After many days of training, the officers and soldiers of the Han Navy have gradually adapted to the vast sea. And a large number of ships suitable for sea navigation have been put into use, which also allows the officers and men of the Navy to leave the coastal sea and sail to the ocean.
Gan Ning and Zhou Tai often led the fleet to sea training, and went further and further. According to Liu Xin's request, they made a huge chart and marked all the islands they encountered along the way. As the fleet went further and further, they made a huge chart.
They traveled farther and farther, and finally a few days ago, they came to a big island.
The island is very large, larger than an ordinary county. There are not many residents on the island, but many people can speak Chinese, and their accents are similar to those in the southern part of Kuaiji County, Yangzhou. After repeated inquiries, I found out that the ancestors of these people
Most of them are fishermen from the coastal areas of Kuaiji, who came to this big island either because they encountered storms or waves while out fishing, or because they escaped the disasters of war.
Ma Yun was basically certain that this island would be the island of Taiwan in later generations. She had already dispatched personnel to set up a local government, but no one could predict whether there would be conflicts with local residents. However, even if Liu Xin was in Chang'an, she learned that
After this news, he will make the same choice. They from later generations are very aware of the importance of Taiwan Island.
Another day passed, and the envoys sent to Dawan and Kangju came back one after another.
King Mozhiti of Dayuan convened a discussion with the nobles. It was written into the "Treaty of Shule" that the Han army should be allowed to garrison in the territory. Now the Han army only proposed to transit here, not to mention that Liu Xin personally led the way. Everyone
Of course there is no objection.
The situation in Kangju is a bit complicated. Kangju is different from Dawan. The people there are mainly nomadic, similar to the Xiongnu, Xianbei and other ethnic groups on the grassland, but they also have their own cities and engage in some agricultural farming in the south. Kangju
The population of Kangju is about one million. Because they are mainly nomadic, many herdsmen are qualified warriors. There are about 120,000 warriors in the country. The royal city of Kangju is called Beitian City, which turned out to be theirs.
The central station gradually developed into a city.
The former King of Kangju was named Kahelman. Three months ago, he accidentally fell off his horse and died during a hunting organized by the royal family. As the king of Kangju, Kahelman had excellent riding skills. It is really strange that such an accident occurred. Part
The minister then speculated that Murza, the royal brother who went hunting with him, was a serious suspect. Murza also urgently requested to inherit the throne of Kangju after Kahelman's death, but was resisted by Queen Kangju. At that time, Kangju
Queen Ju was about to give birth. Under the dissuasion of other ministers, Murza promised that if the queen gave birth to a boy, he would give up the fight for the throne.
As a result, a month later, Queen Kangju gave birth to a boy. Logically speaking, Murza should keep his promise. But he found a reason to refuse to admit that the boy born to Queen Kangju was Kahaileman.
of flesh and blood, for the baby had black hair, while Kahelman and the queen had blond hair.
Although Queen Kangju explained that her father was a Han Chinese and her mother was a Qin nationality, it was normal for her son to have black hair. However, Murza still mobilized some nobles to oppose the baby's succession to the throne, and launched successive campaigns
After two battles, although they were defeated by Queen Kangju, the city of Beitian was almost defeated by Murza, and the antagonism between the various tribes in the country became increasingly serious.
Hearing this, Liu Xin couldn't help being stunned. According to the envoy's description, this Queen Kangju looked too much like Black Tornado. But why did Black Tornado become Queen Kangju? Is the current King Kangju Liu Xin's son?
The answers to these unsolved mysteries can only be found in the city of Beitian. Liu Xin could not sit still and immediately ordered the team to set off and make sure to get to the Uzbeli Fortress tonight.
It doesn't matter to everyone else, except Liya's injury has not healed yet. Liu Xin originally promised to give her two days, but the two days haven't arrived yet, but Liu Xin can't wait any longer. Liya is very strong and reluctantly walked out of the tent from the tent.
Liu Xin couldn't bear to see her and she couldn't help but said: "If that doesn't work, just stay here for now. I'll arrange for you to live in the Army Mansion. I'll send you off after I come back from Kangju."
Go to Mud City.”
Liya shook her head and said, "No! I can do it!"
Liu Xin thought for a while and said: "Okay, I will give you a good horse!"
Soon, the guards brought a tall chestnut-red horse. As soon as Liya saw it, she remembered the horse that she had exhausted to death, and she burst into tears.
Liu Xin quickly advised: "Forget it, don't cry. This is a real bloody horse. It was brought back by the envoy of Dawan King Mozhiti just now. Who among my generals would not want to own such a horse?
If you don’t want it, I’ll give it to someone else.”
Liya hurriedly stopped crying and said, "No, I want it!"
After saying that, the stubborn Shanshan girl wanted to get on her horse, but the pain in her inner thighs made it impossible to lift her legs. Liu Xin stretched out her hand to help her, but she retracted her hand halfway and turned around and said
: "Clelia, help the princess."
