Destiny Only Han

Chapter 738 Zhang Buyi: You already have the way to die! (Chapter 5K)
West Sea (Qinghai Lake).

Liu Ying stayed by the Ma Lake, although her nose was red from the cold, she had no intention of leaving.

Qinghai Lake in winter is quiet and lofty. There are no yellow flowers, no green carpets, only withered yellow, snow-capped mountains piercing into the sky, and the ice-blue lake.

Walking along the lake, the vast and boundless ice cover gives people the illusion of being in the Arctic.

Following the vision to the lake, it is the place where ice and water meet. Under the blowing of the cold winter wind, the lake surface that has not been completely frozen is broken layer by layer, forming an uneven ice surface, which is silvery and mottled magically.

Zhang Buyi walked slowly, reciting softly: "White clouds are in the sky, mountains and mausoleums come out of their own accord, and the road is far away, between mountains and rivers. If the general is not dead, can he come back?"

Liu Ying pursed her lips and said nothing.

The reason is very simple. The man recited a poem that is said to have been sung by King Mu of Zhou and the Queen Mother of the West when he traveled to the West.

Therefore, Liu Ying not only did not answer, but lightly knocked on the horse's belly, and moved away from Zhang Buyi a little...

Zhang Buyi had a hurt look on his face. He just recited a poem on a whim. Do you want to do this...

On the other side, Han Xin pointed to the distance: "Stop making trouble, they are here!"

Liu Ying set up an awning and looked out, only to see dust flying by the lake, about thousands of cavalry approaching rapidly, from the big blue flag depicting a moon-swallowing beast, it could be judged that it was the army of the Yuezhi people.

"It's finally here." Zhang Buji hugged a thick bearskin cloak and shook his head: "There are so few of them..."

"Isn't this nonsense?" Liu Ying replied, and immediately stepped forward: "The Yue clan is at war with the Xiongnu at the moment, and it would be great if there were a few thousand people who came to meet. After all, they lost half of the Hexi grassland. Now Now there are [-] to [-] Hyun-controlling people."

Han Xin nodded lightly, but Zhang Buyi asked: "Didn't you say that the Yue clan is the leader of the countries in the Western Regions? Could it be that they can't order their troops to join the battle?"

"Not to mention anything else, if all the countries in the Western Regions have sent troops today, at least they can draw a picture of "Han Prince's Alliance of 72 Countries in the Western Regions"...and then make a relief in Chang'an..."

Well, you know Liu Ying...Han Xin looked at Liu Ying who was petrified in an instant, twirled his beard and smiled without saying a word.

After a long silence, Liu Ying slapped her thigh vigorously: "That's right, why didn't I think of it? The dog-like King Yuezhi usually blows the cowhide to the sky. When it really comes to the critical moment, just two or three people come here! Look at me!" How are you going to deal with him in the future!"

Zhang Buyi was stunned for a moment, looked at Han Xin in blank dismay, and at the same time began to light wax for King Yueshi in his heart.

Well, King Wusun next to King Yueshi, in their eyes, is already a dead man...

After all, Liu Ying's mind is small, and Liu Bang's mind is not too big. Many years ago, King Wusun did not come to pilgrimage. If he hadn't been entangled in all kinds of troubles, Liu Bang would have gone west long ago...

A moment later, King Yuezhi, wearing a golden crown and leopard-print fur, flew over on his horse. He looked at Liu Ying who was slowly coming forward to meet him, and got off his horse, laughing loudly:
"Hahahaha...Prince, I am not late!"

Well, when the Han army set off from Chang'an City, he and King Wusun had already returned to Hexi, mobilized troops, bypassed the place controlled by the Huns, and joined the Han army from the southern foot of Qilian Mountain.

Liu Ying looked at the more than 3000 Yueshi cavalrymen who were wearing thin leather armor and didn't even have metal helmets. She suppressed her contempt and laughed heartily: "Hahahahaha... It's not too late, it's just right!"

King Yueshi smiled for a while, and pulled out a tall pale pink horse from the cavalry behind him: "There is a saying in the Han Dynasty that a good horse deserves a hero, and this bloody horse is given to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Zhang Buyi was full of envy, his eyes didn't blink, and his mouth gradually opened wide: "Okay, what a horse... It's worth saying that it's priceless!"

