Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms

Chapter 671 General Attack

Li Yue is still confused about the situation in the Western Regions. Suo Xiang, the governor of Dunhuang, once submitted a memorial, mentioning that there are three powerful countries in the Western Regions. Qiuci, which occupies the main route of the Western Regions, Yueban, which was established by the Northern Huns to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, and Yueban, which was established by the Northern Huns to the north of the Tianshan Mountains. In the south, there is the country of Huihu, which boasts a victory of 100,000 soldiers.

Especially Qiuci, eight thousand two hundred and eighty miles west of Luoyang, has a city wall with three layers of walls and thousands of pagodas and temples in it. People's occupation is farming and animal husbandry, and both men and women have their hair hanging down. The palace is magnificent and looks like a divine residence.

During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty in Taikang, King Qiuci also sent his son to serve as his servant, and he was relatively close to the Central Plains Dynasty.

But this was all eighty or ninety years ago, and no one knows what the situation is now.

As for other countries, there are only some castles, and a few thousand people call themselves kings.

The fact that no one from the Western Regions countries has come for such a long time shows that there is a force in the Western Regions that is unwilling to get close to Daliang.

It's a pity that in this era, news is transmitted too slowly, and everything relies on two legs.

It was useless for Li Yue to be impatient and could only continue to wait.

From spring plowing to autumn harvest, the news finally came.

But it was bad news. Liu Ying's 137 envoys were attacked by 2,000 Qiuci cavalry just after they left Gaochang. The 137 people fought bravely and retreated, and 120 were killed. One person, even Liu Ying, was seriously injured.

When the news reached Luoyang, the government and the public were in an uproar.

The Liang State has been in existence for so long, and no one has dared to attack the Liang State's envoys. Even though they fought to the death with Yan and Qin, both sides maintained their proper demeanor towards the envoys.

Li Yue didn't expect that a fool would actually take action.

"Since Qiuci took action, he must have joined forces with Dai Guo!" Chang Wei said with cupped hands.

"I originally just wanted to restore the vassal relationship and resume business, but I didn't expect them to be so disrespectful!" Li Yue still underestimated the barbarism of this era.

Even for the powerful Han Dynasty back then, the march into the Western Regions was not always smooth sailing. In more than two hundred years, it had three unique advantages and three connections.

There were so many small countries that did not open their eyes. Loulan, Cheshi, and Luntai robbed and killed the Han envoys. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also killed many people before they became respectful.

The same was true for the Tang Dynasty in history. When it entered the Western Regions, it also encountered resistance.

In short, knives are the most effective way to communicate these days.

If you are polite to them, they will think you are talkative and easy to bully.

Isn’t it just an enlarged black river and lake these days?

Since we were given the title of Hongxing, we should have cut down from east to west, from south to north, and killed these people before they would kneel on the ground and sing "Conquer"...

Civilization is built on the edge of the knife.

"Call here for the entire city of Luoyang to hold funerals for the fallen soldiers, and tell the soldiers and people in the country that the Qiuchi people are the first to be rude and harm our Daliang soldiers, which is intolerable!"

Li Yue slapped his thigh, filled with indignation.

Before sending troops, the whole country must reach a consensus and arouse the indignation of the soldiers and people.

Furthermore, the Western Region has great strategic significance and economic interests. It has been China's territory since ancient times. Taking advantage of this opportunity, we simply settled the matter and re-established the Western Region Protectorate.

The name of the Western Region Changshi Mansion set up by the Western Jin Dynasty shows its weak character. From then on, the Western Region was actually out of control.

The Western Region Protectorate was occupied by armed forces.

"Your Majesty, think twice... Qiuci is nearly ten thousand miles away from the Central Plains... The army is traveling far away. I am afraid that the food and grass will not make ends meet. A gentleman will take revenge. It is not too late in ten years. It is time to recuperate and recuperate now." Chang Wei cupped his hands and said.

Li Yue also wanted to take revenge ten years later, but now it was obvious that Tuoba Shi Yijian's hands had penetrated deep into the Western Region.

Ten years later, I am afraid that Tuoba Shi Yijian will unify the grasslands first and then attack the Central Plains with the Western Regions.

Now is the time when Daliang's troops are at their strongest. The last time they attacked Liangzhou, they mainly used soldiers under Wang Meng, Wei Shan, Murong Chui, and Fu Ya. Only more than ten thousand Xuanjia troops were sent out of Luoyang, and the Chinese army has been recuperating.

"You can rest assured that I will not launch an army of hundreds of thousands for an immediate expedition, but will use a small elite force to be fully prepared and deliver a fatal blow!" Li Yue comforted. The Black Armor Army and the Black Cloud Knights are preparing for the expedition.

The west is not alone, there is Murong Chui in Liangzhou, and there is Tuyuhun in the west sea.

On the contrary, if Qiuci's direct slap in the face is not punished, those small countries in the Western Regions that still care about the Central Plains will only drift away.

Hearing what Li Yue said, Chang Wei felt relieved.

The several military expeditions in the past two years have yielded great gains, with hundreds of thousands of livestock at every turn, and mountains of money and grain. Instead of depleting the treasury, they have made a lot of money.

Qiuci is a famous fat sheep in the Western Regions. It has thousands of pagodas and temples, magnificent palaces, and looks like a divine residence.

War driven by economic interests will always bring disadvantages.

At all times and in all countries, wars are essentially driven by economic interests.

And most importantly, Li Yue wanted to use this battle to strengthen ties with Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and truly integrate the Guanzhong, Longyou, and Liangzhou gentry into Daliang.

For them, we must both suppress and win them over.

After the Han Dynasty captured Hexi from the Huns, they moved the powerful families such as Suo, Guo, Jia, Zhang, and Yin into the newly occupied Liangzhou. For more than a thousand years, they were the defenders of China.

Until I met another humiliating dynasty in Chinese history...

For three days in a row, the whole city of Luoyang was deserted.

The people gnashed their teeth at Qiuci, and the soldiers wrote to the Ministry of War one after another, asking for revenge.

The atmosphere was just stirred up.

Although Li Yue was the instigator, he was not reckless. Soldiers are important events in the country and must be paid attention to.

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

You can belittle your opponent verbally, but you cannot blindly send troops. You must first understand the situation in the Western Region.

Li Yue sent the most elite scouts and school officials to enter the Western Regions first to find out the situation. The Ministry of War also collected various battle reports about the Western Regions, planned marching routes, set up food roads, forged weapons, fattened war horses, etc...

This went on and on, and within a year, the war could not be launched.

Of course, the true strength of the enemy cannot be determined by just inquiring. Several small battles are needed to evaluate the combat strength of the Kucha Army. By the way, Tuoba Shiyijian's thoughts are also felt to see how he reacts.

Li Yue appointed Murong Chui as the commander-in-chief of Qin Lianghuang's military affairs, envoy Chijie, and waited for an opportunity to attack Kucha.

After arranging all this, the autumn harvest is over.

Good news came from Guanzhong. Under Wang Meng's hard work, Guanzhong finally ushered in a bumper harvest, with a harvest of 470,000 shi.

Cui Hong also made an immediate impact in Shuozhou, with as many as 50,000 livestock put on the market this year.

It may not seem like much, but it is quite difficult to have so many in the first year. Everything is difficult at the beginning. Once the framework of the pastoral supervision is established, there will be an endless supply of livestock in the future.

In addition to livestock, there are more than 4,000 fine war horses.

Regarding the support of COFCO and animal husbandry, there will be no shortage of food and grass in this war.

Li Yue sent all their grain, grass and livestock to Dunhuang to prepare for the war in advance.

The Liang Kingdom was at the peak of its war power, and everyone in the country was united. After Li Yue held a funeral for the envoy who died in the battle, the soldiers and the people all shared the same hatred against the enemy, and they all wanted revenge, and the hearts of the people were available.

(End of this chapter)