contend

Chapter 924
During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was set up to command the countries east of Dawan and supervise the nomadic countries such as Wusun and Kangju.

In the following 200 years, the Western Regions had three accesses and three unique features, and the Duhufu was temporarily banned. In the second year of Emperor Yanguang of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Ban Yong was appointed as the chief historian of the Western Regions to pacify the Western Regions. After that, the Western Regions were replaced by the Changshifu Protectorate.

From the names of the two, it can be seen that the Duhufu focuses on the military, and most of the military generals serve as the Duhu, intending to occupy and actually control by force.

The Changshi Mansion focuses on political affairs, and the actual control is actually only Haitou City and Gaochang in Loulan, and the north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are actually out of control.

Even Liangzhou was about to abandon Liangzhou in the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, so naturally they had no interest in the Western Regions.

However, the countries in the Western Regions were also afraid of being beaten, so they still recognized the Central Plains as their suzerain.

The restoration of the Protectorate in the Great Qin Dynasty greatly shocked the countries in the Western Regions.

It is equivalent to no longer concealing his ambitions, and the name has also been changed from Western Region Protectorate to Anxi Protectorate, but where the "duguard" goes depends on how much appetite Daqin has.

Du Yu gave an order to go on, and the countries of the Western Regions should have come, and there were not many who really dared to betray Great Qin.

Most small countries just want to be fools on the fence, not to stand out.

Qin Jun may not be able to defeat Sasanian, but it is still no problem to destroy them.

From the perspective of the Central Plains, with so many forces in the Western Regions, there are not many that can really be called Shangguo.

Most of them occupy one or two oases, two or three cities, tens of thousands of people, and four to five thousand soldiers.

In fact, it is more appropriate to call them city-states. A single country does not have the strength to fight against Great Qin.

After a meeting, just like last time, the various countries gathered another [-] troops.

Yin Chun said angrily: "The soldiers last time were still human, but now they are all old, weak, sick and disabled!"

Du Yu had expected that the countries in the Western Regions would not dare to resist openly, but would always resort to tricks in secret, which showed that they were not optimistic about this battle at all.

One is because of the last disastrous defeat, and the other is because Daqin has only 2 soldiers in its westward march this time, and with the addition of Gaochang and Yiwu's soldiers, the total is less than [-].

"Not necessarily, there are still some available pawns." Du Yu said nonchalantly, "It's worth noting that those who are at both ends of the head rat don't come, lest we encounter the enemy and disperse in a hurry, which will drag down our army instead."

Naturally, not all of the 27 countries in the Western Regions were opposed to Daqin, but some people took out their wealth.

Especially Khotan, Loulan, Shule and other countries.

After some picking and picking, a barely usable army of [-] was gathered, and the rest were let them go back with their king.

This alliance was originally just for them to make a statement.

It doesn't matter whether it's obedient or incompatible, or it doesn't matter if it's ready to move, as long as it still abides by the imperial edict of the Great Qin Dynasty, it will still be the dog of the Central Plains.

In fact, Yang Zheng is not interested in some remote small countries in the Western Regions at all.

There are many countries with a total population of tens of thousands of people, and they are too scattered. Daqin doesn't have the energy to annex them.

Besides, if you annex them, you have to control them for eating, drinking and looting... Governance requires costs, and things that are not directly proportional to investment and benefits cannot be done.

The Han Dynasty was so powerful, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had such a great desire for land, so he didn't do it.

The current Daqin would not do such thankless things.

Like the Han Dynasty, the national policy of the Great Qin Dynasty has always been to control some core areas in order to maintain commercial roads.

Occupy the business path and achieve the goal.

Many countries have seen it, and many countries have not seen it. Just like people, there is a gap in intelligence.

Khotan was the first to see it, so it has been very active.

Moreover, Khotan is located in the southwest corner of southern Xinjiang, and has always maintained the commercial road from Tianzhu to the Central Plains, and has common interests with Daqin.

Du Yu directly broke up the soldiers and reorganized them. He set up two battalions on the left and right with the sons of the Liang family of the Qin army as officers and those who were fluent in Chinese as adjutants.

