Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2704 Yang, Li and Ji's Three Families Conquer the Western Alliance, the Anti-Sui Alliance of the Fifteen Countries in the Western Regions

Chapter 2700: Yang, Li and Ji's Three Families Conquer the Western Alliance, and the Anti-Sui Alliance of the Fifteen Countries of the Western Regions

Yang Su also guessed that Yang Guang would definitely not want to bring Li and Ji's family together to send troops. After all, the Sui Kingdom was the overlord of the Western Regions, and Ji Chang and Li Siyuan had to drag the Sui Kingdom's tiger skin in order to gain a foothold in the Western Regions.

But today is different.

After the two families of Ji and Li destroyed one country each, they already had their own territory, population, and fixed grain production areas. Even if they were separated from the protection of the Sui Kingdom, they could still survive.

For the Ji and Li families, it doesn't matter whether they have the Sui Kingdom or not. Even without the Sui Kingdom, they can go it alone and grow stronger.

On the other hand, if the Sui Kingdom loses the two potential allies of Ji and Li, it will only have two more difficult enemies due to conflicts of interests. After all, it is impossible for Ji and Li to give up their expansion in the Western Regions.

Yang Guang underestimated Ji Chang and Li Siyuan, and failed to destroy them when they were weak, so that now the two have completely gained a foothold in the Western Regions, and they have formed alliances and huddled together for warmth.

The combined strength of Ji and Li's troops is not much less than that of the Sui State in the Western Regions, and its combat power is not inferior to that of the Sui Army.

If the Sui Kingdom wants to deal with the Ji and Li families now, unless it mobilizes the whole country to fight the national war and only relies on the local garrisons in the Western Regions, it may even be swallowed up by the Ji and Li families.

The Sui Kingdom is not the Great Qin Dynasty. It is obviously not enough to rely on the power of one family to single out so many forces, and it is difficult to completely occupy the Western Regions in a short period of time.

Wang Ben was dissatisfied, but the kings of the Western Regions were all satisfied. After all, the army was vastly different from the original one. Consumed.

Seeing Yang Guang's remorse, Yang Su, Yang Shuang, Gao Jiong, Gao Changgong and others also spoke to comfort Yang Guang, saying that the current situation was not his fault, but the result of good fortune.

Yang Guang nodded: "This time I form an alliance with the Ji and Li families. I only have one request. I, Da Sui, will be the leader of the alliance when conquering the Western Regions."

The Sui State has determined the strategy of uniting the Ji and Li families to carve up the Western Regions, but Ji Chang and Li Siyuan, who are far away in the Western Regions, do not know yet, so they are anxiously waiting for the next move of the Sui State. After all, the next choice of the Sui State will be related to them life and death.

Although Yang Shuang was young, he served as the deputy general of Yang Guang and Yang Su many times. He made great contributions in exterminating the Qiang and conquering the west.

No matter how important the Western Regions are, they are still inferior to Liangzhou in Yang Guang's mind.

Yang Guang saw that Ji and Li's family dispatched [-] troops. After discussing with Yang Su and Yang Shuang, Yang Guang decided to appoint Yang Shuang as the general of the Western Expedition and lead an army of [-] to conquer the Western Regions.

"promise."

Yang Guang dispatched troops in the previous two Western Expeditions, the largest one was only 10,000 troops, but he still beat the [-]+ Allied Forces in the Western Regions. If Ji Xiaolan and Wang Benheng hadn't intervened, the Allied Forces in the Western Regions would have been completely defeated by the Sui Army. Annihilation.

But if Yang Guang was really short-sighted and thought that their retreat was because they were afraid of the Sui Kingdom, then they didn't mind teaching Sui a lesson in the Western Regions so that Yang Guang could understand who the real overlord of the Western Regions was.

Yang Guang didn't talk about martial ethics very much and chose to fight without declaration. When the countries in the Western Regions learned that the Sui Kingdom was coming, many lines of defense on the front line had been breached by the three coalition forces.

However, Yang Guang is still reasonable, and he is not so arrogant that he thinks that only relying on the strength of the Sui family, he can monopolize the Western Regions without the Ji and Li families.

Even if the Qin army didn't mobilize and just sit back and watch the Sui Dynasty wipe out the Ji and Li families, Ji Chang and Li Siyuan are not stupid either.

Seeing this, Ji Xiaolan said calmly: "Everyone, my Great Qin is now fighting against the three kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming. I will not directly send troops to the Western Regions until the war is over."

If the Sui Kingdom did not join forces with the Ji and Li families, it would be in a situation of fighting alone. Not only would it have to face the counterattack of the local forces in the Western Regions, but it would even face the backstab of the Ji and Li Alliance.

Ji Chang and Li Siyuan couldn't borrow food and grass, so they couldn't go all out, so they could only dispatch [-] troops each to march west.

But Gao Jiong was not stupid. After the Ji and Li families had food and grass, if their power in the Western Regions grew stronger, it would definitely squeeze the power space of the Sui Kingdom in the Western Regions, so he refused without the slightest hesitation.

