or southwest!"
"There must be roads we don't know about, leading to unknown areas!"
Chai Qi was very sure. He looked at the soldiers around him seriously and said: "You must capture more savages, ask them about the road, and be sure to find the road they escaped... They captured
So many prisoners must have been captured from there, and even if they can capture so many prisoners, wouldn’t we be able to capture more?!”
"I want to destroy the country, I want to behead and capture tens of thousands of people, so that everyone in the world will know our bravery!!"
There are a large number of prisoners here. Unfortunately, Chai Qi cannot communicate with them. As for the savages, the princes can barely talk to them. However, it is difficult to catch these savages, and they seem to be very worried about being caught.
When resisting, they would usually try to commit suicide before being captured. The feudal lords told Chai Qi that this was because these barbarians would eat the captives. Therefore, they also believed that the Han army would eat them, so they tried to commit suicide.
, for fear of being eaten alive.
Chai Qi just felt nauseous. Barbarians are barbarians. Like us, we have to cook people before eating them, but these people actually eat them raw!!!
The hard work paid off. Under the search of the Bashu army, they finally succeeded in catching a relatively high-status savage. From his mouth, they learned a road to the west, and this road had been blocked for a long time.
Occupied by these savages, they relied on this advantage to control the trade between them, and successfully built a country for themselves by selling different goods from both sides.
According to these people's descriptions, the people in the west have no fighting ability, are very easy to catch, and never resist, so they are most suitable to be used as slaves. They have been active there for a long time. However, to the south is the sea, and after crossing the road, you will face north.
Only then can you catch people.
Chai Qi asked him to lead the way and led the army towards the west.
He was extremely excited.
"When I get there, I will go all the way north and conquer various places. I want to see what it is like!!"
...
"You release those scribes now! You have no power to capture them!!"
"I obey the emperor's edict."
Outside the palace, Zhang Shizhi led his soldiers to stop Zhidu's carriage, and the two faced off again.
Zhang Shizhi sneered and said: "His Majesty's edict is for you to compile a newspaper for the residence, but has he ever asked you to arrest people and torture them privately?!"
"Your Majesty asked me to do something. How to do it is my own business and has nothing to do with you."
"A scribe appealed, accusing you of binding him, beating him, and intimidating him... This has something to do with me."
Zhidu narrowed his eyes and asked: "Since you act according to the law, what will happen if the emperor breaks the law? I arrested these people because the emperor agreed. I have asked for instructions on what to do specifically.
Son of Heaven, Your Majesty is unruly and unrestrained today and has violated many laws. Since you are determined to act in accordance with the laws, why don't you go to the palace to question Your Majesty first?"
"The law you are based on now was drawn up by the emperor's order to the ministers. If the emperor's order conflicts with the law, what should you do?"
Zhidu's words made Zhang Shizhi fall into deep thought.
"If His Majesty's order conflicts with the law, then I will meet with Your Majesty and ask him to change the order!"
"However, the matter now is not up to Your Majesty, but up to you... Come on, capture all the sinners! Take them back to prison!"
Just when Zhang Shizhi was about to take action, a person strode over from a distance.