The Book of Heaven

Chapter 422 The Power of the West

Ma Zheng may not care about other things. For him who has lived in another world, many things that are considered extremely important by others can be given up, but only the persistence in his heart cannot be relaxed.

The Great Han Empire's war plan against the Great Yuezhi has not lasted for a year or two.There is an obvious gap in strength between the two countries. It is said that the Great Han Empire can do whatever it wants, but the National Congress also has its troubles. Even if it only needs to mobilize [-]% of the country's troops to attack the Great Yuezhi, the top management of the empire still needs repeated deliberations, so as not to appear in the battle situation. At the time of change, the turmoil around the empire affected the livelihood of the people in the country, and even led to some rebellions.

Things are naturally not so easy to deal with when the stall is big. The number of places that Nuoda's empire needs to pay attention to is not countable, and it is not comparable to a small big Yuezhi.

Therefore, the empire spent almost 30 years planning and demonstrating the war against the Great Yuezhi, and another three full years to prepare.In the eyes of everyone in the upper echelon of the empire, this is a war without any suspense. Any one of the three armies alone is enough to completely wipe out the Da Yuezhi. To various other possibilities, not for Da Yueshi.

The problem with Li Yuan's army did not affect the advance of the other two armies. In fact, on the day Ma Zheng and Zhao Shuying arrived in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the empire's war against the Dayue Clan officially began.

Wars between nations are neither just nor evil.Judging from such a war alone, the empire is undoubtedly evil. As the party that initiated the war, the empire stood on the side of the aggressor. The Da Yuezhi people fully demonstrated their tenacity in their character when facing a strong enemy. On the other hand, even in the face of tragic sacrifices, the Dayue people still used their own flesh and blood to obstruct the army's advance.

There are many deserts in the north, but there are many mountains on the Da Yuezhi side. The complex terrain makes it difficult for the cavalry to fight in formation. For this reason, the miniaturized ordnance specially designed and manufactured by the Zhuge family played a huge role. Originally In terms of the quality of the soldiers, they were not as good as the soldiers of the Empire, and they paid a heavy price when faced with these killing tools.

But the Da Yuezhi army is not without advantages. Their advantage lies in their local operations. Their familiarity with the geographical environment allows them to formulate rich tactics to make up for their lack of combat effectiveness.For these methods adopted by the Da Yuezhi people, the imperial military department is also well prepared. Almost every kind of tactics used by the Da Yuezhi people, the generals have ready-made countermeasures in their hands. After all, more than 600 years of war have accumulated the imperial military department. Countless experience has also trained countless strategic and tactical professional officials. With these people formulating major political strategies, the front-line generals have very limited room to play tactically.

Basically, it was a battle according to the script, even if there was no one-sided trend that many people expected, but it was better to fight steadily, and the speed of advancement was not fast in exchange for a lower casualty rate.In today's empire, the families born of ordinary soldiers are often not the kind of shabby households that just want to send their children away to eat. Once there are casualties, the empire often needs to pay high compensation after the end of the war. One of the reasons why the Ministry of War strives to reduce casualties when formulating tactics.

Regardless of the nature of this war, the people of the empire are waiting with hope for the news of the final victory. The clarion call of victory in every battle will always stimulate the people of the empire and make them cheer.

Compared with the successive victories of the empire, the life of the Da Yuezhi people seemed extremely difficult.

Being around such a behemoth as the Han Empire, this is the sorrow of the Da Yuezhi. When they established the country, they already knew that the conflict with the Han Empire would happen sooner or later, so almost the entire Da Yuezhi people will spend their whole lives. To dedicate to one's own nation is to prepare for this war.

However, it turns out that the rabbit and the lion can never stand on the same level.The Dahan Empire just waved a claw lightly, and the sharp claws could easily tear the flesh of Da Yuezhi, making it dripping with blood.

Although the holy city of the Da Yue Clan is still hundreds of miles away from the front line, it has already begun to commotion. Many wealthy aristocratic families of the Da Yue Clan are preparing to evacuate to the farther west, although there are powerful forces there, even On the way to evacuate, you will encounter thieves who come and go like the wind, but the possible threats are always stronger than the dangers that are already in front of you.

As the top leaders of the Da Yue Clan, they have no hope for this war at all. Those Da Yue Clan soldiers who died on the front line are simply cannon fodder, they are only used to bleed the Han Empire. In fact, as long as there are no problems in the Han Empire , no neighboring country can compete with it.

And Li Yan and his party arrived at the holy city when the Dayue Clan was in turmoil.

Li Yan, who holds the empire's westward trade route in his hands, has not had a hard time walking this journey. With the help of those confidential information, he not only avoided the empire's army, but also bypassed the defense line of the Da Yuezhi. It can be said that the thieves came with the wind and the water.

It's just that the defeat of the Dayue Clan was beyond Li Yan's imagination. Originally, he wanted to discuss it with His Majesty the Emperor of the Dayue Clan, but when he saw the scene in the holy city, he completely gave up this idea.

"Changed the plan, let's continue west."

Hearing that he would continue to go west, some people around Li Yan were a little uneasy.

The Da Yuezhi was not far from the Han Empire. If it was in peacetime and the two countries traded, it would be more convenient for these people to go back and see their relatives.However, if you want to continue going west, you will either have to cross a vast desert, or you will have to climb over towering mountains. No matter which route you take, it will represent a life-and-death test.

"Master, if you continue to the west, it will be the territory of big cannibals."

The Great Food Kingdom, a ferocious country that wiped out the Persian Kingdom, although it is far from being comparable to the Han Empire in terms of military strength, it is already a very powerful existence.

The original five clans of the Da Yue Clan were equally powerful before they were divided, but in the end their living space was still divided by forces such as Da Shi, and due to various reasons of belief and philosophy, they were finally divided into five, so that they insisted on the authentic strength of the Da Yue Clan Seriously weakened, if it didn't run east fast enough, it might have been completely wiped out by the big food that came from behind, and became a memory in history.

Now the Great Han Empire has already had contact with the Great Food Kingdom, and there have been more than one frictions with the Western Regions. Of course, this kind of friction is limited to a small area, but the Great Food is dissatisfied with the Great Han Empire. On the brink of eruption.

Li Yan thought in his heart that if the Li family wanted to continue to survive, they had to rely on the Great Food Kingdom.

However, not all the Li family members are willing to go to the Great Food Country. After all, the people in that country have all kinds of weird hobbies, which are rumored to be as terrifying as demons.

"Let's decide like this." Even in exile, Li Zong still didn't want his authority to be questioned, he didn't even want to discuss with others, he acted arbitrarily and arbitrarily.

Facts have proved that Li Yan's decision was not wrong. The Da Yue Clan was already at the end of its battle. With the internal division and the cut off of foreign aid, the battle with the Han Empire was almost like a war game that had been set long ago. No suspense.

(End of this chapter)