Peshawar city.

The heart of the Kushan Empire.

This place is located right in the center of the entire empire.

To the east, the fertile Gangetic plains could be controlled.

To the north, we can control the Khyber Pass.

To the west, you can reach the Parthian Empire.

To the south, you can reach the sea.

This city has witnessed the prosperity of the Kushan Empire for three hundred years, but today, it is destined to witness the demise of this huge empire!
“In the north, not only were they defeated, but they were also captured.”

“To the east, the Han army is advancing like a hot knife through butter. The towns and fortresses along the way are no match for them at all.”

The hall decorated with gold was eerily quiet at this moment.

Because the Kushan Empire has a long history, it has not been without setbacks.

But today’s situation is obviously far from being simply summarized as “frustration”.

Subjugation!

When these two words appeared in the hearts of the Kushan nobles, they trembled all over.

But whether they were afraid or panicked, all the Kushan nobles had to face one reality –

“Now, what should we do?”

Descend?

The atmosphere in the entire palace was extremely strange.

The thought of surrender was written on everyone’s face, but no one dared to say these two words…

“Can’t surrender!!!”

Surprisingly, the first voice was the answer everyone wanted to hear the most, but it was also the complete opposite of their own thoughts.

But when these Kushan nobles looked over, they were disappointed.

This is because the person who spoke was not a Kushan, but Lan Bai, the King of Dayuan who had fled here.

When the war with the Han Dynasty was just declared, the existence of King Lan Bai of Dayuan might have made some sense. But in the current situation, how could he have any say?

“King of Dayuan, this is my Kushan business, and has nothing to do with you, Dayuan!”

The attitude is stiff.

Obviously, everyone didn’t want to see Lan Bo, a discarded pawn with no way out, influence their decision.

Lan Bo refused to surrender, but he had no choice.

But they are different, they…

“My fellow Kushans, do you think you are any different from me?”

Lan Bai shouted–

“You don’t understand the Han people at all! The Han people are completely different from the Yuezhi people back then!”

“If you surrender, you will never be able to keep your treasures and land!”

“The Han will take your land and your slaves and give them the land so that the slaves will be grateful to them!”

“I’m not exaggerating! The Han people have already done this in their homeland, in the Western Regions, and even in Huashi City!”

“If you allow the Han army to enter Peshawar, all of you will die!”

“…”

Lan Bo’s words caused some people to think deeply, but most of the Kushan nobles stepped forward in fear and covered Lan Bo’s mouth: “Asshole! How dare you slander the great Han people! You don’t want your life, but we do!”

Most of these Kushan nobles were monks of high castes. They said to the people around them: “The Han people are extremely pious to the Buddha, and the Han generals have also agreed to let the Kushan people continue to believe in the Buddha in the future. How could they possibly attack us?”

Lan Bai shook his head, feeling somewhat helpless and amused—

“Why don’t you understand?”

“The Han people want to kill you nobles! Or what the Han people call meat eaters! The aristocratic families!”

“What does this have to do with whether you believe in Buddha or not? Besides…”

Lan Bo’s voice was harsh and sharp: “Is it the Buddha you are really worried about? What you are really worried about are the slaves and fields in your own temple!”

“As long as you hold these in your hands, the Han people will never be able to live in peace with you!”

These Kushan nobles finally became completely panicked.

“Then what to do now?”

“Hold on!”

As the King of Dayuan, Lan Bai is obviously more familiar with the intelligence information of the Han Dynasty.

“Two hundred years ago, when the Han people were fighting the Xiongnu in the Western Regions, they were often forced to retreat due to lack of food and fodder.”

“The Kushans are now thousands of miles away from the Western Regions! The Han people’s supplies are simply not enough to support their army in a long-term battle!”

“As long as we hold on to the city and prevent the Han army from getting supplies, we will be able to defeat them sooner or later by using hunger!”

Lan Bai’s words made all the Kushan nobles extremely excited!
“That’s how it should be!”

In any case, the Han army has not yet arrived at the city!

As long as the Han army doesn’t appear under his nose, he can live a carefree life for one more day!
A group of Kushan nobles immediately supported Bo Diao’s son as king, and appointed Lan Bai as their chief of staff, hoping that he could force the Han army to retreat!

but……

Lan Bai forgot one thing…

When the Han army was fighting in the Western Regions, they were often forced to withdraw due to lack of food and grass…

Although this is indeed due to the fact that the supply lines are too long, another reason is that the Western Region itself is extremely barren!

Even though the Western Regions now have many oases and lakes, the water source is still insufficient. But now the Han army is not in the Western Regions, but in Kushan!
Especially the army on the east route, they followed the lower reaches of the Ganges and groped their way over from the vast Ganges Plain!
Food shortage?

nonexistent!

