The news that Liu Mastiff was canonized as the crown prince did not reach the battlefield of Guishan.

At the beginning, Dong Zhuo was very disgusted with Jia Xu's arrival, and he almost decided in his heart that this guy was here to snatch credit, and when it came to war, he had been on the side for a long time, how could this third prince sitting in the temple compare to himself? However, now, he is a little glad that Jia Xu has arrived.

After acquiring the Sogdian region, Dong Zhuo's heart only had the idea of how to defeat the enemy's reinforcements, and he didn't think about anything else, but Jia Xu was different, he was thinking about how to reduce the burden of the army on the Western Regions and Liangzhou, he pushed out the Grishka, and let the Grishka take the position of the original tax official and become the lord of Maracandanda.

Jia Xu still underestimated the prestige of the Kushan people, he had learned from Cao Cao that the Kushan practiced a caste system, and the lower castes tended to bow down to the higher castes, and the Greeska... He was the highest caste, the first caste, and he was the only one in the whole of Sogdia, and when he went out into the streets of Maracanda, he almost caused the unrest here again.

The people frantically poured into the streets, chanting his name, kneeling on both sides, and as for the fourth caste and the like, they were not qualified to come to see him, and they could not even be seen by him, otherwise they would be punished, so severe, Jia Xu seemed to be relieved of the greasy Sejia, and did not arrange for anyone to follow or protect, but only sent a few Guishan officials who surrendered to him to protect him.

Miseka has the highest status, as the lord of the city, no one dares to disobey, and even, the people are happy to accept, thinking that it is better to make him the king of Sogdia than before, with him sitting in Marakanda, the people everywhere quickly calmed down, the officials returned, surrendered, and under the arrangement of Teska, went to various places to begin to calm the turmoil caused by the war.

Because of the years of war, most of the land was deserted, farmers, handicraftsmen, and merchants, all suffered varying degrees of blows, in Kushan, unlike the Han Dynasty, there were not many merchants and handicraftsmen here, in addition, there were a large number of slaves, although the Han Dynasty also had slaves, but there were many restrictions, because many Confucians were extremely disgusted by this.

Therefore, the big families, the local tyrants, did not go all out to save slaves on a large scale, which was considered to be unkind, they were only the slaves and maids who stayed in the mansion, and the rest of the people were called tenants, had no land, and could only farm for the big clan all their lives, in essence, they were no different from slaves, but the Kushan was more direct.

Inside the Kushan, the slaves are very harsh, the slaves are responsible for mining, farming for the nobles and other heavy labor, and even, the King of Kushan has an army of slaves under his command, the King of Kushan promised them, as long as they cut off the heads of ten enemies, they can get rid of the identity of slaves, therefore, this army is extremely fierce, is the most elite soldiers of the Kushan, with less than 4,000 people, defeated the vanguard army of more than 10,000 people.

After two attacks in Sogdia, the number of people was very scarce, and the peasants in the entire Sogdian region were not even 300,000, and in Dahan, a county town, it was close to this number, of course, plus the rest of the people, there could be 8 or 900,000 people, but Sogdia did not have a strict household registration policy, and this population was still 40 years ago, and no one knew whether it was true or false.

In order to stabilize the situation here first, he personally inspected the territory of Sogdia, and Jia Xu arranged for him nearly forty elite soldiers to be personally guarded, and he passed through various villages, such as what to cultivate as soon as possible, do not waste the land, etc., he only needs to say a word, and the officials here will carry it out wholeheartedly, not daring to be the slightest bit lax, not at all like the style of the Kushan people.

When Grishka inspected various places, Zhang Da, that is, the official who had been left by Jia Xu's side before, had been following Grishka's side and helping him deal with important matters here.

After some inspection, he returned to Maracanda, however, it seems that he was not in a happy mood, and he did not visit Jia Xu, returned to his mansion, locked himself in the study, I don't know what he was thinking, Jia Xu had to call Zhang Da to understand the situation, although Zhang Da was running all the way and was very busy, but after Jia Xu summoned him, he immediately appeared in front of Jia Xu.

Jia Xu looked at the person in front of him, stroked his long beard, and asked, "I heard that the tired prince seems to be displeased, and after returning to the mansion, he has never seen others again, but this journey is too tiring?" ”

Zhang Da shook his head and said, "That's not the case, he traveled by car all the way, and he never got off the horse, how can he be tired?" He just saw the situation of the local people and was worried, so it was like this...", hearing Zhang Da say this, Jia Xu nodded and said: "It seems that the people in this place are not doing well? ”

"What's more, Jia Gong came for the first time, but he didn't know that in the large and small villages, there are sparsely populated, ten rooms and nine empty, even if you have to work, there is no manpower, it is really miserable..."

"Oh, I see..."Jia Xu said again: "Then what did he say and do along the way?" ”

"He... seems to be extremely jealous of Jia Gong, along the way, he told officials everywhere not to anger Jia Gong, to rectify the people's governance, and civilians, he also wanted to give a few words, but these civilians didn't dare to look at him, and they didn't dare to reply, they just bowed their heads to the ground, so he was helpless... In addition, he also asked the officials to borrow spring seeds for farming from the Western Regions..."

