Daqin: You were asked to build the Great Wall and you destroyed the Huns?

Chapter 354: He Zong Lian Heng from the West

A few months later.

Winter is coming.

Ying Xuan has crossed Jinshan with an army of 200,000.

Nearly a year of patrolling made Ying Xuan slightly tired.

But looking at the lake in front of me, I felt a little proud.

In front of us is Yibohai (Lake Bashkar), the fourth longest lake in the world.

Historically, since the Han Dynasty, it has been the natural dividing line between China and the northwest.

It was only in the late Qing Dynasty that it was cut off by unequal treaties.

It has always been a pity for people.

Although no one gave him this mission, he did not actively desire it.

In fact, even if there are no these four small countries, it will not hurt.

Ying Xuan repeated several times that Da Qin would give them a chance and would not kill them first and then talk to them like King Yougu Li did.

This trip has finally come to an end.

Meng Tian from the Western Regions also got the news.

After King Yougu Li conquered this area, he was called back by Mao Dun before he could properly organize it.

On the west side of the lake is Kangju.

Ying Xuan stood on the top of the mountain, completely relaxed.

In his view, people must be ambitious.

But now, he once again brought it into the territory of Daqin.

"You were just in the middle and lower reaches when you followed me, but it's different when you are here. With me, you are the highest general besides me."

But there is a power deep in his heart that constantly drives him to make up for some regrets.

Bai Zhong thought that such a feat as surpassing his father was actually just that.

Even Baizhong no longer follows his father Wu Anjun as a role model at this moment.

"As the saying goes, I would rather have a chicken head than a phoenix tail. You have to think clearly."

Nothing is complete without one.

Meng Tian's fighting situation has not stopped.

The last part of the stone tablet prepared was also erected here to show the prestige of the Qin Dynasty.

"Your Highness is coming?"

Then Han Xin was sent to lead 5,000 light cavalry to open the way.

If I can follow His Highness, I can't say that I can do more.

It's a pity that he never had the chance. He mentioned it a few times and was deceived by Meng Tian.

Sighing, Ying Xuan was a little impatient and directly handed it over to Zhang Liang to handle.

But these tribes were still frightened, and Ying Xuan would tremble with fear if he moved even slightly.

As the army continued southward.

Turning around and looking around, all within sight was the territory of Great Qin.

"Look, His Highness has so many powerful generals."

When Ying Xuan attacked with two hundred thousand iron cavalry, each of these tribes almost burst into tears.

But Ying Xuan’s inner obsession with the happy ending plot.

After taking a short rest, he calmed down the surrounding tribes who came to meet him.

The generals who witnessed with their own eyes how the Huns were defeated step by step at the hands of Ying Xuan had their admiration for Ying Xuan engraved in their bones.

But it's different in His Highness's shadow.

The army continued to move southwest along the lake.

It's as if part of the mission has been completed.

Almost at the moment of hearing, cheers came from the army camp.

As long as you can keep up, others can only keep up.

In the south is the Tianshan Mountains, where the Thirty-Six Kingdoms are located.

He always felt that the thirty-six countries should be in order.

Maybe this is what people who like history have in common.

It has always been in the shadow of its predecessors and it is impossible to surpass it.

Ying Xuan knew that the last four countries in the Western Region had not been able to completely surrender due to external problems.

Bai Zhong laughed every time he heard it, saying that following Meng Tian must be a good thing.

But I rolled my eyes in my heart.

As the news spread, the 30,000 troops stationed in Kucha seemed to have entered a festival.

The arrival of His Highness means the arrival of victory.

After a long stalemate with the West, they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.

They were supposed to withdraw to Dunhuang a few months ago, but they suddenly received news halfway.

The kingdom of Bactria in the west seems to have some plans for the Western Region.

Not only did the 20,000-strong army supporting the drug donation not withdraw, but an additional 30,000 were sent.

This news made Meng Tian a little worried. Yarkand only had 20,000 troops.

If they retreat to Yue County, it will be too late to provide support if something happens.

Therefore, Meng Tian temporarily changed his position and settled in Qiuci Kingdom in the central part of the Western Region.

Kucha has a larger population and more food.

The savings are enough for them to transport grain and grass from China.

And what happened next was indeed as Meng Tian expected.

The Kingdom of Bactria not only donated 50,000 soldiers, but even began to train cavalry in front of them.

The soldiers at the front almost watched helplessly as tens of thousands of them were gradually equipped with horses.

As the opponent's cavalry becomes more and more numerous.

