nownovels Chapter 515 The uncrossable Himalayas, the Silk Road!
Chapter 515 The uncrossable Himalayas, the Silk Road!
The route of the westward expedition has always been a tangled issue for Lao Zhao, Wang Ben, Zhang Liang, Li Xin and others.
Even Meng Tian, who was constantly patrolling the borders of Daqin, frequently sent letters expressing his own suggestions.
But at present, everyone does not have a unified answer.
So in the end, only Su Yu could be found.
"Anyway, if it was me, I would never go directly west. Su Yu said casually while pointing at the matcha powder in the cup.
Lao Zhao subconsciously asked, "Why is this?"
"Why, isn't it marked on the topographic map, so there is a big mountain running across it. 35 Su Yu tapped the Himalayas on the map.
Wang Ben laughed: "Isn't it a broken mountain, we just turn over it.
Su Yu rolled his eyes.
17 can give you bullshit.
Over the Himalayas?
Thank you for thinking about it.
"I remind you that the entire plateau, including this mountain range, is one of the highest plateaus in the world, also known as the 'roof of the world'.
Su Yu began to do popular science for everyone.
"The entire plateau is 2,000 feet above the sea level! The vast area can accommodate nearly 200 Xianyang cities."
"And it is this mountain range that seems to be inconspicuous to you, and it is nearly a thousand feet higher on this basis."
The living room was silent.
Height, in thousands of feet?
Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and there was no concept in their minds for a while.
Su Yu thought about it for a while, and then made a big analogy: "Lao Zhao, Lao Wang, and Nufeng of Dongyang County, do you all remember?"
Hearing this, Lao Zhao and Wang Ben nodded again and again.
For Nufeng's impression, they simply couldn't get any deeper.
When Nu Peak erupted, if they hadn't run in time, they would have lost their minds, how could they not remember.
"On that anger peak, it's only a thousand feet tall." Su Yu said softly.
The two were shocked.
That Nu Peak has reached the point where the snow on the top of the mountain will not melt.
It was only a thousand feet.
And the plateau Su Yu mentioned is two thousand feet high!
It is twice the size of Nufeng!
That row of mountains is nearly three times as high!!!
Lao Zhao raised his head subconsciously, imagining the height of this plateau and mountain range in his heart.
Su Yu continued: "The difficulty and cold of climbing caused by the height are not a problem, but the main thing is that the higher the height, the thinner the air.
"Air pressure?" Lao Zhao asked subconsciously.
Su Yu's statement seems to have mentioned a similar concept in the physical knowledge in his mind.
"Yes, it's the air pressure." Su Yu nodded slightly.
"As the air pressure gets lower and lower, those of us who are accustomed to living on the plains will have more and more difficulty breathing, and even die due to difficulty breathing and lack of oxygen."
"In addition, there is still food and grass, so it is absolutely impossible to cross this mountain range.
Hearing Su Yu's words, the old Zhao Wang Ben and the others who headed westward and crossed the mountain range wilted.
Fortunately, they came to ask Su Yu.
Otherwise, the army really marched westward according to their ideas.
Although it is said that it may be halfway through, it will retreat because it cannot reach the plateau, and no casualties will occur.
But that was enough to demoralize.
Most importantly, it's a waste of time.
Su Yu continued to look at the topographic map on the coffee table, and the memory kept flashing back in his mind.
Following the route in his memory, he began to draw on the map.
Soon, a path spreading from Xianyang City to the northwest appeared under Su Yu's fingers.
From the land of Yuezhi, travel all the way to the northwest, avoid the plateau area along the Hexi Corridor, and reach Central Asia.
Then turn from Central Asia to the southwest, and directly attack the two great empires of Parthia and Seleucid!
After clearing these two obstacles, Da Qin could turn back and attack the Mauryan Dynasty from the west.
You can also continue the westward expedition, reach Europe along the Mediterranean Sea, and approach Rome!
Silk Road!
A light flashed in Su Yu's eyes.
This path is exactly the path of the Silk Road in the future!
He insisted on 830 letters.
This road is definitely the most convenient and easy one among the many paths of the West Expedition.
Because this is the way that concentrated the experience of previous people over the past 2,000 years in this land.
It is also a path full of legends.
Now Daqin uses this route as the route of the westward expedition, and it is definitely the best choice!
This route proposed by Su Yu has naturally been recognized by everyone.
From an objective point of view, this route is indeed the most reasonable one.
A preliminary marching plan was made.
Then, there is the next question.
On this path, after conquering the two great empires of Parthia and Seleucus.
After all, it is going to turn back and swallow the Peacock Dynasty.
Or continue the Westward Expedition?
ps: The Himalayas are about 2,400 kilometers long, with an average elevation of 6,000 kilometers. The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau is 3,000 to 5,000 kilometers above sea level, and the drop between the mountains and the plateau is about 2,000 meters.
One mile of Qin Dynasty = 300m, one zhang ≈ 3m.