The word Western Regions, first seen in the "Hanshu Western Regions Biography", due to the harsh natural conditions of living in the inland, the local living environment is not ideal, but it is also a place where Chinese and Western civilizations collide and merge, leaving a lot of splendid civilizations in history. 35xs In thousands of years of exchanges, the footprints of the sons and daughters of China have spread all over the Western Regions, not only spreading advanced technology and excellent culture to this lonely land, but also leaving three wonderful stories that can be sung and cried.

The first story is called the Silk Road. In the early years of the Han Dynasty, the military pressure of the northern Xiongnu was very great, in order to interrupt the enemy's right flank, Emperor Wu secretly sent Zhang Qian and others as merchants to envoy Dayue and other countries to strategically contain the detour space of the Xiongnu cavalry. Before this, the Central Plains region had no concept of the Western Regions, Zhang Qian escaped from the encirclement of the Huns after a lot of hardships, but the Dayue people had already been defeated by the military minister Shan Yu, and the Ju clan migrated to the Aral Sea generation, living a life of half-farming and half-herding.

When Zhang Qian explained his intentions, they said that they couldn't help, so Zhang Qian had to return to Chang'an with a full body of loss. In order to avoid the Huns, this time they wanted to enter the hinterland of the Han Dynasty from the Qinghai area, but by this time the Qiang had been conquered by the Xiongnu, and the local Xiongnu officers quickly recognized these Han Chinese and escorted them all to the royal court. Later, the military minister Shan Yu died of illness, and his younger brother Zuogu Li Wang set himself up as the new Shan Yu, and immediately led his troops to attack the prince Yu Dan, Zhang Qian took advantage of this civil strife and fled back to Chang'an with his Xiongnu wife and cousin's father. 35xs

Although the first mission to the Western Regions did not complete the strategic goals of the Han Dynasty, the materials brought back by Zhang Qian were very valuable, in addition to advanced smelting technology and excellent war horses, which were very precious to the cavalry corps of the Han Dynasty. Seven years later, the Huns continued to lose their troops in the long-distance raids of Wei Qing and Huo Quai, and were forced to flee to Mobei to protect themselves, and the deeds of the strong Han also spread to the Western Regions.

In order to spread the Han civilization, Emperor Wu decided to send Zhang Qian again to the countries of the Western Regions, because this mission was to establish diplomatic relations, so the scale of the westward journey was very large, and the goods were also extremely rich. In the face of the friendly Han Dynasty, countries along the way vied with each other to support them, and then sent envoys to Chang'an to worship. After Zhang Qian arrived in Wusun, he sent deputy envoys to Dawan, Kangju, Dayueshi, Daxia and other countries, and as far as Anxi, body poison and other places.

Zhang Qian's trip to the Western Regions has no predecessors and successors, and the route he traveled is called the Silk Road by later generations. For thousands of years, this road has been carrying the friendship between the Chinese nation and the people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions, and Zhang Qian's deeds are also deeply remembered by future generations.

The second story is called the Return of the Thirteen Heroes to the Jade Gate. Chinese people have always had a special affection for the Han Dynasty, and our main ethnic group is named after the country, and the specific reasons can be glimpsed from this story.

The protagonist of the story is called Geng Gong, the word Bozong, and the people of Fufeng Maoling. In 74 AD, the Eastern Han Dynasty re-established the Western Regions Protectorate, and Geng Gong maintained law and order there as a school captain. The 35xs returned Huns first sent troops to attack the Cheshi Kingdom, killed their king, and then turned around and attacked the Han garrison, which had only a few hundred defenders.

In the face of the attack of tens of thousands of Hun cavalry, Geng Gong decisively ordered the soldiers to rely on the city wall for defense, and the Huns changed their strategy after being unable to attack for a long time, wanting to force the Han army out of the city and surrender through encirclement. After a few months of running out of food and grass in the city, and the soldiers were killed by disease and starvation, the remaining people boiled the leather goods on their bows and crossbow armor, but they still did not choose to surrender.