Han Xin scratched his head and muttered softly: "Isn't it just a white horse, and it's also worth a lot? It's just that you, the famous Gaoliang family with a lot of bells and lanterns, don't treat money as money..."

For a man like Han Xin who values ​​soldiers but not generals, if King Yuezhi sent [-] good horses, he would definitely praise him without hesitation, but now there is only one good horse. Humiliated at the hands of slaves.

Zhang Buyi glanced sideways, full of contempt, but when Han Xin cast his gaze over, his expression was normal, and he explained: "This is the real sweat-blooded horse! A variegated horse such as Wuzhu is at best a A sweaty horse can't be called a precious word!"

"Oh?"

“How come you see?”

Not only Han Xin, but even Liu Ying became interested, and turned to look at Zhang Buyi who was full of admiration.

On the other side, King Yuezhi also slowly moved over.

After all, he is the party who gave the gift, so naturally he is not good at selling himself and boasting, so if someone explains it for him, he will naturally be happy, and he has another reason for coming here, that is, if Zhang Buyi is right, he will be a fan, If what Zhang Buyi said is wrong, he will correct it!

So Zhang Buyi said proudly:

"My father told me that there are two types of white horses. One is called Houtianbai, which means that the color of green horses gradually fades to white as they grow older, which is also known as 'seven green and eight white' .”

"As the name suggests, a white horse is born with a green horse. After eight years old, its coat color will become whiter and whiter as it grows older."

"And this horse is congenitally white, that is, white in the womb. It means that it is born white, because its coat is transparent, and its body is pink, so it has a light pink coat color. It's called the Peach Blossom Horse."

"Well, the biggest difference between Xiantianbai and Houtianbai is that Xiantianbai has flesh-colored skin and pale pink hooves, while Houtianbai has white hair all over his body, but his nose, nose and hooves are still black!"

After all, it is a family of wealth and honor for many generations... Liu Ying nodded. The congenital white that Zhang Buyi said should refer to those horses that suffer from congenital albinism due to genetic defects that lead to lack of melanin. He also has many such horses, but Never got to the bottom of it.

As for Hou Tianbai, this reminded Liu Ying of a relatively famous army in history.

White Horse Yicong.

For the army that Gongsun Zan formed, the horses they rode should be green horses whose fur has turned white and are seven or eight years old.

It is normal for well-trained horses and equally well-trained knights to be famous in history.

On the other side, Zhang Buyi continued to brag with envy:
"The reason why I say this peach-blossom horse is a real blood-sweat horse is because the skin of the horse-sweat horse is thin, and the blood flow can be seen faintly. When this peach-blossom horse runs, the skin is covered with beads of sweat. The whole horse looked like it was bleeding!"

"So, there is the name of sweat and blood!"

"It is no exaggeration to say that this kind of horse should be a national treasure even in Dayuan Kingdom. I don't know what price King Yueshi spent to get it?"

Facing Liu Ying's inquiring gaze, King Yueshi smiled humbly: "The Han army came from afar to fight for my Yueshi. A small gift is not a respect..."

For a moment, King Yueshi's humility and obedience formed a stark contrast with King Wusun who was standing there in a daze, empty-handed.

Perhaps, this is his way of death... Zhang Buzhi squeezed his chin, and stared at the bloody horse that was taken away with reluctance.

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The shogunate of the Han army.

There was a lot of people's voices.

This place is not only to clean up the dust for King Yuezhi and King Wusun, but also to entertain the leaders of the Qiang people on the southern plateau.

Well, it was with the endorsement of Wusun and Yuezhi that these Qiang leaders had the courage to step into the Han army camp.

After all, the former Qin Dynasty was despicable and shameless, and loved to cheat with magic power, and often tricked them into the Qin barracks.Then throw the cup as a sign and capture them as prisoners...

That's how their ancestor, Wu Yi Yuanjian, became a slave of the Qin people!
Therefore, those Han people who speak and look similar to Qin people are also not worthy of their trust!

But having said that, the wine brought by the Han army this time seems to be better than the wine of the Qin people, and it is also much better than the sugar cane wine they bought from the Han smugglers...

Full-bodied and clear, the mouth is like a knife, and the lower abdomen is like fire. Although there is a strange taste, it makes people want to stop!

