Regarding this question, Zhao Kuo did not ask them to wait for the answer for too long.

"Since it is a big show like the Mauryan Dynasty, how could I miss it?

Of course, I will choose to personally fight this time.”

After hearing Zhao Kuo's words, no one present felt that it was surging in his heart at the same time. Indeed, the emperor's favorite thing in his life was to fight and fight, constantly expand his territory through war.

So considering that there are no more decent countries left in the world, Zhao Kuo will definitely have fewer and fewer opportunities to go on the battle in person in the future, so he chose to take action in person, which is something that can be expected.

Perhaps because I have long been accustomed to Zhao Kuo's method, no one can object to this time, so I chose to default.

Even Zhao Kuo couldn't help but look around. Obviously, he was a little uncomfortable in his heart. He actually said that no one objected this time?

Even the lines I prepared before could not be expressed, and it seemed that I was a little disappointed when I thought about it.

Li Mu spoke calmly and said to Zhao Kuo: "I wonder how many soldiers Your Majesty plans to bring to war this time?"

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and spoke tentatively to Xu Li beside him, "Let's bring 200,000 troops this time. I wonder what Prime Minister Xu thinks?"

200,000 troops may not sound like a lot, but in fact there are quite a lot. You should know that the territory of the Han Kingdom is too vast now. Just maintaining a normal garrison in various places will exceed 500,000. Therefore, it is indeed a bit difficult to generate another 200,000 people on the basis of 500,000.

Xu Li nodded very affirmatively and expressed his approval.

With the recognition of Xu Li's logistics manager, Zhao Kuo felt relieved.

He glanced at Li Mu in front of him, obviously hesitating.

Li Mu quickly spoke: "Your Majesty, you can't let me stay at the Imperial Capital.

I must go to war, otherwise I would be itchy all over my body.”

After hearing Li Mu's words, the other ministers present did not find it a little funny.

Only an emperor like Zhao Kuo can tolerate a minister like Li Mu.

It has to be said that in a sense, this pair of monarchs and ministers is indeed a legendary combination of heaven.

Zhao Kuo also laughed, looked at Li Mu, and then said, "Since that's what you said, then you can go with me this time. Sima Shang, please stay in the Imperial Capital. Xiang Yan will stay with you, and Wang Jian will go with me."

Zhao Kuo had already made a decision, and Sima Shang's face was obviously a little reluctant. After all, as a soldier, who wouldn't want to follow His Majesty to the front line to gain military merits?

However, Zhao Kuo also had his own considerations. After all, the Han Dynasty has indeed expanded very hard now, and it has been uneasy toward Central Asia or West Asia for a while. Therefore, it is necessary for a military tycoon with enough weight to be in charge of the imperial capital. In this way, if something happens, it can help coordinate the army to quell the rebellion or what other troops should do.

After making these decisions, the next thing to do is to wait.

It is already autumn, and it has started to snow on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. In other words, if the ice condensation is inappropriate at this time, you must wait until next spring to gather the army to start. Moreover, considering that the route of this attack is Central Asia, the army still has to circle a large circle and walk along the side of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

Zhao Kuo thought about it and said, "I'll send another decree to Foshan and ask the prince to come back soon in the spring of next year. After all, since I'm going to set off, he has to come back to supervise the country."

To a certain extent, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Qian have very similar personalities, that is, they don’t like to sit quietly in this palace, and such a life will make people feel very boring.

They both actually look forward to the challenging life outside. They prefer to do things to change the world, change the fate of many people, make the Han Kingdom more prosperous, and make the Chinese nation the most powerful nation or even the only nation in the world.

It is obvious that for the Han Dynasty alone, this country cannot tolerate two emperors and Tai Chi who like to do nothing, so one person must be in charge of the imperial capital. Since this person cannot be Zhao Kuo, it can only be Zhao Qian.

Of course, Zhao Kuo did not mean that he wanted to see Zhao Qian or something. Anyway, Zhao Kuo thought that Zhao Qian would also become an emperor in the future, right?

So after you let Zhao Qian be the emperor, you can do whatever you like. Anyway, Zhao Qian is not without children. Wouldn't it be better to let his own children be reincarnated?

With such a happy mood, Zhao Kuo immediately sent an order to Zhao Qian.

Not only that, Zhao Kuo also sent an envoy along the way to the Mauryan Dynasty to send the letter written by Zhao Kuo to the Ashoka.

