Lu Bu went to the Western Regions. In recognition of his past achievements, Chen Cheng gave him a legion, the Fourth Legion. Lü Bu named it "Iron Warriors" and set out on the road to the west.
With the expansion of the Changshi Mansion in the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty finally came face to face with the Kushan Empire, which was in its prime. The Kushan Empire was founded by the Kushan Jihou tribe of the Yuezhi and occupied Afghanistan, India and other places. However, this
At that time, the Kushan Empire had begun to turn from prosperity to decline, and places such as Kangju, Dawan, Khorasan, and Huacizmo had all broken away from the rule of the Kushan people.
After the Kushans cheered up a little, they wanted to restore their homeland, but they were shocked to find that the Han people had come so close to them. After the two sides came into contact, the aggressive attitude of the Western Region Chang Shifu made the Kushan people very dissatisfied. They believed that the Han people
The places they occupied were once Kushan territory, and they had the right to claim it.
The people in the Western Regions Changshi Mansion believe that "everywhere the sun and moon shine, and wherever the rivers go, are all Han soil." Do you still want to go back to the places we occupied? Dream on! There are also the Shinrikyo and various powerful people.
The people immediately jumped down and instigated a war with the Kushan people. They had already robbed almost all the people in Khorasan and Huazizimo. Sometimes they would only capture dozens of people after traveling more than a hundred miles.
, do you think you are angry or not?
It’s good to have a war. Only by fighting can everyone be promoted and make a fortune, and can they catch more barbarians to sell back for money. Other than that, no one has any other ideas for the time being. Except for some Qiang and Huns, everyone else likes that damn place in Afghanistan.
I don't like it, the terrain there is really bad.
As for the Indian part of the Kushan Empire, it is very fertile, but unfortunately, the Han people cannot reach it yet. Only when Chen Cheng was driven crazy would he go to Jingzhou, Jiangdong and other places before they were pacified.
Launch the Great Expedition. From Jiuquan to India, it is many times farther than from Tongguan to Hulao Pass. Without supplies, even Chen Cheng is not willing to try it.
Because the imperial court had issued the "General Peaceful Order", there were no major wars among Chinese princes in the fourth year of Jian'an. There were many small-scale conflicts, and there were many bandits and rebels everywhere.
Running around, they also fought several times with the soldiers and horses of the princes.
But now that the princes are not killing each other, they can use their strength to suppress internal resistance. The thieves and rebels were defeated by the princes' troops, and many people simply ran to Sili or Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other places.
.As long as you register there, you can get land for farming. It is also a good choice to farm when you are tired from fighting.
There was a group of thieves who escaped from Shu, took a boat down the river, and went to Lu Fang, the governor of Yuzhou. The leader was called Gan Ning, who was quite powerful and good at water warfare. After testing his ability, Lu Fang felt that this man was a big man.
The general might be able to use it, so he sent him to Luoyang.
When Chen Cheng heard that it was Gan Ning, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and others, he gave them some titles of navy generals and asked them to train the navy with Taishi Ci. Regardless of whether they attack Jiangdong and Jingzhou, they should train the navy first.
Let's talk when we get up. Even if there is no war, we can still send them to Taiwan, Penghu, Ryukyu and other places.
In the fourth year of Jian'an, the wars that once spread all over the world suddenly stopped. Although people everywhere were still being squeezed very hard, they could at least stop and take a few breaths without worrying about being dragged into a war or being raped by someone.
Organized massacres in a planned manner.
The imperial court's actions to clear fields and populations in Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jizhou and Qingzhou met with expected resistance, and rebellions broke out everywhere. But how could those local tycoons be the opponents of Zhao Yun, Xu Rong, Lu Fang, and Zang Ba?
The rebellion was nipped in the cradle as soon as it showed its signs.
For those rebels, the court's attitude has not changed. "The culprit will die", and the remaining party members and their families are exiled to the Western Regions. In other words, the proportion of Han people in the Western Regions is getting higher and higher, and the number of white-skinned Hans and black-skinned Hans is also increasing.
The more. Every time someone goes to the Western Regions and encounters some black-skinned guys who speak fluent Chinese and claim to be Han, they will feel messy in the wind.
Damn, are you bullying us for being ignorant? Where can any Han people look like this? But if one of their parents is Han, then of course they are Han. It is said that Sun Ce’s younger brother has a pair of green pupils, and
Aren’t they still considered Han Chinese?
What does it matter if your skin is lighter or darker? How about we compete to see who can recite the scriptures of the Shinrikyo religion better?
Newcomers to the Western Regions are often intimidated. People who can recite "Principles of Geometry", "Advanced Mathematics" or other books fluently can be regarded as academic masters in the Central Plains, right? Is it possible that this is the case in the Western Regions?
The place is particularly nurturing and specializes in producing all kinds of talents?
After waiting for a long time, they will find that most of the locals can only recite a book or a paragraph of content, and most people do not understand the reason. Those who are from the Mechanical School have created various
After the machine, people will be sent to recite a long paragraph of the three laws of thermodynamics and the like, saying that this will make the "smart" feel happy.
