The revival of the Han Dynasty must start with Dong Zhuo

Fighting requires courage!

This is especially true when major powers are at war!
The Kushans had thought about this before, and thought it was a conspiracy of the Han people...

But no matter how hard they racked their brains, they could not figure out why the Han people did this!

The stalemate continued, and then the first battle was lost?
How could a big country go wrong with something like this?
After all, if it’s not handled properly, the Han army’s momentum is likely to be completely out of control like a landslide!
No matter how you think about it, the Han Dynasty should not lose its first battle! And it cannot lose!

Especially after learning that the foul-mouthed Han generals leading the army were the two pillars of the Han Dynasty, the Kushans fell into collective silence.

"Big man, are you really so vulnerable?"

No, no, no...

After all, the Han Dynasty had regained the Western Regions and had the ability to expand its territory. From the giant trade between the Annan Protectorate and the Kushan Empire, it was a great country!
How could such a country be so vulnerable?
Moreover, if the Han Dynasty really lost the first battle, wouldn't the emperor of the Han Dynasty be held accountable?
……

"There is news that a large number of Han troops have arrived in Yili, and they seem to be heading south from Kangju in the north!"

After the Kushan spies informed the Kushan high-level officials of the news, the entire city of Fulusha fell into silence.

"Is the Han planning to launch a massive attack from the north at all costs?"

Not only did the Han people figure out the advantages and disadvantages of the two roads with the Kushans, but the Kushans also analyzed the dangers of the two roads.

The long journey to the north and the lack of any supplies along the route could completely drain the Han Dynasty!

Taking the road to the north basically means that the Han Dynasty is risking everything!
But why would the Han Dynasty take such a gamble?
Could it be...

"I think the Han army was defeated, and the great Han emperor immediately put pressure on them, so the Han army commander had to take the risk and try from the north!"

This answer quickly resonated with the Kushan high-level officials!

At the same time, these Kushan high-ranking officials couldn't help but be eager to try!
The Han Empire, which was said to have defeated the Huns and was as dazzling as the sun in the sky, was actually defeated by the Kushans!
The Han people are now so angry and frustrated that they want to go to a dead end and fight to the death with the Kushans?

"God help the Kushans!"

The Kushans have not had an easy time over the years!
Khwarezm in the west had previously broken away from Kushan control, but was reconquered during the reign of Bodjo.

This process consumed too much of the Kushans' power, and the nomadic nature of the Kushans destined them to be poor at management and more fond of plunder.

The Han Dynasty's heartland was too far away from the Kushan Empire, and they did not dare to covet it.

But the Western Regions are right next to our mouth!

If the Kushans could drive out the Han in this battle, would it be possible for them to capture the Western Regions, use them as their own blood bag, and restore their former strength?
Totally possible!
As the western gateway to the Western Regions, the Dayuan royal family would definitely support the Kushans unconditionally!

The biggest obstacle for the Kushans to seize the Western Regions right now is that the Han Dynasty has proven to be nothing more than a paper tiger!

As long as they can defeat the Han Dynasty and obtain the Western Regions, Kushan will undoubtedly become a hegemonic country again!

and……

Although the insults Zhang Fei and Ma Chao had previously said were harsh, they did reveal the scars of the Yuezhi people.

No matter how powerful the Kushans were, it cannot be denied that the Yuezhi people were driven here from their ancestral home at the foot of the Qilian Mountains by the Xiongnu.

And the Qilian Mountains are exactly Liangzhou to the east of the Western Regions!
"If we can annex the Western Regions this time, maybe we can invade Liangzhou and return to our ancestral land within our lifetime!"

Bo Diao, a promising king of Kushan, suddenly became excited!
The things that Mrs. Li promoted at that time have always been a thorn in Bo Diao's heart.

If they can defeat the Han Dynasty this time, wouldn’t it prove that the Kushan cultural system is more powerful than that of the Han Dynasty?
"Gather the troops and concentrate in the north!"

"The Han army will have come all the way here, and they will be exhausted!"

"When the time comes, just a little harassment will be enough to route the Han army!"

"We are here to wash away the shame of our ancestors today!"

"..."

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Annan Protectorate.

"It's almost time."

After arriving at the Annan Protectorate, Zhuge Liang learned the situation from Wang Ping and Zhang Ren, but he did not rush to attack the Kushan Empire.

"There is a great river in Kushan called the Ganges."

“Although the Ganges is a big river, it is different from the big rivers and the Yangtze River.”

"The river water level will surge in the summer and drop rapidly in the winter. Both conditions are not suitable for ships to enter the river and go upstream."

