Chapter 260: Dominate the Western Regions

According to post-war statistics, all the casualties of the expeditionary force added up to less than 10,000, half of which were casualties of the Xianbei servant army, and the Xianbei cavalry eliminated was at least 50,000 or 60,000.

At the same time, more than 50,000 Xianbei soldiers, 80,000 women, 40,000 children, and millions of cattle, sheep and horses were captured, and they won a complete victory.

Zhao Yun used the flying pigeon to send the good news back to Chang'an, which highlighted the great effect of mortars, and hoped that Lü Bu would be able to equip each division with more equipment.

Zhao Yun is still knowledgeable, and he feels that mortars can be used in many occasions, such as dealing with strong city defenses, dense enemies, and even naval warships.

He also suggested that these Xianbei slaves and prisoners of war should be left in Liangzhou nearby to help the Han people develop and build Liangzhou and the Western Regions.

And to promote tuntian and nomadic herding in Liangzhou and the Western Regions.

Lu Bu looked at it, agreed with the coefficient, and asked Zhang He to send troops to meet Zhao Yun and them, and when Zhao Yun withdrew his troops, he left the troops of the Central Army last and was responsible for the rear of the palace.

This time, he took the royal court of Xianbei in the west, captured so many women and children, and seized a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses, which definitely hurt the vitality of the two major tribes of Xianbei in the west.

The western Xianbei were forced to move northward as a whole, and only a small number of ethnic groups still chose to stay in the Xihai grassland.

And when the large-scale nomadic Han people entered the Xihai grasslands, the remaining Xianbei people were either assimilated, enslaved, or also flown away.

The defeat of Xianbei in the west also caused the Xianbei army that invaded Wusun Kingdom to lose their support and was forced to evacuate Wusun Kingdom.

The army of Yueban lost the support of the Xianbei people, fought with the combined forces of the Han army and Wusun, lost successive battles, and was even invaded into the national capital.

In the end, the Yueban Kingdom bowed down to the vassals, returned all the land they had invaded and the people they had plundered, and sent an envoy to the Protectorate of the Western Regions to pay tribute.

The Wusun Kingdom finally resumed communication with the Han Dynasty, and the king of Wusun specially sent an envoy to the Western Regions Protector Fazheng to ask for marriage, and to marry Princess Suguang to Ma Chao.

Fa Zheng reported the matter to Lü Bu, and Lü Bu specially approved it, with the main purpose of maintaining good-neighborly and friendly relations between the Han Dynasty and the countries of the Western Regions.

So a huge wedding was held in Chigu City, the capital of Wusun State, Fa Zheng attended the wedding as Lu Bu's representative, and Pang De became a witness.

Two young men and women finally had lovers and finally became married, leaving a good story in the Central Army.

Ma Chao was overjoyed, he was promoted to the commander of the 7th Brigade of the 3rd Cavalry Division because of his outstanding military achievements, and Zhang Xiu was also promoted to the commander of the 10th Brigade of the 4th Cavalry Division.

Hao Zhao was still the commander of the Fourth Cavalry Division, and Pang De was the commander of the Third Cavalry Division.

These two cavalry divisions have been fighting in the Western Regions for many years, making great contributions to the Han Dynasty and the Central Army, and making great contributions to the great cause of maintaining the unification of the Western Regions.

After being away from their hometown for a long time, the soldiers naturally missed their hometown and relatives very much, and Lu Bu agreed that the two cavalry divisions would be transferred back to Guanzhong for defense.

Zhang He's 1st Cavalry Division took over their garrison in the Western Regions Protectorate, and at the same time, Lü Bu authorized Fa to form a garrison force in the Western Regions Protectorate.

The Han government began to formally resume the stationing of troops in various countries in the Western Regions and exercise sovereignty, and the first batch of Wusun Governors, Shule Governors, and Cheshi Governors were established.

