For this reason, when Shanshan, Qiuzi, Shule and other countries, after hearing that Khotan was attached to the Great Jin, they all surrendered without a fight, and asked to be attached to the Great Jin Dynasty and become a vassal state of the Great Jin Dynasty, and Hua'an and the generals under his command were naturally very happy, and agreed to the requirements of the Western Regions, and asked them to allow the Great Jin Dynasty to garrison troops in their country and obey the dispatch of the Great Jin Dynasty. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

The small states of the Western Regions had no strength to confront the superior soldiers and horses of the Great Jin Dynasty, and during the Han Dynasty, they had been attached to the Central Plains Dynasty, so it was not difficult for them to belong to the Great Jin Dynasty, as long as they did not overly damage their interests, they would not be opposed.

After successfully taking the Western Regions to the east of the Green Mountains, Hua'an and Song Cheng each left 20,000 soldiers and horses to garrison the Western Regions, and converged in Shule City, and then continued to march westward.

After the combined forces, the Jin army was as strong as 160,000, which can be described as extremely powerful, but in order to go south to the west as soon as possible, Hua'an still ordered the troops to divide into two routes, so that the Song Cheng army marched north and captured the Western Regions from the north road, while Hua'an led another army of soldiers and horses to attack by the south road, crossing the Wakhan Corridor, and directly attacking Tochar.

It would be very easy for the two armies to attack together and take the entire Tocharian and the surrounding area, at least Hua'an was confident in it.

After marching for more than ten days, the army finally arrived at the entrance of the Wakhan Corridor, as long as it passes through the Wakhan Corridor, it can reach the hinterland of Tocharian, but the Wakhan Corridor is long and narrow, and the march is more difficult, and Tocharian has soldiers and horses stationed here, and if you want to pass, you must pay a little price, of course, Hua'an is not afraid of the price.

As for the logistics materials for the westward march of the army, most of them were borne by the Western Regions countries that surrendered to the Great Jin Dynasty, among them, the Shule State had the heaviest task, after all, they were in the westernmost part of the west, and they were the logistics base for the westward expedition of the main forces of the two Jin armies.

"Your Majesty, here are some discarded armor and weapons." One of the soldiers pointed into the distance and whispered.

Yu Chi Lan rode his horse and rushed over, just glanced at it, then turned around and said loudly: "Your Majesty, this is the armor and weapons of the Tuyuhun soldiers, it seems that the Tuyuhun army has entered the valley. ”

Hua An nodded, rode his horse and ran over, and found that the soil near him had been turned over, so he ordered his soldiers to dig up the soil, and saw a large amount of charcoal, obviously, this was once the garrison of the Tuyuhun army, these charcoal fires were the fuel they used to barbecue food, and these surface armor and weapons were left by deserters.

"The Tuyuhun army has indeed entered the valley, it seems that they plan to enter Tuyuhun through the valley to avoid the pursuit of our army." Hua An said softly.

"Your Majesty, will Tuyuhun go to Tochar?" Wang San said softly.

Hua An smiled and said softly: "Tocharian is divided into more than 20 countries, which can be described as a plate of loose sand, even if Tuyuhun takes refuge in Tocharo, it will not be able to pose any threat to us, besides, Tocharian may not trust Tuyuhun, maybe he will try his best to fight with it?" And in this way, we can reap the benefits of the fisherman. ”

"Your Majesty, should we enter the valley immediately, or should we find out the situation in the valley first and then enter?" Wang San Zhengse asked.

Hua An looked in the direction of the valley and said: "This valley stretches for nearly a thousand miles, and the situation inside is more complicated, it is better to find out the situation first and then enter, besides, our army also has to wait for the grain and grass in the rear, let's camp first!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wang San received the order, let his soldiers and horses start camping, and sent dozens of scouts into the valley to continue and explore the valley in detail.

When the army was encamped, Hua An took Yu Chilan, under the protection of dozens of personal soldiers, and rode to a small hill at the entrance of the valley to observe the environment around the valley mouth.

After arriving at the top of the mountain, Hua'an raised his eyes, due west except for the valley where the Wakhan Corridor is located, the rest of the place is full of endless mountains, which is impassable at all, so the Wakhan Corridor is an important passage from the Great Jin Dynasty to Tocharo, and has an extremely important strategic position.

Hua'an had already made up his mind that as long as Tocharian was captured, he must garrison a large army in the core of the Wakhan Corridor to completely control this strategic passage along with the small states of Tocharian and Shule in the Western Regions, and ensure the security of the southern Silk Road.

