When the rear and front of the division heard that the Wei envoy was coming, they hurriedly came to meet and cautiously accepted the notice of the Wei envoy.

He was relieved to learn that the Wei people were not here to crusade against them, and then he also decided to send someone to follow the Wei envoy back to meet Cao Xiu and find out the specific situation.

The army of the Son of Heaven of China returned to the Western Regions, and while they were not only panicked, but also had some hope.

Although the Eastern Han Dynasty lost its prestige in the later period of its reign in the Western Regions, the influence of that huge empire on the Western Regions had not yet disappeared from the Western Regions.

The countries of the Western Regions have been influenced by Han culture for hundreds of years, and have been continuously sinicized for hundreds of years, and they are full of fear of Han, but also have more yearning and respect.

The rule of the Han was far better for them than that of the Xiongnu or Xianbei.

Now, the Han replacements have returned, and they take it for granted that the Wei state is also as powerful as the Han state.

Yes and no.

Because the Guo Wei Empire was far stronger than the Eastern Han Empire.

The Cheshi and Shanshan people made the right choice, and they sent messengers with some gifts to Liuzhong City to meet Cao Xiu, who received them and conveyed to them the orders of the Emperor of Wei.

He ordered Cheshi and Shanshan and other Western Regions countries to send envoys to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven and re-establish the status of vassal states and suzerains, and the Wei Empire wanted to take over everything from the Han Empire, re-enter the Western Regions, rule the Western Regions, and set up a capital protectorate belonging to the Han Empire in the Western Regions.

If there is any resistance or ill-intentionedness, severe punishment will be given.

Those who are obedient are naturally vassals of Wei, and they should be protected by the Wei Empire.

Cao Xiu also deliberately told the words of Chen Tang, the former Han general, to the Cheshi and Shanshan's envoys.

"Although the Han Dynasty is gone, but the Wei Dynasty Han is orthodox, the same China, what the Han has done, Wei can do the same, the obedient, no hardship, no help, although far away will be punished."

After conveying Guo Peng's basic core ideas to the envoys of the two countries, the envoys of the two countries returned to their respective countries tremblingly, and then each organized a larger delegation to go to Luoyang to meet Guo Peng, the son of Wei, and establish a name.

Not only that, but they also took the initiative to send people along the oasis route all the way west to inform the rest of the Western Regions countries of the news, telling them that the Wei Empire is coming, and everyone is ready.

It's best to worship the boss first, otherwise it's hard to say what will happen to Wei once it gets angry and raises troops.

In a sense, the Wei Empire can open up the situation in the Western Regions so easily, which is inseparable from the bloody struggle of countless people with lofty ideals in the Western Regions in the four hundred years of the Two Han Dynasty.

Although the Han State is gone, the spirit of the Han culture is still there, and the deterrence that the Han Kingdom once brought to them is still there.

The Han Kingdom is gone, but its soul is still there.

Therefore, when the successors of Han returned to the Western Regions, they instinctively thought that this was a powerful regime that could not be opposed, and they could only obediently stand up and accept the feudal rule of the Wei Empire and become his vassal state, otherwise, they would usher in his thunderous blow.

Cao Xiu thought that he needed to show his strength, show off his muscles, strike at one or two small countries that didn't know what to do or bad to establish his prestige, and then establish the Wei Empire's unrivaled position in the Western Regions.

As a result, I didn't expect them to be so single, so they took the initiative to post it and want to be a vassal state.

It was a little too enthusiastic and too simple, but it made Cao Xiu feel uneasy, so he discussed with Cao Ren whether to be careful, and Cao Ren also felt that he could be appropriately careful.

Cao Xiu was preparing for war in Liuzhong City, and he also sent people around to investigate the movements of Cheshi and Shanshan, and the results proved that the two countries were really cowardly.

It's not a fake.

They soon sent an envoy represented by the prince of the country to Liuzhong City to meet Cao Xiu, hoping to get Cao Xiu's recommendation, Cao Xiu sent people to lead them to Dunhuang to meet Cao Ren, and then went to Luoyang under Cao Ren's guidance.

The first to arrive was Shanshanguo, and then to Cheshiguo.

Cao Ren thought that this was the end of it, but he didn't expect it to be the case.

In September, envoys from the Yanqi Kingdom and the End Kingdom also came to Liuzhong City to meet Cao Xiu, hoping to get Cao Xiu's recommendation to meet Cao Ren, and then go to Luoyang to meet His Majesty Wei Tianzi.

