Chapter 751

"After annihilating all the army of a San, only a small number of enemy warships were able to escape?"

Liu Yan received the war report from the front line only a month after the end of the war. He was not surprised by such a result. His own side dispatched such a huge fleet. If there were no sudden natural disasters such as storms, it would be natural to win. The difference is how much he lost and how much he eliminated.

In the war report, Huan Wen introduced in detail the course of the Navy's engagement and specifically pointed out that the Navy lacked experience in side to side combat, but Liu Yan knew what the reason was.

The crossbow ship produced by the system is a long-range arm. If it were not for arranging non system soldiers to board the ship, the situation would be a little worse.

Everything is not perfect. Liu Yan already has this kind of gold finger against the sky. He really can't expect more. Let alone the terrible side to side battle. Even if he is at a disadvantage in long-range mutual attack, what he can do is to pile up his opponents with quantity. All he can do is afford to lose.

[that's why we should encourage navigation!] Liu Yan knows that conquering the sea is not an easy task. It takes a long time to train sailors, and more time to train the Navy: [the system crossbow ship can't be said to be a transition, but the future doesn't belong to them.]

In the two naval battles, the Han Army directly sank 67 ships, and nearly 100 ships lost their combat power and needed to be repaired. Judging from the scale of sending out 2000 warships, it seems that less than 10% of the war damage is nothing, but the enemy they are fighting is less than 300, which is a big problem.

The ships produced by the system have only one kind of shortcomings. It is an advantage to sail far alone. Without the ships produced by the system, the Han country, let alone the third ocean, can't play happily in the adjacent Indochina Peninsula.

I'm not kidding. The production of the system can be said to be cheap and beautiful. A man-made warship, even a medium-sized warship, usually takes at least three months. The total cost of labor and materials is about 300000. One or ten ships seem to be nothing, but the more they are, the more they will cost. They can't build as many as they want. At least there aren't enough craftsmen to build them.

The ships produced by the system are different. Although it also takes time, it takes far less time than manual manufacturing. It doesn't need labor costs. It just consumes materials and has its own crew.

Liu Yan has such a fleet, which will not be empty in the face of any opponent. As long as he can keep up with the resources, he can fight naval battles with all countries in the world. The difference is whether he thinks it is necessary.

Obviously, Liu Yan didn't think it was necessary in the early stage, but it is necessary at this stage.

"The enemy's fleet has been repeatedly frustrated and will not dare to take the initiative to attack again." Xu Zheng was not familiar with naval warfare. Looking at the war report, he lost 10% and destroyed most of the enemy Navy. He thought it was a great victory: "the general of the southern expedition decided that he could seize the victory and blockade the sea and border again. He thought it was feasible."

Whether that naval battle was to eliminate the threat of pingman Colonel's headquarters or to concentrate on preparing for the land enemy, it is natural to make persistent efforts to win at sea. Next, Huanwen should focus on eliminating the coalition forces of the land enemy.

The war report only briefly talked about the land war. Huan Wen had made a detailed report on how to fight the land war before. If the situation did not change, it would be nothing more than luring the enemy in-depth and not achieving direct positive results.

"The jungle environment is complex..." Xu Zheng paused, as if thinking about something. After a little while, he continued: "I think we can recruit troops from the Japanese Islands?"

Liu Yan is naturally indispensable. The Han state has strong control over the Japanese islands. The nobles of the above countries are very eager to be attached, and the bottom is willing to do anything that may become a big man.

With the mentality of waste utilization, the Han state did not think that the Japanese should be treated well if they were obedient. The young and strong Japanese were either transferred to serve as servants or transferred to various mines. They basically took it for granted that the Japanese bled and sweated for the hegemony of the Han state.

"If it goes well, I will land on the mainland of a'san and fight in the next year." When Liu Yan thought about it a little, he felt that he had taken a big step, but he also thought it should be like this: "when there were coalition forces of various countries participating in the war, the territory of a San was too large, so he should mobilize more Japanese expeditions."

There have long been relevant plans to land in A3. At the beginning, they didn't want to invest much standing army, and even county soldiers didn't want to invest too much. They planned to use the Japanese to shed blood for the hegemony of the Han country.

Put down the war report sent by Huan Wen, Liu Yan picked up another memorial on the table, and the topic of discussion changed.

