From Huazizimo to Daxia in the south, the northern territory of Kushan has been turned into a wasteland. According to Dong Zhuo, there is no way for Kushan to restore it to its original state within at least twenty years.
Dong Zhuo never thought that he was a good person. He was much crueler to his enemies than Cao Cao. What Cao Cao did did not scare Dong Zhuo. What scared Dong Zhuo was Cao Cao's courage.
Cao Cao dared to destroy two entire states without being informed or receiving any orders. Such Cao Cao was enough to scare Dong Zhuo. In addition, Dong Zhuo could not believe their military exploits.
, King Guishang led the most elite 30,000 soldiers, but was defeated by Sun Jian and Cao Cao's more than 4,000 soldiers and horses, and the entire army was destroyed.
This was a great victory. Although Sun Jian's troops paid a price of nearly 3,000 men in this battle, it was still a great victory. This victory directly brought the war to an early end.
Sun Jian ordered the body of King Guishuang to be brought and placed in front of Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo got off his horse, looked at it seriously, shook his head and said, "It's a pity that he died like this..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Cao Cao on the side shook his head and said: "It's not early! It's just the right time."
"Oh?" Dong Zhuo turned his head and looked at Cao Cao.
Previously, he didn't take Cao Cao seriously at all, but now, he didn't dare to despise Cao Cao like that anymore. He asked: "What does Meng De mean?" Cao Cao looked happy and took off a coat from his waist.
The object was placed in Dong Zhuo's hand. Dong Zhuo looked at it carefully. The object was made of gold. The lower part was red and had the word "Guishuang" written on it. He couldn't understand it. He played with it for a moment and asked hesitantly.
Said: "This is?"
"Hahaha, this thing is equivalent to the Kushan people's jade seal, and it is the seal of the Kushan King!" Cao Cao said with a smile.
After hearing this, everyone's expressions gradually became serious. Dong Zhuo looked aside and shouted loudly: "Hua Manzi!!" As soon as he finished shouting, someone ran over. This person was Hua Xiong, and he walked to Dong Zhuo's door.
Next to him, looking directly at Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhuo ordered: "Lead the soldiers to camp here, collect the fleeing refugees, and take them to Sogdia, and also clean up the surrounding battlefields!"
"Sincerely!" Hua Xiong responded with cupped hands.
Dong Zhuo took Sun Jian and Cao Cao and sat down on the spot. Dong Zhuo held the small seal tightly, feeling very excited. This is a symbol of the Kushan throne. Dedicating this thing to the emperor is equivalent to
He announced that he had destroyed the orthodoxy of Guishuang. What a credit it was. He would definitely be able to take the post of Taiwei, and even his name would go down in history and be immortalized throughout the ages!
When Dong Zhuo thought of this, he couldn't help but laugh out loud. He looked at Cao Cao who was standing aside again, his eyes were very kind and there was no rejection at all. He asked with a smile: "Is this really the Guishan Jade Seal?"
"Of course, this is what I found from the body of King Guishang. Also, Wentai, I didn't tell you about this, I hope you can forgive me..." Cao Cao said, Sun Jian waved his hand,
Said: "It's okay, even if you tell me these things, it's useless..." Dong Zhuo once again put the seal in front of his eyes, looked at it carefully, and said three more good words.
"I wonder what Duke Dong will do with this royal seal?" Cao Cao asked.
"Of course it is dedicated to the emperor!" Dong Zhuo said without hesitation.
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "No."
Dong Zhuo was confused. If he didn't hand it over to the emperor, why should he keep it privately? But what was the use of this thing?
"What's Meng De's opinion?"
"Send this thing back to the southern part of Kushan..."
"What!!"
Dong Zhuo and Sun Jian couldn't help but scream, and sent them back? What was going on? Could this guy be suffering from a brain disease? Why should they send back to Kushan a treasure that was only obtained after tens of thousands of people were killed and injured?
Cao Cao said calmly: "The country of Guishang is not yet as powerful as the Han Dynasty. The local princes have a large number of private soldiers and are strong. Previously, the King of Kushan was able to suppress them entirely because of the power in his hands." With tens of thousands of elites, now the King of Kushan is dead and he has no heirs. This is a good thing. The people in Kushan will definitely dislike the battle for the throne."
"At this time, if we send the royal seal to the weakest princes, and then write a testament in the tone of King Kushan and make him the king, this testament will not just be one, we will have to write many Hahaha, the seal symbolizing the throne is in the hands of the weakest princes, which will of course cause the rest of the people to snatch it. We must use some means to fight for the throne. This civil struggle for the throne can become a military struggle. !”
Dong Zhuo frowned, still a little hesitant in his heart. He was really reluctant to give up the work of destroying the country like this. He asked cautiously: "How about we only write the edict and not give the king's seal?"