The long-term siege consumed a large amount of grain and grass materials for the Xiongnu, and the bravery of Geng Gong and others also shook the enemy's morale. In order to end this only symbolic war as soon as possible, the Huns sent envoys to ask for surrender in the city, taking the opportunity to obtain information in the city. Geng Gong pretended to agree, and when the envoys entered the city, he would capture them on the city wall and kill them, and then eat them.

At this time, Emperor Ming died, Emperor Zhang immediately organized his ministers to discuss how to rescue after ascending the throne, most people thought that they should not lose a lot because of a small loss, and sent tens of thousands of people to fight for the sake of a few hundred people, not to mention countless costs, but also to take more lives. In this debate, Bao Yu said a very classic sentence Geng Gongning would rather die than surrender in order to guard the integrity and honor of the Han Dynasty, if he gave up on them in times of crisis, he would not only indulge the brutality of the barbarians, but also hurt the hearts of all the soldiers. After hearing this, Emperor Zhang suddenly realized, and the rescue army then set off.

The reinforcements rescued many scattered Han troops along the way, regrouped them and continued to move westward, and when Geng Gong and others were rescued from the farthest distance, there were only 26 soldiers who could embark on the return journey together. On the long way back, there were both harassment by the Hun cavalry and bad weather, and only thirteen people remained when they finally entered the Yumen Pass. The guards of Yumen Pass were very shocked, and the history books recorded that "the clothes are worn and decimaled, and the Zhonglang will solemnly wash Mu Yi's clothes for the sake of Gong", and praised them in the recital to Emperor Zhang "not ashamed of the Han Dynasty".

The third story is called the spear guarding the soul of the Tang Dynasty alone. The protagonist of the story is called Guo Xin, and the detailed information is not recorded in the official history, only that he is Guo Ziyi's nephew, and his father Guo Youming is Guo Ziyi's half-brother.

During the Tang Dynasty, in order to strengthen the control of the Western Regions, the Anxi and Beiting Prefectures were set up, where the city was built and garrisoned to protect the surrounding small countries and merchants. After the outbreak of the Anshi Rebellion, 15,000 elites of the Western Regions and the Anxi Protectorate Army were requisitioned and transferred back to the interior of Qinwang, and Tubo took the opportunity to occupy Longyou and Hexi Prefectures, resulting in the Tang army left behind completely cut off contact with the interior. When they relied on the Uighur power to regain contact with the interior, the Tang government was surprised to find that the Western Regions was still in their hands, and the government and the opposition wept bitterly with their spirit of loyalty to the country.

However, at this time, the Tang Dynasty had no intention of controlling the Western Regions, and did not send a single soldier except for verbal praise, and the Tubo took the opportunity to storm the four towns of Anxi, and the situation deteriorated sharply. At the time of the crisis, Guo Xin was ordered to serve as the guard of the four towns of Anxi, while Li Yuanzhong held the north court, and the two cooperated with the cavalry of the Shatuo Uighurs, and fought bloody battles with the Tubo people many times, trying to protect the city gate.

When Guo Xin once again sent an envoy from the Uighur territory into Chang'an to ask for help, the elites of the Tang Empire were shocked again, and they couldn't imagine that the two protectorates of Anxi and Beiting and the Guasha prefectures were still in their hands, so they rewarded Guo Xin as the protector of Anxi and the observer of the four towns, and ordered the soldiers of the four towns to be promoted to seven levels according to their ranks, and Guo Xin was also named the Marquis of Wuwei County. Later, Guo Xin and Li Yuanzhong were respectively crowned as the left and right servants of Shangshu, and Guo Xin was also promoted from the observation envoy of the Four Towns Festival to the envoy of the Four Towns Festival.

At this time, the two major protectorates of Anxi and Beiting nominally controlled the fifty-seven countries of the Western Regions and the ten Turks, but in fact Daizong had given up the traditional sphere of influence of the Western Regions, and Guo Xin and Yang Zhenggu, who succeeded the Beiting Protectorate, were isolated and helpless, and finally defended the city in Qiuzi. Tubo poured the power of the country to attack, Guo Xin and all the Tang army were martyred, and the descendants paid tribute to Guo Xin and called him the "iron-blooded county king". He has gone through six emperors, alone in the Western Regions for nearly half a century, and the veteran has dedicated his life to the last land of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, until his blood is spilled, and his loyal soul is still there.