The important thing is, no money!

Hey!

Don't blame them for teaching that young Chinese doll a lesson!

While the Qiang people were drinking heavily, Zhang Buyi, who was sitting next to Liu Ying, firmly grasped the wine glass in front of him.

After all, the last time in southern Xinjiang, Liu Ying also hosted a banquet for the local Bo people leader, and then threw a cup as a sign, and the knife and axe rushed forward to capture each other one by one.

Well, it was his cup that fell...

Therefore, Zhang Buyi was also wary.

But Liu Ying doesn't intend to turn against the Qiang people now.

Qiang people are more guarded than Bo people!
After all, for the Qiang people, heaven is too far away, but for the Qin people, it is too close.

Ever since Qin Ligong, the Qiang people have been brutally beaten by successive Qin emperors. Many Qiang people could not bear this humiliation and chose to move south, from Qinghai and Shaanxi to Sichuan and Tibet...

But here is a plateau after all, Qin people will not stay for long, so some Qiang people still stayed, such as the two great-grandchildren of Wu Yi Yuanjian, one named 'Ren' and the other 'Wu'.

'Ren' gave birth to nine sons, and 'Wu' gave birth to seventeen sons. The 26 Qiang leaders who came to the banquet today are the descendants of the ancestors of these 26 Qiang people.

The reason why Liu Ying didn't do anything to them now was mainly because the Western Expedition was to fight the Huns, and the Qiang people were not in a hurry.

After repelling the Xiongnu, it is natural to repeat the old tricks to let the Qiang people know what it is to destroy the country by false means...

After all, Han and Qiang have the same origin, so there is no need to create a core, just use the excuse of war such as 'unifying China' or 'forced to become a tributary state'...

Therefore, Liu Ying toasted frequently with a smile on her face, and discussed with the leaders of the Qiang people through an interpreter to open up a market in his newly designated Huangyuan County, exchanging yaks and fat sheep for the potato shochu they drink now .

Well, to use a more foreign-style name, it's Watka...

In the past two years, Longxi County has been planting potatoes on barren hills. Potatoes have high water content and cannot be stored. Therefore, in addition to making vermicelli, the rest is used to make wine.

In Liu Ying's expedition to the west, in addition to establishing the Protectorate of the Western Regions, she was also requested by the people of Longxi to open up a trade route for selling spirits to the west.

The most important thing is that after the Qiang people's yaks are exchanged, the dish of roast beef with potatoes will also become a staple food in the army!
Soldiers of the Han army who are full of food and drink are naturally invincible!

After a while, the 26 Qiang leaders were overjoyed, and the trade agreement was formally concluded. They patted their chests and promised that when they returned to the tribe, they would definitely bring the strongest and fattest livestock to trade with the Han people!

After all, for people in high latitudes and alpine regions, wine is a necessity!
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Three days later, the repairs were over. To be precise, after [-] spearmen were specially trained as city musketeers, the Han army began to set off from Huangyuan County to the northwest.

Liu Ying shook her head and chuckled as she looked at the recruits who loved the flintlock guns as much as their wives.

This is why the musketeers quickly eliminated the old crossbowmen.

It takes two or three years to train a good archer, but it only takes half a month to train a musketeer who is proficient in operating a flintlock!

After all, the speed of the bullet exiting the chamber is fast, and within 50 meters, you can almost point to where to hit, and there is no need to calculate the trajectory, especially for musket salvos, and the shooting accuracy is even more unimportant!

Of course, it is not yet suitable to completely eliminate cold weapons.

This is not only because the production capacity of ammunition cannot keep up, but the main reason is that the opponents of the Han army are mostly in the period of cold weapons. Therefore, even if the flintlock is equipped with a bayonet, it is not the same as the opponent of the foreign warriors wielding big blades. .

According to the records of the British, when the lobster soldiers were fighting in India, they were occasionally attacked by the third brother.

At this time, those Indian warriors who have been trained since childhood, are one of the few highlight moments!

They often grab the lobster soldiers' bayonets and pull them outwards, while slashing wildly with their swords with the other hand, defeating the lobster soldiers with more people than themselves in close hand-to-hand combat every minute...

