Chapter 615: Chaos in the Western Regions
Jiang Hao went to see other injuries again. The injuries of these injuries were not too serious. Some of them were penetrated by arrows and their arms, thighs, etc., so it's easy to just bandage them.
The guy who was pierced through his thighs saw that Jiang Hao didn't use talismans for him, and asked curiously: "Mr. Why don't you give me a talisman?"
"The talisman is a secret method to ask immortals to treat the dying person. It is extremely exhausting and exerting force and should not be used lightly. You can't use this little injury, just take care of it." Jiang Hao said.
When the guy heard this, he nodded immediately and grinned, "Then next time, I will definitely be seriously injured. Let's try the taste of using talismans when I look back."
Jiang Hao really wants to kick him.
You're fucking masochist.
If the treatment is not done in time, you bastard will be cold.
After finishing his injuries, Jiang Hao went to the river to wash his hands and looked at the camp. He decided to stay here tonight, and the tents were set up to save a lot of trouble.
Kill your people, eat your dry food, sleep in your tent, ride your war horses, use your weapons and armor, is this a super version of the magpie's nest?
Jiang Hao had no trouble in his heart about killing these dozens of Hun soldiers. This is the case in this desert. The strong prey on the weak. Both sides are enemies. Meeting and fighting is normal, and hatred is integrated into the bones.
If they were discovered by the Huns while they were camping, they would do the same, attacking the camp and killing people and rob supplies.
At this moment, a few scoldings came from afar.
"Come out, I won't come out and stab you to death!"
Jiang Hao turned around and saw several soldiers holding swords and guns at a tent. Jiang Hao strode over,
"What's wrong?"
"Military waiter, there are people in the tent."
Jiang Hao's eyes were fixed and he shouted, "Come out, if you don't, I will order someone to kill you immediately."
"Don't, don't kill me, I'll come out." A voice came from the tent, speaking Chinese, but it was very difficult to speak.
Two people emerged from the tent, and the two men were obviously not dressed as Hun soldiers. They were wearing big beards and a headscarf wrapped around their heads. They looked about forty years old, and the other was young, almost in their twenties.
Jiang Hao looked at the two of them and shouted, "Who are you?"
The bearded man looked at Jiang Hao, stroked his chest with his right hand and bent down to salute, "You should be the Han army, I am Mirhan Lesh, the envoy of Yuli. We, Yuli, always respect the rule of the Protectorate, please do not kill us."
Yuli is a country on the Silk Road in the Western Regions, with a population of 7,000 or 8,000 people, which is considered a medium-sized country.
Jiang Hao frowned and asked, "How could you be with the Huns?"
The bearded man was about to speak, but Jiang Hao suddenly said, "You'd better not lie. You know the consequences of lying may be more painful than death."
The bearded man paused, with a tangled look on his face. He looked at the serious Jiang Hao and had to say honestly: "Dear Han General, I went to see the Huns on the orders of King Yuli."
"I met Lord Gule, the Right Xian King of the Huns, and received the order of the Right Xian King. These Huns followed me back to Yuli to meet my king."
Jiang Hao nodded and said to the others, "You continue to clean the battlefield," then pointed to the bearded man and said, "You, follow me, I have a lot to ask you."
Although Jiang Hao had many major historical events in his mind, he was not very clear about the specific situation in the Western Regions now. He happened to send one, and Jiang Hao wanted to ask clearly.
Sitting down on a big rock by the river, the bearded boy Jingli beside him, Jiang Hao asked, "Where is the court of the Xiongnu Youxian Wangting now?"
"Return to the general, the Youxian Wangting is on the grassland near Cheshi Kingdom."
The Cheshi Kingdom, that is, the Chechi Kingdom where Tang Monk passed by, has a population of about 8,000 or 9,000 soldiers, and the Huns are nomadic peoples. The Shanyu royal court is usually on the grassland, and they are also divided into left and right wise kings. The Zuo Xianwang station is usually in the east, and the You Xianwang station is usually in the west, which is the Western Regions.
"How many Huns are there?" Jiang Hao asked.
"I don't know, but their tents are everywhere in the mountains, and there are probably 20,000 to 30,000 people." said the bearded man.
Two or three thousand people, this number is already amazing.
Don’t think that in ancient times, there were hundreds of thousands of troops. This was the Western Regions. Except for the Wusun Kingdom, Kucha Kingdom, Yanqi Kingdom, Gumo and other countries, the population of the country was less than that of the Youxian King, let alone military comparisons.
"What do you think of the right Xianwang of the Huns? How did the right Xianwang give orders?" Jiang Hao asked at the bearded man.
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The bearded man hesitated a little.
Jiang Hao's eyes suddenly froze, and two sharp lights shot out in his eyes. The bearded man trembled in his heart when he saw this. His body became a little weak. He quickly said, "This general, it's not that we want to betray the Hanting. Now the Hanting doesn't care about us anymore. The Huns are coming again. They ride war horses and play with knives. Our small country really can't resist it."
"The Right King has issued an order to make the countries in the Western Regions re-accompany the management of the Great Khan of the Huns, pay taxes and offerings. The conditions are harsh, and our small countries are overwhelmed. But if we disagree, the end will be to welcome the Huns' iron hoof blades, and we can only grit our teeth and agree."