"We have to wait until the right time to sail the warships into the Ganges and capture the rear of Kushan in one fell swoop!"

Sun Ce, Zhou Yu and others did not raise any objection to Zhuge Liang's words.

Having experienced ocean voyages, they know that not all rivers are as gentle and tolerant as the Yangtze River.

This war between them is a national war that is more far-reaching than any other war in the history of the Han Dynasty, so they must not be careless!
Two months passed in a flash.

It was not until the Han army scouts handed Zhuge Liang today's hydrological report on the Ganges that Zhuge Liang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's time to start!"

During this period, Zhuge Liang carefully counted the changes in the water level of the Ganges and analyzed the gains and losses of the Ganges water volume.

Although the Ganges is not a river in the Central Plains and the Kushans are far away from China, Zhuge Liang also discovered that no matter where the mountains, rivers, sun and moon are, there are always certain rules in them.

Zhuge Liang wrote down all these valuable information, hoping that one day he or the next generation of the Han Dynasty would be able to discover something from it.

"Boyue, Shizai, you two will stay in the Annan Protectorate and be responsible for organizing the homework."

"After the war is settled, you two will follow me to Kushan."

Although the Kushan war was not necessarily dangerous, Zhuge Liang did not intend to keep two children who had not yet reached adulthood with him.

The right thing to do is to wait until you have removed all the obstacles on the road before letting these young people move forward!

Only at this time did Zhuge Liang have a different understanding.

"I think when the emperor was doing something, his feelings should be roughly the same as mine now, right?"

Zhuge Liang knew that his ability to establish the Annan Protectorate and to travel to Kushan did not mean that his talent and knowledge necessarily surpassed all the ancient sages.

It was simply because Zhuge Liang had a Han Dynasty that was unprecedentedly prosperous behind him, which enabled him to reach this height.

The same reason.

One day in the future, people like Jiang Wei and Deng Ai will go even further! And behind them, maybe it will be Zhuge Liang himself!

With such belief, Zhuge Liang suddenly felt that he seemed fearless!

Even the uncertain future of the Kushan War was no longer a mystery in Zhuge Liang's eyes!
"start sailing!"

Sun Ce and Zhou Yu were the vanguards, leading more than a hundred large and small warships to enter the Ganges first and explore the road!
Guan Yu, Gan Ning and Zhuge Liang were the central army, responsible for setting up camps at some important places along the way to ensure the subsequent supply of the army!

Wang Ping and Zhang Ren, who were in the rear army, mainly led the infantry to negotiate with the tribes on both sides of the Ganges.

The lower reaches of the Ganges do not actually belong to the Kushans.

There are some large and small principalities here, which have not yet been civilized.

Wang Ping and Zhang Ren had been in the Annan Protectorate for a long time and had already figured out some ways to deal with these local states.

"We will use some of the Han's extremely cheap goods that are not commonly found here to exchange for their precious things."

“Since it is precious, it means it is rare.”

"Once we have exchanged all the treasures of their tribe, we can sell them the weapons that the Han people have eliminated, and let them conquer other tribes."

"And the attacked tribes will naturally buy weapons from the Han in order to defend themselves."

"In this way, once the local tribes are in chaos, the Han Dynasty will naturally be able to rest assured!" The prerequisite for completing this plan is that the Han Dynasty can crush the other side in terms of national strength.

It not only refers to military affairs, but also to all aspects of production!
What a coincidence!

These...big guys have them all!
Even if the military strength is a little short, we can still recruit soldiers from the Shan and Pyu kingdoms to fill in the gaps.

Anyway, in terms of combat power alone, although the soldiers of these two countries are far inferior to those of the Han Dynasty, they will have no problem in dealing with these local states!
The vanguard opens up new fronts, the central army defends, and the rear army maintains stability.

A complete combat plan was proposed, and the next step is to actually start implementing it!
The inconspicuous boats were spread into the Ganges to explore the road and hydrological directions.

Although the Ganges is not long, its waters are wide and it has many tributaries.

Some people from the princely states stood on both sides of the Ganges, looking at the Han soldiers on the warships with curiosity.

Zhou Yu was very wary of the people of these native states. Every time he stopped at anchor, he would build fortifications to ensure that the camp was always within an area that could be covered by artillery to prevent surprise attacks from the enemy!

However, gradually, Zhou Yu discovered that the hostility of these local people towards the Han Dynasty did not seem to be that serious, so he sent the Shan guide who came with him to negotiate with the other side.

"General, the other party has no ill intentions!"

The Shan guide quickly brought greetings from the people of the state to Zhou Yu.

