Chapter 591: Unifying the Western Regions (9)
Zhesha was tough, swore not to surrender, concealed the news that Zhan Bai had been destroyed, led the army to forcibly break through, regardless of the impact of casualties, and finally broke through the blockade of Zhao Zhang's army, and then marched into Kangju country, when it was less than fifty miles away from the border of Kangju country, it was still caught up by the 20,000 follow-up army led by Shan Qiu, Zhesha fell into a siege again, and sent people to ask for the rescue of Kang Juguo, but now in the Western Regions, Zhan Bai was defeated, hundreds of thousands of troops were wiped out, Dashiren and Li Xun formed an alliance, and took the initiative to withdraw from the Western Regions, Li Xun has become a great trend, The Western Regions is already his world, and no one can stop him, so although the king of Kangju did not choose to take the initiative to submit to Li Xun, he did not dare to offend, and finally chose not to help each other, and sat and watched the situation change with a neutral attitude.
As a result, Zhesha fell into isolation and helplessness, and Shan Qiu did not choose to attack, but sent the news that Zhan Bai had been defeated into Zhesha's army, and learned that he had become a lonely army, and he had no home to return to, and he would not receive any assistance.
After being besieged for five days, the food and grass were exhausted, the soldiers had no fighting spirit, and the whole army was in a desperate situation.
In despair, Zhesha was drunk and drunk, and the captain of the personal army, who had already received the order, immediately cut off Zhesha's head......
With the defeat of Zhesha and the withdrawal of the Dashiren from the Western Regions, there is no longer any force in the entire Western Regions that can threaten him, and Li Xun's unification of the Western Regions has become an established fact.
The last day of February.
Li Xun led an army of 30,000 into the central part of the Western Regions, and then occupied Suye City, the capital of the Anshu Kingdom.
In order to reduce the hostility of the people of the Western Regions towards him, Li Xun only led 3,000 personal soldiers into Suye City, and the rest of the army were all stationed outside the city, and issued a strict order, without his order, no soldier was allowed to leave the camp at will, but there were harassers and robbers, and they were severely punished.
Of course, Li Xun brought not only the army, but also the kings and nobles of the five eastern countries of the Western Regions, including Zheman, as well as the two regions in the south and the north, there were also several kings and a large number of nobles, who were called by Li Xun to come to Suye City.
After Li Xun arrived in Suye City, he distributed grain and grass, stabilized public order, strictly ordered the army, and let Zheman and others go out to win over and appease everyone, and the chaotic situation in the central and western regions of the Western Regions began to develop in a good direction.
However, there are also hidden dangers, in addition to the fact that the members of the Anshu royal family were almost slaughtered by the Dashiren and have actually destroyed the country, together with the old powers of the Western Regions, such as the Kangju State of the Chengzhou State, the Loulan State, and the Khanate, they still sit idly by and ignore Li Xun's call, neither resisting nor complying, and the 20,000 troops led by Ji Ge, the prince of the Chengzhou Kingdom, still exist, all of which are potential threats to Li Xun, but Li Xun has no time to deal with them now, and he needs to take his time, and the key is to stabilize the situation in the Western Regions first.
And Li Xun is still waiting for the news from Hammerezi's side, the decisive battle between the Dashiren and the Persian Empire has broken out, the total army of Hammerezi, Ben Lahimo, and Mahad is nearly 100,000, and in the face of the 150,000 army of the Persian Empire, it can be regarded as having the strength of a war, and the two sides have fought several times in five days, and the current victory or defeat is not divided.
Before the war between Hammereqi and the Persian Empire was won, Li Xun couldn't do much, because if he wanted to completely unify the Western Regions, he had to pull out the four great powers such as Kangju, which took time.
Therefore, after Li Xun formed an alliance with Hammerezi, he gave the other party absolute support, and all the Dashi people in the Western Regions were allowed to return to their homeland as long as they were willing to return to their homeland, and provided a large amount of food and security protection to the Dashi people concentrated on the western border.
The royal palace of Anshu Kingdom has been destroyed and burned by Mahad, but the former prince's residence, that is, the prince's mansion of Zhan Bai, is still in good condition, Li Xun temporarily lived here, and within a few days of entering Suye City, Li Xun met with a large number of people from all walks of life in the Western Regions.
Wang Suyi, Zheman and others lobbied from it, except for the four big countries such as Kangju who were still indifferent, the rest of the small countries in the Western Regions, under Li Xun's temptation and appeasement, and co-optation, most of them chose to submit to it.
Li Xun's current strategy is to maintain the status quo, he said to everyone, everything remains the same, Dashiren has ruled the Western Regions for so many years, and its taxes are ten taxes and one when they are the lowest, and some people tentatively expressed their willingness to pay taxes to explore Li Xun's reality.
Li Xun in this war, looted a lot of wealth, there is no shortage of money, and in order to calm people's hearts, Li Xun's attitude is a bit simulated, that is, he does not say that he wants money, nor does he say that he does not want money, which gives the countries of the Western Regions a mistake, after all, the Han dynasty in the Central Plains ruled the Western Regions during the period when they did not collect taxes, is it the same for Li Xun? This made everyone wake up and feel that the Western Regions were ruled by Li Xun and the Han people, which was also a good thing.
Li Xun picked up the teacup, drank it all in one gulp, then rubbed his eyebrows, his face was a little tired, in the past few days, he has received too many people and dealt with too many things, although he can find Fan Zhongyun, Sima Tu and others to take ideas, but many things must be handled by him personally.
Just sent away the eight leaders of the Tianlan Sect in the Western Regions, from their humble posture and cautious expression, Li Xun can see the panic in their hearts, the Dashi Empire has perished, but the religion is still there, just two days ago, the leaders of the Mani and Rhodes sects visited Li Xun and received a satisfactory answer, which made the leaders of the Tianlan Sect restless, if Li Xun supports these two religions, is it corresponding, will the Tianlan Sect be suppressed and persecuted?
Li Xun does not have any good or bad regard for religion, and his attitude towards several sects in the Western Regions is that all are equal and develop peacefully, and as long as it does not involve political aspects, he will not interfere.
The Dashi Empire ruled the Western Regions for many years, because the Tianlan Sect was very serious and aggressive, so the local sects in the Western Regions were persecuted very tragically, although there were many people in the Western Regions who chose to join the Tianlan Sect out of their own and interest considerations, but the two largest local sects, Mani and Rhodes, still have a large number of believers.
Now that the Western Regions have changed masters, the leaders of the two sects of Mani and Rhodes feel that this is an opportunity, so they found Li Xun, hoping to get support, Li Xun naturally expressed his support, but for their proposal to suppress and even drive away the believers of the Tianlan Sect, Li Xun bluntly refused, just hoped that everyone would develop peacefully, and in the future, the Western Regions, no matter what sect, will be equal, and there is no distinction between high and low, for this reply, although the leaders of the two religions are a little dissatisfied, they can also accept it, after all, with Li Xun's statement, In the future, in the Western Regions, the living environment of the Mani and Rhodes religions will be much better than before.