The two hundred and ninetieth chapter on the west expedition
Liu Ming's question made both Lu Bu and Liu Tong feel extremely shocked. Lu Bu was a little better, but he just felt a little strange. There was nothing else abnormal, but Liu Tong immediately sweated heavily and his face was covered with dust.
Liu Tong's sweat rushed out of several mud ditches.
Liu Tong apologized in fear and fear: "Go back to the Grand Marshal, I will omit it. The countries you just mentioned have not visited and discovered. I also asked the Grand Marshal to sue it."
It's not that Liu Tong is so unfair. He is negligent in investigating and unidentified in the enemy. In Liu Ming's army, it is a serious crime of neglecting his duties. Liu Tong and Lu Bu have the previous connection between Guo Jia. Liu Tong and Lu Bu are the ones who are not involved in the investigation.
I didn't expect that Liu Ming might be wrong. I just thought that my visits were not thorough and I didn't understand clearly. I didn't know much about the intelligence agencies under Liu Ming.
Poor Liu Tong, he didn't expect that Liu Mingde would almost give his high school knowledge to his teacher. For Liu Ming, from Mongolia to the Soviet Union, it was the Soviet Union, and after the Soviet Union, it was Europe. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was Russia and other countries. Before the collapse of the Soviet Union, it was the land.
Russia across Asia and Europe. The Roman Empire in Liu Ming's impression was also the little impression that Liu Ming left on Liu Ming when he talked about the Han Dynasty and Rome. So, now in Liu Ming's impression
Only the Roman Empire and Russia should be relatively powerful at this time and may threaten their own power.
As a result, Liu Ming couldn't hear Liu Tong's answer clearly and didn't know. Liu Ming was also strange. Fortunately, Liu Ming was smart, and Liu Ming had experiences that people in this era didn't know.
Liu Ming immediately thought, was it that the names of these countries he mentioned were different from those in modern times? Or were there no these two countries now?
So, looking at Liu Tong who had changed her face and color, Liu Ming comforted him: "I don't blame you for this. I'm sorry you are innocent."
When Liu Tong heard Liu Ming say this, he immediately thanked him, "Thank you for forgiveness by Lord Taiwei." Then, Liu Tong suggested, "Sir, although he didn't have time to visit all the surrounding countries, he was even distant.
Mr. Canacci is a well-informed man there, and maybe he can know what the adults are asking.”
Liu Ming pointed and said, "Well. I will ask Kanachi later. Now you continue to talk about which country will your caravan finally arrive? What is the population there? What is the military strength? What else is there around.
Other forces and countries? Tell me more about it.”
"Yes." Liu Tong continued carefully: "The place where our caravan finally arrived was Anxue (Pathians), and the territory of that country was also quite large. The time to arrive was short, so forth, there was no need to go there.
The military defense is not very clear. But the spies of the last general estimated that there should be hundreds of thousands of people and more than one hundred thousand soldiers there. In addition, according to the merchants there, the pirates there are very rampant. They often gather.
Thousands of people were openly snatched at sea. At the most rampant time, there were pirates on the sea surface, and the trade routes on the sea were cut off. Later, they were wiped out by the officers and soldiers of the Qin Dynasty, and the situation of pirates there improved a little. However, there were still many pirates there.
It is also said that some pirates even ran to the grassland north of Weihai and Balkhash Lake to hide, and it is also said that some of the remnants of the original Northern Huns were also gathered there, and that area has become a place for robbers to gather. And the other end of the sea is said to be
It is where the Qin Dynasty is located. It is said that the Qin Dynasty has a larger military force and a wider territory. Even the merchants do not know how much land and population the Qin Dynasty has. They only know that the countries around the Qin Dynasty have been conquered and destroyed by the Qin Dynasty.”
As soon as Liu Tong finished speaking, a stolen whisper came to Liu Ming's convention hall. What Liu Tong said was too unexpected to the ministers under Liu Ming. According to Liu Tong's statement, that's what he said.
The opponent's troops and strength are too strong. Lu Bu's proposal is simply a mistake. But how could Lu Bu make such a judgment based on these proposals?
Everyone's eyes were gathered on Lu Bu, wanting to see what new explanations and statements Lu Bu had?
Unfortunately, beyond everyone's expectations, it was obvious that Lu Bu was the first time he heard what Liu Tong said, and Lu Bu's face was also full of shock. Lu Bu asked angrily: "Person Liu, why did you
When the general asked you, did you not tell me about these military information? But those troops were vulnerable? Could it be that you were intentionally deceiving me?"