Sister Cleia stepped forward, lifted Liya up on the left and right sides, supported her round buttocks, and put her on the horseback. No wonder Liu Xin suddenly withdrew his hand, if he was allowed to support the girl's buttocks
, there is always some inconvenience. However, although Liya’s riding skills are good, her injured thigh still makes her very uncomfortable, and she almost cannot control the sweaty horse.
Liu Xin whistled, called her big white horse, jumped up, raised her whip and came to Liya, showed the stirrup, and then said: "Look carefully, like me, put your feet on
inside."
Liya glanced at Liu Xin suspiciously and stepped into the stirrups. Sure enough, she felt a lot more relaxed. She couldn't help but turn around and look at the other soldiers, only to realize that everyone was equipped with this strange iron ring. No wonder they were running so fast.
They were far away, but everyone seemed to be fine.
Sister Cleya was very smart. Without Liu Xin's special reminder, she discovered that her horse also had two iron rings hanging under the saddle. They all followed Liu Xin's example and jumped onto the horse, galloping for a while.
There was no problem in letting go of the reins. He suddenly became excited and chattered a lot to Liu Xin.
Liu Xin naturally didn't understand, but he didn't want to understand what they were talking about. Instead, he pinched the horse's belly and scolded: "Let's go!"
Uzbeli Fortress was only a hundred miles away from Wuji City. The cavalry marched quickly and arrived in an instant. Although it was almost dusk when they arrived at the fortress, they did not need to rush to set up camp because there was enough place for them to rest inside the fortress.
The permanent strength of the entire fortress is 5,000, but the scale of the fortress is much larger. In order to build these two fortresses, Liu Xin invested a lot of manpower and material resources. The fortresses are not only extremely strong, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but also have accumulated
With a large amount of food, grass, weapons and drinking water, it can accommodate 50,000 people living inside for a long time at the same time, and the living conditions are much better than camping outside.
Now, Lei Tong is stationed at Uzbel Fortress, and Wu Lan is stationed at Turugelt Fortress. These two former generals under Liu Yan have been increasingly used since they surrendered to Liu Xin, and they can now take charge of their own affairs.
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Knowing that Liu Xin was coming to Uzbeli Fortress to spend the night, Lei Tong had already made preparations, vacating the best room, and specially prepared hot water for Liu Xin to bathe.
In the desert, nothing is more precious than water. Therefore, many people living in the Western Regions do not take a bath all year round. Some people even take a bath only once in their entire lives, at birth, wedding and death.
Although Liu Xin loves to be clean, she also knows that it is not easy to get water in the fortress. Except for the accumulated rainwater, the rest is carried by the soldiers in buckets. She couldn't help but waved her hands and said: "I'll give it to you."
Now, let the three girls take a shower."
In fact, Liu Xin's decision was not to take special care of girls. In the desert area with severe water shortage, bathing is the most luxurious behavior, even for girls. However, Liya's leg was injured, and the weather was hot and
I sweat easily. If I don’t wash it off, I’ll be in trouble.
Once infected, it's a big trouble. When Klea was fighting with Selica, she was covered in blood. Liu Xin would feel uncomfortable if she didn't wash off. Of course, even if Liu Xin allowed them to take a bath
, there is only so much water, and it is impossible to prepare additional hot water for them.
At this moment, Lei Tong accompanied Liu Xin to inspect the entire fortress. The fortress was actually divided into three parts. The front one was a checkpoint, responsible for inspecting passing caravans and also responsible for collecting customs duties. The high mountains on both sides were
A strong fortress with an iron cable in the middle
The bridge is connected together, which is the main fortification to control the Uzbel Pass. With these two fortresses, as long as the blockade is implemented, even thousands of troops will have difficulty passing the Uzbel Pass. Further up is the fortress.
The place where troops are stationed is where Liu Xin and the others now live.
Because the Uzbeli Pass splits a high mountain in half, the military garrison is also located on the left and right hills. The top of the mountain has been leveled and is used for grazing horses. The belly of the mountain has almost been hollowed out to store grain, grass and ordnance.
Ordinary soldiers also live in the heart of the mountain, but Liu Xin and others live in several courtyards built on the top of the mountain.
After the Uzbel Fortress was repaired, this was the first time Liu Xin came here. He moved from the left mountain to the right mountain, and inspected from the garrison station to the outgoing checkpoints. He was very satisfied with the layout of the fortress. Such a building
The fortress can be said to be impregnable. As long as it is defended, even if there is a war with the Qin Empire in the future, there is no need to worry about affecting the stability of the Central Plains.
After going around in a circle, Liu Xin returned to the courtyard built on Zuoshan through the chain bridge. Liya had finished taking a bath and walked out of the room. Her long golden hair was spread out, and a faint fragrance came straight through.
Enter Liu Xin's nose.
Seeing that she was in much better spirits, Liu Xin couldn't help but smile and said, "It will be much more comfortable after taking a bath. How are you going to thank me?"
Liya knew that this water was saved by Liu Xin, so she couldn't help but blush and said, "Your Majesty, I can tell you a secret."
Liu Xin laughed loudly and said: "What kind of secret can you have? Well, if what you said can really be called a secret, then I will also tell you a secret."