"Besides, they don't consider themselves Kushans, so they don't have any feelings towards Kushans."

The predecessor of the Kushans was the Yuezhi people who migrated from the foot of the Qilian Mountains.

However, it is impossible for the Great Yuezhi people to create a population of 20 million in just a few hundred years by themselves.

Even more are the indigenous tribes that originally lived on the land of the Ganges!
The indigenous tribes in the upper reaches of the Ganges are fine.

Because the land there is fertile, the Kushan nobles also give generous treatment to the chiefs of those local states.

But the downstream is different.

The Han people had already learned that the flow of the Ganges River was always unstable, and floods often broke out in the lower reaches. The natives here did not have the amazing perseverance of the Chinese people to elect a person like Dayu to control the floods, so they simply let it go...

But giving up is not scary.

What's scary is comparison.

The gap between the harsh living environment downstream and the superior life upstream is too serious!

The huge gap also doomed the people of the two places to be incompatible!
Now that they saw someone trying to cause trouble for the upper class and wealthy people in Kushan, they were so happy that they couldn't wait to stop it.

"But they also have a request."

"Oh?"

Zhou Yu's mind became active.

If we can get help from these downstream states, it will definitely be beneficial to the Han Dynasty!
So paying some price is not unacceptable?

"What do they want?"

"Is it money? Or technology? Or something else?"

Zhou Yu was ready to bleed heavily.

"As long as it's not too excessive, I can agree to them!"

"The General misunderstood!"

The guide from the Shan Kingdom said with a sincere look on his face: "They want to ask, if the Han Dynasty defeats the Kushan Empire, can they become the subjects of the Han Dynasty?"

"what?"

Zhou Yu became famous at a young age and had been tempered by the intrigues of troubled times. What had he not seen?

But this request... Sorry! He has never seen it before!

Zhou Yu looked strange: "Did you hear wrongly?"

"no!"

On the contrary, the guide from Shan State was able to understand the other party's thoughts very well.

"The Han Dynasty is so powerful, isn't there anything wrong with becoming a citizen of the Han Dynasty?"

"Take our Shan country as an example... a few years ago we were still eating raw meat and drinking blood, and we had no idea what civilization was! Now everyone knows etiquette and reason. Isn't this a good change?"

"Moreover... General, do you think that the people of these downstream states hate the Kushans just because their lives are not as good as those of the people upstream?"

Zhou Yu's mouth twitched: "Isn't it?"

"of course not!"

The Shan guide spoke righteously:

"They are angry because the Kushans don't rule them! Give them a title!"

"what?"

The reason why these downstream princely states were angry with the Kushans was that they did not rule them?
Oh my god...

Zhou Yu scratched his head, feeling that this world was so crazy that he didn't recognize it anymore.

He had seen countless people hating rulers in order to resist their rule, but he had never seen anyone hating the rulers because they were ignored!

The other party's thoughts are probably... Why the hell don't you rule me? Do you look down on me? Huh!! ? ?
Zhou Yu took a deep breath. He suddenly felt that the local people here might not be easy to deal with!

Seeing that Zhou Yu was about to refuse, the Shan guide began to teach Zhou Yu a lesson.

"How could the General do this?"

"The emperor said it! We are all descendants of the Chinese nation! We should support each other!"

and many more?

After the Xia Dynasty?

Who is the descendant of Zhu Xia with you?
Zhou Yu felt as if a mouthful of old blood was accumulated in his chest.

He wanted to refute, but he didn't dare to refute at all!

after all……

The Xiongnu, Xianbei and Wuhuan in the north were descendants of the Xia people.

Buyeo and Goguryeo in Liaodong were descendants of the Xia.

The Wa Kingdom to the east was the descendant of the Xia states.

The Shan and Pyu people in the southwest are descendants of the Xia people.

Even the Great Yuezhi were the descendants of the Xia people acknowledged by the emperor himself!
Who dares to say now that these princely states in the lower reaches of the Ganges are not descendants of the Chinese?

"Son of Heaven..."

Zhou Yu wanted to complain about the emperor, but he didn't dare to say it out loud.

At the same time, due to the emperor's face, he knew that even if he didn't want to recognize these "distant relatives", he had to accept them...

"Forget it, forget about it for now."

"The most important thing for you now is to quickly launch a surprise attack on the Kushan capital and take down Kushan!"

However, Zhou Yu had already clearly noticed that something was wrong with these native people, so he chose to leave a letter to Zhuge Liang in the rear:

"Kong Ming, these people are all dependent on you to train them!" (End of this chapter)