Shule is about 200 miles away from Qiuzi. On May 5, after the Battle of Shule, Jia Huan waited for the rough statistics to come out the next day, and then sent a good news to the Governor's Mansion of Qiuzi.

On the sixth day of the fifth month, the day of rest. In a pavilion at the foot of the mountain outside Gumo City, the prefect of Zhang invited Hu Guerrilla Xiaoxu to a banquet.

The winding gourd river lingers along the Tianshan mountain range, bringing indescribable coolness on a midsummer morning. The river is clear, and the registered Tiele herdsmen drive herds of cattle and sheep to drink water by the river.

A dozen servants were serving inside and outside the listening. On the small table of the Eight Immortals, there are several Gumo delicacies: roast mutton, rice intestines, large plates of chicken, vegetables, and fresh melons and fruits to relieve oiliness. A pot of wine, the two drank and talked slowly. The topic is not far from the current situation.

The situation in the entire Western Regions is, simply put, one east and one west.

To the east, with the support of the Shatuo and Qarluq people, the Baye Guxiaode of the Baye Ancient Department attacked the three counties of Tingzhou to the west of Jinshan and interfered with the recovery of agriculture. even once stepped on Yizhou and approached Hami.

Due to the lack of large-scale cavalry in the Zhou army, it was often impossible to expand the victory, and even sometimes, it was designed to lose some troops. The situation is stalemate!

To the west, the town of Shule refused to submit to the king, and under the instigation of the Persians, he beheaded the Zhou envoys. As for the disease of ringworm and scabies, Qi Dashuai could not send a large army to conquer, so he only sent Jia Huan to take a thousand people to go through the strategy. The results can be imagined!

Zhang Zhifu said: "In my estimation, the handsome man is afraid that he has to make a gesture." Jia Ziyu is what he likes. It is reported that this son has always been very good at being a man in the capital. When I saw it today, it was unexpected! ”

And the mud, pat the sycophants!

Knowing the news from Qiuzi, he looked down on Jia Huan very much. Therefore, Jia Huan led the army from Gumo City to pass by that day, and he just made a brief contact. Otherwise, with Jia Huan's literary name, how could he not be enthusiastic?

You must know that since Jia Huan entered the Western Regions, several works have been circulated, and he is the leader of the Western Regions literary circle, and he is the one who holds the bull's ear!

His works include: receiving the wind banquet and giving the gentlemen (inch inch river and mountain inch gold); Dunhuang Prefecture sent a message to all the gentlemen to encourage them (fight for 100,000 skull blood, and must save the universe);

Huanxi Sha - Who reads the west wind is cool alone: in the autumn of the eighteenth year of Yongzhi, he wrote to his sister in Dunhuang. Words record the past of Jinling;

The public memorial text of the Battle of Beishan. A long song at the end of this article is sung in the south of the Tianshan Mountains: Jun is not seen, the end of the Han army, the weak crown is captive, please Changying;

Published in the Western Regions Daily, Wen Hu'er slaughtered Hami City, and made it sad and indignant. Self-titled small image: I don't notice the cold star, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood.

These poems were sung in the Western Regions in each capital. However, the beauty, magnificence, and passion of the poems can hardly hide the flaws of his character!

Hu Guerrilla took the wine glass, raised his head and took a sip, and laughed: "This kind of person is the most hateful!" Originally, it was supposed to concentrate forces on the North Court. With this thousand cavalry in his hands, how many can he come back from Shule? ”

He led his soldiers and cherished the lives of his soldiers. Jia Huan led his troops to Shule, which was basically equivalent to sending him to death. He was disgusted.

Governor Zhang nodded and sighed, "Yes." Poor and uncertain riverside bones, like a person in a spring boudoir dream! ”

The two were talking about speculation. At this time, a small official rode quickly from Gumo City, went to the outside of the small pavilion, turned over and dismounted, and knelt down to report: "Zhang Taishou, General Hu, and Senator Jia reported to the Marshal Qi from Shule: On May 5, the battle will be fought in Jialuguan City, and 12,000 people will be killed by Hu and Shule. The messenger had just passed through the city. ”

"This..."The faint smile on Governor Zhang's face disappeared, and he muttered a word, not knowing how to express it.

