Chapter 982: The First Contact of the Empire
In fact, Ma Dai had never seen a real giraffe, but he found that the animal's small head was similar to that of a deer, and the neck was very long, so he called it a giraffe.
The interpreter Deva opened his mouth wide, and finally stabilized himself after singing the Buddha's name in fright, and hurriedly said: "No, no, no, two generals, this is not a horse, let alone a giraffe, this is a camel, a camel, a camel...... Camel. He was afraid that his pronunciation would not be accurate, so he said it several times.
"Locke...... Camel! It's a new word, Ma Chao repeated.
Deva clapped his fists, and seeing that his pronunciation was accurate, he nodded his bald head with relief, "Yes! ”
Ma Chao hurriedly asked, "I don't know how this thing is galloping?" ”
"Walking like the wind, not inferior to horses, far superior in endurance. It is possible to go without food for 30 days and not drink water for 10 days. Deva explained.
Ma Chao was shocked, he considered it militarily, this emaciated camel was bigger than a horse, and it could travel continuously without eating or drinking, whether it was close combat, sneak attack, or long-distance attack, it was amazing. This camel is so powerful, isn't it even more remarkable for the army to be armed?
In fact, Deva praised the camel soldiers too highly, and their endurance was stronger than that of horses, and their speed and agility could not be compared with horses, but Kushan was an arid region and there were many deserts. Camels are suitable for walking in the desert, and camels can withstand thirst, and in this particular area, camels are indeed stronger than horses.
Ma Chao looked at the opposite military formation, these camel soldiers were uniformly wearing leather armor with riveted iron bars, which was a substitute product under the lack of steel, similar to the leather armor of the nine-square grid, which could save iron as much as possible. It can also effectively defend against slashing. Only the officers are in fish scale armor, and the helmets are not decorated without any decoration. It is fastened to the head like a motorcycle helmet without a mask. The all-colored horse chopping knife is similar to the Fang of Kushan in the later games. Carrying a bow and arrows on his back.
Beards were characteristic of the soldiers, and some had small pigtails.
Ma Chao, who has been in battle for a long time, can see at a glance that this is an elite army from his eyes and the posture of holding weapons. "Be careful, I will lay down the Liuding Liujia Formation in a while, I will be in front personally, if there is an accident, I will break the back."
"General, the last general is ahead!" Ma Dai said hurriedly.
When Ma Chao and the three of them spoke. Gassanid on the other side is actually already in a hurry. A fully armored team of 10,000 heavy cavalry, which Gassanid had never seen in his half life. It's not that I haven't seen heavily armored knights in full armor, in fact, there are also in Kushan. But I have never seen such a large-scale installation.
The attack power of the heavy cavalry was quite terrifying, and even if the Gasanid had twice the strength now, he would not dare to try to attack this cavalry of Great Qin.
In fact, the heavy cavalry of the trap army is not the heaviest among the heavy cavalry, it should belong to the medium-sized heavy cavalry, with fifty pounds of horse armor and fifty pounds of human armor. Such weight. A horse can bear it completely, but a true warrior is not a true warrior if he can't play with a hundred pounds.
Such equipment as the trap legion, pick it up in thousands of miles. There was both the speed of cavalry and the impact of heavy cavalry, and there was no need for auxiliaries at all. Heavy cavalry on horseback and heavy infantry on horseback. Of course. This is also Qin Feng's full effort, and ordinary countries cannot form this kind of all-science corps.
Gassanid had already identified the generals of the opposing army from Ma Chao in his attire. He thought that Ma Chao would take the initiative to come out to communicate, after all, this is the border of Guishuang, and the other party's sudden appearance must be purposeful. But he didn't wait, and he had no choice but to ride out first. Behind him was an attendant, holding a pennant.
"You're the army there?" Gasanid is very cautious and does not speak low or condescending, so as not to cause unnecessary friction.
This was the first time in history that the military of the Great Qin Empire had come into contact with an empire outside the country. With the interpreter Deva, communication is easy.
Seeing that the other party did not take out the blade, Ma Chao also hung up the Shenwei Tiger Courage Gun, and the momentum of General Fubo's descendants was unobstructed in front of the foreign clans, and he said reasonably: "Ma Chao, the general of Fubo of Great Qin, in the name of Emperor Hongwu, pursued the rebellion here. If your country could provide information, I would be grateful. ”
Deva quickly translated the past and added, "The great Emperor Hongwu is the new protector of the Buddha Kingdom." The power of the great Hongwu Emperor is still above the ancient Ashoka! ”
Gassanid was stunned when he heard this, in ancient times, the Ashoka of the Mauryan Dynasty ruled a land larger than the Kushan Empire, and the entire southern region of the Kushan Empire today is under the rule of Ashoka. At that time, Guishan was still a small ethnic group in Mobei.
"Great Qin! Emperor Hongwu! Gassanid thought for a moment. The restart of the Silk Road has brought the world to a new understanding of the East. The mysterious East has the power of the Han Dynasty. And the Great Qin eliminated the Great Han and dominated the East, so that the Guishan people did not dare to underestimate the Great Qin, who replaced the Great Han.
The Kushan Empire was equally powerful and would not be afraid of the Great Qin in the east, but Ghassanid, who was only a general, did not dare to provoke a dispute between the two countries. Moreover, the opposing army's army came to pursue the rebellion, and this reason is very reasonable.
At this time, a captain of 10,000 men in Guishan galloped over on horseback and whispered, "General, just a few days ago, his subordinates wiped out a strange army outside the oasis. Now that I think about it, it should be Oriental. ”
As a result, Ghassanid informed Ma Chao that he had eliminated your rebellion and asked him to stay away from the Kushan border.
