If the empire is only a slightly stronger country, it may be said that it can be stopped by desperate resistance, then countries such as turtles and car divisions may be lucky. However, a series of things are very obvious, a single country cannot stop the empire, and there is no possibility of uniting to stop the empire, should we think about other ways to ensure the continuation of the national ancestry?

Wusun, the former overlord of the Western Regions, although it is said that he hugged the thigh of the empire when he was on the verge of extinction and was willing to be a vassal, but it also shows one thing, Wusun can rely on the aid of the empire to maintain the national ancestry, and even rely only on the prestige of the empire to make the Xiongnu, Hujie, Ding Ling, Qu Shan and other tribes no longer invade, doesn't it show the powerful side of the empire from the other side?

It is never a shame for the weak to turn to the strong, the former city-states or kingdoms in the Western Regions can be attached to the wings of the powerful Wusun, and the empire that is a hundred times more powerful than Wusun is coming, why can't they give in in exchange for survival?

"The question is, is it possible for the Empire to keep us alive?" Shansu was full of hesitation and said, "I heard that as long as the imperial army passes, it has basically become the norm to buy counties and counties, and plunder wealth and population. ”

"yes, yes." With a sad face, Alel also said: "The empire has destroyed countless tribes, hundreds of thousands of people have been killed in the south, hundreds of thousands have been captured, a tribe called Baiyue originally had a population of nearly one million, but it took less than ten years for the empire to destroy this tribe called Baiyue." ”

"The distant rumors may be exaggerated and distorted." Shan Su looked at the difficult and said sincerely: "There are many examples of many tribes in the eastern grasslands, I heard that the imperial army wiped out nearly a hundred tribes on the grasslands, and the tribes that were not destroyed were also enslaved. ”

It's hard to look at everyone playfully, and everyone feels a little hairy in their hearts. He asked, "If the Empire intends to destroy you, can you defeat the Empire?" ”

In one sentence, everyone's faces changed, and while they looked at each other, some of them looked frightened. Some have a resolute face.

"I admit that the Empire wants to destroy Qiuzi, and with the strength shown by the Empire, Qiuzi is difficult to resist." Shan Su's words changed: "But Qiuzi will never choose to sit still, even if he fights to the last person, no matter how big the price is, he will definitely bite off a piece of meat in the empire!" ”

He looked at the rest of the people and asked, "What about you?" ”

"Our country has been established for nearly 100 years, and although there are few people in the land, nearly 100,000 people will be willing to take up arms to defend the country." What Arel is saying is that Schuller was determined to resist.

More people are looking at each other and smiling bitterly, Qiuzi, Cheshi, and Shule can all be regarded as old countries, because they have been established for a long time. When encountering a war of annihilation, it is true that some people will choose to destroy the country together, but more often than not, the country has been established for twenty or thirty years or even ten years, and the ruling class has not yet been able to reach the level of being born by the common people.

"Oh, the all-people war of resistance?" With a smile on his face, he pointed his fingers and said, "I'll do the math for you." ”

It is difficult to calculate one by one, and the total population of the three countries that expressed their vows to resist the war of resistance to the death is estimated to be 6.7 million, and the number of young people who can become a source of soldiers is estimated to be about 250,000. And then. The combined territory of the three countries should be nearly 80,000 square kilometers, which is almost the area of a county in the empire. Among the three countries, Qiuzi has relatively mature smelting technology, and Cheshi and Shule have relatively rich minerals, but the production capacity is ...... The production of the three countries in one year is estimated to be less than half a month's production capacity of the empire.

"Let me put it this way. The empire will have 150,000 troops on our side, and all of them will be cavalry. The empire had twenty standing legions, each of which was 50,000 soldiers. Then a million standing troops. His Majesty the Emperor also has a forbidden army of about 200,000 men, which is more luxuriously equipped than the Imperial Defense Army, and the source of soldiers is also selected from all over the country. It's hard to smile. The fingers were no longer wrenched, "hehehe" laughed for a while, and said: "The elite army of 1.2 million is the soldiers who have been fighting for more than ten years, and there are nearly two million so-called second-line troops, which are still fully armed and have experience in defending local areas. If the emperor wishes, an edict can summon another two million, two two million...... and even several two million, and can be installed. ”

The person who originally said that he would resist to the death heard that his forehead was covered with sweat. The person who was more willing to resist just now now had a paler look on his face, and his body trembled uncontrollably as he could not control the words that were difficult to carry out of his mouth.

