After watching Li Xin leave, Brahe turned to look at the generals behind him and asked: "What do you think?"
"Although he is just an ordinary envoy, his magnanimity far exceeds that of every previous envoy. At least he never showed the slightest fear from beginning to end. Even when he was threatened by Yan Lipu, he did not show any fear." Heli Laheyuan.
Looking at the back of Li Xin who was being guarded by the guards, he said with slight admiration.
"Yan Lipu, I know you have a lot of confusion and anger, but now is not the time for you to get angry. We will have a battle with the Han Dynasty next. If you have anything to ask, use your sword to ask the enemy in front of you." Bu Bu.
Seeing Yan Lipu's unhappy expression, Lage smiled and said.
"I will ask them with my sword. If they are worthy of my killing, then go ahead." Yan Lipu said arrogantly. As one of the few strong men in the Kushan Empire whose inner energy is extremely separated from the body, he has no confidence in his own martial arts.
Have absolute confidence.
"Get ready for war. Since the Han Empire is confident enough to let us choose the time and place, then we will prepare a big gift for them." Brahe said with a faint smile on his face.
"Isn't this bad?" Sulapli frowned and said, "Even if the other party leaves us to choose the time and place, it would be too embarrassing if we go too far."
"There is nothing shameful in war. Since they have such a high profile, why don't we take advantage of it? Remember that His Majesty Yan Gaozhen was defeated by Congling, why don't we take advantage of it when we have the opportunity?" Brahe shook his head and said.
"They gave us the opportunity to choose the time and place. Since it's within the rules, why not take advantage of it? Face is nothing. Let's win." Helilach said with a chuckle, but a sharp light flashed in his eyes.
"Just by acting like this, doesn't it mean that we in Kushan are not as good as the Han Dynasty?" Sulapuli frowned and said, "In any case, we have been almost undefeated for more than a hundred years. We have grown from nothing to the south of Congling Mountains.
Attack along the way, a powerful dynasty that is almost undefeated."
"It's just that we haven't encountered a truly powerful country like we did before. Think about which countries around us are considered powerful?" Lebrali shrugged and said, and the military generals next to him suddenly looked unhappy.
"Although no one likes to hear this, I still want to say that before we really fight against the Han Empire and before we really defeat the Han Empire, we must remain in awe of them." Brahe said solemnly.
"At least under this sky, as the Yueshi royal family that once connected things, throughout history and to this day, we have only witnessed the collapse of the empire once." Lebrali looked at everyone and said with a chuckle.
"This one time alone is enough for us to remember that the far west Rome spent more than a hundred years and is still in a stalemate with the Parthian Empire to this day. It is difficult to say that it will be destroyed. The Parthian Empire is so strong that I, Kushan, have fought against each other several times.
, except Emperor Yan Gaozhen, has there ever been any other victory? But during the peak period of Parthia, did Parthia ever completely destroy us?" Helilach explained calmly.
"However, hundreds of years ago, the Xiongnu Empire was so powerful that it not only almost wiped out our ancestors, but even the Youxian King, who was responsible for the westward advance, fought all the way and pushed their troops to Congling. Such a powerful empire, in the end,
Being beaten by the Han Empire almost disappeared." Helilah looked at all the generals with cold eyes, making everyone shiver.
"Okay, don't scare them, Helilach. It's enough for you to know these things. I know that your family manages the history books, but there is no need to show these things off." Brahe saw that all the generals were suppressed.
Stop and stop drinking Helilach immediately. If this continues, there will definitely be a problem with morale.
"Heh." Helilach stopped threatening indifferently. As a family that has always recorded the history of his country, Helilach knew too many horrors hidden in history, so he was most in awe of the Han Empire.
In other words, when Kushan was still in Central Asia, as a node for exchanges between the East and the West, it had a much deeper understanding of the surrounding countries than Rome and the Han Dynasty. For this reason, the Helilach family had a deeper understanding of the surrounding countries.
There are detailed records.
Even though they were trapped half to death by the Xiongnu and the classics were lost, as the compilers of history books, they had a far deeper understanding of the surrounding countries than normal nobles.