After all, the length of the musket is limited, and its shape makes it impossible to use the "slider" technique. To stab someone, you must use your arm to send the bayonet forward, so the attack distance is only about one meter. The attack distance is also three meters away...

One inch long and one inch strong.

The price of using a hot weapon as a cold weapon is to be beaten violently...

Therefore, the marching Han army musketeers looked very nondescript...

Without him, there is a ring-headed knife stuck in the waist of the musketeer, and behind them, there is a small round shield stacked with the bamboo hat...

Behind Liu Ying, Zhang Buji caught up and asked softly: "Is it a bit exaggerated to leave only three thousand cavalry behind? You must know that Yi Di's wolves are ambitious. What if they sneak attack on our military supply road?"

Liu Ying shook her head: "Don't be afraid. There is only 20 days of vacancy here at most, and now we are in the honeymoon period with the Qiang people, and they will not attack us at this time..."

"Well, even if they launch an attack, these three thousand cavalry are enough to resist them for a while. If they dare to attack after 20 days, they will be courting death!"

Zhang Buyi scratched his head: "Is there anything I don't know?"

"Of course. At that time you were drunk and sleeping soundly on my bed..." Liu Ying made an evil expression, then said with a smile:

"Just kidding you."

"That was a resolution reached before the army set off from Chang'an, to set up a county in the west of Longxi County with Huangyuan County as the center, called Xihai County, to govern the land of Hehuang."

"So in another 20 days, [-] Guishou families who immigrated from the Central Plains will come. At that time, there will be [-] cavalry here, and at least [-] garrison soldiers who have received military training. The offense is insufficient, but it is still necessary to resist the Qiang people. More than enough!"

Zhang Buyi was stunned for a moment, and stretched out a finger: "Ten thousand households? So many people come here at once, what are they going to eat? It's hard to grow crops in this cold weather..."

"Of course it's work for relief... Well, it's not relief, but wages, so that they can buy food by themselves." Liu Ying explained: "Do you still remember the few units that you saw when the army arrived in Longxi County? Busy steam excavator?"

"I remember." Zhang Buyi nodded, "What's the matter?"

Liu Ying smiled: "That's making preliminary preparations for the repair of the railway. Now that there is no shortage of money, plus the accumulated experience, it won't be long before the railway from Chang'an City will be repaired to Xihai County!"

"At that time, these [-] households will live along the railway line, not only to prevent the railway tracks from being stolen by the Qiang people, but also to take advantage of the convenient transportation to develop rapidly!"

Zhang Buyi was stunned and remained silent for a long time:
"No wonder Zhiyang said that your small treasury is so empty that you can run a horse. It turns out that all the money has been spent here..."

"You really deserve to be a prodigal!"

"Apart from cattle and sheep, what else is there in this broken place? It's worth building a special railway? With this money, how about building railways to Bashu, Hanzhong, and Nanhai?"

Is it short-sighted... Liu Ying gave Zhang Buyi a contemptuous look, and said with a sneer, "Many times, infrastructure construction is not for temporary gain."

"Think about it, if we want to set up the Protectorate of the Western Regions here, we will naturally need a large number of garrisons and immigrants to settle the land. If all the supplies are pulled by horse-drawn carts, the cost will be too high."

"Therefore, it's hard to say for our generation. The next generation may give up the Western Regions because they don't want to spend the money."

"But the crux of the matter is that when there is a power gap in one place, another force will quickly fill it."

"The Protectorate of the Western Regions is gone. Should Xihai County give up? What about Longxi County and Beidi County, which are facing the threat from the West? What about Jiuyuan County and Yunzhong County in the future?"

"One day, there will be no way to retreat! Is it possible to repeat the mistakes of the former Qin Dynasty and watch the enemy soldiers approach the city of Chang'an?"

"So, some things can't wait, just seize the day!"

After Liu Ying finished speaking, she jumped off the horse and walked to the side of the road. She lifted the padded robe with one hand, and her cold right hand passed through layers of obstacles, and slowly pulled it. Immediately, a crystal water line fell in a perfect parabola.

Beside him, Zhang Buyi did the same.

Liu Ying moved her gaze to the side unconsciously, glanced down, and then raised her head triumphantly, with a disgruntled expression:
"Small is so cute..."

(End of this chapter)