The Central Plains and Grasslands did not pay much attention to the Western Regions at the beginning, but as the war in the Western Regions continued, they began to understand the situation in the Western Regions to some extent.
As for the situation in the southern part of the Western Region, I don't say how thoroughly I understand it, but at least I don't know anything about it.
Both the Jin army and Yuan Meng knew that there was a powerful empire in the south of the Western Regions, but as to how powerful it was, they could only know a few words from the mouths of these people in the Western Regions before they saw it with their own eyes.
Even though Li Xiang is a time traveler, he doesn't know the situation over there.
Why, should the time traveler know everything?
The time traveler traveled to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Due to the spread of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, one of the four famous works, he has some understanding of this era. This is normal!
But even if you are a time traveler, unless you are a top student in the history department, who dares to pat your chest and say that you know the situation around the world?
Did Yuan Meng send people to contact that powerful empire? But Li Xiang sent people to contact that empire. He even sent not only one group of people, but three groups of people.
Whether it is to gain profits from trade, or to use this empire to deal with Yuan Meng, or even based on other attitudes, contact must be made.
However, every time, it ended in vain. The customs and customs of the countries in the Western Region were completely different. The difficulties in traveling through the countries of the Western Region all the way south to the great empire can be imagined.
The three groups of people sent by Li Xiang had at least 300 people at one time, and even reached more than a thousand people at the most. Among them, the guard force accounted for half at the least, and even 70% at the most.
But even so, more than half of the people fell on the road before they reached the empire.
But even after going to that place, the results of these three times were only in vain, and there was no time to meet the people in power there. From the mouths of the few people who were lucky enough to escape, Li Xiang more or less understood the situation, that is, the empire was not idle at this time, and was also in a state of war.
After taking down the Southern Barbarians, Li Xiang planned to send a fourth or even fifth batch of men to contact that empire to determine whether the empire posed a threat to them and their subsequent attitude.
After all, starting from the Nanman road is much safer than crossing the Western Region, and the difficulty is much less. Although it is extremely difficult to cross mountains and ridges, it is not as desperate as the desert.
But before he sent out the fourth and fifth batches of troops, he had already received the news about the empire first.
The empire finally joined the war, and as soon as it took action, Yuan Meng suffered a loss.
Although it was indeed because Yuan Meng had become a proud soldier at this time, and he was even more caught off guard by the empire's participation in the war. But to make Yuanmeng suffer such a big loss, their own strength would not be enough.
During the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was not the only big country in the world, but four super empires existed at the same time. In addition to the Han Dynasty, it also included the Roman Empire, the Parthian Empire, and the Kushan Empire.
By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the situation on the Han side was naturally a melee between princes.
The Parthian Empire in West Asia was not much better. After all, they and the Han Dynasty could be said to be inseparable brothers, and the time when the two brothers perished was not much different from each other. The Parthian Empire was founded in 247 BC and was replaced by Sasanian Persia in 226 AD.
However, the remaining two great empires, the Roman Empire, were still in a unified period at this time. It was not until 395 AD that they were divided into the Eastern and Western Roman Empires.
Even during the Antoninian dynasty in the 2nd century AD, that is, from 96 AD to 192 AD, the Roman Empire reached its peak and its economy was unprecedentedly prosperous. Now, only 20 years have passed since Rome was in its most powerful period. Now, one can imagine the strength that this great empire can unleash.
Of course, the distance between them is so far that it can even be said that they have no influence on each other at all. No matter how strong the opponent is, can they still attack them across West Asia and Central Asia?
In the same way, the Jin army did not have the strength to cross Central Asia and West Asia to attack the Roman Empire. After their soldiers and horses have passed, how many people will have been lost along the way alone, and after the remaining people have passed, how much fighting strength will they still have? Isn't that just giving away their lives?
But only the last empire, the Kushan Empire, is most likely to interfere with them!
Of course, it’s only possible!
Although the Kushan Empire during this period had nearly 14 million subjects in terms of population. In terms of military, the Kushan Empire has more than 100,000 standing troops and 1,000 war elephants. It can mobilize millions of troops in wartime, which definitely meets the standards of a large empire.
However, the Indian region at that time, especially the eastern region of India, was still in an undeveloped state, and the Kushan Empire only ruled and managed the north and west. The relatively undeveloped eastern region but close to the Han Dynasty, coupled with the mountains in the middle, made it difficult for the Kushan Empire to actually send troops to the Han Dynasty.
Furthermore, during the reign of Hubisaka II, the control of the Kushan Empire over Central Asia weakened. Kangju and Dayuan were freed from their shackles, and Khorasan and Khwarezm were also separated from the Kushan rule. Signs of decline have begun to show. .
After the wave of this period began to come to power, Kushan power expanded in Central Asia and once again regained control of Khwarezm. However, the Sassanid Dynasty also became the enemy of the Kushan Empire.
Of course, it was precisely because the Kushan Empire was at war all the year round during this period, and its military strength was at its peak.
Today's Kushan Empire is in the period of wave rule. Like many emperors in ancient Chinese history, this man was wise in both civil and military affairs. However, in his later years, he became mediocre and cruel, and began to degenerate into a snake spirit. sick.
Bo Diao really didn't want to interfere with Yuan Meng's situation at first. His own troubles haven't been resolved yet, so there's no need to continue to provoke others!
However, Yuan Meng was more and more afraid of greed, because the enemies in the Western Regions were chasing the countries in the Western Regions and would not give up until they annexed these countries.
At this moment, Kang Ju was in danger. If Kublai Khan captured Kang Ju again, the Kushan Empire would have to border Yuanmeng. And the aggression that Yi Yuanmeng is showing now really makes Bo Diao unhappy to have such a neighbor.
Therefore, when the situation on his side eased a bit, Bo Diao immediately sent troops to support Kang Ju and successfully caught Yuan Meng off guard, causing a Waterloo in the Western Region.
(End of chapter)
