Daqin started with offering immortal medicine

The premise of all this is to open the channel of international trade.

And this channel is nothing more than two, one is sea route and the other is land route.

The sea route, after a large number of clipper ships are built, can directly lead to countries all over the world.But the land route is relatively difficult, because it needs to take the historical Silk Road.

From the Western Regions, through the Central Asian countries, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq, Syria, etc. to the Mediterranean Sea, to Rome.In this way, Daqin's products can be sold to the Middle East and European countries by land.

However, this land route is not easy to get through.First of all, the gateway to the Western Regions has not been opened.

The one who bears the brunt is naturally Yueshi.

The Yue family lived in the Hexi Corridor and the Qilian Mountains, in present-day Qinghai and Dunhuang, Gansu.And this is actually the only way of the Silk Road.

Therefore, in order to open up the "Silk Road" in history, the Yuezhi and other ten countries in the Western Regions must solve the problem.

It's just that the Yuezhi is known as having [-] outstanding scholars, so the Yuezhi is stronger than the Xiongnu and Donghu back then.

More importantly, once the Great Qin used troops against the Yue Clan, all the countries in the Western Regions, as well as the Qiang who were neighbors to the Great Qin, would feel in danger, which would likely lead to the formation of an anti-Qin alliance among these small tribal countries.

Of course, the Great Qin has millions of soldiers, so it is not afraid of the alliance formed by these small tribal countries.However, once they form an alliance, if Daqin wants to deal with them all at once, he must pay a corresponding price.

Li Yang would not be willing to sacrifice hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Qin army in exchange for a victory.

But now, the Yue clan is actually in a hurry to use troops against Wusun and Qiang. For Daqin, this is a good opportunity!

As a result, the Yuezhi's [-] troops were divided into Wusun and Qiang, and their royal court was bound to be empty. Da Qin sent troops to the Yuezhi at this time, and they would definitely sweep the Yueshi's royal court and win a complete victory.

Secondly, at this time, when the Great Qin sent troops to the Yue clan, the neighboring Qiang and Wusun countries in the Western Regions would not form an alliance with the Yue clan. On the contrary, for them, the Great Qin sent troops to the Yue clan to represent them Relief.

This is simply the right time, the right place, and the harmony of people, all three of which are taken together!

So, if Daqin doesn't send troops at this time, when will he wait?

"If the Yue clan can be unified by our Great Qin, the countries in the Western Regions will have no strong enemies. At that time, our Great Qin Iron Cavalry will overwhelm the border, and it is not impossible for the countries of the Western Regions to surrender to our Great Qin without a fight. The Western Regions, to our Great Qin Speaking, this is not only the achievement of expanding the territory, but also an important trade route from the west of our Great Qin Dynasty, which is of great significance!" In order to highlight the necessity of sending troops to the Yue clan, Li Yang made a summary of its importance.

After listening to Li Yang's words, everyone nodded in agreement.

Especially Fusu, thinking that if he could destroy the Yue clan, and then unify the entire Western Regions, and open the Western Trade Road, he couldn't help but feel a rush of blood in his heart.

What a majesty, what a great achievement is this?

Thinking of this, Fusu immediately said: "What the Grand Tutor said is very true. This is the heaven-sent opportunity for us, the Great Qin, to send troops to the Western Regions. What do you think?"

Everyone seconded the proposal one after another: "I agree with you!"

"Okay!" Fusu applauded.

Just when he was about to ask everyone how to use troops, the Xianyang City Gate Order hurriedly came to the crowd and reported: "His Royal Highness, there is a group of Wusun envoys outside the city, and they want to enter the city to see His Highness!"

"The envoy of Wusun?" Fusu was taken aback, and said, "Why is the envoy of Wusun coming to Daqin at this time?"

The city gate order said: "The envoy of Wusun said that there is an urgent matter to see His Highness."

"What's urgent?" Everyone frowned slightly, feeling surprised and curious.

Fusu obviously had no intention of meeting them tonight, so he said: "Today I have to discuss important military affairs with everyone, so how can I have time to meet them, let the Dianke receive them first!"

Dian Ke, the official in charge of the pilgrimage affairs and reception of local ministers and external envoys.