The military law is also very simple. Those who hear the drums and do not advance will be executed, and those who will not retreat after hearing the gold will be executed.

After training for more than ten days in Gaochang, they began to march towards Shule.

Naturally, there were deserters along the way, and they were captured by the scouts of the Qin army, and they were directly beheaded for public display. Their heads were hung on the flagpoles, and they advanced with the army.

Seeing blood, this army immediately became extremely obedient.

It is impossible for Dawan, Kangju, and Sassan to not know that the Qin army is so powerful.

Even if they don't know, someone will tip them off.

The opponent had been waiting for this day for a long time. Based on the principle of striking first, Dawan and Sasanian combined forces with 7 troops suddenly rushed towards Shule.

To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, [-] Kangju cavalry and [-] Sasanian cavalry charged aggressively towards Xia Guo, and Yang Yi used [-] domestic infantry to meet the enemy.

Shule Elementary School was caught off guard and was breached in an instant.

King Shule cried and begged Du Yu to help him restore his country.

At this time, Du Yu's 4 horses had just arrived in Gumo, and it was too late to join forces with Khotan's 2 horses.

The house leak coincided with the continuous night rain, and the remnants of the former Wusun Kingdom within the Xia Kingdom took the opportunity to attack, intending to use the power of Sassan and Kangju to restore the country. Two cities in the kingdom rebelled in response to the Sassanians.

More than [-] Wusun tribes under Yang Yi's command dispersed, and the remaining Wusun people were also panicked.

The situation in the Western Regions seems to be developing in a direction that is not conducive to the Qin army.

But this is also reasonable, after all, they won the last time, and there are war dividends.

Normally, most people would think they won this time.

The enemy commander is not a mediocre person either, he is the first to act first, takes the initiative, and the leading party secretly provides information. The Qin army not only has to deal with external enemies, but also has to deal with the complicated internal situation.

With so many advantages, it is impossible for the Sasanians to have no advantages.

Sassanian Persia has only just risen for four or fifty years. It has been conquering all the way, cutting down powerful countries one by one, and finally becoming one of the most powerful empires in the world.

They have their own civilization, their own inheritance, and are comparable to the unusual nomadic countries. They are one of the traditional conquerors of this continent, known as the king of kings!
Of the four ancient civilizations, except China, three were destroyed by them.

Under the city of Gumo, the Sasanians and Dawan people are showing off their might.

Dawan was dominated by cavalry, galloping around Gumo City, laughing and insulting loudly.

More than five hundred heavy cavalry in the Sasanian army stood in front of the formation, wearing thick scale armor or mail armor, a gleaming steel waist, holding a spear in one hand, and a short hammer or long sword hanging from their waists.

And their infantry is also quite characteristic, mainly with longbows, one heavy infantry and nine archers form a column, and one row of heavy infantry guards nine rows of archers.

"Sasanian heavy cavalry!" The expressions of the officers from the Western Regions changed drastically.

Yin Chun's expression was not very good either. During the battle in the river, the government soldiers fought back and forth with the Sasanian army, and once had the upper hand, but this kind of cavalry suddenly appeared on the battlefield, resulting in the final defeat of the Qin army.

Among the local government soldiers, there is no establishment of heavy cavalry.

Du Yu's eyes fell on the hundreds of heavy cavalry, and an official who knew the affairs of the Western Regions beside him explained, "The Sasanian heavy cavalry are all descendants of a high caste. They have practiced martial arts since childhood. They are called undead, or immortal."

"Sell first ear by inserting the label!" Tian Zhang next to him sneered.

"There is a folk saying that there are no tigers in the mountains, and monkeys are called kings. If the Sasanians only have this kind of strength, they will definitely be defeated!" Gou Xi's eyes fell on their cavalry, and he was keenly aware of their weaknesses.

Gou Xi was not the only one who saw the weakness, Li Te patted his chest and said: "The final general is willing to lead three hundred veterans to attack him, and if he is invincible, come and see him!"

The surrounding military officers from the Western Regions were all surprised when they heard the words.

Du Yu looked at the poisonous sun above his head, "Order the left and right battalions to guard the city, the old soldiers rest, and the horses recover their strength."

(End of this chapter)