Chapter 667

The Han Army's banners and banners reappeared in the western regions. Although they stopped in Shanshan, the shock to the countries in the western regions was no less than a magnitude 10 earthquake.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, the western regions have been controlled by the Central Plains Dynasty. In fact, the Western Han Dynasty is only a reputation and does not have much control. In fact, there are not many garrisons in the first capital of the western regions. At least, there are only hundreds of border guards. At that time, even if the "state" was established to appoint the assassin, in fact, the assassin had only the right to report, and there were not many local rights. The center was an absolute centralized system.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty regained control of the western regions and re established the western region capital guard, it can be regarded as increasing the number of standing troops, but often it is about 3000, sometimes it will reach 20000. If the number of troops stationed in the western region capital guard is sufficient, the stronger the control over the countries in the western region. It was basically a frequent occurrence in the Eastern Han Dynasty that dozens of people dared to rush into a country's palace and kill the king.

The Central Plains was ruled by nomads, which was known to all countries in the western regions. They were surprised that the rule of the Jie nationality collapsed too quickly, and the rise of the Han people was rapid enough. They were even more afraid that the Han people would bring the western regions under control again since they rose again.

With the support of the western countries, the "Han threat theory" was played up. The news about the establishment of a Han Empire in the East was widely spread. The first to face up to the news were Yueban, HUNI and Wusun.

Yueban and xiongni society attach great importance to it. There are descendants of northern Xiongnu and Han people, who are immortal enemies. Once the Han Army just knew where the northern Xiongnu was, they traveled thousands of miles and carried out expeditions at any cost. Their hands were cut off and their heads were cut off, which fully demonstrated the authenticity of the sentence "a strong man will be killed even if he is far away".

Because they knew that the other side existed and fought at any cost, the remaining descendants of the northern Huns definitely had reasons to be nervous, but although they had the right to speak in Yueban and Hunni, they could not affect the national policies of the two countries, and there was not much they could do.

Wusun's current situation is not good. They first rise with the Huns' thighs, then hold the Han Empire's thighs, and become the overlord of the western region. The Huns and the Han Empire collapse one after another. Wusun, who has no thighs to hold, first encountered the joint counterattack of western countries, and then encountered the attack of Persians and Arabs moving eastward. Not only does his territory decrease again and again, The overall strength has also declined sharply.

If anyone in the western regions is most excited about the rise of the Han people in the East, it is really the Wusun people. No doubt, they are even brewing another marriage.

The countries of the western regions are like harmony and harmony, and hunis are shouting. It is difficult for Persian Sassanian not to pay attention.

At present, the Persian Sassanian has recovered and began to gain an advantage in the war against Rome. They didn't care much about the re rising Han people. After all, no matter how strong the Han Empire is, the two countries are separated by several countries, and the road is really boundless.

What interested Persian sassanne was that they found that the share of maritime trade between Rome and the Gupta Dynasty had declined again and again, and even almost cut off in a few months. When they inquired, they knew that the Gupta Dynasty was facing the invasion of the navy of the Han Empire. It could be said that they were overjoyed for a moment.

Bossashan thought that the rise of the Han people had nothing to do with them. What he thought was that the Silk Road on the road was expected to recover. He thought a little about how to collect the tolls on the Silk Road, but the force of the Han people extended to the Gupta Dynasty.

The trade share between the Gupta Dynasty and Rome is really large. Even Rome has repeatedly purchased weapons from the Gupta Dynasty, so Persian Sasan is naturally hostile to the Gupta Dynasty.

In addition, the Persian Sassanian Navy often had maritime conflicts with the Gupta Navy. It was that the Persian Sassanian Navy wanted to cut off the maritime trade with Rome. Naturally, the Gupta dynasty attached importance to the maritime trade with Rome and could not ignore it. It was natural to have a contest.

Bossashan knew about the situation of the third ocean a little late. In fact, they didn't guess that the scale would be so large. As soon as they came here, they found that the Gupta Dynasty had gathered more than 1000 large fleets to fight with the Han Empire. To tell the truth, they were really scared.

At this moment, ugutai Bakhram led a fleet of twelve warships, hanging from a distance in katruk Kapp led the periphery of the large fleet.

