Liu Xin shook his head and said, "After you go back, thank the Queen Mother for your kindness, it is enough to have my men and horses in front." ”

Cleya "chuckled" in her heart, and asked cautiously, "Could it be that Your Majesty is angry?" ”

Liu Xin laughed and said, "What are you angry about?" The war a few years ago has taken a toll on Kangju's vitality, and now the most important thing is to recuperate, and to guard against the Guishan in the south. As long as Kangju remains stable, it is the greatest support for me! ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw a messenger hurriedly walk in, knelt on one knee, held a red chicken feather letter in both hands and said loudly: "Your Majesty, urgent military situation!" ”

Liu Xin took the chicken feather letter, glanced at it twice, sighed, and said, "It's really a mountain rain that is about to come and the wind is full of buildings!" ”

Xu Huang hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?" ”

Liu Xin handed the chicken feather letter in his hand to Xu Huang, and said lightly: "Dawan is in turmoil, the nobles have launched a mutiny, and Mozhiti's whereabouts are unknown!" ”

Xu Huang was taken aback and said: "Dawan is in chaos, and the connection with Kangju and the Parthian concession will be cut off, and there is a conspiracy in it, please make a decision as soon as possible!" ”

Liu Xin said disappreciatively: "The small man can't become a big climate. I had long planned to bring Dawan under the rule of the Western Regions Protectorate, and if it didn't mess up, it would give me a chance to do it! Do you remember the Treaty of Shule? My Dahan has the right to garrison troops in Dawan! Gongming, you immediately lead the First Legion into Guishan City, take down all the nobles who committed rebellion, find out the whereabouts of Mozhiti, and clear the way for our army to advance westward! ”

Xu Huang's spirits were lifted, and he arched his hand and said: "The last general will be ordered!" ”

The Treaty of Shule stipulated that the Han army had the right to move freely and be stationed in Dawan, and in similar treaties signed by the Han and Kangju and Wusun, the Han army was also given such power. However, in order to prevent stimulating anti-Han sentiment in neighboring countries, Liu Xin did not really exercise this power in addition to stationing 10,000 people in Kangju to protect Ban Thief's mother and son, and later increased to 20,000 people.

However, this time it was different, and Liu Xin was going to formally exercise the powers granted to him by the Shule Treaty for the first time. The First Army, which was camping outside the fortress to rest, crossed the Uzberi Pass with lightning speed, entered the territory of Dawan, and soon came to Yucheng, the easternmost city of Dawan.

Because of its proximity to Seoul, many caravans going to the East for business would stop here, and the city became increasingly prosperous and lively.

Because a large number of caravans often pass by, when Xu Huang's army arrived outside Yucheng, the soldiers and civilians in the city were still unaware, thinking that the dust in the distance was coming from a large caravan, and they didn't even plan to close the city gate. Xu Huang brandished a big axe and rushed into the city first.

Yucheng County made Yu Ze shocked when he received the report, and it was impossible for him to escape from the city at this time, so he had to stiffen his head, and stepped forward with hundreds of soldiers, and asked loudly: "Dahan and I Dawan have always been friendly, why do you and others raise troops to invade the country for no reason!" ”

Yucheng and the Han Dynasty had frequent business and trade exchanges, and Amazawa even spoke fluent Chinese, and he was sternly reprimanded, but he didn't even need a translator.

Xu Huang laughed, waved the big axe, put it on the neck of Amaki, and shouted: "Dawan is in civil strife, someone intends to rebel, Xu is in accordance with the will of His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and has come to help King Dawan quell the rebellion, do you want King Qin?" Or do you want to rebel? ”

To tell the truth, Amazawa just received an order from Guishan City yesterday to block the border with the Han and prohibit Han people from entering. However, Amazawa also had his own business in Yucheng, and he wanted to use this time to stock up on more goods so that he could make huge profits after the trade route was cut off, so he did not take any measures.

Now, with the sharp axe on his neck, Amazawa only felt a slight chill penetrate his head, where did he dare to obey Guishan City's orders, and hurriedly said: "The villain doesn't know anything about what the general said, and the villain is naturally on the king's side." ”

Xu Huang shook his wrist, and the sharp axe rubbed against Amazawa's scalp. Amazawa only felt a chill on his scalp, and when he reached out and touched it, a few strands of broken hair fluttered down. If Xu Huang's big axe had been slightly downward, he would have already died.

But he heard Xu Huanglang laugh loudly: "Since you have no objection, Xu will spare your life." Soon hundreds of thousands of troops will pass through here, and you must be well prepared to provide drinking water, food and grass, and there must be no mistake. Otherwise, hum ......"

The entire Dawan is only more than 60,000 soldiers and horses, and the Han army has hundreds of thousands, and Amazawa had a little bit of caution at first, but now it has long been left behind, and hurriedly said: "General rest assured, general rest assured, this is a matter for the villain!" ”

Xu Huang ignored him, reined in his war horse, and shouted: "Go!" ”

An army of 100,000 marched through the city, leaving behind a cloud of dust and smoke and many stunned merchants and people. Seeing that the Han army was brave and strong, and his actions were like the wind, Amazawa couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on his forehead, and secretly took chances, thanks to him that he didn't set up obstacles, otherwise he didn't know how to die.

Xu Huang went all the way west, conquering more than a dozen towns in a row, all of them were effortless, and in only two hours, the 10,000 light cavalry forwards led by him had advanced to a place only thirty miles away from Guishan City.