Another memorial was written by Li Kuang, which introduced the things on the way to the western regions road. After nearly two months of marching, they had reached 50 miles away from bailongdui, and temporarily stopped to take the necessary rest before the war.

Together with Li Kuang's memorials, envoys from various countries in the western regions were also sent home. The countries they represent are not unfamiliar to the Han people who understand the general situation of the western regions. It is strange that those countries participating in the alliance against Han also sent envoys.

Envoys from western countries who came to Chang'an did not receive an audience from Liu Yan after their arrival, but were arranged to the post house together.

"There are two kinds of envoys. Those who dare not resist Master Wang and those who come to make tricks." LV Yi felt that there was no difference. No matter what attitude and goal he came with, the fate of the western countries had long been doomed. He said: "ambassador Kucha has repeatedly asked for an audience, saying that he came to reopen the silk road."

The silk road has a long history, but in fact, as a producer of silk, Zhuxia did not make much profit. On the contrary, some countries in the western regions and Central Asia made a lot of money as second-class traders.

There is nothing wrong. Silk may be very valuable, but as the only one who can make silk, Zhuxia did not make much profit in this trade from the beginning. Obviously, the only advantage is to make manual money.

At the beginning, the silk road was not opened by Zhuxia. In fact, the Xiongnu people brought the silk to the western regions, and the people of the western regions resold it to Central Asian countries. The Central Asian countries in contact and trade with the West sold it to western countries. After repeatedly changing hands, the price increased exponentially, but no matter how many times the price of silk increased, it had nothing to do with Zhuxia's wool.

"In the past, first the Huns made profits, and then Loulan, Shache and Cheshi took turns to make profits. It's not surprising that kuci thought so." Ji Chang has a say in this regard. He learned about the reopening of the maritime Silk Road and learned that the price of silk soared with the increase of distance: "the Kucha people are whimsical!"

The Han kingdom is a little strange to the western regions, but it must know some things to know, including this time the western regions formed a coalition to resist the recovery of the old land by the Han people. Kucha took the lead, and Kucha king was also regarded as the leader of the alliance.

On the way to those envoys from the western regions, the chaotang discussed what attitude they should take. There was no lack of comments that they wanted to kill the Kucha people. All the envoys who participated in the coalition resistance against the king's division should be killed. Behind them, the ancient traditions of the Xia Dynasty played a vital role so that those guys could live well.

"The small country has not been sealed by the big man." Xu Zheng's meaning is simple and clear: "because of this, he just arranged a post house, not received by Honglu hall."

Although Zhuxia went from the Warring States period to the collapse of etiquette and music, some facade projects have never been abandoned, especially in some countries. Even if the etiquette may seem strange, there should still be some, such as receiving foreign envoys and dispatching Honglu embassy personnel.

Since the Western Han Dynasty, except for the enemy countries, the leaders of any country around the Central Plains Dynasty need to be granted the thorny seal from the emperor. Any country that does not receive the thorny seal from the emperor will not be recognized, or even belong to the country that must be levied.

The countries in the western regions had their legal status only when they were granted the thorny seal by the emperor of the Han family. It was taken for granted after Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty. Otherwise, even the people in the western regions would not recognize the legal status of the Lord of the country. This practice was maintained until the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, even before the separatist Cao Wei still maintained order.

After the collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhuxia had no more constraints on the western regions. After the reconstruction of the Han state, it had not extended its hand to the western regions. At present, the heads of states in the western regions are not independent? It belongs to the kind of grass-roots king who is not recognized. Let alone not recognize its legal status, even if it is eliminated, it can roar openly: non Han ministers and concubines should be destroyed.

A matter of course! Didn't Zhuxia openly publicize "is it the king's land under the whole world and the king's officials who lead the land"? This sentence bluntly roared that any inch of land in the world belongs to Zhuxia. As long as people who need to breathe are Zhuxia ministers, anyone who opposes this should be eliminated.

Those envoys have not been killed for the time being. The Han state began to pay attention to the tradition of not killing envoys. What's more, it feels that those small countries are the objects that can be killed with one finger. If they feel threatened, they will consider whether to follow the tradition.