However, Li Yang vaguely guessed the purpose of the Wusun envoy's visit to Qin this time, so he said: "Your Highness, Yichen thinks it's better to meet him. If I guessed correctly, they should come to ask for help from Great Qin this time. "

"Ask for help?" Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they realized: "Mr. Zhen is saying that the Yue clan attacked Wusun?"

"Exactly!"

Li Yang nodded and smiled: "Since someone has come to Daqin for help, how can we refuse?"

Everyone was startled, and then they all looked at each other and smiled.

Obviously, it is a foregone conclusion that Daqin sent troops to the Yuezhi, but if someone can give some benefits, it would be great.

Fusu naturally also understood this meaning, and immediately smiled, and said: "Called to the Qilin Palace for an interview!"

"Here!" The city gate commander immediately gave the order to go to Xianyang city gate to receive the Wusun envoy...

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PS: Because it is the plot of the new chapter, I have been thinking about the plot, and I had dinner out on my birthday tonight, so I came back to code very late, which caused the update to be late, sorry.

Chapter 381 Wusun asks for help

It's night, Qilin Temple.

Although it was already late at night on New Year's Eve, all the officials gathered in the Qilin Hall, waiting for the Wusun envoy to meet them.

Wusun is a small tribal country.

The Wusun people "do not plant trees in the fields, but chase water and grass with livestock", which is the same as the Xiongnu people, mainly nomadic.

Wusun is adjacent to the Yuezhi, nomadic in the Yili River Basin and Qilian, and adjacent to the Huns in the north.According to the place names of later generations, Wusun is located in the east of Tianshan Mountain in today's Xinjiang, and extends to Dunhuang, Gansu.The Yue family is located in today's Zhangye, Gansu, and Huangzhong, Qinghai.

The Huns are now unified by the Great Qin, so for the Yueshi, the north (Shaanxi) and east (Inner Mongolia) are both the territory of the Great Qin, which puts the Yueshi in great danger.

Because Daqin wanted to expand westward, Yueshi was the first to bear the brunt.

For the sake of his own safety, the Yuezhi had a greater depth, so he could only expand in two directions, west and south, which is why he was eager to send troops to attack Wusun and Qiang.

To the west of Yuezhi is Wusun, and to the south is Qiang.

Qiang, located in the south of the Hexi Corridor, and the west and north of the Hequ.Hequ is the land of nine bends in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and all the places to the west and north are the land of the Qiang people.It stretches thousands of miles, bordering Sichuan and Shu in the south, Wusun and Yuezhi in the north, and Loulan and other countries in the Western Regions in the west.

Judging from the regional place names of later generations, the territory of the Qiang people is mainly from Qinghai to Xixue.

Therefore, the Yueshi sent troops to Wusun and Qiang this time, once they succeeded.Then the entire Gansu, Qinghai, and Tibet will be the territory of the Yuezhi, and then they can even continue westward to unify Loulan and other Western Regions.

The Yuezhi in history is indeed like this.

In the beginning, in 200 BC, the Yuezhi nomadic people lived from Zhangye to Dunhuang in the west of the Hexi Corridor. They were powerful and powerful enemies of the Xiongnu.

Around 176 BC, the Yue clan was defeated by the Xiongnu and moved westward. Along the way, they defeated Wusun, another small nomadic tribe near Dunhuang. It was difficult to kill their king and seize their land.Around 160 BC, it was defeated again by the Huns and Wusun supported by the Huns, so they had to continue to move westward.

In the end, the Yuezhi then attacked Daxia westward, occupied the banks of the Gui River (Amu Darya River), and established the Da Yuezhi Kingdom.

Since then, the Yue clan has become the most prosperous, and all the countries call it the King of Guishuang.The territory stretches from today's Tajikistan to the Caspian Sea, Afghanistan and the Indus River Basin.

The Guishuang Empire established by the Yuezhi had a population of about 500 million and more than 20 soldiers. It was considered one of the four major powers in Eurasia at that time, and it was ranked alongside the Han Dynasty, Rome, and Anxi. In short, it was considered awesome.

Therefore, facing the strength of Daqin, Yuezhi must expand westward and attack Wusun.