Great Wei Overlord

Chapter 800 What is kingship and domineering
Chapter 805 What is kingship and domineering

Ran Min asked, "Why is this?"

Ran Ming said: "That's the Gupta Dynasty. Ever since Samadhara Gupta became the king of the Gupta Dynasty, he has aggressively expanded his territory. He first conquered the upper reaches of the Ganges River and the eastern part of the Indus River Valley; , conquered the lower reaches of the Ganges and most of the delta; and then moved southward, reaching Orissa and the eastern Deccan plateau."

As Ran Ming said, he took out the map that had been prepared. Although this map was drawn by the spies of Tianyan and Liangnan Development Company for so many years, there must be many deviations in terms of accuracy, but the general outline But it was drawn.

Ran Ming said again: "Since the second year of Kaiyuan, the Gupta Dynasty began to attack the Malay Peninsula. Last year, they had completely conquered most of the Malay Peninsula. At the same time, the tentacles began to attack Java and Sumatra. In Sumatra and Sumatra Here in Mancijia, our merchant ships of the Great Wei Dynasty were expelled, looted, and killed many people. Not counting the storm, the navy of the Gupta Dynasty alone slaughtered more than 100 of our people, of which more than 800 were killed in the second year of Kaiyuan People were killed, more than 400 people were killed in the third year of Kaiyuan, but it increased to more than 40 in the fourth year of Kaiyuan, and as many as [-] people were killed in the fifth year of Kaiyuan, and more than [-] large and small ships were looted or attacked by them. Shen."

So much clear data made Ran Min very angry.

The wrath of a man, the blood splatters five steps, the wrath of the emperor, that is, blood flows into rivers, and millions of corpses lie down.

Seeing Ran Min's chest rising and falling, Ran Ming knew that this was the prelude to Ran Min's outbreak.

After all, Ran Min is no longer a sophomore, even though he was very angry when he heard the news just now.

But for the sake of a moment of anger, drawing a sword to fight is not bloody, but reckless.Ran Min is no longer a simple general. Youdao is the butt that decides the head. There are many things that Ran Min needs to consider.

Ran Min's breathing changed from shortness of breath to gentleness in just a split second.Ran Min pointed to the world map and said, "The Gupta Dynasty seems to be bigger than our Great Wei?"

Ran Ming said, "Reporting to Father, that's exactly the case."

In fact, this is Ran Ming’s misunderstanding. Ran Ming mistakenly believed that the Gupta Dynasty not only occupied the general territory of India today, but also included the Malay Peninsula, Java, and Sumatra.

In this way, Ran Ming guessed that the territory of the Gupta Dynasty should exceed 1000 million square kilometers.In fact, the historical territory of the Gupta Dynasty did not include Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu in southern India.

At this time, the territory of the Gupta Dynasty should be between 700 million and 800 million square kilometers, which is about the same as the current territory of the Wei State, but the population is more than twice that of the Wei State.

As for the total population, it is not Ran Ming's speculation, but the figure obtained after contacting the merchants of Nanyang Development Company and Gupta merchants.The Gupta Dynasty also implemented a centralized system of power. The supreme ruler was the king, and the royal family and nobles and Brahman monks served as important ministers and royal advisors.The whole country is divided into several provinces, and there are counties under the provinces. The governors of the provinces are mostly appointed by the king or other relatives.

Through private trade contacts, Ran Ming learned that the Gupta Dynasty had 43 provinces, and each province had dozens to hundreds of counties. The entire Gupta Dynasty had more than 3000 counties and a population of 3000 million.

In terms of the army, the Gupta Dynasty had fourteen Akshoshini (equivalent to the establishment of the later group army) organizational system.There were five sources of troops in the Gupta Dynasty, including salaried soldiers and professional soldiers, including the direct line troops of the royal family and lords.Such an army is well equipped and has a very high combat effectiveness.

However, the number is not large. Yong speculates that the governor-level officials of the provinces (lords) of the Gupta Dynasty were all served by the princes of the royal family of the Gupta Dynasty.The second is to conscript soldiers, taking a certain battle or attack as a combat mission, recruiting before the battle, and disbanding after the war.

Unconventional preparation.Such an army is actually a fixed number, but based on the Gupta Dynasty's previous foreign wars, the scale of their recruitment ranged from 30 to [-].

