Although there is also a cell in the city, it is not well guarded, and it is okay to deal with some petty thieves, but it is not enough to deal with professional spies like Jokama. Therefore, Jokama and those Daqin women were all escorted to Chang'an. It's just that Serica's identity is too special, Liu Xin didn't dare to put them together, so he specially allocated 3,000 cavalry to send him to Chang'an overnight, and notified the military stations along the way to respond to ensure that nothing went wrong. If someone intercepts you or Serika tries to escape, you can kill them on the spot.

By the time Serika was escorted away, it was almost noon, the weather was getting hotter, and Liu Xin had lost the leisure to go to Wujicheng to take a stroll. After calming down, Liu Xin also began to reflect on whether his behavior of staying away from Chang'an this time and driving his own expedition was indeed appropriate. But he quickly forgave himself, Kangju had clues about his woman anyway, and this woman probably gave birth to a child for him, and he could not abandon his woman and child. The ancients said that if you don't sweep a house, you can't sweep the world. If he, Liu Xin, can't even protect his own women and children, how can he protect thousands of Han people? Thinking of this, Liu Xin was also relieved.

In the afternoon, Jia Xu rushed over from Qiuzi. He came here with the intention of reporting to Liu Xin about the situation of the Western Regions Protectorate, but after hearing about the matter of Serica, he frowned and said, "Your Majesty is inappropriate to deal with it like this. ”

Liu Xin is still relatively receptive to different opinions, and he did not show any dissatisfaction with Jia Xu's objections, but asked humbly: "Then how to deal with Wenhe's opinion?" ”

Jia Xu pondered for a moment and said, "When the minister was in the Western Regions for a long time, he knew that Great Qin was a powerful country in the West. Serika's status in Daqin should be equivalent to the cabinet minister of our Han Dynasty, such an important figure disappeared in the Western Regions, and Daqin will definitely not give up. If they send someone to ask for it, how will Your Majesty respond? You ordered him to break his tendons and hamstrings! ”

Liu Xin thought for a while and said, "This is easy, Serica came to the Western Regions quietly, and he is not an upright messenger. Since he has concealed his identity, even if he dies here, it is none of my business. ”

Jia Xu said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Great Qin is a strong country, not comparable to those small countries in the surrounding areas, and the minister has also heard that the people of Great Qin are very warlike!" ”

In fact, Jia Xu is not a person who likes to talk a lot, and in history he will only come out to offer advice during the very critical summer vacation. Keeping a low profile is actually a kind of self-protection, and it is too sharp and high-ranking to cover the master, which leads to death. But now as the protector of the Western Regions, if the war between the Great Han and the Great Qin is caused by the Serica incident, the Western Regions will bear the brunt, and he must take responsibility for the safety and stability here.

Liu Xin shook his head and said, "Great Qin is a strong country, and our Great Han is not weak. Compromises can only bring peace for a while, but it can't bring peace for a lifetime. Serika's ambition has been born, if he is released, it will be exchanged for the contempt of the Great Qin people for our Han Dynasty, and I am afraid that it will cause war at that time. I don't want to start a war with Great Qin, but if Great Qin dares to attack, I will definitely let them come back! ”

Jia Xu saw that Liu Xin had made up his mind, and turned to report the situation in the Western Regions. Due to the reopening of trade routes, in just one year, the Western Regions has undergone earth-shaking changes, and Liu Xin has seen these all the way. But there are still things that Liu Xin doesn't know, and that's what Jia Xu focuses on.

Most of the kings and people of the Western Regions supported returning to the rule of the Han Dynasty, after all, the benefits were there, and their lives were like a day by day. However, some nobles felt that their power had been weakened, so they incited the people who did not know the truth, clamoring for independence from the rule of the Han Dynasty. In order to maintain the stability of the Western Regions, Jia Xu has always taken forbearant countermeasures.

Liu Xin couldn't help but think of some separatist forces in later generations, but in this era, Islam had not yet emerged, and there were no slogans such as jihad, and those nobles were completely independent from their own selfish interests. Liu Xin didn't think it was so difficult to deal with, so he couldn't help waving his hand and said, "You can't tolerate these people, you can only take resolute measures to resolutely crack down on them!" I authorize you, and in the future, if anyone clamored to break away from the rule of the Han Dynasty, they will all be raided! ”

In fact, Jia Xu was also quarreled with by those nobles, why didn't he want to be serious, but the stakes were very high, and he didn't dare to make a claim. Now with Liu Xin's promise, Jia Xu immediately took out a list from his arms, and said, "Your Majesty, please look, the most ferocious people are these more than 20 people." ”

Liu Xin glanced at the list and said, "These people are all powerful in the Western Regions?" ”

Jia Xu nodded and said, "Yes, they are all powerful in the Western Regions. ”

Liu Xin said: "If there are no ordinary people, it will be easy to do." All the property of these people was confiscated, men taller than the wheels were beheaded in the streets, and women and young children were used as slaves and maids, and the crime was to try treason! ”

The Han Chinese rarely used these tactics in the past, and only Liu Xin used them when dealing with the nomads of the steppes. Of course, the Han also has a lot of torture, and will also engage in the three clans and the nine clans, but these Western Regions heroes are still noisy and noisy, and they have not taken action, but Jia Xu didn't expect Liu Xin to go on a killing spree, so he couldn't help but be surprised, and said: "Your Majesty, isn't this punishment too heavy?" ”