He was just mocking and despising Jia Huan! Moreover, the conversation did not shy away from the slaves inside and outside the pavilion. What now?

As a military general, Hu Guji's face is thinner, and his face is flushed. It's so embarrassing!

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A few days later, Jia Huan's messenger arrived in Qiuci, which instantly ignited the emotions of the Zhou army and the people in Qiuci City.

When Jia Huan left Qiuzi, the situation in the entire Western Regions was quite urgent, obscure, and stormy for the Zhou army and Han people! And Jia Huan's good news was like a thunderbolt breaking the thick dark clouds overhead!

Alone in the Western Regions with spring thunder!

The state dynasty got Shule Town, and because Jiahuan was a big victory and a quick victory, it could mobilize the resources and material resources of the two million people in the Shule area, and at the same time, it could also mobilize the money and grain of the cities along the southern road of the Western Regions. Especially in the town of Khotan. This is one of the four towns in Anxi. Materials, large population.

According to the officials in the Governor's Palace, the Governor of Qi, who has always been strict, has a smile on his face for several days, which makes people feel like a spring breeze!

In early May, the government offices, restaurants, teaching offices, schools, and streets and alleys in Qiuzi City were all talking about the great victory in the Battle of Shule. The newly appointed Grand Master of Tixue, Wang Luan, who had recently arrived in Qiuci, witnessed this grand occasion in the city. The morale of the military and civilians is up! I feel unspeakable in my heart!

In the city of Qiuzi, the influence of the killing of the nobles of Tiele has completely disappeared. A thousand is better than ten thousand! The Zhou Dynasty has such a sharp army, if you want to rebel, you have to think about it, can it be done? Not all the people of Tiele are the ones who don't want to die! Most of them are ordinary people. If there is something to eat, who will rebel?

The sky is clear and cloudless. The morning sun fell on the Nanmu window railing of Governor Qi's study. Behind the study is a water pavilion with blue lotus leaves covering the pond.

In the study, Qi Chi, the governor of the Western Regions, smiled heartily and made a gesture, "Ji Gao is here, sit!" Why, I didn't sleep well last night? "He was in his early fifties, dressed in a gray robe. As the saying goes, people are in good spirits when they are happy. Governor Qi is in excellent spirits.

Zeng Jigao was in his forties, dressed in a blue scribe's shirt and a slightly short figure, and had just come in under the leadership of his subordinates. He looked tired, smiled bitterly, sat down, and said, "I want to ask the handsome for sin!" I didn't expect Jia Ziyu to achieve such a big victory. After this battle, Shen Yuqiao can be regarded as a famous general of the country! ”

Jia Huan's document, Zeng Jigao, as the core staff of the governor of Qi, is in charge of military strategy, and he has seen it. In the document, Jia Huan emphasized Shen Qian's merits and asked for credit for Shen Qian. As for himself, he didn't say much.

Qi Chi laughed, waved his hand, and said, "It's rare for Ji Gaoken to admit his mistake!" Don't talk about you, I didn't expect it either! ”

The corners of Zeng Jigao's mouth flashed with a wry smile.

On that day, he was very dissatisfied with Jia Huan's demolition of his platform. He was not optimistic about Jia Huan going to Shule. The victory in the Battle of Shule came, which could be regarded as a slap in the face. In recent days, many people in the Governor's Palace have talked about him.

Of course, I don't know if it was a slap in the face for him, those who felt that Jia Huan and the mud and accused Jia Huan that day were slapped in the face.

If you want to say whether he has emotions for Jia Huan in his heart, there are still them. However, he is also a scholar: to seek for others, but not to be loyal? As a member of the staff of the Governor of Qi, he could not influence the war because of his personal emotions. He didn't sleep all night, not because he was in a bad mood, but because he was thinking about the situation in the Western Regions next!

