In the Western Regions, Koji Yi and Duan Xuan, with men and horses, fought from north to south. Push all the way sideways, and first break Wusun in Chigu City. After defeating Kangju and Wusun coalition forces under Guishan City. It was so slaughtered that people's heads were rolling, and blood was flowing like rivers. Since then, wherever the dragon banner of the Han Dynasty has arrived, all the Hu have surrendered.

The capital of the Western Regions protected Ding Yi, cooperating with the thunderous offensive of the Han army, and wantonly wooed the Hu people. The thorns of the past will disappear one after another. One by one, they all prostrate in front of the ministers of the Han family, offering beauties and national specialties.

Ding Yi has been in the Western Regions for many years, so he naturally knows how to deal with these lords, and since the Han army has frightened them, the next step is naturally to pacify.

With a big stick in one hand and sweet dates in the other, our ancestors would have used it for a long time, and they were extremely skilled. Ding Yi was well aware of the worries of these lords. He really wanted to laugh in his heart. You are barren here, you lack everything, and when you go out of the city, it is all desert and Gobi. Do you really think that we Han people have taken a fancy to your little bit of chicken and dogs?

But he didn't say it, so as not to hurt the pride of these people. In this day and age, what could be more soothing than money? Since the pacification of Liangzhou, the route from Liangzhou to the Western Regions has been extremely smooth, but anyone who dares to die and provokes the Han caravan has been suppressed by the Han army.

The sky goes to the earth, and the yellow spring falls. In order to kill chickens and show monkeys, Liu Bei would not care how much money the Han army spent in the Western Regions and Liangzhou. All he wanted was to cut off the heads of the bandits who came and went like the wind, and hang them on the side of the trade roads. It can be regarded as a far-fetched punishment.

Ding Yi took the nobles of all sizes in the Western Regions and began a group business trip. Jade, gold, carpets and other things from the Western Regions were continuously exported to the Central Plains, and the silk produced by the weavers under the Taifu Temple, as well as various ironware, furniture, and books, were also continuously brought back to the Western Regions by the Hu merchants.

Rare is expensive, with exotic goods into the Central Plains, immediately swallowed up by this huge market. Merchant Hu made a lot of money, and they all opened their eyebrows and smiled.

After doing this several times, the caravans of the Western Regions began to rush to the east in an endless stream. Now that the Silk Road has been opened, the road is extremely safe. And you only need to pay the commercial tax once when you enter the Yumen Pass, and pay the commercial tax once when you come back out of the Yumen Pass, and there will be no more fees. Such a convenient and simple model greatly stimulated the merchants.

In the Han Empire in the East, there were silk, exquisite lacquerware, iron products, and bronze mirrors, etc., all of which were in large demand by the merchants of the Western Regions. Even the five-baht money that Liu Bei made was sought after by the Hu merchants.

The officials in charge of trade did not refuse the goods brought by the Hu people, and accepted them in full. Elephants, rhinoceroses, and other strange animals were sent to the garden for the Son of Heaven to see. The good horses were taken by the servants and raised.

In the end, there was really nothing left to sell to the Han people in the Western Regions. The goods of the Han Dynasty are complete and exquisite. But what else can the Western Regions have besides some local products?

The lords of the country, who have already made money, are beginning to worry. What they have here is not what the Han people need. But the things of the Han people, they have now tasted the sweetness, how can they stop?

The lords of the country were red-eyed one by one, thinking of ways to loot everything of value, and then send them to the Han Dynasty in exchange for the products of the Han Dynasty. At this time, Ding Yi, who had a bad stomach, appeared.

He expressed his understanding of the thoughts of the lords and nobles of the Western Regions. Then he said: "The Han Dynasty is the largest country in the world." East, west, north and south, vertical and horizontal, everywhere, everything. How can the products of the Western Regions be compared? However, the Central Plains has been chaotic for many years, and now it is initially decided, although the world is peaceful, the people are mostly scattered. As far as I know, the Han family is in short supply, and if they can transport people to the Central Plains, they will get ten times the profit. ”

The lords of each country are not stupid, although they are tempted, but they can't do anything about trafficking in their own country's population. And even if you are desperate to be a human trafficker, dozens of countries in the Western Regions, there are only a few people. What should I do if I sell out?

So he decisively rejected Ding Yi's request.

Ding Yi smiled mysteriously and said, "The lord of the country doesn't have to be like this. I am the protector of the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty is the suzerain of the Western Regions, the people of the Western Regions, and the people of the Han family, how can I do such a thing? ”

At the moment, the lord of Shule can't hold back, Shule has always been pro-Han, his ancestor, also married a princess to Ban Chao, gave birth to the famous general Ban Yong, so the king of Shule has always regarded himself as a relative of the Han family. When he heard that he didn't need to sell his own people, he asked, "What is the best way to teach me?" ”

Ding Yi said with a smile: "Wusun and Kang Jujiu have a heart of disobedience, and they use force to bully the weak. Despite the defeat, there have been recent signs of a resurgence. I want to unite all the countries and send troops to attack Wusun and Kangju. and their lands and their people captive. How is it? ”

The territory of Wusun and Kangju is too big. No matter how powerful Duan Xuan and Ko Yi were, they couldn't lead the Han army to search such a large territory.

Wusun was the first nomadic herder in the Qilian Mountains and Dunhuang area. It can be regarded as the aborigines of Hexi. As a result, the Han and Xiongnu took turns squeezing the living space. In the end, it had to be forced to retreat to the west of its Qiancheng. That is, the nomadic herders in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in later generations.

When Wusun was in the Western Han Dynasty, he made peace with the Han Dynasty, and then joined forces to deal with the Huns. It can be regarded as pro-Han. However, later, in the first year of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Wusun was divided, and the two tribes each set up a king, and Da Kunmi was the son of the princess of the Han Dynasty, and the pro-Han faction. Xiao Kunmi is a mother who has milk, and whoever gives more will listen to whomever she wants. Since the two divisions were divided and ruled, there has been continuous infighting, which has continued to this day. However, Wusun has never broken contact with the Xiongnu.

As for Kangju, he has never expressed friendship with the Han people. When the Han Dynasty fought Dawan, Kangju helped Dawan; When the Han Dynasty fought the Xiongnu, Kangju helped the Xiongnu. Zhizhi Shan Yu was welcomed to Talas by the Kangju people, and then established Zhizhi City.

Since Dawan surrendered to the Han Dynasty, Kangju has bullied Dawan a lot. At this time, Dawan is not the strong Dawan he once was. The war with the Han Dynasty caused it to lose too much blood. He even surrendered to Shache for a time.

Therefore, Kangju and Wusun took advantage of Dawan's robbery, and Dawan was helpless. When the long history of the Western Regions was still there, Kangju and Wusun did not dare to be presumptuous, since the Silk Road was cut off and the Han people withdrew from the Western Regions in the past few decades, Dawan was bullied so much that he couldn't do it.

That's why there was the previous use of troops by Koji Yi and Duan Xuan against Kangju and Wusun. The battle was won, but the Han army did not gain much. They had too few soldiers and horses, and Kangju and Wusun were mostly cavalry, so they turned around and ran away when they saw that the situation was not good. In this vast grassland, there is no shadow when you run.

So as soon as Duan Xuan, Lu Yi and Ding Yi discussed, they simply discussed such a method. First lead the countries of the Western Regions to trade with the Han Dynasty, and when they make money to the point of making money, then collude with them and unite to deal with Wusun and Kangju together.

As soon as Ding Yi put forward this method, all of a sudden, the eyes of the lords of the country sparkled like light bulbs.