In order to facilitate the transportation of troops and grain, the Mauryan Dynasty also built roads in the mountainous areas of southern Bashu. However, the width of most road sections was only five or six feet, and two vehicles could not run parallel to each other, which did not meet the standards of Zhao Guo's official road.
This official road in the southwest will be the main artery connecting Zhao State to the Ganges Plain in the future. It is equally important as the official road connecting the Western Regions and the official road connecting the entire northeast.
Only when this official road is built can the Zhao State be able to mobilize troops and food from the Central Plains to support the front line at any time. Only then can it have the confidence to start an imperial war with the Mauryan Dynasty, and can the Ganges Plain be truly included as the core of national rule, rather than the Jisi area.
Of course, due to terrain reasons, the construction of this road is very difficult, more difficult than any situation encountered before.
But Tian Dan didn't need to worry about these things. He had specializations in his profession, and he was only responsible for leading troops to fight. Building roads was someone else's business.
Whether it is Wei Qi, Zheng Guo or Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, they are all experts in this field. If they are not good enough, there is also the Mohist family.
If we can build a bridge over the Yellow River, building roads in the southwest will not be a big problem.
If it really doesn't work, we should build bridges along the way to connect the two mountains. Although the money and food consumed by doing so will be extremely ridiculous, in Tian Dan's view, as long as we can capture the Ganges Plain, let alone one, there will be ten or hundreds of official roads.
, that’s all worth it.
"After my subordinates return, they will sort out the map and hand it over to the general. As for the prisoners, I will definitely assist you gentlemen in managing them, and there will be absolutely no mistakes." Several businessmen were very happy and patted their chests and said.
In the past, the Peacock Army had always looked down on them and regarded them as inferiors. Now the situation has changed and it is finally their turn to become superiors!
At this moment, their sense of belonging to the State of Zhao was immediately filled!
"General, there are more than a dozen southwestern Yi kings outside asking for an audience." At this time, a guard reported.
"Let them come in." Tian Dan said.
"Then I'll take my leave first." Several businessmen and translators said with hands and left the camp.
Soon, more than a dozen monarchs came to the tent. When they saw Tian Dan, they immediately knelt on the ground, bowed their heads and said, "The little king of foreign countries pays homage to the general of our country."
"Everyone, please get up." Tian Dan waved his hand, "Give some of the kings seats."
"Thank you, General." More than a dozen monarchs looked at Tian Dan cautiously. Seeing that Tian Dan's face was normal and not impatient, they took over the bench with confidence and did not forget to thank the soldiers who moved the bench.
There is no way, they say he is the king, but in fact the country has been destroyed. Even if it is not destroyed, it is nothing in front of Zhao State.
The Mauryan Dynasty could annihilate their country by sending out a large army at will, and Zhao could do the same.
"Why did you come to see me?" Tian Dan asked. Maybe it was because he had just met the Peacock people who looked very different from the people from the Central Plains. Tian Dan actually felt a little familiar with these barbarians.
Whether they are the southwestern Yi people, the Qiang people, the Hu people in the north, or the Baiyue people in the south, there is very little difference in appearance from the Central Plains people. It is more due to the geographical relationship that leads to differences in customs, clothing and diet.
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The vast majority of the Peacock people are very different from the Central Plains people in appearance, which makes Tian Dan very disgusted, even more disgusting than the Hu people.
In the past, Tian Dan did not regard the Xiongnu, Donghu, and Southwestern barbarians as human beings at all, but after seeing the Maurya Dynasty, he actually found these barbarians a bit pleasing to the eye and began to treat them as half human beings.
The original position of the barbarians in Honda Shan's heart has been replaced by the Peacock people...
"Little Wang wants to lead his countrymen to join Zhao State and become a vassal state of Zhao State, but he lacks personal recommendation and wants to invite a general..." A monarch said cautiously.
Although Zhao State defeated the Mauryan Dynasty, no one knows whether the Mauryan Dynasty will make a comeback. These small countries sandwiched between the two empires have no choice. They are not even qualified to play both sides. If they want to survive, they can only choose a country to join them.
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Compared to the Mauryan Dynasty, most countries prefer the Zhao Kingdom.
The most important reason is that Zhao State defeated the Maurya Dynasty and became stronger.
In addition, the Zhao people look similar to them in appearance, which naturally gives them a sense of identity.
As long as they speak the Zhao language and wear Zhao clothes, no one can tell whether they are barbarians or Zhao people.
But it would be different if he took refuge in the Mauryan Dynasty, and he would most likely become a Shudra or even a pariah.
In addition, they also wanted to test Zhao's attitude towards them and whether they were willing to let their country continue to exist.
