Spring comes and falls, time passes. Before you know it, a year has passed in a blink of an eye.

After completing the last piece of the puzzle in the inherent territory of the Han Empire, Gao Yang appointed Cao Cao as the new governor of the Western Regions. It took Cao Cao nearly a year to complete the dispatch of troops to the Western Regions.

Since Duan Xi returned to Luoyang City in the first year of Yongchu, after more than 80 years of silence. The national strength declined, and the Han Empire, which was no longer able to continue to rule the vast Western Regions, finally had a new governor of the Western Regions once again.

This time, the Metropolitan Governor is no longer the same rank of 2,000 stone as before, and the rank is similar to that of the county guard, which is added to other official titles. Gao Yang is playing real this time.

Cao Cao jumped directly from a small unpopular role to the governor of the town guarding one side, and the level was the same as Sun Jian, the governor of the navy, and they were all military generals. That's right, Gao Yang plagiarized the bureaucratic hierarchy of later generations and established a new order for the Han Empire.

Corresponding to the official position, Cao Cao's title also jumped directly to the level of a liege. Gao Yang fully supported Cao Cao's westward expansion into the Western Regions, giving him the right to 'arbitrarily act on the fly'. More than 50,000 elite soldiers and horses were recruited from all over the country and handed over to Cao Cao's commander, concentrated in Chang'an for nearly a year of training, and then went north. The supply of logistical grain is even more inexhaustible.

It's not that Gao Yang is unwilling to give Cao Cao more soldiers and horses, mainly because Gao Yang can provide a large amount of any material, but only a large number of horses cannot.

It's not impossible, it's just that it is a waste to let Gao Yang consume a huge amount of energy and bring a large number of horses from modern time and space. In the vast, sparsely populated Western Regions, the most important mobile force is horses. It was difficult for the Han army, which was dominated by foot soldiers, to make great achievements.

If you want to maintain an elite cavalry team of about 100,000, you need at least 100,000 or more stocked war horses as a supplement!

And that's just the number of horses, not counting the pack horses that are more numerous. As a delicate creature, even with advanced equipment such as horseshoes. There will still be a lot of loss.

From adulthood to becoming a qualified war horse, it takes a lot of time and materials to spend a lot of time and materials. Gao Yang had supplies, but he didn't have time.

At this time, this was almost equivalent to the post-disaster reconstruction of the Han Empire. Where did Gao Yang find so many horses for Cao Cao to use? The other cavalrymen don't use horses? The Han Empire also didn't have so many donkeys!

Gao Yang can provide Sun Jian with a large number of sea giant-class sail warships, and when a large-scale fleet sets sail, the cloud-like sails are enough to cover the sky and the sun! But he was unable to provide Cao Cao with a large number of horses. In this case. Gao Yang could only help Cao Cao in other ways.

"General!" Cao Cao's cousin, Cao Hong, rode his horse to Cao Cao's side, and said loudly in a hoarse voice: "The forward sentry has come to report, and fifty miles ahead is the Yumen Pass. The sergeants were tired at this time, would the army be able to camp here now? ”

Cao Hong also has no choice. After the army left Chang'an, it doubled, and more than 20 days of endless rapid marching brought the entire army to the brink. If it weren't for the fact that the army had been properly trained and supplied with sufficient supplies for nearly a year before. Then they definitely won't be able to hold out for that long.

As for not calling Cao Cao his brother, it was because there were no relatives in the barracks. As the commander of the army, Cao Cao's majesty in the army was inviolable. Don't talk about cousins. Not for my own children.

"Hmm." Cao Cao, whose face was full of wind and frost, raised his eyes tiredly to look at the endless barren scenes around him, and raised his hand to brush his dirty beard. After looking up at the sky again, he said in a deep voice, "It's still early, I'll continue to march!" Be sure to rush to Yumen Pass as soon as possible to receive supplies! ”

A month ago, Gao Yang flew outside the Yumen Pass on an atmospheric shuttle, left a beacon point, and went to Chang'an to tell Cao Cao before he set out on his expedition. There is no need to bring too much baggage, and rush to the outside of Yumen Pass as soon as possible, where there are a large number of materials prepared for him.

Although he didn't know how Gao Yang put a large amount of materials outside the Yumen Pass, Cao Cao, who had already seen Gao Yang's fairy-like methods, still chose to believe Gao Yang's words. Desperately urging his soldiers and horses to march quickly. After passing the Yang Pass after coming out of Liangzhou, Dunhuang went straight to the Yumen Pass.

The ambitious Cao Cao couldn't wait to enter the Western Regions and become a true governor. Leave a prestige in the history books for yourself.

Cao Cao took his Cao family legion with him. Including the Cao family, the Xiahou family, and Lejin Li Dian Yu Ban and others. As his main adviser during his tenure, it was Jia Xu who served as the governor of the Western Regions.

Gao Yang had not yet made meritorious contributions to Cao Cao, and before he pacified the Western Regions, he completed the remembrance of the feudal marquis for him. This put a lot of pressure on Cao Cao's body.