"Your Majesty, is this valley really nearly a thousand miles away?" Yu Chilan looked at the valley in front of him and asked.

Hua An nodded and said: "That's right, this valley is at least more than six hundred li, the widest position is more than a hundred li, and the narrowest position is only about thirty li, and there are several small Tocharian countries distributed in this valley, if our army wants to enter Tochar, we must capture these small countries." ”

"If the Tuyuhun army captures these small countries and garrisons the valley, won't our army be held back in this valley?" Yu Chilan said.

Hua An nodded and said: "What Lan'er said is right, however, there are not many Tuyuhun soldiers and horses left, even if they capture the small country in the valley and block the route of our army's march, how can they block the attack of our elite army of the Great Jin?" Any soldier or horse who wants to block the westward advance of the Great Jin Dynasty is a mantis arm as a car, and only those who are crushed alive have no possibility of success. ”

Looking at the confident Hua'an, a smile appeared on the corner of Yu Chilan's mouth, she suddenly felt that Hua'an was so great, she could actually go from a small cloth cloth to eventually become the king of the north of the Great Jin Dynasty, and have more than a million soldiers, and even, there is also the ambition to conquer the entire world, which is not the ability of ordinary men.

However, Hua An did not appreciate Yu Chilan's mind at the moment, he looked at the Wakhan Corridor and began to think about how to march, how to quickly take the entire Tochar, and exercise long-term and effective control over Tocharo, and even use Tocharian as a springboard to conquer Tianzhu in the south and the Sassanid Dynasty in the southwest, and further govern the Great Qin Empire on the Mediterranean coast.

Thinking that the Great Jin Dynasty could conquer the entire West, Hua'an felt very satisfied, after all, people have a strong desire to conquer, and the more vast the conquered land, the more satisfying it is.

A day later, the scouts who had entered the valley to investigate had returned one after another, bringing back all kinds of information about the valley.

"Your Majesty, every few dozen miles in the valley, you will find traces left by the camp of the Tuyuhun army, and we waited all the way to gallop, and finally found the Tuyuhun army three hundred miles away." A scout whispered.

When Hua An heard this, he was very happy, and hurriedly asked, "How many soldiers and horses does the Tuyuhun army have?" ”

"Back to the king, the Tuyuhun army has more than 20,000 soldiers and horses, and they are attacking a city in the valley." The scout replied truthfully.

Hua An was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Tuyuhun is attacking the city, which country's city will it be?" ”

After all, Hua An is not too familiar with the situation in this area, and the strength of the Great Jin has not arrived here in recent years, so naturally he does not know much about the situation.

"Your Majesty, should our army march immediately to surprise the Tuyuhun army from behind?" Wang San suggested softly.

Hua An waved his hand and said softly: "The distance of three hundred miles is too far, I'm afraid that by the time the main force of our army arrives, Tuyuhun will have already captured the city, don't worry about it, we will rest for two days before marching, there is a secret weapon, are you still afraid that Tuyuhun will be able to defend the city?" ”

Wang San nodded and agreed with Hua An's words.

After resting for two days at Gukou, a large number of grain and grass materials in the rear had arrived, and Hua'an left 3,000 soldiers and horses to be stationed in Gukou, and built Gukou into a logistics supply base for entering the Wakhan Corridor to further improve the situation of logistics supply.

Afterwards, Hua An led the main army into the valley and marched westward as fast as possible.

A day later, Hua'an received news that the Tuyuhun army had successfully broken through the city and stationed it in the city.

Hua'an was not surprised at all when he got such news, after all, the strength of the small country in the Wakhan Corridor was very weak, and it was impossible to be the opponent of the 20,000 main army of Tuyuhun, and it was natural that the city would be breached, and as soon as the Great Jin army arrived, the Tuyuhun army would inevitably be unable to resist, and the city would eventually be the Great Jin.

The Jin army could detect the situation of the Tuyuhun army, and the scouts of Tuyuhun could naturally find the main force of the Jin army that was killing, so after seizing the important materials of the city, they immediately abandoned the city and continued to march westward to avoid the attack of the Jin army.

After all, the Tuyuhun army is very clear about the strength of the main force of the Jin army, the Jin army has a secret weapon thunderbolt, and their defense of the city will become extremely difficult, so instead of sticking to the city, it is better to escape, and in order to prevent the Jin army from getting useful materials for the city, the Tuyuhun soldiers and horses burned the city when they retreated.