Suddenly, there was a lot of smoke and dust in front of him, and a team of soldiers and horses swept in, and one of the first people shouted on the horse: "Listen to the Han people in front, please return to your own country, Dawan is not welcome to you!" ”

Xu Huang didn't answer, the big axe was raised, and he shouted: "Kill!" ”

With this order, the cavalry of the Han army urged their horses one after another, and thousands of arrows were fired, killing the other party by surprise. Shouting that ** was taken aback, turned his head and left, with three or four feather arrows on his back, fortunately he was desperately guarded left and right, and then fled back to the city, and the thousands of soldiers and horses he brought were either killed by random arrows or died under the Han sabers.

Xu Huang led the army to step on the corpses of Dawan soldiers and rushed straight to the city of Guishan. At this time, the four gates of Guishan City were closed, and there were many swords and guns on the head of the city, and it was like a posture of facing a great enemy. Xu Huang came out of the crowd and shouted towards the city: "Listen to the people in the city, His Majesty the Emperor of the Han Dynasty has a decree, those who surrender will not die, and those who refuse to surrender will be punished for rebellion!" ”

A person suddenly poked out of the city, pointed at Xu Huang and scolded, and said: "My Dawan is not a vassal of your Han people, how can I say that I am plotting against him?" If you know each other, go back as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no place to die! Ah......h

Before his words fell, he heard a "whoosh", and a feathered arrow broke through the air, piercing through his head, and the huge force flew backwards with his entire body, and slammed into the pillar of the city tower with a "bang", and the cluster of arrows had already penetrated from the back of his head, nailing him to the pillar alive. There was an exclamation of surprise at the head of the city, and everyone rushed to save the man, but he had already returned to the west.

This arrow was shot by Tai Shi Ci in the Han army. In this western expedition, although Liu Xin only brought 350,000 people from four legions, many fierce generals from other legions were transferred, and Tai Shici was assigned to the First Legion, and together with Pang De, he became Xu Huang's deputy. Just now he heard the man's wild words in the formation, and he couldn't hold it back, so he shot an arrow. The two are more than 500 steps apart, although they are within the range of the Han army's bows and arrows, they have also reached the limit, and the accuracy of this arrow is even more staggering. Looking at the generals, except for Huang Zhong, few people can beat him in archery.

At this time, Xu Huang gave an ultimatum again: "Listen to the people in the city, give you an hour to think about it!" An hour later, if you don't open the city gate and surrender, the day the city is broken, don't blame me for the ruthlessness of the army! ”

Suddenly, another person popped out of the city and shouted, "I swear not to stand with the Han Dynasty, and I would rather die than surrender!" ”

Xu Huang ignored him, and had already beaten his horse and turned back to his own formation.

Because the civil strife in Dawan was hasty, and it was not the focus of the Foreign Intelligence Department, he didn't know much about the situation of the civil strife, and Xu Huang didn't know that the person he spoke just now was the mastermind of the civil strife, the Dawan nobleman Atike.

Artike is the richest man in Dawan, half of the land in the entire Guishan City belongs to him, and in the past two years, he has made capital from the commercial activities of the East and the West. With the money, he gradually developed the ambition to replace him, but he never found the opportunity. Later, Caracalla sent a mission to Dawan and stayed at an inn he opened. Caracalla sent men to disguise themselves as caravans and bring a batch of armor to Attika. Atike had slaves in his house, and soon he was armed with an army.

In the past few years, Dawan's life has been getting better and better, but Mo Zhiti did not know that he was prepared for danger in times of peace, and gradually indulged in wine, and the army was also negligent in training, so he gave Atike an opportunity to take advantage of it, and suddenly attacked and occupied the palace in one fell swoop.

Atike thought that he had the support of Daqin, and immediately sent someone to cut off contact with the Han, but unexpectedly, the Han army got the news and immediately sent troops, which caught him off guard. It was Atike's eldest son Tumuji who was killed by Tai Shici's arrow just now, and it was his second son Gehu who stopped the Han army outside the city and was seriously wounded. Atike only had these two sons, and in the blink of an eye, he was killed and seriously injured, and he was suddenly in chaos, and there was only hatred in his heart, where was he willing to open the city and surrender?

However, Xu Huang didn't expect the people in the city to surrender on their own initiative, he deliberately gave them an hour deadline in order to wait for the arrival of the infantry brigade behind. With the experience of the previous battles, the cavalry of the Han army has now strengthened the training of the offensive and defensive battles of the city, but after all, the cavalry training is not easy, and the siege of the city is bound to bring huge casualties. Liu Xin's requirements for all branches of the armed forces have always been the division of labor and cooperation, each performing its own duties, and it is most appropriate for the infantry to do the siege of the city.

At this time, Liu Xin, who was still in the Uzberi fortress, had just finished inspecting the defense of the fortress and instructed Zhang Ren to transfer 30,000 soldiers to prepare to take over the defense of Dawan. The entire Western Regions Legion now has 150,000 people, of which 20,000 are stationed in the Parthian Han Concession, 20,000 are stationed in Kangju, Uzberi Fortress and Turugert Fortress each have 20,000 people, and the remaining 70,000 people are mainly responsible for the safety and daily operation of the military stations along the route of the Western Regions Protectorate. These military stations are the lifeline from Chang'an to the front, and they are extremely important to the troops stationed in other cities and the merchants who are now coming and going north, so they have always been heavily guarded. Now, Dawan has suddenly changed, and Liu Xin has to transfer manpower from these military stations to ensure that Dawan can be completely controlled in his own hands.

As soon as Zhang Ren received the order to go out, he heard a report from the guards, and Jiang Qin, the deputy general of the naval division, asked to see him.