The medical school here is even more terrifying. They often disembowel dead people to study the various structures inside. They also put white bones on wood to make specimens, which shocks anyone who sees them for the first time.
I think these people are all lunatics. However, people from the medical school are very good at treating diseases and injuries, and many of them have retired from the Xiliang Army.
People who fight are prone to injuries. Many people here in the Western Regions were rescued from death by people from the Medical Sect, and then naturally joined the Truth Sect. Therefore, the Medical Sect is actually the most capable of fighting among the eight major factions of the Sect of Truth.
, the direct force alone exceeds a thousand people.
The Western Regions are busy planning the war against the Kushan Empire. The various princes in China are thinking about how to get more cheap and good cannons. Chen Cheng lives a very comfortable and comfortable life in Luoyang.
After the eldest son Chen Sheng and the second son Chen Zhen, he had several more children. Just dealing with his wives, concubines and children took up a lot of time every day.
The entire empire is like a carriage that is about to fall apart but is put back together again, stumbling toward the future.
Winter comes, then leaves, and in a blink of an eye it’s spring again, and then spring, summer, autumn, and winter cycle again.
This is already the seventh year of Jian'an. Three years have passed. The imperial court has become more and more powerful. The princes are trying hard to catch up, but they seem to never be able to catch up. Let alone catching up, the gap between them and the imperial court is actually
It got bigger and bigger. In addition to Liu Bei, many people also made bronze cannons. At the beginning, the princes were happy about it, but soon they discovered that it was a big pit.
Artillery is the god of war, and everyone who has used it says it is good. But it is expensive! Even if you don’t count labor, losses, fuel and other messy things, a tiger squatting cannon uses dozens of kilograms of copper, which is a lot of money.
Money. Two or three Tiger Crouching Cannons are definitely not enough, why should I get twenty?
The princes' ability to amass money is far inferior to Chen Cheng's, and they are unlikely to complete land reform in their own territories. How much money can they earn by collecting land taxes? Either reduce the number of troops, or require fewer cannons.
.However, although the Tiger Crouching Cannon is very good, it will be beaten in front of the Napoleon Cannon.
What's the use of relying on the few cannons in your hand? Of course, you still have to continue to use cannons. Otherwise, all the previous investments will be in vain. Grit your teeth and continue to throw money into the military industry. That's a lot of money to burn.
Even more, throwing hundreds of thousands of dollars into it may not produce results. If you take a detour, you really can only hear the sound.
Every time a cannon test fails, it explodes so loudly that it shakes the earth, but isn’t it just a blast?
Moreover, there are more and more things in Guanzhong. In addition to cloth, iron nails and other steel products are now dumped everywhere, as well as soap, paper, buttons and other various things. The cloth is made directly in Guanzhong.
The clothes were then shipped to Jiaozhou for sale, and they were even cheaper than local cloth. As a result, the industry and commerce in various places were completely defeated.
Although knowledgeable people from all over the world don't quite understand the theory, they can still see the harm. For this reason, they shout loudly and run around, but to no avail. The lives of the upper-level rulers are getting worse and worse.
When you are comfortable, why do you care about anything else?
Although the imperial court currently does not use troops externally, according to the envoys sent to Luoyang, the imperial troops and horses are becoming more and more powerful. The garrisons in various places have begun to reorganize, reducing the number of archers and crossbowmen in the army, and increasing the number of crossbowmen.
As for the organization of artillery, during military exercises every year, the number of cannons appearing on the field is increasing.
Anyone who sees dozens or hundreds of cannons firing at the same time will be so shocked that they cannot even think of a confrontation.
In Jiangdong, Sun Ce has given up on seizing Jiangxia, annexing Jingzhou, and completing the strategic plan of "reaching the extreme end of the Yangtze River" in recent years, and instead started to attack the Shanyue people in the territory. The Jiangdong Army equipped with artillery, even if it is just a monkey version
The Tiger Crouching Cannon has easily wiped out the barbarians in various places, and then uniformly resettled these people and forcibly Chineseized them.
In addition, Sun Bofu also dispatched a fleet to the South China Sea based on the map brought back by Zhang Zhao, and landed in Taiwan, Hainan and other places, and established strongholds there. However, various infectious diseases are real in the South China Sea.
There are too many. Even if priests from the Medical Sect of Truth are invited from the Western Regions, the mortality rate has not been reduced.
Sun Ce's high-pressure internal policy aroused a lot of dissatisfaction. Once when he was out hunting, he encountered several assassins. The little overlord was caught off guard and was shot with an arrow in the face. Although he struggled to kill the assassins, the poisonous
But it has already begun to spread. After the priest of the Truth Cult used medicine to hang up Sun Ce's life, he said to Mrs. Wu: "If you want to save General Jun's life, you have to take action personally."
Mrs. Wu asked in astonishment: "Can you still invite the general to Kuaiji?"
The pastor said coldly: "Madam, you are overthinking. What I meant was to send Mr. Sun to Luoyang as soon as possible."
"But he has been seriously injured, how can he bear the pain of bumps?"
The pastor shook his head and said, "Then prepare the coffin earlier. Judging from the extent of the wound's fester, it will only last another five or six days."