Liu Tong quickly apologized and said, "The General dared not deceive the general. At that time, the general asked what the military strength of those countries were. Can our army win easily? Of course, the General would truthfully answer those troops were vulnerable. Although the resting troops were
Many, but their horses are few. Most of them are infantry. And their soldiers' equipment is nothing more than a wooden shield, a spear, and a chest-protecting leather armor, even their generals, warriors,
It's just wearing a copper armor, and their armor is made of a whole piece of copper plate, not fish scale armor like ours, which can't block the penetration of our bows and arrows at all, and their bows and arrows are used by their bows and arrows.
They are also some soft bows. The range is very close, and even the range of our composite bows was twice as strong as theirs, let alone the strong bow and hard crossbow we are using now. In this way, we only need
According to the standard tactics of our cavalry, if we lead them to run a few laps, our bows and arrows will definitely beat them to a fallen water. Therefore, the last general will never deceive the general."
At this moment, Lu Bu was also stunned. It turned out that he was too anxious and did not ask clearly the situation. Since there were so many people there, even if their army was vulnerable, as long as they ran to the city to hide.
It will be difficult for ten thousand people to deal with them. As long as they are calm, in a few days, their army will be exhausted and the other party can easily win. And even if they are likely to win, they can divide their troops.
When they set up defenses, they don’t have so many troops to separate. If they cut off their food channels and repeatedly counterattack, they will be doomed to perish. Why did they commit such a military taboo of being alone and going deep into the army?
Lu Bu apologized to Liu Ming with regret: "I am rash. Please forgive me for your sins."
This situation and Lu Bu's attitude were long before Liu Ming and Guo Jia were deduced. Liu Ming said disrespectfully: "General Lu was worried about the country and did not understand the enemy's situation, which was not enough to be a pity.
For sin.”
Then, Liu Ming asked again: "Do you know the origin of Anxi and the Great Qin?" Liu Ming had no idea about Anxi, but Liu Tong's description of Daqi gave Liu Ming a little Rome feeling.
"Return to the Grand Marshal, in the ninth year of Yongyuan of Emperor He (97 AD), the Dugu Ban Chao sent Gan Ying to the Qin Dynasty to reach the Tiaozhi (in the territory of today's Iraq). He was close to the sea (referring to the Persian Gulf), and wanted to save the western border.
The boatman said to Ying: "The sea water is vast, and those who come and go will be able to save it in three months when they encounter good winds. If they encounter slow winds, there will be two years old. Therefore, everyone who enters the sea brings (brings) three years old grain. The sea is good at making people fall in love with the land.
, There were several deaths. 'Ying stopped hearing this. In the first year of Yongning in Emperor An (120 AD), King Yongyou of Shan (in the northeastern area of Myanmar) sent an envoy to our court to offer the magician (magician),
People say that they are from Haixi, "Haixi is the Great Qin, and the Great Qin is connected to the southwest of Shan State." In the ninth year of Yanxi of Emperor Huan (166 AD), the Anduan Dynasty of the Great Qin sent envoys from outside the southern part of the Sun (outside the Sino-Indian Peninsula)
Gifts such as ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoiseshell, etc..”
Regarding these historical records, Cai Yong, who was once a counselor of Emperor Ling, came out of his mouth. However, after answering Liu Ming, Cai Yong asked in confusion: "Master Taiwei, now General Lu understands the lonely army now
Deep in, the expedition is unfavorable. Master Taiwei also asked what the situation of Anxi and Daqin were doing?"
Liu Ming smiled and said, "Before General Lu came back, I and Guo Junshi and others deduced this matter. The enemy was too big and our army was inconvenient to attack, so that was also in our deduction.
In this case, although we cannot go to the expeditions of thousands of miles, we can still communicate with them in trade and exchange. In this way, it is necessary to organize troops to carry out armed escorts. As long as we transfer the military expenditure to
In the profits of merchants, we will not lose any losses, and when merchants are guaranteed for safety, they will certainly not care about this little expense. Only in this way can we gain huge benefits while promoting
I, Han Wei, influenced those Hu people and made all nations come to pay tribute."
Speaking of this, Liu Ming suddenly said righteously: "Besides, the Huns are a concern for our dynasty. Although the Huns have now been defeated by our dynasty and divided into two Xiongnu tribes in the north and south. The Southern Huns have even surrendered to our dynasty. However, as long as they have been cultivated and raised,
In a few hundred years, they may still make a comeback. By then, our descendants may be harmed by them. Therefore, we must prepare for the future. No matter where they hide, our troops must follow.