Liu Xin waved his hand and said: "Everything must be prevented before it happens, they are just noisy, if you don't be ruthless, I'm afraid that it won't be long before they raise the flag and rebel." I will never allow every inch of the Han Dynasty to be divided, nor will I allow anyone to divulge the secrets of the Han Dynasty, but those who do so will be punished for treason! ”

Jia Xu sighed, took the list back into his arms, and arched his hand and said: "I'm afraid that this will provoke a civil uprising, please think twice, Your Majesty!" ”

"Which of these nobles is clean on the ass? Don't be in a hurry to kill them after you arrest them, try them first, and then announce their crimes, and then you can see how many people will follow them? Liu Xin waved his hand disappreciatively, and suddenly asked, "Wenhe, can the officials of the Western Regions Protectorate stay overnight in the Qinglou?" ”

Jia Xu's face couldn't help but turn red, and he said with a sigh of hope: "Back to Your Majesty, most of the officials and their families are not here, it is inevitable that they can't bear to be lonely, and it is normal for people to take a look at the Qinglou, Your Majesty is ......."

"Wenhe, I'm afraid you shouldn't go less." Liu Xin laughed, and suddenly said with a straight face, "Daqin spy Qiao Kama has a plan to extract secrets from my Han officials by opening a green building, but this must be guarded against!" I want to be a pilot in the Western Regions, and the more than 20 people on your list, their families are all official prostitutes. In the future, officials above the seventh grade of the Western Regions Protectorate are not allowed to go to the private green building, and only official prostitutes are allowed! ”

Prostitution is a fairly old profession, although the Han Dynasty did not prohibit prostitution, there were a small number of official prostitutes in the past, but they were mainly engaged in opera performances, which belonged to the kind of art that did not sell their bodies, and now Liu Xin actually openly asked Jia Xu to open the kind of official prostitutes similar to Qinglou, which made Jia Xu dumbfounded. But Liu Xin understands that these officials who are far away from their hometowns also have their practical needs, and it is not something you can ban if you want to, he can only set up a way to guide them. However, Liu Xin is not sure what the effect of this will be.

The every move of these powerful people in the Western Regions has long been under Jia Xu's control, he only needs to follow the map, and he will soon be caught, and none of them will want to slip through the net. As a result, after a check, these heroes in the Western Regions really have problems, either robbing men and women, or carrying human lives. If all of them are executed, there may still be unjust, but for every two people who kill one, there is absolutely no wrongful conviction.

What Jia Xu didn't expect was that after these people's female dependents were used as official prostitutes, the number of times officials went to the people to visit the Qinglou naturally decreased, but what was greater was the deterrent effect on others. Many officials and powerful people have become cautious in their words and deeds, not only in rebellion against the imperial court, but also in the case of traitors. After all, these powerful and powerful officials are familiar with each other, and now they see the wives and daughters of their former friends or colleagues end up like this, and they can often meet, who dares not to be secretly vigilant. Of course, these are all afterthoughts, so let's not press the table for the time being.

In the evening, another war report came from Chang'an, and Ma Yun really thought of transferring the Fifth Army to the north.

On this day, the offensive of Cao's army became more and more fierce, and the corpses under the tiger prison were piled up like a mountain, and the blood flowed like a river. There were more than 3,000 casualties in the pass, and I am afraid that the pass was ten times as much, and the general Wen Ping had already been sent to the Tiger Prison Pass. However, if the Cao army continues to attack like this regardless of casualties, no one can say how many days the Tiger Prison Pass will last.

In this case, there is an urgent need to attract Cao Jun's attention in order to relieve the pressure on Tiger Prison. In fact, even if the Tiger Prison Pass was broken, it would be very difficult for Cao Cao to attack Chang'an, because there was a stronger Hangu Pass there. But Ma Yun didn't want Luoyang City, which had been built so hard, to fall into Cao Cao's hands, so she gave an order to defend the Tiger Prison Pass at all costs.

At this time, the Yuan army, which was besieged a hundred miles south of Yecheng, under the command of the general Lu Yi, calmly responded to the battle, and Xu Huang was unable to divide his troops to the south for a while. In order to achieve the goal of encircling Wei and saving Zhao, the only way to do this was to transfer the Fifth Army to the north.

The Fifth Army Corps undertook the heavy task of defending Jiangnan, and the delay in using this army was to prevent Cao Cao from taking advantage of the weakness to go south and destroy the peace of Jiangnan. In a hurry, Ma Yun thought of the natural danger of the Yangtze River, so he re-transferred the Han naval army that was training along the coasts of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou to the Yangtze River. With the Han Navy patrolling the Yangtze River day and night, Cao Yuan's Second Army, which was not accustomed to water warfare, had absolutely no possibility of going south, and the Fifth Army could rest assured that it would go north.

However, after Ma Yun discussed with Fu Zhu, Tian Feng, Guo Jia and others, he still made a major decision to give up the three counties of Jiujiang, Lujiang and Runan when necessary. For this reason, Ma Yun has already sent someone to take Qiao Xuan's family to Chang'an.

At the end of the battle report, Ma Yun also mentioned that Gan Ning's navy had made a major discovery during training.