"Someone among you must have traveled to the Empire, right?" ”

A few people nodded.

He smiled at the nodding man and said, "You can tell everyone what you have seen with your own eyes, what you have heard with your own ears, and everything you have heard." ”

The more you understand the empire, the more you will find that the empire is vast, not only the territory is boundless, but the population of the empire is also unmatched by any other country. Population is the source of soldiers, and the more people there are, the more soldiers can be armed. In addition to the Empire's enviably large population, those who have visited the Empire have been able to see with their own eyes the resources possessed by the Empire from its vast territory, not to mention the productivity that the production technology on the Empire's side can promote.

"I can't help it." The black wolf from the Underland said with difficulty: "If the empire really wants to send troops to destroy us, even if we can block the first invasion, the empire can launch a second or third ...... anytime and anywhere And so many times. ”

Shansu gritted his teeth and said: "Is it because the empire is strong, we don't do anything and wait for the destruction of the country?" ”

"Hahaha!" Nan Dou laughed a few times, looked at Shan Su strangely, and said, "Why do you have to think in the direction of the destruction of the empire?" ”

Shan Su was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Didn't the prince say ......"

"I didn't say the empire was going to destroy you." "What I mean is that you don't do anything that the Empire will send troops to attack you. ”

Aliel asked, "The empire will send troops to the south, but what about the countries in the south?" ”

"Many countries in the south, they chose to stand in the camp of the Huns, and those who sent troops sent troops, and those who did not send troops also sent supplies to the Huns." When it came to the Xiongnu, he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists: "There is no doubt that the empire will take revenge on the southern countries." ”

"How?" Shan Su sneered: "Destroy those countries, and then the empire will buy counties there?" ”

There are too many new counties in the empire recently. There were new counties in the Hexi Corridor and even in the basin below the plateau, and two new counties were established in the grasslands, all of which showed the empire's greed for land.

What are the city-states and kingdoms of the Western Regions worried about? It was the empire that began to plunder land in the Western Regions, and once the empire established new counties in the Western Regions, it was equivalent to the empire having a foothold in the Western Regions, and any country would be stunned if a behemoth appeared next to it, but they couldn't figure out how to avoid this from happening.

"The empire will wipe out those countries that were once on the side of the Huns." It's hard to feel that it's not so comfortable in his heart, Wusun used to be the overlord of the Western Regions, how to coerce and lure the city-states and kingdoms of the Western Regions should be up to them. He can't show the discomfort in his heart, but he has to feel excited. said: "As for whether it is a new county, in fact, it has not yet been decided. ”

Shen Tujia, who was in the back account, was from the beginning to the end, sneering when he heard that some countries were going to resist to the death, and he showed a proud expression when he heard someone say that it was difficult to resist.

The empire was newly established, but it expanded everywhere one after another, and its military strength was at its peak and abnormal. According to the emperor's plan, the empire will first solve the troubles on the grassland in the next ten years, and will immigrate and digest while fighting, and then it will take action against the Western Regions. It is planned to take about five years to conquer the entire Western Regions.

While conquering the grasslands, the empire is not inactive against the Western Regions, the first step strategy is already underway, which is nothing more than a foothold first. Wusun is just one of them, and the southern part of the Western Regions, which is close to the empire's borders, is the land that must be taken.

The empire has a ready-made excuse to send troops to the southern part of the Western Regions, who made those city-states and kingdoms in the southern part of the Western Regions blind and sided with the Xiongnu camp? Meng Tian, the general of the expedition to the west, led his army to the southern part of the Western Regions, and the conquest of Loulan was the first step. Later, it will also take action against small city-states such as Ronglu, and the initial foothold should be to send troops to Wanguo.

Wanguo is a powerful country in the western part of the Western Regions, and it has developed rapidly in recent years. If it is difficult to destroy the Wan Kingdom with a single legion, the imperial army located in the northern part of the Western Regions will also move south, but the most important thing is to form a front and rear attack on the Maotun Xiongnu entrenched in the Beishan region first.

