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

Chapter 542 Revenge from Wu Tan [Subscribe*Monthly Tickets]

In this battle, they wanted to plunder the wealth accumulated by King Xiutu, King Hunxie and Dayuezhi over hundreds of years.

Then all the captives of this battle will be converted into manpower to complete the large-scale projects in Bingzhou that had to be temporarily shelved due to lack of manpower.

Perhaps this battle will wipe out Bingzhou’s accumulation over the years, rendering Bingzhou unable to move for the next few years.

However, they will transform all the spoils of this battle into potential for the development of Bingzhou, completely open up the Hetao Plain, complete the main transportation routes of the major counties in Bingzhou, and repair large-scale water conservancy and defense projects.

Poor? That's only temporary.

If we can get through this period, Bingzhou's future will be limitless.

Emperor Wu of Han was criticized for his warmongering.

That’s because the entire Chang’an of the Western Han Dynasty never thought of developing and utilizing the grassland.

After a series of great victories, if some of them were familiar with the grassland and could make use of it according to local conditions, the returns from the grassland would at least be able to make up for the losses in the war instead of emptying the national treasury and resulting in expenditure exceeding income.

If Chang'an of the Western Han Dynasty could utilize the grasslands and contribute to the Han treasury every time it sent troops to the grasslands, in addition to bringing back spoils of war, then who would say that he was warmongering?
The so-called militarism was simply because the losses from the war could not be made up and the national treasury was emptied.

Bingzhou is different. Bingzhou is based on the grassland and is able to occupy the grassland and bring out the grassland's original value.

War horses, cattle, sheep, and various livestock derivatives will all be sources of income for Bingzhou.

Bingzhou is based on the grassland and will also develop the grassland and make the most of the grassland's soil resources.

These are things that the Han Dynasty could not do.

In the final analysis, it’s still a lack of people!

Therefore, no matter how King Xiutu challenged outside Cangsong County, Yan Yan remained unmoved, quietly defending and waiting for the final all-out war.

It would be easy for the Yulin Guard to destroy King Xiutu, but once King Xiutu was destroyed, would the Dayuezhi still dare to send troops?
If the Dayuezhi escape without sending troops, then after Bingzhou withdraws its troops in the future, the west will always be threatened by the Dayuezhi.

This is something Yan Yan would not allow.

In this battle, they wanted to completely eliminate the threat from the west of Bingzhou and buy enough time for Bingzhou to recuperate.

"Your Majesty, General Luo Bing has urgent news!" However, just as Yan Yan was waiting, Luo Bing sent back the victory news first.

After receiving the good news from Bai Feng, Yan Yan read it carefully and his face was filled with astonishment.

If he remembered correctly, there were only dozens of cats and kittens in the Mansion of the Central Army Guard of the Western Regions. But what the good news said was that the Mansion of the Central Army Guard of the Western Regions occupied the Cheshi Royal City and brought the entire Cheshi Alliance's territory under the control of the Mansion of the Central Army Guard of the Western Regions.

In addition, the General of the Central Army in charge of protecting the Western Regions will send 30,000 troops to support the Luo soldiers and capture Jiuquan.

In addition, the rulers of the Western Regions, including Loulan, Wusun, Dayuan, and Wutan, will jointly send out 100,000 troops to assist Bingzhou in besieging Dayuezhi and King Hunxie, and cut off Dayuezhi's escape route to the west.

"How... did they do it?" Yan Yan did not expect that Jing Ke, Han Tan and others would bring him such a big surprise.

Jing Ke, Han Xin, Han Tan and Long Yangjun had something to say about this.

They were originally a fox taking advantage of the power of another, and they used a big banner to deceive the Western Regions countries by saying that Bingzhou had sent 500,000 troops to attack the Huns.

But who could have thought that just over two months later, Bingzhou actually sent out troops, and the number was really the 500,000 that they had lied about.

This incident directly frightened the entire Western Regions.