"Che Shiguo did not agree before. The Huns' army occupied the capital of Chechi overnight, killed King Chechi, and asked King Chechi's younger brother to become the new king. Chechi's country is not obediently paying tribute now. When our king heard this, he immediately sent me."
Jiang Hao knew in his heart that this is the case with small countries and few people, and he was always in a state of insecurity.
The most exciting part of the entire Journey to the West is almost in the Western Regions, such as the Shusha Seng, the Chechi Kingdom, the Daughter Country, the Flame Mountain, etc.
Whenever Tang Monk went to a place, he always said that I was from the Tang Dynasty in the East. Why did the kings of those countries respectfully call him the monks from the Supreme Kingdom of the Celestial Kingdom? It was not because the Tang Dynasty was at its peak at that time and the countries in the Western Regions surrendered.
"Tell me everything you know about the current situation in the Western Regions." Jiang Hao said in a deep voice.
The bearded man looked at Jiang Hao and began to tell what he knew.
"The 30,000 Xiongnu army was approaching, and the countries in the Western Regions were in panic all day long. The king of Cheshi Kingdom was killed. We all know that it was for us to see, but I heard that King Yanqi was still struggling and was determined to resist the Huns."
"The Right Xian King suppressed the small countries in the Western Regions. I heard that the Huns and the Khan were using troops to the Wusun Kingdom at this moment, intending to annex Wusun to avenge the Wusun to fight against the Huns. I don't know much about the specific situation."
"There is another big thing, not long ago, the Shache Kingdom traveled thousands of miles to attack the Kucha Kingdom, and actually killed the King of Kucha and occupied the Kucha Kingdom. King Shache divided Kucha to one of his own sons."
Jiang Hao was stunned, "How is it possible for Shache Kingdom to capture Kucha? There are only about 40,000 brakes. Even if the whole country is in power, the maximum number of soldiers available is 8,000. The population of Kucha is 60,000 to 70,000, and more than 10,000 soldiers. How can it be possible to destroy Kucha?"
The bearded man said: "The Kingdom of Kucha is not prepared, and no one would have thought that Shache will run to supply Kucha through the vast desert. And, behind this, there seems to be Huns participating. After King Shache occupied Kucha, he enfeoffed his son to become the King of Kucha. The current King of Kucha immediately announced his allegiance to the Huns and sent a large amount of gold, silver and livestock."
Jiang Hao nodded. If this is the case, it would be explained.
"You keep talking."
"Gumo, Jimi, Yutian, Ruoqiang, Loulan, Shule and other countries are also using troops to annex small neighboring countries in order to strengthen themselves. Now more than a dozen small countries have been completely destroyed."
Jiang Hao knew that in fact, the so-called thirty-six countries in the Western Regions were not really only thirty-six countries, but a general term. This number was constantly changing. At most, it was recorded that it had reached more than fifty, and at a very small time it was more than twenty.
The Western Regions Rebellion was also constantly fighting, devouring and fighting all year round. Too many civilizations suddenly shine and suddenly disappear here.
For example, the most important first stop on the Silk Road, the ancient Loulan Kingdom, was also a great country back then, with many soldiers and rich countries, and was also an important trade distribution center. But it was said that it was done and finally disappeared completely in the long river of history.
"Then, are you, Yuli, also annexing other countries?" Jiang Hao asked.
The bearded man smiled awkwardly and said, "The Huns' taxes are too heavy. How can they pay taxes if they don't occupy a little more? We are now using troops to the Shan Kingdom."
The Shan Kingdom is just a small country, with a population of about 4,500 to the east of Yuli, and a population of about 7,800 soldiers.
Um,
Yuli is stronger than Shanguo, and it is close, so it is still certain that these guys are all soft-pinched by persimmons.
Now Jiang Hao has a rough understanding of the current situation in the Western Regions.
One word,
chaos!
It's so fucking messy.
Those small countries are nothing but Kucha, the second largest country in Wusun, was actually destroyed by the Shache Kingdom, which surprised Jiang Hao.
Back then, the Western Regions were protected by the Han Dynasty, and all ethnic groups were in a relatively peaceful period and could develop. However, when wars broke out, I don’t know how many people would die. How many years would the fragile Western Regions go to return to their previous state.
When the Han people came, they brought peace, prosperity, and development.
When the Huns came, the way they implemented was to provoke, attack, suppress, force, and force high taxes. It is no wonder that after the establishment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Western Regions, which had suffered decades of war, took the initiative to send people to the Han Dynasty, asking to drive away the Huns and build the Western Regions Protectorate again.
In fact, the important geographical location of the Central Plains kings in history paid attention to the Western Regions.
As for the population, the entire Western Regions only has more than one million people, which is less than a large county in the Central Plains, let alone a state.
Jiang Hao asked some more questions and waved his hand to ask the soldiers to take the Yuli envoy back to see. He sat by the river and looked at the quietly flowing river water. Jiang Hao fell into deep thought.
Next, how do you go.
I don’t know how long it took, the sun set in the west and turned red. The Gobi Desert in the distance, the rivers and oasis in the near future formed a beautiful picture, which is the colorful Western Regions.
Chapter completed!