For the existence of this kind of person, Cao Xiu naturally felt that the majesty of the Wei State had been challenged.

So he asked Ma Yuan, who was a helper by his side and was in charge of the entire Linzi camp in the Western Regions, to instigate the compromise faction in Yanqi to launch a proxy war under some unwarranted pretext.

With the Wei State pulling the shelf behind, naturally the original king of the Yanqi State was defeated and killed.

Then Cao Xiu canonized the victor as the new king, and the new king abolished all policies that were unfavorable to Wei business and travel, and promoted cooperation with Wei in all directions.

The rest of the kingdoms, such as the end of the kingdom and the state of Weisu, also saw the same trend, all of which were instigated by Ma Yuan to unite the local Linzi camp forces with their own vested interests to overthrow the opposition one by one and establish a government closer to the Wei Empire.

Of course, its national policy turned on a large scale, moving closer to the Wei Empire in an all-round way, and becoming a de facto economic colony of the Wei Empire.

The country's economy was controlled by Wei, and its top brass could enjoy huge profits from betrayal of the country, which was a wonderful thing in the eyes of some shameless people.

If anyone objected to him, he would immediately drive the person to Qiancheng and hand him over to Cao Xiu.

As a result, for several years, there was no opposition from the countries of the Western Regions, and all of them obediently became economic colonies or semi-colonies of Wei.

The more developed and convenient the transportation, the more Wei people, the more serious the situation of becoming an economic colony.

Today, in the eighth year of Yande, with the completion of the two main roads in the Western Regions of the Wei Empire, Shanbei Road and Shannan Road were fully passed, and wherever the road could reach, it was already highly dependent on the political economy of Wei.

Under such circumstances, the states of the Western Regions had actually lost the ability to resist the Wei state, and puppet governments that were fully manipulated appeared, from the economy to the politics to the military.

During these four or five years, the Wei Empire did not use much troops, but it had a strong influence on most countries in the Western Regions.

The remaining countries with relatively strong resistance, such as Wusun and Qiuzi, are not within the scope of Guo's concern.

It's better to take it directly, if you can't take it and move troops to fight a dozen, they can't resist.

The 60,000 Northwest Corps plus 20,000 Guard Cavalry, a total of 80,000 cavalry, if such a powerful force could not defeat these Western Regions countries, Cao Ren would have been really in vain all these years, and he would really be severely punished or even beaten to the end.

Although the South-China War has not yet completely ended, and it will take a while to sweep the tail, it will not affect the overall situation.

Yizhou alone is enough to provide enough military supplies to the Nanzhong Raiding Army, and the Nanzhong Raiding Army is not short of supplies.

After more than four years of development, the four counties of Hexi and the Guanzhong region have long since changed from what they used to be.

Guo Peng has increased the number of immigrants to the four counties of Hexi for several years, and the population of the four counties of Hexi has reached 800,000 by the beginning of the eighth year of Yande, and the construction situation is completely different from the past.

The two states worked together to support the military operations of the Northwest Corps, and the Northwest Corps could be said to have no worries.

What was lacking was the military line and the orders of the emperor.

Now that the military line is in place, it is up to the emperor's orders.

Therefore, after the military meeting of the staff station, Guo Peng made up his mind to go to war, and the next thing was the excuse for war.

It is not difficult to find an excuse for war, and there is no excuse for the so-called crime to be added, and if you find an excuse for disappearance, you can start a war, and once the war starts, it is very easy to expand it.

The melon is ripe and falling.

On the sixth day of the fifth month of the eighth year of Yande, Guo Peng called Guo Jin and asked Guo Jin to set off to Liangzhou to find Cao Ren first, tell Cao Ren the specific situation, and let Cao Ren secretly prepare an excuse to start a war, and then stay there and follow Cao Ren to complete the whole war.

"When you go to Liangzhou, you pay attention to Dunhuang County and Zhangye County respectively, Dunhuang County Shou Zhuge Liang and Zhangye County Shou Sima Yi, these two people were released from the cabinet for their father to go outside to experience, it turned out to be just a county magistrate, and now they are all county guards."

Before leaving, Guo Peng instructed Guo Jin to pay attention to Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi.

"Father cares about these two guys?"

"Well, they were released by me from the cabinet, I am more concerned about their development, I still have great expectations for them, to be precise, these two people are I released for you to experience, now these two are still young, but with a little experience, the future is immeasurable."

Guo Jin suddenly became interested.

"Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi...... The son understood, and the son would go and see how they governed the place. ”

"Well, just go and see the development of Zhangye County and Dunhuang County, these two counties were built under the condition of poverty and whiteness, they are adjacent to each other, and both of them are also the second local county guards, you can see which of them governs the local area better."

"My son understands."

Guo Jin nodded.

A few days later, Guo Jin stepped down from the position of county commander with the core team around him, transferred the county affairs to the county commander team from the next Li Shu, and then embarked on the journey.

The official edict of dispatching troops can only be issued after the battle starts, Guo Jin is the one who passed the word in the past, and the task of passing the word to him will be completed, and the next thing is to watch how the people of the Northwest Corps and the Western Regions Protectorate operate this asymmetrical battle.

I don't know if this group of people is aware that they are engaged in an asymmetrical war......

After several years of careful governance, the land of Guanzhong and the four counties of Hexi have basically returned to the state of the Han and Emperor periods, whether it is the number of household registrations, the land reclaimed or the economic data, they have almost recovered, so the accumulation of government treasury has also begun to increase.

Guo Peng's reduction of the peasants' burdens was reduced little by little, not all at once, and the amount of taxes that the peasants had to pay in the current state was still quite large, so the Yongzhou government treasury was very abundant.

After Guo Jin arrived in Yongzhou, he entered Chang'an City, and with Guo Peng's imperial order, he asked Yongzhou Assassin Chen Palace to inspect Yongzhou's important granaries and arsenals.

Chen Gong didn't expect His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to suddenly come to Chang'an City.

In the panic, he also gave birth to a kind of joy, feeling that he finally had the opportunity to contact the crown prince, which would definitely be good for the future.

Since the previous anti-corruption campaign, Chen Gong felt that it was unlikely that he would return to the central government, and now it seems that it is really not very large.

But this is not without benefits, for example, he survived the previous Luoyang catastrophe, and he was not affected by this incident, and it was still the history of Yongzhou.

Compared with other people who have lost their official positions, their lives, and their families, there is no doubt that they are extremely lucky.

Look at the people who shared power with the emperor in the central government before, such as Cheng Yu and Tian Feng, what has become now?

It's almost like a mascot.