The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Zhu Huan ordered his soldiers to hide their bodies, and then three days later he took a boat to Panyu, the capital of Nanhai County.

The troops Zhu Huan brought this time were only over 3,000 men.

This amount of troops is naturally not enough to even fill the gaps in the Central Plains battlefield.

But in Jiaozhou, there is a force that is powerful enough to sweep across the entire state!

After capturing Panyu, Zhu Huan did not forget his mission, so he ordered his soldiers to seize the Lingqu waterway in Cangwu County, cutting off the news between Jiaozhou and Jingnan and arousing suspicion from Jingzhou.

Deliberately making his name known, Zhu Huan no longer continued to send troops to Hepu County and Jiaozhi County in the east, but quietly waited for news from Wen Pin in the north.

Jiaozhou is just a marginal battlefield.

The most important thing is Jingzhou!
Zhu Huan came from a noble family in Jiangdong and was aware of the importance of this battle to Jiangdong.

Only by taking Jingzhou can we have the complete natural barrier of the Yangtze River and have the qualifications to confront the imperial court.

Otherwise, in front of the imperial court, people would be so scared that they wouldn't even think of resisting!

……

Shi Wu and Li Fu Po had already gone to Linyi Kingdom by sea.

On the boat, Li Fupo worked hard to learn Chinese, and at the same time tried her best to spread the glory of Kushan and Parthia further west to the soldiers.

"It's good."

If Mrs. Li did not exaggerate, the Kushan Empire and the Parthian Empire were indeed worthy of being called the great powers in the Western Regions. Although they still could not be compared with the Han Dynasty, they were still remarkable if only compared with some underdeveloped areas of the Han Dynasty.

"It's a pity that the journey is so long."

"Then let's go by boat!"

Mrs. Li and Shiwu gradually became familiar with each other.

The unique easy-going temperament that Han civilization brought to the Han people made the rich woman Li, the warriors and these Han soldiers get along very comfortably, and they were no longer as reserved when speaking.

"I have found a clear route this time. It is actually very easy to navigate! The ocean currents and wind direction are helpful for navigation, and the reference points are also very clear!"

"In the future, it may take less than three months to travel from Han to Kushan! It may even be closer than traveling from Jiaozhou to Chang'an!"

Mrs. Li’s words fully demonstrated the superiority of sea transportation, but Shiwu did not notice it.

Shi Wu threw away the lobster shell in his hand and said, "Forget it! Although there are lobsters to eat at sea, they are too bland, without even a bit of oil or water. It is really not a good thing."

"If you travel by land for three months, you will at least pass through towns and cities with people. But if you travel by sea for three months, you will be surrounded by the vast ocean!"

"..."

Mrs. Li shook her head secretly.

The big man is good at everything.

It's just a little too rich.

Just as Shi Wu said, the Han people have already developed all of the vast Han land, and countless prosperous towns are scattered across the land. Why would they bother to spend time and energy exploring the sea?

"I just hope that the emperor of the Han Dynasty doesn't have the same idea. Otherwise, even if I find this route, it will probably be of no use, right?"

……

Under the leadership of Mrs. Li, the Han fleet soon approached Xianglin County of Linyi Kingdom!
When the Zhan people at the port saw the Han fleet approaching, they shouted and hurriedly retreated.

The occasional sporadic counterattacks were suppressed by the soldiers and arrows. The Han army quickly controlled the port and landed on land one after another.

Mrs. Li also specifically explored the port.

After confirming that there were indeed Chinese characters recorded on the port here, Mrs. Li breathed a sigh of relief.

"Great! It seems that this place really was originally the land of the Han people. The Han people attacked this place not for barbaric conquest, but to recover their homeland and put down the rebellion!"

The last trace of psychological burden was wiped away from Mrs. Li's heart, and she carefully took out a piece of white paper from her arms, as if it were a treasure.

Paper is now only circulated in the Han area and has not yet been traded on a large scale to the Kushan Empire.

Therefore, when Mrs. Li saw the paper for the first time, she was simply astonished!
And after knowing that this thing was just an ordinary writing instrument in the Han Dynasty and was not considered a treasure, Mrs. Li was even more looking forward to the future trade with the Han Dynasty!
Spread out the paper -

Mrs. Li took out a feather pen which was more useful to her and wrote on the paper.

"The man from the East is so powerful that it cannot be described in words!"

"The most important thing is that while they are powerful, they are also restrained by advanced civilization, so that they will not be like barbarians who only know how to invade and destroy."

“Even when a war is launched, it is often to quell rebellion and uphold justice, rather than to seize other people’s land and treasures.”

"And the Han Dynasty I see now is just the tip of the iceberg of this ancient and powerful country. When the war to quell the rebellion is over, I will be able to go to Chang'an, the most prosperous place in the Han Empire, and meet the Emperor of the Han Dynasty..."

Li Fupo completely defined this war as a war for the Han Dynasty to quell rebellion.

Rinan County and Xianglin County have been the inherent territories of the Han Dynasty since ancient times. From then on, such records were not only found in Han documents, but also recorded by this merchant from Kushan.

The soldiers led by Shi Wu were completely invincible.