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Qi Chi made fun of his confidants, then stopped talking, took a sip of tea, and asked, "What does Ji Gao think of Ziyu's letter?" ”

Jia Huan's report document is an official form of document: asking for merit to the officers and men of the three armies, which is the proper meaning of the title. Along with it, there was also his letter to the governor of Qi. Under the general Shule, Jia Huan needed the governor of Qi to transfer troops and officials and give authorization. So that the Shule area can provide a large amount of money and food for the Battle of Beiting as soon as possible and to the greatest extent.

Referring to the current situation, Zeng Jigao was in high spirits, walked to the sand table in the study, and talked eloquently: "Dashuai, Jia Ziyu defeated Shule, and of course he will do it to govern Shule." His requests are not a problem!

He wants 10,000 Han troops to enter Shule and clear those wall grass! In my opinion, the 20,000 Han troops recruited from Dunhuang who remained in Qiuci and Gumo can be transferred to him. Ensure the stability of Shule.

At the same time, Jia Ziyu was allowed to recruit troops. Up to 100,000! ”

"Oh?" Qi Chi said in surprise, put down the tea bowl, and walked from the main seat to the sand table.

The Zhou army was replenished with materials and population from Shule Town and Khotanese Town. I will definitely be able to beat the ancient filial piety of Baye in the North Garden! It's just a matter of time. But, why do you want to give Jia Huan the permission to recruit 100,000 troops?

Wouldn't this consume Shule's money and food?

Zeng Jigao held the wooden pole, pointed to the sand table, pointed at the North Courtyard area, and said, "Dashuai, look." Bano Ko Xiaode is active in the south of Jinshan. If he is defeated, there are two ways to retreat, one is to retreat north to Mobei, and the other is to retreat west to Gongyue City and Broken Leaf City.

Jia Ziyu had arranged before: send the Yue clan Bahule to Mobei to use the discord meter. Therefore, I think there is a high probability that Bano Kotaka will retreat west to Gongyue City.

The permission to recruit troops for Jia Ziyu was to ask him to lead the army north out of the Green Ridge under the circumstances possible, enter and occupy the broken leaves, block the ancient filial piety of Baye, and wipe it out in the north of the Tianshan Mountains. ”

Jia Huan has already shown his military ability, don't care if he personally commanded it or not! Shule has been captured!

When thinking about the overall situation of the Western Regions, he certainly had to take these factors into account. Make a plan for the east to the west! Kill Baye Ko Xiaode in one fell swoop! Pingding Anxi, Beiting!

Broken Leaf is the territory of the Turgish people. This is the last piece of the territory of the four towns of Anxi.

Qi Chi looked at the sand table map and thought: the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the territory spanning thousands of miles, but put it on the sand table to look at, isn't this a long corridor sandwiched between the Tianshan Mountains and the Jinshan Mountains? East into the west, how to run the wild ancient filial piety?

Qi Chi twisted his beard and smiled: "Good strategy! Ji Gao is really a national scholar! ”

Zeng Jigao smiled reservedly, this is the result of his hard thinking all night!

Qi Chi commented: "This strategy must be implemented properly, and there is a lot of pressure on Ziyu's side!" "With the manpower and material resources of Shule Town, it is very difficult to raise troops to attack broken leaves after supplying the Battle of Beiting. It's not the terrain. Rather, the Fengde Khan of the Turgish, had nearly half a million men. Powerful.

On the same day, the 100,000 allied troops of the four divisions of Baye Gu made a detour from Beiting to the south of Atami, crossed the Tianshan Mountains, and captured Gumo City, but did not destroy the Turks along the way. You can know its strength.

Zeng Jigao said frankly: "Marshal, with Jia Ziyu's ability in the Battle of Shule, and with a famous general like Shen Yuqiao under his command, he should be able to accomplish this set goal." But it does have difficulties. So, my proposal is to go north as much as possible to capture Broken Leaves. The number of recruits was also in his own hands.

If that doesn't work. At that time, after we destroy the main force of Baye Gu Xiaode in Beiting, we will use Beiting as a base to store money and food, gather troops, and attack from east to west, so that Jia Ziyu can respond in the west. ”

Zeng Jigao, of course, is not a cautious pit Jia Huan, but proposes the best strategy. He also prepared a plan that Jia Huan would not be able to capture Broken Leaf. It's just that in that case, it will take a lot of time to pacify the Western Regions!