, monitor them and surrender them. Besides, you have heard that the Qin Dynasty is said to be a huge country no less than ours. Although we do not need to fight with them, we must understand them and prevent dangers before it happens."
"The Grand Marshal is wise." Liu Ming's subordinates praised it in unison. Zhang Fei and other generals were even more happy about the upcoming war. Lu Bu was even more overjoyed. The plan that Lu Bu felt was unlikely to realize was now.
But there was a sudden turnaround here at Liu Ming.
However, in the voice of praise, Ju Su, who was calm by nature and had not deduced with Liu Ming, couldn't help but remind Liu Ming: "Master Taiwei. The troubles of the Huns are ultimately a story. Da Qin, that's even more
It is thousands of miles away. It is inconvenient for us to expedition, so the same is true for the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, these can be considered in the future when the world is unified and the world is peaceful. Now our Youzhou is being besieged by Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo and others.
When we are eyeing us, we may be inconvenient to divide our troops and travel far away. Moreover, as Liu Xiaowei said just now, the number of people in peace is large, so we will send troops to us, which is useless at least, and at most, we will be unable to do anything. Our troops will support us.
, it is absolutely impossible to provide support for tens of thousands of miles. Moreover, how is the route of the caravan armed escort? What is the caravan's caravan's goods? How is the profit of the caravan? I wonder if the Taiwei Lord has thought about it carefully,
This matter is of great importance, and the Grand Marshal must not be careless."
Liu Ming secretly admired himself. He was such a good Ju Su. In such a short time, he considered the problem so carefully and was not affected by other people's emotions. He was such an amazing talent.
Liu Ming said happily: "Mr. Ju is very concerned. We can not discuss it in the military. Although we are armed trafficking, we may not have conflicts with the countries in the Western Regions. The issue of caravans can be made.
Cao will explain it to you first."
Mi Zhu, who is in charge of Youzhou's finance, has no choice but to answer these questions. Moreover, Mi Zhu is also well prepared for the economy and caravan trafficking. At present, Mi Zhu said passionately: "Our business path with the Western Regions is not only the same as
In addition to the land trade route that Liu Xiaowei and his friends had just walked, there was also a sea trade route. I remember that during the reign of Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu sent envoys and recruited merchants to trade in the sea. From the south of Japan (now central Vietnam) or
Xuwen (now Guangdong), Hepu (now Guangxi) took a boat to sea, traveled south along the east coast of the Indochina Peninsula, and you can reach Duyuan (now Dishi in southern Vietnam) in the Mekong Delta after five months.
Traveling north on the west coast, we sailed to Yilu (now the Buddhist dynasty of Thailand) at the mouth of Chao Phraya River for four months. From then on, we headed south along the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, and arrived at Zhanli (now the Bashu, Thailand) for more than 20 days.
Here we abandoned the boat and landed on the shore, crossed the isthmus, and walked for more than ten days to reach the capital of Lu (now Tanah Salin in Myanmar). Then we boarded the boat and sailed westward in the Indian Ocean, and after more than two months, we arrived at the Huangzhi Kingdom (now southeastern coast of India.
Konchipuram. When he returned to China, he went south from Huangzhi to Yibuchengguo (now Sri Lanka), and then sailed directly eastward. After eight months, he arrived at the coast (Malacca Strait), and was docked in Pizong (now west of Singapore
The island of Pisan) finally sailed for more than two months, and drove from Pi Zong to Xianglin County in Rinan County (the capital is located in Chaqiao, south of Weichuan County, Vietnam). It was just that our navy was first established and along the way
We also need to stop by the territories of other princes to replenish supplies. There are also many pirates along the way, so we can only leave this route for future use."
After talking about the caravan route, Mi Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "As for the goods, the cloth and silk that are now accumulated in our warehouse, are all good things worth a thousand yuan in the Western Regions, and our tea leaves are even more
It is a rare good thing for them. The ivory, carpet, spice, and gems there are also extremely rare treasures in our place. The profits are huge. The returns from this trip alone are absolutely
Peter can take our harvest for several years.”
"Can these luxury goods be eaten as food in the disaster year?" Seeing Mi Zhu's spirited look, Tian Feng couldn't help but stand up and talk to Ju Su.
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