As soon as this news came out, the countries in the Western Regions were extremely frightened.

Both Ji and Li families have nearly [-] troops, but they only dispatched [-] troops. It's not because they want to preserve their strength, but because they don't have so much food to support the [-] troops.

The number of [-] is really too big, and it has scared all the major forces in the Western Regions. The local forces in the Western Regions cannot stop it, so they approached Ji Xiaolan, the ambassador of Daqin to the Western Regions, hoping that Daqin can intervene to help the Western Regions Repel the Sui army.

The number of troops dispatched this time is also related to how much territory they can occupy in the Western Regions, so Ji Chang and Li Siyuan also want the Sui Kingdom to sponsor them, or borrow a batch of food and grass for emergency.

Although the envoys from Loulan, Dawan, Xiliang and other countries did not express their views directly, they would definitely be willing to become a vassal state of Daqin in exchange for the preservation of the state when the time came for the country to perish.

It's impossible for Sui Guozong to keep chasing Ji and Li's family forever, right?
Judging from the current situation, the Sui Kingdom could not destroy the Ji-Li Alliance at all, even if it mobilized the power of the whole country.

Of course, this is just a thought. After all, if the Sui Kingdom really mobilized its national forces, the Yongliang Qin army would definitely not sit idly by. Once the Qin army's westward expedition was triggered, it would be bad.

Gao Jiong hurriedly stood up, clasped his fists and said solemnly: "The old minister will definitely live up to my lord's entrustment."

Yang Guang said regretfully, even if he was killed, he would never have imagined that these two subordinates under Li Shimin, who were ordinary when Li Shimin was alive, exploded with such great ambition after Li Shimin's death.

The envoys of the fifteen countries in the Western Regions, including the five major dependent countries, talked endlessly, as if the sky would collapse without the Great Qin.

Wang Benkong has a method of training troops, but suffers from lack of resources, so he can only lower the training standards again and again. The final effect is naturally not good. Although the combat power of the army has improved, the improvement is not much.

"What should we do? If Daqin doesn't send troops, we will all become slaves of the Sui Kingdom."

Regarding Yang Guang's request that Sui State be the leader of the alliance after the alliance of the three families, Ji Chang and Li Siyuan agreed without thinking. After all, the strength of their two families is still too weak, and only Sui State has the strength to be the leader of the alliance.

"Yes, Lord Ji, Daqin can't just leave us alone."

In their opinion, what virtue and ability do I have in my little Western Region?

With Yang Su's reminder, Yang Guang quickly figured out the key point, and had to accept the fact that Sui had no choice but to join forces with the Ji and Li families to swallow the Western Regions.

In Yang Guang's third western expedition, Yang Shuang was the main general, leading [-] Sui troops, [-] Ji's troops, and [-] Li's troops, a total of [-] troops.

The reason why Yang Guang chose Yang Shuang this time instead of Yang Su, who has already conquered the Western Regions twice, is mainly because Yang Su’s contribution is already too great. Guang must support a new commander-in-chief to check and balance Yang Su, and Yang Shuang is the candidate.

In fact, neither Ji Chang nor Li Siyuan was willing to confront Yang Guang. After all, the increasingly powerful Da Qin was their common enemy.

Yang Guang took the initiative to accept this step after some self-reflection, and then said: "Prime Minister, form an alliance with the Ji and Li families to jointly send troops to conquer the Western Regions, and you will be fully responsible for it."

Wang Ben was very dissatisfied with the results of this training. After training for so long, what kind of stuff did he get out of? He would be ashamed to say it.

Ji Xiaolan said: "Everyone, the Western Regions are the homeland of your Western Regions people. Could it be that if Daqin doesn't send reinforcements, you won't resist?"

As soon as this remark came out, the envoys of all countries were anxious.

"Master Ji, as long as Great Qin is willing to send troops, our country is willing to become a subordinate state of Great Qin and pay tribute to Great Qin." The ambassador of Shule Kingdom said.

After all, Yang Guang's intelligence attribute is as high as 94 points. Although he doesn't want to share the Western Regions with Ji Li's family, he also knows what not to do. .

Since both Ji Chang and Li Siyuan chose to venture into the Western Regions, it is naturally impossible to sit back and watch the Sui family monopolize the Western Regions.The alliance between Ji and Li was the biggest obstacle to Sui's occupation of the Western Regions.

Hearing this, the envoys from all countries fell silent.

Ji Chang and Li Siyuan saved food and clothing for the [-] troops this time.

Although Ji Chang and Li Siyuan each destroyed a country, they are both small countries, and the population of the newly acquired land is not large. If they want to support so many troops, they can only implement military settlements, and from time to time they rob the local forces in the Western Regions. Maintain food consumption.

After some discussions, both Ji Chang and Li Siyuan decided to regard the Sui Kingdom as the leader of the alliance, and each dispatched [-] troops, a total of [-] troops, to cooperate with the Sui Kingdom to launch the third western expedition.