"Dong Gong... what is the use of this thing to us? If it is used in Sogdia, the people of Sogdia will not obey because of this seal. They will obey our elite troops and send them back to Luoyang. It can only be used as a decorative object for the emperor to play with. However, if he is sent out, it will cause internal strife in Kushan and greatly reduce the national power. It will be of great benefit to us. We can also take this opportunity and use the trade rights of Anxi from now on. Take it away from Kushan!"
"We can even support some princes in the south of Kushan and continue to trade with them. However, they need to come to Sogdia to trade with us. I think Xinha can be used as a large trade port for foreign trade. Things... this place will definitely develop rapidly, and the future administrative center will definitely be there..."
Dong Zhuo is still a little reluctant to give up. Although he understands these truths in his heart, these are not beneficial to us. They are beneficial to the big man. What benefit are they to me, Dong Zhongying?
Cao Cao may have seen what Dong Zhuo was thinking, so he added: "Dong Gong, the emperor is smart. He must understand everything here. How could the emperor forget Dong Gong's great achievements? And this heavy defeat of Guishang, When the next conquest takes place, it will be the day when Kuishang will be destroyed!"
Dong Zhuo gradually let go of the seal in his hand, nodded, then smiled and said, "I wonder if I will still be alive on that day?"
"That battle will definitely have to be led by Duke Dong himself!"
"Hahahaha!" Dong Zhuo laughed, threw the royal seal in his hand to Cao Cao, and said, "Just do what you want..."
After getting Dong Zhuo's help, Cao Cao got busy with this matter. He first found the edict of King Guishang, most of which were found in the king's tent. Cao Cao searched the entire tent, and finally found some. As an unexpected gain, he found a written record of King Kushan, which recorded how he dealt with the princes in the country and his appreciation of the Han Dynasty system. Cao Cao read it carefully for a long time.
After reading it, he couldn't help but sigh, this King of Kushan is not stupid, he is talented, but unfortunately, he will never be able to realize his ambition. Just by attacking Sogdia, the big man was involved in this.
During the war, this ambitious king died tragically in the battle, but his memorials were very useful to Cao Cao.
From here, we can clearly see the various situations in Guishang, the strength and weakness of the princes, and even their personalities. King Kushan made a rigorous analysis, and Cao Cao wrote six edicts in the tone of King Kushan.
After stamping the royal seal of King Kushan, he selected six dead soldiers from the army and asked them to go as Han envoys to deliver the message, and promised them that they would be rewarded with heavy gold when they came back.
Cao Cao was busy with this, while Dong Zhuo was busy bringing the refugees back to Sogdia. Sogdia needed a lot of manpower for development. Besides, this can also be regarded as his military merit. Just say that these are prisoners.
, they did not stay here for long, just because all the supplies were burned by Cao Cao, they could not get any supplies here, and they could not even find supplies locally.
Dong Zhuo led his men to attack, but he did not bring much baggage, so they returned to Sogdia only five or six days later.
Everyone understood that the war was over. Although the Kushan side did not propose peace, their king had died in the battle and most of their soldiers no longer existed. They did not have the strength to counterattack. Cao Cao still
I know that in the near future, they will still fight among themselves. Even if they don't fight, their national power will be greatly damaged, so they can only accept this humiliation.
This war was the largest, most expensive, and most seriously injured battle since Emperor Xiaokang. It was a battle between empires. Even in the face of this declining empire, the Han Dynasty still paid a heavy price.
At a great cost, the Northern and Southern armies sent out more than 43,000 soldiers, 13,000 were killed in battle, and more than 8,600 were disabled, with only half of the casualties.
If it weren't for Cao Cao's powerful force attacking Guishang, I'm afraid this number would have been even greater.
Of course, the Kushans paid an even higher price. Except for the death of the Kushan king, they suffered a total of nearly 60,000 casualties. They lost Sogdiana, Khwarizm, Bactria and other lands. The north was completely occupied, and the standing army was destroyed.
They have lost the qualification to compete with the Han Dynasty and Anxi, and are completely in decline.
The gains of the Han army were also astonishing. They forcibly seized areas including Sogdia, Khwarizm and other areas from Kushan, as well as millions of people with registered residences.
The news of the end of the war came from Guishang, to the Western Regions, to Liangzhou, and to Luoyang. Along the way, officials and people were cheering, not for the victory of the Han Dynasty, but because of the end of the burden. Many
The people even cried, and most of their relatives were sent to the Western Regions to transport food and grass to the army.
This war is finally over.
When the news reached the temple, the anger in the hearts of the officials calmed down. The most excited person was Yuan Shao. He was so excited that he almost cried. During this period, he had a very bad life. The savings in the treasury
Gradually bottoming out, many policies were forced to stop, such as Xing Ziang's road construction, Liu Bei's official education, and Xun Yu's water conservancy.
This caused all the officials to complain against him, and all the blame for the empty treasury fell on his head.
What a pity, I, Yuan Benchu, have always been against war!!!
Finally, this fatal battle was over. Yuan Shao burst into tears and was even more excited than Dong Zhuo. For a while, the whole of Luoyang began to talk about this battle.