Liu Xin paused, and then said: "Liu heard that Dawan produces good horses, and Liu's condition is very simple. You can hand over five thousand horses with your blood."
Liu Xin didn't feel much about good horses, but he knew how much his generals wanted to get a peerless horse. A few days ago, Liu Xin rewarded a horse with sweat and a concubine.
It was given to Huang Zhong. Huang Zhong didn't seem to be very interested in the blonde, blue-eyed, exotic beauty with fat hips and big breasts, but he loved the horse like a treasure and wished he could live in the stable.
Dian Wei, who rarely fights on horseback, now hangs around the BMW he just acquired whenever he has free time. And most of Liu Xin's generals still don't have a satisfactory mount. If they can get one from Dawan,
A large number of sweat-blooded BMWs can solve a big problem. You can even form an elite cavalry purely equipped with sweat-blooded BMWs. If you stand on the battlefield without charging into the battle, you will definitely win the battle.
However, Yan Sai's face turned bitter, he shook his head and said, "Sir, please forgive me for not agreeing to your condition."
Liu Xin's face suddenly fell, and she said in a deep voice: "Yansai, you have to think carefully. Is the BMW more important, or is your mission more important? Is the BMW more important, or is the life and death of hundreds of thousands of Dawan soldiers and civilians more important?
As long as Liu gives the order, the destruction of Dawan is just a matter of time. When the time comes, these BMWs, hum!"
Yansai frowned and said: "Sir, it's not that I don't want to complete this mission, it's that I really can't afford so many bloody horses. You don't know, not all sweaty horses can be called BMWs."
, there are no more than twenty truly bloody horses in Dawan.”[
Liu Xin suddenly realized that he had misunderstood it. He thought that as long as it was a sweat horse, it must be a BMW. He couldn't help but nodded and said: "In that case, then go back and tell the King of Dayuan and ask him to hand over twenty sweat horses."
For the blood horse, I’ll give you five thousand ordinary blood horses.”
This was Liu Xin's final bottom line. Unexpectedly, Yan Sai still said with a gloomy face: "There is no problem with five thousand bloody horses, but I can't get twenty BMWs. Sir, you also know that last time outside Pishan City,
In that battle, a total of ten sweat-blooded horses were lost, and there were still several sweat-blooded horses that did not belong to the Dawan royal family."
Liu Xin nodded, knowing that what Yan Sai said this time was all the truth. Outside Pishan City, the eight horses used by Lan Feng to pull the cart were all sweaty horses. Except for one horse that Lan Feng rode away when he escaped, the other seven
The horse can be regarded as a total loss. And several important generals under Lan Feng were all defeated in Dayuan.
It is not surprising that the horses of the more influential generals were sweat-blooded BMWs. However, there is no record of those BMWs among the trophies. They may have died in the rebellion, or were treated as ordinary horses. After all, the real horses
There are very few Bole, so this situation is possible.
Thinking of this, Liu Xin no longer hesitated, waved her hand and said: "Forget it, then you will hand over five sweat-blooded horses, plus five thousand ordinary sweat-blooded horses. However, I have another condition. You
When you get back, tell Mo Zhiti and ask him to provide you with the best quality grape seeds and alfalfa seeds."
Two crops, grapes and alfalfa, had been introduced to China in the Western Han Dynasty, but there were differences in quality. Through this period of understanding, Liu Xin already knew that Dawan was different from Kangju, Wusun and other crops.
In neighboring countries where cattle grazing is the main focus, they
They mainly focus on farming. However, Dawan can produce excellent horses. The most important thing is that Dawan has the best alfalfa in the world, which is the best pasture. So Liu Xin’s real purpose is not to taste delicious food.
grapes, but alfalfa.
The situations in Dahan and Dawan are similar. The people all settle in one place and mainly focus on farming. However, Dawan can produce good horses, but Dahan cannot. Even if they introduce excellent stallions from the grassland, it will not work. In Liu Xin's opinion,
Well, the reason lies in the pasture. The introduction of high-quality pasture can not only be used to raise horses, but can also be used to raise cattle and sheep in large quantities, so that beef and mutton can enter the homes of ordinary people.
In fact, in later generations, crop seeds are also part of intellectual property rights. Just like Liu Xin banned the cultivation of mulberry and silkworms, and the spread of technology in tea tree cultivation, they all need to be strictly protected. Of course, in this era, except for Liu Xin, others
It is impossible to pay attention to these things. Yan
Sai is very happy now. He doesn't care about the loss of these fine seeds. He only cares about the fact that his mission on this trip has finally been successfully completed. Although the price of five thousand ordinary sweat horses is not small, it can avoid the doubt of losing a battle.
In a war, such a price is really nothing.
While he was happy, Yansai also swore to his chest and promised that he would agree to all the conditions and pay tribute to the Han Dynasty with one hundred barrels of the best wine every year. Then, without stopping at all, Yansai immediately returned to Dawan and paid tribute to Mo
Zhiti went to report the results of his trip. After all, he only verbally agreed to these conditions. The final decision still needed to be approved by Mo Zhiti and the nobles.