Now the Sui Kingdom has long ceased to provide food and grass support to the two families. Although the Ji and Li families have their own territory and have high-yield grain seeds from the Central Plains, most of the Western Regions are dry and water-scarce, and there is not enough land suitable for planting. If there is too much, it is naturally difficult to increase grain production.

"Yeah yeah……"

The fifteen countries in the Western Regions felt that the Sui Kingdom, under the control of the Great Qin Yongliang Army, could not send too many troops to crusade against the Western Regions, but they never expected that Yang Guang would dispatch a hundred thousand troops this time.

"Our country is also willing." Ambassador Kucha echoed.

It can be seen from this that the people of the Western Regions are actually very clear about the pros and cons. Between subjugation and becoming a vassal of the Great Qin, they would choose the latter without hesitation.

But having said that, when Dong Zhuo was still alive, Yang Jian and Li Yuan, under Dong Zhuo's suppression, also did not dare to have the slightest disagreement, and after Dong Zhuo died, their ambitions also exploded.

The fifteen countries in the Western Regions survived through brutal wars. Logically speaking, they should be stronger, but even after Wang Ben's training, the combat power of the army is still hard to describe.

Now the three families of Yang, Li and Ji dispatched an army of [-], which was more than twice the strength of before, and it was not easy to deal with the backward natives of the Western Regions.

Sui Prime Minister Gao Jiong personally came to discuss the alliance's dispatch of troops, which also relieved Ji Chang and Li Siyuan. This shows that Yang Guang has taken them seriously and will put aside his equal status, not a vassal.

Don't be afraid. After all, the Sui Kingdom sent only 20 troops in the previous two Western Expeditions, and the more than [-] coalition troops in the Western Regions could not hold their heads up. But now they have sent a full [-] troops.

The Western Region is so big, and the local power is weak, as long as there is a fighting army, Ji Chang and Li Siyuan can completely re-establish power elsewhere.

Just as the Eighth Route Army of the Qin Dynasty marched out to fight fiercely with the Wei, Song, Ming and Three Kingdoms in the Central Plains, the Sui King Yang Guang who was far away in Xiliang suddenly raised his troops without any warning and launched the third Western Expedition to crusade against the Western Regions.

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People from the Western Regions are cowardly when facing the Han people, but they are ruthless when they kill their own people.

"Hey, it's all my fault that this king underestimated Ji Chang and Li Siyuan, so that the two became big in the Western Regions, and now it is even more difficult to restrain."

There were 36 countries in the Western Regions, [-] of which were destroyed by Yang Su, two countries were destroyed by Ji Chang and Li Siyuan, and seven countries voluntarily became the vassal states of Daqin, leaving only [-] independent countries
The first thing the remaining thirteen countries did after the Sui army retreated was to annex the neighboring countries weakened by the Sui country.

This is also the main reason why Yang Su proposed to invite the Ji and Li families to send troops together, because only by distributing the cake to the Ji and Li families can the Yang family get the biggest piece.

This annexation war lasted for half a year, and it got out of control, and even the two subordinate countries of Great Qin were wiped out.

Shenwu four years, June [-]th.

Since ancient times, people's hearts are the most unpredictable.

If the soldiers of the whole country of Sui came to attack, even if the Ji Li Alliance could not defeat them, couldn't they run away?

Wang Ben's training of the troops of the Western Regions is not insatiable, but high-intensity training often means that more resources must be invested, and the Western Regions are not far away from investing money to increase military salaries, and secondly investing in food to improve food.

Yang Guang was planning to completely occupy the Western Regions this time. The reason why he only dispatched [-] troops was that besides having two more allies to share the pressure, he was mainly persuaded by Yang Su, who was worried that too many troops would be dispatched in the Western Expedition. It will be empty in Xiliang and attract the Qin army to advance westward.

In the end, under Wang Ben's military intervention, apart from the five subordinate states of Great Qin, there were only ten independent states left in the entire western region, including Loulan, Khotan, Kucha, Shule, Dawan, and Great Liang.

Although [-] Sui troops are not many, but with the addition of [-] troops from Ji and Li's family, the three coalition forces have a total of [-] troops, which is the largest force in all previous Western Expeditions.

Yes, the Western Regions belong to their Western Regions people. Now that the Sui Kingdom came to invade their homeland, they had no way out. Regardless of whether the Great Qin Sect sent reinforcements or not, they had no choice but to fight until the last moment.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Ji Xiaolan continued: "The most urgent thing is to form a coalition army to resist the Sui army's offensive. Otherwise, even if I, Daqin, send reinforcements, you will not last until the day when the reinforcements arrive."

Under the leadership of Ji Xiaolan, the fifteen countries in the Western Regions that were hostile to each other due to the annexation war united again because of the Sui Kingdom's invasion, and jointly formed an anti-Sui coalition army of fifteen countries to resist the Sui Kingdom's invasion. It will be Wang Ben, the general of the Great Qin Protector of the Western Regions.

　I was too busy during the Chinese New Year, with all kinds of trivial matters, I really didn’t have the time to code. It will be much better after the seventh day of the new year. The author still has a few days off, and I will definitely update it steadily in the future.

　　
　
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