Plot of Mountain Kingdom

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Plot of Mountain Kingdom

The Loulan people themselves didn't know why their king was obsessed with making friends with the Huns.

Although the Huns are strong, they are not as strong as the Han army. Moreover, the Han people will bring continuous benefits to Loulan, while the Huns can only keep asking for them.

In the minds of some Loulan nobles, King Loulan is simply out of his mind.

In fact, Zhang Yue knew this very well. The reason why King Loulan completely turned to the Xiongnu was not because he did not know the powerful relationship, but because of fear.

During these years of dealing with the empire, the empire was too tolerant of Loulan.

Therefore, King Loulan felt that no matter what he did, as long as he apologized to the emperor in the end, he would be forgiven.

And if the Huns were offended, with the Huns' style of dealing with things, Loulan would be severely punished, and even Loulan would be destroyed.

The reason why the barbarians are "afraid of power but not virtuous" is generally the same and has been the same since ancient times.

After Zhang Yue killed King Loulan, in order to reward the Loulan nobles for helping the Han army, he directly gave all the property of King Loulan to the nobles.

Not only that, Zhang Yue also took the initiative to allocate three pieces of land from the Loulan Kingdom to reward the three nobles who made the greatest contributions.

And allowed them to build cities and participate in Silk Road trade.

As for Loulan Kingdom, in his memorial to Chang'an City, he proposed to divide Loulan into two parts.

The Kingdom of Loulan was renamed Shanshan, and the city of Loulan was renamed Shanni.

A new Loulan City was built in the north of Janni City, and this city was directly under the management of the Han Dynasty.

But what Chang An will do in the end is beyond his control. He has already done what he should do.

After doing this, he ordered Pan Hong, who had made great contributions to killing Hu Bao, to come to Loulan City. Unfortunately, one of the seriously injured Han soldiers died in the end.

In the end, the only people who met Zhang Yue were Pan Hong, Zhao Guanghan, Wu Tong, and Han Ye.

After meeting the four people, Zhang Yue was deeply satisfied. He found that all four of them were talents.

Especially Pan Hong and Wu Tong, both of them have their own views on the situation in the Western Regions. Although Zhao Guanghan and Han Ye are worse, they are also rare warriors.

Zhang Yue couldn't help but have a love for talents in his heart. Before the four people left, he specially prepared a gift for them.

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"Chief, why do you think this Sima is so polite to us? All the minor officials I've seen before were always shouting at each other."

Zhao Guanghan could not hide the joy in his heart.

Pan Hong smiled and said: "Is it possible that you still want Zhang Sima to be punished?"

"It's quite a joke, but I'm just not used to it all of a sudden!"

Wu Tong also said at this time: "Sir, I heard that Zhang Sima was originally a soldier guarding the border. Is this true?"

"This is true. When I was guarding the border in Zhangye, I heard someone say that Zhang Sima was originally recruited into the army as his son-in-law.

Now, in just four years, he has been promoted to Sima of another department by relying on his military merits. It is very possible to become a marquis after this battle!"

"Zhang Sima is really a hero. He only gets his fame from horses. It would be great if I could join Zhang Sima's command." Zhao Guanghan said with admiration.

Pan Hong smiled mysteriously: "In my opinion, this is not impossible..."

Zhao Guanghan said: "Chief, what do you mean, Zhang Sima might transfer us into the Luntai Army?"

"Of course, based on a certain estimate, it should be close to ten, otherwise Zhang Sima would not have deliberately tested us just now." Pan Hong said firmly.

Wu Tong also smiled at this time and said: "I hope so. Now we have to see whether the military lord will let us go."

Han Ye also smiled and said, "I will have no regrets if I can follow Zhang Sima..."

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While the four were discussing, Zhang Yue was asking Kong Zhang to recruit Pan Hong and the others.

Kong Zhang was not very happy at first, because he also found that Pan Hong and the others were all talented people.

However, he agreed after some consideration. After this battle, Zhang Yue's future is absolutely unlimited.

According to the system of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Yue's military exploits in defeating the enemy and killing the king were barely enough to qualify as a lord.

Even if he was artificially lowered, it would be enough to seal him as a Marquis within the Pass, and Zhang Yue is only twenty-three years old now.

Except for Huo Qiaoqi back then, no one could be better than him. Even Captain Li, who was deeply loved by the emperor, was only on par with him.

In addition, he also inquired about the identities of Pan Hong and Wu Tong. Both Pan Hong and Wu Tong were the sons of criminal officials, and according to Han law, they could not serve as senior officials within three generations.

To break through this limit, they can only rely on military merit. If they stay in Loulan, their limit will be one Tundubo.

As for Zhao Guanghan, he was just a Hu-Han hybrid and had not received any education, so he was of no importance in Kong Zhang's eyes.

Although Han Ye came from a good family, he offended too many people in the military...

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When Zhang Yue raided Loulan, Li Si also led 200 regular soldiers and 400 field soldiers to Quli in the name of escorting military supplies.

After meeting up with Guo Kai, he entered the Tianshan Mountains according to the original plan, relied on the cover of the mountains and forests, and secretly approached the mountain country.

On the eighth day of June in the second year of Tianhan, Li Si led 700 soldiers to secretly arrive at the outskirts of Shan Kingdom and lurked, waiting for the arrival of Zhang Yue's cavalry troops.

But the whole country and the Huns still knew nothing about all this.

According to the intelligence record, "Shanguo is 7,170 miles away from Chang'an. It has 450 households and 5,000 mouths."

Because "I always live at the foot of the mountain and do not govern the city." Hence the name of the mountain country.

Shanguo is a small country with about a thousand warriors in the country, but its equipment is the best among the countries in the Western Region because Shanguo has iron ore.

And the smelting technology is not bad either. In addition to the king, there are also auxiliary princes, left and right generals, left and right captains, and one interpreter each.

Most of the iron weapons on the right side of the Xiongnu were provided by Shan Kingdom.

In the eyes of the Huns, the people of the Shan Kingdom are second only to the Wusun Kingdom among the countries in the Western Regions.

The corresponding mountain kingdoms are also hardcore supporters of the Huns. Although they have few soldiers, they will do their best to support the Huns every time they fight.

Judging from the information sent by the Sogdians, the mountain country itself produced almost no food, and the food they needed mainly relied on plundering surrounding countries.

Because of this, their army's combat effectiveness also surpasses the entire eastern part of the Western Region.

The Han army also had a conflict with Shanguo the year before last, but Li Guangli felt that Shanguo was small and could not farm.

The terrain itself is difficult and the combat effectiveness is very strong. It is a typical hard nut. The gain outweighs the loss by taking it. So in the end, the army retreated after the Shanguo surrendered.

Li Si looked at the soldiers around him. Although he believed in the soldiers' training, he still had some worries.

Because after all, among his 700 soldiers, there were only 300 real Han army soldiers, and the rest were just soldiers in the field, and the soldiers in the field were actually rural soldiers in Zhang Yue's mouth.

Fortunately, Shanguo has no cities or city walls, so there is no need to consider siege.

Moreover, the enemy is in the light and we are in the dark. As long as Zhang Yue can attract the Huns' attention and lure them away.

Li Si was still very confident in capturing the Shan Kingdom in a surprise attack.
Chapter completed!