Guo wanted to fully understand the current situation of the countries in the Western Regions and see if there was a chance to do something.

Think of a way, find an opportunity, even if you can't win it now, it's good to weaken their strength.

You can't let them really get rich and strong by being middlemen and second-hand dealers.

"Ah Yuan, not to mention the Guishan Kingdom, what is the situation of the countries of the Western Regions?"

As soon as Guo Peng asked, Ma Yuan said a little.

"It's almost the same as recorded in the classics of the former Han Dynasty, most of the countries in the Western Regions are small and weak, not as big as a county in Wei, and the population is very small, so there are not many soldiers, basically every adult man can be counted as a soldier, and his strength is weak, and he is not the enemy of World War I.

Except for Wusun, there are only a few countries with a population of more than 100,000, and there are more than 100,000, so if they are fully mobilized, they will have 10,000 to 20,000 soldiers and horses. ”

Guo Peng nodded silently.

"In your opinion, not counting Wusun, if you want to sweep away the rest of the countries in the Western Regions, how many soldiers and horses will be needed? Is the 50,000 Northwest Army under Zixiao enough? Do you need more troops? ”

"Enough, absolutely enough, as long as Your Majesty orders, General Cao will definitely be able to sweep away the rest of the countries in the Western Regions for Your Majesty."

Ma Yuan said confidently: "First of all, the countries of the Western Regions are not all subordinate to each other, and there are also relatives and estrangements between each other, and there are also feuds against each other, so it is impossible to work together to gather all the forces to resist our army.

Even if they know that our army is attacking other countries, they will not necessarily think that our army must attack them, they will have a sense of luck and will not work together, so as long as our army breaks through each other, it will definitely be able to wipe out the countries of the Western Regions in one fell swoop. ”

Guo Peng frowned.

"You just said that not all of them are subordinate to each other, which means that there are still kingdoms that belong to each other?"

"Yes."

Ma Yuan continued to nod: "It has been more than twenty years since the former Han and Xiongnu withdrew from the Western Regions, and it has been more than ten years since Xianbei withdrew from the Western Regions. ”

"Which ones do you know?"

"I don't know much at present, I know that the Dawan Kingdom is attached to the Shache Kingdom, and there are some countries that have formed alliances and have a close relationship with each other, such as the Qiuci Kingdom and the Gumo Kingdom, etc., the relationship is more complicated and chaotic, and they are not absolute, and there are gaps to drill."

Ma Yuan replied.

Guo Peng nodded.

"It still looks a little interesting, of course it is not difficult to swallow it all in one go, but it may consume a lot of grain, and judging from the current situation in the four counties of Hexi, it will not be able to support the army to conquer the Western Regions in about two or three years.

Before that, maybe we can use some means to let them fight themselves, consume their national strength, and make our march more convenient in the future, where is it better to start? Yuan, what do you suggest? I'd like to hear your advice. ”

As soon as Guo Peng said this, Ma Yuan thought seriously for a while.

"If you want to make a suggestion, Your Majesty, I suggest that you can open up the situation from these two places in order to solve the problems between the large and small Kunmi of the Wusun Kingdom and the front and rear divisions, especially Wusun, which has a large population and a large army, which is not a small threat."

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Guo Peng asked Ma Yuan to continue.

"The relationship between the big and small Kunmi of the Wusun country is relatively tense, when I took a caravan to trade in the Wusun country before, the big Kunmi asked me to take the caravan to trade with them on the grounds that he has the blood of the Han family, instead of going to the territory of the small Kunmi.

Then Xiao Kunmi came to see me in person, and asked me to take the caravan to their territory to the mutual market, saying that the Great Kunmi territory was small and barren, and was not suitable for trade, and he also admired China quite a lot, although he did not have the blood of the Han family, but he had a sincere heart.

Da Kunmi learned that he directly brought troops over, and Xiao Kunmi was not to be outdone, and also transferred troops over, and the two sides were almost about to fight, so I hurriedly dissuaded them, divided the caravan into two, and traded with them separately, so that they did not fight. ”

Ma Yuan explained the cause and effect: "The same situation is the same for the front and rear divisions, the contradictions between the two sides are not small, it is good that there are no external forces, if there is a slight instigation by external forces, there will be an accident, and not only that, I also inquired further."

It is said that at the beginning of the great Kunmi's ascension to the throne, the little Kunmi also used fraud and deceived the 1,000 families of the great Kunmi, almost causing a civil war, and the relationship between the big and small Kunmi was very tense since then. ”

Guo Peng touched the beard on his chin and nodded slowly.

The dispute between the big and small Kunmi in the Wusun Kingdom is still quite interesting, and it sounds like an excuse that can be manipulated.

This matter still has to start from the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty.

In order to fight against the Xiongnu, seize the influence of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions, and further attack and isolate the Xiongnu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty tried to unite the relatively powerful Western Regions state Wusun to fight against the Xiongnu.

So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first married Princess Xijun to Wusun Kunmi, that is, the head of Wusun, and tried to unite Wusun, but Princess Xijun died soon, and Emperor Wu of Han asked the daughter of the King of Chu to relieve the worries of Princess Wusun and pro-Wusun.

The princess of the Western Han Dynasty is a very legendary woman.

She lived far longer than the princess of Xijun, and she also had a great influence on Wusun.

She once facilitated Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty to send 150,000 troops to attack the Xiongnu to rescue Wusun, and also contributed to the alliance between Han and Wusun, making immortal contributions to the Han Dynasty's expulsion of Xiongnu forces in the Western Regions.

The alliance between Han and Wusun became vassal as each other's forces changed, and Wusun submitted to the Han Empire.

After the death of Wusun Lao Kunmi, the Han Empire tried to set up the son of Princess Xie Wei as the new Wusun Kunmi, but the people of Wusun supported another person to be Kunmi.

In desperation, Han had no choice but to take other means, relying on the strong national strength and the influence of Princess Jiewu, and forcibly divided Wusun into two, divided into the big Kunmi tribe and the small Kunmi tribe.

Da Kunmi is the son of Princess Xie Wu, because of his status advantage and the support of the Han Empire, he led a population of 60,000 households.

Xiao Kunmi is the lord of Wusun that the Wusun people truly recognize, but without the support of the Han Empire, he can only lead 40,000 households.

This was the result of the Han Empire's stubborn meddling in the internal affairs of Wusun.

In Guo's view, this was also a relatively successful diplomatic experiment of the Han Empire.

The Han Empire successfully used its influence to meddle in the internal affairs of Wusun, a great power in the Western Regions, and successfully divided Wusun.

This has brought great convenience to Guo.

Since then, the two tribes of Wusun have not been able to identify with each other and belong to each other, although there are also a large number of unification theorists within themselves, but they can only constantly rub and fight with each other.

After all, neither of the ruling classes on either side is willing to give up their status, and no one is willing to be subservient, and they have been rubbing until now, and they don't know how much their bloodlines have changed.

But there is no doubt that the influence of the Han Empire in Wusun has not faded to this day.

Wusun Da Kunmi is still talking about the matter of Princess Xie Wu, claiming to have Han family blood, which is enough to prove that the influence of the Han Empire on Wusun is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has formed a tradition.

This terrible inertia.

A little use is enough to cause a civil war in Wusun, which will damage Wusun's national strength.

This is the same as the two countries of the front and rear car divisions, but the two countries of the front and rear car divisions cannot be compared with Wusun in terms of population and national strength, and it will be much easier to fight.

However, Wusun, with a population of hundreds of thousands, can pull out tens of thousands of troops, and it will be quite troublesome to fight.

Don't let them fight a civil war and consume their own troops, Guo is really hard to talk about.