The kings of Wusun, Shule, and Cheshi respectively served as governors, representing the central government of the Han Dynasty and assisting the Western Regions Protectorate in managing local administrative affairs.

Deal with people's livelihood and criminal cases, collect rents and past commercial taxes, maintain the needs of the governor's palace and garrison, and assist the Han Dynasty army in conquest and defense of the frontier.

That is, the countries of the Western Regions were managed as first-level administrative units under the Han Dynasty government, and enjoyed a high degree of autonomy, such as the imperial governor could be hereditary.

Moreover, the Metropolitan Government not only administers its own country, but also needs to assist the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate in administering the rest of the countries within its jurisdiction.

For example, the Governor's Mansion of the Cheshi Prefecture has jurisdiction over the former country of the Cheshi, the latter country of the Cheshi, the Beilu, and the four countries of the East and Mi.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion has two official positions, Sima and the Army, Sima is in charge of the military, and the Army is in charge of the administration and Chinese documents.

Sima was appointed by the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and the military could be selected by the Governor from the local area or sent from the central government.

The army under the jurisdiction of the Governor's Office is mainly composed of regular garrisons and local troops, and the regular garrisons are mainly composed of Han Chinese and a small number of locals, similar to local garrison brigades.

The local army is the original army of each country, which is under the jurisdiction of the governor and whose main responsibility is to maintain local law and order.

Later, military towns were added in some important areas and places where there was no governor's office, such as Hami Military Town, Yuli Military Town, and Yache Military Town.

The governors of these military towns were the Governors, who directly managed the regular garrisons sent by the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

The large Governor's Mansion, like the Wusun Governor's Mansion, directly stationed a regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division, as well as the Wusun Garrison Brigade.

In order to maintain the military food and clothing of such a large regular garrison, in addition to the collection of rents from the local population and the appropriation of funds from the central government.

The garrison itself also needs to carry out self-cultivation, in addition to farming, there are also cattle and sheep breeding.

Governors and military towns could also levy customs duties on the transit of goods of merchants from various countries along the Silk Road to supplement military supplies and local expenditures.

The establishment of administrative institutions at all levels and the establishment and commissioning of a large number of regular garrisons have made the Western Regions Protectorate and the central government's dominance over the Western Regions more powerful and efficient than ever.

The countries of the Western Regions also felt the strength and civilization of the Central Plains Dynasty unprecedentedly, and the Western Regions set off a wave of going to Chang'an to learn Han culture.

The prisoners of war of the Western Regions Alliance who were captured before have also been released back to China one after another, and some even stayed in Guanzhong and did not want to return to their homeland.

Because they personally felt the strength and civilization of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Guan Hai's 7th Cavalry Division was also transferred to Liangzhou, and later most of them were transferred to the Western Regions to assist Fa Zheng in resolutely attacking and suppressing several countries that did not accept the rule of the Han Dynasty and made an independent streak.

Khotan, Qiuci, and Shanshan are three vivid examples, the kings who opposed the Han Dynasty were overthrown and exterminated, the rebellious armies were all exterminated, and the kings of these countries were replaced by pro-Han people.

And in the three Western Regions powers, Khotanese Military Town, Qiuci Military Town, and Shanshan Military Town were set up, and standing armies were stationed for military management, and Wen Ping and Zhang Wei all emerged in the military operations in these Western Regions.

The countries of the Western Regions sent envoys to Chang'an one after another, presented credentials to the Han court, offered tribute, and even took the initiative to send the prince as a hostage in order to gain trust.

Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty was able to meet with envoys from different countries every day, and received all kinds of rare tributes, which was a grand scene that had not been seen in the Eastern Han Dynasty for a hundred years.

Now in his hands, the recovery of the countries of the Western Regions has been realized, and the territory of the Han Dynasty has finally recovered the glory of the ancestors.

All this made Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty highly respect the great Sima Lu Bu, although sometimes he also hated Lu Bu for monopolizing power and emptying himself.