"Not only us, but also countries with the strength to spy have sent fleets." Kuslow Solodyas is ergutai Bahram's deputy, pointing to the black spot in the distance, said, "the Serb fleet is not far from us."

At present, there are many Serb countries. At first, they inhabited in the western regions and even lived in Hexi, but they were repeatedly driven by the Dayue people and gradually migrated to the West. The Cypriots are a race of white skin. They were once integrated into the kusana empire. Later, the kusana empire collapsed and established its own country again. At present, the largest Cypriots country is called two satraps. There are many Serbs living in the states of assan, including the East and southeast of Sassanian Dynasty, and there are also a considerable number of Serbs.

"A fleet of 500 ships!" Ugutai Bahram looked at a large Gupta fleet in the distance and said with more or less fear: "they (Gupta) still have more ships to fight."

"Gupta is a maritime power." Kuslow Sorodyas felt that this, including them, was somewhat inferior to Rome. He was puzzled: "it is unusual for the Han Empire to rise again and invade Gupta from the sea instead of fighting in the western regions."

There are too many legends about the Han Empire. Just defeating and forcing the Xiongnu to flee to the west is an epic feat. No one can deny the power of the Han Empire on land, but no one has ever heard of anything on the sea of the Han Empire.

"We can recover after being ravaged by the Romans, and of course the Han Empire, once one of the four empires, can." Ugutai Bakhram was summoned by Shapur II before his departure and temporarily made up a lot of knowledge about the Han Empire. He said: "in ancient times, we had established an alliance with the Han people and never had a bad relationship. It is a happy thing for the Han Empire to invade the Gupta Dynasty."

Pattaya established diplomatic relations with the Han Empire, but that was during the reign of Liu Che. Zhang Qian was the envoy of the Han Empire. The Pattaya empire made a lot of noise in order to meet the Han envoy. It sent 20000 armor and equipment alone, and a crowd of people rode nearly 100000, which can be regarded as the largest mission to meet other countries in history.

Liu Che's contact with Parthia was to form an alliance. It took place on the premise that the Dayue people could not be persuaded to return to the East. He was eager to have an ally in the west to attack the Huns. At that time, however, both Parthia and Rome became dog brains. The Parthian Empire was not interested in fighting the Huns at all. On the contrary, it also thought that after an alliance with the Han Empire, the Han army could join the war against the Romans. Both sides wanted the same, but no one was interested in listening to anyone, so they left friendly relations and did not form actual allies. However, according to the official records of Parthia, the Han Empire was indeed regarded as an ally.

After the fall of Parthia, the Persian Sassanian was re established and rose. Whether for the sake of shame or interests, the war between the Persian Sassanian and Rome did not stop. Different from the Parthian period, the Persian Sassanian is now on the advantageous side, even if the advantage is not obvious, and the potential enemies of the Persian Sassanian are much more than those in the Parthian period.

"Because Rome could not get arms from Gupta, we defeated the Romans again in Syria." Ugutai Bakhram took a deep breath of the sea breeze and laughed, "I really hope that the Han Empire can defeat the Gupta fleet and blockade Gupta on land."

Today's Han Empire is no longer the former Han Dynasty, but any country, including Persian sassanne, can't distinguish that. Except Persian sassanne, no one has a good impression on the new Han country, but no matter what their attitude is, no one knows what strength the Han country has.

The sea is far wider than the land. Ships sailing on the sea have more space to move. They don't have to be blocked by mountains. Katluk, who commands the Gupta fleet Karp did not drive the ships of the following countries, but wanted to let the countries see the power of the Gupta Dynasty on the sea again.

The fleet of 500 ships of all kinds is firmly sailing towards the predetermined target. Anyone, including the Gupta fleet, is guessing when the Han fleet will appear. Many people can't wait to see how much power the Han has at sea.

On the contrary, until the Gupta fleet pushed forward again and again, we could see the distant coastline. The expected Han Navy, that is, some small formations following, could not see a large fleet going to sea.

"What we know is that the maximum number of warships of the Han Empire in this sea area will not exceed 300." Kapir Malik did not return to his warship formation. He was killed by catrook Kapp remained in the flagship as an intelligence officer. He said naturally, "we have dispatched a fleet of 500 ships, and their warships are far less than ours. It is rational not to fight."

