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"If he surrenders, he can avoid the disaster of swordsmen. If he doesn't surrender, it won't be too late to cut him down!"
Wang Yun, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry, suggested.
Although the words are reasonable, in the eyes of the generals, they are too pedantic.
With the current military power of the big man, it is enough to push the entire Guishuang horizontally, so why care about so many red tapes.
"Wang Shangshu, being weak is the original sin, why should we be polite to the weak?"
Lu Bu pursed his lips lightly.
"General Lu is right."
"Three years ago, they attacked General Huo's headquarters for the reason!"
"Your Majesty, I invite one hundred thousand tigers and wolves to annex Guishuang! Add another state to the great man!"
The generals have called for battle!
Liu Bian waved his hand, and looked at Qinglong,
"Jin Yiwei sent over, do you have any news?"
It has been three years since he sent spies there.
With Jin Yiwei's ability, he will definitely gain something!
Qinglong summarized and reported the news collected by Jin Yiwei in recent months,
"Your Majesty, the offline development of Shark and Zhang Ba has penetrated into Guishuang's military, government, business, technology manufacturing and other fields."
"In terms of the army, the Guishuang people have a total of more than [-] soldiers! This includes the expansion of their recruitment in the past two years."
"They have a camel cavalry, about 8000 people. This army is called the desert scythe, also known as the desert harvester. Because there are many deserts in the east and north of Guishuang. So the lethality of this army It cannot be underestimated.”
"There are also 7000 heavy crossbow elephant cavalry. Each elephant sits two people and is equipped with a heavy crossbow with a range of about 350 steps. It is very lethal."
"Then there are shield soldiers, which are somewhat similar to our guard battalion. They are made of the most elite soldiers in the country. They wear heavy armor and can resist our Thunderbolt bullets and Thunderbolt arrows."
"In addition, they have set up many obstacles along the coast, and all the main rivers have been blocked to prevent our steam warships from entering."
In the battle of Amaravati, they were really frightened by the big man's steam battleship and heartless guns.
Therefore,
Directly abandon the domestic waterways, but also block the steam warships of the big man from entering!
In addition, they also secretly learned the catapult technology of the big man, and placed many catapults and heavy crossbows on the city for defense.
Over the past few years, all their energy has been spent on defensive arrangements.
However, the generals still didn't take it seriously. The more Guishuang was afraid, the more incompetent they were.
Only Guo Jia and others are thinking about how to break these defenses of Guishuang.
"What about internal affairs?"
Liu Bian continued to ask.
"Go back to Your Majesty,"
"Currently there are four countries that have good relations with Guishuang, the Anxi Empire in the west, and Khwarazm, the Huns Khanate and the Wusun Kingdom in the north of Guishuang."
Qinglong replied.
"Wusun?"
Liu Bian raised his eyebrows, and a cold light flashed in his eyes, "Didn't they surrender to the big man two years ago, why did they dare to make friends with Guishuang?"
Wusun is the only big country in the Western Regions.
At the beginning, when the great Han entered the Western Regions forcefully, Ma Teng and Ma Chao and his sons destroyed Yanqi, Ran Min destroyed Kucha, and Zhongyue destroyed Cheshi, completely changing the pattern of the Western Regions.
Therefore, the Han court changed the Western Regions to Tingzhou.
At that time, Wusun was afraid that the big man would annex them together, so he voluntarily surrendered and became the subordinate of the big man.
Liu Bian had no intention of continuing the expedition at that time, so he agreed to their request.
Leaving Wusun behind can also be used as a war buffer zone.
"Returning to Your Majesty, Wusun still submits to us big man on the surface, but secretly communicates with Guishuang."
Qinglong replied.
The news was brought back by Shark himself, because Wusun and Guishuang formed a secret alliance, and not many people knew about it.
Among the downlines of Shark Development, there happened to be a person from the caravan.
In order to deceive others, Wusun used this caravan as a cover to form a secret alliance with Guishuang.
"A secret alliance?"
