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Text Chapter 1038 I want to wipe out the Western Regions!

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    "After wiping out the Western Region, eradicate this Zoroastrian Cult." Yan Liang issued a killing order.

    He hates those people with ulterior motives who take advantage of the opportunity to confuse people's hearts in the name of preaching, and finally cause riots and harm the world.

    The Western Regions have been the sphere of influence of China since the Han Dynasty. Now, the Zoroastrian religion from Persia has come over to preach. This is obviously the intention of the Persians to expand their influence eastward.

    What's more, those fire-worshipping priests were still from China, which made Yan Liang even more suspicious.

    Yan Liang was wondering whether it was some remnants of the former dynasty who fled to Persia and wanted to collude with Persia to counterattack China.

    He even suspected that the Persian Zoroastrian Cult was closely related to Sima Yi.

    "Could it be that the Zoroastrian Cult has something to do with Sima Yi?" Yan Liang said suddenly.

    As soon as these words came out, Ma Su's expression changed, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.

    Yan Liang remained calm as usual and asked, "I asked you to find out where Sima Yi fled to. Do you have any clues?"

    "This" Ma Di hesitated, "My spies searched the Western Regions, and indeed found out that Sima Yi led the remnants of his troops through the North Road of the Western Regions, but he did not stay in the Western Regions, but continued westward, and finally disappeared.  ¡±

    Speaking of this, Ma Su was shocked, as if he suddenly thought of something, and said in surprise: "Further west in the Western Region, beyond the Congling Mountains is Persia. Is it possible that Sima Yi led his troops to flee to Persia?"

    As soon as he finished speaking, Ma Su shook his head again and again, denying his guess, with a look of disbelief on his face.

    "Since ancient times, only merchants have followed the Silk Road. When going to Persia, Sima Yi led tens of thousands of people. Such a huge team fled to Persia. It is really outrageous." Ma Su murmured to himself.

    Yan Liang sneered: "It didn't exist in ancient times, but it doesn't mean it doesn't exist now. Who would have thought that I, from a humble background, could sweep away the evil and dominate the world?"

    This is true, and Ma Su's suspicion dissipated a lot.  Thinking about it, the emperor in front of him has created unprecedented great achievements.  Make the impossible possible.

    Compared with the miracles created by Yan Liang, Sima Yi's escape to Persia does not seem to be a big deal.

    "Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Ma Su asked, holding up his hands.

    Yan Liang flicked his sleeves.  He said disapprovingly: "Whether the Zoroastrian Cult has anything to do with Sima Yi or not? Everything will be clear when I wipe out the Western Region."

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Out of mind to find the root cause and directly use violence to eliminate the problem, this is exactly Yan Liang's style.

    Ma Su understood the emperor's intention, so he said no more.

    Yan Liang is determined to conquer the Western Regions. No one can stop him. What¡¯s next?  Just waiting for an excuse to send troops.

    ? Within one month, envoys to the countries in the Western Regions.  Returned to Chang'an one after another.

    As Yan Liang expected, the kings of the five major countries all refused to come to Chang'an to see him on the grounds of illness.

    The five major countries refused to appear in court, and the more than thirty small countries under their jurisdiction naturally did not dare to act without authorization. For the first time in history, all the countries in the Western Regions, all of them, defied the sacred order of the Central and Eastern Dynasties.

    Yan Liang was waiting for their rejection, and now it was convenient for him to use his troops.

    Yan Liangsui was furious with Long Wei, and issued an edict that day, angrily scolding the countries in the Western Regions for despising Tianzhou, and announced that a large army would be launched to conquer the Western Regions.

    In Yan Liang¡¯s eyes, the countries in the Western Region are just like ants. There is no need for any conspiracy to deal with these small countries. Yan Liang just wants to tell them clearly that I am coming to conquer you.

    Only a truly great country can carry out this evil strategy.

    After the decree was issued, the subjects of Luoyang City and even the entire Dachu states were indignant at the Western Region's refusal to surrender. They all declared crusade and supported the emperor in sending troops.

    ??Throughout the ages, emperors like Yan Liang who repeatedly raised armies and yet were able to gain the support of the people were indeed rare.

    There is no other reason than profit.

    At that time, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used troops abroad in order to make the Xiongnu and the Western Regions surrender. To put it bluntly, it was just to save face.

    The final result was that the Han Dynasty repeatedly used troops abroad, which indeed frightened the Hulu, but it also cost countless people, leaving the treasury empty and causing countless casualties among soldiers and civilians.

    In the end, what you get is just a false name for Hulu to surrender.

    Yan Liang is different. His overseas conquests are not for false fame, but for real benefits.

    To put it mildly, Yan Liang¡¯s use of foreign troops can also be said to be a kind of invasion and plunder.

    ?Wherever the Chu troops passed, they plundered Hu Yi's cattle and horses, plundered Hu Yi's wealth, possessed Hu Yi's women, and seized their land. They killed those who could be killed, and took those who could be slaves as slaves.

    Yan Liang's strategy fully implemented the policy of supporting war with war. Although the soldiers were sacrificed, the benefits gained were huge. Not only were they enough to offset the expenses of the war, but they could also gain additional resources for the national treasury and the subjects of the country.  wealth.

    ??The reason why the Mongolian Yuan, Jin and Manchu Qing Dynasties were able to sweep the world at the beginning of their rise without worrying about the depletion of the national treasury and the people complaining was because they implemented a policy of supporting war with war.