"That's it...... It is...... Like we once recognized Wusun as the leader of the alliance? With suspicion on his face, Shansu said, "It won't be that simple, right?" ”

"Alliance leader?" Nan Dou did not hide the sneer on his face, and said: "There is an alliance leader who uses various reasons to prevaricate when he needs your help? ”

No one showed any embarrassed expressions, when Wusun was strong, he was naturally able to make them obedient, but after Wusun weakened, don't blame them for disobeying and even having the ambition to replace them.

"No, no, no!" Nan Doumi sneered: "The empire is not Wusun. ”

Aliel nervously asked, "What kind of way is that?" ”

It was difficult to put away the sneer, and after a "hum", he didn't say anything. He hates these so-called friends, in fact, he wishes that the empire could destroy these treacherous countries, but it is not a good thing for Wusun for the empire to be too deeply involved in the Western Regions, because he only made some points outside the words. The point is that it has already been done, and he thinks that if these people don't understand, they deserve to be destroyed.

"Serve ...... like Wusun" Shansu stared at Nan Du and asked, "We may not have such qualifications, do we?" ”

It's hard to sneer, "hehe", and he didn't even bother to answer.

There is nothing wrong with Wusun being weakened, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and Wusun still has nearly a million troops, and there are sixty or seventy thousand soldiers who can fight. The combined population of the three countries is only 670,000, and they can only gather 250,000 soldiers at most. When Wusun really arrived at the time of assembling desperately, how could there be more than 200,000 people who could pick up weapons, which was equivalent to the total strength of the three kingdoms combined.

Only if there is use value will it be valued, people are like this, the same is true of the country, the empire is not so much looking down on Wusun, Wusun's magnates can also be seen from the emperor's repeated refusal to marry, the empire is still like this to Wusun, and it is estimated that the rest of the countries that are weaker than Wusun will look down on it even more.

"Even if we stick it to the empire, we may not be able to see it," Shan Su's face was gloomy, and finally said with a wry smile: "But is Wusun willing to be a vassal of the empire forever, until he is completely annexed by the empire like the Qin State in the end?" Can the Qin State still become one of the feudal states, will the emperor give Wusun such a choice? ”

"We are about to become a nation of in-laws." It was difficult to look indifferent, and said: "If you can be a vassal, you can be a vassal, Your Majesty wants to annex Wusun into a feudal country, maybe our surname is taking advantage, after all, being a weak country Kunmo is not necessarily more comfortable than being a feudal king of a strong empire, right?" ”

Alel sensed something, and he frequently asked with his eyes if it was someone from the Empire watching him.

Naturally, he saw Alex's hint, but he didn't give the slightest response.

Shen Tujia could actually see the situation inside through the gap in the curtain, and Alil's actions were naturally fully visible.

"There must be high-ranking officials of the empire present." Alil simply picked it out, then saluted to the back tent, and said respectfully in half-baked imperial dialect: "Please come out and see the nobles from the empire." ”

Nandoumi's face changed, not embarrassed, but a trace of annoyance, but he didn't say anything, just looked at the back account playfully.

Shen Tujia opened the curtain and walked out, he looked at Alil and said, "Your Imperial pronunciation is very non-standard. ”

Alel was stunned and didn't know what to say for a while.

As soon as Shen Tujia appeared, everyone from the Central Alliance hurriedly stood up and saluted, and there were all kinds of greetings.

"Honorable Imperial General!" Shansu was the first to speak, and said: "The strength of the empire makes our hearts tremble, we dare not be enemies of the empire, and we are willing to offer a pair of things that can be offered to peace." ”

Everything they said just now was heard, and there was no need to say more nonsense, Shansu was humbly expressing his submission, which made Shen Tujia smile dumbly when he heard it.

Any country in the Western Regions is incomparably weak for the empire, and according to the original words of some people, it is simply that once the imperial army arrives, the city-states and kingdoms can only kneel on the ground and ask for surrender.

The empire is strong, and it can destroy whoever it wants, but it is not possible to really destroy whoever it wants, and it always needs some name. If a country expresses its willingness to let it be ravaged from the beginning, the empire really pounces on it without any excuse, and domineering may be domineering, but it will inevitably become a public enemy of the world.

"You ......," Shen Tujia said with a smile, "maybe you will get peace." ”

For a while, everyone looked at Shen Tujia with blank eyes, waiting for the next words. (To be continued.) )