"Which country are you the king of?" Tian Dan asked.
"The little king is the king of a foreign country." The king lowered his head and said, not even daring to take a breath.
"I heard that Yiguo has been destroyed by the Maurya Dynasty. It doesn't even have a country, so how can it become a vassal state of Zhao?" Tian Dan looked at the king of Yiguo and said with a smile.
The Mauryan Dynasty destroyed the country on the front foot, and wanted to ask Zhao State to help them restore the country. How could it be so cheap?
Your country has been destroyed by the Mauryan Dynasty. Now our Zhao Kingdom has driven away the Mauryan Dynasty. Whether it is according to legal principles or according to the size of a fist, this is the territory of our Zhao Kingdom.
It has nothing to do with you!
"..." The face of the monarch of Yiguo turned dark and he was speechless for a moment. The faces of the other monarchs also became ugly.
It doesn't matter whether the Qi Kingdom was destroyed by the Mauryan Dynasty or not. What's important is that the Zhao State does not intend to recognize the existence of the Qi Kingdom.
Without Zhao's recognition, even the emigrant monarch would not dare to call his people to found the country after returning to the country.
There will be no exceptions for other countries.
They thought that the defeat of the Maurya Dynasty would end their previous nightmare, but they didn't expect to find themselves in the wolf's den again.
Yes, Zhao State and Maurya Dynasty are both empires, so what’s the difference?
"My little king, Lord Ran, the country has never been destroyed by the Maurya Dynasty. I have admired Zhao for a long time. I am willing to lead more than 30,000 people from all over the country to join Zhao. I hope Zhao will take you in." King Ran said quickly.
Zhao State obviously has the same idea of occupying this land as the Maurya Dynasty, and will never allow small countries like them to continue to exist. Rather than being destroyed by Zhao State, it is better to join Zhao State obediently.
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Tian Dan nodded with satisfaction, finally someone was on the road.
Seeing this, the kings of several other small countries also asked to join the Zhao Kingdom.
"Everyone, please get up. I will understand what you are thinking. However, this matter is of great importance and is not something I can decide. I will report your demands to the king. Just wait patiently." Tian Dan said with a smile.
Wouldn’t that be great!
If you had already said that you were willing to join our Zhao Kingdom, is it important whether the Mauryan Dynasty will overthrow it or not?
Not important at all!
"Thank you, General." The monarchs did not dare to have any objections and all said respectfully.
"By the way, I have something to ask you for help." Tian Dan suddenly thought of something.
"General, please tell me that Xiao Wang will do his best." The monarch of Yiguo said first in order to make up for his previous mistakes.
The other monarchs also patted their chests and promised to help.
"I wonder if there are elephants and the talents to tame elephants in various countries?" Tian Dan's eyes shone with light. There is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of the Maurya Dynasty's war elephant army. If he hadn't inspired the strength of Wei Wuzu to the extreme, it would be very difficult to
It is possible that they are no match for the War Elephant Legion.
Since the Maurya Dynasty can build a war elephant army, Zhao State can naturally build one too.
Isn't it just military training? It's not like he doesn't know how to do it!
And no matter how you look at it, the difficulty of building a war elephant army is far less than building a real army of military souls.
However, Zhao State has no elephants and no talent to tame elephants, so we can only find solutions from these small countries.
"General, most of our countries have elephants, but there are not many of them. Some only have a dozen or more than a dozen. The elephants eat an amazing amount of food. Small countries like us cannot afford to raise too many."
The king said.
"It will be easy to handle if you have it. When you go back, you can gather together and bring out 500 elephants for me, as well as the people who keep the elephants," Tian Dan said.
"No." The kings looked at each other and agreed.
"Take all the kings down and provide them with good food and drink." Tian Dan was in a good mood. He defeated the Mauryan Dynasty in this battle and conquered more than a dozen countries.
Although they are all small barbarian countries, when listed on the list, they are all achievements!
It is even possible to create a military soul-level legion!
"What other countries around us have not sent people here?" Tian Dan asked.
"Yelang, Si Kingdom, Kunming Kingdom... have not sent anyone over, but we have just defeated the Peacock Army, and most of the southwestern barbarians have not received the news, so it is normal that they have not sent anyone over," Li Si said.
The monarch who just asked to see him was either with the Peacock Army or with the Zhao Army. Therefore, after Zhao defeated the Peacock Army here, they came over without daring to waste any time.
"Ignore it for now, wait until the Peacock Army is completely defeated." Tian Dan said, these barbarians do not pose a threat to Zhao State, and it is not worth wasting time on them. The first priority now is to seize the plain area east of the Arakan Mountains.
