Dayuezhi Royal City, a Western Region city built with huge rocks - Xiatuo City.
Originally, this city was owned by a kingdom called Daxia in the Western Regions. After the Yueshi were driven from the grasslands to the Western Regions by the Tatars, the Huns who moved north happened to enter the territory of the Daxia people.
A near-peak nomad had a devastating blow to a small country with less than 200,000 people.
In just one year, the Great Xia Kingdom, which could be said to be the dominant tyrant in the Western Regions together with Yelang and others, completely fell under the iron heel of the Great Yueshi. All the territory of Great Xia was occupied by the Great Yueshi. The remaining Daxia people became slaves.
The migrating Dayue clan found a place in the Western Regions, and established the Kushan Empire under the leadership of the Kushan tribe, the most powerful tribe among the Dayue clan at the time.
The former Kushan Hou even took the position of Shanyu from the old Shanyu and was named Emperor Guishang, also known as Emperor Dayuezhi.
From then on, people in the Western Regions called Dayuezhi Kushan, but the Tatars and Huns on the grasslands still called them Dayuezhi.
The Dayue clan, who were recovering and recuperating, did not rest on their laurels. After suffering a defeat in the last war with the Tatars, in order to regain their strength as soon as possible, the Dayue clan turned their attention to the countries in the Western Regions and launched a special attack.
Facing the attack of the Great Yuezhi, all the countries in the Western Regions were like chickens and dogs being beaten by the Great Yuezhi and fled in embarrassment. In the end, they could only barely block the attack of the Great Yuezhi through their alliance, but they were also forced to be defeated by the Great Yuezhi. The clan demanded tribute and became a vassal state.
Otherwise, the Da Yuezhi will continue to attack, and the countries in the Western Regions that have been frightened by the Da Yuezhi will have no choice but to agree to become vassals of the Da Yuezhi and pay tribute every year from then on.
As for Yelang, who was the first target chosen by the Dayue clan as soon as the war started, the country was directly destroyed by the Dayue clan, and their land became the territory of the Kushan Empire.
In Xiatuo City, the royal palace.
The Kushan Emperor Qiu Ye frowned while looking at the frontline military report in his hand. Even the clothes hanging on his right shoulder slipped down, and he didn't care at all that his entire upper body was naked.
Below him, there were civil and military officials from the Kushan Empire standing on the left and right. Originally, there were only military officers among the Yuezhi, and this was always the case among the nomads.
After annexing Daxia, they gathered a group of Xia officials and let them manage the government affairs and people's livelihood within the country.
The original generals of the Dayue clan still controlled the military power of the Kushan Empire and became the martial nobles of the Kushan Empire.
"Chanyu, aren't the Tatars going to fight again? If they want to fight, let's fight with them! Can we Da Yueshi still be afraid of them?!"
"That's right, Chanyu, if you have any reason to hesitate, just gather your troops and fight with those wild dogs! We, the Great Yueshi, are not afraid of them!"
After the frontline intelligence was sent, everyone knew that the Tatars had gathered hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses at the grassland border.
Compared with Qiu Yejie, the Da Yuezhi generals who were martial nobles asked for a fight one after another, saying that they wanted to fight the Tatars to let the Tatars know that their Da Yuezhi were not easy to bully.
However, the former Daxia officials who held the opposite views to the nobles immediately dissuaded them: "Your Majesty the Emperor, we advise you to think carefully. Although the war between our Kushan and the Western Regions has stopped, our original war with the Tatars The losses caused by the war have not been completely healed.
Once we fight the Tatars again at this time, it will be difficult to guarantee that those countries in the Western Regions that have been forced to surrender by force will not attack us back. Then we will be in the dilemma of fighting on two fronts, which is very dangerous for the empire. Behavior!
Please His Majesty the Emperor think carefully and do not make a decision easily! "
As administrative officials, they know very well that today's Kushan Empire looks like a flourishing flower, but in fact it is like a burning fire cooking oil and may explode at any time.
