The World of Yellow Sky

Chapter 761 The Protector of the Western Regions and the Three Hans of Korea (5K)

In the second year of the Ming Dynasty, the second day of April.

The whole Chang'an city was extremely lively, the streets and alleys, teahouses, hotels, and markets were all discussing about the national examination.

Originally, in the past few months, the people in Chang'an City have been talking about the news about the Western Regions the most.

The latest newspaper published information about the Western Regions. Guo Tai, the General of the Western Regions, has led his troops to the Kingdom of Kucha, is building a city on the commercial road, and will reset the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

At the beginning of the founding of the Taiping Road, there were seven countries in the Western Regions who came to observe the ceremony: Qiuci, Shanshan, Khotan, Jingjue, Cheshi, Yanqi, and Yaoqiang. These seven countries have now all belonged to them, and there are many other countries. countries also chose to join.

In the countries of the Western Regions, there are large countries with no more than a few thousand soldiers, and even small countries with no more than a hundred soldiers. These small countries are actually only city-states, but they call themselves states.

The entire eastern part of the Western Regions has also been controlled by the Ming army led by Guo Tai, and all the countries in the west sent envoys to the Kingdom of Kucha when they heard that the Ming army had arrived.

The situation in the Western Regions has generally stabilized. There is nothing the countries in the Western Regions can do to break away from the control of the Han court. The Duhu Mansion and the Changshi Mansion have been established for a long time. Most of the countries in the Western Regions are not strong. They were ruled by the Huns before, and now the countries in the Western Regions are attacking each other. , and there is no country strong enough to unify, so a considerable number of countries have actually always hoped that the Han court can re-enter the Western Regions.

Although it is not the Han court that resets the Protectorate of the Western Regions this time, but the Ming court.

But it is the same for all countries in the Western Regions. Han and Ming are all Chinese. They all speak the same language and look the same, and can provide them with protection and bring wealth such as silk and ceramics...

However, there are still countries in the Western Regions that are unwilling to submit, and these countries are mainly Dawan and Guishuang.

Originally established in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions was not attached to the Dawan Kingdom, but remained independent.

This time Guo Tai reopened the Protectorate of the Western Regions, but Dawan Kingdom still didn't want to surrender.

Their national strength is not weak, and they occupy trade routes, and their products are rich, so they naturally don't want to send them to others.

The predecessor of Guishuang was the Yuezhi people. In the fifth year of Yuanguang (130 BC), the Yuezhi people went south to conquer Daxia and distributed Daxia to five tribes. The tribal leader was called Xihou. Later, Guishuang Xi Hou Qiu eliminated the other Xihou, unified the five tribes, and established the Guishuang Kingdom.

Dawan Kingdom has a population of hundreds of thousands. It was originally a first-class country among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, but there is still a big gap compared with Guishuang.

The territory of Guishuang Kingdom is several times larger than that of Dawan Kingdom, and it is said that the population under its rule has exceeded [-] million.

Its territory starts from the border of later Iran in the west, reaches the middle reaches of the Ganges in the east, starts from the Syr Darya River and Congling in the north, and reaches the Nabada River in the south.

However, the news from Guo Tai confirmed that Guishuang Kingdom's focus is mainly on the south and the west.

In the south of Guishuang, there seems to be another big country called "Baicheng", and in the west there is also a big country called "Anxi".

Guishuang's main forces are all on guard against Baicheng, and they are also fighting Anxi.

This time Xu An sent Guo Tai to reopen the Western Regions Protectorate, which made Guishuang feel threatened. The original Western Regions, including Dawan, Guishuang actually didn't take it seriously.

But after seeing the military power of the Ming court, he also heard from some businessmen from the east that the distant east seems to be undergoing a change of dynasty. The country named "Da Ming" has occupied most of the east, and even The north was conquered by it.

The emperor of Ming Dynasty seemed to be ambitious. The emperor named Xu An couldn't wait to expand to the west before he could unify the entire east.

Therefore, the lord of Guishuang and the Dawan Kingdom, who also felt threatened, hit it off, united some small countries, and formed an alliance for defense and against the Western Regions Protectorate.

However, most of the troops of Guishuang Kingdom are restrained by Baicheng in the south and Anxi in the west. In fact, the alliance is still dominated by Dawan Kingdom.

Overall, the situation in the Western Regions is still stable, and Guo Tai has already started to build cities in various places to strengthen his control.