The next day, Tian Dan led 20,000 Zhao troops, including Wei Wu soldiers, to go south. The Peacock Army's camp was already empty. It was clear that they knew they could not hold it and retreated overnight.
Zhao Jun continued to go south, constantly encountering the fleeing Peacock Army along the way, and pursued them to the plains of northern Myanmar, where they finally saw the Peacock Army camp.
From the outside, the camp is no different from before, but this is normal, after all, the war is not fought here.
However, Li Si could still clearly feel that the Peacock Army camp was somewhat lifeless.
"The Maurya Dynasty has sent more than 100,000 troops. It should not continue to send reinforcements before receiving a clear battle report. At this time, only six days have passed since the defeat of the Maurya Army. Even if the Maurya Dynasty is the same as our Zhao Kingdom,
Using a letter eagle to convey information, there is no time to send additional reinforcements in such a short time. There should be only the defeated troops of the Mauryan Dynasty in the camp." Li Si said.
However, he did not know how many members of the Peacock Army were lost in the mountains, so he could not estimate the specific number.
"First let me send two waves of arrows to say hello to the Peacock Army." Tian Dan turned back and said to Sheshengying.
"Okay." Yan Zhou said happily. Soon, the exploding arrows that covered the sky drew beautiful arcs in the sky and crashed towards the Peacock Army camp.
"It lacks the ability to have ultra-long sight range, otherwise it will be able to strike accurately." Tian Dan said, if the sound battalion wants to complete ultra-long-range strikes, it must know the specific position and distance, and the target must be large enough.
Otherwise it will be difficult to hit.
It would be different if it had the ability to have ultra-long sight range. Even if it was hundreds of miles away, the sound battalion could achieve precise strikes.
But the sound battalion's talents are already full. Not to mention ultra-long sight range, there is no place for even ultra-long-range strikes. It can only be done when the military soul is turned on.
In fact, the Sound Camp has only two talents from beginning to end: penetration and not being locked.
One guarantees lethality, and the other guarantees survivability. Both are extremely important, even more important than ultra-long sight range.
Especially not being locked, this is the capital of the Shesheng Battalion that is proud of other crossbow corps.
If you don't have this talent, you will most likely be taken away by a hail of arrows from other elite crossbow corps.
The military soul can resist death, but it is not truly immortal.
What's more, the Shesheng Battalion is not a true military soul army.
Other will arrows, internal energy arrows, explosive arrows, splitting arrows, etc. are all small skills developed during the training process.
After the Shesheng Battalion's strength reached its bottleneck, no matter how much it was improved, it could not break through the Army Soul Legion. It could only continue to develop small techniques to improve its strength.
The effect is also very obvious.
The speed of killing legions below the same level has been greatly improved.
But facing legions of the same level, the strength did not change much.
"Don't the crossbowmen have super long sight range? Do you want to bring the crossbowmen over?" Li Si said.
"The lethality of the crossbowmen is not comparable to that of the Shesheng Battalion, and it is difficult to protect the two crossbow corps on the battlefield." Tian Dan shook his head.
A few years ago, the strong crossbowmen were stronger than the Shesheng battalion, but the Shesheng battalion has been making progress, while the strong crossbowmen are eating at their laurels.
The internal energy-forming arrows that the crossbowmen were once proud of have been mastered by the Shesheng Battalion, and they are better at mastering them.
On the other hand, the crossbowmen are still the same as before.
"Perhaps it can be achieved through battle formations. Theoretically, battle formations can achieve any talent effect." Li Si said.
"This is a direction." Tian Dan nodded and didn't take it to heart. This matter was not that important. He just made a casual comment.
"Zhao Jun came over so quickly!" Thain's face suddenly darkened as he looked at the arrows falling from the sky. He just returned to the camp with the gathered remnant army yesterday, and Zhao Army came over today!
"Beat the drums and gather the army to guard the camp." Thain ordered, got up and walked outside the tent, but did not see Zhao Jun.
It wasn't until we arrived outside the camp that we saw the small black dot at the end of the horizon.
But Thain is sure that it is Zhao Jun.
Zhao Jun did not attack and seemed to be waiting for the Peacock Army's reaction.
"Damn Zhao Jun!" Thain clenched his fists, wishing he could lead his army to rush over and cut Zhao Jun into pieces, but his reason told him that the remaining 20,000 remnants of the Peacock Army were no match for Zhao Jun.
"Send the order, pack up your things, and retreat overnight." After returning to the camp, Thain immediately ordered.
The soldiers didn't understand why they were asked to guard the camp just now and now they were retreating.
However, no one objected. Everyone in this battle lost confidence. Compared with facing the powerful Zhao army, they were still willing to go back and enjoy the offerings of Vaishyas and Sudras.