Hearing that Zhao Xun asked him to pay attention to the Wusun Kingdom to the west of Gaochang Kingdom, Situ Liang immediately responded: "Your Majesty understands, is the Lord worried that this Wusun Kingdom will send troops?" ”

Zhao Xun nodded slightly, "I can't help but be careful, from our merchants in Wusun Country, this Wusun Kingdom seems to have some opinions on our dispatch of troops to Gaochang Kingdom." ”

"We don't have a grudge against the Wusun Kingdom, and they are not our goal now, so it stands to reason that they shouldn't have any idea against us when we have won such a big victory." Situ Liang said suspiciously.

Zhao Xun said in a condensed voice: "Gaochang Kingdom is in the west of Wusun Kingdom, and Gaochang Kingdom is now destroyed, so we will have to confront Wusun Kingdom." Of course, Wusun Guo didn't want a tiger to exist on his side. And we, who are too far away from the rear, have not completely stabilized here, and it is not good for us to go to the Wusun Kingdom. If there is a stalemate and Gao Changguo and Qiuzi Guo make some trouble, it will be dangerous. Even if you want to confront the Wusun Kingdom, you must first settle the eastern region of the Western Regions. ”

The king of Gaochang fell, and under the order of the new king, all the cities of Gaochang began to accept the orders of the new king. Of course, during the period, there will inevitably be some bloody things. The Zhao army carried out the action step by step, and the residents of all places were gathered in the predetermined location and began to build the city. At the same time, they continue to plant trees around the new city that will be built.

Many people don't understand such things as afforestation, but for Zhao Xun, he is well aware of the importance of trees to the land of the Western Regions. Therefore, this afforestation in various places was enforced by Zhao Jun, and it became a task that must be completed in all parts of the Western Regions, and it was also an assessment index for local governments.

In all places, Gao Changguo officials are allowed to come forward, but behind it, Zhao Jun is fully responsible. It is also because of this that the residents of Gaochang State can accept Zhao Jun's orders. With the pacification of the southern parts of Gaochang Kingdom, Zhao Xun and others gradually relaxed. The southern part of Gaochang Kingdom is connected to Yanqi Kingdom, and the two are connected, which is extremely beneficial for the Zhao army to control here.

"The southern part of Gaochang Kingdom has been flattened, and the northern part is also under our control, and now, only the west is left." Zhang Yuanjing marked the locations that were taken one by one on the newly compiled map.

Zhao Xun looked at the huge red 'color' area that was in harmony with Liangzhou, and said in a deep voice: "In this way, you can also let it."

But before Zhao Xun and others could prepare for the withdrawal of the army of Qiuzi Kingdom from the western region of Gaochang Kingdom, Zhao Xun and others received bad news. The army of the country of Qiuci was raided, and the people who raided the army of the country of Qiuzi were none other than the Wusun people in the west.

"Lord, the news has been confirmed, the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom is stationed in the western town of Gaochang Kingdom, Xisha City, and now, the Xisha City has been broken by the army of the Wusun Kingdom, and the unprepared Qiuzi army gathered in the Xisha City has suffered heavy casualties, with nearly 20,000 losses, of which a small half have been captured...... Nowadays, the army of Wusun State is stationed in this place, and it seems that there are reinforcements behind it. Situ Liang said with a solemn face. Earlier, he didn't care, but Zhao Xun had already reminded him. However, before he could prepare, something had already happened.

Zhao Xun's face remained unchanged, and he said slowly: "How many people are there in the army of Wusun Kingdom?" Have you ever found out? Where are the remnants of the Qiuzi army now? ”

Situ Liang said: "According to the report of the people we arranged in the army of Qiuci State, there are more than 15,000 Wusun troops in this raid, and now, the defeated army of Qiuzi State has withdrawn to Langcheng in the west, and General Li Chenfeng has also sent 5,000 cavalry to help. Come to think of it, these routs have been stabilized at this moment. ”

Zhao Xun leaned over to check on the map, Langcheng is located seventy or eighty miles east of Xisha City, and it is also a small town. To the east of Langcheng, most of them are now controlled by the Zhao army.

