I remember that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty made two expeditions to the Kingdom of Dayuan. The first time due to lack of preparation, the Han army only reached Yucheng City, the eastern city of Dayuan Kingdom, and was defeated by the Wan army. General Li Guangli of the Second Division was defeated without success.
In the third year of Taichu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the pardon of prisoners, 60,000 evil-minded young men and horsemen, 30,000 horses, 100,000 oxen, tens of thousands of donkeys and camels, as well as grain, grass, and bows and crossbows. A few days ago, more than 50 famous captains took a huge and well-prepared team of baggage to conquer Dawan again.
In the end, the Han army forced Dayuan to kill its king, and appointed Mecai, who was close to the Han Dynasty, as the new king of Dayuan. They concluded an alliance of vassals, selected good horses, and then withdrew their troops and returned to the army.
With the historical lessons of his ancestors, Zhou Yi also made full preparations for his expedition to Dawan in the Western Region, recruiting 200,000 people to work as corvees to transport grain, grass and equipment.
If this had been done in the past or elsewhere, recruiting corvees would have been even more difficult than climbing to the sky.
But it was different in the territory ruled by Zhou Yi.
Serving as a corvee not only provided them with three meals a day, but also provided them with monthly wages.
In addition to these material guarantees, Zhouyi also established a points system. Anyone who reaches a certain number of points and passes the physical examination can directly enlist in the Mighty Guards.
In the past, only those who could no longer survive became soldiers, but now under Zhou Yi's rule, it has become a honor for one person to serve as a soldier for the whole family.
Now serving as a corvee under Zhou Yi is also a lucrative job.
Furthermore, since ancient times, ordinary people have been instilled in the hearts of a kind of value system of humiliating ministers to death.
After learning that the king of Dayuan was so disrespectful to his general, the people under Zhou Yi's rule were filled with indignation, and they all shouted, "Anyone who violates my heavenly policy will be punished no matter how far away he is."
Of course, if Zhou Yi were replaced by Emperor Chen Li Rui, these common people would not care whether the King of Dayuan insulted him.
Therefore, when they heard that Zhou Yi had called for 200,000 corvees to go to the front line to deliver supplies to the Western Expedition army, the people under Zhou Yi's rule all signed up enthusiastically. In just three days, more than 300,000 corvees were summoned from various places.
The army marched west to Dawan, with Chi Jingde and Shi Wentai as the vanguard, leading 10,000 troops to clear the way. Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui led an army of 100,000 to suppress the formation from behind.
Although Zhou Yi had systematic help and had no shortage of food, Zhou Yi still asked Chi Jingde and Shi Wentai to let the countries in the Western Regions provide them with supplies.
This operation of the Book of Changes was entirely for a test of surrender, to see which small countries in the Western Regions were aware of current affairs, and which small countries were indifferent.
Zhou Yi, who knows current affairs, will naturally not let them suffer. As for those who do not know good and evil, Zhou Yi does not mind letting them see the power of his armored soldiers.
The news that Zhou Yi defeated Wuwan Shanyu's hundreds of thousands of troops and defeated the Xiongnu royal court soon spread to the countries in the Western Regions close to the Xiongnu and Chen Kingdom.
Previously, all the countries in the Western Regions had seen the power of Wuwan Shanyu's army, and all the countries in the Western Regions were intimidated by Wuwan Shanyu's force.
Before this, no one would have thought that any other army could defeat Karasuma Chanyu's Iron Buddha cavalry.
Therefore, when the news of Zhou Yi's defeat of Karasuma Chanyu spread to the countries in the Western Regions, many countries were skeptical. I think Chen Guoren is just trying to put money on his face.
As for the small border countries in the Western Region that were close to the Xiongnu and Liangzhou, they actually saw that the mighty guard army completely controlled the territory south of the Qilian Mountains of Karasuma Shanyu.
For this reason, when the forward armies of Shi Wentai and Chi Jingde asked them to supply their own armies, the small countries on the border of the Western Region were all afraid and started to eat and drink in order to welcome the Zhouyi.
These small countries usually only have one county. Their king is at most a county magistrate in Chen State, and the number of troops he controls ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand.
Slightly more powerful countries may have slightly more cities. For example, the Dawan Kingdom that Zhou Yi is going to conquer this time has more than ten cities and tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Although Zhou Yi's vanguard army had 10,000 troops, and it was quite arduous to supply them, the wise kings of small countries took out their own food from the bottom of the box to supply the army.
When the 100,000 troops from the rear of Zhou Yi officially arrived, Zhou Yi would naturally not treat those wise little kings badly. They also replenished the food originally consumed by the vanguard army.
When the kings of these small countries saw that everyone in Zhou Yi's army was wearing armor and had countless cattle, sheep, and horses, they knew that Zhou Yi's army was powerful in all aspects.
And when they, the little kings, learned that Zhou Yi still had 300,000 corvees responsible for transporting ordnance and supplies, they were even more shocked by the power of Chen State.
From that moment on, these so-called kings decided to cling to the thigh of Tian Khan Zhou Yi and submit to Zhou Yi.
There are some small countries in the Western Region that are discerning, but naturally there are also those who are not.
When Zhou Yi's request for supplies for the vanguard army from the countries along the way reached Luntai and Loulan, the kings of these two small countries always believed that Chen's defeat of the Xiongnu Empire was false news released by Zhou Yi and others.
After all, before this, even the Dawan Kingdom, which had only tens of thousands of troops, dared to bully their Chen Kingdom and swallow up the gold they wanted to buy a BMW.
For this reason, both Luntai and Loulan decided to refuse to provide supplies to Shi Wentai and Chi Jingde's 10,000 vanguard troops.
When the news reached Zhou Yi through the messenger, Zhou Yi and Wang Dachui immediately remembered two poems.
One poem is "Baixue Ge Sends Magistrate Wu Back to the Capital" by Cen Shen and "On the Military March" by Wang Changling.
"Sledgehammer, do you think we should choose to see you off at the east gate of Luntai, where the mountain road will be covered with snow? Or should we choose to be golden and wear golden armor in a hundred battles, and will never return Loulan until we break it?"
Zhou Yi read two lines of poetry. Others didn't understand Zhou Yi's meaning, so how could Wang Dachui understand it.
Wang Dachui knew that Zhou Yi wanted to destroy a country to intimidate Xiao Xiao.
This is to tell the countries in the Western Region that Tian Khan is not only compassionate, but also has supreme force!
Wang Dachui thought for a moment and said: "Why don't we do Luntai? After all, who made him do it in history? It has a historical basis!"
"As for Loulan, let's take care of it after conquering it. Maybe it won't become a desert pearl in the future!"
The Book of Changes also agreed with Wang Dachui's idea and immediately gave the order to the soldiers: "King Luntai does not know the numbers of the sky and is trying to fight against the power of heaven. He ordered Shi Wentai and Chi Jingde to destroy Luntai first and then take back Loulan!"
Soon Zhou Yi's general order of "Destroy Luntai first, then take back Loulan" was passed to the vanguard army of Shi Wentai and Chi Jingde.
Shi Wentai and Chi Jingde's army has not encountered any resistance since they left Liangzhou. All the countries in the Western Regions opened their cities to welcome them. Now they encountered two blind people. Shi Wentai and Chi Jingde were able to show off their skills. Let them know that the current boss is no longer Wuwan Chanyu of the Xiongnu, but their Yongzhou, Tiance General Zhou Yi.
