Chapter 579 West of the Western Regions
After sending Li Xin away, who was still walking, Chen Xu returned to the bedroom and lay down again. As soon as he closed his eyes, the doorman came to report again, saying that it was the visit of General Jiang Hu of Yinshan and General Jiang Bu of Dashang.
Chen Xu had no choice but to get up again in depressedness.
After welcoming Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu into the living room, greeting each other, and after the maid served tea, Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu both stood up and bowed deeply to Chen Xu.
"Why are the two generals?" Chen Xu could only stand up and bow to him.
"The Marquis made a lot of publicity for our soldiers who fought in the newspaper, and made suggestions that Your Majesty builds a temple of loyalty and martyrs to worship the dead robe. All of them were inexplicably moved by the soldiers fighting outside. When this incident reached the camps in the northwest, they all became even more excited when they heard that the soldiers were in the throne of the Marquis. If it weren't for the Marquis, even though they were striking to the Marquis, even though they were striking to the Marquis, even though they were striking to the Marquis, I and the soldiers participating in the exhibition might not have received such a generous reward. Therefore, I came to thank the Marquis with Jiang Bu today!"
"Don't thank me. The two generals led more than 2,000 horsemen to raid the Xiongnu royal court and killed the Xiongnu Khan and returned with great victory. It is no exaggeration to praise and reward this courage and courage. In addition to admiring this marquis, we can only do our best to do some insignificant things for the soldiers participating in the war and the dead warriors. If you were not for the bloody battlefield, how could I have such an unprecedented victory in the Central Plains? Please accept Xu's salute!
After Chen Xu finished speaking, he bowed deeply to the end. Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu also quickly returned the favor again. Both sides sat down again. Chen Xu also began to ask about some of the things that happened at that time. Finally, he found out the reasons and the whole story of the raid from Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu for the first time.
The process is similar, but the cause is definitely not the national hatred and family hatred of the Qin soldiers for the Huns as advertised in the newspapers, but in fact it is more of the desire for military merit.
But these are not important. In this era when the concept of the country is not solid, you only need to use newspapers to slowly promote and guide the concept of the country and the concept of the Chinese nation. It is estimated that over the past ten years, the concept of glory of the Great Qin will gradually become deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the concept of the unity of the Chinese nation will gradually be formed, so that the Great Qin can truly become a unified country that has gained wide recognition like the Han Dynasty.
And this process seems simple and actually has a long way to go.
After chatting for about half an hour, when it was about to leave, Jiang Hu stood up and said, "The Marquis will never forget the great kindness of my Jiang clan, Jiang Hu. If the Marquis is sent to you in the future, Jiang Hu will not refuse!"
Chen Xu knew that Jiang Hu was talking about Jiang Heng and Jiang Beiting, so he waved his hand and smiled and said, "I have been familiar with Jiang County Magistrate for a long time and respect him very much. This time, he was able to help because you were able to make great contributions in Hebei. Now that this matter is already there, the Marquis of Yinshan is useless to take it to heart. He heard that the two generals will go to the Hungarians and Hu again in a few days. Xu wishes the two generals and our soldiers of Qin to return again. At that time, they will celebrate you at the Qinghe Restaurant!"
"Haha, with the new pawn equipment and sharp and durable steel weapons developed by the Marquis, this Qiuzheng will surely win a great victory. On the day we return, we will definitely present the seized Hungarian and Hu wealth to thank the Marquis!" Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu clasped their fists and laughed.
"When it comes to going to the expedition, Xu had one thing to tell the two generals, please come and see..." Chen Xu took a piece of hemp pulp paper and a strip of graphite and quickly drew a few-shaped figure of the Yellow River, then roughly marked the names of several places and pointed to the figure and said: "Please look at the two generals. This is the river. Now the south of the river is occupied by our Great Qin. With this vast and abundant grassland, our Great Qin will be able to obtain a steady stream of good horses every year, because the confrontation between the Huns will not be at a disadvantage, but there are even more vast grasslands in the Hexi area. In addition to the Huns, there are also Xirong, Lin Hu and Qiang people. Although these mixed Hus are not threatening our Great Qin, they often hinder our Great Qin border and caravan, resulting in little exchanges between our Great Qin and the Western Regions countries, and many good things cannot get our Great Qin..."
"Marty, this place in the Western Regions is said to be the Quanrong tribe that was driven away from the Central Plains in ancient times. Because of the chaos of tribes, dozens of tribes and Qiang people lived together in a crisscrossed manner. It is rumored that they often live and die together, barbaric and unwilling to accept the king's transformation. Therefore, the Central Plains countries never intended to conquer. My Daqin was originally enfeoffed in Longyou, and then hundreds of years of expansion conquered more than a dozen Quanrong tribes before slowly rising to become one of the great powers. The Western Regions are all sparse pastures and deserts, and the rain is scarce and it is impossible to cultivate. Therefore, my Daqin has been expanding and infiltrating the Central Plains region, and the Western Regions has basically never paid attention to it. Just now, the Marquis said that there are many good things in the Western Regions, but where are the good things from the wind, sand, and bitter cold land?" Jiang Hu asked in confusion after saying that.
"Yes, Marquis, the Western Regions are dry, rainy, wind and sandy, and I heard that it will accumulate several feet of snow when it is cold winter, which is far less prosperous than the Central Plains. I wonder what good things will be?" Jiang Bu was also confused at the map drawn by Chen Xu.
