After Cao Xiu led the army to leave Yumen Pass, he set foot on the land of the Western Regions, and Cao Xiu, who had never left the Central Plains, felt a strange atmosphere here.

The special nature of the exotic land brought Cao Xiu an unimaginable freshness, and he galloped all the way, not forgetting to look at the surrounding terrain and landforms along the way.

The cultivated land, mountains, rivers, small bridges and flowing water in the Central Plains are all absent here.

Winy, dry, barren, and less populated.

I don't think it's a good place for people to live, because the land here doesn't look like it's cultivating.

Whenever he needed to stop his horse to rest, Cao Xiu would listen to his guide tell him about what happened to the Han people here and the battles they experienced here.

"The villain lives in Dunhuang, the ancestors once guarded the Yumen Pass, and witnessed General Geng Gong returning to the Yumen Pass from the Western Regions, this matter has been passed down from generation to generation, passed on to the villain, and he does not dare to forget it, and then it will be passed on to future generations."

Thinking of fiddling with a pile of firewood, he said with a smile.

"Geng Gong? The name is a bit impressive. ”

Cao Xiu sat on the side and barbecued meat.

"That's the story of the former Han Xiaoming Emperor, the ancestor was guarding the Yumen Pass at that time, and saw General Geng Gong return to the Yumen Pass with thirteen soldiers, and the ancestor later heard about the hardships along the way, even if the villain heard about it now, he will feel shocked."

Seeing that Cao Xiu was very interested, the guide slowly told Cao Xiu what he knew.

At that time, Geng Gong served as the captain of Wuji to defend Jinmancheng, and encountered a large-scale attack on the Western Regions by the Northern Xiongnu, and the Qiuci State and Yanqi followed the Northern Xiongnu and defeated the Western Regions to protect Chen Mu, so the entire Western Regions began to rebel against the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Northern Xiongnu's troops pointed directly at Jinmancheng.

Geng Gong had few soldiers, retreated to Shule City after the battle, and did not retreat in Shule City, and the 20,000 troops of the Northern Xiongnu could not help Geng Gong.

At that time, it coincided with the death of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, and the imperial court had no time to send reinforcements, so the Che Shi also rebelled and followed the Xiongnu to attack Geng Gong, and Geng Gong's situation was very dangerous.

But he did not admit defeat, but dug mountains and wells to get water, boiled bows and crossbows, and killed and wounded thousands of enemies one after another.

No matter how much the Northern Xiongnu besieged, they could not conquer Shule City, so they had to send people to negotiate with Geng Gong and pretend to persuade him to surrender.

Geng Gong let the Xiongnu's negotiator go up to the city tower, then killed him in front of everyone, and set up a fire at the head of the city to burn his corpse to deter the Xiongnu.

(Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and talking about thirsty Hun blood, talking about Geng Gong)

Emperor Zhang of Han, who succeeded to the throne after the death of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, was determined to forge ahead and was unwilling to lose the Western Regions, so he sent people to return to the Western Regions with troops to rescue Geng Gong, who was fighting hard, and staged a Han Dynasty version of saving Private Geng Gong.

After a long journey, Fan Qiang, the general sent by Geng Gong to ask for help, finally led his troops to rescue Geng Gong, and Geng Gong only had 26 troops left.

The return journey was also very difficult, the Huns were unwilling to let them go, pursued all the way, Geng Gong fought and retreated, and finally returned to Yumen Pass.

From the beginning of the battle to his return to Yumen Pass, seven months have passed, more than 210 days of life and death, and only 13 of the 26 people who retreated from Shule City with him are alive.

The guards of the Yumen Gate were very moved, praised their righteous deeds for eternity, personally cleaned their bodies, changed into clean clothes, and showed their merits.

At that time, the ancestors of the guide were on the spot, and witnessed that historical moment, which will be passed on to future generations.

Cao Xiu was very moved after hearing this, and slashed the ground with a saber again and again to vent his excitement, and admired the hero who defended the dignity of the country with his life more than 100 years ago.

He didn't know if he could be that hero, and if he could, he would love to.

But after thinking about it, Cao Xiu laughed again.