Meng Tian also began to become more serious.

Continuously strengthen intelligence connections at the front, and messengers will report back at fixed points every day.

If the deadline is exceeded by half an hour, troops will be sent to support.

However, the other party was still reasonable, and the stalemate lasted for several months without them daring to take a step beyond the bounds.

Now that His Highness is here, there is no need to worry.

Bai Zhong looked at the map of the western territory that had been gradually improved in recent months and licked his lips.

"General, the Champa rice that His Highness brought back to the country has been delivered."

"After two good harvests, we will be given priority, which is enough to last for the first half of the year."

"It's better to take over Daxia directly and jump up and down like a monkey."

"I have long disliked them."

Meng Tian nodded slightly, but his eyes were set on the west of the Pamir Plateau.

"Winning Daxia is not a problem. The real problem is that Daxia is the old land of the Seleucid Empire."

Bai Zhong raised his eyebrows.

"The general is worried that they will use this as an excuse to send troops?"

Then his eyes narrowed.

"Then destroy them together!"

But Meng Tian raised his head and did not agree.

"A Seleucid Empire won't make me hesitate."

"What really worries me is that we're heading west in such a big way."

"Will the Western countries jointly resist like they did during the Thirty-Six Kingdoms?"

Meng Tian turned around and looked at the generals.

"His Royal Highness did not stop for a day in defeating the Huns."

"Who knows if he will continue his expedition westward?"

"It would be bad if we move too much, expose our strength and disturb the Western countries, and ruin His Highness's important affairs!"

Meng Tian's words made everyone silent. It was indeed reasonable.

At a time when the generals are thinking, the West is donating poison to the country.

The West donates drugs to China.

The poison-donating king had just sent away Daxia's reinforcement generals.

The ministers under his command asked excitedly.

"King, why did you deceive Daxia? You made Daqin look so weak and miserable."

"This will make Daxia mistakenly think that they can defeat Daqin."

"At that time, if we easily advance eastward, we are in danger of being destroyed!"

"There are intact eggs under the overturned nest. If Da Xia is defeated, we will also be destroyed by Da Qin."

"King! What you are doing is really unwise!"

The Poison Donor King's expression remained unchanged, and he looked at the excited minister and asked coldly.

"Then what should I say?"

"You say that Da Qin is too powerful to resist?"

"You said that even as powerful as the royal court surrendered to the Qin Dynasty?"

"How do you think a Daxia will find the courage to continue to help us resist?

"Does that mean they will still support us?"

"I'm afraid he will immediately withdraw his army and show his favor to Da Qin!"

"What will we do if that happens?"

"Do you expect the thousands of people under your command to be able to stop Da Qin?"

The poison-donating king's angry shout finally made the minister wake up.

"But~ it's impossible to defeat Da Qin like this. When the people of Da Xia find out the truth, I'm afraid our end will be even more miserable."

The Poison Donation King snorted coldly when he heard this.

"What are you afraid of! Da Qin didn't even blink when he destroyed the 200,000 coalition troops in the Western Region."

"But now we are scared back by tens of thousands of reinforcements."

"Then Meng Tian also promises not to go west again within ten years."

"It can be seen that in their subsequent war with the Huns, both sides suffered losses."

"We don't have enough troops to avoid fighting as much as possible. We want to rest and recuperate for a while."

"While Da Qin is weak, let Da Xia feel the bottom of Da Qin."

"Let them catch up and fight. How can we possibly defeat Da Qin?"

"Even if we can't defeat it, if we can hit Da Qin hard again, we can easily relax for many years."

The Poison Donor King narrowed his eyes.

"And the Yuezhi agreed, as long as Daxia is allowed to advance eastward."

"His Yueshi will donate poison to me and leave a piece of land."

"We can't win anyway, so let's take a gamble."

The minister looked shocked when he heard this.

"Is the Yuezhi doing this for Daxia this time?"

"If this leaks out, Daxia will definitely fight us to the death!"

The Poison Donor King looked at the people present coldly.

"If this matter is really leaked, I will kill your entire clan first, regardless of whether you are the one doing it or not!"

The words of the Poison Donation King finally made the ministers break out in cold sweat.

They wanted to persuade the Poison Donor King, but after much deliberation, there was no better way.

As a small country, people like them can only survive in this kind of crack.

……

After Daxia's generals left, they immediately sent the information they obtained to the Minister of Criminal Law who was waiting at the southern border.