"Damn, we have just raided Wukou City with less to more and defeated the counterattack army of Gaochang Kingdom. I didn't want to fight, but in a blink of an eye, the Wusun people gave us a blow in the same way. Zhao Xun said hatefully, "Langcheng is not comparable to fine sand city, fine sand city is a real city, although it is not comparable to my Zhao Di big city, but there is absolutely no problem in defending the city." ”

"However, Langcheng is only a town, without tall walls. In this way, the entire royal capital to the area of Xisha City, hundreds of miles, may be attacked by the army of the Wusun people. This is extremely detrimental to the fact that we are now in a hurry to stabilize the situation in Gaochangguo. ”

Zhang Yuanjing looked at the map and said, "Now, just in case, we have to garrison these five towns from north to south behind Langcheng to defend. Now we happen to have a lot of Gaochangguo soldiers in our hands, how to arrange them is still a problem, and now, the foreign enemy is invading, why not place them in the front line? ”

Zhao Xun drew an oblique line from north to south along the rear of Langcheng, and said in a deep voice: "Arrange it immediately, since this Wusun people have moved, it is definitely impossible to defeat the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom in the west of Gaochang Kingdom simply in order to defeat it." ”

"Although according to our intelligence, this Gaochang country also asked the Wusun people for help when our army marched westward into the Gaochang country, but if there is nothing beneficial, the Wusun people will definitely not do it. This king is worried that Gao Ya, the former king of Gaochang Kingdom, once promised something to Wusun Kingdom, so that Wusun Kingdom will be involved and hostile to us. ”

Situ Liang looked at the diagonal line drawn by Zhao Xun on the map, to the west, it is one-fifth of the territory of Gaochang Kingdom, which is the western part of Gaochang Kingdom, and most of the territory was once occupied by Qiuzi Kingdom. His face was solemn and he said, "The meaning of the lord is that he is worried that the former king of the Gaochang Kingdom, Gao Ya, will cede this western land to the Wusun Kingdom?" ”

Zhao Xun nodded slightly, and said: "At the beginning of our army to the west, this Gaochang King Gao Ya should be very clear about the strength comparison between Gaochang Kingdom and my Great Zhao. In the past, there were Turks who supported him, and he dared to fight with us, but it was because he thought that we were the same as the Liangzhou army in the past. ”

"After we won the Yanqi Kingdom in the shortest possible time, this elegance understands more that the strength of the two sides is. Otherwise, he would not have 'befriended' with us on the one hand, and on the other hand, he would have set up heavy troops to defend the border with Yanqi in the south. Without the support of the Turks, it is not unacceptable for our army to be killed, and his collusion with the Wusun people. ”

Zhang Yuanjing nodded and said: "According to what we know from the captives in the royal city, after the fall of Wukou City and the defeat of the royal capital's personal guards, King Gaochang still ordered to hold on to wait for reinforcements when he had no troops to defend and no danger to defend. Come to think of it, the reinforcements he said should be the Wusun people in the west. It is the 'exchange' between Gaoya and the Wusun people, we don't know. knew that Gao Ya should have been left with a 'sex' life. ”

Zhao Xun shook his head and said: "We want to let Gao Ya die in the 'chaos' of the war, die in our own 'chaos' soldiers, and it is already very difficult to let Gao Ya die with a reasonable layout." If elegance is allowed to disappear, the consequences are even more unpredictable. This elegance is not comparable to the stupid man of Yanqi Kingdom, this person is sleek, very spicy, and cunning. Think about it, if you can rely on the Turks without being swallowed up a single piece of land, but are becoming more and more powerful, how can this person be a good person? One is not good, but it will leave a legacy. ”

"As for the army of Gaochang that was originally stationed in the southern part of Gaochang Kingdom, although they obeyed the orders of the new king and were absorbed by us, in order to stabilize this place more quickly, there will be no problems in a short period of time. This soldier of Gao Changguo still has the commander of Gao Changguo's generals, and he has not completely broken up and reorganized. In the original plan, this was the next task. Now, they had to be separated and placed in Lang City and the five towns that followed. Divide one into six, and be not afraid of it. ”

"Immediately spread the news that Wusun Kingdom sent troops to invade the western part of Gaochang Kingdom and kill the people of Gaochang Kingdom, so that everyone in Gaochang Kingdom knew about it. In addition, all the things that the former Qiuzi Kingdom did in the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom were also added to the heads of the Wusun people. This king also hopes that the army of the Kingdom of Qiuci will join us in garrisoning the western part of the Kingdom of Gaochang. ”

Zhang Yuanjing said in a deep voice: "Don't worry, your subordinates will make proper arrangements." The troops from all over the country have arrived in an orderly manner, and the people from all over the country are also breaking up and moving into designated places. The local garrison, we are ready to choose from the ordinary young and strong, the same as the Yanqi country. ”