The western regions have a history of being ruled by the various Xia dynasties, and the time is not short. In that case, there is a very interesting phenomenon. For example, many envoys from the western regions came here this time. Their purpose is to plead for a thorny seal.

"There are no thorns in a capricious country." Ji Chang's attitude is very direct: "in addition to his country, govern counties and counties, and eliminate future troubles forever."

For people a little older, they will not forget how the western regions jumped up and down after the Han family lost their national throne, let alone how the western countries flattered the Capricorn. Even if it is only because the ancestors of the Jie nationality came from the western regions, they all think that the people of the western regions are unforgivable. That is why they ignore the flattery of some envoys in the western regions.

Apart from the above reasons, didn't the Han state want to make the people out of the western regions? Since we all delimit the western regions to reduce the pain caused by natural disasters, and then go to seal the western countries, wouldn't we regard them as "within the order" again, and how can we play happily!

Ji Chang at least knows that if he recognizes the legal existence of western countries, the military will not agree first. Anyone who dares to open such a mouth will not only face the anger of the military, but also the people who rush to Yangguan to earn military merit and wealth. At that time, they will not only hate the military, but also be scolded by the people.

"Great goodness, in addition to its country, is governed by counties and counties!"

Whether it was indifferent or waiting for a bite, Ji Chang's remarks received a warm response.

Xu Zheng even said, "Kucha doesn't know the number of days. An dares to compete with the sun. He should cut off his envoys. If he meets the city, his country will be destroyed."

The Kucha people gathered the Allied forces to resist the king's division. It was a great treachery. They dared to be the leader of the alliance. They not only resisted the king's division of the Han Dynasty, but also openly joined the alliance. Without destroying Kucha, they were simply not descendants of the Zhuxia Dynasty.

That's a league! Look at the people who can take the lead in the league in the history of Zhuxia. In the past, those people were called overlords, that is, the bearers who respect the king and bustle with foreigners. After Qin ruled the world, they became reserve forces to challenge the status of the emperor. If they had to kill his family, would cats and dogs be able to challenge the authority of the emperor?

It's no small matter to make the first lieutenant shout "meet the city".

In Zhuxia's war, however, whenever we encounter "conquering the city", that is, the rhythm of razing to the ground after the capture. In the process, it is absolutely necessary not to close the knife for a few days. Although Ke City is not as bloody as slaughtering City, the fate of the people who were killed in Ke City is definitely better. If they can live, they will inevitably become slaves.

Liu Yan also heard another meaning. Kucha people are very rich. Since it is Kecheng, it is necessary to screen materials in the process of razing the city. Can those wealth naturally become booty?

To put it bluntly, Ke City is blowing the horn of legal robbery. People in the city are either killed or become slaves to the victors. No one can shout injustice at all.

Xu Zheng dares to shout "conquer the city". That's the confidence given by Liu Yan. Liu Yan didn't hide anything at the beginning. Since he went to the western regions to reduce domestic losses, he certainly robbed whatever he met. If he could grab property, he could sell money even if he captured people.

For the current Han country, to some extent, the abduction of talents is the key. The national project desperately needs slaves. The people also find that the government encourages the enslavement of foreign nationalities. In order to clarify the political concept, Liu Yan has restored the old practice of the Western Han Dynasty, that is, the "slave official calculation".

The so-called "slave official calculation" was a feature of the Western Han Dynasty. Anyone with slaves had to pay taxes. Liu Che was poor and crazy to fight behind. In addition to tax increases under various names, he did not miss the collection of slave tax.

Liu Yan made improvements according to the "official calculation of slaves" in the Western Han Dynasty, clearly announced to the world and formed a law. He took "five calculations in the Han Dynasty and one calculation in the Hu Dynasty" as the system, that is, every tax quarter, Han slaves need to pay 60 money, but foreign slaves only have 12 money.

Since there is no way to completely eliminate the Han people as slaves, tax should be used to increase the cost of using the Han people as slaves. Liu Yan can only do this at most. If he completely put an end to the enslavement of the Han people, it seems great, but the Han people who really can't live and can't find a livelihood will starve to death?

The Han Dynasty had to accept all the wealth, land and population of the Gupta Dynasty. In particular, it was eager to obtain enough slaves. The population of the western regions was not as much as that of a San, but the thin legs of mosquitoes were also meat!