Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2776 The Han Allied Forces Conquer Central Asia, Li Cunxiao VS Niu Mowang ([-])

Chapter 2772: Han Allied Forces Conquer Central Asia, Li Cunxiao VS Niu Mowang ([-])

The scale of the war in the Western Regions was not small. The anti-Sui coalition forces were 25, and the Yang Ji and Li family coalition forces were 30. The total troops involved exceeded [-] troops. The scale of such a war is not small even in the Central Plains.

But no one expected that the hastily started Great War in the Western Regions would end so hastily.

Almost a few days before the Qin army won the victory in the battle against the Sui Dynasty, Yang Shuang defeated the 20 anti-Sui coalition forces led by Wang Ben head-on with [-] troops from Yangji and Li's three families, and achieved [-] enemy troops. , The glorious record of capturing [-] people.

With such a great victory, Yang Shuang naturally wanted to expand the results of the battle, but he received news that Yang Guang died in battle, Daxing surrendered, and Gao Huan asked him for help.

Yang Shuang, Li Siyuan, and Ji Chang had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​expanding their victories and taking advantage of their victories after hearing the news and after some discussions.

Because the two states of Lianghai have fallen into the hands of Daqin, and 20 Qin troops are staying in Liangzhou now.

"Most of Daqin's current military strength is used on the Eastern Front. Before the six kingdoms of Wei, Song, Ming, Shu, Chu, and Wu are destroyed and the great cause of unification is completely completed, even if Li Jing wants to send troops to the Western Regions, the Daqin court will definitely not agree.

But if we dare to disregard Daqin's threats and forcibly annihilate the fifteen countries in the Western Regions and monopolize the Western Regions, then even if the Great Qin Dynasty is unwilling, we must send troops to the Western Regions to balance the situation in the Northwest.

At that time, what we will have to face will not be the weak Western Region Army, but a hundred thousand or even more Qin Army. "

Ji Chang stroked his long beard lightly, and said to Li Siyuan and Yang Shuang.

Yang Shuang and Li Siyuan couldn't help but fell silent when they heard the words. The Sui Kingdom is now in name only, and it is impossible for them alone to stop Daqin's sanctions.

Don't look at them now holding an army of 15, but nearly half of them are weak troops from the Western Regions, and they are completely vulnerable to the main force of the Qin army.

In the Great War of the Western Regions, although there were only 25 Qin troops in the [-] Western Regions coalition forces, Wang Ben recruited troops on the spot and formed a new army not long ago.

But it was the 24 Qin army that caused great trouble to the three coalition forces. Nearly half of the coalition forces' battle losses were caused by the [-] Qin army, and the other [-] coalition forces occupied the other side. It can be seen how weak the Western Region Army is.

Therefore, if possible, Yang Shuang, Ji Chang, and Li Siyuan would rather face the 40 Western Regions army than the Qin army with more than [-] troops.

"Let's stop the war first and digest the results before discussing other things. With our current strength, we are still unable to confront the Qin army head-on." Li Siyuan said.

Ji Chang and Yang Shuang also nodded in agreement, so the three coalition forces of Yang, Ji and Li stopped marching, and Yang Shuang went back to Xiliang to meet Gao Huan.

The fifteen countries of the Western Regions were in constant panic because of the defeat, but what they never expected was that after the Sui army won the victory, they not only gave up their pursuit and maximized the results of the battle, but also took the initiative to stop the war. Feeling extremely incredible.

Although the current anti-Sui coalition forces still have 15 troops left, their morale is extremely low due to consecutive defeats, and they cannot compete with the [-] coalition forces at all. If they continue to fight, they will not last long.

Therefore, the three coalition forces took the initiative to cease fighting at this time, which is equivalent to sparing the lives of the fifteen countries in the Western Regions.

Soon, the news of Liangzhou came, which also made the fifteen countries of the Western Regions understand that the three coalition forces did not cease fighting because of good intentions, but because of Yang Guang's death and the two states of Lianghai being occupied by the Qin army. They were afraid The Qin army would send troops to the Western Regions, so they had to cease fighting. Da Qin indirectly helped them keep the country.

For this, the fifteen countries in the Western Regions were naturally cheering, but they soon fell into internal strife.

Although the coalition forces of Yang Ji and Li's family took the initiative to cease fighting, it is obviously impossible to spit out the land and population that have been captured.

All the fifteen countries in the Western Regions have paid a terrible price, and the three coalition forces may make a comeback at any time, so they all urgently need to recover from the battle damage.

But they were already frightened by Yang Shuang's beating, and they didn't dare to swing their knives at the strong, so they could only swing their knives at the weaker ones, squeezing the blood back and forth from the inside.

This civil war came and went even faster, and ended in just half a month.

After experiencing the disastrous defeat in the Western Regions War, the losses of all countries were extremely serious, and the war could not last long at all.

But in this short period of half a month, Shule, Qiuci and other four countries, and even Dekangju, one of the five great powers, were all destroyed in this turmoil and annexed by Dawan, Daliang, and Khotan .

Xiliang and Loulan were worried that they would end up in the same way. Moreover, after experiencing the disastrous defeat in the Western Regions War, they understood that they could not protect themselves with their own strength, so they took the initiative to ask Daqin to be a subordinate country, in an attempt to protect itself.

Ji Xiaolan naturally accepted Xiliang and Loulan's requests to become ministers, but Dawan, Daliang, and Khotan did not dare to attack Daqin's subordinate countries, so the civil strife ended.

So far, there are only ten countries left in the Western Regions. Among them, Xiliang, Loulan and other seven countries are all affiliated countries of Daqin. Although Dawan, Daliang, and Khotan have not claimed vassalage to Daqin, their alliance with Daqin is even stronger. close.

During the civil war of the Western Regions, the Qin forces headed by Ji Xiaolan were not idle. They not only sent envoys to adjust the relationship between the Western Regions, but also separated the relationship between Ji Chang and Yu Wentai, and Yang Shuang and Yu Wenxian through divorce schemes.

Yu Wentai performed brilliantly in the Western Regions War, and his military power continued to expand, which aroused Ji Chang's fear, and he wanted to find an opportunity to deprive him of his military power.

After Ji Xiaolan learned about it, she wrote a letter to Yuwentai, promising that as long as Yuwentai fell to Daqin, he would be named prefect on behalf of the imperial court, and bestowed with gold and titles. rift between people.

As for Yu Wenxian, he was already at odds with Yang Shuang, and there was no need for Ji Xiaolan to make troubles, the relationship between the two would automatically break down.

Under Ji Xiaolan's alienation, Yu Wentai led the army with Yu Wenxian to choose independence before Ji Chang did it, but he hesitated whether to fall to Daqin.

Yu Wentai knew that cooperating with Daqin was tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger, and sooner or later he would be devoured by Daqin. However, he betrayed Ji Chang and had completely offended the Ji family. He had no place in the three alliances.

Just when Yu Wentai was in a dilemma, Gao Huan also led his army to become independent from the Sui Kingdom, and came to seek cooperation on his own initiative, so the two weak new warlords united together in an attempt to protect themselves.

In this way, the ten countries of the Western Regions, the five major warlords, and the Great Qin, these sixteen forces merged vertically and horizontally, and merged into four major forces.

Among them, the most powerful is naturally the three alliances of Yang Shuang, Ji Chang, and Li Siyuan;

Dawan, Daliang, and Khotan followed closely behind;
Great Qin, Xiliang, Loulan and other seven dependent countries are ranked third. Although their comprehensive strength is weaker than the above two, due to the existence of the Liangzhou Qin Army, they are the least to be provoked among the four major forces;
Although the two alliances of Yu Wentai and Gao Huan are the weakest, they cannot be ignored either. They are existences that all three forces need to win over.

Daqin can't take care of the Western Regions in the short term. Under the checks and balances of the four forces in the Western Regions, they have formed a delicate balance among each other.

The interests of the four forces are different. The Three Kingdoms Alliance wants to protect itself, the Great Qin Alliance wants to maintain the status quo, and the Three Alliances and the Two Surnames Alliance want to expand. But the current Western Regions are a powder keg, and no one dares to become that The fuse, so the target shifted to the Central Asian region further west.

"Brother Yuwen, are you sure you want to march west?"

Gao Huan looked at Yu Wentai with some concern, and said, "According to information, there are five empires and 22 kingdoms in the middle of the Silk Road west of the Western Regions, and their strengths are not considered weak. Putting it in, I'm afraid there won't be any splashes."

Yu Wentai said with disdain on his face: "The countries outside the Central Plains are all uncivilized barbarians, no matter how many there are, they are just a flock of sheep, how can they be the opponent of a pack of wolves?
The 25 troops of the fifteen countries in the Western Regions were beaten by Yang Shuang's [-] troops? "

In this era, everything in the East is ahead of the world, so the national pride of the Han people is overwhelming, and they don't take any races other than the Han people into their eyes at all.

In the eyes of most Han people, the Han people are the first class superior nation in the world, the Sinicized races such as the Mongol, Qing, Nanman and Qiang Yue Wa rank second, and all other races are classified as the third class.

As a Han Chinese, Gao Huan naturally agrees with this set of theories, but he will not be so arrogant that he thinks that with his own family background, he can develop and grow under the eyes of the two great empires of Persia and Guishuang.

Yu Wentai saw Gao Huan's concerns, and continued to persuade: "We are not going to provoke the five great empires, the 22 kingdoms, if you destroy one or two countries at will, it will be enough for our two families to digest for a while.

Brother Gao, among the four major powers in the Western Regions, you and my family are the weakest ones. If we don’t want to grow stronger, sooner or later, the other three Su families will be annexed.

What's more, even if we don't send troops, Yang Ji and Li's three families will also send troops. Once the three of them seize the opportunity and the western countries take precautions, it will be more than ten times more difficult for us to send troops.

It's better to rush in before the three families send troops, and the two of us send troops first, so as to seize the opportunity and catch the other party by surprise. "

Hearing what Yu Wentai said, Gao Huan thought over and over again, finally let go of all his worries, and decided to send troops to the west with Yu Wentai.

Gao Huan and Yu Wentai have eleven cities in the Western Regions and a population of 10,000+. Naturally, it is impossible to give up all these and dispatch all their nests. Therefore, after discussion, they decided to dispatch [-] troops each, a total of [-] troops, to surprise the large army. Yuezhi country.

There are five great empires, nine great kingdoms, and thirteen small countries in Central Asia, and among the 22 countries other than the five great empires, Da Yuezhi is the only country that has not surrendered to the five great empires, so naturally Gao Huanhe Yuwentai's first choice.

After a long period of annexation wars in Central Asia, it finally stabilized not long ago, but now it has been targeted by the losers in the Central Plains War, and the war is about to reignite.

Ten days after Gao Huan and Yu Wentai sent troops, Yang Shuang, Li Siyuan, and Ji Chang also formed a [-] coalition army to march westward, but they did not expect that Gao Huan and Yuwentai would also dare to march westward, and they even seized the opportunity in front of them. They took the initiative, so that the difficulty of their westward expedition was greatly increased.

The sphere of influence of the Da Yuezhi Kingdom once entered the Western Regions in the Western Han Dynasty, and even wanted to dominate the Western Regions, but with the changes of the years, the Da Yuezhi Kingdom has long since withdrawn from the Western Regions, let alone the forces of the Western Regions. Attack yourself.

Unprepared, the Da Yue Clan was successfully attacked by Gao Huan and Yu Wentai. They retreated steadily and suffered heavy losses. They had to seek help from their surrounding allies, the Golden Account and Delhi.