Liu Bian laughed, Wusun was sold and counted the money.
Once the big man and Guishuang fight, Wusun is a retaining wall.
It is absolutely impossible for Guishuang to send troops to help them.
Next, Qinglong said some important information.
For example, Guishuang's military deployment, general information, internal affairs, and the development of industry, agriculture and commerce, geographical terrain and traffic maps, etc.
In three years, Shark and Zhang Ba had already figured out the internal situation of Guishuang.
At present, there are no major problems in Guishuang.
The conflicts existing in the country have been shifted from the previous wars. Coupled with the threat of the big man, the people of Guishuang did not fight among themselves.
"Your Majesty, I have a suggestion."
After listening to Qinglong's information collation, Xun You came out.
"speak."
Liu Bian nodded.
Xun Youdao,
"Now that the Romans are attacking the Parthia Empire, Guishuang sent troops to help, which is equivalent to Rome's two-on-one. We can send people to Rome to discuss cooperation. Let Rome send more troops to put more pressure on Parthia."
"Anxi will definitely seek help from Guishuang again. At that time, we will divide into three groups. One team will attack the Northern Huns Khanate from Altai County, one team will attack the Wusun Kingdom from Gaochang County, and the other team will attack from Jingjue County Dawan!"
"The attack on these three places must be carried out at the same time, and it must be fast, accurate, and ruthless!"
"Before the Guishuang people react, destroy the three countries! In this way, Guishuang will lose all the barriers to the east, and the country will inevitably panic."
"At that time, they will definitely want to withdraw the team supporting Anxi. At that time, Guishuang will lose faith in Anxi. Even if the Romans withdraw, Anxi will no longer help Guishuang."
After hearing Xun You's words, Liu Bian nodded appreciatively.
Xun You took the opportunity of Rome's attack on Rest to the greatest effect.
With the greed and arrogance of the Romans, they will definitely not let go of the opportunity to join forces with the Han and conquer the Parthian Empire.
however,
Anxi is one of the four great empires in the world, with a strong heritage.
Especially one that is so easy to destroy.
What's more, the Roman Emperor Severus will die soon, and it is even more impossible to destroy Anxi.
So don't worry that the Romans will destroy Anxi and further expand their strength.
The biggest possibility is that both sides will suffer.
therefore,
Xun You's trick can be said to kill three birds with one stone!
"Gongda's plan is very suitable for me. I don't know who can go to Rome as an envoy."
Liu Bian asked.
It is not easy to fool Rome.
Although there are a lot of talents in the big man nowadays, none of them have been to Rome. They don't know Rome, let alone speak Roman language, so it is quite difficult to communicate.
At this moment, Xu Shu took the initiative to come out, "I am willing to lobby Rome with a three-inch tongue."
"Yuanzhi?"
I don't deny that Xu Shu's negotiation ability is very strong, but he doesn't understand Roman language.
and,
The journey from Dahan to Rome is tens of thousands of miles, passing through many strange places on the way, and there are many dangers.
Seemingly seeing Liu Bian's worry, Xu Shu smiled casually,
"Your Majesty does not know that the fame of the Great Han Dynasty has been growing, and it has already spread to the Romans. Now there are Roman merchants in Luoyang City, and I happen to know one of them!"
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Chapter 505 Severus Dynasty
Xu Shu's talent in language is very good.
A long time ago, he had heard Liu Bian say that there was a powerful empire in the far west. The Han called it the Great Qin, and the people called themselves the Roman Empire.
He therefore pays attention.
Two years ago, he met the Roman merchant Gaius for the first time. During the conversation with him, he became very interested in Roman culture, commodities, military affairs and history.
So he worked hard to learn the Roman language,
In the second meeting with Gaius, he once again consolidated the Roman language, and basic communication was not hindered.
Not only that, he also took Zhuge Liang and Lu Su, who had a good relationship with him, to learn the Roman language together.
only,
The two did not learn as quickly as he did.
It was learned from Gaius that Rome had just experienced a 15-year-long turmoil.