Kushan and Anxi's strategies were actually not wrong, but they followed the same path but ended up with completely different results.
The Thirty-six Kingdoms of the Western Regions serve as the buffer zone between Anxi and the Han Dynasty. Anxi cannot take action. After all, the Xiongnu was actually a top empire. However, it was directly destroyed by the Han Dynasty. As powerful as the Xiongnu was, it was so miserable. Naturally, Anxi would not go. He was seeking death. Of course, if he sent it up at that time, he might still be able to gain some advantage.
After all, in the final years of Emperor Wu, the Han Dynasty was already miserable enough, but it couldn't stand that the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu was a bloody battle, not a strategic war, and the blood almost turned the prairie red. .
In this crazy way, An'an directly abandoned the east. The Han envoys were welcomed by more than 20,000 cavalry because An'an was really frightened by the crazy fighting between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty. He was afraid of showing his cowardice and overthrowing the Xiongnu when the Han Dynasty returned. Over time, they were dealt with too.
Anyone who saw two warriors slashing at each other in the center of the field, with their swords bleeding, would be red-eyed. Even a man himself would be frightened.
The things that circulated on the Silk Road of the Han Dynasty were worth their weight in gold to them in the Western Regions. Therefore, in the concept of Parthian, the Han Dynasty was a rich and powerful super empire. Although it is true that a super empire is true, being rich is not necessarily the same. , it is not an exaggeration to say that Emperor Wu’s approach was militancy.
This is also the most shocking gift for welcoming envoys in historical records. Twenty thousand cavalry went to greet envoys from other countries...
However, this did frighten Emperor Wu. In addition, the financial resources of the Han Dynasty were already somewhat stretched at that time. Emperor Wu could only suppress his inner impulse. The two sides were afraid of each other and left a few envoys to live in peace.
A hundred years later, both sides were in bad luck. Although Xi'an knew that Han Ting was in bad luck, a skinny camel was still bigger than a horse. Besides, wasn't Han Ting still alive?
So An'an went west, annexed many small countries, and the national power increased significantly. When destroying countries became a habit, the country itself could not hold back. After all, the benefits brought by destroying the country are enough to benefit all classes in the country.
In this case, Parthian suddenly discovered that all ways to make a fortune were not as fast as war. The war brought them all benefits and made the Parthian Empire powerful. When they deal with small countries, they basically attack them with one blow!
The war gave Parthia land, the war gave Parthia slaves, the war gave Parthia people everything, and finally the war gave Parthia people a ghost.
In short, if you walk too much at night, you will sooner or later run into ghosts. Anxi fought and fought all the way to the west. Their unstoppable greed led them to endlessly conquer the west, and finally ran into Rome...
The Euphrates and Tigris rivers, that is, the two river basins, Rome and Parthia directly fought for more than a hundred years to compete for that fertile land, and then Rome dragged Parthia to death with its superior national power.
However, Parthia is an empire after all. Rome, which dragged Parthia to death, has also passed its peak and has been on the decline.
As for Kushan, he did the same thing as An'xi, but he couldn't stand up to his clever mind. As a descendant of the Dayue clan, the unlucky child who was cleared away by the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty before they took action knew not to do anything randomly, so they conducted an in-depth investigation before taking action.
Being so cautious, Kushan naturally did not have any accidents. He successfully acquired a lot of fertile land. The population quickly exceeded ten million, and his combat power rushed directly towards Rome.
As a result, the cautious Kuishang did not run into a pit of force, but it ran into a pit of culture. The Dayue clan's own level of cultural inheritance was not very high, let alone a country founded by descendants of those who fled. First, I hit Nepal, the birthplace of Buddhism, and then rushed into the pit of the Indian caste system...
This is the problem of cultural resistance. Kushan, who might have risen originally, was directly brainwashed by Buddhism without having any cultural heritage. Successive generations of monarchs were fanatics of Buddhism or believed in Buddhism, and the entire country was played by Buddhism and Indians...
So there are four great empires in this era. In fact, except for the Han Dynasty and Rome, which were fighting powers, the other two were full of troubles internally.
Of course, the Han Dynasty and Rome were also in trouble internally, but at least they still maintained the combat power to intimidate all parties, and were in a dangerous situation surrounded by wolves. They still maintain considerable magnanimity.
"Robbing." Guo Jia agreed with this concept, "This is indeed a good way to divert conflicts, and it is indeed suitable for us, but robbing a small country is not interesting. Our goal is Anxi. I think if we can conquer an empire , for the Central Plains, we are unprecedented."
"I think so too. How can we allow others to snore on the side of the bed!" Lu Su said forcefully, having wiped away the previous urgency, and with the buffer of ten years, they naturally did not have the slightest fear.
Based on the current situation, it is estimated that in another ten years, they will be able to unify the Central Plains and build the Central Plains to a height that far exceeds any previous era. In that case, Lu Su is confident that even if there are dozens of empires in the world, they will be in the empire. Among them, it is definitely equivalent to Chen Xun in the aristocratic family!
"So we still have time. For us now, we need to prepare for our next war before reunification. The war in the Central Plains is just a small fight for us. Don't get involved in such a small fight. It's embarrassing." Chen Xi said with a smile, making Jia Xu and others clearly feel the pressure.
"We will definitely win, and it will definitely be a perfect victory. A situation like the Battle of Yuan Shao is absolutely impossible. Every named person is extremely valuable to us. From now on, I need more resources to invest. Intelligence system." Jia Xu nodded and said, which was regarded as a guarantee.
"You want to explore Anxi? Well, it's not easy to explore there. I just got a map of the Southern Silk Road and can give it to you. As for resources, money, etc., other Zijing can just grant it to you directly. "Chen Xi also knew what Jia Xu wanted to do and did not refuse.
"We will take care of the money issue ourselves." Li You waved his hand towards Chen Xi and said. He still had a lot of one billion dollars that he had not spent.
"Oh, then it's up to you, Wen Ru. Wen and your intelligence system will try to see if they can penetrate into the enemy's backyard. We don't ask them to pass on any information. We only ask them to protect the enemy's family when necessary. After all, it's like What you said about them is indeed a treasure from some aspects." Chen Xi once again added a lot of burden to Jia Xu's work.
"Leave this matter to me, and everyone should work hard. Our opponents are no longer Cao Cao and Yuan Shu, but the real overlords of the world." Jia Xu's expression hardly changed, but his voice became more solemn. (To be continued.)
PS: It seems that we are only a few dozen votes away. There is really nothing we can do about this. I am going up, and the other party is also going up, so we are helpless...