This is just like if Sima Qian had a son and passed it down, the Sima family's understanding of surrounding countries would definitely be much better than Li You's knowledgeable and memorized half-full bucket of water. This can be regarded as some kind of family origin.
"Hililach, what's the point of being so scary?" Amir, the military commander who had been silent until now, looked at Helilach unhappily. He was basically out of tune with this group of nobles, and he couldn't mix in as a Dalit.
Well, you really can only rely on yourself.
"Although I don't like what Helilach said, if I remember correctly, he is telling the truth. The Han Empire is the only super empire that has successfully destroyed another empire. This achievement is unparalleled so far.
Broken." Shah Rukh, the military commander on the side, said slowly, and everyone's expressions couldn't help but become even more ugly.
In fact, the possibility of an empire falling to another country is actually very small. Its vast territory alone is enough to choke to death any country that wants to annex the empire. Supply lines are a reality that cannot be avoided even in the era of hot weapons.
, let alone ancient times.
So normally speaking, if one big empire wants to destroy another empire, the efforts of several generations are indispensable. However, with a system like the imperial system that is both deceptive and defiant, it is really unreliable what will happen in several generations.
After all, you cannot guarantee that you will be a wise king for generations, nor can you guarantee that another empire will be a weak king for generations. To be honest, it is basically an illusion that one generation can severely damage another empire.
In fact, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty severely wounded the Xiongnu, allowing Emperor Zhao to free up his hands to develop the country and continue to divide and destroy the Xiongnu. The most important reason was that Emperor Wu lived too long. He reigned for fifty-five years, which in ancient times was three generations.
People.
In this way, Emperor Wu's iron-blooded method cannot be said to have destroyed the Xiongnu Empire. It can only be said to have severely damaged the Xiongnu Empire. If it weren't for the later Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan who were very powerful, the Xiongnu Empire had a series of idiots.
, it is not that easy to destroy the Huns.
For the same reason, you will know by referring to Rome and Parthia. Parthia is not as strong as the Huns. Rome and the Han Dynasty are definitely a match. However, the war between Rome and Parthia lasted for at least two hundred years. If you include the rise of the Sassanid Persian Empire to replace the Parthia.
Continuing to fight Rome, the war between the two empires lasted for six hundred years...
The reason why the two empires were in this state of affairs was simply because the emperors on both sides did not reign for long. The emperors from the Roman Republic were both strong and weak, and the emperors from the Parthian and later Sasanian-Persian empires were also weak.
Sometimes strong and sometimes weak.
Just look at Kushan. With the same basic structure, the country ruled by Vesudeva I who was dawdling before seemed to be about to go down. But after the madness, the entire empire seemed to be reborn from the ashes.
The mood is different.
This is the so-called biggest problem of the imperial system. If the emperor is really powerful, then the power that the entire country will burst out will be very terrifying. If the emperor is too weak, then the entire country will not be able to survive. In short, the king of the subjugated country is basically reasonable.
They are all very incompetent.
Therefore, if two large empires with vast territories and huge population base come into action, generally speaking, as long as one of the empires is not too unlucky and produces several generations of garbage in a row, it is difficult to say that the two sides can only win or lose each other.
Who loses and who wins.
Just like Xi'an now, to be honest, Vorogis V's opponent will still be the Five Wise Emperors. After this generation of emperors, the war between the two sides will continue for hundreds of years.
It can be said that in the great empire war of the imperial system, as long as there are no strange things like some powerful emperors killing more than three generations of opponents in a row, or a country having several generations of wise kings in a row, it is basically difficult for anyone to destroy the opponent by fighting.
The foundation of the Xiongnu Empire's strength lies in the fact that three generations of Chanyu, Maodun, Laoshang, and military ministers were all worthy of Mingjun. Counting the earlier Touman, three generations of Mingjun directly laid the foundation of an empire.
However, the Han Empire, the rival of the Xiongnu Empire, produced seven generations of above-average monarchs, and then encountered the powerful Emperor Wu in the early days of the Yizhixie era. Well, Emperor Wu directly killed the fifth or sixth generation Chanyu.
