At the end of June, Zhao Jun began to build new cities, rectify localities, and organize local government and county soldiers, while at the same time began to encourage immigration. As for the Zhao army, except for the 20,000 people who stayed in the place and were responsible for local defense, the rest began to withdraw to Yiwu Mansion in Liangzhou in an orderly manner.

Seeing this scene, Gaochang King Gao Ya couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief. The withdrawal of the Zhao army, in his opinion, shows that the war of the Zhao army in the Western Regions has ended. I don't have to worry that the Zhao army in the south of my side will suddenly move north.

However, just when Gao Ya had just breathed a sigh of relief, the Qiuzi Kingdom bypassed the territory of the former Yanqi Kingdom from the north, and the territory of the Xinyan Qi Kingdom, which was now renamed the Xizhou Prefecture, suddenly attacked the southwest side of the Gaochang Kingdom.

Because Gaoya, the king of Gaochang, was ready to wave his army south a few months ago, but because his own backup Turks could not support, he was forced to give up, and even bowed down to the Zhao army and apologized. Therefore, most of Gaochang's troops were concentrated in the east and south, guarding against the Zhao army in the east and south. In the western region, the number of troops is smaller.

And King Gaochang never thought that it was not the Zhao army that he was guarding day and night that attacked him, but the Qiuzi Kingdom that he didn't want to take directly. The army of the Qiuci Kingdom suddenly appeared, and the western cities of the Gaochang Kingdom did not know what to do at all.

It was not until a large part of the western territory of the Gaochang Kingdom was occupied by the Qiuzi Kingdom and was getting closer and closer to the east, that the Gaochang King Gaoya received accurate information. The Qiuci Kingdom actually dispatched 30,000 troops, and suddenly came, and most of the troops in the western cities of the Gaochang Kingdom were 'pumped' to the south, so there was no way to stop the speed of the advance of the Qiuci Kingdom's army.

When Gao Ya first heard the news, he couldn't believe it, but the successive requests for help had to make him believe in the fact that the Guizi Kingdom had sent troops to raid him.

Gao Ya, who was taken aback, couldn't care about anything else at the moment, and immediately began to mobilize the Gaochang troops stationed in the east and south to move westward to block the Qiuzi army. At the same time, Gao Ya also sent people to Yiwu Mansion to ask King Zhao for help.

"Look, this is an elegant letter asking for help, crying to us, let's severely reprimand the Guizi army." Zhao Xun threw aside the message of King Gaochang asking for help in his hand and sneered.

Zhang Yuanjing said slowly: "King Gaochang is also worried, this operation, with my Zhao Jun involved. Therefore, although the strength of his army in Gaochang Kingdom is not weaker than that of Qiuzi Kingdom, he cannot ignore our thoughts. And in his eyes, we are going to establish the position of the co-lord of the Western Regions here, and for this kind of thing, it is the time to establish prestige. So, he wanted us to settle the matter. In this way, not only will we be able to test whether we are involved in this matter, but it will also allow us to solve the matter of the invasion of the Guizi Army. ”

"The king of Gaochang really thinks too well, and wants to use our hands to solve the border trouble for him. If he hadn't stationed all his troops in the south to defend us, how could this be the case now? Xu Ye couldn't help but say coldly.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "Don't say it, if it weren't for our participation in this matter, if it wasn't for the land of the Western Regions, just to restore the status of the old capital protectorate, we really have to take care of this matter." ”

"In that case, will we take advantage of this matter this time to directly send troops into Gaochang Kingdom, or will we see that both Qiuzi Kingdom and Gaochang Kingdom will be defeated?" Hearing Situ Liang and others say this, Xu Ye knew that Situ Liang and the others had already made a decision, so he asked urgently.

Situ Liang said with a smile: "General Xu is in a hurry to fight!" However, it is naturally impossible to send troops directly. At this moment, most of the army of Gaochang is still in the south and east, and if we send troops in, these troops will always be on the side. In addition, although the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom has entered the country now, the garrisons in the east and south of the Gaochang Kingdom must not be so fast. ”

"And looking at Gaochang and Qiuzi on the left, it is also not advisable to lose both. If we want to swallow the country of Qiuci in its entirety now, we can't let the country of Qiuci have too much hatred for us. Now that the army of the Guizi Kingdom has invaded the Gaochang Kingdom, they have begun to have losses, so we must take advantage of the fact that the army of the Gaochang Kingdom is moving westward, and the army will be dispatched from the northeast end of the Gaochang Kingdom to enter the Gaochang Kingdom in one fell swoop. In this way, not only did he catch the other party off guard, but he also had to let Gao Changguo's army move back and forth, and he didn't know which side to go. ”