The warehouse soldiers are also local guards. These warehouse soldiers are not strong in combat and their equipment is poor. (Quite a local county soldier in ancient China).Mercenaries, the nature of the mercenaries of the Gupta Dynasty is different from the mercenaries of later generations. The mercenaries here are just slaves or surrendered prisoners of war, usually of the nature of cannon fodder, used for consumption before the war.Among them, the largest number are tribal soldiers. Although the tribal soldiers are poorly equipped, they do not lack fierce people.

Ran Ming is also skeptical about this figure. The fourteen Akshoshini include more than 40 cavalry. With more than 100 million war horses, the war horses of the Wei State are usually mixed with soybeans and forages in a ratio of one to three, so they need to consume 20 tons of soybeans and more than 60 tons of forage every year.

What made Ran Ming even more puzzled was that according to information, the Gupta Dynasty still had 15 elephant soldiers, but according to the information that Ran Ming learned in later generations, the largest use of elephant soldiers recorded in Indian history was only [-] elephant soldiers. The information of the times is too different.

Of course Ran Ming understands Ran Min's worries. Ran Ming thought for a while and said, "Father, what my son means is that we will fight against the Great Wei without breaking it. The distance between our two countries is too far, and both countries are big countries. It is impossible to destroy the Gupta Dynasty in this war.”

"Fight without breaking, what does that mean?" Ran Min asked suspiciously.

Ran Mingdao: "My son means that the Gupta Dynasty is a land power. They have a population of more than 3000 million. If they have sufficient supplies, they can form an army of 300 million or more. Our struggle with the Gupta Dynasty, To put it bluntly, it is a conflict of interests. This kind of conflict of interests does not need to be a life-and-death struggle. As long as the Gupta Dynasty realizes the strength of our Great Wei, let them feel that our Great Wei is a behemoth they cannot match, and let them face difficulties. Back off, that's enough."

Ran Min laughed, "The emperor is too naive. This battle started easily, but it might not be so easy to end it?"

Ran Ming said: "Father, according to the information, the most powerful army of the Gupta Dynasty is the elephant army, but it is impossible for their elephants to go to the sea?"

Ran Min said: "As for the Gupta Dynasty, how much does the emperor know about them?"

Ran Ming said: "I don't know much about it, but their army is not strong. Although they have more than 40 cavalry, they will not give full play to the speed advantage of cavalry like our neighbors in the north. Accompanied by the charge of the elephant soldiers, and there is a characteristic, their cavalry likes close combat, the Gupta Dynasty deployed some heavy armored cavalry in the north, some Persian style, because the Gupta Dynasty royal family itself has Persian blood, but they are worse than Persian knights There are too many, and it’s just bullying the natives of Gupta.”

"Oh." Ran Min asked, "Could their fighting power be so bad?"

"Yes, Father!" Ran Ming said: "In April last year, Nanyang Development Company had encountered Gupta Dynasty Tamil warriors (the most elite infantry in ancient India) and Rajpu at Heicheng Port in Sumatra. The attack of the special cavalry, a guard commander of the Nanyang Development Company, he used to be a commander of the Yueqi Battalion in our Great Wei Dynasty. He retired because his thumb was cut off by the enemy. This commander brought more than 160 Han Chinese guards, more than 600 In the end, they were outnumbered and expelled from Sumatra, but they caused a lot of damage to the Gupta Dynasty with their inferior equipment of light infantry."

Ran Ming then handed the details of the battle to Ran Min, and then said: "This former Yueqi chief is in Yecheng now, is the father planning to summon him?"

Ran Min glanced at it roughly, and said in disbelief: "There is such a thing? Their cavalry are not equipped with bows and arrows?"

Ran Ming said: "Yes, Royal Father, their cavalry armor is not bad, but they are mainly for close combat."

"No wonder, no wonder!" Ran Min said, "With such a huge disparity in strength, thousands of people were killed by a group of guards."

No matter in the previous life or in this era, Ah San is at best a role for everyone to talk about.Even Ran Ming felt inconceivable when he received the news. A caravan with only a small amount of equipment, relying on weak guards, could actually hold a stalemate with the government army of the Gupta Dynasty for four years.Even to deal with those merchant ships, their navy has to rely on at least double the superior force.

Ran Ming believed that relying on the new flying fish battleship of Wei State, the Gupta Dynasty could be completely destroyed.At this time, Ran Min also made up his mind to fight such a battle.

After all, the fight between countries is still about interests.Due to the interference of the Gupta Dynasty, the Wei State lost a lot of tax revenue, which was very detrimental to the developmental construction of the Wei State.Through the power comparison between the two sides, Wei Guo has a [-]% chance of winning, and this victory will bring enough benefits to Wei Guo.