The coastline in the distance has been visible to the naked eye. The large fleet of the Gupta Dynasty has been preparing for formation. They are confused that the Han Kingdom has no warships to fight. Most of them think that the Han Empire did not go to sea because it thought it could not fight.

"So..." catrook Kapp touched his chin and said with a smile, "should we stop outside and send envoys ashore for negotiation, or attack directly?"

"Judging from past examples, the Han people do not seem to be easy to talk. On the contrary, they show a savage and rude side." Kapir What Malik said is also true. The Chinese navy can capture prisoners, but it sinks every time. He gave his own opinion: "to make the Han Empire face up to our strength, we can only defeat them first and then communicate with them."

Five hundred ships of all kinds lined up in a large area, katluk After Karp made his decision, a formation of about 70 ships broke away from the large formation and moved forward alone.

The 70 Gupta naval formations in the battle gradually become a triangle in the process of advancing. The battle ships are basically arranged in the forward position, and the two wings are some small but flexible ships.

Zanpt Warren is the commander of this formation. His warship is placed in the spear position, staring at the front with wide eyes. As he gets closer, he can see the water stronghold above the water.

The Shuizhai on the side of pingman Colonel's headquarters is very large, extending nearly a mile directly to the sea and more than three miles wide. At this moment, there are running soldiers everywhere in the Shuizhai. From the outside to the inside, you can also see rows of moored warships, which are high enough to look inside. In addition to the moored warships in front, there is nothing behind.

At this time, the rain did not stop. The view was limited under the heavy rain. Farther away, it was hazy, zanpt In Warren's ears, he listened to the sound of war drums, and he could also hear the ups and downs of the water strongholds, but he couldn't see any ships of the Han country coming out to meet him.

"Bed crossbow ready!"

Of course, the Gupta Navy is not short of warships equipped with bed crossbows. Otherwise, they are not qualified to be known as a maritime power. As their triangular formation gets closer and closer to the Han Army stronghold, they gradually form a straight line without encountering obstruction, and then become a side-by-side array line. The warships equipped with bed crossbows are arranged in front.

Zanpt Warren was about to order the release of the bed crossbow, but he saw that there were quite a few bright spots in the water stronghold of the Han army.

It is impossible for the Han Army's water stronghold not to arrange long-range attack equipment. Now there is no lack of countries with bed crossbows. It can be used as the inventor (Civilization) of bed crossbows. The firing range of Han people's bed crossbows is still in the forefront, so it is natural to take the lead in making a sound.

On the side of the Gupta Dynasty's leading fleet, they saw the bright spots of the Han Army's water stronghold rise in the air, and the commands of "launching bed crossbow" and "preparing to defend arrows" were shouted out.

Under the hazy rain, all the forces in the distance can see is the bright spots like meteors in the sky of that sea area. It is not only the firing of bed crossbows, but also the joining of bows and crossbows in the battlefield.

"What a fantastic scene!" Ugutai Bahram looked at the bright spots in the sky in the distance. He also saw that the leading formation of the Gupta Dynasty and the water stronghold of the Han Army had been on fire. He said with great admiration: "such a picture is rare."

Kuslow However, sorodyas has been paying attention to the Han Navy formation that has long appeared, reminding ugutai Bahram said, "the warship formation of the Han Empire is meeting."

The Han warship formation following the Gupta fleet has five or six groups. With three warships in each group, there will be no more than 20 at most. They were indeed meeting, and the captains of the warships also relied on torches for flag communication.

These Han navies who went out to carry out the attack didn't know the plan of the pingman Colonel's department. They had not launched an attack before. They were waiting for a fleet to come out of their home port. After waiting for so long, the Gupta Navy also launched an attack on their home port. Knowing that the number of their warships was too small, launching an attack was tantamount to death, but they really didn't intend to keep watching.

"Fifteen warships dare to attack hundreds of enemy ships?" Ugutai Bahram had guessed what the Han Navy in the periphery wanted to do: "it is a nation that cries out 'if a strong Han is far away, he will be killed'