Chang'an, now it can be regarded as a song and dance, in the experience of Dong Zhuo, Li Guo raging, and then in an earthquake, almost reduced to a ruins of the ancient capital, after two years of time, re-standing in this world, become the center of attention of the princes, at an incomprehensible speed, not only regained vitality, but also seems to be more brilliant than before.
Living in this city, it is difficult to feel the breath of troubled times, and the whole city is filled with a thriving smell, from the dignitaries and nobles to the peddlers and pawns, all of them follow their own life trajectories, repeating the monotonous but satisfying life.
Not in troubled times, never know the difficulties of troubled times, the hardships of ordinary people in troubled times, no one can understand, especially under the propaganda of the imperial court, everyone knows that in addition to Guanzhong, the whole world is still in the dire situation of the princes attacking each other, and they cherish this hard-won peace even more, which invisibly increases the cohesion of the imperial court.
And outside of this peace, far away on the border of the Western Regions, the chaos in the Western Regions is slowly unfolding with the establishment of the Western Regions Protectorate.
In the miserable white sky, Juyan City was in the midst of a war and killing.
The fire has gradually been extinguished, but the fighting in the city can still continue to come from all directions, but some veterans of war experience know that just by listening to the sound, they know that this battle has come to an end.
Zhang Xiu casually shot a shot, and the cold spear blade swept past the delay of a Juyan general, and the splattered blood fell on his body, he was too lazy to dodge, and let the blood fall on him, the original shiny armor, the assassin was already difficult to see the original color.
"I don't want to live in Yanguo in this area, but I can also gather close to the former soldiers when Ban Ding Yuanping was in the Western Regions, Juyan was not so strong, right" Rubbing his cheeks a little numbly, Zhang Xiuniu looked at Fang Sheng beside him and said: "The general expected, as expected, there are more than a thousand soldiers in this district of Juyan, and it seems that there may not be any good intentions." ” Fang Sheng nodded expressionlessly, drew his sword and completely killed a Juyan warrior who was not yet dead, and sighed and said: "I can't complain about them, fifty years ago, the Han family had declined, but the control of the Western Regions was still there. ” "Then why" Zhang Xiu looked at Fang Sheng puzzled, although he was born in Xiliang, but he didn't know too much about the history of the Western Regions, fifty years was too far away for him.
"I also learned about this by chance when His Majesty talked about it with several gentlemen, when Aroldo, the rear of the Che Division, and Hou Yan Hao of the E Division, fell out of harmony, and then the rear of the Che Division raised troops against the Han.
That Yan Hao also had some scheming, and took the lead in reversing Hou Tansha in the rear of the car division, which battle, Aroldo was defeated, and only led more than 100 people to flee in embarrassment, and fled to the Xiongnu to take refuge in the Northern Xiongnu. ” "From this point of view, my Han Dynasty's control over the Western Regions is still not weak, why does this district of Juyan City dare to reject our army so much now" Zhang Xiu was even more puzzled, according to this, fifty years ago, not only Juyan had such an effect, but also the great powers of the Western Regions were also controlled by the Han Dynasty.
"At that time, Song Liang, the Taishou of Dunhuang, changed the rear of the Cheshi Wang Jun and had his son Beijun as the rear king, but soon after, that Aroldo led the Northern Hun army back, and Yan Xiang, the captain of Wu at that time, was worried that he would intervene rashly and would anger the Northern Huns, so he took a blind attitude towards Aroldo's counterattack, and sat back and watched Aroldo attack the rear of the Cheshi, and finally recognized Aroldo as the king of the rear of the Cheshi."
"What" Zhang Xiu heard this, and his face instantly became difficult to see.
Fang Sheng ignored it, but continued: "At that time, in the capital of the country at the rear of the Cheshi, all the three hundred households loyal to the Han family were killed, and since then, none of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions has been loyal to the Han family. ” Zhang Xiu was silent, I really didn't know that there was such a thing, so it seems that it is not that these small countries in Juyan harbored evil intentions and turned their backs on the Han Dynasty, but that the Han Dynasty abandoned them, although that Aluo Duo was the culprit, but at that time, if Song Liang and Yan Xiang had a tough attitude, even if they were defeated in the end, the three hundred families loyal to the Han family would eventually be destroyed, and they would not lose the hearts of the people in the entire Western Regions.
"Roar" In the pile of dead bodies, a Juyan warrior suddenly jumped up, roaring and rushing towards Zhang Xiu.
Zhang Xiu raised his gun to hold the opponent's long knife, looking at the hideous and hateful gaze, but no matter what, it was difficult to kill the killer.
Fang Shengqing sighed and drew his sword to cut the other party's throat.
Seeing that the Yan warrior fell down softly like this, Zhang Xiu only felt as if he was choked in his throat, and he couldn't spit it out anyway, he turned his head and looked at Fang Sheng blankly, his somewhat chapped lips trembled slightly: "General, this" "I'm not telling you this, so I don't want you to sympathize with them."
