Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 449 Fighting Barbarians into the Western Regions ([-])

"The Yellow River is far above the white clouds, and there is an isolated city, Wanren Mountain. Why should the Qiang flute complain about the willows, and the spring breeze does not cross the Yumen Pass." Friends of Wang Zhihuan's "Liangzhou Ci" know it.The Yumen Pass in the poem was set up in the Han Dynasty. It was Huo Qubing who sent troops to the Hexi Corridor twice, defeated the 24 Xiongnu army entrenched here with [-] fine cavalry, and set up Yumen Pass after completely cutting off the right arm of the Huns.

The reason why Yumen Pass is called Yumen Pass is said to be because the rich Hetian jade in the Western Regions was transported to the inland from here, and a grand pass originally called Xiaofang City became Yumen Pass, which is praised by later generations.

The strategic position of Yumen Pass is extremely important, and it is one of the most strategically valuable passes in the Hexi Corridor. Cen Shen, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote a poem "Yumen Pass is far away and lonely, with thousands of miles of yellow sand and white grass. It is adjacent to the dog army in the south and the Hu in the north..." , well expresses the importance of Yumen Pass.In fact, we should add the sentence "go west to Tianshan and go here" to fully summarize the importance of Yumen Pass. After leaving Yumen Pass, you will arrive at the Western Regions. Its importance can be imagined. The famous Silk Road leads from here to the distant land. place.

There is no mention of Yumen Pass in this book, but the geographical location is there. Now Han Xin has led an army out of Yumen Pass and entered the Western Regions.

In the impression of our modern people, there are thousands of miles of yellow sand in Xinjiang, and there are many barren deserts. In fact, Xinjiang is the province with the most deserts in China.In the Qin Dynasty, there were still oases everywhere, and people could be seen everywhere, and it was not as deserted as it is now.Therefore, Han Xin led the Qin army to march in the Western Regions. It was not as difficult as later generations marched into Xinjiang. Their only difficulty was the language problem, and it was not easy to communicate with the local residents.

The first time in history that the Chinese army appeared in the Western Regions was when Huo Qubing attacked the Hexi Corridor, he crossed the Yumen Pass, went straight to the Western Regions, and fought all the way west to the vicinity of the Tianshan Mountains. His attack just stopped.The Qin army led by Han Xin entered the Western Regions, a full 100 years earlier than Huo Qubing's entry into the Western Regions.

This was the first time that the Chinese army entered the Western Regions, and the language was naturally a problem. Fortunately, Zhou Chong considered this problem and gave Han Xin a coup, asking him to use the local residents who could speak the Chinese language as guides.At that time, although the Chinese civilization did not spread as far as the later generations, the Chinese civilization had already taken shape, and the richness of the Central Plains was envied by the surrounding areas. Therefore, there were many ethnic minorities who went to the mainland to do business. They could speak the Chinese language and wanted to Finding a guide is actually not difficult, but it saves a lot of trouble.

In history, China’s first large-scale use of troops in the Western Regions should be regarded as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty’s famous expedition to the Second Division City. As for Huo Qubing’s march into the Western Regions, firstly because his army was not large, he sent troops to the Hexi Corridor twice. Of the [-] fine riders, only a few thousand entered the Western Regions.The second is that he mainly attacked the Xiongnu army at that time, and the countries in the Western Regions were not his targets. At that time, the countries in these places were the allies that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty fought against the Huns, so of course they would not use troops.

It wasn't until the Huns were defeated and the problems in the Western Regions became more and more serious that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty decisively used troops to attack the Second Division City.Later generations thought that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty attacked Ershi City for the sake of BMW. In fact, he was very wrong, because the envoys of the Han Dynasty were always killed and their property was robbed in the Western Regions. This is related to the dignity of a nation and the dignity of an empire. Decent, had to use soldiers.After the Second Division City War, the Western Regions were terrified and did not dare to kill the envoys of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, an era was changed, which laid the foundation for Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to incorporate this land into the land and establish the famous "Western Region Protectorate". Base.

Under the leadership of Han Xin, the Qin army marched all the way westward, as if entering a land of no one, and encountered no decent resistance at all.There are two main reasons for this result. One is that the Qin army has a large number of people, is well-equipped, and is capable of fighting well. The countries in the Western Regions can't fight even if they want to. They have to accept the bear and pay tribute.

