Qin Du and his party galloped westward, and the closer they got to the city of Dutuo, the clearer the boundaries of the road became, and it was obviously carefully maintained.

This is very different from the scene after Zhangye arrived in Anxi, and Du Qianyun vaguely saw some shadows of Guannei and Longyou.

However, the villages on both sides of the road are full of strange stone houses, which clearly remind him that this is not the Tang Dynasty of Middle Earth, but the west of the Western Regions, which is thousands of miles away from Chang'an.

The guide was introducing the local customs to the two newcomers.

"This was once the homeland of Tochar, after being conquered by Persia, the Tocharians scattered the surrounding countries from then on, and then the great cannibals destroyed Persia, but unfortunately the energy of the great cannibals was focused on the west, so they gave up their rule over Tocharian......"

Listening to and thinking of some long-winded introductions, Du Qianyun thought thoughtfully, and then said:

"So, the land of Tocharian is now ownerless?"

The guide replied:

"That's all right, but it's not entirely accurate!"

Du Qianyun questioned dissatisfied:

"What is this called, is there a master?"

The guide is from the Tang Dynasty, but he was born and raised in the Western Regions, so he is no longer familiar with the various stories of these places.

"To say that Tocharian has no master is that there has been no unified dynasty here since the destruction of Persia. However, the cities and territories in Tocharo's homeland have different owners, but their territories are very small, and most of them are the places where merchants live, and they spontaneously get together to discuss various official affairs under their rule, so that the hundreds of territories scattered in Tocharo's homeland do not have the heart to attack and annex, but actively open up trade routes, attracting merchants from all over the world with low taxes......"

Du Qianyun interrupted him when he heard that thought, so he couldn't stop talking.

"Well, so now Tocharian has become a place where big merchants from all over the world gather!"

At this time, Qin Yan, who had not spoken, interjected coldly:

"Don't forget, this is the hub of the east and west, once the war starts, it is also the place where the Tang Dynasty and the big food will fight, and at that time, this green mountains and clear waters, and the leisurely countryside will be broken!"

Qin Yan's words were somewhat disappointing, but they were also the truth.

The Great Cannibal is much closer to Tocharian than the Tang Dynasty, and has a geographical advantage, while the Tang Dynasty has been operating the Western Regions for many years, and the accumulated power formed over the past hundred years has a great impact on the tribes of the Western Regions, so as long as the planning is done properly, the Tang Dynasty itself may not need to invest much manpower, and the Han-Hu alliance army alone can compete with the Great Cannibal.

This is also the consistent method of the Tang Dynasty in controlling the Western Regions for the past hundred years.

Qin Yan's idea was to unite all the local forces against the Great Cannibals, as long as the Great Cannibals could not advance or retreat, the imperial court's actions in the Western Regions would have been half successful.

Only Du Qianyun knew Qin Jin's true thoughts, since he personally led his troops to Anxi, how could he stop and return to the dynasty with his class? In this case, why did Qin Jin go to great lengths to come to the Western Regions in person?

Moreover, before the Qin and Jin expeditions to the west, they spent a lot of energy to balance the court situation, and there were mutual restraints in the court and at the local level, which reduced the possibility of turmoil because he was not in the center as much as possible.

But no matter how low the risk is, it is also risky.

Du Qianyun never understood why Qin Jin would rather take a risk to come to the Western Regions in person. The answer he got from Qin Jin was that he wanted to use his own personal conquest in exchange for a hundred years of peace in the Western Regions.

At first, Du Qianyun felt that this was Qin Jin perfunctory. The Western Regions have always been mixed, and even the local government office is unclear how many tribes there are. The Hu people who settled down to specialize in farming were still stable.

The most troublesome thing is that those grassland tribes who live in pursuit of water and grass are not under the jurisdiction of the official office, and their rebellion is uncertain.

The most typical example is the Turkic restoration of the post-Wu period.

Originally, during the Taizong period, the entire * Turkic Khanate had been completely wiped out, but the sudden rebellion of a general of the Turkic Ashina family who was born in the Tang Dynasty brought the Turkic Khanate back to life after many years.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in full swing with the Tubo people, and the Turkic Khanate took this opportunity to suddenly be tough and suddenly obedient and survived.

Later, Tang Xuanzong succeeded to the throne, and after decades of blows, he finally wiped out the resurrected Turkic Khanate.

However, in the decades since the destruction of the Turks, the Hui tribe, one of the nine tribes of Tiele, began to rise, and now it seems to have replaced the position of the Turks.

Such profound examples are telling a truth to later generations, it is more difficult to expect the Hu people to live in peace and stability than to ascend to the sky, they were born to fight on the battlefield, and the weak eat the strong.

But as the Shenwu Army gradually moved westward, he felt that this was not perfunctory, and the statement of a hundred years of peace seemed to be achievable.

"General, the city of Dudas has sent someone to meet us!"

After a short time, Tanma brought with him a Persian and a Tang man.

The Persians were the officials of Zamas, a great merchant of the Hinda, but the Tang were a general of Zheng Xianli.

Now it is Zamas, Zheng Xianli led his troops to resist the enemy at the pass fifty miles north of Dutuo.

From the simple greetings, Du Qianyun had a basic judgment of the situation here, and by now, they should not have given up the plan to faint and have not given up.

In other words, the Great Cannibal's attack on the Faint Tuoduo was not violent, and it should be a partial division of the Great Cannibal who was fighting with Zheng Xianli at this time.

Qin Yan glanced at him, the judgments of the two sides coincided, and both of them secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as the main force of the Great Cannibals does not come from Khorasan, there is still room for everything to turn around.

Calculating the time, the main force of the Shenwu Army has already entered Qiuzi at this time, and it is also in time to repair the entire seven or eight days and then march again.

However, Du Qianyun immediately realized another problem, they were the representatives of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and Zamas, who was the lord of the city of Dutuoduo, regarded himself as the general of the Tang Dynasty, and it seemed that he was too lazy to send a butler to greet him.

The butler quickly cleared his mind.

"The old city lord has been very sick recently, and he specially told Kusi Lao to greet him, and the villain just stood up for Kusi Lao, and the gentry in the city are waiting for him ten miles away from the city!"

Du Qianyun nodded, he had already made a detailed understanding of the situation of Dutuoduo before he came.

The old lord Zamas claimed to be the son of Ni Nishi when he was stranded in the Western Regions, and always claimed to be the descendant of the king of Persia. Kuth Lao was the son that Zamas was most proud of, and it made sense for him to come and greet him. 、

Thinking of this, Du Qianyun smiled and said:

"Okay, let's hurry up, the people don't stop all the way, and I'm already exhausted......"

Suddenly, I saw a burst of rolling black clouds floating in the north, and the housekeeper was shocked "Ah".