Qi Chi nodded, "Okay!" Preparations should be made for the requisition of civilian husbands, money and grain in Yanqi and Gaochang, and the formation and training of new armies in Qiuci and Gumo. Ji Gao will have to work hard for a while. He had already made up his mind that when Shule's money and food arrived, the Zhou army would capture Beiting with all his might.

Zeng Jigao bowed his hand and responded: "The handsome man is serious, this is a matter of his subordinates!" ”

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The military affairs discussed by Zeng Jigao and Qi Chi and the strategies formulated are still on the map. It also needs the soldiers of the Zhou army to realize it.

This can be left unfocused for a while.

It is important to note that the Governor of Qi gave Jia Huan great autonomy in the Shule region. If it is said that the Governor of Qi is the envoy of the Western Regions, he holds military power and the administrative power of the Western Regions. Na Jia Huan is the envoy of Shule Town!

He has the political and military power of Shule. At the same time, it is possible to decide on their own to wage war against the Hu people outside Shule Town!

On 14 May, news of the capture of Shule reached Qiuzi. The next day, the order of the Governor of Qi was carried out by the military and political yamen of the Western Regions:

Ling Jiahuan served as the prefect of Shule Prefecture with the left senator of the Western Regions, and Jiajiahuan was dispatched, and the Broken Leaves were slightly envoys and Lingxi Xuanfu envoys.

Just as Jia Huan was appointed as the envoy of Shule Jing on that day, it was so inconspicuous that all the focus of public opinion in Qiuzi City gathered in the north court. However, Jia Huan brought surprises to the Zhou army and Han people in Qiuzi!

So, after Jia Huan is alone, how will he write his strong and colorful strokes in the infinitely beautiful painting of the Western Regions?

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The night sky is cloudless, and the bright moon rises slowly.

In the streets and alleys behind the Governor's Mansion of Qiuci, not far from Jia Huan's residence, Hu Chi's mansion, the front yard of his mansion, is still lively after nightfall. He is now the grain and grass officer of the Western Expeditionary Army. At the same time, he is a big businessman!

The top consortium of the dynasty should be counted as one.

However, at this moment, Hu Chi Hu Qian Wang was not in the front yard, negotiating with merchants from all over the world, he was in a quiet courtyard in the west of the mansion, receiving Hu Xiaosi, the chief follower sent by Jia Huan from Shule, and asking about Cheng You's mausoleum.

He was in his fifties and almost sixty. A beautiful satin shirt. Short and clean. Collapsed nose, yellow beard under the jaw.

Hu Xiaosi's handwritten letter from Jia Huan. The content is very concise: Huan Xing did not disgrace his life, and the burial Cheng Gong reached the west valley of Shule City, and a monument was erected to worship.

"It's hard work, you go down!" Hu Chi sent Hu Xiaosi away, his expression was unspeakable, and he looked at the bright moon at the window: Brother Gongda, the soul is back!

The nephew of the Hu family, who accompanied the guests, did not disturb the fourth uncle. Stood quietly. He was wondering what kind of person Jia Huan was!

He had a hunch: If the Battle of Shule has achieved Shen Qian's reputation as a famous general of Shen Yuqiao, the court's reward for him can be imagined! Then, next, the entire Western Regions, I'm afraid it will be Jia Huan's stage!

It's ridiculous, but he really feels it.

Think about it, before the Western Expedition, what was Jia Huan's situation? Stay idle in Jinling and keep filial piety, and then what? Grain and grass officer, quartermaster, public opinion, acting as an agent for Dunhuang government affairs, and involved in intelligence. Until this moment, the power in Jia Huan's hands has reached its peak!

He will have tens of thousands of troops in his hands and govern an area with millions of people, which is equivalent to a festival envoy of the Tang Dynasty! He is already qualified to play in the chess game in the Western Regions, and he will fall!

Along the way, he watched, how not to be shocked! As the saying goes: the cone is in the bag, and its end is immediate!

There are talents from all generations, each leading the way for hundreds of years!