RNP Chapter 408
Chapter 408
"Xiaozhi, do you know how big this world is?" Looking at the green mountains and billowing rivers on both sides, Liu Jian suddenly asked.
"The thirteen states of the Great Han Dynasty, east to the sea, west to the Western Regions, north to the Xiongnu Desert, south to South Vietnam, hundreds of thousands of li in radius, vast territory." Fa Zheng has been well-read since childhood, and after being a famous family, he has seen extraordinary.
"What Xiaozhi said, it is only a big man, but not the whole world." Liu Jian smiled, "What are the other places besides this big man?"
"North of Liaodong, there are Sanhan, Baekje, etc., I heard that in the East China Sea, there is Yizhou, and the south has heard of the Peacock Dynasty, and west of Yumen Pass, Zhang Qian once sent an envoy to the Western Regions, and I heard that there are more than a dozen countries. As for the north, Su Wu used to herd sheep in the North Sea.
"Xiaozhi is indeed far-reaching, but the world is big, more than that!"
"May I listen to the Lord's teachings!"
"To the east, in addition to the three Hans such as Mahan, Chenhan, and Benhan, there are Goguryeo, Buyeo, Rulou, and the sea east of Yiju, as well as the Kingdom of Wa. In addition to Karasuma, Xiongnu, Xianbei, and Qianghu, there is also a large and vast land in the north. In the west, in addition to the small countries of the Western Regions, such as Yishi, Dawan, Qiongyuan, Yelang, and Tubo, there are also Persia and Daqin. Among them, Daqin was also a powerful empire, comparable to our Great Han. The south goes all the way to the sea, and there are many island countries in the sea. "
So big?" After hearing this, Fa Zheng looked very shocked, "Is that Daqin really as big as our Dahan?"
"Yes!" Liu Qi nodded, at this time it was the time when the Roman Empire was prosperous, and its territory was no less than that of the Great Han, "And more than that, this is just a place adjacent to my Great Han!"
"What about the others?"
"Everything else is on the other side of the sea, and only with a strong navy can you get there and conquer there!"
"Navy?" Fa Zheng looked confused, he obviously had not heard the word navy.
"The navy is a soldier and horse that can gallop on the sea, several times stronger than the navy. Of course, if you want to sail the sea, you must have a warship suitable for sailing on the sea!
"Master, then we... Can we build a navy? Fa Zheng looked yearning again at this time.
"Not yet, but definitely later!" Liu Jun knew that the current handicraft industry could not reach the construction of ironclad warships, but those ships used by Zheng He to go to the West in the Ming Dynasty could be built.
"The Lord's Will..." said Fa Zheng as he looked at Liu Jun.
"Of course, it is to dominate the world!" Liu Cao stood up, "Cao Cao and Sun Quan are competing with me to dominate the world, but the world in their hearts, in my eyes, is not the world at all!" My world is the whole world!
"The Lord has great ambitions, and no one in the world can match them!" Fa Zheng looked excited, "Subordinates are willing to gallop the world for the Lord!"
"With the help of filial piety and all the great talents and sages, domination of the world will definitely be achieved!" Liu Jian is also arrogant.
"Lord, this goes down the river, it's too fast, I can get to Gangneung when it gets dark!" At this time, Liu Hu came over and said happily.
"The dynasty and the white emperor are among the clouds, and the thousands of miles of Jiangling are returned in one day. The apes on both sides of the strait could not stop crying, and the light boat had already crossed the 10,000 heavy mountains. Liu Jun recited Li Bai's "Early White Emperor City".
"Master, what a poem!" Hearing Liu Jun's chanting, Fa Zheng was pleasantly surprised. In the past, Fa Zheng was not good at poetry, and he did not like poetry very much. But since following Liu Jun, he was influenced by Liu Jun and gradually discovered the charm of poetry, "The white emperor of the dynasty, the twilight to Jiangling, the roar of the ape, the light boat is like flying, the twenty words of the lord, this scene is completely portrayed, even if it is Qu Song, it is not as good!"
In the spacious cabin, Wu Ran, Wang Jue, Ma Yunlu and other three women, hearing Liu Jun's recitation of the poem, their eyes all showed admiration. Especially Wang Jue, she hurriedly wrote down this poem with a stroke of her pen. Wang Jue liked poetry, and her brother Wang Lian liked it more, especially the poems of the lord Liu Jun, and Wang Lian told his sister that if the lord wrote poetry, he must write it down.
Whitehorse City.
Since Zhao Yun led his army to leave, Xia Houlan did not relax for a moment. For the entire Yanzhou, Baima was a strategic place, with fifteen thousand troops stationed before, and Zhao Yun was the main general, and Xia Houlan just did what Zhao Yun ordered.
But now, White Horse City is in charge of him, and there are only five thousand troops left. Xia Houlan had also thought that she could stand alone, but now that she finally had the opportunity, in addition to being excited, she was still very nervous.
Throughout the day, he inspected the defenses of the city, the equipment to defend the city was very well prepared, and all the war horses were placed in a safe place. Moreover, he explained to the grooms that if the city was breached, he would let all the war horses go, and the old horses would flee to Yuzhou in a panic, and they would never leave the war horses to Cao Cao.
At the same time, he sent many scouts to closely inquire about Guandu and Yanjin.
The great battle between Zhao Yun and Zhang Liao, Xiahou Lan had been paying attention to, until all the 20,000 cavalry of the Cao army were annihilated, and Zhao Yun led the army to Yanjin, Xia Houlan breathed a sigh of relief.
After he made another inspection in the evening, the people did not untie their armor and put their clothes together. In the middle of the night, he was woken up by the guards, and the scout sent out returned, and there was something important to report.
Xia Houlan quickly got up and summoned the scout to the camp.
"General, Wen Ping led an army of 40,000, with Cao Chun and Zhang Hu as the vanguard, and quietly came to Baima while the night was dark!"
"What, an army of forty thousand?" When Xia Houlan heard about the 40,000 army, he was shocked, there were only 5,000 defenders in White Horse City! And Cao Cao's troops in Guandu are not very large, and he actually sent 40,000 to here, which shows that he is determined to win! "Where are you now?"
"Cao Chun and Zhang Hu's 10,000 vanguard army is less than fifty miles away from Baima, and it is estimated that they will be able to reach the outside of the city after dawn!"
"Go and probe again, and report quickly as soon as there is a situation!" Xia Houlan tried to calm down and said.
"No!"
After the scout left, Xia Houlan paced back and forth in the camp.
The Cao army left Guandu at night, and it was possible to reach the outside of Baima City at dawn, which is enough to see that their march was not slow.
After the 10,000 vanguard army arrived outside the city, it must be very tired. If at this time, he led three thousand cavalry to rush to kill, he would definitely win a big victory.
But Xia Houlan also thought that Wen Ping still had 30,000 troops, if he was surrounded by Wen Ping's army when he was rushing to kill, it would be very dangerous, if 3,000 soldiers and horses died in battle, how would White Horse City be defended?
But will Wen Ping really arrive so soon? If he didn't make it in an hour, wouldn't he have lost such an opportunity in vain?
Xia Houlan was very conflicted in his heart, if Zhao Yun was there, he would definitely attack, but he thought about it, and finally dismissed this idea, he didn't dare to take this risk, or defend the city!