Great Han Arrow God

Chapter 296 Danger and Opportunity (Please recommend, ask for a monthly pass!)

Liang Xiao originally didn't plan to attend the banquet.He was in a bad mood and had no interest in drinking or watching dances.But Mei Cai held him back.

"When you come back to Guishan City suddenly, you will attract the attention of others sooner or later. Instead of hiding it, it is better to be more calm." When it comes to fighting, Mo Cai has no good ideas, but when it comes to dealing with people, Mo Cai has more experience than Liang Xiao too much.Seeing that Liang Xiao was in a bad mood, he turned to persuade Liang Xiao.

Liang Xiao thought it was reasonable, so he had to force a smile and sit in the table with Mo Cai.

The nobles in Dawan felt a little strange seeing Liang Xiao present.More than ten days ago, he had just left Guishan City to go west, why did he suddenly come back?However, they didn't ask any more questions, and were quickly attracted by the wonderful singing and dancing and the sumptuous delicacies.

Liang Xiao took a glass of wine, went to Mo Cai's side, took the opportunity of toasting, and asked in a low voice: "Did the Vice King tell King Dawan?"

Mei Cai glanced at him, showing a surprised expression. "How can you say that?" He thought for a while, and then explained: "The situation has not been confirmed yet, how can we alarm the king. It will not be too late to report when we find out. Mr. Liang, when the time comes, how about we enter the palace together?"

Said, Wei Cai squeezed his eyes, then showed a bright smile, raised his glass to greet the people who came to toast, and drank it down.

Although he knew something was wrong, Liang Xiao secretly cursed.Mei Cai is too much, I am the emissary of the big man, and I am not your subordinate, how can you do this.You are drunk and dreaming, and I will work hard for you?

Liang Xiao nodded his head.The originally sweet wine also tasted a bit bitter in the mouth.He didn't know how he got back to the post house, but he drank a little too much anyway.He woke up in the middle of the night with a dry mouth and a splitting headache.

Alpha heard the voice, walked in, poured a glass of water and handed it to Liang Xiao.Liang Xiao took it, took a sip, looked at the neatly dressed Alpha, and was stunned for a moment. "You haven't slept yet?"

"There are still some things that haven't been packed." Alpha raised his hand, yawned, and then smiled embarrassedly.

"What's so urgent, can't you clean it up tomorrow?"

"The picture book sent by the vice king. I am worried that the master will use it tomorrow, so I will sort it out first."

"Pictures?" Liang Xiao's heart skipped a beat.The books that Mei Cai prepared for him should be related to the Huns.Mei Cai has already prepared, even the materials are ready.The bastard!While cursing, Liang Xiao asked Alpha to bring the things, lit two more lamps, and leaned over his desk to take a closer look.

It is a map of Dawan, including all the cities in Dawan, and the population and soldiers of each city are compiled into an atlas.At that time there was no paper, and they were not used to using bamboo slips and wooden slips. Maps and words were written on sheepskin, stacks of which were scattered everywhere, and the room smelled of sheepskin.

It was the first time for Liang Xiao to see the whole map of Dawan.The map is a state secret, even if he has a close relationship with Mei Cai, if it is not because the Huns are about to invade on a large scale, he will not have the opportunity to see this map.

Liang Xiao suddenly felt that the Huns' invasion might not necessarily be a bad thing.

On the map, Dawan Kingdom is located in a basin, with the Alai Mountains on the south and the Tianshan Mountains on the north. The upper reaches of the Gasartes River (Yaoshashui) flow through the basin, moistening the land on both sides.Guishan City is at the western exit of the basin. Except for those lands obtained from Wusun, most of the cities are in the east of Guishan City.

Liang Xiao's heart suddenly moved, and the burden on his shoulders was much lighter.This terrain is perfect for defense.As long as Guishan City is guarded, it is basically impossible for the Huns to enter the basin from the west.Although there is a way to cross Congling on the east side, for the Huns who are mainly cavalry, they will pay a lot of money to cross Congling.

Liang Xiao remembered Li Guangli's two expeditions to Dawan.Li Guangli is really mediocre, marching thousands of miles, and even crossing such natural dangers as Congling, no wonder he suffered so much loss.Fortunately, his opponent is Dawan, and if it is replaced by another slightly stronger country such as the Yuezhi, let alone two times, even if he comes back twice, he may not have a chance to win.

No wonder later Datang managed the Western Regions from the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains.Whether it is Suiye City, where Li Bai was born, which is still called Suye City, or Talas, the battle of Talas that decided the end of Tang's control of the Western Regions, they are all in the north of Tianshan Mountains.

In other words, even if the mountain pass cannot be guarded, as long as Guishan City can be guarded, Dawan will not be destroyed.But in this way, the cities west of Guishan City, including the Alexandria, may not escape the butcher knife of the Huns.

Can we keep the Huns out of the country and prevent them from entering Dawan?
Liang Xiao's eyes wandered around the map, thinking hard.After watching for a while, his eyes fell on a valley at the edge of the map.

"Where is that place?"

Alpha came over to take a look, blinked, and said uncertainly: "It should be a river valley. I heard that the Yuezhi people came from that valley."

Liang Xiao thought of Li Shuyun and the caravan he was escorting. They crossed Congling from the territory of Yueshi, and they should have taken this road.According to the estimated time, they should have entered Wusun territory by now, and it is still unknown whether they can pass through smoothly.It would be a pity if such a large amount of wealth was robbed by the Wusun people or the Huns.Nie Yi and the others will be greatly injured by this.

It doesn't feel good to have a strong enemy by your side.

