"Huns?"

When Zhao Dan heard the news, he was stunned.

Since Li Mu defeated the Xiongnu and Wusun coalition forces in a big battle, let the main Xiongnu force flee to Mobei, and recovered the Monan tribes and incorporated Monan into the territory of Zhao, the news of the Huns has not reached Zhao Dan's ears for a long time.

This does not mean that Zhao Dan does not attach importance to the enemy of the Xiongnu, but it is really separated by the vast Gobi Desert, which makes it very difficult for Zhao Guo Hu Yiwei to investigate the intelligence of the Xiongnu in Mobei.

In the past few years, Hu Yiwei has sent several groups of more than 100 people to Mobei, hoping to obtain information about the Xiongnu through these people, but so far, no one has brought back any information.

This is enough to prove how helpless this vast desert is in this era.

However, at this moment, Zhao Dan was surprised to learn the news of the Xiongnu from the mouth of an envoy from a country whose territory was mainly in Central Asia and West Asia.

"The Huns went west?"

Zhao Dan keenly felt that this was definitely a big news.

Zhao Dan pondered for a moment, stood up, and walked to the map hanging on the wall on the side.

Compared with the world map of later generations, the map in Zhao Dan's hand now can be said to be super simple.

Except for the territory of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States of China, the rest of the place is almost blank, and large areas are only marked with the names of certain tribes and countries, and even the location of the city may not be accurate.

In terms of the Western Regions, there is also a large blank, but the names of several tribes and small countries that are currently close to the Hexi Corridor in the northwest of Zhao State are marked, and further west are basically some hearsay names, considering that the Western Regions was originally a chaotic place with a forest of small countries, many of the names on it may not even exist.

"Western Regions......" Zhao Dan let out a sigh of relief and was silent.

The Western Regions is a place that must be taken.

Without the Western Regions, the Silk Road would not be able to talk about it, and you must know that the Silk Road is very crucial to the trade exchanges between the East and the West, and the Western Regions is the necessary node of the Silk Road.

In fact, in the later generations of Portugal and Spain launched a great exploration of the sea, their original intention was precisely because the land Silk Road was monopolized, so they wanted to find a new maritime Silk Road to reach the East, but the result was the discovery of the American continent by mistake, thus making Spain and Portugal the first two countries in the world to become rich and powerful by virtue of colonization.

In Zhao Dan's heart, the Western Regions must be taken down, and the remnants of the Xiongnu who fled to Mobei must also be killed.

It's just that for the current Zhao Dan, since the Xiongnu have been driven to Mobei, and the civil strife in the Seleucid Empire in his memory will not come for several years, Zhao Dan does not take these two parts seriously.

But now that the news has arrived, things seem to be different.

If you look at it from a historical point of view, you will find a very interesting thing, that is, because of the special geography of this region, there is usually a rivalry between the northern nomadic empire and the Central Plains farming dynasty on the land of China.

Sometimes the nomadic empire will be victorious, but most of the time, the Central Plains dynasty will be the victorious side, and then the loser will start to move westward, along the desert all the way west, through the Western Regions, Central Asia, and then into West Asia or Eastern Europe.

Among them, the most famous are the westward migration of the Xiongnu after the defeat of the Han Dynasty, and the westward migration of the Turks after the defeat of the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhao Dan finally found that he had ignored this law.

Zhao Dan's Xiongnu at this time was originally nothing more than a loose tribal alliance, and the climate had not yet been formed like the reform of Maodun in history, after being defeated by Zhao and losing the lush grassland of Monan, the Xiongnu who had fled far away from the north of the desert had been greatly injured, but if it was really re-formed by the Huns by plundering the Western Regions, then maybe it would become the enemy of Zhao again.

Historically, the Xiongnu Empire conquered the countries of the Western Regions, and then with its strong military strength and a steady stream of blood replenishment from the countries of the Western Regions, it was able to compete with the Han Dynasty.

In order to cut off the wings of the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had the famous Zhang Qian out of the Western Regions.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was for the same reason that Ban Chao once again went to the Western Regions.

The Western Regions, this is a battleground for battle!

Zhao Dan was silent for a moment, and then said to Mao Sui beside him: "You immediately send an order, let Hu Yiwei mobilize with all his strength, and the main direction in the next few years will be in the Western Regions, Seleucus, and Xiongnu." Also, the envoy of the Seleucid kingdom may also know something about the Western Regions, so you'd better find a way to set up for him and the people around him, and learn something from there, understand? ”

Mao Sui responded respectfully, and then said: "King, the ceremony is ready, and it's time for the king to go out to participate." ”

Zhao Danleng paused for a moment, and then came back to his senses: "Oh, that's right, there is still a ceremony to be attended." ”

On this day, it happened to be the time when Li Mu led the army to return to the dynasty, and Zhao Dan held a reward ceremony outside Handan City.

"Alright, let's go."

An hour later, Zhao Guo Handan Beidaying University Campus.

Zhao Dan stood on the high platform, facing the thousands of eyes from the audience, and slowly read out his will.

"Li Mu, since the army, he has made outstanding achievements, swept away all Hu for the widows, and wiped out all the countries, which is really a great contribution to Zhao Guoye! Today, Li Mu is Wu Xiangjun, and the fief is Qufu of Lu State, and I hope to make persistent efforts in the future to make new contributions to the widow and Zhao State! ”

As soon as Zhao Dan's voice fell, a burst of enthusiastic cheers resounded through the sky suddenly broke out under the high platform.

Li Mu looked extremely excited, and knelt down to Zhao Dan and bowed: "Minister Li Mu thanks the king for his grace, and is willing to saddle the horse for the king until death!" ”

……

After rewarding Li Mu, Zhao Dan turned his gaze to Pang Xuan again: "Pang Xuan, since he entered Zhao, he has worked hard and made great achievements for the widows to destroy the countries, and assisted the widows to govern the army, and also made great contributions to Zhao Guosheji!" Today, Pang Xuan is Wu Dingjun, and the fief is Pengcheng! ”

Pang Xuan was also excited, his gray beard trembled, and he knelt down to Zhao Dan and saluted: "Old minister, thank you for your grace!" ”

……

Zhao Dan once again turned his gaze to another person who was standing with Li Mu and Pang Xuan, and let out a sigh of relief, and said: "Lu Buwei, as the prime minister of the Qin State, but you can abandon the darkness and turn to the light for the sake of all the people in the world, it is really good, and it is also a great credit to Zhao Guosheji!" Today, you are Wen Xinjun, the fief Lantian, from now on, you will enter the Longtai discussion! ”