Neighboring countries learned that the forces from the Western Regions invaded the Great Yuezhi, and the Yuezhi suffered heavy losses. They worried that they would also be invaded, so they all raised their vigilance. It is still difficult to resist the invasion of Yang Ji and Li Sanjia.

Yang, Ji, Li, Gao, and Yuwen's Western Expeditionary Army won consecutive battles and victories, which naturally made the Three Kingdoms Alliance of Dawan, Daliang, and Khotan very enthusiastic. However, due to the disastrous defeat and internal fighting in the Western Regions War, it is still recovering. In the middle, I was really unable to fight any more, so I could only watch helplessly as the five families of Yang Ji, Li Gao, Yuwen went west.

At the same time, Yelu Deguang, who had taken refuge in Tubo, was also gradually launching his plan to usurp the power of Tubo, but the plan did not go smoothly.

Songtsan Gampo is a rare wise emperor in the history of Tubo, how could he be unprepared for Yelu Deguang?

Songtsan Gampo actually knew from the beginning that Yelu Deguang was just a jackal, but the battle to aid the Sui Dynasty was a disastrous defeat. Tubo lost the most powerful [-] troops at one time, and completely offended the Great Qin Empire.

Tubo now only relies on the remaining [-] troops. Facing the more powerful Great Qin, they really don’t have much sense of security, so they can only seek skin from the tiger. Strengthen the army to fight against Daqin.

Songtsan Gampo overestimated himself too much. He thought he could suppress Yelu Deguang, but he didn't expect that it would cause Tubo to destroy the country.

In the end, Tubo did not perish in the hands of Daqin, but in the hands of Yelu Deguang's "insiders", which is really embarrassing.

The battle between the Great Qin and the Sui Dynasty, from when the Great Qin sent troops to three routes, to beheading Yang Guang, and completely occupying the two Lianghai prefectures, took only two months in total, which can be described as clean and extremely fast.

But from the perspective of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song and Ming, with the participation of the Qiang and Tubo, the scale of the Qin-Sui War has escalated, involving a total force of nearly 80 troops, of which the Sui side has nearly 50, while the Qin side has only 30. In other words, this battle will take at least two or three years.

But what the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Song, and Ming could never have imagined was that in the face of the nearly 50 troops of the Three Kingdoms, Daqin could completely defeat the Sui, Qiang, and Tu coalition forces in just two months, and captured the two states of Lianghai. The top officials of Wei, Song and Ming were all horrified.

During the two months of the Qin-Sui War, many major events occurred in the Central Plains on the Eastern Front, the first of which was the battle on the Yanzhou Northern Front.

After Bai Qi led his army across the Yellow River, Le Yi retreated to Baima City and ordered Yin Zhou to abandon Yanjin, Wenshijin and other important places and retreat to Yan County.

Although these two measures kept the northern gates of Suanzao and Chenliu, they could not solve the problem fundamentally. The Qin army was still raging in the northern part of Yanzhou, and a large number of cities fell.

Le Cheng, Le Jian, and Le Jin led [-] elite soldiers to defend Puyang City. Jia Fu led an army to attack. When the city was about to be broken, Lan Yu and Niu Mowang led [-] elite troops to support Puyang City, forcing Jia Fu to withdraw his troops.

After Niu Mowang was transferred from the Qingnan battlefield to the Yanbei battlefield, he quickly shined in the Yanbei battlefield. Wu Wenhua, Yu Yuan, Yu Hua, Qin Niu, Jia Fu and other generals were all defeated by him .

All the fierce generals under Bai Qi's command were singled out by Niu Mowang for a round.

Niu Mowang's invincibility on the battlefield made Wei Jun's battle situation in Yanbei slightly better, but with the arrival of Li Cunxiao, the situation that had just improved turned sharply again.

　I forgot the previous part of the content, and reviewed the previous content, which delayed a lot of time
　　This chapter is from yesterday, there will be another one in the evening

　　
　
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