My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 692 Return to the DPRK
The firelight illuminated the big tent in the dark night.

Su Chen closed his eyes to relieve the dryness and fatigue. On the desk with candlesticks on it were piles of memorials, but most of them were written on Western paper, waiting for his review.

Occasionally, there were excited noises coming from outside. At this time, the main force had already embarked on the return journey, and it was normal for the soldiers to be excited and happy.

"You left behind a fleet and a land army. Aren't you worried that they will establish another king?"

In the corner of the big tent, there is a square stone pillar with a huge stone placed on top. If you look closely, you can see human features on the stone in the candlelight.

"I always keep a principle of not employing people if I doubt them, and trusting people I employ." Su Chen signed a memorial and put it in the bamboo basket at his feet. Someone would carry it out tomorrow.

He picked up the brush again and continued with a smile, "Will you doubt your Knights of the Round Table?"

"will not!"

Arthur hesitated, "Except for Lancelot… He seduced my wife, and he betrayed my trust in him."

Perhaps realizing that Su Chen had diverted the conversation, King Arthur turned his gaze back to the other person.

"Does the emperor of the East have to deal with so many government affairs every day?"

"This is not your concern, Arthur!" Su Chen stretched lazily, finished marking the last few papers, put down the brush, walked to Arthur, raised his hand and patted him on the head.

"From now on, you will be my trophy and object of appreciation."

King Arthur did not answer, but just looked at Su Chen in silence.

In fact, he really hoped that Su Chen would smash him to pieces with a punch or a palm at that time. In this way, his soul would sink into the underworld again, instead of being trapped in the stone statue's head and unable to leave like now.

"Is this why you didn't kill me? To show off your achievements in conquering the West and capturing their emperor?"

"There is a reason for this."

Su Chen raised his lips and leaned forward slightly: "But more importantly, I want to let the thousands of subjects of Daxia see such a magical thing as you. It can't be that I, the emperor, have seen it, the soldiers have seen it, and the people have only heard of it, right? Such a rare thing as yours must be appreciated by everyone. The people of Daxia love to watch the excitement the most."

Walking out of the big tent and standing at the entrance, Su Chen, wearing armor, looked at the wisps of clouds floating under the moon. Before leaving the west, he had already arranged everything that followed.

Starting from the sixth year of Yuanxing, the expedition to the Western Regions began. More than 300,000 troops were divided into two groups and marched from the north and south directions of the Western Regions. They marched all the way into the Satsuma Plateau and defeated the Desakpruit army that was besieging the capital of the Satsuma Empire with great force.

Until the defeat of Sakpruit himself on the northern plateau of Satsuma.

In the second year, they even captured the city of Nongmare and defeated Arthur, the legendary king who had entrusted his life to this world. All the twelve Knights of the Round Table were buried here.

Once Nongma was defeated, the Western Expedition Army on both the east and west sides put Ofeiro in a situation where it was attacked from both sides.

After months of attacks from both sides, a large number of cities fell into Su Chen's hands. This Western Expedition finally came to an end in June of the third year.

In these two and a half years, from the Western Regions to the Satsuma Plateau, from Yanjing in the East to Europe and Africa in the West.

From the coast of the East China Sea to the Marendi Islands in the west, the flames of war were burning every day. A large number of people from the Sakprut Empire, from soldiers to civilians and slaves, died under the blade.

Because of food shortage at one time, Mongolian cavalry on the grassland once collected these corpses, cut off the meat from the thighs, and dried it into jerky. Only when there was no food left would they take it out and put it in their mouths to chew it.

Even after conquering the entire territory of Ofeiro and stopping the massacre of Sakpruit civilians, Su Chen's army was still short of food. After all, there were too many soldiers and horses. From the west coast to the eastern city of Nongma, there were the Western Expedition Army.

Even though Zhuge Liang was extremely intelligent, he was helpless in such a situation and found it difficult to do anything.

Fortunately, Xizhou later sent caravans again, opened up the trade route, and began to transport food and grain to this side for the army.

You know, when the Western Regions caravans were invaded by the Western barbarians, they suffered heavy losses. Two years later, the Western Regions caravans joined forces with powerful caravans in Daxia and entered the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains to open up this most difficult trade route, but the closest to the West.

Now that Ophiro has been captured and the food crisis has been alleviated, it is no longer suitable for the huge army to stay here.

But the entire southern part of the West, the land near the Mediterranean Sea, has not yet been recovered.

