The four counties of Hexi really can't provide much help to Cao Ren's Northwest Corps at the moment.

It does take time for itself to develop, food can be drawn, but roads really need time to be repaired, and if the roads are not successful, the logistical difficulties will not be improved.

The logistics of the 50,000 troops are still a heavy burden.

Therefore, the Northwest Corps had no way to fight the war and could only assist in building roads.

According to the budget, it will take at least a year and a half for the transportation route in the Western Regions to take shape and have a certain effect.

But it is also not possible to do nothing during this time.

Let these countries rely on Guo's Silk Road plan to accumulate financial resources and expand their power in vain, and when the time comes, the country will really be rich and strong, and it will be even more troublesome to fight.

"Ah Yuan, tell me, how do you want to provoke the civil war in Wusun?"

Guo Peng planned to listen to Ma Yuan's plan.

Ma Yuan smiled and said: "Actually, it's very simple, just a few rumors, you can send someone to declare in the territory of Da Kunmi, saying that Xiao Kunmi intends to come to Luoyang to propose to His Majesty and ask to marry the princess, and then send someone to declare in the territory of Xiao Kunmi that Da Kunmi intends to come to Luoyang to propose to Your Majesty." ”

Guo Peng blinked, and suddenly couldn't cry or laugh.

"My eldest daughter is only nine years old, and she has not been crowned a princess, and I don't have a princess in Wei at the moment, even if she wants to be crowned, she will definitely not be my daughter."

"Your Majesty, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if there is a princess or not, it's not true anyway, it's just a rumor, but this rumor is very important to Wusun and Kunmi."

Ma Yuan said slowly: "Before, they almost fought in order to compete for the mutual market, it can be seen that the relationship between the two sides is very poor, and if a little rumor spreads, they will inevitably think that once His Majesty agrees to one of them to let the princess and kiss, the other side will be miserable."

I Wei will inevitably support one of them, and the other side will not get any support, and after a long time, the power will weaken, and if you can't beat the other party, you will be wiped out by the other party, so who can rest assured? They will inevitably scramble to send someone to Luoyang to propose marriage. ”

Guo Peng frowned.

"Wouldn't I have to respond head-on? Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty let the princess make peace in order to deal with the Xiongnu, I don't need Wusun to do anything for me, how can I allow peace and kissing?

On the contrary, what I am thinking about is how to destroy them, and the matter will make a big fuss, and the rest of the nations will know about it, and they will all think about it, and I am afraid that this matter will not end well.

And in addition to the countries of the Western Regions, we must also be careful of domestic public opinion, some people are afraid that the world will not be chaotic, lest nothing happen here, and when the time comes, a group of people will talk about it...... It's inappropriate. ”

Guo shook his head again and again, saying that such a situation really cannot be recognized.

"They can't come to Luoyang."

Ma Yuan narrowed his eyes: "Your Majesty can let General Cao Wenlie cooperate in the Western Regions, send people to act secretly, intercept and kill their teams on both sides halfway, and then let go of a few people, in this way, the Wusun Civil War will inevitably break out!" ”

Guo Peng's eyes lit up.

"It's kind of interesting, because when they learn that someone is dead, they will inevitably think that it is the other party's obstruction, and then they will blame each other, and they will quarrel with each other, and they will argue with each other, and maybe ...... It really started fighting. ”

"As long as they can fight, the plan will be successful, by instigating their civil war, reducing their military strength, and making Wusun lose population, soldiers and horses, isn't this Your Majesty's purpose?"

Ma Yuan said.

"They fight on their own, and it is indeed impossible for people to say anything, it is feasible."

Guo nodded happily: "But if you just fight each other for this matter, it may not really be a big fight, and it can't achieve the purpose of greatly reducing Wusun's strength, which is not enough."

Afterwards, if the winner comes to Luoyang to raise this matter to me, will I agree or not? And will this lead to the unification of Wusun? Even if it's just on the surface, it makes me embarrassed. ”

Guo asked his own question again for Ma Yuan's reference.

Ma Yuan thought about it seriously.

"What Your Majesty said may not be without a solution."