Now that the Wei army is strong, no one can be regarded as the sworn enemy of the Wei army, and if such an army is still in decline, it can only be said that the general himself is incompetent.

Cao Xiu didn't want to be an incompetent person.

So Cao Xiu collected his mood, turned on his horse, and rushed to Liuzhong City again with a thousand elite cavalry.

Under the guidance of the guide, on the 24th day of the seventh month of the third year of Yande, Cao Xiu arrived at Liuzhong City with 2,000 Wei troops.

Ups and downs for hundreds of years, from the Western Han Dynasty to the Eastern Han Dynasty and then to today, Liuzhong City.

Feeling the vicissitudes of history, Cao Xiu was quite cautious when he led his troops to approach Liuzhong City.

As a result, the people in the city didn't know what the situation was, so they actually closed the city and defended themselves, seemingly treating Cao Xiu as an enemy.

"They don't know about my Wei Kingdom?"

Cao Xiu was a little strange.

"Yes, I know, probably I don't know what the purpose of the general's coming here is, whether it will hurt people, after all, the number of people brought by the general is a bit large."

The guide was a little embarrassed.

Cao Xiu turned around and looked at the thousand iron horses he brought, feeling a little scary.

"Beat up Wei Qi and retreat a little distance."

Cao Xiu gave an order, and the Wei army's iron cavalry retreated, and then Cao Xiu asked the guide to also hold the banner of Wei and step forward to talk to the people in Liuzhong City.

A crack was opened in the city gate for the guide to enter, and after a while, the guide came out again, this time bringing out several middle-aged men dressed as Han Chinese in the city.

"General, they are residents of the city, they have lived in Liuzhong City for a long time, basically they are all from the four counties of Hexi, the ancestors are the former Han soldiers who were stationed here with the long history of the Western Regions, and later lived here, making a living by trading with the countries of the Western Regions."

Cao Xiu nodded.

"Tell them that the four counties of Hexi have been recovered by my Wei, and now the army is about to be stationed in Liuzhong City, preparing to restore the Western Regions, are they willing to follow?"

The guide walked over again, exchanged some words with the Han dressed people, and then walked back.

"General, they don't dare to resist."

"Well, that's the right choice."

Cao Xiu nodded with satisfaction: "Let's enter the city, let's enter the city first, and then I have to have a good chat with these people." ”

So the Wei army iron cavalry entered Liuzhong City under the leadership of Cao Xiu.

After a short time, the banners of the Wei army were hung on the four walls of Liuzhong City, announcing that the city had been occupied by the Wei army.

But then again, this small town is really low and dilapidated.

The city wall is like this, and the city is the same, and there is no need to compare with the big cities of the Central Plains, even some small cities in Liangzhou.

The city walls are basically made of clay, and they have a certain amount of defense, but the defense is limited, and the walls are not high, so once a battle starts, the advantage of the defenders is not so great.

But considering that it is some distance from Yumen Pass, it is not easy to build such a city.

Over the years, the living environment of Liuzhong City is not very superior, and when the Dunhuang Taishou can still manage here, the situation here is okay.

After the death of Dunhuang Taishou, Dunhuang County was also in chaos, and the four counties of Hexi were also in chaos, and the resident officials returned to the interior of Dunhuang one after another, and the people of Liuzhong City could only survive by themselves.

Relying on their tenacious will, the Han people in the city, some other people from the Western Regions who fled and fled over, and even a small number of Huns all huddled here to keep warm, maintaining the scale of survival in Liuzhong City together, and making a living by making a transit station for merchants coming and going.

Therefore, this city surprisingly has quite a comprehensive function.

To say that it is also lucky, after the Northern Xiongnu and the Eastern Han Dynasty withdrew one after another, there was no strong regime that could influence the Western Regions, and all the countries in the Western Regions were free and let themselves go.

It's not that they haven't coveted Liuzhong City, but because these small countries themselves have few people and fewer soldiers and horses, even if they covet Liuzhong City, they are not the opponent of the Liuzhong City Self-Defense Army, and they have repeatedly fallen into the sand.

Yanaka City has stood to this day.