Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 150 The Great General Wang Hongnian ([-])

one year later
The second year of Shenjue
After defeating Xiqiang, Wang Hongnian and Zhao Chongguo stayed in Jincheng County for a month, and then continued westward to attack the countries of the Western Regions.

There are three roads from Hexi to conquer the countries of the Western Regions, one is to go south via Loulan, go west along Kunlun Mountains, and reach Dayuezhi; the other is to go north via Loulan, go west along the southern foot of Tianshan Mountains, and go west to Dawan The other one goes through the country of Cheshi and goes west along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains until it reaches the country of Wusun.

Wusun Kingdom is an ally of the Han Dynasty, so there is no need to go there, so you only need to surrender the countries in the Western Regions in the two roads ahead.

Considering that Zhao Chongguo's military ability is higher, Zhao Chongguo took the more dangerous Loulan North Road, and then Wang Hongnian took the safer Loulan South Road.

During the Huo Guang period, Loulan took refuge in the Han Dynasty, and later moved the people to Shanshan City in the south in order to avoid the attack of the Huns, so it is also called Shanshan Kingdom now.

Going south through Shanshan, there are Qiemo, Jingjue, Yumi, Khotan, Shache, Shule, Dondou, Xiuxun, Qiangluo, Xiaowan, Ronglu, Qule, Pishan, Xiye, Zi He, Puli, Yinai, Wutuo, Wulei, Xiumi, Taohuai and other countries.

These countries are large with a population of 10,000+, small with a population of tens of thousands, and some countries with a population of only a few thousand.

The total population of the entire Western Regions has reached more than 240 million, which is equivalent to the population of Nanyang County, the largest county in the Central Plains.

Since the Xiongnu were busy fighting the civil war and had no time to take care of the Western Regions, the Han army was unimpeded in the Western Regions.

Wang Hongnian led [-] cavalry from Shanshan to Wulei all the way west. After hearing that it was the Han army, all the countries along the way offered to provide Wang Hongnian with food and water, for fear of angering the Han army.

In the past, when the Xiongnu had no civil war, the countries in the Western Regions could still swing between the Han and the Huns, and there was no need to be so humble to the big Han.

But now the bipolar pattern of Han and Hungarian hegemony is gradually evolving into a unipolar pattern of Han dominating the world, and the countries in the Western Regions have completely lost the space to swing left and right, and can only try their best to please the big man.

All the countries in the Western Regions along the way promised Wang Hongnian that they would submit to the Han.

In order to show their sincerity, these countries sent their princes and princesses to Wang Hongnian's army, and Wang Hongnian brought the princes and princesses of these Western Region countries back to Chang'an to offer food and drink.

On the one hand, it is to show the magnanimity of a big country, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent the countries in the Western Regions from rebelling.

Similar to the role of protons in the Warring States period.

But before returning to Chang'an, Wang Hongnian had one more thing to do.

That is to obtain Dawan horses for the royal family, bring these Dawan horses back to Liaodong, and improve the Liaodong horse breed.

The horses in Liaodong are not bad, but they are not as good as those in Dawan.

……

Otsuki

"We're almost home."

On the prairie, a pair of teenagers and girls were walking together. They wore Greek-style clothes and garlands on their heads, and they were riding eastward on horseback.

The two are the sons and daughters of Wang Changye.

Wang Changye stayed in Rome for a long time, and married a down-and-out Greek aristocratic lady, and gave birth to two children, Wang Hongxian and Wang Qiao.

Nine years ago, when Wang Changye visited Egypt, he was inadvertently involved in the infighting between the Egyptian-Ptolemaic dynasty, and was eventually made into a mummy and stored in the pyramid.

Wang Hongxian and Wang Qiao grew up under the care of the tribune Gaius Julius Caesar.

Afterwards, the grown-up brother and sister followed their father Wang Changye's last wish and took the book "Long Night Journey to the Western Regions" all the way east to return to Dahan.

This book is made of sheepskin, so it is very thick and needs to be packed in a package and carried by a horse.

