Some things, maybe you think about it simply, you will find that it is actually difficult to do, just like when Yuan Shao attacked Cao Cao, he must have wanted to win, but he didn't expect to lose; There are some things, maybe you think it is difficult, but it is not so difficult to do, Hu Du and Pang De led the cavalry into the Western Regions, originally thought that there would be some hard fighting, but they didn't expect that things were a little simpler. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Khotan country to look at the wind and fall, which makes Hu Du and Pang De very happy, Khotan is now the strongest of the three powerful countries in the Western Regions, but the total number is only 80,000 people, a small country of 80,000 people, in the face of the 15,000 cavalry of Chu State, the most 30,000 young and strong people who can be dispatched, 30,000 people face the elite cavalry, there is no strong city wall garrison, it is basically impossible to win, of course, in history Khotan has never dared to fight with the Han Dynasty, now although the Han Dynasty is declining, the king of Khotan saw such a strong cavalry team, when his courtiers came to report that the cavalry of the Han people came, when the soldiers under his command reportedWhen the Han cavalry was tens of thousands, and the momentum shook the sky, the king of Khotan did not think much about it, and immediately sent people to ask the general of Chu to surrender. For them, the nomads, it is not a shame to surrender to a powerful country, historically Khotan was the younger brother of Han, and now he does not mind being the younger brother of Chu.

Hu Du got the news of Khotan, and he was very excited, which means that there is no need to fight with Khotan, there is no need to consume armaments, and the king of Khotan will also provide the Chu army city and grain and grass, which is a good thing, and Hu Du will not disagree. Then Hu Du discussed with the king of Khotan, if he was willing to help Chu attack other small countries, then the king of Chu would allow him to be the lord of the Western Regions and let him annex other small countries, if the king of Khotan did not agree, then he faced the danger of destroying the country, after all, Chu could also consult with the kings of Loulan and Cheshi. As a result, after the king of Khotan promised Hu Du, he bowed his head to the king of Chu and called him a vassal, and then raised 10,000 troops (almost all the soldiers of Khotan), and with the cavalry of Hu Du and Pang De conquered the Western Regions, Loulan saw that the army was pressing, and no longer resisted, and surrendered the city. Cheshi, who had a bad relationship with Khotan, raised troops to resist, and was defeated by Hu Du and Pang De, killing 5,000 Cheshi people in a battle, killing the Cheshi king, and then pacifying the Western Regions.

After getting the help of Khotan and Loulan, the Chu army basically unified the Western Regions in less than half a year, which made Ma Hong, who was far away in Chang'an, sigh.

After Hu Du and Pang De pacified the Western Regions, Ma Hong ordered Hu Du to lead 10,000 cavalry back to Xiliang, and ordered Pang De to lead 5,000 cavalry to garrison the Western Regions.

Ma Hong also ordered Gan Ning to command the army, led the Bingzhou Assassin Shi Gaogan to expand towards the border in the north of Bingzhou, and started a war with the Xianbei people, Gan Ning led the main force of 50,000 soldiers, killed 10,000 Xianbei people in the first battle of Yinchuan, Xianbei retreated, Gan Ning led the troops across Yinchuan, crossed the Great Wall, and fought north to Jiuyuan and Shengle [near today's ********].

Ma Hong won two successive foreign victories, obtained a large amount of land and horse land, and then did not continue to use troops, but withdrew the army in the north, leaving part of the army.

Yecheng.

This day was not a good day for Cao Cao, he hadn't been so sad for a long time, and he wasn't even so sad when his father was killed by Tao Qian, it felt the same as when Cao Ang and Dian Wei died in Wancheng, he sat in front of Guo Jia's bed, looking at Guo Jia who had stopped breathing, and tears flowed out involuntarily.

"Pity Guo Fengxiao, pain Guo Fengxiao, filial piety, lonely pity."

After Cao Cao finished speaking, he cried loudly, he hadn't cried like this for a long time, he hadn't cried much in his life, most of the time he cried was for acting, when Dian Wei died, he cried, he called Dian Wei's name, and he was thinking about his son Cao Ang; When Yuan Shao died, he laughed first, because the person who could be his opponent in this world died again, but in the dead of night, when he thought of Yuan Shao, he cried, cried all night, he looked down on Yuan Shao a little, but it doesn't mean that he doesn't treat Yuan Shao as a friend, a friend who has played together since childhood, a friend who competes with him for the world, and a friend who loses to him. Now that Guo Jia is dead, a minister loyal to him, a courtier who has done his best for his hegemony, is dead, dead in bed, and Cao Cao did not even see him before he died. Guo Jia still had a pot of wine at the head of the bed when he died, and he must have struggled to get up and take a sip of wine before he died.

"Did your father say anything before he died?" Cao Cao asked.

Guo Yi knelt in front of the bed and lowered his head, his eyes were soaked with tears, and said sadly: "Back to King Wei, my father said that I can't accompany King Wei on the battlefield anymore. ”

Cao Cao took a breath, patted Guo Yi's shoulder, and helped Guo Yi up.

Jian Ye.

Sun Quan sat with a cold face, and Lu Xun and Zhu Ran sat aside.

"Now Ma Hong is monstrous, attacking the Xianbei tribe in the north, taking a large amount of land, and conquering the Western Regions, and now the power is almost the same as that Cao Cao. You see, the forces of my Jiangdong are far from Ma Hong, and if Ma Hong attacks my Jiangdong at that time, how should we deal with it? ”

Sun Quan's face was full of gloom, in his opinion, Sun Shangxiang, who was sent to spy on Ma Hong, was already Ma Hong's person, Ma Hong not only got her body, but also his heart, and his own sister betrayed him. And over the years, at the junction of Jingzhou, there have been some small frictions from time to time, which seems to be Ma Hong's temptation, whether it is Sun Quan's Jiangxia County or Changsha County, it is extremely close to Xiangyang, the royal capital of Chu State, Ma Hongju is definitely wary of Jiangdong, maybe now Ma Hong is thinking about making a move on him Jiangdong.

"Lord, now Ma Hong should not do anything to us, my Jiangdong Navy Division is invincible in the world, and if Ma Hong wants to attack my Jiangdong, he must take the waterway, if it is a large-scale shipbuilding, it will definitely be detected by our spies, and there is no movement at the moment, Ma Hong will not do anything to my Jiangdong in a short time." Zhu Ran rubbed the beard between his nose and upper lip with his index finger and analyzed it seriously.

"But Cao Cao and Ma Hong are so powerful now, either of them wants to go to war with us, we are not opponents, I, Cao Cao, and Ma Hong are the three legs of this big ding, and my legs are the shortest, as long as the big ding is a little turbulent, the flame in the ding will be poured on my Jiangdong body first." Sun Quan said with a frown.

Lu Xun saw that Sun Quan was worried, so he saluted Sun Quan and his entourage: "Lord, Lu Xun suggests that now the lord sends an envoy to make friends with Wei, and also sends an envoy to continue to make friends with Chu. ”

After listening to Lu Xun's words, Sun Quan did not speak, but lowered his head and pondered.

Zhu Ran looked at Lu Xun: "Bo Yan, do you think that the Chu State is more dangerous than the Wei State?" ”

Lu Xun replied: "First, Cao Cao is old now, I'm afraid he won't live long, and the old people won't be willing to toss much, and their ambitions will shrink; Second, most of Cao Cao's troops are northern soldiers, infantry and cavalry, and the naval army is very weak, Ma Hong occupies Yizhou, Jingzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, Bingzhou, and the Western Regions, and his command is not weak in either the army or the navy. ”

(To be continued.) )