Ran Min is still hesitating, after all, the other party is not a barbarian tribe.This is a colossal monster, which corresponds to the opening words of Sun Tzu's Art of War, "Soldiers, the great affairs of the country, the place of life and death, the way of survival, must be observed!" This is a matter that affects the whole body.

Ran Ming pointed to the map and said, "Father, you are tired and misunderstood!"

Ran Min naturally knew that this was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the eve of the Battle of Wu Chu Baiju.The state of Wu is weaker than the state of Chu both in terms of strength and national power.Wu Zixu's brilliant strategic policy of "tiring and misleading".The specific method is to divide the Wu army into three branches, attack in turn, harass the Chu army, and paralyze the opponent.This measure has been carried out for more than six years. Wu Jun successively attacked Yi (near today's Guoyang, Anhui), Qian (north of Huoshan, Anhui), and Liu (north of Liu'an, Anhui) successively in Chu State, which made the Chu army exhausted. frustrated.In the end, I fell into a big somersault.

In fact, the Sui Dynasty also adopted this brilliant strategy and tactics in the unification battle against Chen, which is simply a replica of Wu Zixu.Ran Ming said: "Our Great Wei can also take this countermeasure. It will drag down the Gupta Dynasty alive. Please see, Father, if the Gupta Dynasty wants to attack our Great Wei, there is no direct road on the land. It is possible to borrow Tubo. It’s just that Tubo is poor and poor. If you go through Tubo, the Gupta Dynasty will be undefeated. If you go through the Sassanian Dynasty, you can reach the Western Regions via Congling and then attack our Great Wei’s Western Regions. It’s just that this road is the same Not to mention that the Sassanid Dynasty would not allow them to take the road, not to mention that the road stretches over ten thousand miles, and the Gupta Dynasty certainly could not afford such a heavy material consumption."

Ran Min said: "It's impossible. A thousand miles of land consumes [-]%. With tens of thousands of miles, I'm afraid ten thousand stones of food won't be able to deliver one stone!"

"That's right!" Ran Ming said, "If the Gupta Dynasty wants to attack the Great Wei, the only way is from the sea. It's just that this way is also impassable. As long as our navy is stuck here, the Gupta Dynasty will not be able to get through!"

Speaking of which, Ran Ming put his finger on the position of Mancijia Strait: "I have the idea of ​​taking advantage of it. If you can beat it, you will fight it. If you can't beat it, you won't fight it. The Gupta Dynasty built a navy, and I will destroy it. Let's see what they do."

The master of ancient warfare is well-known. Under Ran Min's instruction, Wei's newspapers began to report the crimes of the Gupta Dynasty.Soon the public opinion was almost one-sided, and the whole state of Wei condemned the punishment of the Gupta Dynasty.

Some people may say, isn't ancient China usually known for its pedantic and cowardly warfare?In fact, this is definitely a misunderstanding. Ancient China was still very aggressive and obsessed with territorial expansion.Be it belligerent or cowardly, to put it bluntly, it is all because of interests.The court of Wei State is still dominated by gentry officials. These gentry officials more or less own the shares of Zhongnan Development Company or Nanyang Development Company, and at worst they also operate ocean trade as agents.However, as the Nanyang Development Company was expelled from Sumatra, these gentry officials also suffered heavy losses.

Taking money from someone is like killing one's parents and cutting off one's wealth.Therefore, from the court to the local government, public opinion is one-sided.

Beat him up.

"Mentors and workers, our Great Wei has been established for twelve years. When I established the Great Wei in the first year of Yongxing, I made an appointment with all the people in the world. I took it as my duty to save our Han from falling and help China's generals. But everything Those who offend our Great Wei will die, and those who kill our people will die." Ran Min said firmly in the court hall: "Although the Great Wei has only been established for twelve years, our foundation is still very weak, but facing the Gupta Dynasty who slaughtered my people, it will be difficult for us to kill our people." The shameless behavior of my people's property, I just use one word, war!"

"Fight!" All the courtiers, whether civil or military, were all excited.

Ran Min went on to say, "When the Gupta Dynasty sent their soldiers and strengthened their swords on the people of the Great Wei, we could no longer live in peace with the Gupta Dynasty. Only by means of war can we solve everything! "

"Your Majesty, please give me an order!" Dong Run shouted loudly, "Your Majesty, please fight!"

"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight!" Hussar General Zhang Wen said.

"Your Majesty, I invite you to fight!" General Wei Zhang Ai said.

(End of this chapter)