Ma Chao came on order, and if he couldn't see the corpses of Liu Bei and others, how could he retreat lightly. But he, like Ghassanid, did not dare to stir up disputes between the two countries lightly.
So they were twenty miles apart, and each set up camp, each of which delivered a message to the other's king.
Fulousha, the capital of Guishan, the palace with a pointed dome, gilding, luxurious atmosphere. The Kushan Emperor Gyalsega II was the first to receive the report of the war on the border, and he summoned several important ministers in his palace to discuss the matter.
The Minister of War, Defises, the Minister of the Interior, Shapursa, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rama Qiji, reminded the Emperor of the Great Qin that the Great Qin had risen by destroying the Han Dynasty. The grasslands in the northeast of Kushan and the Western Regions all spread the prestige of Emperor Hongwu of Great Qin and Genghis Khan. It must be a very powerful emperor, estimated to be no less than rest.
They think. There is an odious resting tiger in the west of the empire, since the Hongwu Emperor of Great Qin has sheltered the Buddha principalities of the subcontinent. Then we should establish good diplomatic relations and exchange ideas. And it should not be hostile, and it is unbearable not to be caught between two powerful countries.
Kasserga quickly agreed to their suggestion, and was able to agree so quickly because Kasega knew from the history books that the East had always been a country that spoke of "rites". As long as you treat each other with courtesy, send your daughter, and send supplies, there is no problem.
The Aged Gasega II. The brilliant life made him very arrogant, touched his beard and said; "Since Emperor Hongwu wants to shelter the chaotic subcontinent, let him go and worry about it. I will not let my empire sink into the chaos of the subcontinent. ”
"His Majesty is right, the enemy of the empire is rest." The prime minister, Alilaka, praised the emperor's wisdom loudly, and then said: "In the past, the emperor of Han also sent a princess to the Xiongnu and funded the Xiongnu. It is better to ask Emperor Hongwu for marriage and marry the princess of Daqin. He will definitely get the help of Great Qin, and he will be able to defeat Anxi. ”
When he heard this, he was immediately rejuvenated, and he had many women in his life. There were Sabbats, Cypriots, Greeks. Aryans, Magadhas. The people of the Western Regions just don't have Han Chinese. The heart said that it must be a good thing to play with the women of Daqin, especially the princess.
Thereupon. The messenger of Kasserga, holding an olive branch, came to Ma Chao's camp with documents for peaceful coexistence and documents for courtship.
Ma Chao didn't dare to slack off, so he passed the matter to Qin Feng again.
The war pigeon, with the news, flew over the mountains, over the plains, over the rivers, and flew to the city of Sanjiang in the South Barbarians.
Qin Feng had previously received information from Ma Chao about Guishuang and Liu Bei, and was discussing how to deal with Guishuang and whether to find Liu Bei in the temporary palace, when the latter piece of information arrived.
Emperor Hongwu was furious, and in front of Jia Xu, Guo Jia, Huang Zhong, and Xu Huang, he slapped the table at that time, and said angrily: "The Tianwei made by the Han Dynasty in four hundred years is very good, and it is not bad to send a girl to it?" After sending his daughter, he became his father-in-law, Lao Taishan, this old Taishan is really powerful in front of his son-in-law? ”
"It's ......."
The Minister of Civil and Military Affairs swallowed his saliva and lowered his head and did not dare to answer. Jia Xu clasped his hands in his sleeves, Guo Jia's thinking was flying, and he said in his heart that what the emperor said was too incisive, when did he start to send his daughter to prosperity? Send it even if it's weak, and send it if you're strong! In this Tianwei, most of them have the credit of their daughters, after all, they are Lord Yue.
Qin Feng was very angry, "In the former Qin Dynasty, it was still a foreign country to send a princess, but when it came to Liu Bei's ancestor, it changed its flavor and became a counter-gift!" Tianwei also sent his daughter, what is this called Tianwei? Why don't you let them send it? Tell me about it? ”
Jia Xu came out of the class and said: "The emperor, the foreign countries are barbaric and don't know the reason, the emperor doesn't have to meet these people in general." ”
Qin Feng's eyes froze, and he said angrily: "Wenhe, what are you talking about?" Someone comes to the door to ask for your daughter, can Jia Wen and you turn a blind eye? ”
"This!" Jia Xu was speechless when he heard this.
Qin Feng didn't spare him, and asked, "You say, what should you do?" ”
Jia Xu gritted his teeth and bowed: "If you are a minister, you will come to ask for your daughter for no reason, and you will slap him in the face!" ”
Guo Jia panicked, and said in his heart, Jia Xu, what kind of play are you doing, isn't this clearly trying to provoke a war. He knelt on the ground, and before he could speak, the generals stood up one by one, "Your Majesty, the ministers beg for 50,000 elite soldiers, level Guishuang, and raise my Great Qin Tianwei!" ”
Guo Jia was even more panicked, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you are unprepared, you can't start a war lightly!" In addition, the subcontinent has been subjugated, and the Southeast Asian continent has been reported frequently, and the control of these places should be consolidated ....... ”
After Qin Feng was angry, he dispersed a lot of anger. Now there is also a Dongwu in Jiangdong, and the process of merging the Nanban into the Great Qin system will inevitably consume a lot of reserve materials, and the three armies will be exhausted after a year of attacking. Declaring war on a vast empire is truly out of time.
However, Emperor Hongwu couldn't spare Jiashi Serga II, so he saw Qin Feng suddenly sit down with a smile on his face, "Prepare an edict, pass it to Ma Chao, and let him go and tell Jiashi Sega II that Guishan will send a daughter over, and I will definitely take care of his daughter "well" and live peacefully with Guishan." (To be continued......)
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