The wording in this letter of nationality was very harsh. Zhao Kuo directly scolded the invasion of the Mauryan Dynasty and warned the Mauryan Dynasty that soon they ushered in a counterattack from the soldiers of the Han Dynasty.

By that time, the Mauryan Dynasty will be easily destroyed.

Because the true Buddha actually blessed the Great Han Kingdom, which is the most powerful and only country in the world.

Considering that the words of this national letter were too slap in the face, Zhao Kuo also took a scruple and asked Nightingale to arrange a guy who was not his own and find a way to give this national letter to King Ashoka, so he would not send his own people from the Han Kingdom to die.

When Ashoka received this letter of nationality, it was actually the spring of the second year.

This aunt, who was 50 years old at this time, although he still had some ambitions, sometimes he would start to think about whether he should continue to kill and conquer through war in this way.

But no matter what, since he has chosen to support the third prince, he will certainly support it to the end.

King Ashoka looked up at the respectful businessman in front of him, and suddenly spoke slowly, "You didn't come from the capital of the Eastern country."

The merchant said to Ashoka with a little excited expression: "Great Your Majesty, I actually do business in Yili, but someone told me with a very generous reward that as long as I can deliver this letter to you, I can get those rewards, so I came."

After hearing this, Ashoka couldn't help laughing.

"You are a very lucky person, because if I received such a letter of nationality two years ago, your head has now fallen."

After hearing Ashoka's words, the businessman in front of him showed a surprised expression and subconsciously shrank his body.

King Ashoka sighed and said to the merchant in front of him: "Go back, remember to tell those who took pictures of you that I have received this letter."

The businessman rolled and crawled away.

After learning the new content, all the ministers of the Mauryan Dynasty were very angry. In their opinion, the Mauryan Dynasty was the most powerful country in the world, because the Mauryan Dynasty not only resisted the invasion of Alexander the Great, but also defeated the army of the Seleucid Empire just a few years ago.

If you consider this, you will find out why these people from the Mauryan Dynasty dared to take the initiative to attack the Han Kingdom, because they felt that they were actually a country of the same level as the Han Kingdom.

Since we are all countries of the same level, what's the problem with you after you fight?

So under such a psychological situation, they were obviously a little prepared for the Han Dynasty and even felt a little incredible when they dared to choose a strong counterattack.

What is this?

This is actually what Yelang is called arrogant.

But in fact, the king of Yelang Kingdom recorded in history was actually sincere when he asked that question, because in the knowledge of the king of Yelang Kingdom, Vietnam is indeed the most powerful country in his mind, known to the world.

So in many cases, my knowledge can really change people's decisions, but unfortunately, this is not the era of great geographical discoveries, so most emperors in this world do not have enough knowledge, and only Zhao Kuo is the exception.

Who made Zhao Kuo a time traveler?

So after a fierce criticism of the Han Dynasty, Ashoka finally made a decision.

"Let everyone on the border pay attention. Once a large army from the Great Han Kingdom is found, we must immediately report it to us. If the Great Han Kingdom's army really comes to our land, I will personally lead the army to repel them and let our land be truly preserved.

"After hearing Ashoka's words, everyone felt relieved, because in their minds, Ashoka is also one of the greatest commanders in the world, and it should not be said that there is no other. Ashoka goes to war, the victory will inevitably tilt towards the Mauryan Dynasty. This is undoubtedly a matter of doubt.

Just when Ashoka and his ministers were still in a meeting, Zhao Kuo had already led his troops to set off in a mighty manner.

According to the previous room, 150,000 of the 200,000 people dispatched this time will be 150,000 of the surrendered soldiers from Seleuc, Ptolemy, Antico, and other countries that have just been government-led by the government. There are only 30,000 musketeers left, and 20,000 buzzers from the mainland of the Han Dynasty.

This situation is actually very common. After all, the territory of the Great Han Kingdom is so large now, if you send out the Great Han army at any time, it will be a bit of a waste.

This time, Zhao Kuo felt that 30,000 people were enough to deal with the Mauryan Dynasty. As for the temporary soldiers in other areas, they were given some insight and training to let them know how the soldiers of the Han Dynasty fought. In this way, after some investigation in the future, they could slowly absorb these newly conquered people from the western territory and joined the musketeers.

In this way, the source of troops of the Han Kingdom can be continued to expand and provide more troops for the Han Kingdom.

In general, Zhao Kuo's idea looks very good, but in terms of actual operation, it is hard to say which level it can reach.