When the Huns were disabled and the grassland trade routes were controlled in their hands, would there be real security at all.

Liang Xiao looked at the map, thinking about various possibilities in his mind.However, the gap in strength between the two sides is too obvious, and there seems to be no other way but to stick to Guishan City.

No, there must be a way.Liang Xiao talked to himself, cheering himself up.Alpha was by the side, a little sleepy.Although she was very diligent, she couldn't help Liang Xiao with these matters.Not only her, but also the others around Liang Xiao, who had more than enough courage but not enough strategy.

Liang Xiao longed for Liu Ling and Dongfang Shuo even more. As long as there was one of them, he would not be so helpless. At least one of them could discuss it.

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Li Guangnong frowned, inexplicably horrified.

"Liang Xiao caused such a big commotion and attracted the Huns to march west?"

Li Danghu nodded. "As far as the moment is concerned, I can't say for sure. But Liang Xiao was able to reach Dawan safely and shot Wusun's envoy. The Wusun people must not dare to let it go. In addition to shooting and killing King Hunxie before, the Huns may also They will go west to attack Dawan. The Huns and Wusun people may have suffered from the heavy snowfall last year and failed to capture Dawan. It is entirely possible to deploy troops to fight again today."

Li Jiao interjected. "In this case, why is the emperor indifferent?"

Li Danghu glared at him. "What can the emperor do? The Western Regions are thousands of miles away, and our army can't reach them."

"There's no need to go to the Western Regions, go deep into the grasslands, take advantage of the gap, at least some of the Huns can be restrained..."

"Your Majesty does have this plan." Li Guang raised his head and signaled Li Jiao to stop talking.He already understood the difficulty of the emperor. "If you want to go deep into the grassland, you have to station troops and food at the border. Not only is there not enough time, but it will also cause turmoil in the world. In the past two years, there have been frequent natural disasters, the government and the people are turbulent, and the emperor is quite troubled. Sending troops on a large scale..." Li Guang shook his head and let out a long sigh: "Totally impossible."

"Then watch Liang Xiao's success fail like this?" Li Jiao called out unconvinced.

Li Guang snorted: "Then what do you say?"

"I..." Li Jiao rolled his eyes, thought for a while, and suddenly smiled. "Ah Weng, you seem to have said that the emperor asked you if you could go deeper?"

Li Guang nodded. "I also said that even if you put all your eggs in one basket, the farthest you can go is only two thousand miles."

"Two thousand miles, you should have reached the court of the Huns?" Li Jiao laughed. "Liang Xiao can go thousands of miles with only a few people. Ah Weng has thousands of elites, why don't you dare to take a walk on the grassland? Didn't you always want to have such an opportunity, now that the opportunity has come, why are you so timid? "

Li Guang raised his leg and kicked Li Jiao, and stared at him: "Zhuzi, I would be timid? This is an imperial order, do you understand?"

"The general is outside, and the military orders are not accepted." Li Jiao disagreed. "If Liang Xiao has to wait for an order, where can he go to Dawan?"

Li Guang rolled his eyes, his heart skipped a beat.If the Huns really marched westward, this would indeed be an opportunity to go deep into the grassland.Moreover, the meaning of those few words of the emperor clearly had the intention of him going deep into the grasslands and harassing the Huns' rear.It's just that the feasibility is too low, so I had to give up in the end.

"Two thousand miles, the loss is not small." Li Guang hesitated. "This is a lonely army going deep, it's more of a disaster than a blessing."

"Wealth and wealth are in danger. If you look forward and backward like this, when will you be able to make great achievements?" Li Jiao smiled and said: "Ah Weng, if you want to attack, I can tell you one more thing, maybe it can help you."

"what's up?"

"Saddle and stirrup." Li Jiao put away his smile, dipped some water in the ear cup, and drew a schematic diagram. "When I fought with Liang Xiao in Kuaiji, Liang Xiao specially made the harness. Although it is simple, it is very helpful. If all the cavalry can be equipped with these harnesses, the cavalry will be more powerful and can go deeper."

Li Jiao stopped suddenly, pondered for a moment, and his eyes slowly lit up. "That's right, Ah Weng, we can adopt Liang Xiao's method in Kuaiji, abandon infantry, use all cavalry, and go deep into the grassland. Or, infantry also ride horses, and then dismount and fight on foot when fighting. When we were in Kuaiji, we It’s just using this method to stir up more thieves and make them unsafe, full of loopholes.”

"This is a way." Li Guang nodded again and again, unable to contain his excitement.He glanced at Li Jiao. "Boy, you go to Shangjun with me."

"Of course." The more Li Jiao thought about it, the happier he became.

"I'm going too." Li Gan shouted loudly.

Li Danghu looked at his father and brother and was a little worried. "The Son of Heaven has said that the stirrups must not be passed on before sending out large-scale troops..."

"And—" Li Jiao dismissed it.Li Guang ignored him, pulled Li Jiao and said, "Quickly tell me, besides this stirrup and saddle, what else do you need to prepare?"

"If you want to minimize casualties, it is best to have iron armor. You must have elite soldiers to attack thousands of miles. You should give priority to horsemen and archers. If you can, everyone can go far and near like Weiyang Lang. In addition to bows and arrows, you must be equipped with long halberds. , sword, that would be the best..."

"Wait, everyone is wearing iron armor, but also a halberd and a sword?" Li Guang's raised eyebrows immediately fell down, and he interrupted Li Jiao who was beaming impatiently. "How much does that cost?"

Li Jiao was stunned for a while, then murmured, "This... costs a lot of money."
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