In the next two days, Liu Xin did not sit in Shule City and reply to the letter. Instead, he personally took Huang Zhong and Jia Xu to continue westward and visited Wuji City, Uzbeli, and Turugelt.
The situation of these two mountain passes. The Fifth Army Corps is temporarily stationed in the Western Regions, and Jia Xu is Liu Xin's internal candidate to protect the Western Regions. Therefore, Liu Xin did not bring anyone else with him, but only Huang Zhong and Jia Xu.
The geographical location of Wuji City is very good. After leaving Yumenguan, no matter whether you take the southern or northern route, you will eventually arrive here. As a trade distribution center on the Silk Road, it has unique geographical advantages. It was originally located in the west of Shule Kingdom
Liu Xin's original plan was for the Shule Kingdom to build a market here and to manage it in a small town. However, after Liu Xin made an on-site inspection, he changed his plan.
Liu Xin saw clearly that if this trade center was built, it would become the most prosperous place in the entire Western Region, and the wealth it would bring in the future would be immeasurable. Since there is such a treasure, Liu Xin must of course hold on to it.
He immediately proposed that Wuji City be renamed Hancheng and placed under the direct jurisdiction of the Western Regions Protectorate. In the future, all tax revenue after the completion of the bazaar will of course go directly to the Western Regions Protectorate.
The current King of Shule, Baguli, is basically a puppet supported by Liu Xin. Even his woman was given by Liu Xin. Of course, he dare not violate Liu Xin's decision in the slightest. The nobles in Shule City have no idea about this.
Although there are many dissatisfactions about this matter, tens of thousands of Han troops are not just there. If they don't get it right, they will move their heads. Who would touch Liu Xin's bad luck at this time?
Compared with Wuji City, the two mountain passes on Congling are particularly important. After leaving Uzbeli Pass and continuing westward, you will find the territory of Dawan. If you go northeast through Turugelt Pass, there is
This is the boundary of Wusun. These two mountain passes can be said to guard the Silk Road.
The two grand passes on the road are under human supervision. If horse bandits attack the caravan here, the consequences will be disastrous. Liu Xin originally planned to build two fortresses here, but after seeing the current situation of these two mountain passes, he felt
He became even more urgent and immediately ordered Baguli to organize the people.
After the completion of these two fortresses, they will not only prevent horse bandits from causing chaos, but will also have extraordinary significance in protecting the entire Western Region and consolidating the presence of the Han in the Western Region. The Western Region covers a vast area of thousands of miles, and maintaining the Han's military presence here requires a large number of cavalry.
The lack of war horses has always been the weakness of the Han Dynasty. Even if the Xiongnu grassland is controlled, the problem cannot be completely solved. If a fortress is built, there will not be so many problems. You only need to mobilize an infantry to garrison, and one man can guard the gate, and no one can open it.
Soon, two infantry teams of 3,000 people each were dispatched to the two mountain passes and set up camps at dangerous locations. Then they started construction work and started building fortresses in full swing. As an important means of advancing, attacking, retreating and defending,
Military bases and fortresses must not only be built extremely strong, but also
Where to store grain, where to station troops, where there are secret passages, etc. are all absolute secrets that cannot be known to outsiders. Of course, the entire construction process cannot be handed over to the civilian men recruited from Shule, let alone those Dawan prisoners.
They can only be completed by the Han soldiers themselves.
On the second day after the vanguard took control of the mountain pass, two infantry troops of 10,000 people each also entered the mountain pass. A huge project was launched in full swing. The civilian laborers recruited were not idle either. They were responsible for transporting the materials used to build the fortress.
They were transported to the bottom of the mountain, and all the Dawan prisoners were transferred to build Wuji City, which is now Seoul.
When these three places were all arranged, Liu Xin really relaxed and said to Jia Xu: "Wenhe, the Huns have been pacified, and with these two fortresses, the countries in the Western Regions will no longer be disturbed by the outside world.
Now, you can feel free and bold to build your Protectorate."
Jia Xu's spirit was lifted, he raised his hands and said: "I will never disappoint my master!"
The next day, Jia Xu went to Kucha with 10,000 troops. King Kucha was the most active in rebuilding the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and the other Gancheng in the Kingdom of Kucha was the location of the Protectorate in the past, and all conditions were good.
It is ready, so the new Protectorate will be built there. However, Liu Xin himself did not set off immediately and returned to Yumen Pass from the northern route. He continued to stay in Shule, waiting for a reply from Yansai.[
Yansai was still very efficient in doing things. He did not let Liu Xin wait too long and came to Shule again from Guishan City in Dawan. Yansai brought five bloody horses and five thousand horses according to the agreement
Ordinary horses, in addition to 500 young and beautiful Dawan girls, of course grapes, alfalfa seeds and 100 barrels of grape wine were also included. What surprised Liu Xin was that the new king of Dawan, Mo Zhiti, also came in person.