Ma Yuan pursed his lips: "It's just that there may be some problems with the way, and it's not so kind." ”

"You say."

Guo Peng allowed Ma Yuan to continue.

"Your Majesty, what you hope for should be more than just a big loss in the strength of the Wusun Kingdom, right? Although the strength of the Shanbei countries is not as strong as that of Wusun, there are not a few of them who have an army of 10,000 or 20,000 at every turn, and only one Wusun is weakened, I am afraid it will ......."

Guo Peng laughed.

"You really have a bad stomach, hurry up and tell me, what solution did you think of?"

"Drive the wolves and devour the tigers."

Ma Yuan clenched his fist: "At present, the general trend, the initiative lies in Your Majesty, not in the countries of the Western Regions, the countries of the Western Regions have seen the majesty of my joint caravan, and dare not take the initiative to provoke me Wei, then maybe we can take the initiative and pay a negligible price, blame Wusun, and make things bigger." ”

Guo narrowed his eyes.

"Ah Yuan, what do you mean is to get out of people's lives, blame Wusun, and then make Wen Lie mobilize the soldiers and horses of the Western Regions and the Northern Mountains to crusade against Wusun, drive the wolves and devour the tigers, and make both sides lose, while we sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and the fishermen benefit?"

Ma Yuan said with a smile; "Your Majesty is wise!"

Guo took a deep breath.

"That's a good plan."

"It's pretty good."

Ma Yuan said; "Your Majesty is the co-lord of the Western Regions, and has the righteous name of ruling over the countries, and the two Wusun tribes killed my Wei people because of the chaotic war, Your Majesty raised troops to avenge my Wei people, and ordered the Shanbei countries to send troops together, and jointly crusaded against Wusun under the leadership of General Cao of the Western Regions.

Your Majesty has a righteous name, and if the countries of the Western Regions do not follow, it will be rebellious, and you can crusade against it first, at this time, Your Majesty will not threaten with suzerainty, but when? Your Majesty's order, dare the countries of the Western Regions disobey? ”

That's a good idea.

Guo smiled and nodded repeatedly.

"What you said is right, if anyone doesn't comply, it is looking for death, and it will inevitably become the target of the public, I will directly let Wen Lie lead the troops to destroy it, just stand up for power, I have been thinking about whether to find a chance to fight in the Western Regions......"

Guo has always felt that if he doesn't fight a battle and doesn't show the strength of the Wei Empire from the front, some guys may think that the Wei Empire is a paper tiger and can't help but make some small moves.

Back then, before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty crusaded against Dawan under their noses, these small countries in the Western Regions also made small moves, which made Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty quite annoyed.

"If Your Majesty allows it, Your Majesty, I am willing to do this for Your Majesty, and the caravans that have joined the merchant team in the Western Regions also have many caravans of local Haoqiang and Shiren families, let's do it secretly, kill people and oversell goods, blame Wusun, and provoke a big war, who can know that this is something that Your Majesty has decided a long time ago?"

Looking at Ma Yuan's face full of confidence, Guo nodded with satisfaction.

"I didn't let you read so many military strategies in vain, okay, Ah Yuan, I'll leave this matter to you, I'll give you the manpower you need, within three months, I want the Wusun civil war to start, and within half a year, I want the coalition army of the Shanbei countries to attack Wusun!"

Guo immediately gave Ma Yuan an important order, and Ma Yuan immediately said that he understood that he would definitely do what Guo Peng told him to do.

Within three months, the civil war in Wusun will begin.

Within half a year, the allied forces of the northern states of Shanbei should start a war against Wusun.

In this way, the military strength and war potential of the great powers of Wusun and Shanbei will be reduced, and an opportunity will be created for the future wave of flat pushing.

Strive to eat the Western Regions within three to five years, establish a new state, completely control the first section of the Silk Road, and eliminate the middlemen!

In this way, it may also speed up the process of direct contact with the Roman Empire and obtain more opportunities to make money.

About seven days later, Guo announced that he would meet with this team of semi-official envoys from the Kushan Empire and receive them in the Qinzheng Palace.