"This invasion of the Wusun Kingdom is also a little beneficial to us now. At the very least, transfer the hatred of the people of Gaochang Kingdom towards us to the Wusun people. This is also extremely beneficial for us to govern the local area. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said: "You are right, this is also the reason why this king asked you to rely on the Wusun people for the burning, killing and looting of the Qiuci Kingdom in the western region." No matter what the purpose of this Wusun people's visit this time is, they are connected to each other with Gaochang Kingdom, and it is strange to say that there is no hostility at all. Now our Great Zhao army has taken this place, and the policy of our Zhao army is not only better than that of other countries to capture this place, but even better than the policy of our own country in the past. At this moment, when a foreign enemy invades, they should understand what is the right choice. ”

Situ Liang also smiled: "Not only that, although it was raided by the Wusun people this time, my Zhao army did not receive losses, but the loss was the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom. In this way, it can be regarded as the goal of weakening the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom. ”

In addition, His Majesty also suggested that this incident should be used as a reason for King Qiuzi to join forces with the current army of Gaochang to resist the enemy. One was raided by the army of the Wusun Kingdom, and the other was invaded by the army of the Wusun Kingdom. Former adversaries, now allies, are not impossible. I think that under the coordination of my Zhao Jun, they will definitely be able to cooperate. It's just that the final goal is to make the army of the Guizi Kingdom and the remnants of the Gaochang Kingdom gradually consume in the war with the Wusun Kingdom. ”

Zhao Xun groaned for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "What you said is also a way to turn disadvantages into advantages. However, it is not easy to get the Qiuzi army and the Gaochangguo army to cooperate. The invasion of the Qiuci Kingdom in the west is only afraid that it will make it difficult for the Gaochang army to live peacefully with the Qiuci army. If there is a problem in one place, there will be a problem in the whole world. Our original plan was to create a real animosity between the Gaochang Kingdom and the Qiuzi Kingdom, so that we could have jurisdiction over the northern kingdoms. ”

Zhao Xun sighed, and continued with some irritability, "I didn't want to fight, but Wusun Kingdom, which was originally outside the plan, just 'intervened' in it, so that our plan had to be deviated. In this way, let the garrison army in Liangzhou 'draw' another horse into Gaochang State, and let the town soldiers 'insert' into the army of Gaochang State and Qiuci State, and the three parties will jointly resist the enemy. Of course, we need to provide liaison and military advisory. ”

"In addition, as the king of Gaochang, ask the reason why the Wusun Kingdom has come here. At the same time, in the capacity of our Zhao army, I sent a rebuke to Wusun Guo why we attacked our army. In the Qiuzi National Army, there are soldiers of our Zhao Army. First 'figure out' the purpose of this Wusun Kingdom this time, and then make corresponding preparations. ”

Sure enough, as Zhao Xun expected, this Wusun Kingdom really got the promise of the former king of Gaochang Kingdom, Gao Ya, to cede the western part of Gaochang Kingdom to Wusun Kingdom, and the request was that Wusun Kingdom send troops to Gaochang State to repel the Zhao army and the army of Qiuzi State. It's just that the Wusun people didn't expect the Zhao army to move so quickly. Their original strategy of letting Gao Changguo and Zhao Jun consume each other failed to materialize.

Wusun Kingdom didn't want to see the 'fat' and 'meat' in their hands, so they flew away, so they directly raided the army of Qiuzi State and occupied the thirteen cities in the west of Gaochang Kingdom.

"Lord, the Wusun Kingdom has stationed a total of 80,000 soldiers in the western cities, and there is a trend of increasing troops. However, their soldiers are not as strong as ours, and their armor and equipment are not as complete and sharp as ours. Situ Liang looked solemn and reported the details of the western region to Zhao Xunyu, who had rushed to the capital of the king of Gaochang.

"Are we ready? What about Lang Cheng and the five cities that followed? Is it already arranged? Zhao Xun asked in a deep voice. The situation is more complicated now than it was at the beginning. The 80,000 troops of Wusun Kingdom have exceeded Zhao Xun's expectations. If one is not good, it will make the area in the northern part of the Western Regions that has been occupied by the Zhao army suddenly become 'chaotic'.

Situ Liang naturally knew what Zhao Xun was worried about, and said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, my lord, we have already made arrangements, with the cooperation of the new king of Gaochang Kingdom and the officials, the army of Gaochang Kingdom and the army of Qiuzi Kingdom have been jointly defended with Zhao Jun as a lubricant." Six cities, all heavily armed. ”

Situ Liang paused, and then said, "In addition, these Gaochang State soldiers, especially the families of the officers, are under our control. If they dare to make any changes, it will definitely make them feel miserable. ”

Although Situ Liang's method is a bit immoral, for Zhao Xun, as long as it is not aimed at his own people, no matter what kind of means, he is acceptable.