Once the matter of pacifying the Western Regions is messed up, then he Cao Cao will inevitably be infamous for eternity. Others will not say that Gao Yang has no eyes, but will only say that he Cao Cao is incompetent and tired of the army! This is also the main reason why he is anxious.

Crossing Weishui from Chang'an to the north, it took only 28 days for nearly 50,000 elite troops to leave Yangguan.

This army is completely light and simple. No extra food and straw equipment were carried. In total, there was only enough food for a month. After the frantic march, if he arrived at Yumen Pass, if he couldn't see the massive supplies that Gao Yang said, then Cao Cao could jump from the city gate tower on the spot.

Facts have proved that Gao Yang did not mean to use an army of nearly 50,000 people to trap Cao Cao. Wait until you are exhausted. When the Han army, which had fallen behind by thousands of people along the way, came to the dilapidated Yumen Pass, they really saw a mountain of supplies.

As the commander of the only cavalry corps in the Han army under Cao Cao. Xiahoudun swore that he had never seen so many things in his life.

In a huge valley, guarded by the mountains on both sides, the supplies were piled up there with so many thorns as far as they could see, and they were exposed to the wind and rain. Seeing Cao Cao, their hearts were all twitching.

The wooden box with the faint smell of wood was filled with butter-coated bows and arrows wrapped in oilcloth. Beans used to feed horses in strange bags. A variety of packaged salt, sugar, tea, chocolate, compressed food, and sergeants' favorite cigarettes. These things were supplied to the army in unlimited quantities when they were in Chang'an, and they had already fed the army's mouth.

As for clothing, socks, shoes, hats, armor, weapons, and indispensable food, it was even more sea, and the whole valley was full of it.

These are priceless. No, the incalculable value of the material is just placed in this huge canyon. There are only more mysterious tiger soldiers guarding the surroundings.

The so-called Tiger Army is an army composed entirely of biochemical warriors. These many people were left behind to take care of after Gao Yang put down the supplies yesterday. After Cao Cao takes over the supplies, they will return on their own.

Cao Cao and the others were frightened when they came here. If this is discovered by the small countries in the Western Regions or those horse thieves, it is so possible for this tiger ben to protect it?

Of course, Cao Cao would not have known that at this moment, Gao Yang was watching the Han army under his command from a height of 10,000 meters above his head. Gao Yang didn't leave after putting down the supplies yesterday, and he was monitoring this side all the time. If this valley full of supplies is really discovered by someone with a heart, then whoever finds it will be unlucky.

For Cao Cao, not to mention the actual value of these materials, the consumption of transporting them here alone is a daily number.

This is also an important reason why Gao Yang let Cao Cao's light troops break through. From Chang'an to Yumen Pass, these more than 1,000 miles alone provided logistical support for tens of thousands of troops could make Cao Cao scratch his hair.

Gao Zheng directly used the storage space to pile up all the materials that were enough for Cao Cao to use for several years at Yumen Pass, saving thousands of miles of huge operation projects. Road traffic, in this day and age, is definitely an inexplicable.

"Quick! Hold both sides and don't let anyone in! Cao Cao, whose eyes were full of ecstasy, loudly ordered his soldiers and horses to surround the valley first.

These materials are enough for Cao Cao to lead a large army to be invincible in the Western Regions and destroy the country at will. Although there were no much-needed horses, this side of the Western Regions was originally a place to produce horses. Cao Cao has soldiers and food in his hands at the moment, so he just goes to grab it.

Not to mention that Cao Cao was fierce at Yumen Pass, always ready to break into the Western Regions and spread the majesty of the Han family. Just to say that the Central Plains here is very different from when Gao Yang first came.

After quelling the rebellion in Xiliang, Gao Yang led the troops back to the Sili area, leaving Jia Xu, who was originally from Xiliang, to temporarily serve as the place where Xiliang assassins settled. When Cao Cao finished preparing his troops and horses and went north to the Western Regions, Jia Xu accompanied him as a long history. These two masters of strategy cooperate with each other, and those countries in the Western Regions will be unlucky.

The governors of states and counties across the country are still held by those well-respected celebrities, and there are even many members of the royal family. Everything looks the same as it did before the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

However, the substance has been completely changed. After pacifying the world, Gao Yang completely reorganized the military and official system of the Han Empire. The governors of the prefectures and counties have been almost hollowed out, and the actual power has fallen into the hands of the junior officials, who are mainly cyborg warriors, supplemented by those who have accepted the obligation.

Under the strong impetus of Gao Yang, the tentacles of the court of the Han Empire even continued to extend down from the county! This meant that the imperial court's control over the local area was greatly strengthened. The clan power began to be weakened by Gao Yang little by little.

Gao Yang was able to supply almost anything to the Han Empire.

After returning to Luoyang, Gao Yang rejected the prince that Liu Xie had prepared for him, and quietly returned to the newly built Weifu in the midst of countless people's panic and anticipation. Since then, Gao Yang has rarely appeared in public, which has made those who believe that Gao Yang is preparing to overthrow the Liu family either breathe a sigh of relief or be greatly disappointed.

Gao Yang is really not in the mood to be an emperor.

Can being an emperor in this era compare to a comfortable life in modern time and space? Gao Yang just wants to be a behind-the-scenes presence. (To be continued)