A few days later, Hua An and the main army under his command finally arrived at the city that was breached by the Tuyuhun army, and at this moment, black smoke was still rising from the city, and it was obvious that the embers had not yet burned out.

"Your Majesty, this is the royal city of the Bole Kingdom, after Tuyuhun broke through the city, he plundered the useful materials in the city, and then burned it, and now the Bole King City is in ruins, most of the people in the city have fled, only a small number of people have returned to the city, and look for useful items in the city." One of the scouts reported loudly.

"The royal city of the Bole Kingdom is so small, it seems to be a small country in Tochar!" Hua An said softly.

"That's right, the king, the last general has just asked, there is only one city in the Bole country, the population of Chennei is less than 3,000, and there are thousands of people in the villages outside the city, and the total is less than 10,000 people, which is a real small country, this time it was attacked by Tuyuhun, the royal family has all fallen, and the Bole country is considered to be a dead country." A Jin army general said.

Hua An smiled indifferently at the corner of his mouth, and said softly: "The country of Bole is gone, there will be no country in the future, this will be the Bole County of the Great Jin, leaving two thousand troops to rebuild the city, and the main army will continue to march west after resting for a day." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The generals of the ministry will lead the way.

Obviously, Hua'an has seen that although the country of Bole is a small country, the location of the city of Bole is extremely important, this is the core of the Wakhan Corridor, as long as you control it, you can control the entire Wakhan Corridor.

However, Bole City is not a fortified city, if a large number of men and horses control this area, the supply of food and grass will become a huge burden, and if a small number of soldiers and horses are used to garrison, it is very likely to encounter a strong enemy attack, thus losing the city, so that the Great Jin will lose control of the Wakhan Corridor.

Hua'an wanted to control Tocharo, so he decided to build a military dock fort on a hilltop near Bole City, which could garrison thousands of soldiers and horses all year round, so that the strong military dock fort would be completely nailed to the Wakhan Corridor, making it difficult for more enemy troops to break through, so as to ensure the actual control of the Wakhan Corridor by the Great Jin.

Subsequently, Hua'an gave an order to the remaining 2,000 soldiers and horses, asking them to allocate 1,000 people to build a military dock fort, and the other 1,000 people were responsible for repairing the city of Bole and preparing to establish Bole County.

As for the naming of this military dock fort, Hua'an took a lot of brains, but he still couldn't think of a suitable name.

"Your Majesty, in the opinion of the last general, let me call it Boreburg! In the vicinity of Bore, it should naturally be called Boreburg. Wang San said loudly.

"Boreburg, it's so ugly, can't you think of a nice name?" Hua An teased softly.

Yu Chilan looked up at the top of the mountain not far away, and said softly: "Your Majesty, this mountain is so high!" From here, it seems that the clouds are falling on the top of the mountain, so it is better to call it Lianyun Castle! What's the name? ”

"Lianyunbao, Lianyunbao." Hua An read it silently twice, nodded and said, "Okay, the name Lianyunbao is very good, let's call it Lianyunbao!" Ha ha! ”

Seeing that the name she came up with was recognized by Hua'an, Yu Chilan looked very happy, and proudly raised her little head and looked at the top of the mountain in the distance.

Hua An smiled indifferently, took Yu Chilan's arm, and said softly, "Let's go to the top of the mountain to have a look." After speaking, he took Yu Chilan and ran to the top of the mountain not far away.

After arriving at the top of the mountain, Hua'an really felt the treacherous terrain, and could deeply feel that as long as Lianyunbao was built here, it could effectively control the nearby area, so that the core hub of the Wakhan Corridor would be completely controlled by the Great Jin.

"Your Majesty, the terrain of Lianyunbao is indeed treacherous enough, but this place is too remote, let thousands of soldiers live here, won't they be stuffy?" Wei Chilan suddenly became concerned about the spiritual life of the soldiers.

When Hua An heard this, he felt that this was also the case, how boring and boring it would be for thousands of old men to be stationed in the sinister Lianyun Castle! If you don't consider their spiritual life, it will greatly weaken their enthusiasm to garrison Lianyunbao, once they encounter a strong enemy, it is very likely to give up Lianyunbao, but Lianyunbao is a military fortress, you can't open entertainment facilities in it! This will corrode the fighting spirit of the soldiers. (To be continued.) )