Although the continuous battles helped Kushan make up for some of the trauma caused by the previous war with the Tatars, it also brought Kushan's heritage to its fullest.
Not only did the soldiers in Kushan begin to feel war-weary, but the logistics in Kushan had also reached their limits.
Otherwise, with the character of the nomadic people of Dayuezhi people, why would they not directly annex the countries in the Western Regions, but accept them as vassals?
It is true that the logistics cannot be afforded, and the country hopes to rest and recuperate for a few years, save up the logistics, and then take action against those countries in the Western Regions.
That's right, Qiu Ye's purpose from the beginning was to bring the entire Western Region into Kushan's territory.
Because he had already discovered in the last war with the Tatars that only by unifying the entire Western Region could the grassland be taken back from the Tatars.
Otherwise, whether in terms of population, military strength, or materials, the Yueshi's existing reserves are completely insufficient to compare with the entire Tatars.
However, now the Tatars have begun to gather troops at the border. This is a very dangerous signal, because as the emperor of Kushan, no monk understands better that Kushan is now strong on the outside and weak on the inside.
Those meritorious generals know how to fight. How could they know that if they continue to fight, they will not even be given food? If they fail to grab enough food from the enemy, they will starve to death just from hunger, let alone fight. .
This is also the reason why Qiu Ye remained silent for so long after receiving the news.
Listening to the different opinions of the civil and military officials below, Qiu Ye took a deep breath and couldn't make up his mind.
Just as a fight was about to break out in the palace, and the meritorious nobles of the Da Yuezhi had already begun to tie the clothes draped over their left shoulders around their waists, preparing to use their fists to "persuad" the civil officials, suddenly another messenger rushed in !
"Report! Urgent report on the military situation from the front! King Yun of the Song Dynasty who currently rules the Tatar grassland has sent a mission to our country. General Ye Hu, the commander of the front line, sent a message to the royal city and asked if he wants to put the mission into the country?"
The military intelligence courier in red clothes quickly conveyed the intelligence sent back from the front line in the hall.
As soon as these words came out, the noisy voices in the palace suddenly fell silent, and then they all looked at Qiu Yeque on the throne.
Little did they know that Qiu Ye was greatly relieved when he heard the news.
With the strength of their Kushans, they naturally knew about the Xiongnu invasion of the Tatars some time ago. They also knew that the Tatars had all surrendered to the Song Dynasty. Which one was sealed under the command of King Yun of Yunzhou County? Khan for God.
Now that King Yun has sent a mission, it means that this battle does not have to be fought, and there is still room for change. Otherwise, why would he send a mission and just let the Tatars fight over.
He immediately issued an order: "Call Ye Hu to let him let the envoys enter the country, but the number of the envoys cannot exceed 500 people. Let him send troops to protect them along the way. Don't let the envoys have any accidents!"
Qiu Ye was not stupid. He had investigated the reason why the Tatars suddenly invaded the border with a large army. He knew that four tribes on the border of the Tatars had been wiped out some time ago. It was said that it was the Da Yueshi who did it.
Of course he knew that this was not done by the Dayue clan, so of course he suspected that he had fallen in love with the Huns.
Now that the Yunzhou mission is coming, it is an opportunity for him to resolve the misunderstanding with the Tatars. If what happened before was really done by the Huns, then the Huns will definitely wait for an opportunity to intercept and kill the mission, thus making both sides There is no room for change.
After Qiu Ye gave the order, a civil servant immediately drafted the document, signed it and handed it to the messenger to be sent to the border.
Just when Qiu Ye wanted to say something, another messenger suddenly came to report!
"Report! News came from the southwest border. The Xiongnu Great Chanyu sent a delegation! General Heka asked if the royal city would allow the Xiongnu delegation to enter the country?"
Wow!
The Xiongnu actually sent an envoy to come. Why did they come? Everyone in the court was in an uproar!
Qiu Ye also frowned, feeling that things were becoming more difficult...
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(End of chapter)
