In the night.

The Emperor stood under the vine in front of the temple of manna.

This is a grape variety from Gaochang Kingdom, which has been carefully cultivated and cared for by the palace people, and now it is lush and fruitful. Autumn has arrived, and the grape leaves are slowly withering and withering, but the bunches of grapes are very full, and the color is gradually improving.

The emperor reached out and plucked a grape and put it in his mouth, and the plump grape was bitten, and the juice in it immediately exploded and bloomed in the emperor's mouth.

Sweet, with a hint of sourness.

"Very good."

Although it is less sweet than the various grapes eaten in later generations, Luo Cheng feels that this slightly sour grape seems to be more delicious, as if this should be the original taste of grapes.

"Pick some and make some wine, didn't Koji Boya give me the secret recipe for making Gaochang grape wine before?"

The emperor's son, Kan Ling, said with a smile, "Didn't Ko Boya's son Ko Wentai stay in Chang'an now and still serve as a guard in His Majesty's internal army, I think it would be good to call him directly to make the brew." ”

The Emperor smiled.

"Wentai is the prince of Gaochang, how can he do this wine-making business."

Wang Xiongdan, another son of the emperor over there, said, "Your Majesty helped him restore the koji clan and let him make some wine, and it was too late for him to be happy." ”

But Luo Cheng just laughed and reached out to pick another grape.

After these years of rehabilitation training, the emperor is now able to walk on his own with a cane, although his hands and feet are still a little unsharp, but he is in good spirits.

Great Qin helped the Koji clan restore the country, of course, this is just a joke.

In fact, the Qin army's destruction of the restored King of Yiwu and the restoration of Yiwu County had already announced the beginning of Great Qin's official entry into the Western Regions.

Let Lu Boya be restored, but to use Gaochang's power to let the Qin army intervene. With Lu Boya, the former king of Gaochang, the Qin army really captured the Gaochang Kingdom very easily.

Of course, on the surface, it was the Qin army that helped Lu Boya to restore the country, but in fact, now Pei Xingyan has led more than 20,000 troops to Gaochang.

The Gaochang Kingdom was very important for Great Qin to enter the Western Regions, and if Yiwu was a gateway, then Gaochang was a fortress.

In the Turpan Basin in later generations, Gaochangguo was the transportation hub of the Western Regions, along the north road of Tianshan South Road, the key point of east-west transportation, and one of the economic and cultural centers of the Western Regions.

What is even more rare is that since the fifth century AD, in this narrow basin, there has been a kingdom established by the Han people, and there have been Kan's Gaochang, Zhang's Gaochang, Ma's Gaochang and Koji's Gaochang.

Gaochang is the country of the Western Regions, when Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty, he sent his soldiers and his family to the front of the Cheshi Tuntian, and ploughed and guarded, when Emperor Yuan, built military barriers in his place, the terrain was high and open, and the people were prosperous, so it was called Gaochang base, which was the origin of Gaochang.

The Eastern Han Dynasty and the Wei and Jin dynasties all followed its system, set up school captains, governed in Gaochang, in charge of Tuntian and military, and belonged to Dunhuang County, Liangzhou.

Until the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Gaochang was unprecedentedly prosperous, and the conditions for the county were sufficient.

In the former Liang, the captain rebelled and was defeated and killed, so he placed Gaochang County in his place. During the chaotic period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Gaochang County was successively subordinated to the five kingdoms of Former Liang, Former Qin, Later Liang, Western Liang, and Northern Liang.

Until the Northern Liang period, Rouran attacked Gaochang, destroyed the Gaochang Beiliang Fuqu clan, and established Kan Bozhou as the king of Gaochang, which was the beginning of the founding of Gaochang.

Since then, Gaochangguo has experienced four surnames, and the country has been established for more than 200 years.

It has always been the kingdom of the Han people, with 46 towns in the country, and the officials have four town generals and miscellaneous generals, Changshi, Sima, Menxia Xiaolang, Zhongbing Xiaolang, etc.

The language of the Chinese people is almost the same as that of the Central Plains, and they also read the Five Classics of the Central Plains, and their academic qualifications are collected on behalf of the sons of the country.

However, by the time of the Sui Dynasty, the descendants of these early Western Han Tuntian soldiers were also gradually dyed with Hu Feng, such as the habit of braiding hair.

It is precisely because of this special traditional customs of Han civilization in Gaochang that Luo Cheng attaches great importance to Gaochang. After occupying Gaochang, if you change customs a little, then this will become the best bridgehead for the Qin army in the Western Regions.