Wusun did not continue to the east, but its aggressive posture of 'pressing' people not only did not weaken, but became more and more intense. Of course, the whole Wusun Kingdom is also afraid of Zhao Jun. Although the Zhao army only had about eighty or ninety thousand soldiers in the Western Regions, he Wusun State was able to 'draw' more than 100,000 soldiers with all his might. However, his Wusun Kingdom was not like the Zhao army, which could destroy more than a dozen large and small countries in a row within half a year, and the soldiers surrendered to him. Counting the Qiuzi Kingdom, the land occupied by Zhao Jun in the Western Regions is already much larger than the Wusun Kingdom, and the Wusun Kingdom cannot but worry about this powerful military group.

And the Zhao army did not fight back, but connected the Qiuci Kingdom, the Yanqi Kingdom and the Gaochang Kingdom. In the western part of Gaochang State, the two armies of Gaochang and Gaochang were connected together, and under the command of the Zhao army, they slowly cooperated. In the east of the fine sand city occupied by the Wusun Kingdom, with Langcheng as the vanguard, and then the five cities that formed an irregular vertical line as the flanks, they defended the city with a total of 60,000 troops.

Among them, there are more than 25,000 people in Gaochang State, more than 17,000 people in Qiuzi Kingdom, and only 20,000 cavalry in Zhao Army. However, whether it was the soldiers of Gaochang State or the soldiers of Qiuzi State, they did not dare to underestimate the cavalry of the Zhao army. They all knew very well that if they faced this Zhao cavalry, they would need at least twice as many troops to compete with it.

The soldiers of these two countries were not only afraid of Zhao Jun, but also envious of Zhao Jun. For the soldiers, what they value most is five thousand, armor and war horses, and the soldiers of the Zhao army are all above them. In addition, the treatment is even better, there is nothing to say.

In this way, Sergeant Zhao slowly 'intersected' with the soldiers of the two countries and slowly assimilated. Although he can't do anything to the soldiers of the Guizi Kingdom now, for the soldiers of the Gaochang Kingdom, Zhao Jun needs to integrate them into himself. These soldiers are all from Gaochang country, and their hearts are slowly being annexed by the Zhao army in Gaochang country, and they must dilute the influence of Gaochang country in the hearts of the people. Of course, this soldier is also a top priority.

These soldiers of Gaochang Kingdom were originally stationed in the southern part of Gaochang Kingdom to guard against the garrison of the Zhao army. Although he obeys the orders of the new king now, this is not a very safe way for Zhao Xun. The existence of these people can have an impact on Zhao Jun's rule here at any time.

Sergeant Zhao showed the remnants of Gaochangguo his armor and equipment to the good, and at the same time showed the soldiers of Gaochangguo how well they were treated. At the same time, they also used the former Tatar people and Khitan people as examples to describe to them the life of those small tribes outside the border after they joined the Zhao army, so as to attract these soldiers and let them accept the integration of Gaochang into the Zhao army.

There are more than 80,000 on one side, and the rear is constantly preparing for a big war. There are more than 60,000 on one side, and there are several countries behind it. Neither side attacked, but the tension of the situation was still clear at a glance.

Wusun Kingdom is reluctant to give up this territory, but Zhao Jun will not give up. For Zhao Xun, it is beneficial to himself to be in a stalemate. Whether it is Yanqi Kingdom, Gaochang Kingdom or Qiuzi Kingdom, with the retirement of time, they can provide more help for themselves.

Therefore, Zhao Xun sent people to make a posture of strict defense, but never gave up. While hastening up the rectification of the place immediately. In Yanqi country, it has been rectified for many days, and new cities in various places have begun to be largely completed. With the help of Zhao Jun, these people had a new life. And the passage of Zhao merchants allowed them to see the wider world and the strength of Great Zhao. Gaochang State, on the other hand, accepted the command of the Zhao army because of the invasion of Wusun State, and accepted defeat.

After all, the defeat to the Zhao army is nothing, hundreds of years ago to decades ago, the Han court had established rule in the Western Regions, and it was not uncommon for the Zhao army to become the new overlord of the Western Regions. Moreover, after Zhao Jun took control of this place, he repaired the tax law, and the people's lives were better. Therefore, they slowly accepted Zhao Jun......