Even Longyang Jun, Dayuan and Wusun, who originally had their own thoughts, became obedient after receiving the accurate information about Bingzhou's dispatch of troops, and tacitly agreed to Han Xin's leading the army to conquer the countries in the Western Regions and bring the armies of the countries under his command. It's not that they didn't want to resist, but that the other side was too numerous.

As for forming an alliance with Dayuezhi and Xiongnu?
Don’t even think about it. Do you know what a feud is?
No one knows how many years the feud between Dayuan, Wusun and Dayuezhi can be traced back to. No one has even forgotten who killed whose ancestor first, or whose ancestor killed whose ancestor first.

In short, they had already formed a feud.

Now that the Bingzhou army is attacking, they have been given a chance for revenge, and they know exactly what to choose.

Especially the leader of Wutan, they not only have a feud with Dayuezhi, but also with the Xiongnu.

The original Wutan Kingdom was one of the top powers in the Western Regions. However, because it was located in a place of three wars, it was conquered time and again by the Dayuezhi and the Xiongnu, and in the end only one city was left.

Under such circumstances, forget about wanting Wu Tan to form an alliance with Dayuezhi and the Xiongnu. They would rather surrender to Bingzhou than form an alliance with Dayuezhi and the Xiongnu.

In particular, the Protectorate of the Western Regions was willing to offer them conditions equivalent to those of Wusun, Dayuan, and Loulan, so the King of Wutan personally led his troops to help Han Xin attack Cheshi.

In addition, the ruler of Wutan hoped that Han Xin would hand over the king of Cheshi and a group of nobles to them for disposal. In exchange, Wutan was willing to join Bingzhou.

Join Bingzhou instead of the General's Office to protect the Western Regions.

Completely give up all rights and become a member of Bingzhou.

When they received the message from King Wu Tan, Luo Bing, Han Xin, Han Tan, Jing Ke, Long Yangjun and others were all confused.

Because Wu Tan had previously taken the initiative to send troops to help Luo Bing, he gave a wooden peach and received a jade in return.

Therefore, they were willing to give Wutan the same treatment as Wusun, Dayuan and Loulan.

But he didn't expect that Wu Tan didn't want that, he just wanted the King of Cheshi to die!

"What a huge feud this is!" Luo Bing and others really didn't know that the hatred between Wu Tan and Che Shi was so great.

Even if the capital is gone, the Cheshi Kingdom must die.

"We do know something about this!" Prime Minister Wusun explained.

"A few years ago, during the generation of the current King Wutan's father, the Wutan Kingdom and the Cheshi Kingdom were both among the most powerful countries in the northeastern part of the Western Regions. However, they were both attacked by the Xiongnu Zuoxian King's tribe, which is now composed of the Zuoxian King's court composed of King Xiutu and King Hunxie."

"Then under pressure, Wu Tan and Che Shi formed an alliance to resist the attack of the Xiongnu Zuo Xian Wang Ting."

"However, halfway through the war, when the Xiongnu were about to withdraw their troops after seeing that they could not take the city after a long siege, the Cheshi Kingdom took the initiative to collude with the Xiongnu, invaded the Wutan King's City, and killed the previous Wutan King and the entire Wutan royal family."

"The current King Wu Tan was young and not in the country at the time, so he luckily escaped the disaster."

"After that, the Xiongnu withdrew, and the Cheshi and Xiongnu divided up most of the territory that originally belonged to the Wutan Kingdom."

"The young Wutan King led the remnants of the Wutan Kingdom to retreat to the current Wutan City, where they lived in misery, but they continued to challenge the Cheshi Kingdom."

Following the explanation of the Prime Minister of Wusun, Jing Ke and others finally understood why the people of Wusun would rather give up their capital and kill Cheshi and take away the power of the powerful people in Cheshi.

When facing a strong enemy, no matter how great the hatred is, it is only because of one's own lack of strength.

However, the Wutan Kingdom lost because of a stab in the back, a stab in the back by its ally.

The revenge for killing one's father, destroying one's country, and being backstabbed, this is the fullest buff piled up.

(End of this chapter)