The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 503: Juyan Desert [Please subscribe and vote]

Chapter 503 Juyan Desert [Please subscribe*Please vote monthly]

Along the way, Jing Ke really gained knowledge. A city is a country. Why does it look so like the Zhou Dynasty who divided the world at the beginning?
If we only talk about the land area, it seems that the Western Regions are really similar to the Zhou Dynasty during the early feudal period. However, what is different from the Zhou Dynasty is that they do not have a large, powerful, and advanced suzerain state.

It is more like the Spring and Autumn Period when Duke Zhuang of Zheng aspired to the throne and took turns fighting for hegemony.

To put it simply, it is a powerful regime with a group of younger brothers dominating the Western Regions.

Under the escort of Cheshi Weidu, Han Tan led the envoy to Cheshi's former country, which was also the most powerful country in the Cheshi Alliance.

In terms of territory and oasis area, Cheshi Qianguo is much larger than Cheshi Weidu.

Che Shiwei Du had only 5,000 elite troops despite his best efforts, while Che Shi's former country had nearly 30,000 elite troops.

This is also the basis for the driver to become the top existence in the Western Region.

In Cheshiqian's country, Han Tan finally learned about the armaments of the major forces in the Western Region.

Now the strongest in the entire Western Region is Loulan. It has an elite army of 80,000 that belongs to Loulan. Together with the troops of the vassal countries, the total strength reaches 120,000, which is the strongest in the entire Western Region. Therefore, Loulan also occupies the God-given city of Lop Nur. of lake.

Among them, the conflict between Qiuci Kingdom and Loulan is the biggest. Loulan has always wanted to annex Qiuci and completely occupy the entire Lop Nur.

Others don't know Jing Ke's identity. As a famous elder, Gongsun Linglong is also the foreign minister of Bingzhou, so they are qualified to know some things that others don't know.

Han Tan could guess that Yan Yan sent him as an envoy to the Western Regions to be responsible for the official affairs, communicating with the Western Regions, forming an alliance with Wusun Dayuan, opening up the Hexi Corridor, opening trade routes, and finally establishing a palace in the Western Regions to protect the Western Regions.

Once a war breaks out, Bingzhou's chances of winning are not high.

The status of the Wutan Kingdom in the Western Regions is also very similar to that of the Zhao Kingdom. It is extremely staunch, with the Xiongnu and Da Yuezhi on the outside, kicking Qiemi on the left, Pu Lei on the right, and riding on the chariots. The result is like this, the Wutan Kingdom is still alive. Well done.

The arrival of Han Tan and his party also caused shock and heated discussion among the countries in the Western Region. This was the first time that the Central Plains sent an official envoy to communicate with them. Therefore, all the major alliance forces in the Western Region also sent envoys, hoping to Take them to their own country.

"Your Majesty sent you here not just to protect us, right?" Han Tan looked at Jing Ke with a smile.

Han Tan did not refuse. After receiving the invitation, he quickly made detailed itinerary arrangements. He first went from Cheshi to Pulei, then to Wutan, Qimi, Wusun, and Dawan, and then detoured to Lop Nur and returned to Loulan. , Visit Kucha.

But Jing Ke was different. The purpose of Jing Ke's trip was probably to establish a military-controlled Western Region branch in the Western Region and to collect various intelligence for Bingzhou's future plans to capture the Western Region.

That is, in addition to being a candidate for the Mo family's most powerful son and Bing Jun's sworn brother, Jing Ke is also the leader of Bingzhou's largest external intelligence agency, Juntong.

"You go do your thing and don't worry about me. As a famous man, do you really think I don't know how to do martial arts?" Han Tan asked with a smile.

Followed by Qiuci and Wucai, with their own army of no less than 30,000.

Below Loulan are Wusun and Dawan. Their land area is also the largest in the Western Region, and unlike other alliances, Wusun and Dawan do not have vassal states. They each have several cities and independent armies. More than fifty thousand.

It is best not to get involved in military affairs, and not to know about this kind of institution directly under the king. When foreign ministers investigate, if something goes wrong, they will be the first to be suspected.

Jing Ke hesitated. He did have another secret mission.

Camel riding can adapt to the desert Gobi terrain, which is something that cavalry cannot do.

"Camel riding!" Han Tan also noticed that in the Western Region where grasslands, deserts, and Gobis crisscrossed, in addition to cavalry, they also had a type of cavalry that was not available in the Central Plains of China, the camel riding.

Finally, return to Loulan, with Loulan as the end point.

He bought a small city from Loulan at a high price and established the mansion of General Zhonglang to protect the Western Region.
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Beiye Wangting.

Yan Yan also received the first information sent back from the west.

The intelligence could not say much, except that Luo Bing had led his army to occupy the Hexi Corridor, began to merge villages into strongholds, and built two great passes, Yumen Pass and Jiayu Pass. At the same time, the construction of Zhangye, Jiuquan and Dunhuang began.

In addition, it also shows that Han Tan and Jing Ke have led the envoys to the Western Regions.

The most important point is that Luo Bing has ordered people to re-survey and map the Hexi Corridor and the Alxa Plateau to the north of the Hexi Corridor.

"We can't be idle anymore!" Yan Yan murmured in a low voice as he looked at the map sent back by Qianli in a hurry.

They cannot always enter the Hexi Corridor from Qin's territory.

Therefore, before that, they must completely control the Huns.

Especially the tribe of King Xiutu of the Xiongnu, which is also the tribe of King Zuoxian of the Xiongnu.

"Bring the information from the Xiongnu tribes!" Yan Yan gave the order.

Soon, Bingzhou's senior officials held a meeting. The participants were mainly military generals, supplemented by officials from the Prime Minister's Office.

"If you want to ask about the side of a bicycle, you will be in the country!" Yan Yan sighed deeply.

Before that, he was still curious about where Ju Yan was, but now he understood.

That is the farthest north of China, thousands of miles away from Gaoque Fortress.

And it's still in the north of the desert.

"I'm afraid Wang Wei, a member of this aristocratic family, has never been to Juyan!" Yan Yan couldn't help but think.

Juyanhui was their first stop, and it was also a crucial point. It was a city inserted in the heart of the Xiongnu.

It still belongs to the Xiongnu Youxian King tribe, but it is what they must win.

Only by occupying Juyan could they find a reference point for direction in the grassland desert Gobi.

As for how to distinguish Monan from Mobei, it has to do with the Qilian Mountains and the Helan Mountains.

The Qilian Mountains and the Helan Mountains form the left side of the Yellow River.

The so-called Monan and Mobei refer to the desert on the upper left side of these words.

Later generations also called it the Alxa Plateau and the Alxa Desert.

Before Lop Nur dried up and the Tarim Basin had not yet turned into the Taklimakan Desert, the largest desert, today, the Alxa Desert is the largest desert in China.

Even in later generations, the Alxa Desert is actually the largest desert.

However, Alxa was renamed Plateau, so the Alxa Desert was divided into several deserts.

The Badain Jaran Desert, the third largest desert in later generations, the fourth largest desert, the Tengger Desert, the sixth largest desert, the Kumtag Desert, the seventh largest Ulan Buh Desert, and the tenth largest Hunshandake Desert, together form the Alxa Plateau .

What is different from other deserts is that the deserts on the Alxa Plateau are all quicksand deserts, which are mobile deserts.

This is destined to make it extremely difficult for the army and caravans to cross the Alxa Desert and reach Jiuquan.

It is even more difficult to defeat King Xiutu in this kind of terrain.

(End of this chapter)

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