Fang Sheng returned the sword to the sheath, turned his head and glanced at Zhang Xiu and said: "Your Majesty wants to gain a foothold in the Western Regions and rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate, not only Juyan, Dunhuang will also be re-taken into your hands, there is still a big battle to be fought, you have to be mentally prepared, Ban Dingyuan was able to level the Western Regions with thirty-six horses, although it was because Ban Dingyuan was good, but it was also because the people of the Western Regions were inclined to Han, but now it is different, although it is not to be rejected, but if you want to revitalize the Western Regions Protectorate, you must rely on killing to re-establish my Han family Tianwei" "There will be a lot of deaths, even you and me" Fang Sheng turned his head, looked at Juyan City, which was filled with gunsmoke, and sighed: "As for whether this is a merit or not, it is a matter of the predecessors, you can sympathize with them, but since you dare to draw a sword against my big man, you are an enemy, no matter how pitiful it is, it is not enough to atone for its sins." ” "It's just that the last general feels uncomfortable."
Zhang Xiu said bitterly.
"You'll get used to it."
Fang Sheng said solemnly: "Your Majesty's meaning, kill first and then care" "Decades ago, you and I don't need to have too much guilt for the actions of our ancestors, over the years, the countries of the Western Regions have often had Koubian, no matter what the reason is, it is really against my Han Tianwei, and the last time His Majesty sent people to buy grain and grass, but in the blink of an eye, it was learned by the Xianbei people, I am afraid that it is inseparable from the countries of the Western Regions."
When Zhang Xiu heard this, she frowned, the situation seems to be a little complicated, and it is really not a simple grievance that can be explained.
Kill first and then caress later, although it is just a simple sentence, but look at the current Juyan City, the dead corpses on the street, you can know how much blood is contained behind these three simple words.
"Don't think too much, do your own thing, this is an opportunity for you and me to make meritorious contributions, Your Majesty attaches great importance to the Western Regions."
Patting Zhang Xiu's shoulder, Fang Sheng said with a smile: "Although we can't follow the example of Ban Dingyuan's thirty-six cavalry to pacify the Western Regions, we have five thousand soldiers and horses, a hundred times the strength of Ban Dingyuan, you and me, will not be a hundred times worse than that Ban Dingyuan."
"Whoa" No matter what Zhang Xiu thinks in his heart, making contributions and expanding the territory for the imperial court is obviously the most important thing for Zhang Xiu.
Ju Yan, Fang Sheng divided the soldiers and horses into two, in addition to the three hundred soldiers and horses of the mainstream Juyan, he and Zhang Xiu each brought a soldier and horse, Fang Sheng led the army to Dunhuang, but Zhang Xiu led the troops to occupy Yanqi, the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, just a general term, in fact, the Western Regions are wide, there are three thousand miles from east to west, and the territory is vast, comparable to half of the Han.
However, because of the perennial war, the number of countries in the Western Regions is constantly changing, Dunhuang is the former Western Regions Protectorate, and Yiwu Yanqi is able to form a character shape with Dunhuang, each other is a horn, can occupy these three cities, the Western Regions Protectorate has the qualification to gain a foothold in the Western Regions, as for whether it will continue to advance outward in the future, it depends on the meaning of the imperial court.
Although Liu Xie didn't say it explicitly, Fang Sheng could feel what Liu Xie meant, this time they came not just to deter the Western Regions.
It's just a deterrence, it's simpler, but if you want to go further, the Western Regions are not just small countries like Juyan, but also Dawan, Kangju, Wusun, and Cheshiguo, which control more than a dozen cities and have tens of thousands of elites.
It is necessary to increase the troops, but the Han Dynasty has not been pacified now, let alone the Western Regions, so Fang Sheng's plan is to occupy the three cities of Dunhuang, Yanqi and Juyan first, and as for the future, it depends on how the imperial court plans.
Although Dunhuang and Yanqi also resisted, but not fierce, in the face of the elite of the Han army, whether it was weapons or combat power or even troops, these two countries did not have an advantage, not to mention that there were Fang Sheng, Zhang Xiu such fierce generals in charge, but in three days, Dunhuang and Yanqi were all down.
While Fang Sheng sent a message to Chang'an to explain the situation of the war, he counted the population and re-established the Western Regions Protectorate, and at the same time re-established the defense line to prevent the invasion of the rest of the countries.
By the time Liu Xie received the news, it was already a month later.
"The three cities of Dunhuang, Juyan, and Yanqi are equivalent to completely choking the connection between the Western Regions and the Han Dynasty.
The matter of the Western Regions is a major event, and it is naturally impossible for Liu Xie and Guo Jia to finalize it with a few people, and above the court, Yang Biao carefully looked at the map of the Western Regions, bowed to Liu Xie and said.
No matter how important the Western Regions are in Liu Xie's plan, but at the moment, the world is not at peace, and the imperial court now only occupies the territory of two states and one region, even if it wants to use troops against the Western Regions, it should be considered after re-unifying the world.
"What Taifu said was very true, so he ordered Fang Sheng to temporarily be stationed in the Western Regions, based on these three cities, to cultivate the people's livelihood."
Liu Xie nodded, but his brows were slightly frowned, this is just Dunhuang, from Dunhuang to send the news to the imperial court, it took a month, this efficiency is too slow, Liu Biao has already sent a flying pigeon, but it has not been domesticated successfully, it seems that it is necessary to find time to get this flying pigeon to pass the book out as soon as possible, and it is serious to increase the intensity of information dissemination. t1706231537: