After more than 30 years in power, the other Zhiwu, who has been implementing the strategy of the wall-to-wall grass, will not be the candidate for the king of Loulan that the empire needs, and the other is that killing the Zhiwu can deter the countries in the southern part of the Western Regions, and the second is to make a solemn position, at least Li Xin personally thinks so.

As Li Xin said to Li Ren before, he doesn't care who will become the next king of Loulan, what he wants is to kill the other merits of the vultures and get involved in the process of Loulan's defection to the empire, so that he can be regarded as achieving his goal.

"It will take at least a month and a half for the imperial army to reach the southern part of the Western Regions at the earliest," Li Ren just went to greet the envoys of several city-states and kingdoms, and gave a general introduction to the submissions of those envoys, and then said: "They raised a concern, saying that the current suzerain of Loulan, Wanguo, will not sit idly by and watch the change of the throne of Loulan, and there will inevitably be action. ”

Wanguo can be called a powerful country in the Western Regions, and many sources show that Wanguo has the ambition to become the new overlord of the region after the weakening of Wusun, and has had many competitions with Qiuzi, Cheshi and other countries in the central part of the Western Regions, and has also suppressed and co-opted many city-states and kingdoms in the west and south of the Western Regions, and has risen relatively rapidly recently.

The hundreds of thousands of people who fled from west to east were accepted by Wanguo when they entered the Western Regions, and the original population of Wanguo should have been more than 500,000, which is equivalent to almost doubling the population. The group of people who fled, the old and weak could not travel long distances, and the people who could escape from the Western Regions were basically strong, and Wanguo, which had absorbed a population of 150,000, selected nearly 30,000 fugitives from them to become soldiers, directly allowing Wanguo to have nearly 50,000 troops.

50,000 troops is only the size of a legion on the Empire's side, but don't forget where Wanguo is. In such a poor place in the Western Regions, only Wusun once had more than 50,000 troops, followed by Qiuzi with nearly 40,000 troops, the second-rate echelon Cheshi and Wanguo only had about 20,000 troops, and the rest of the third-rate countries rarely had more than 10,000 troops.

The small number of armies in the countries of the Western Regions is, of course, due to population limitations, and also because of the lack of productivity. What is the productivity of the Western Regions now, but the large number of fugitives has caused turmoil in most parts of the Western Regions. Wusun has weakened suddenly, and although the productivity is still insufficient, the countries have no choice but to increase their military strength.

"Wan's army drilled day and night, obviously preparing for war for a long time. In addition, according to some information provided by the Shule merchants and the Xiuxun merchants, Wan has been heavily taxed and plundered surrounding countries for three consecutive years. Li Ren is now in the role of intelligence officer, and after a period of analysis, he said: "The intention of preparing for war is very obvious, but the previous preparation was to compete for the title of overlord of the Western Regions, but now it has become an obstacle for the empire to occupy the Western Regions. ”

The Wan Kingdom in the pre-Qin period in ancient times has not been divided into Dawan and Xiaowan, in fact, even if it is the Wan Kingdom after the split. When the Han Empire opened up the Western Regions, only Dawan was able to resist the pressure of the expeditionary Han army, which made it difficult for Li Guangli, the general of the second division, to make an inch's achievements in the war for several years, and finally had to withdraw his troops and return to China. In fact, Li Guangli, the general of the second division, paid a great price under the capital of Dawan for more than two years, and suffered heavy casualties and was unable to make a breakthrough.

"The army of Wan appeared at the source of the Yellow River in a battle, and the Fifth Cavalry Regiment fought against the cavalry of Wan, and it was concluded that the cavalry of Wan was no worse than that of the Huns. Even because the war horses ridden by the Wanguo cavalry have an advantage, they are not easy to deal with in some aspects. Li Ren had served in the Imperial Army, and some things could get some news from some colleagues: "The Empire has captured some Wanguo people, and also captured some war horses from Wanguo. The three most majestic horses were selected and presented to His Majesty. His Majesty saw the war horses from the Wan Kingdom and called those horses sweat and blood horses. ”

The sweat and blood of the previous dynasties and dynasties are really basically from Dawan, as long as there is a horse is the king's baby, but not every sweat and blood BMW gallops and sweats like blood plasma. Therefore, there are various names.