After taking over the port, Linyi King Qu Lian was horrified. He immediately summoned the soldiers of Linyi Kingdom to set up a battle array outside Xianglin County, and at the same time comforted the soldiers with a Fujian accent:

"No matter what, the Han army now has only 2,000 people, while we have 10,000 people. The advantage is on my side!"

……

While Qu Lian was comforting himself, he did not look closely at the composition of the two armies. Although the Han army was small in number, they were elite soldiers trained according to the Central Plains model.

The armor may be a little scarce, but there are still Han crossbows, bows and arrows and other weapons!
But most of the soldiers under Qu Lian came to the battlefield holding a wooden stick and wearing a straw skirt and raincoat...

People equipped like this are stronger than the Han people, not to mention the soldiers, even the farmers are stronger than them!
After all, the iron production of the Han Dynasty is rising steadily, and even farmers can have an iron farm tool...

So when Mrs. Li saw that the enemy's number far exceeded that of the Han army, her face turned pale: "General! Let's retreat!"

"retreat?"

Shiwu seemed to have heard the funniest joke in the world.

If he retreated in the face of these people, wouldn't he be laughed at by the famous scholars in the Central Plains?

"Mrs. Li, do you know what "one Han against five Hu" means?"

Mrs. Li shook her head blankly.

"That is to say, one Han soldier is equivalent to five Xiongnu soldiers!"

"You should know the Xiongnu, right? They are the group of people who drove you, the Great Yuezhi, from Liangzhou to Daxia!"

"Now these Linyi rebels are nothing compared to a single hair of the Xiongnu soldiers! Why should I be afraid of them?"

Although Li Fupo didn't want to admit it, he himself knew something about the history of the Kushan Empire.

The ancestors of the Kushans were the Yuezhi people.

The Dayuezhi people were driven away by the Xiongnu.

But the Huns were beaten down by the Han Dynasty again!
Although this simple conversion of combat power cannot be thought about in detail, Mrs. Li was still shocked by the combat power of the big man.

Shi Wu ordered his soldiers to also form a simple military formation and exchange gifts.

The soldiers on both wings held short swords and strong shields to protect the left and right.

In the middle, the soldiers set up the few Han crossbows available, and gathered the archers in the middle, ready to go.

Those elite soldiers wearing armor were hidden by the warriors in the middle of the battle formation so as not to be seen by the opposing troops.

Qu Lian felt relieved when he saw that the Han army was small in number and took a defensive stance.

"charge!"

Ten thousand Linyi soldiers rushed towards the Han army without any formation, like a swarm of locusts.

Seeing that the enemy was only 500 steps away from the Han army, Li Fupo's lips turned pale and she grabbed Shi Wu's arm tightly: "General!"

Shiwu ignored him and continued looking at the opposite side leisurely.

Four hundred steps to go.

Mrs. Li’s legs were already trembling: “General! Give the order quickly!”

Shiwu still ignored him.

Three hundred steps to go.

In a trance, Mrs. Li could already see the hideous looks on the faces of those Linyi soldiers!
That ferocious look was completely different from that of the Han people, full of primitiveness and barbarism, reminding Mrs. Li of the barbarians in the northern principalities northeast of the Kushan Empire!
"General!"

Two hundred steps to go!
Shiwu finally gave the order—

"Fire arrows!"

The Han crossbows roared and shot towards the Linyi rebels. At the same time, countless archers aimed their arrows at them and suddenly released their bowstrings!
After a hail of arrows, the Linyi rebels who were originally charging in the front were almost evaporated instantly!
They had no armor to protect them, so just one round of volleys brought them heavy casualties!

Once the archers start shooting, how can one round be enough to finish?
After a few breaths, another round of rain of arrows nailed all the opponents to death on the battlefield.

The distance of just two hundred steps was enough for a skilled archer to shoot all the arrows in the quiver!
When all the arrows were shot, the casualties of the Linyi rebels had almost reached about 10%!
However, some lucky Linyi rebels had already rushed to the front of the Han army.

"Soldiers in the middle, press forward!"

The dozens of soldiers in iron armor who had been hidden by the warriors before slowly stepped out of the formation, holding long spears that were a few feet long!

The long spear was laid flat, and the sharp blade at the tip was formed into a movable man-eating wall, slowly moving towards the Linyi rebels.

The soldiers on both sides also followed at this moment, following behind these dozens of soldiers, constantly approaching the Linyi rebels and crushing them!
When the Han soldiers advanced a hundred steps, the Linyi rebels began to panic.

When the Han soldiers had advanced two hundred steps, the Linyi rebels had already begun to flee backwards.

After the Han soldiers advanced five hundred steps, the morale of the Linyi rebels completely collapsed and they began to flee in all directions!

"My God!"

"My God!"

Mrs. Li stared at everything that happened on the battlefield, but her hands kept recording on the paper.

"General Shiwu! You must be the most powerful general in the Han Dynasty! I seem to see Ashoka reborn on this land of the Han Dynasty!"

What is this mess?

Shi Wu touched the tip of his nose and suddenly felt a little embarrassed when he thought of his official position as the prefect of Nanhai.

"Strictly speaking, I should be considered a civil servant..." (End of this chapter)