Later generations knew that China's largest desert was located in the Western Regions, in the Tarim Basin in southern Xinjiang. Anyone with a little richer geographical knowledge can know that the Taklamakan Desert is located on the south bank of the Tarim River, with the Tianshan Mountains in the north, the Pamir Plateau in the west, and the towering Kunlun Mountains in the south.

For example, to the north of it, Yanqi (Korla), Qiuzi (Kuqa), and Weiman (Aksu) are all oasis belts along the north bank of the Tarim River at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. To the south of it, the city of Yochang (and the end), Keriya (Yutian), Hotan (Hetian), and Ya'erkan (Shache) are all oasis belts at the northern foot of Kunlun Mountain.

Such a green belt on both sides is also the central and southern routes of the ancient Silk Road.

Although Lu Qi entered southern Xinjiang with an unstoppable posture, it was impossible to completely unify the entire southern Xinjiang in just a few years.

Both the Eastern Qarakhanid and the Qocho Uighurs were in decline, and in addition to the core, a vast area was inhabited by people of different races, such as the Qarluq, Turgish, Kipchak, Arhun, Khamri, and Kimak, with the Qarluqs being the strongest, followed by the Khamli.

When the civil war was about to break out in the khanate, Ibrahim II was unsettled with the Qarluq and Kangli people, so he asked Yelu Dashi to help him take over his country, so Yelu Dashi occupied Barasagon bloodlessly, and renamed Barasagon as Husihu, built the capital of the Western Liao State, and reduced the Eastern Qarakhanid Kingdom to vassals.

It was simply the son of the plane, and all the way he surrendered to the four directions, first Gaochang, and then the king of the Eastern Qarakhanid. The most important battle of Katwan, which was also easily defeated by a small number of victories, completely collapsed the Seljuk Empire, and the kings of Sigistan, Ghaznavid, Mazandaran, Gul and other countries did not look at it squarely, and the first war established the absolute position of the hegemon of Central Asia in Western Liaohehe.

It's just that the life is shorter.

Now that Lu Qi has entered the Western Regions, Emperor Lu is very disgusted with the word 'Qarluq'. In the battle of Talas back then, if it wasn't for the Qarluq people who hooked up with Heaven and stabbed him in the back, why did Gao Xianzhi end up in a big defeat? Although the Tang army also killed the heavenly people in that battle, although it was because Ge Lulu stabbed him in the back in that battle, although there was a huge difference in the strength of the Tang army and the heavenly army in that battle, although the defeat was still glorious, but defeat was defeat.

Lu Qi entered the Eastern Qarakhanid, and the Khan King Ahmad saw the opportunity early, and took refuge in Lisuo, and the Qi army's troops were naturally aimed at the biggest thorn in the Qarluqs. Whether it is from the perspective of historical plots or from reality. It is very necessary to suppress the Qarluqs.

When the army enters the Western Regions, it is necessary to kill chickens and monkeys once, and before the western expedition to Hua Thorn Zimo, the 'chicken' selected by Lu Qi is the Qarluq.

Ask them if they are wronged?

The mistakes made by the ancestors back then have not yet been liquidated after 400 years, and they are bitter in their hearts.

But when one Qarlu fell, countless people of different races, such as the Turgish, the Kipchak, the Aerhun, the Khamri, and the Kimak, were obedient.

What Pharmacist Guo has to do now is to lead them to Jinling to meet Emperor Lu after the spring of the next year. As for what kind of tribute these tribal leaders can give, it is their own share.

A fast horse from Hotan City, Guo Yaoshi still does not know whether Gaochang in the north of the Tianshan Mountains has received the news of Jinling, but be prepared, it is now September, and if you want to lead the brigade into the customs in the late spring of the next year, go to Jinling City, then go and inform the heads of the departments now, there is not enough time at all.

Like the ruler of the Kangli tribe, Sariya, whose great tent was set up on the shore of Lake Ala. The latter was the core territory of the Qarluqs, and the Kazakh steppes were located southwest of Lake Ala, and to the north could enter southern Russia. To the south, it can reach Central Asia and even Tianzhu countries, and it is an important place to connect the Eurasian continent.

Lu Qi waved his army to defeat the Qarluqs, and the Kangli people obediently surrendered, and took advantage of the situation to steal Alahu.

That place is two thousand miles away from Gaochang, and if you want to notify Sariya, and Sariya will prepare tribute gifts after receiving the notice, and then bring the team to Gaochang to assemble thousands of miles away, is the time for five or six months very relaxed?

As for the activity time of these people, including the activity time of other department heads, and even the time when Guo Yaoshi himself rushed to Gaochang, it was all winter.

The cold winter in the Western Regions is very touching, and seeing that Zhao Butry's family is already freezing in Hami City. But just because they're shivering from the cold doesn't mean that others can't go out and walk in the winter.

Zhao Butry They are all from the Central Plains, and they are not more cold and cold tolerant than the border people in the north or the people in the northwest, not to mention that they have lived in Jinling for many years, and the winter in Jinling is also snowy, because it is close to the river, the humidity is heavy, and it is even damp and cold, but it is not worth mentioning compared with the wind and snow in the northwest.

Their family couldn't walk in winter, but Guo Yaoshi, who was born in Liaodong, and the aborigines of the Western Regions, didn't care.

What's wrong with the heavy snowfall? And so the days will pass. Not to mention that the rich and noble families in the Western Regions nowadays, who has no cashmere on them?

Ten years have passed, and the concept of cashmere has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of every herdsman. First, the entire industrial chain has long been matured. From Liaodong to the Great Northwest, as long as there is a place for large-scale goat breeding, the collection and sorting of cashmere is well-known. Even wool has given an extra market.

After the completion of the "commercial" layout, the Central Plains merchants' collections crossed horizontally from cashmere and wool to sheepskins, cheese, and milk powder, and they themselves began to sell salt, tea, rhubarb, iron pots, and even iron knives to the nomads.

It can be said that Emperor Lu's original plan has had the initial results, and the tangible benefits have made the nomadic tribes of the nomads tied to a coherent 'trade route'.

And the Lu Qi Dynasty relied on the absolute superiority in force to become the master of this trade route.

It is a process of 'domestication'.

In a short period of time, it can only be suppressed by force, and it will take a long, long time to see the "result".

At most, in ten years, Emperor Lu's sons would be divided into the northern steppes and the northwest area west of Lake Balkhash. They will take many nomads with them, but the new nomads will soon fill the void after the old ones leave.

These newly-born nomads will not be too far apart from the Central Plains Dynasty, and the hatred between the Mongols in the north of the desert and the Central Plains is far less than that of the Khitans and obstruction servants.

Throughout the winter, when the snow was falling and the cold wind was biting, the head of a branch came to Gaochang in the wind and snow, and a bright smile must appear on the face of an individual.

The Great Emperor of the Central Plains wants to summon them, what a glory it is, isn't it? That must be happy, and the next days must be sung.