The Wuxiang Camp has already settled down in the Kucha Kingdom, and the city was built by civilians recruited from various countries in the Western Regions.

After the city is built, the people in the interior can be relocated to the Western Regions to further strengthen their control over the Western Regions.

When Xu An chose Guo Tai to reopen the Western Regions Protectorate, he valued Guo Tai's stable character and his overall outlook.

Guo Tai did not let Xu An down either. He was not in a hurry to anger Dawan and Guishuang. He chose to stabilize the country and control the area first, and began to build cities on the commercial roads, and to Dawan and Guishuang. The country sent envoys to show their favor.

Because the Ming army did not have much expansion intention, the two countries of Dawan and Guishuang did not provoke the Ming army, and because of Guo Tai’s envoys, they swore that they would not expand westward, only because they wanted to reopen the trade route. Reopened the Protectorate of the Western Regions and put down Xinlai a little bit.

The caravan that went all the way from Chang'an also successfully completed the transaction in the Western Regions because of the easing of the relationship. They sold all the ceramics, silk and special products of the Han region, and exchanged a large amount of spices and special products of the Western Regions. Now they are coming back on the way.

The caravans have already entered Liangzhou, and soon, the caravans loaded with spices and special products from the Western Regions will arrive in Chang'an.

And a better piece of news was also sent to Ying Tian Mansion.

Relying on the relationship with the car master, Guo Tai bought a batch of Wusun horses of good breed, and also bought famous Dawan horses from some countries in the Western Regions. Although the number is not large, there are hundreds of them. Horses are enough.

Just yesterday, the Central Military Mansion sent an envoy to lead the guards from Chang'an City to the Western Regions with the imperial edict enshrining Guo Tai as the Protector of the Western Regions.

Xu An did not change the system of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and still set up a "Guardian" to govern the Western Regions.

However, there are also subtle changes. During the Han Dynasty, the "duhu" was the highest official in the Western Regions of the Han Dynasty, and his "rank ratio was two thousand stones", which was equivalent to the "junduwei" in the Han Dynasty.

"Junduwei" is the deputy of the prefect of a county head, in charge of the military.

Due to the special status of the Western Regions, the establishment of "duhu" is actually equal to the county-level division.

The Western Regions are vast and sparsely populated, but the Silk Road is too important. After hundreds of years of changes in the Western Regions, it is not appropriate to only set it at the county level, so Xu An raised the level of the Western Regions Protectorate to the state, but still said Western Regions.

Countries in the Western Regions are awarded according to their land size, population, military strength, etc., respectively. , all wear the seal and ribbon of Ming Dynasty.

For the control of the Western Regions, the Ming army also had stronger control than the original Han court.

Although the countries in the Western Regions are countries in name, in fact, once these countries accept the rule of the Protectorate of the Western Regions, they actually become officials of the Ming Kingdom and are subject to the jurisdiction of the Ming Kingdom. Bits can be hereditary only.

Without Ming's recognition and canonization, they would not even be able to inherit the country.

The reason why Xu An has such confidence is entirely because of the cavalry in his hands, and the situation in Monan and Mobei.

Nowadays, several well-behaved films in Monan are like sheep in captivity. In the first battle of the western Xianbei royal court, the western Xianbei was already frightened and frightened, and did not dare to fight again.

In the battle of Shuofang, the Southern Huns, their spine was directly broken, and now even the name of the Huns has been deprived. After Yu Fuluo returned, the old Southern Huns could no longer be obedient. They also built in Wuyuan County, Shuofang County and other places. The city, its clothing and customs have begun to transform towards Han culture.

Since the Shanggu Wuhuan tribe has gained a lot of benefits from Taipingdao, they have always been Taipingdao's most staunch ally. In addition to the marriage relationship, although Xu Yu is not the wife of the first wife, they also recognize Xu An as his wife. own people.

Nanlou spent nearly two-thirds of his time in the Han region in a year. Because of Nanlou, more and more Wuhuan people began to learn the culture of the Han region, began to tie their hair, changed their costumes, and actually ruled A member of Shangguan's Wuhuan tribe has become Liu Shi.

In the Xianbei in the central part of Mobei, Lu Bu has already led the Xiaoqi Battalion to the Northland. The authenticity of Wuhuan in the three counties has been confirmed. No matter who wins or loses in the battle between the central Xianbei and the eastern Xianbei, it is no longer unimportant.

Because no matter who wins, Taipingdao has the strength to make the final decision.

