The things in the Western Regions came from Ding Yi's mouth. When Koji Yi heard this, he had a bottom about the Western Regions in his heart. Most of the 36 countries in the Western Regions have disappeared into the dust of history. Nowadays, in the southern part of the Western Regions, Shanshan, Khotan, Shache, and Shule are the strongest; In the West, it is Dawan and Wusun; In the middle, there are turtles and Yanqi. As for the north, such as Dongjimi, Beilu, the front of the chariot division, the rear of the chariot division, and Pu, they can no longer exist as a country.

Since the Western Han Dynasty began to build Gaochang Wall in Cheshi, allowing the Han army to garrison here, this place in the northeast of the Western Regions has in fact been directly ruled by the Han Dynasty. The Western Regions Protectorate Mansion was in Qiuzi, and later the Protector of the Western Regions was set up in Liuzhong City next to the Gaochang Wall. The Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions was administratively subordinate to the Liangzhou Assassin History, but because Wuwei was too far away from the Western Regions, the successive Dunhuang Taishou was entrusted by the Liangzhou Assassin History to deal with all matters in the Western Regions.

After hearing this, Lu Yi couldn't help but think of something, so he asked: "When I was in Dunhuang, Zhang Taishou told me that Daosha Che and Dawan had surrendered to Shule, I don't know if this matter is true or false?" ”

Ding Yi listened to it and said with a smile: "This matter is true, but just the year before last, the king of Shule died, the two princes competed for the throne, the country was in turmoil, and the power declined. ”

When Li Yi heard this, he frowned, these countries in the Western Regions, there are only 100,000 people in large countries, and 20,000 or 30,000 people in small countries. Now that he and Zhongming are here, they are not allowed to do anything wrong. The lord's order is clear, open up the Western Regions, and then completely control the Western Regions.

So Lu Yi asked again: "Gongyi, I don't know which of the countries in the Western Regions still have the imperial court in mind at this time?" ”

Ding Yi listened and said, "The good general learned that such a small country and widows, as soon as the king arrived, he could surrender. The imperial court has been isolated from news for many years, and no envoys have been sent here, but I am afraid that many people have forgotten the prestige of the imperial court. ”

Hearing this, Ko Yi unconsciously pressed the hilt of the sword with his left hand, and said, "It's okay, I will let them see the majesty of the imperial court." ”

So after a short rest in Loulan, accompanied by Ding Yi, the army began to march towards Shanshan. Five thousand iron hooves, all the way to the mud city, Shanshan King has already learned through the caravan that there is a Han army to the Western Regions again, at this time and the ministers in the city head to look at it, only to see the distance under the city under the black pressure of a piece, flags flying, swords and guns are everywhere. King Shanshan asked left and right: "It seems that this victory is the army, and there may be enemies in our country?" Left and right were silent.

King Shanshan sighed, so he went down to the city, arrived at the city gate, and said to the city guards: "Open the door, I should personally welcome the Han envoy." ”

The city gate was opened, and the Shanshan envoy Pegasus arrived at the place of Koyi, and said: "The angel is above, and the lord of the small minister has gone out of the city to greet him, and he also asks the angel to move there." ”

Ko Yi laughed, and secretly said that this King Shanshan is also interesting. So he worked with Ding Yi and went to see him. How can you not be interested, the name of the country has been changed by the Han army, and the national capital has also moved. No matter how interesting it is, if it doesn't end well, it will destroy the country.

After arriving in the city, King Shanshan held a banquet, feasted on Liyi and Ding Yi, asked about the meaning of Liyi, after learning that Liyi was ordered by the imperial court to restore the Western Regions, he was stunned, and then his eyes rolled and said to Liyi: "The general came from afar, tired all the way, some small things, Xiao Wang is willing to work for the general." So he asked Koji Yi to rest here in Shanshan first, and he proposed to send envoys to the southern countries to contact first, so that they could come to Lumud City to meet Koji.

When Koji Yi heard it, he had nothing to do. Those who can come are naturally close to the court, and those who can't come naturally don't need to say much. According to the words of King Shanshan, try the reaction of all countries.

All the way to the west, and the end, the essence is needless to say. When he arrived at Nimmi, he had already arrived in Khotan. Khotan is a large country in the Western Regions, with nearly 100,000 mouths and 30,000 victorious soldiers. It has always been a country that has not been very peaceful. In history, not to mention the rebellion from time to time, in the fourth year of Xiping, Khotan also sent troops to attack Ningmi City and killed the king of Kumi. Later, Captain Wuji, the Governor of the Western Regions and others each sent troops to assist the servant Dingxing as the king, but after this great turmoil, there were only more than 1,000 people left in the country. Since then, the country has been in a slump, and it was finally annexed by Khotan. The Han court officials could only stare dryly.

The envoy of King Shanshan arrived at Ningmi City and announced the news of the arrival of the Han envoy to Ningmi City, but was stopped by Ningmi City Guard and prevented him from going west. The Shanshan envoy was furious and said, "I am ordered by the angel to proclaim the kings of the West, and you dare to stop me? ”

Ning Mi Cheng guarded the guests with a smile on his face, and then sent a flying horse to Xicheng to tell the king of Khotan, what to do next?

Over the years, Khotan has successively annexed the cities of Kumi, Pishan, Qule, Ronglu, etc., from Shule to Shanshan, and the middle piece is the largest. When the king of Khotan heard that the Han envoy was coming, his heart sank. Since the founding of the country, the Wei Chi clan has been divided and merged with the Han court, basically when the Han Dynasty was powerful in the Western Regions, Khotan surrendered to the Han; When the Han Dynasty retreated, Khotan would stand on its own. Since the Battle of Kumi more than twenty years ago, the Han Dynasty's presence in the Western Regions has been reduced to a minimum. Everyone has lived comfortably over the years, and they have almost forgotten the behemoth of the Han Dynasty. Unexpectedly, at this time, I heard the news of Han Ting again. The king of Khotan sighed in his heart, it was really ghostly. So he summoned the ministers to discuss countermeasures. How to deal with it.

There is a captain said: "Why bother the king, although the Han Dynasty is strong, but our country is thousands of miles away from the Han border, so it comes here, and there are not many soldiers." Why do you need to be at their beckon? ”

Some old ministers persuaded the king of Khotan: "Your Majesty, the Han army is good at fighting, and it is not comparable to our soldiers." And it is the eastern kingdom, if it annoys the Han envoys and sends a large army to attack, what can I do? ”

The king of Khotan thought about it left and right, and finally remembered the instructions of the first king before his death, the Han people are strong and cannot be enemies, and the small country of Khotan is widowed, and it can win for a while, but not for a lifetime......

In the end, the king of Khotan decided not to fight with the Han. According to the story of the time of the first king. After thinking about it, the king of Khotan ordered people to go to Ningmi City to welcome the Shanshan envoy. I also remembered that in order to compete for Jingjue and Rong Lu, I had a bad relationship with Shanshanguo. Fearing that the good king of Shanshan would enter his own gluttony in front of the Han envoy, he said to the waiter with a painful face: "Tell me to go down and prepare a pair of elephants, and when the Han envoy comes, I will offer it as a gift." ”

There are no elephants in the Western Regions, there are horses and camels here. As for the elephants, they were all brought by Western merchants from the side of the Rest Empire. It's precious. He tried his best, but he only got two pairs. It is also regarded as a treasure on weekdays. Now as soon as the Han envoy comes, he will send out a pair, and the king of Khotan can't help but feel pain for it.