Before returning, Su Chen left the Bingzhou Army behind, with Gao Shun as the commander, to attack southwards, but the army of the Satsuma Empire was the main force. He also asked Subutai to dispatch 5,000 grassland cavalry to cooperate with them, using their mobility advantage to attack the barbarian tribes and city-states in the south along the way.

After leaving Ophelia and arriving in the central area of ​​the northern province of Miranter, news came from the south before we even set up camp.

——Over there, villages and cities were slaughtered and blood flowed like a river!!

The city-states and tribes that knew about the demise of the Sakprut Empire began to think about becoming independent. When they heard that the army that defeated the Sakprut Empire was heading south, some of them even believed that they could defeat the other side.

In the next two or three months, the tribes and city-states that participated in the resistance were almost flattened, and a large number of people were hacked to death in the cities or tribes, and then burned to ashes.

Backed by Gao Shun's Bingzhou Army, the Satsuma Army, which had tasted victory in fighting alone, gained a firm foothold in the Imiti region northeast of the Mediterranean after several battles.

The Samian emperor Adar, in high spirits, once again made plans to attack the province of Egypt.

This time he captured a lot of barbarian light cavalry and formed an army of 70,000 in Ophir. After politely rejecting Gao Shun's proposal of battle, Adar learned the tactics he learned in the Western Expedition, and marched steadily and step by step towards the Egyptian province adjacent to the southeast of the Mediterranean.

The fighting went smoothly at the beginning. We won several battles and beheaded nearly ten thousand enemy soldiers.

But after entering the Egyptian province for more than 400 miles, the army of the Egyptian province suddenly changed its tactics, from ambushes to Mediterranean cavalry taking advantage of the terrain to launch continuous sneak attacks.

The Satsuma army composed of prisoners saw their morale rise, but it was instantly brought back to its low point.

If it weren't for Gao Shun's Bingzhou army supporting the rear, the more than 70,000 troops plus the barbarian cavalry would have scattered like birds and beasts long ago.

Gao Shun's Bingzhou Army did not get involved too much. Perhaps because of Adar's previous refusal, Gao Shun would not offer help immediately.

Just seize the time to cut down a large amount of wood and build crossbows and bows.

The Bingzhou camp worked day and night in the rear to make crossbows and repair weapons and armor. Sometimes they would also send a batch of arrows and weapons to the Samoan army so that they could continue to fight against the army of the Egyptian province.

The 5,000 Mongolian cavalry could only shoot a few arrows at most. They were too lazy to care about the arrogance and stupidity of the Satsuma Emperor. They waited until the other party suffered enough losses before they prepared to provide real assistance.

Zheng He, who was at sea, had received an imperial order to survey the sea. While watching the battle, he sent out navigators on small boats along the way to record all the nearby coastlines, islands, and reefs on the nautical chart.

In the future, all of this will belong to Daxia.
As for whether he could manage such a large territory, Zheng He would not worry about it. If the dead can be resurrected, what else can't be done?

The battle in the Mediterranean Sea reached Milantel. Su Chen looked at what Gao Shun had said in the letter. His expression did not change. He just cursed: "It's useless to support a wall!"

Su Chen spread out the paper and wrote a special handwritten note to Adar. The words between the lines were full of warnings. It was probably that if he couldn't take over the Egyptian province, he would have to stop being the emperor.

Su Chen was certain that Adar's military capabilities were insufficient and that he had no way to control the Egyptian province, so he had to shamelessly ask Gao Shun for help.

After writing this handwritten edict, Su Chen threw away the imperial pen and no longer asked any more questions.

The Western world has been conquered, and he is about to go back, home!
In the following days, Su Chen stood on the ancestral coffin carriage, looking at the deserted villages and cities outside, and felt that after the war, there would be very few people in this land.

In two or three years, a large number of people from Daxia or Xizhou will move here, and this place will become lively again.

"These are the place names that will have to be changed when the time comes."

The Great Xia Dragon Flag with a black background and white dragon pattern fluttered in the wind. The huge number of troops was like a giant black python winding across the earth.

In the rising smoke and dust, we traveled from west to east, passed Mirantel, and entered the trade route outside the Tianshan Mountains.

There, female soldiers from the Ye Lan Kingdom had already built sentry posts, one every ten miles and one every twenty miles. When the dragon flag symbolizing the emperor appeared in sight, the signal beacon rolled up black smoke and rushed towards the sky over the white snow-capped mountains.

As September approaches, the main force of Emperor Daxia officially enters the northern foothills of the Tianshan Mountains. Soon, they will turn south and enter the Yelan Kingdom.

When Yanjing received this news in mid-September, it was immediately thrown into an uproar.

(End of this chapter)