Strictly speaking, Sima Ji is located in the place where he has just left the Wusun location and crossed the Sir River. It is still a distance from Samarkand, the center of Sogdian, and is already in the territory of Uzbekistan in later generations. Speaking of which, the central region of the river is the center of Central Asia. In fact, among other statements, Central Asia actually includes the Western Regions. However, later China did not accept this statement. Every country must serve itself. If it does not accept it, it means that this statement is not good for itself.

Speaking of which, as the center of Central Asia, the Hezhong region centered on Samarkand has always been the root of leading the Central Asian nation. This place fell into the hands of the Uzbeks in later generations. Before Russia launched a large-scale attack on Central Asia, the Uzbeks were actually the overlords here and had a huge influence on Central Asia and the northwest of the Qing Dynasty.

You should know that the population of Kazakhstan is far less than that of Uzbek and is not the main force in Central Asia. I really need to thank the Russians for being able to come from behind.

At this moment, the Hezhong area is still in the hands of many Persian tribes. Facing a very unfamiliar opponent, it is difficult not to panic with the huge army and the action of siegeing the city without saying a word.

So when a group of generals asked when they would continue to march, Sima Ji said he wanted to wait. Maybe the stubborn guy jumped out to prepare to fight head-on. King Yan often liked to think about his enemies being stupid, whether to predict the enemy being strict or to lenient, just like a loyal minister who did not serve the second master or a good minister who chose a tree to live in. It makes sense no matter how you say it.

"After passing Sogdian is the border of the Persian Empire. There may be a Great Wall as a barrier in the local area. Before that, we should try our best to preserve our strength." Sima Ji analyzed in front of a group of generals. "I can't judge the strength of Sogdian, but it is definitely weaker than the Persian Empire. So before facing a powerful opponent, we still have to save ourselves. It's not that we can't beat the opponent, but we still have to be more beautiful if we can fight, right? This is already thousands of miles away. I want to bring as many of you back to the Great Jin Dynasty as possible."

Sima Ji never thought about the issue of defeat. As long as the bottom line is lowered, even food and grass is not a problem. At worst, you can rob people when you see them and take away all the food. Do the locals want to eat themselves? If they don’t care about it, they don’t kill people directly. You are the ones who are low in moral bottom line and kill each other.

"Murong Han, the Gobi grasslands are intertwined here, and the environment is similar to the Xianbei. Let the Tuoba soldiers and horses send scouts to pay attention to the movements in the west. Maybe Sogdian thinks he is strong and will drive us invaders away directly." Sima Ji said lazily, "We have to go to attack the city, after all, the local environment is not very friendly to us."

The unfriendliness mentioned by the King of Yan refers to the terrain. In fact, Samarkand is located on the western foot of the Pamir Plateau, and there is also terrain around it as a protection. Sima Ji is a full cavalry lineup. Although many of them are infantry riding horses, their ability to fight in the infantry is not a problem. If you don’t attack the strong city, it’s better not to do anything.

"The last general understands, go and find the Tuoba soldiers and horses to do it immediately." Murong Han held his fists and took the order. The Tuoba soldiers and horses are indeed the most suitable for doing this kind of thing, because the three Xianbeis are all in an environment where grasslands and forests are intertwined. The Tuoba families are different, and they really rely on nomadic people. The places where soldiers and horses are good at are different from the Xianbei in the east, and they are very suitable for guerrilla warfare.

Sima Ji nodded in recognition, then looked at Tang Qiang and Zhou Rong, and asked, "Do you feel that there is something different? Compared with Central Plains."

"The environment here is very different from that of my Great Jin Central Plains..." Tang Qiang was interrupted by Sima Ji as soon as he spoke. He was not asking this question at all, but a more practical question, and said in a vague way, "I am referring to other aspects."

"The residents here are not rich, similar to those of the people of our Great Jin Dynasty, but it is surprising that there are so many treasures in the temple." Zhou Rong's reaction was very quick, and he immediately understood the other aspects that the King of Yan mentioned, directly pointing to practical problems, and simply put it simply, money.

You should know that there are only five or six thousand residents in this city, so it is impossible to conquer it. The temples in such a small city are already considered to be a lot of wealth found now.

In the agricultural era, land was the greatest wealth. It was all about land cultivation to see if God appreciated his face. Except for some commercial city-states, no one was richer than anyone else. The biggest reason why China was always in the first echelon was that it had a large population and created more taxes to the court. It was not better than other civilizations on the individual level. Through basic calculations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, Sima Ji felt that the East and the West were on the same level.