"Oh, by the way, he also went to Xinha and met General Sun and General Cao, General Sun ignored him, but General Cao, who seemed to have a good relationship with him, and stayed with us for two days, in addition, the two of them talked in the mansion for a long time, and they didn't let me in, and I don't know what they talked about..."

"Well... It's okay, didn't you encounter any situation on the way? ”

"No, along the road, people are kneeling and worshipping, and officials greet them in person... Nothing big. ”

Hearing Zhang Da's words, Jia Xu shook his head, he still couldn't understand why the people of this Guishan would have such respect for the Gritty Silka, he couldn't help asking: "This Greasy Silka, who left the Frost since he was a child, has been studying in the Han Dynasty, I don't know why he is so respected by the people?" ”

"Jia Gong, he is the first surname, in the north, it is very rare..."Zhang Da told Jia Xu in detail, it turned out that in the system here, the prince was the second caste, but after the Yue people established the Kushan Empire here, they refused to recognize the status of the priest as higher than themselves, and finally after compromise, the Kushan royal family became the first caste, higher than the priest.

And the rest of the princes, the kings, were in the same ranks as the priests, and became the second caste.

After explaining these, Zhang Da continued: "Secondly, the current King of Guishan, tyrannical and mediocre, after he ascended the throne, Guishan's territory in the West has been lost, so it caused the displeasure of everyone, some people with a heart, they vigorously preached the younger brother of the previous king, under their preaching, out of dissatisfaction with the current king, the prestige of the Greega is getting bigger and bigger..."

"However, these people didn't expect that Uncle Grishka was still alive... They just want to do big things in his name..."Zhang Da smiled embarrassedly, and Jia Xu suddenly asked, "Among those people, there must be you?" ”

Zhang Da just smiled, but did not reply.

"Okay, you go down and rest first, you did a good job, follow me, maybe it's a bit of a waste, when the time comes, I recommend you to the Son of Heaven, and you will go to Luoyang."

"Thank you Jia Gong, thank you Jia Gong!!"

After he left, Jia Xu didn't want to go to the Sogdian region, after years of war, the destruction was huge, and it seemed difficult and unrealistic to harvest the food to supply the army this year, but the Kushan reinforcements were delayed, and the army couldn't keep spending here, so he had to think of a way to anger the Kushan king, and his previous letter didn't play a big role.

This Kushan King is not as mediocre as rumored, and there are also capable people around him, so he delayed the crusade and let himself occupy Sogdia, did he want to wear down the strength of the Great Han, or wait for the Great Han to be weak and heavy to transport, and then attack?

In this way, after three days, Grishka finally walked out of the mansion and went straight to Jia Xu's study.

Hearing that Grish Sejia was coming, Jia Xu asked the soldiers to bring him in, and hurriedly put away the map on the case, speaking of which, he still didn't trust Tired Sejia enough in his heart, Greasy Sejia walked in, met Jia Xu, and sat in front of him, it seems, his face was still a little sad, he sat in front of Jia Xu, did not speak, frowned, and seemed to be still pondering.

Jia Xu didn't speak, and looked at him quietly.

He was silent for a long time before he spoke: "Jia Gong, in Sogdia, there are ten rooms and nine emptiness, and in the countryside, there are no strong people, only the old and weak, women and children, these people can't support themselves. There are too few people, it's impossible..."He said, raised his head, and looked at Jia Xu, Jia Xu was indifferent, he sighed helplessly, and said: "In a short period of time, Sogdia can't provide food for the Han army, but needs the Han army to help...."

Jia Xu shook his head and said, "How is this feasible, our army's grain and grass are not enough for self-consumption..."

"I know! But those princes and nobles, before fleeing, took away the grain one by one!! The people are eating wild vegetables, tree bark, making a living, no one cultivates, how long can they last? If Jia Gong refused to help, how could the people in the city survive? These nearly a million people, I'm afraid they will all die with Jia Gong!! ”

Jia Xu asked angrily, "Are you threatening me?" ”

"Not really, it's just that I ask Jia Gong to think of a way! These millions of people are innocent people, Jia Gongzhi studied the classics, how can he not be based on benevolence and righteousness? Don't you do good deeds? ”

"The Western Regions, Liangzhou, is also a poor place, how can it bear the needs of millions of people?"

Jia Xu said, but he thought in his heart, Guishan's delay in sending troops was just waiting for the Sogdian civil unrest? Don't look at the situation now, the situation is stable, but if they continue to starve and have no food support, sooner or later, they will no longer be able to bear it, at this time, no matter how brave the Han army is, what can they do in the face of so many people?

Greasy Sejia pursed his lips and said, "Then, please Jia Gong can lend me a battalion of soldiers!" ”

Jia Xu was shocked, but a name subconsciously appeared in his mind.

Cao Cao!