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Chapter 939 Zongfan
Failure on the battlefield often leads to greater defeat in the heart.

Facing the weak Qin army, the Sasanians did not dare to fight in the field, and the outcome of this war was already doomed.

All the envoys from the countries and ethnic groups in Central Asia gathered in Du Yu's tent of the Chinese army.

"Great Qin is inclusive of all rivers, and this westward advance is intended to promote the prestige of our Great Qin State, maintain the east-west business road, and make Huaxia enjoy the people here and share peace!" Du Yuwen said.

The suzerain-vassal system since the Han and Wei dynasties has been very perfect.

It means that as long as you recognize Zhongyuan as the eldest brother and accept the canonization of the imperial court, everyone will live a good life together.

You know, the mainstream of this era is conquest and killing.

I come, I see, I conquer.

It's the way of the Romans.

But the Persians were even more cruel. Three of the four ancient civilizations were destroyed by them. Since the Shang Dynasty, they had harbored ill intentions towards China. There is a saying in later generations that the foreign invasion that Fu Hao resisted was actually the Aryan Persians.

According to the law of the jungle, big countries wantonly slaughter small countries, even in later generations.

Unless the big country is full, or looks down on the poor land of the small country.

Huaxia provides another possibility. As long as you agree with Huaxia, everyone can live in a circle.

"Can Daqin protect us from the oppression of the Sasanians?" asked An Miko, a Sogdian.

"In this war, you should have seen the bravery of the Qin soldiers. The Qin marched westward to establish a new order and law." Du Yu met the Sogdians when he was in Daxing.

They were the most active merchants on the east-west trade road, and some big merchants even bought mansions in Daxing City.

In history, the Sogdians also continued to move eastward.

The most valuable basin on Congling is Dawan, and the other is Tocharian in the south.

There lived a large number of Sogdian, Yanqi, Yuezhi, Tianzhu, and Qiuci tribes.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Sogdian merchants introduced wheat from West Asia to the Central Plains.

"Da Qin is here, so he won't retreat, right?" Qiucihao Chief Bai Nibo said.

This kind of thing has happened several times. Li Guangli, the general of Ershi, attacked Dawan twice, but ended up without any problems. Sun and Dawan were later impeached by Prime Minister Kuang Heng, who had stolen everything from the wall, and the Han army retreated again.

It's not that they don't know the power of the Central Plains, but that the Central Plains doesn't seem to have much interest in this place.

If they surrendered to Daqin today and ran away tomorrow, they would be liquidated by the Sasanians.

"To the north of the Tianshan Mountains is the State of Xia, and to the west of the Congling Mountains, there will be another state in the future. You can rest assured that the Great Qin will never backfire on its promises." In Du Yu's conception, Xia State, Hezhong, and Dawan are three pillars. Avoid the strength of a family being too strong, thus threatening the Western Regions and the Central Plains.

During this period, Great Qin's combat power was the best in the world, but once the Central Plains were peaceful, its combat power would plummet.

Central Asia is fighting every day, and Xia Guo has the support of the Central Plains. If one goes up and down, the strength will be greatly enhanced.

"If so, we Sogdians are willing to follow Daqin!"

"We Yuezhi people are also willing to follow Daqin!"

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Since they came to see Du Yu, it showed that they were more anxious.

These tribes and small countries are sandwiched between Sasan, Guishuang, and Daqin, and they always need to find a big brother...

Sasanian is a strategy of caste high pressure, while Guishuang has long since declined, internal and external troubles, Sasanian backlog of living space in the west, and local forces in southeast Tianzhu are on the rise.

Only Daqin can give them a chance.

With the support of these tribes, the Qin army's offensive went more smoothly.

As long as the Qin army's banner appears under the city, rounds of rebellions will break out in the city, opening the city gates to meet the Qin army.

The core area of ​​the Sassanid people is in the Mesopotamia, and the emphasis on the Mediterranean and Khorasan is far greater than that in the river.

More and more tribes have seen the Sassanid's external strength, and they have not hesitated to throw themselves into Daqin's arms.

The governor of the river, Bahram, simply abandoned other cities and gathered a large number of troops in Bukhara, the capital of the river, strictly controlling the tribes under his command, and asked for support from Khorasan.

Except for a few cities south of Bukhara in the river, all the other areas fell into the hands of the Qin army.

The tribes headed by Heda, Yuezhi, and Sogdian assembled a 5-man cavalry force.

Khotan again sent [-] cavalry across Congling to assist Qin.

"Getting the right way will help you a lot, but losing the right way will help you a lot. This time the Sasanians will not only lose in the river!" Wen Yang has been fighting for many years, and he can also say a few words about the art of war.

The situation has completely turned to Daqin.

Du Yu said with a smile: "Outsiders can only take advantage of the situation, not strength. Now that our Great Qin is strong, they will support us and get some oil and water. Once encountering a really tough battle, these people will be the first to fight at both ends."

"What the guard said is true, the only thing we can rely on is the knife in our hands!" Yin Chun fell on it once, and he has a deep memory.

"Why does my Great Qin need to borrow their power? According to my proposal, we might as well order all the ministries to assist in the siege of Bukhara. Our army will go straight to Khorasan and bring all this land under the rule of the Great Qin!" Wen Yang has the capital of arrogance.

On the sand table, Khorasan is located in the middle of the river, Tocharo, Persian Highlands, and Guishuang.

Taking this place means cutting off Sasanian's hand extending to Central Asia.

Tianzhu in the south, Tocharia in the east, and Hezhong in the north have all become the food in Daqin's mouth.

With the current strength of Daqin in Central Asia and the Xia Kingdom in the north, it is absolutely possible to compete with the Sasanians.

Alexander's [-] Macedonian army fought from west to east.

The Qin army had more than [-] troops in Central Asia.

But Wenyang's approach is a one-shot deal.

The Persians were in decline then, but now the Persians are at their strongest.

Daqin will be dragged into a bigger war.

The middle of the river is the leftovers of the Sasanian Dynasty. Daqin's capture of this place is a piece of meat for them, but if they attack Khorasan, it is a knife in Sasanian's heart.

To the south of Khorasan is the Persian Highlands (Iranian Highlands), the hometown of the Sasanian Dynasty...

How could people not come to risk their lives?

Geographically, the whole of Central Asia is like a big basin.

Surrounded by mountain ranges such as Onion Ridge, Hindu Kush, and Alburz.

The Sassanid Dynasty can be condescending and maintain a long-term strategic advantage over Khorasan, just like the Tang Dynasty against Tubo in history.

Du Yu is the top strategist of Daqin, so he naturally understands it.

Furthermore, who would benefit the most if Khorasan was captured and an all-out war with the Sassanian dynasty would take place?

Of course the Romans.

The snipe and the clam compete for the fisherman's profit, and they will eat Sassan one by one from the Mediterranean and the Caucasus...

Neither a strong Sasanian nor a strong Rome is in the interests of Qin in Central Asia.

"General Wen deserves to be the number one fierce general in the Great Qin Dynasty. However, our army has just arrived west of Congling, and our strength is limited. Khorasan is remote, so it is difficult for our army to compete with Sasan." Du Yu's words are reassuring.

No matter how irritable the general is, he has no temper in front of him.

"However, our army can pretend to attack Khorasan and contain Sassan!"

(End of this chapter)