"The Empire will definitely send troops to Wanguo." Li Xin had the heart to go to Wanguo to make a big deal about "beheading its king", but he knew very well that Wanguo was not like Loulan. He said: "Revenge for Wanguo sending troops to the source of the Yellow River to participate in the war is secondary, just an excuse. What I really want is to plunder the Pegasus of Wan. ”

The empire attached great importance to the development of cavalry. I have always wanted to find excellent horse breeds, and the war horses produced in various parts of the country are relatively majestic in Longxi and the north, but they are much worse than the horses produced in the Western Regions.

In addition to the war horses in the Western Regions, due to the envoys of Central Asian countries such as Parthia and Bactria, the empire also discovered the excellence of the Central Asian war horses, but at present, the empire has no way to extend its tentacles to Central Asia, so there is a matter of opening trade routes between the east and the west.

The Western Regions are some distance away from the Empire, but it is not an unreachable distance, even if it is not to occupy the land, it is necessary to send troops to the Western Regions just to obtain excellent war horses.

Li Ren held his breath and asked, "Wan will react to the matter on Loulan's side, how should we deal with it?" ”

"It will take at least a month and a half for General Zhengxi's troops to come over." Li Xin pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "Don't the surrounding countries want to hug the thighs of the empire? They should show due sincerity. ”

"Uncle is saying that let the countries gather troops?" Li Ren thought for a while, and was slightly embarrassed: "The countries intend to defect to the empire, but let them directly send troops to fight with the Wan country, before the imperial army arrives, I'm afraid they don't have the courage." ”

"It's our business to say it or not, it's their business to have the guts or not." Li Xin laughed a few times and said, "You tell them directly, if you don't show sincerity now, do you need them when the imperial army arrives?" ”

"Nephew understood." Li Ren bowed and said, "It doesn't have to be a real battle, as long as Wanguo can't interfere with Loulan." ”

Li Xin waved his hand and signaled that Li Ren could go to work.

Dozens of people have traveled thousands of miles to a strange place, and the pretending to be an envoy is nothing more than taking advantage of the situation, and there will inevitably be a storm after returning to China, and Li Xin has successfully killed the vultures and can offset some public opinion, but this is far from enough. Something more should be done next, and he thinks it's a good thing to stop Wanguo.

"It's still because of this operation that Wanguo intervened in Loulan's affairs, if he didn't succeed in blocking ......" Li Xin frowned, thinking in his heart: "When the time comes, killing the other will not be a meritorious service, but a disruptive military and political strategy of the empire!" ”

They still don't know enough about the Western Regions, mainly because they don't have the time to do it. However, there is no reason not to work hard in life, and many times as long as you win once, it is a success. As for losing? Li Xin never thought that he would lose!

Li Xin shouted, "Someone! ”。 summoned several people one after another, and finally came out in armor.

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Just a few days after Li Xin killed Zhi Wu, Meng Tian led the army to rest and recuperate in Dunhuang County.

The cavalry corps, which was adapted from the Third Mixed Regiment, adapted to the ice and snow weather, replenished food and equipment, and prepared enough warm clothes, and most importantly, when a new batch of 30,000 horses came, the legion also started from Dunhuang County in the snow.

Around the time when Meng Tian led his army from Dunhuang County, 10,000 horses from the Western Regions also arrived thirty miles outside the city. The Imperial cavalry did not engage in any battles on the way, and calmly chose to camp on the remaining flat ground in the northwest.

The armies stationed in Jimi, such as the Guizi and Cheshi, were hesitant to have cavalry from the Empire. There was a fierce quarrel about this, and in the end, the commander of the Guizi, Sinksun, took the idea and sent people to the imperial camp.

Sinkesu is a nobleman of Qiuzi and one of the main warring factions in Qiuzi. Previously, Parthia and Bactria had armies invading eastward, and Wusun summoned the countries of the Western Regions to join forces to resist Parthia and Bactria, and it was Sinkesu who advocated that they should stand with the Wusun people and send troops.

The Western Regions Coalition was victorious in the war against Parthia and Bactria, and Sinksus's prestige for advocating the dispatch of troops soared. Later, he thought that Wusun was beginning to weaken, and thought that Qiuzi should train his troops and horses, suppress Wanguo in the west, and unite with the chariot division in the east. Troops should be used against the invading Maudun Huns.

Xinkesu's new idea was partially supported, and the Cheshi also intended to warm up with the surrounding countries, and the two countries, which did not have much contradiction, soon came together, and later pulled some city-states and kingdoms into a common alliance.