Monan was originally under the rule of the Ming court, and Mobei was only in the pocket of the Ming state.

On the other side of Liaozhou, Gongsun Du also stabilized Fuyu and Goguryeo. Gongsundu is now the governor of Liaozhou pardoned by the Ming court. The Liaodong Marquis, Fuyu and Goguryeo were also granted the title of Yihou and became vassal states. .

Although there was no explanation in the newspaper, it can be said that the danger in the north has been eliminated, and the current Ming Dynasty is the true overlord of the desert, no matter whether it is north or south, or east and west.

Gongsundu guarded the land of Liaozhou and concentrated on governing Liaozhou. Liaozhou has been stable for a long time, and there is no war.

However, Lu Sheng was fighting hard. After arriving in Liaozhou from Yingzhou and resting for a period of time, he followed Xu An's order and led his troops to expand towards the Korean peninsula.

There are three countries on the Korean Peninsula. It is actually a bit far-fetched to say that they are countries. After all, their organization has not yet reached the level of a real country. It is more accurate to say that they are three countries.

Its three parts are Ma Han, Chen Han, and Bian Han.

Among the three Hans, Ma Han has the largest territory and is also the leader of the Three Hans. The other two Hans respect Ma Han.

Ma Han occupies the largest territory, and at the same time has the strongest military strength.

Of course, the strongest army is only compared with Chenhan and Bianhan. The three Hans add up, and the total number of soldiers that can be summoned is no more than [-], and these [-] soldiers still have a lot of moisture. It is pitifully small, and the tens of thousands of soldiers are still the result of forcibly recruiting civilians.

On the other hand, Lu Sheng's department, this time in Lelang County, Lu Sheng directly summoned more than [-] soldiers to prepare to go south. This is almost all the men of the Taishan Yellow Turban Army who have not left Youzhou.

The Taishan Yellow Turban Army has always been a soldier of the whole people. Surrounded by powerful enemies on all sides, they have persisted in surviving. Their combat power is more than a star and a half higher than that of Sanhan in the south of the peninsula.

This time Lu Sheng also received military assistance from Gongsun Du, and Gongsun Du also dispatched more than [-] cavalry and more than [-] Goguryeo soldiers to help Lu Sheng attack Sanhan.

In addition to the army, Lu Sheng can also command a navy to assist in combat and attack Sanhan.

The original Liaozhou navy is now divided into two parts, one is still the Liaozhou navy, under the command of Gongsun Du, and the other is the new Yingzhou navy.

Xu An named the Sanhan area, that is, the Korean peninsula, as Yingzhou, which was the same as the name of the state when Gongsun Du occupied Qingzhou.

And the person who commanded the Yingzhou navy was Taishici, the governor of Yingzhou appointed by the original Gongsundu.

Lu Sheng assembled the army and did not hide it, but summoned the army in Lelang County with great fanfare to transport grain and grass.

Sanhan had known Lu Sheng's intentions a long time ago, so Sanhan immediately joined forces, and at this critical moment of life and death, they also put down all the gaps and frictions between each other.

After the scouts they sent in Lelang County spread frightening news one after another, the entire land of Sanhan fell into silence.

A total of [-] Taishan Yellow Turban Army withdrew from Qingzhou and came to Liaodong.

Among them, there are more than [-] men, and more than [-] old and weak women and children. This time when he attacked Sanhan, Lu Sheng directly recruited almost all the strong men, leaving only a small number of men to stay in Lelang County to protect the old and weak. women and children.

Facing the [-] Taishan Army, Sanhan had almost no chance of winning.

However, Sanhan still assembled an army of tens of thousands of people in the northern border, trying to resist as much as possible.

It's just that they didn't know that their actions played into Lu Sheng's arms.

The reason why Lu Sheng didn't hide it was that he wanted the three Hans to unite and gather all the military forces, and then finish their work in one battle. In the first battle, they directly defeated the main force of the Three Hans, annihilated their vital forces, and disintegrated the three Hans' will to resist.

Although Lu Sheng did not go to any military academy, did not read military books or art of war, but he led the Taishan Yellow Turban Army in Taishan County and has always been fighting alone.

Xu An has always implemented a streamlined army and simplified administration, but Lu Sheng does not have the conditions and foresight of Xu An, nor can he have a stable base like Xu An to fight against the war.