After the Minister of Criminal Law heard about it, he rushed to the Xiangxiong Dynasty with the Yuezhi envoy without stopping at all.

The Shang Shung dynasty was a dynasty united by various tribes.

The leader of the country "Muqiu Jiere" is similar to the leader of the alliance.

At this moment, he was receiving several distinguished guests. These people were dressed in monk's attire, with their hands clasped in front of their chests, looking very polite.

It is said that it came all the way from the Mauryan Dynasty (India) in the south.

In compliance with King Asoka's order, he must communicate with the profound Buddhists in the Shangshung Dynasty about Mahayana Buddhism.

The Shang Shung Dynasty was the birthplace of Mahayana Buddhism and only recognized Mahayana Buddhism.

I was originally dismissive of Theravada Buddhism, and could even be said to be extremely resistant.

But the current king of the Maurya Dynasty, King Ashoka, was extremely tyrannical and not only killed all his political opponents before he succeeded to the throne.

After taking the throne, if his orders were violated, he would kill them all.

King Asoka loved war and continued to expand outwards, and had completely unified the southern continent.

When he conquered the Jilinga Kingdom, he even killed tens of thousands of prisoners.

Known as Black Ashoka.

Mu Qiujiere, the leader of Shangshung Kingdom, did not want to anger Ashoka because of this.

I can only bite the bullet and receive it.

This discussion lasted for three days.

It can be said that both sides were red-faced in the argument.

Until the envoys from Daxia and Yuezhi arrived.

Mu Qiujie seemed to have found a savior.

The discussion was urgently paused.

In order to show his sincerity, he did not hesitate to receive the envoys from both sides in front of the monks.

The Minister of Criminal Law of Daxia entered the palace together with the Yuezhi envoy.

Mu Qiujie was very enthusiastic.

"I wonder what the purpose of your coming here is?"

Daxia's Criminal Law Minister was the first to speak.

"I have long heard that the Shang Shung Dynasty governed the country with Buddhist principles."

"He has studied Buddhism deeply, and most of the people in the court are compassionate."

"I am here today to visit with the Yuezhi envoy, mainly because I want to experience the profoundness of Buddhism."

"If you can learn a thing or two, you can bring it back home to educate the people."

The Minister of Criminal Law's words made Mu Qiujie's eyes light up almost instantly.

For Buddhist disciples, the size of a country may not matter.

But preaching doctrines and recruiting believers are no less attractive to them than the inner Buddha.

Even the Maurya monks standing aside forgot about the dispute just now.

Staring at the Daxia envoy.

But Mu Qiujie is not a fool either.

It is impossible for a ruler to be willing to disperse power into the hands of religious beliefs without any reason.

The other party must have some purpose in doing this.

There is no need for Mu Qiujie to speak hotly.

A Buddhist next to him stood up.

"Your Majesty is so sincere, and I, the Buddha, are naturally willing to save the people under my command."

"I just don't know if there are any conditions for your envoy's move?"

The Minister of Criminal Law smiled slightly and did not hide it.

He pointed directly at the Yuezhi envoy.

"I, the Kingdom of Bactria, have no obstacles and can accept Buddha's enlightenment at any time."

"It's just that the Yuezhi suffered miserably."

"Not only were half of the tribe killed, but they were also driven out of their homeland, leaving them with nowhere to turn."

"If the Buddha is willing to help the Yuezhi return to their ancestral land."

"The Yuezhi must be very willing, and the people under his command sincerely worship Buddha."

Having said this, the Yuezhi veteran could no longer remain silent.

He took a step forward and spoke very sincerely.

"As long as you can help me Yuezhi return."

"One hundred and ten thousand people in our clan will surely keep the Buddha in their hearts."

"Worship and offer incense every day!"

After the words fell, the slightly excited people in the hall fell silent for a while.

It is indeed the most troublesome thing.

To regain the ancestral land, there will inevitably be war.

Even encounter strong enemies.

If you don't get this kind of thing right, you might even get involved in it.

Mu Qiujie paused for a few breaths before trying to ask.

"Where is the ancestral land of the Yuezhi?"

"Who is the snatcher?"

The Yueshi veteran raised his head and said with some urgency.

"It's not far to the east of the Thirty-Six Kingdoms, next to the land of Loulan, Nuoqiang."

"The robber is the Qin State that attacks Xiye."

"They have huge ambitions, their people are cruel and cruel, and they are constantly expanding westward."

"If we don't take advantage of now, when they are weak, to repel them."

"When they calm down, Xiye and Zihe will definitely not be able to resist."