Spies reported that the Han army didn’t even need to rob or plunder. As long as they arrived at a place, the low-caste Kushans would take the initiative to lead the way and lead the Han army to the high-caste granary!
The Han army was advancing rapidly, so why would they need to wait for subsequent supplies before moving forward?

Lan Bo was suddenly extremely depressed.

He never imagined that the fact that his land was too fertile could actually be a fault!
Just as Liu Bei and Cao Cao in the north and Sun Ce and others in the east were getting closer and closer to Peshawar City, the whole city fell into chaos again!
Some Kushan people who had gathered together at some unknown time rushed into the palace with weapons, burning, killing and looting, leaving the Kushan nobles stunned.

“It’s a rebellion! It’s really a rebellion!”

Those Kushan people holding weapons were all low-caste people whom they had always looked down upon!

From generation to generation, they could only farm, give birth, and be slaves.

Who gave them the courage to pick up swords and point the sharp blades at their masters?

“boom!”

The palace gate was pushed open.

The leader looked like a hero in Indian mythology, walking in front on a horse.

When they saw the man’s face clearly, the Kushan nobles almost dropped their jaws in shock!
“Rich lady Li! It’s you!!!”

Although the leader looked much more haggard, almost no Kushan nobles would fail to recognize his face because of the storm he had previously caused in the Kushan country.

It can even be said that it was because of this person that the Kushans chose to declare war on the Han Dynasty and ended up in this situation today.

And this person was none other than the pioneer of Kushan – Li Fu Po!

“Call me Li Fu!”

Li Fu’s eyes were bright and sharp.

He had previously been ordered to be executed by Bo Diao.

But little did people know that because Li Fu often promoted some of the ideas he learned from the Han Dynasty, even the executioner who killed people without blinking an eye began to respect Li Fu.

Later, with the help of two jailers, Li Fu successfully escaped from Bo Diao’s eyes and has been lying dormant until today!

“We, the people of Kushan, are originally the nobles of the Chinese nation! But you want to oppress us! You are really courting death!”

“Now I want to see what skills you have to escape alive!”

A group of Kushan nobles looked at Li Fu in despair.

Some people even knelt down and wanted to exchange their treasures for a way out.

But the rich people ignored all of this.

“Rather than waiting for the Han army to arrive and harbor resentment because of your blood on their hands, it is better to kill you all here now!”

At Li Fu’s call, countless Kushan people rushed in from the rear and killed all the Kushan nobles with sharp blades!

King Lanbai of Dayuan saw that the situation was getting out of control and was about to slip away, but Li Fu caught up with him and chopped him to the ground.

“It’s all your fault, you are an outsider who deceived the king!”

“If the king had listened to me at that time, how could things have come to this point today!”

Lan Bai showed a look of horror: “Han is my enemy! I am innocent!”

However, Li Fu was unwilling to waste time talking to the other party, so he stabbed him directly in the throat, solving another problem!
The riot caused by Li Fu started from within and soon killed the heart of Kushan!

Even though some low-caste people still have fear of high-caste people in their hearts, when they see the arrogant high-caste people fall down with their own eyes, and see that they will bleed and die, some of the shackles in their hearts will finally be opened.

The caste system, which had accumulated hundreds and thousands of years of oppression, finally rebounded at this moment, causing the huge Kushan Empire to die instantly!

……

Because they were traveling by water, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu arrived at Peshawar first.

When they saw the miserable conditions of those high caste people, they felt sad but also felt fortunate.

“Fortunately, the emperor strangled the roots of the family.”

“Otherwise, will the Han people in the future also encounter such a catastrophe?”

Zhou Yu thought about the Han people who had been under the command of the aristocratic families before, and shook his head slightly.

“Fortunately, it wasn’t the big man who encountered this disaster!”

The two led their soldiers to meet up with Li Fu in the city, and began to restore order in order to welcome the arrival of the subsequent army.

Ten days later, Liu Bei and Cao Cao arrived from the north.

Half a month later, Guan Yu, Zhuge Liang and others from the east finally arrived.

When Cao Cao saw Guan Yu, his eyes suddenly lit up!
Just as he was about to step forward quickly, two figures nearby rushed over like a whirlwind, hugged Guan Yu and started crying loudly!

“Big brother! Third brother!”

“Second brother! Second brother!”

“Big brother! Third brother!”

“…”

Liu, Guan and Zhang have not seen each other for several years because of the war!

When we met today, I couldn’t control myself and started crying!

Seeing this, Cao Cao had no choice but to retract his foot which had been raised half a step, and looked at the three people with some envy.

“Forget it, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future…”

Zhuge Liang also got together with Pang Tong, Xu Shu and others to talk about their longing for each other over the years.

Cao Xiahou, Guo Jia and Yu Jin came together with Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, and curiously asked them how they could come to Kushan from the south.

Cao Cao held the long sword in his hand and looked at the world. There was actually mist and clouds lingering between his breaths!

“The rest depends on how the emperor handles it!” (End of this chapter)