Cao Xiu felt strange and asked them where they had learned the news, and they replied that it was the people from Che Shiguo and Shanshan who had gone to inform them separately.

It is said that the royal master of the Son of Heaven of China has returned to the Western Regions, and he wants them to go to worship, and if they do not worship, they will bear the consequences.

Frightened, they went to worship the Son of Heaven and asked for an exemption.

Cao Xiu began to understand a little bit of how much shock and influence the former Han Empire had brought to them.

Also, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty raised troops twice in a rage, and crossed the entire Western Regions to beat the Great Wan Kingdom, and from then on let the countries of the Western Regions know that once the Chinese Son of Heaven is angry, he can destroy them at all costs.

This fear spans hundreds of years and has not gone away.

This made it almost effortless for the Wei Empire to make them choose to submit.

After a period of time, by the end of October, the countries of the Western Regions, such as the Kingdom of Weisu, the Kingdom of Qimi, the Kingdom of Qiuzi, the Kingdom of Jingjue, the Kingdom of Humi, and the Kingdom of Gumo, sent envoys to Liuzhong City.

After seeing Cao Xiu in Liuzhongcheng, he entered Yumen Pass to meet Cao Ren in Dunhuang County, and after receiving the customs clearance documents, he went to Luoyang to worship.

Cao Xiu and Cao Ren thought that it would be very difficult to open up the Western Regions, but they didn't expect that the development of the Western Regions would be far easier than they imagined, there was no bloody rain, only obedience.

This made Cao Xiu even feel a sense of powerlessness.

The feeling that the opponent doesn't even think of himself as an opponent is a bit boring.

originally thought that at least one or two disobedient people would jump up and make trouble, and then Cao Xiu could kill it in a righteous and bright way, establish prestige, and even use such prestige to seek a position in the Western Regions, and move towards the goals of those predecessors in the past.

Unexpectedly, there was no such opportunity.

Cao Ren's psychology is almost the same as Cao Xiu's.

I thought that there would be a war, and then they established their prestige in the Western Regions, established a new Western Regions Protectorate, and called for wind and rain in the Western Regions.

It didn't turn out to be like this, skipping the prelude and getting to the point.

When Cao Ren felt depressed, at the beginning of October of the third year of Yande, a combined caravan of 7,000 people set out from Luoyang and arrived at Dunhuang County after a long journey.

Ma Yuan, the leader of the joint caravan and the lieutenant, handed over Guo Peng's warrant to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren took it and took a look, it turned out that it was Guo Peng who asked Cao Ren to help and facilitate the caravan when it entered the Western Regions to trade, pay attention to sending troops to protect it, and if there were small countries in the Western Regions plotting against the caravan, they would immediately send troops to attack it and destroy their ambitions.

When Guo Peng sent people, the envoys of the Western Regions had not yet gone to Luoyang, so Guo Peng didn't know, and if Guo Peng knew, it was estimated that it wouldn't be like this.

In fact, on the way to Dunhuang, Ma Yuan met the envoys of the Western Regions one after another.

Seeing that the other party was obviously different from the Central Plains, he suspected that he was from the Western Regions, and after a little talk, he learned that the other party was an envoy from a certain country in the Western Regions, and he was going to meet Wei Tianzi.

Then the other party asked what they were going to do, and Ma Yuan replied that they were going to the Western Regions to do business.

Then he pointed to the huge caravan and the huge amount of cargo.

The eyes of the envoys immediately straightened.

"These are all goods from the upper country? Is it going to be sold? ”

The envoy asked Ma Yuan excitedly.

Ma Yuan nodded.

"I, Wei Tianzi, personally gave us a strong trip, let us go west this time to open up the trade routes of the Western Regions, connect with the countries of the Western Regions, and do business together, after the trade routes are opened, it will become easier to travel back and forth between each other, this is what the Son of Heaven means."

"This ...... That's great! ”

The envoy was quite excited.

And there was more than one envoy, Ma Yuan met the envoys of five Western Regions countries, and they all expressed strong interest and yearning for this, and they wanted to let their country establish relations with the Wei Empire, and then let the merchants of the Wei Empire come over, and their merchants could also go to the Wei Empire.

Before the civil strife in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the trade routes were basically cut off, and the countries of the Western Regions were also a little helpless.

No matter how good the commodity is, it needs a good dumping ground, and if there is not enough population and huge purchasing power, how can the commodity be sold?

Taking this opportunity, Ma Yuan talked with those envoys, talking about the situation of the countries in the Western Regions, and the news of the Kushan Empire and the Rest Empire further west in the Western Regions.