But Zhao Kuo was not very nervous in his heart. Anyway, he still had 30,000 musketeers in his hand. Almost all of these 30,000 musketeers were composed of Chiyou's army, which was equivalent to the most powerful musketeers in the world. If such a force could not protect Zhao Kuo, it would be really a joke.

Like before, Zhao Kuo also took a train when he went to the war this time, but the distance from taking the train this time was extended a lot, and it could extend all the way to the edge of the Yellow River, which is the place of Longxi County.

As a very important node connecting the west wing, the Han Dynasty placed the highest priority for railway construction here, so Zhao Kuo had just got off the train, then took a boat to cross the Yellow River, and then was able to board the train again and continue along the Hexi Corridor without going to the northwest.

After waiting for the train to Dunhuang, Zhao Kuo finally said goodbye to the train and continued to head towards the Gobi Desert to the west.

Zhao Kuo gave a very high evaluation of this train journey and believed that the construction of railways in the Western Regions was definitely a very wise decision. The next thing to do was to build railways in the entire Western Regions, and then continue to build the railways westward, and continue to build them all to Central Asia and West Asia. In that way, you can truly connect the entire Han Kingdom, and completely connect the Han Kingdom in the physical sense, and it is a very fast connection.

After leaving Dunhuang, there was no train to take it, so we have to choose the route next.

There are two routes from Dunhuang to the west. One is to go to the northern border, which is the road that Zhao Kuo took every time before, and the other is to go to the southern border, which is the huge basin where the Takramakan Desert is located.

Perhaps because he chose to go to northern Xinjiang every time before, Zhao Kuo made a very decisive decision to go to southern Xinjiang.

Of course, this is actually not the only reason. There is another reason, that is, what Zhao Kuo hopes more is to see the place in southern Xinjiang, because he has never been here, and he does not want something that he may not want to see.

However, the facts proved that Zhao Kuo was obviously thinking too much. In southern Xinjiang, there were actually very few people in this era. Although some countries were stationed here before, these countries were very small, usually with thousands or tens of thousands of people. At best, they dared to call themselves a country if they were just a tribe.

It is precisely because of this that when the Han Dynasty conquered this side a few years ago, it almost didn't use any effort. Moreover, after being conquered by the Han Dynasty, many people here had actually moved away, either to the Hexi Corridor or to the Northern Xinjiang. Anyway, they were going to some more comfortable, easier and suitable places to live.

Someone is going to ask, why didn’t they leave before?

The answer is actually very simple, because if they left before, they were going abroad. In this era of frequent wars, going abroad was a very difficult thing. However, when they were conquered by the Han Dynasty, they only moved anywhere in the Han Dynasty, so the risks they faced were basically gone.

This place was also where Li Mu came before and was conquered by Li Mu, so Li Mu was very active when he marched here. From time to time, he would point to a certain city and brag about Zhao Kuo, saying that he had killed so many enemies in this city, or used some tricks to defeat the enemy, etc.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but yawn when he heard Li Mu's great achievements.

It’s not that Li Mu’s plan is not exciting enough. The main reason is that the continuous journey is really exhausting. In addition, the heat in this desert is too amazing. Even if he moves along the edge of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, it still makes Zhao Kuo difficult to adapt.

This made Zhao Kuo admire from the bottom of his heart, those who could survive so tenaciously in this place and survive until now.

I have to say that from this incident, we can see that human survivability is really too strong.

After almost a month, Zhao Kuo finally arrived at the westernmost part of southern Xinjiang, and walked out from the intersection of the Tianshan Mountains and the Kunlun Mountains, entering Central Asia.

After entering the Fernagan Basin in Central Asia, the entire climate suddenly changed. This photo couldn't help but sigh that it was just a mountain range, but the east and west sides of this mountain range were truly a world of ice and fire.

And after arriving in Central Asia, Zhao Kuo will soon face the real territory of the Mauryan Dynasty.

At this time, the Mauryan Dynasty was the most powerful, and its territory had expanded to the entire Afghanistan. In other words, the Khyber Pass that Zhao Kuo wanted to cross and the Hindu Kush Mountains are now under the control of the Mauryan Dynasty.

Zhao Kuo was very calm about this.

“Isn’t it just a mountain range?

We just need to fight directly. The troops of the Mauryan Dynasty will probably have to gather for a while. Then we can take a look and maybe we will fight them at the Khyber Pass.

In this way, after defeating them in one fell swoop, you will be able to succeed smoothly."

When Zhao Kuo said this, he actually said it casually, but what he didn't expect was that after half a month, what he said actually became a reality.
Chapter completed!