The book records what Wang Changye saw and heard along the way after he set off from Chang'an.

Including the countries of the Western Regions, Da Yuezhi, Kangju, Anxi, Seleucid, Armenia, Egypt, Rome, Spain, and Gaul.

The book roughly describes the customs, cultural customs, eating habits, military operations, and political structures of various countries.

The Chinese of the two brothers and sisters is a little rusty. After all, they were only taught Chinese by Wang Changye when they were very young, and they were raised by Caesar afterwards.

At this time, a group of horse thieves set their sights on the two brothers and sisters.

"Run!"

Wang Hongxian and Wang Qiao fled quickly.

"woo woo woo woo!"

The horse thieves shouted excitedly. They often plundered passing caravans and captured some slaves by the way.

There were too many horse thieves, and it didn't take long for the three horse thieves to cut off the way forward for the two brothers and sisters.

"Aqiao, take your book and run!"

Seeing that the road ahead was cut off, Wang Hongxian handed "Long Night Journey to the Western Regions" to his younger sister Wang Qiao, and asked Wang Qiao to escape later while taking advantage of the chaos.

Clang!
And he himself drew out the long sword on his body, and said Latin to the horse thieves: "If you are a man, fight fairly, don't bully a girl."

The prairie horse thieves obviously couldn't understand Wang Hongxian's Latin, and they just looked at Wang Qiao with squinting eyes.

"elder brother!"

Wang Qiao was unwilling to leave her brother and run away alone.

Besides, it was already too late, dozens of prairie horse thieves behind him had already caught up.

Just when the brothers and sisters were in despair, many black spots appeared on the horizon, densely packed, and the earth was shaking.

Be an army!
"woo woo woo woo!"

Seeing this, the grassland horse thieves ran away quickly, but were caught up by the army soon after, and all of them were beheaded.

After the fierce cavalry army dealt with the prairie horse thieves, they came to the brother and sister again.

"Are you Han Chinese?"

The leading general looked at the appearance of the two brothers and sisters, and was a little uncertain, especially after seeing the clothes of the two brothers and sisters.

The two brothers and sisters are a mixture of Chinese and Greek, so they resemble Chinese people, but they are not exactly like them.

Moreover, the Greek-style clothes on his body make it even more difficult to see the characteristics of the Han people.

"Yes."

However, Wang Hongxian's answer shocked the general.

"You can speak Chinese?" The general was very surprised that Wang Hongxian could understand what he said.

"My father is a Han Chinese from the Han Dynasty. He was sent to the Western Regions by the order of His Majesty the Emperor of the Central Plains, and later arrived in Rome, where we gave birth to two brothers and sisters. The great tribune, Lord Caesar, gave us a lot of money. Let us I was able to travel east all the way back to my hometown.”

Wang Hongxian answered truthfully.

"Um, what's your name?" The general was even more shocked, so he asked Wang Hongxian and Wang Qiao's names.

"My surname is Wang, and my name is Hongxian. This is my younger sister, Wang Qiao. Our father is Wang Changye, the envoy of the Han Dynasty to the Western Regions." Wang Hongxian replied.

"Huh?" The general was completely restless, and reconfirmed to Wang Hongxian: "My uncle, uh...Wang Changye is your father?"

"???" Wang Hongxian felt that something was wrong, but he still replied, "Yes, General."

The corner of the mouth of this general of the Han army twitched, he was Wang Hongnian.

He ran to Dawan and asked the king of Dawan for a hundred Dawan horses.

As a result, a group of horse thieves stole more than ten Dawan horses.

Wang Hongnian was furious, and led thousands of Han cavalry to chase and kill the dozens of horse thieves, and then there was the next scene.

"I didn't expect to come to the Western Regions and meet the descendants of Uncle Changye."

Wang Hongnian was very happy, so he explained his identity to the two.

"So it's my cousin!"

Wang Hongxian and Wang Qiao were overjoyed.

(End of this chapter)