Therefore, Lu Sheng has always won battles by numbers. Whether it was attacking the Jibei Kingdom or leading the Taishan Yellow Turban Army to retreat all the way to Yingzhou, he led more than [-] people and commanded more than [-] people, but he was orderly and orderly. sequence.

He was even able to win consecutive battles, first defeating the Yanzhou Army, and later defeating the Qingzhou Army, breaking through its heavy encirclement, making the Taishan Yellow Turban Army turn from danger to safety, and the crisis of destruction was lifted.

Lu Sheng seemed born to fight, as if Chen Sheng had a photographic memory.

Sometimes Xu An asked himself, he felt that if he was in Lu Sheng's environment, he might not be able to do better than Lu Sheng.

The weather in the north is cold, but now that it is April, the ice and snow have melted in many places. Even if there is still snow left, it will not affect the marching operations.

The date of sending troops in Lu Sheng's plan was April [-]st. When the test papers were still being reviewed in Chang'an City, Lu Sheng had already led an army of [-] to the south of the Korean Peninsula.

After receiving Lu Sheng's report, Xu An did not pay too much attention to the situation on the Korean Peninsula.

The outcome of the war was doomed from the very beginning, without any suspense.

These things have not been published in the newspapers. As secrets, only the cabinet knows, not even the Zhongshufu and the Zhongjunfu, and the Six Departments naturally know nothing. There are only a handful of people in the Ming court who know the latest situation in Liaozhou.

Previously, newspapers about the Western Regions aroused the interest of the people in Chang'an City.

But in the past few days, the enthusiasm of the people in Chang'an City for the national exam has even overwhelmed their curiosity about the Western Regions.

In a teahouse in Chang'an City, a storyteller wearing this Tsing Yi is telling the story in the novel in rhythmic rhythm.

In the teahouse, a group of individual customers sitting in twos and threes listening to books and drinking tea.

Although the tea sold in the teahouse is cheap rough tea, it is cheaper, and although it is a bit weaker, the taste is not bad, and you can listen to books by the way.

Therefore, there are quite a few teahouses in Chang'an City, and the things sold in these teahouses are very cheap and affordable, and the main customers are the peasants and craftsmen in the workshops in Chang'an City.

Originally, the storytellers in the teahouses were all hired by the Taipingdao Propaganda Department and paid a certain amount of salary, but with continuous development, self-built teahouses appeared in many places, and some practitioners who took storytelling as a profession also appeared. people.

And because of storytelling, many industries based on writing novels and story books have been born.

Some people adapted some oral deeds into stories, while others specially collected scattered legends of ghosts and ghosts and adapted them into stories.

Most of the people who wrote these scripts and novels were county students, and some were from old powerful families.

Because the writers are different, the quality of the scripts and novels is also high or low, but the mainstream is still some scripts written by the Ministry of Education.

After all, those battles were impossible in other storybook novels. All kinds of descriptions were written by people with outstanding literary talent, and with official support, they naturally led the mainstream.

"Snapped."

Zhenmu patted, the storyteller picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of the tea in the bowl, cleared his throat, and spoke again.

"Recently, everyone should know that the national examination in Chang'an City has just ended."

The storyteller's question immediately aroused everyone's response in the teahouse.

"Naturally know."

"There's nothing I don't know about it."

"On the day of the national exam, tsk tsk, I saw that convoy from a distance, hundreds of cars, it's just..."

The storyteller smiled slightly and said with a smile.

"What I want to talk about today is about the national examination."

"Snapped."

The sound of the town wood sounded again, and the storyteller closed the folding fan in his hand with a snap, and said loudly:
The rich don't have to buy fertile land, there are thousands of millets in the book.

There is no need to erect a high hall in Anju, the book has its own golden house.

Don't hate to be unaccompanied when you go out, there are many horses in the book.

Don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife. There is Yan Ruyu in the book.

The man wants to fulfill his life ambitions, so he reads six subjects diligently to the window...

………Dividing line………

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I didn’t want to say anything else in the main text, because writing affects reading, but the last paragraph may cause misunderstandings. After all, this poem is from the Song Dynasty. Yuwu, this is only quoted because of the national examination. Moreover, this national examination is not an imperial examination. It is a test of the Four Books and Five Classics. The tests here are all practical subjects, and it is not only admitted to the National Academy, but also to the Military Academy.

　Will not be more civil than military

　　[-] words today, [-] words tomorrow, half evolution today, complete evolution tomorrow, plan to pass

　　
　
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