Second, the countries in the Western Regions are small and vulnerable.At that time, there were dozens of countries in the Western Regions. The large ones had a population of only tens of thousands, and the small ones were hard to say, but the population was only a thousand. This was not even as good as a pavilion in the interior, and the jurisdiction of a small pavilion leader was also smaller than that. It is simply impossible for these countries to organize strong resistance.

Han Xin was stationed on the side of the horse road, yelling at the cavalrymen who were riding forward: "Keep in formation and move forward at full speed. No one is allowed to stop without my order. Even if you want to shit, you have to pull it in your crotch."

Zhang Han and Tu Sui came on horseback, and Tu Sui said worriedly, "General, are you marching like this? There is no rest time at all, and the brothers will be exhausted."

"That's right, should the general give the brother some time to rest, even if it's a good night's sleep." Zhang Han also echoed.

Han Xin said calmly, "You are afraid that you will be too tired and difficult to deal with the enemy, right? The situation when we entered the Western Regions was very different from what we encountered in the past. Mr. Zhou said that the countries in the Western Regions are small. There is no strength to compete with us, as long as we show our majestic formation, we will scare them away. Hasn’t all this been well verified? After we entered the Western Regions, have we encountered decent resistance? No, all It’s looking out for the wind.”

This is a fact, and no one can deny it, Tu Sui was still a little worried, and said: "In case something unexpected happens, it's hard to deal with being so tired. I'm just a little bit of an opinion, and I ask the general to consider it."

Han Xin said with a smile: "You don't have to worry, as long as our speed is fast enough, the countries in the Western Regions will not be able to organize a decent force. If our speed is slow, then the Western Regions will organize resistance, and big countries like Wusun Dawan will send troops Therefore, our most important task at present is to destroy the living forces of the Western Regions as much as possible before they organize effective resistance, and to destroy these small countries as much as possible. Every time they destroy their power, they will be weaker. I will order to rest, and the whole army is ready to fight against countries like Wusun Dawan, and let them know the majesty of Daqin."

It seemed that Han Xin had considered it very maturely, so Zhang Han and Tu Sui had no choice but to stop talking, saying: "Since the general has a plan in mind, the general should work hard on his own."

The two were about to leave when the captain of the guards flew over and handed Fu Susu's letter to Han Xin. Han Xin opened it and read it again and again, feeling very sorry, and said, "Look, what a pity, what a pity! !"

After Zhang Han finished reading, he stomped his feet fiercely and complained: "This prince, who has always been shrewd, why didn't he kill Maodun after he only wanted half of the land in Donghu. After killing Maodun, he will mobilize the army to kill the Hun army in Donghu." It's all wiped out, and we can send troops to the prairie right away, what a great thing, but he only needs half of the Donghu land, really, really."

After watching it, Tu Sui was filled with regret, and said, "Yes, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, just missed."

Han Xin understood the feelings of the two of them very much, and said: "What you think is exactly what I think, and I also think it's a pity. However, the shrewdness of the crown prince, the sophistication of Mr. Zhou, the smoothness of Chen Ping, and the skillful combat of General Meng Tian , if it is really feasible, they will definitely fight a war and kill Modu. The reason why they did not do this should be their consideration. I thought about it. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”

Zhang Han and Tu Sui became interested and asked, "Major General, how does the crown prince think?"

Han Xin analyzed: "The prince is shrewd, and Mr. Zhou is experienced. They are also human beings, not gods, and they don't have the ability to predict. According to our previous assumptions, we first captured the outer periphery of the Huns and then attacked the headquarters of the Huns. Therefore, we did not do a good job. Preparations in this regard. I made a rough calculation. Even if we want to wipe out Mao Dun and his army in the Donghu area, it is impossible for us to complete it without investing 20 troops, and our army on the Donghu border is only less than [-]. If they really fight, they can only be defeated or severely injured, and the possibility of total annihilation is extremely small.

"Secondly, even if Maodun is killed, the Xiongnu can still set up another chanyu, which may not be as talented and courageous as Maodun, but at least it can stabilize the Huns. Besides, if we really want to do this, it is unjust and will It aroused the hatred of the Huns and brought great difficulties to marching into the prairie in the future.

"Third, the Xiongnu Daqin wants to be kind and powerful. If you really do something like that, how can you be kind? Only hatred is not conducive to the stability of the prairie."

After a pause, Han Xin said: "If you want to talk about the fourth, the problem is not with the crown prince or Mr. Zhou, but with the emperor."

Zhang Han and Tu Sui asked very strangely: "How does this have something to do with the emperor?" (Note: There are more digressions in this chapter, and the corresponding number of words is also more, reaching 2600+ words.)
(End of this chapter)