The Central Western Regions Alliance was established. But the original intention of targeting the Maotun Xiongnu changed, and it became that the chariot division wanted to use the ideal of the alliance to expand eastward, and the mountain country should go south first. Pu believes that the empire should be wary of the Western Regions, and the more forces involved in the alliance, the more confused opinions will become.

Qiuci is a country in the middle of the Western Regions, with the rapidly rising Wan Kingdom and the Maodun Xiongnu who invaded everywhere in the west, the gradually weakening Wusun in the north, the not too strong countries in the south, and the ally Cheshi in the east. They believe that the most important solution is the Maodun Xiongnu, and only by solving the Maodun Xiongnu can they have no worries.

Under the strong assertion of Xinkesu, it is also Qiuzi that is the most powerful country in the alliance, and finally the Central Alliance got the promise of King Qiuci, saying that it is trying to solve the Maodun Xiongnu, and if it can't be solved, it will take a defensive position against the Maodun Xiongnu, and try to see if you can bite off a piece of meat from Wusun's side, after one of the two goals is achieved, Qiuzi will meet the interests of the allies, so there is also the move of the Central Alliance.

Unity is for self-preservation, what is the centripetal force of such an alliance can be imagined, the coalition forces have been stationed in and Mi for at least half a year, but within half a year, they only had a small fight with the Maodun Huns, and then they also tentatively touched Wusun's buttocks, but they really bit off a small piece of Wusun's territory.

As the 80,000 cavalry of the empire drove into Wusun, the territory that was bitten off was given up again, and the devil network even sent someone to Wusun Kunmo to explain that he didn't even believe it, saying that everything was a misunderstanding, how could Qiuzi call fire and rob and invade allies, and enter Wusun's territory to help defend against the Maodun Xiongnu.

Wusun, who was originally a little anxious, was stiffened again because of the reinforcements from the empire, and threatened King Qiuzi that he must make compensation for his actions, but King Qiuzi could bear it, and after some bargaining, he sent Wusun treasures, which were finally transferred to He Yi by Bo Ximi.

The original misunderstanding came to an end with Wusun Kunmo accepting Qiuzi's compensation, and the Central Alliance thought that this had been regarded as a solution to the misunderstanding, in fact, Wusun did not act excessively afterwards, but when they thought that the matter was over, the 10,000 cavalry of the empire approached with the sound of rumbling horse hooves!

The bravery of the Imperial army has been widely known to the countries of the Western Regions, and they are even more afraid of the various sides of the Empire after the mystery is slowly revealed.

"It was a country with a population of tens of millions, and the current emperor had destroyed nearly ten countries to form an empire." Xinkesu's face was full of sorrow: "Some rumors say that the emperor's personality is somewhat uncertain, and he can be merciful to enemies who are considered to be his own, but he is very iron-blooded when he treats those who do not agree. ”

Lu Zhe opened up the south, killed hundreds of thousands of Baiyue with a population of one million, and almost wiped out the Baiyue clan in the past ten years.

"It may be rumors in the distance, but we all know that dozens of tribes on the grassland have gathered south, nearly 300,000 troops to the back of more than 400,000 people, nearly 150,000 have been killed, nearly 200,000 have been captured, and only more than 50,000 have fled to our side." It was the general of the Cheshi country who spoke, he was the general of the Cheshi, and the only general, with a somewhat long name, surnamed Libo Gulan. He couldn't hide his horror on his face: "What do you mean by them camping next to us without saying hello?" ”

Sinksu understood Bogulan's concern and said, "They didn't attack, and we'll wait for the people they sent to come back." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, and a military general from Pu asked in a low voice: "Wusun called the empire to come to help, mainly against the Huns. We are also enemies of the Huns, and we were originally allies with Wusun, so the empire and we should also be allies, right? ”

Wusun was once the leader of the Western Regions, and various city-states and kingdoms were originally Wusun's younger brothers. Now so many countries in the Western Regions are still allies with Wusun, but because of Wusun's weakness, they no longer regard the alliance as a thing.

The empire intervened in the Western Regions, and Wusun looked like a revival because of the assistance of the empire, but I don't know what was going on, and those previous allies of Wusun did not immediately repair the relationship. Now it's okay, with Pu people's words, the people at the scene were stunned, and suddenly remembered that they still had such a relationship with Wusun, and it seemed that they were ...... It's not like you're completely out of friendship with the Empire, is it? (To be continued.) )