When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty killed five or six generations of Chanyus, the Han Dynasty was succeeded by super-high-level emperors such as Emperor Zhao and Emperor Xuan, while the Xiongnu Empire produced four generations of useless people.
, how thick does the foundation need to be?
Therefore, if we really want to say that the empire perished, the reason for its destruction at our own hands is much greater than the reason for its destruction at the hands of the enemy. However, for the historians who compiled history books in the Kushan and Han Dynasties, there may be more reasons for the war.
Some, but the possibility of truth being destroyed by war is really very small.
"Okay, everyone just needs to be aware of this matter. Don't put too much psychological pressure on fighting the Han Empire. After all, we are not the same people we were a hundred years ago. It would be good to have a battle so that we can get to know each other." Brahe comforted everyone.
Said, it is indeed a record of destroying an empire...
"But I still don't recommend manipulating the time and place." Sulapli said hesitantly. He also knew the power of the Han Empire. "In my opinion, a strong empire should at least have confidence, and we are facing
It happened to other countries, but when we faced the Han Empire, it was obvious that there was something wrong with our mentality."
"It is true that there are problems, but I think the general's proposal is good. We should be confident, but knowing that it is not easy to win, we still maintain confidence instead of being cautious. This is probably not good." Lai
Briley explained.
"But with this method, what can we gain if we win?" Sulapli obviously still couldn't let go.
"Gain confidence." Brahe said after a moment of silence.
"How is it possible to gain confidence? It can only make the soldiers feel ashamed!" Sulapli said dissatisfied.
"What do they know?" Helilach sarcastically said, "What the soldiers need is victory, and what we need is confidence. Even in this way, if we can defeat the Han Empire, do you think it will be better for us as a group of people?"
Has there been a change in mentality?”
"I reserve my opinion." Sulapli was silent for a while and nodded in agreement with Helilach's answer, but stubbornly retained his opinion.
"If you have any other ideas, tell me and let me understand your mentality." Brahe saw Helilach convincing Sulapli, so he turned to ask other civil servants and military generals.
"No more." Yan Lipu shook his head and said. The same is true for other generals. Compared with civilian officials, these generals do not have so many detailed thoughts. What's more, after hearing about the achievements of the Han Empire, as generals who charged into battle, they
More awake.
After all, not only the soldiers need to win, but the generals also need to win. To hell with failure, as for things like tampering with time and place, the generals don't care at all. It's enough to win, and there is no need to worry about other things.
"In this case, you go and select soldiers and prepare for the war. It is impossible for us and the Han Dynasty to engage in a large-scale war. This is completely unnecessary, but too few is not good. Each of you can prepare a soldier and horse.
Okay." Brahe thought for a moment and said.
Brahe really didn't want to lose too many troops, but he also wanted to take a peek at the current military strength of the Han Empire, so after thinking about it, he prepared to turn this battle into a microcosm of the great war, control the scale of both sides, but all the soldiers would be elite.
"Helilach, Sulapli, Lebrali, you three stay. Let's talk about the time and place, and how to fight this battle. Although we are prepared to lose, we also have to win if we win."
Yes, we also need to be prepared." After Brahe took the general away, he said to the three civilian officials.
Several people compared the map, calculated the marching speed of the Han Dynasty, and finally chose a place that was quite unfavorable to the Han Dynasty. As for the time agreed in the letter of war, it was one month later, but after it was sent, there were only twenty days left.
As for the large army marching, it would be impossible to travel such a distance in the past twenty days without force once or twice.
Although during the twenty-day march, there were only one or two forcible attacks, which seemed to have no impact, but if it really got to that level, the slightest difference might tip the balance in a certain direction.
"I always feel that if we still lose after doing this, I'm afraid it will be really embarrassing." Sulapli sighed and said.
"So we have to win. Choosing despicable means means that we are for victory from the beginning, not for the so-called upright defeat to others." Helilach shrugged and said, "We have no retreat, of course.
The general of our army is even more so."
"Even if the opponent is the Han Empire, we still have to win. If we lose under such shameless conditions, I am afraid those generals will feel sad and angry, so they will do everything possible to win, and we need this kind of victory
Will." Lebrali said with a smile. (To be continued.)