    The policy of Hu Lu invading China was now used by Yan Liang on Hu Lu.

    It is precisely for this reason that the whole country enthusiastically supported Yan Liang's sending troops to the Western Regions, because both the soldiers and the people saw huge benefits from it.

    With the support of all the people, Yan Liang's decrees were issued one after another, and Da Chu's powerful war machine was once again launched.

    The cavalry from all walks of life quickly gathered towards the front line of Yongliang. Hundreds of thousands of cattle and sheep were driven to Liangzhou to serve as military rations.

    Thousands of Qiang and Xianbei people were also transported to Liangzhou to serve as logistics coolies for the Chu army.

    In less than a month, Dachu gathered more than 80,000 cavalry and nearly 100,000 Hulu slaves on the front line of Liangzhou.

    Eighty thousand cavalry, what kind of concept is this? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty¡¯s largest battle in Mobei only dispatched 100,000 cavalry.

    When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had a population of tens of millions, and when Chu was in ruins and waiting to be revitalized, it was quite difficult to gather 80,000 cavalry. This was also thanks to Yan Liang's policy of supporting war with war. Otherwise, it would simply be impossible.  If the domestic economy is to support 80,000 cavalry, the economy will collapse.

    Wen Chou, Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao, Ma Dai, Pang De and other cavalry officers have already headed to Liangzhou.

    Yan Liang chose an auspicious day and held a grand flag-sacrifice ceremony outside Chang'an City. Then he led 30,000 dragon cavalry guards and set off from Chang'an to Liangzhou in a mighty manner.

    In addition to the generals who went first, those who accompanied the expedition included Zhang Jia, Lu Lingqi, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei, Zhang Xiu and other cavalry generals, as well as the commanders of the Imperial Forest Army such as Zhou Cang and Hu Che'er.

    Except for Tai Shici guarding Yinzhou, all the elite cavalry officers of Da Chu have come out.

    The countries in the Western Regions were not of concern. Yan Liang considered that the Persians had the intention to invade eastward. After destroying the Western Regions, they would probably have to fight with the Persians.

    You must know that Persia, together with China and the Roman Empire to the west, is one of the three great empires of Europe and Asia. Yan Liang cannot underestimate it when fighting against such a powerful country.

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    As for the affairs of the government, Prince Yan Yuan has become increasingly mature. After Yan Liang left the capital, he left the prince to supervise the country. He was assisted by senior ministers such as Pang Tong and Tian Feng who were proficient in political affairs. I believe there will be no serious problems.

    " Xu Shu and Fazheng, two resourceful men, followed the expedition and made plans.

    In addition to these two top strategists, Yan Liang also brought another strategist with him during this campaign.

    A counselor who has been silent for many years.

    Yan Liang commanded the army, starting from Chang'an and marching westward along the Weishui Avenue. Within a few days, they crossed Longshan and entered the territory of Longxi.

    The army stayed in Jicheng for one day, then changed its route to the north the next day, followed the Chi Road north to Liangzhou, and headed for Dunhuang County.

    This Yongliang Chi Road was built for four years and was paved with the corpses of more than 100,000 Qiang people. It is wide and flat, starting from Chang'an in the east and ending at Yumenguan in the west, running through the two prefectures of Yongliang.

    With this galloping road, Yan Liang could reach Yumen Pass in less than three days if he marched lightly with cavalry at a speed of four to five hundred miles a day.

    Yan Liang's original strategy was to defeat all the countries in the Western Regions with lightning speed.

    However, when Yan Liang led his army to Jincheng, he received a piece of information that surprised him.

    The palace, the royal palace.

    "A few days ago, Anxi General Wu Yi sent an urgent report. The Yanqi and Shanshan countries suddenly sent 30,000 troops and horses to surround Gaochangbi. General Wu's troops did not dare to fight. So he sent someone to report to your majesty with a hundred thousand troops.  Please help." Ma Su said in a solemn tone.

    The people from the Western Regions actually took action first!

    Yan Liang snorted coldly and said in a serious tone: "The leaders of Yanqi and Shanshan are really brave. My army has not yet entered the Western Region, but they have given me a pre-emptive strike."

    "Not only Shanshan, but also Qiuci in the north, and Yutian and Shule in the south seem to be sending troops to gather at Gaochangbi." Ma Su continued.

    In the Imperial PalaceThe atmosphere suddenly became solemn.

    Xu Shu said: "These five countries are afraid of our conquest by Da Chu. It seems that they have no choice but to unite together and want to capture Gaochang Wall first and block our army to the east of the wall."

    Gaochangbi is the seat of the Protectorate of the Western Regions. It is also the only city directly controlled by Chu in the Western Regions. Gaochangbi is located to the west of Yumenwai and is the only way for the army to enter the Western Regions.

    If the people from the Western Regions capture this wall, the Chu army's westward advance will be blocked due to the deep trenches and high fortresses.

    "These people from the Western Regions have suddenly become smarter and know how to pre-emptively seize key points. Well, there must be the Zoroastrian Cult instigating behind this." Yan Liang frowned slightly and thought deeply.

    "Your Majesty, Gaochangbi is so important that we must not miss it. I think we should mobilize our army immediately and rush to Gaochangbi at night and under the stars." Zhang Jia added.

    Yan Liang was silent in thought and made no decision.

    At this time, one of the ministers said: "I think that your majesty does not need to rush to save Gaochangbi. It is better to let the people from the Western Regions besiege him." (To be continued.)
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