"Haha, it is precisely because everyone has focused on the Central Plains that they ignore the existence of the Western Regions. The Western Regions are not only rich in resources, but also a large channel to the West. After traveling through the countries of the Western Regions, they can directly reach an ancient civilization comparable to my China. The people there use elephant beasts and peacocks as totems and believe in a school that is very different from the schools of the Central Plains, called Buddhism. This school emphasizes reincarnation and cause and effect. The founder is Siddhartha Gautama, which is almost the same as Lao Tzu, a great Taoist sage in the Central Plains.
It has been more than three hundred years since then. After driving away another powerful country in the West, a hundred years ago, the country with elephant beasts and peacocks as its totem, established the Peacock Kingdom and established its capital in Fahrenheit City. If it were not for the obstruction and incomplete maps of the countries in the Western Regions, a hundred years ago, the empire called Macedonia, led by its king Alexander the Great, would have been possible to follow the narrow corridor of the Western Regions to the Central Plains, and at that time…”
Chen Xu thought for a while before continuing, "At that time, it seemed that King Huiwen of the Great Qin ascended the throne, changed his country's name to Gengyuan, pacified Shu Kingdom in the north and broke Yiqu in the north, resisted the rise of the six countries in the Central Plains, if the Emperor Alexander, who claimed to be invincible, killed the Great Qin Xique, I wondered if this would be the ending..."
Chen Xu's words made Jiang Hu and Jiang Bujing stunned and couldn't speak at all. After a long time, the two of them slowly twisted their necks like wooden men, and the cervical vertebrae made a crackling sound. Finally, they both looked straight at Chen Xu, but their eyes were empty and without any focus, and they felt like the soul was out of their bodies.
"Mr. Marquis, are you joking? We have been stationed at the northwest border. Why have we never heard of these things you said before?" Jiang Hu finally shook his soul and returned to his body.
"Haha, I just said that it was because the Emperor Alexander did not have a map to my Central Plains, and there was a mountain that was blocking it. The passage to my Central Plains was extremely narrow, so he didn't find it. He retreated back to his country a few years after conquering the Mauryan Dynasty. Then the Mauryan Dynasty rose. If the two generals did not believe it, after leading their troops to attack the Western Regions one day, they would inevitably slowly find out the news about the Mauryan Dynasty. By the way, the Mauryan Dynasty had a very famous monarch called Ashoka. Ashoka was very talented and made a scattered Mauryan Dynasty into a powerful country, built Buddhist temples on a large scale, and listed Buddhism as the state religion. This news must have been heard by the countries in the Western Regions, and you will know it when you ask!"
"Marquis, which one is more powerful than the Macedonian Empire in this Mauryan Dynasty and the Great Qin?"
Although Chen Xu's words were incredible, they were so confident. In addition, Chen Xu had the identity of an immortal disciple, and even the emperor was respected as the Grand Tutor. Therefore, even if Jiang Hu and Jiang Bu had 10,000 reasons for doubt, they had to force themselves to admit it. Moreover, as a general who had just won the title of marquis in battle, he was even more interested in the Mauryan Dynasty and the Macedonian Empire mentioned by Chen Xu.
In the minds of Jiang Hu and many generals of Daqin, all Hu of the Western Regions were trash.
It’s not that I can’t win, but that I’m too lazy to fight. In the eyes of Qin Shihuang and the civil and military officials of the court, the wind, sand, and bitter and cold land is not worth consuming manpower, material resources and financial resources to attack.
Regarding Jiang Hu's question, Chen Xu pinched his chin and thought for a while and said, "Now the Great Qin Dynasty may be a little stronger than the Mauryan Dynasty. As for Macedonia, it is much stronger than my Great Qin. His ruling area alone is several times that of my Great Qin, but it is not easy to compare. After all, my Qin army has not fought with it yet..."
"I have never had a fight, so I will report to Your Majesty now to lead the army to kill all the Huhus in the Western Regions first, and then rush the army to the west to compete with the Mauryan Dynasty. As long as the Mauryan Dynasty is killed, you will naturally be able to fight with Macedonia..." Jiang Hu jumped up and said with his eyes shining with his fists and his palms.
"Don't be anxious!" Chen Xu grabbed Jiang Hu's arm and said, "I have never told His Majesty about this. If you go and say that Your Majesty will definitely not believe it. If you submit a memorial to war, this marquis will never admit it?"
"Why?" Jiang Hu looked at Chen Xu with a dazed face.
"Let's look at the map I drew first, and you will know when I explain it clearly!" Chen Xu pointed to the Yellow River diagram on the map again.
"At present, all the land of Henan occupied by the Qin Dynasty seems to be like a lasso, so I call it Hetao. After occupying Hetao, I confronted the Huhu in the northwest across the river. With the obstacles of the border walls, the northwest border is very stable. But if the Huns are not completely eliminated, my northwest will not be completely peaceful after all. In a few years, the Huns will definitely make a comeback and harass our border. Therefore, your Majesty sent troops to attack the Huns and Hu again this autumn, just to kill the Huns and Donghu in one fell swoop, and he would not dare to go south for decades to go south again.
Resist the Central Plains, and after pacifying the Northwest, Your Majesty will free up his hands to deal with the Yue tribes in Lingnan. In short, the east and west of the Great Qin Dynasty is not stable, and I have no choice but to prove that Your Majesty will never send troops to attack the Western Regions. Besides, the country is not stable at the moment, and the supplies are scarce, and people are in trouble. I cannot afford to launch a large-scale war against the countries in the Western Regions. I said this today, just to tell the two generals that once this war is over, there will be no more major wars in the Northwest within at least ten years. It will be very difficult for the soldiers to obtain military merits..."
"The Marquis said it right, I'm afraid this will be the most opportunity for my Northwest soldiers to make great contributions!"
Chapter completed!