To be precise, the Central Plains Dynasty's westward attack was actually a kind of dimensionality reduction war in the war.

Especially after the emergence of stirrups and high saddles in East Asia.

Prior to this, the Guishan Dayue clan and Parthia in the Western Regions had strong soldiers, although there was a sentence in Zhang Qian's record that the rest soldiers were weak, but it was the most serious period of internal and external troubles in the Parthian Rest Empire, and the loose city-state politics under the light cavalry and servants of 20,000 to welcome the Han envoys, it was indeed difficult to make the Han envoys who were above the top think that their soldiers were strong and strong; When he was at the height of his peace a few decades later, he became the most soldier among the countries of the Western Regions.

The iron cavalry appeared earlier in the Western Regions than in the Central Plains, but those iron cavalry from noble backgrounds could not be equipped with a large number of troops, and their main forces were light cavalry and servant army; Guishan is slightly better, not only the political system of the Guishan Otsuki clan is very similar to the Central Plains, but even the armor system is similar to the Central Plains, but the Otsuki clan people in the middle of the East-West exchange in this era have a mixture of Eastern and Western styles in the armor, both basin collar armor and ring armor to protect the back.

But even so, what can be done?

Two hundred years later, the four great empires of the world have suffered from different degrees of internal and external troubles, and now in the west of Kushan and Anxi, a more powerful kingdom has quietly risen on the border of Anshan, and more than ten years later, Ardashir, the son of a local governor, will overthrow Ansha and be crowned king of kings, and the kingdom he established is called the Second Persian Empire.

The Han Dynasty was stronger, two hundred years ago the Dayue clan could not defeat the Xiongnu and was forced to move west to Central Asia, and Emperor Xiaowu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and still stood on his own land to thrive. Today's troubled times did not cause the Han army to decline, but instead doubled the expansion of the army with the rule of the princes, which was far better than before.

Military strength has never been the only criterion for measuring whether a country is strong or not, but military strength can determine whether a country will be destroyed by foreign enemies.

Zhang Lu may not understand these things, but he knows that if he uses the armor of the Yan clan to arm his disciples, and then asks King Zhao to allocate a few generals who lead the troops to fight, he will be invincible in the Western Regions with the ghost soldiers armed with religious fanaticism.

In the third month after replying to Yanbei, they marched in front of Fufeng Longguan in Sizhou, and got the armor, horses, and weapons that Zhang Lu coveted. Before the arrival of this batch of materials, Zhang Lu was extremely enthusiastic about them, but when they arrived, Zhang Lu lost this feeling.

Because of the one who delivered the armor.

The man led thousands of peasants on the road with donkeys, accompanied only by three hundred knights on strong horses and wearing armor, but Zhang Lu fell down when he saw him. Even if he wanted to break his head, Zhang Lu didn't expect that he would ask Yanbei for a few generals who were good at training troops to attack the city, and Yanbei would actually move this great god out. The long banner behind the man obviously stated his origin-the Great Protector of the Western Regions, the Marquis of Juluping, and Lu Yi.

The official position of the Great Protector of the Western Regions has not existed for many years, and for a long time in the past, the Han family only had the Changshi Mansion in the Western Regions, and the Metropolitan Protectorate Mansion has long been gone. But now that Lu Yi has come with this big face, it is obvious that Yanbei has made plans to reopen the Western Regions.

In fact, Lu Yi knows more than Zhang Lu.

The year before last, Lu Yi suffered a loss at the hands of Zang Ba, and almost died in the battle, and later returned to Handan to recuperate for half a year, and after recovering from injuries, there was nothing he could interfere in the wars in various places. In less than two years, many fierce generals have been added to the Yan clan, Xu Huang, who was not obvious before, has become a general who sits in Xuzhou to attack Jiangdong, and Yan Liangwenchou, who is about to grow hair in the dark prison, attacked the northern Xinjiang under the leadership of the general, and there is no place where he can intervene.

Lu Yi couldn't be idle, so he went to Changling to play with Jiang Jin and Lu Bu for half a year, and practiced a mausoleum guard there, but it wasn't interesting. The only help he had in the past two years was to take three concubines, give birth to three sons, two daughters and five children, and get nothing else. Although Yanbei gave him the title of marquis, and the wish of the glorious court had long been fulfilled, Lu Yi felt that such a life was not fun.

He followed Yanbei when he was nearly thirty years old, and for more than ten years, he led the army to fight in the north and occupied almost his entire life, and now let him enjoy his old age in Handan?

Koji Yi felt that he could still fight.

As soon as the news of the Yan clan's operation of the Western Regions came out, Lu Yi hurriedly went to the Zhao Palace, and he knew very well that this was about his last chance. For the meritorious deeds of the princes to pacify the world, he took half of it; The matter of opening up the territory and establishing a new Lizhou has nothing to do with him, and the matter of Tai Shici sealing the wolf Juxu in the north of Hanhai has nothing to do with him, and the merit of opening up the Western Regions can no longer have nothing to do with him!

Therefore, Zhang Lu's feeling now is simply ...... Light wants to die.

This is not a military delivery, this is a yes yes. There are so many generals in the Yan clan, but the most difficult one to serve is definitely Lu Yi. This person is too good at fighting, and his temper is too stinky, but it's a pity that if he wants to retreat now, I'm afraid he can't.

As soon as Lu Yi saw Zhang Lu, he smiled happily and said: "Zhang Tianshi doesn't need to be polite, with Koji here, you can go to the Western Regions to preach with peace of mind, and you don't need to worry about the war." ”

As he spoke, Lu Yi waved his hand and tilted his head and said: "Ziyuan, let the captains and marquis go to familiarize themselves with their soldiers and horses, and the people continue to escort the grain and grass, and send a message to the Taishou of the counties of Liangzhou to prepare the grain and grass, and Jiuquan to prepare the camels...... Liangzhou, koji someone is back! ”

Following Lu Yi was Zang Hong, a general who had begged Dong Shouyi in his early years, and later defected to the Yan clan and served as a Taishou for several years, and now he was begged by Lu Yi from Yanbei to be his deputy. Lu Yi is not stupid, he knows that if he wants to pacify the Western Regions, he needs not only force, but also the ability to govern. This is not that he is dissatisfied with Zhang Lu, Zhang Lu's experience in returning to Hanzhong shows that his ability to govern the people is far better than that of the army, but he is not strong enough to be able to do it alone.

What's more, the generals around Yanbei are all infected with his stinky problems, and they are less in awe of ghosts and gods, in short, Lu Yi can't believe in Zhang Lu, so it is better to get another Zang Hong, who is good at governing politics and leading troops, to come at ease.

This is the merit of General Koji to pacify the Western Regions, and there is no room for half a point.

Zang Hong promised to say hello to Zhang Lu, and then led the hundred and ten horsemen behind him to leave. Zhang Lu only realized at this time, it turned out that these cavalry were not soldiers, they were all generals of the Yan clan, and he was still thinking about how to refuse in his heart, and then turned his head These military schools from Yan Zhao warriors had already entered the camp behind him, and there was no need to introduce his ghost pawn followers who led him very clearly...... Very methodical.

"Don't be stunned Zhang Tianshi, let people take a look at the armor, and then let's leave as soon as possible!" Koji Yi pulled his beard and smiled: "Koji can't wait!" ”