In any case, most of the Gaochang people are still descendants of the Tuntian soldiers of the Western Han Dynasty, they are the same race, have a natural sense of closeness, and are easy to rule by the Great Qin.

"Where is Xue Yantuo's lost bowl?"

"It is reported that Yi lost the bowl with an army of 100,000 Tiele, and the vanguard has arrived at Jinshan."

Tiele nine surnames, nomadic in the north and south of Jinshan, desert north. In his early years, he was a subordinate of the Khan of Chuluo, but later because he was dissatisfied with the forced levy and apportionment of the Luo, he rebelled and proclaimed himself Khan. After the defeat, he left the east and defected to the Eastern Turks.

Many years later, Yi lost the bowl but became the boss of the Mobei grassland, and the powerful Chuluo Khan, Qimin Khan, Shibi Khan, Jieli Khan, etc., all disappeared one by one.

The Eastern Turks have become a historical term.

After becoming the boss of Mobei, Yi Lost Bowl is still relatively low-key, and he does not know the height of the sky and the height of the earth that does not swell immediately, and he still has great respect for the Qin State in the Central Plains, and he does not even dare to touch the land of Monan, so he honestly stays in Mobei and continues to encircle and suppress the remnants of those Turks.

This time, the emperor summoned him to send troops to the Western Regions, and Yi lost the bowl without saying a word, and immediately issued an order to send arrows, summoned all departments to send troops, and immediately pulled up 100,000 horses and horses, and went straight to the Western Regions.

For Yi Lost Bowl, this dispatch is not only an edict to respect the Son of Heaven of Great Qin, but also the glory of his return to his hometown. The embarrassed fleeing who was chased and killed by Zhu Luo back then is finally back.

It's just that when they raised the army, the song of the Qibi Department was a great khan, and he was just a little khan. Among the Tiele tribes, it was also the strongest in the Qibi department, but Brother He was stunned for a bad life, and when he was in the south of the Central Plains, he was killed by Shi Biyin, and the strength of the people was also greatly injured, but he was lucky, and he was supported by Luo Cheng and became the true pearl khan of Mobei.

"Your Majesty, after the fall of the Eastern Turks, now that the Tiele people have taken Mobei, their strength is already very strong, and they have to be on guard as soon as possible, if they take this opportunity to attack the Western Turks and seize the land of the Western Regions, I am afraid that another Turk will rise." Kan Ling reminded the emperor.

The Emperor only shook his head, his hands on crutches.

"I won't give Tiele this chance, although Tiele will be sent to the Western Regions this time, but after this battle, he doesn't want to get involved in the Western Regions."

"But what if the white-eyed wolf of the Tiele people turns his face and doesn't recognize people?"

"Hahaha, what are you afraid of, I still have the Khitan, Xi and other tribes, Tiele dares to try to get involved in the Western Regions, I let the Khitan and other eastern feudal domains send troops to raid their lair, so that they will not be able to get the Western Regions, and they will not be able to return to Mobei."

"Your Majesty, help Your Majesty go back, it's windy outside." Ximen Junyi stepped forward.

Today, the emperor's three righteous sons entered the palace to face the saints, also because the emperor wanted to give them important tasks.

The war on the Western Front continued, and the three feudal clans south of the Yangtze River in the south were about to move, although the pro-military government had a lot of evidence of their rebellion, but the emperor did not make it public, and he did not plan to send troops now.

"The three feudatories in the south of the Yangtze River have always been eliminated, but not now, even if they defeat Tubo and the Western Turks and Tuyuhun this time, it will be a big loss to the imperial court, and it will be difficult to use troops in the next few years. Therefore, for the three feudatories in the south of the Yangtze River, I will tolerate it for the time being, and I will send you three out of the north of the town to guard against the three feudatories. ”

Kan Ling was awarded the post of commander of the left governor of Huainan Province by the emperor, Wang Xiongdan was awarded the command of the left governor of Hubei Province, and Ximen Junyi was awarded the command of the left governor of Bahan Province.

For these three righteous sons, the emperor trusted both their loyalty and their abilities. Asking them to enter Beijing is also to let them see themselves, so as to dispel some of their worries and suspicions, so that they can go out of the town with peace of mind and defend the three feudatories.

"You just have to guard the north of the river with peace of mind, defend the three feudatories, and the ugly western captives in the west, don't worry, these are grasshoppers after autumn, and they can't grow anymore." The Emperor said.

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