"Even a Buddhist country like yours is difficult to hold on to."

The veteran's words made everyone look at each other in shock.

Their soldiers fought against Da Qin just a few months ago.

Even though they only touched slightly, they separated immediately.

But the Shang Shung Dynasty also attached great importance to it.

He kept asking around about Da Qin's situation.

It was not until we found out from the border of Qinghai in the east that Da Qin was a giant in the east.

After that, Mu Qiujiere was always worried if the Qin Dynasty would go west again.

How should they face this expander?

Unexpectedly, before Da Qin came, Da Qin's enemies came first.

Mu Qiujiere looked at each other with the ministers on both sides.

Everyone frowned.

If it's against a small country, that's it.

But we are facing such a behemoth.

Even if they covet hundreds of thousands of believers, they would not dare to get involved easily.

Seeing everyone hesitate.

The veteran looked worried.

The Minister of Criminal Law raised his eyebrows and spoke again very calmly.

"The king doesn't seem to be paying attention."

"That Yuezhi's location is an excellent place to preach."

"Their ancestral land is in the very center of the vast area in the east."

"If you can give the meaning of the Buddha's sutra to Yuezhi and send it back there."

"At that time, the Qin in the east, the Thirty-six Kingdoms in the west, and the Xiongnu in the north will all be potential Buddhists."

“I don’t know how many people it will affect if it goes unnoticed for a long time.”

"Compared to this, the achievements of hundreds of thousands of people are as small as sesame seeds!"

The Minister of Criminal Law's words made Mu Qiujiere tempted again.

The Buddhists on both sides also looked at each other.

This is equivalent to giving them a white land without religious overtones, where they can promote Buddhism at will.

Simply a holy place.

But even so, Mu Qiujie felt a little discouraged when he thought about Da Qin's military force.

At this time, the Minister of Criminal Law lowered his eyebrows and spoke in a thicker voice.

"And~"

"We have reliable information."

"The Qin Dynasty fought hard with the Xiongnu in the north for several years."

"Now we have reached a point where our national power is exhausted."

"Otherwise, we wouldn't be rushing to occupy the countries in the Western Region to collect food, gold and silver."

At this time, Yuejun veteran also took a step forward.

He said in agreement.

"Yes, when we evacuated our ancestral land, we learned that the Qin Dynasty was trying to resist the Xiongnu."

"They did not hesitate to give up the southern land they had conquered so hard."

"At the southernmost point, the small Cham tribe that had originally surrendered became independent again."

"The vast territory had to be abandoned because there were not enough troops. This shows how far Great Qin has reached."

These words surprised the people in the palace, but they didn't wait for them to digest it.

The Minister of Criminal Law then stepped up efforts.

"Besides, when Da Qin encountered tens of thousands of reinforcements, it directly abandoned small countries such as Xiye and Qiandu."

"Even retreating a hundred miles and promising not to invade again for ten years."

"With such an appearance, how can we have the confidence of a big country?"

"Can't you still see it?"

"This giant dragon that looms large in the east may have reached its old age."

"Don't you want to participate in this gluttonous feast?"

"Watching that the Huns have it all to themselves?"

The Minister of Criminal Law raised his eyes, looked at Mu Qiujie and said the last thing.

"That's millions of believers!"

Just these words made Mu Qiujie subconsciously tighten his grip on the armrest.

The Mauryan monk beside him had even raised his head with wide eyes.

Cham tribe?

It seemed like he had heard it somewhere.

But this is not important. What is important is that this information must be reported to King Ashoka.

This is a great achievement.

The monk silently took these messages to heart.

Mu Qiujiere, who was above, had already made a decision in his heart.

But his face relaxed instead.

He waved his hand as if he didn't care.

"You envoys are tired from traveling and traveling, why don't you go and rest for a day."

"Whether the Buddha is willing to save the people of the Yue clan, we still have to wait for a reply."

"If you don't want to discuss it tomorrow, let me, the Buddha, show you the way."

After finishing his words, he didn't wait for a few people to speak again.

The Buddhists on both sides came closer and extended their hands to invite them out.

The Yuezhi veteran became more and more anxious. He wanted to open his mouth but was stopped by the Minister of Criminal Law.

He was dragged out.

"Everything is done, what else do you want to do?"

A rhetorical question made the veteran both surprised and doubtful.

But the Mauryan monks who walked out immediately passed by, and the veteran hurriedly calmed down and pretended not to care.

(End of this chapter)