"It's pretty good. I discovered this, so the temples in the cities that traveled west were within the supply range of the army." Sima Ji said meaningfully, "Don't miss any temple."

Whether it is temples, temples, churches, or even in East Asia, the wealth that religious wealth is placed in these places. Otherwise, why did so many emperors in history always dislike Buddhism? Isn’t it that wealth is touching?

Whether it is the eleventh tax of the gay church or the various imams of the Peace church, they all played the role of early banks to some extent, but where did this money come from? Didn’t it be used to plunder from the people? The most famous thing about hiding gold in temples was India in later generations. But other civilizations are not bad at all, and they are doing this.

Sometimes in Sima Ji's heart, Europe and West Asia often experience holy wars, accusing the other party of pagans. In fact, the purpose is to go for the wealth in the other party's temples and churches, destroy the other party's temples, and at the same time take the wealth inside for themselves, and then build their own temples to continue collecting taxes. What a perfect process.

Building towering churches across Europe is actually a way for the church to control local economic resources and create employment opportunities. The status of gay religion in the Roman Empire, the church’s marriage control, the crusades, and the church’s sales of indulgences are essentially all about using market power to make excess profits.

"Every time you conquer a city, you must occupy the local temple. Don't destroy the temple, but I must personally identify the things inside." Sima Ji's eyes flashed with a hint of greed, and he pretended to be serious, "The soldiers of the Western Expedition also need a certain amount of wealth, but they sacrificed their lives to participate in this Western Expedition."

"The last general understands!" Tang Qiang and Zhou Rong and his generals were once again moved by the righteous and unconventional words of King Yan. It turned out that there was such a custom outside of the Jin Dynasty, which was simply... so good.

"Wait first, when fighting, you have to decide the outcome in one battle. When not fighting, you can relax." Sima Ji Shi stood up suddenly, tightened his belt in front of his subordinates and said, "I have rested, you can do it yourself."

As for what the Sogdian king reacted, please feel free to recover lost territory. There is no such thing as fighting. It is so simple to win, eat meat, lose, eat shit. It is best to contact more people and save time one by one to get out one by one. He does not have enough time. It is best to destroy all the forces around him who are not in charge of the Heavenly Kingdom in a battle.

For the Sogdian nobles who had enjoyed the hard-earned experience, it was difficult to say what they could say, rather than bowing to Kushan and Persia. In fact, Sima Ji had a little mistake in estimating the situation in the Hezhong area. He believed that Persia had not yet been involved in the Hezhong area, but in fact it was not like this. It was just because there was an internal problem and had no support. The Persian emperor, who had grown up, occupied the Hezhong again, and established a solid rule at that time.

Even if Sima Ji knew, he would not hold back. If you are weak, I will give in to you? Opportunities are equal. The Huns split the Han Dynasty and seized the opportunity. The Turks became two Tang Dynasty. It saved a lot of effort. If I don’t come to the rebellion of the Eight Kings, can the Hu people succeed? Mongolia did not kill each other, and Zhu Yuanzhang did not calmly annihilate the real enemy Chen Youliang and Zhang Shicheng. Opportunities are equal. He would not feel that he was not victorious. This can only be called destiny.

Samarkand, the oldest city in the river, once ushered in the Achaemenid dynasty, Alexander's Eastern Expedition, Daxia and Kushan's rule. Just a few years ago, the Persians also came here. Finally, Sogdie, who lived here, had the opportunity to make decisions, but the good times were not long and he faced a new enemy.

"Jin?" The Sogdians are good at doing business. They have not heard of the existence of the Great Jin Empire. But they said that they were in civil strife a few years ago, why did so many soldiers suddenly appear and actually run so far?

"From the merchants in our country, although Jin State is a powerful empire, their country is far away from us. How could it appear on our land? I heard that a few years ago, Jin State was in civil strife, and the entire country had already killed blood. The final winner was a butcher. Could it be that he came in person?"

Sima Ji, who was still experiencing the exotic style, did not know that his reputation had already rushed out of the Great Jin Dynasty and went to the world, and was being talked about in the palace of Samarkand.

"No matter who comes, you will conquer our city without saying a word. It will definitely be bad. If it is really the ruler of Jin State, it will be bad. I heard that this person is cruel by nature and likes to kill, we must resist."

"The Jin army came from afar, and this army was far away from their Fudi, and it was not invincible."

"But it is not easy for us to fight against this army. We have to unite some other tribes. Prepare our property and find some supporters. The Jin army will harm us all."
Chapter completed!