Zhao Xun nodded and said to Xu Ye: "This time, we will directly enter Yancheng after the army in the eastern part of Gaochang Kingdom is mobilized. This is an important place at the northeast end of the Gaochang Kingdom, and if this place is broken, it can be regarded as cutting off the Gaochang Kingdom and the Turks from the east. General Xu. In this operation, you are the master. After all, no one in our army is more familiar with the situation around you than you. This wild goose city is located 100 miles northwest of Yiwu Province. And you, who used to garrison Iwu Mansion, are the most suitable here. ”

Xu Yezheng said: "Don't worry, my subordinates will complete this operation perfectly." ”

Zhao Xun said with a smile: "Very good, Situ Liang will inform you of the details of this matter, and you should also go down and prepare for all actions." ”

Sure enough, as Situ Liang said, the Qiuzi army invaded, but Gaoya, the king of Gaochang, did not immediately move the garrisons in the east and south to the west. And Gao Ya, who received Zhao Jun's reply and would not interfere in the internal affairs of the Western Regions, scolded secretly while becoming more wary of Zhao Jun.

"They don't interfere? Nonsense! If he hadn't interfered, he wouldn't have joined forces with the Qiuzi Kingdom to wipe out the Yanqi Kingdom and the more than a dozen small countries around it. If he didn't interfere, he wouldn't have changed the Yanqi Kingdom up and down, and let the so-called king of the Yanqi Kingdom become an ornament. ”

"Your Majesty, what do you mean, this time the Qiuzi Kingdom attacked us because of Zhao Jun?" Seeing Gao Ya's angry shouting, Gao Ya's cronies, Gao Lin, who was in charge of Gaochang State affairs, frowned.

"What do you think? If Zhao Jun hadn't spoken, he thought that this Qiuzi Congress would suddenly do something to us? Don't forget, I, Gaochangguo, am a vassal of King Zhao. Don't forget, we don't want to connect directly with Qiuci country, and we are still separated from Yanqi country in the southwest. Even if the Qiuci Kingdom occupies a quarter of the territory of the Yanqi Kingdom, he will not have any benefit from attacking us, and the territory will not be able to connect with the Qiuci Kingdom itself. ”

"Besides, do you think Zhao Jun wants the Guizi Kingdom to become stronger? Isn't King Zhao afraid that he won't be able to control the Qiuzi Kingdom? Therefore, this damn invasion of the Qiuzi Kingdom must be the intention of the vicious King Zhao, who is taking revenge on the last time we were going to send troops to stop his attack on the Yanqi Kingdom. ”

"'Bastard'! It's all the Turks who are too wasteful, who take money from us by force on weekdays and take away countless belongings. But when it came to the critical moment, they were powerless to help. Damn it! Damn it! Gao Ya roared like a madman.

Gao Lin frowned and said, "Having said that, but, Your Majesty, if we don't transfer the troops in the east and south to the west, then our west will be completely lost." Moreover, generals from all walks of life in the west have sent requests for help and inquiries, and they can no longer resist. How is this good? ”

Gao Ya said angrily: "A group of waste, even the Guizi Army can't resist it!" Didn't they all swear at the beginning that they wanted to teach Zhao Jun from the east a lesson? Now the Qiuci army alone can't stop it...... "He didn't think of the comparison of the strength of the two sides, you know, the Qiuci country dispatched 30,000 troops, and among the cities in the west of the Qiuci country, on average, there are only more than 1,000 people, how can it be the opponent of the Qiuci army. What's more, the army of this turtle country still came by surprise.

"Support! How can I support it? At this moment, Zhao Jun is just afraid that he is waiting for our army to move west. If there are no garrisons in the south and east, how can the Zhao army resist when it attacks? The threat of this Zhao army is much higher than that of the army of Qiuzi Kingdom. Tell them to go down, let them defend to the death, to the death! ”

Gao Lin smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, according to intelligence, the western cities can't hold on at all. Although the threat of the Zhao army is greater, after all, he has not threatened us now, and the army of the Qiuzi country is already occupying my land and killing my people. If the Qiuzi Kingdom were allowed to occupy the entire western region, then they would form a three-sided encirclement with the Zhao army. At that point, the situation will be even more unfavorable for us. ”

"Damn! Damn it! Gao Ya hammered the table at this moment and scolded angrily. What Gao Lin said is also extremely reasonable. Rescue, danger, no rescue, no less dangerous. Gao Ya is helpless now, and he is angry.

"By the way, this king asked you to go to the Turks for help, how do they reply?" Suddenly, Gao Ya remembered that a few days ago, he had sent someone to the north to ask for help.

Gao Lin's face stiffened slightly, and he said: "Your Majesty, the situation of the Turks is also not good, according to the current intelligence, the western Turkic tribes have fallen into disadvantage. And ......"

"And what?" Seeing Gao Lin hesitate, Gao Ya's face was unhappy, "When is this, I have something to say." ”

Gao Lin said with a worried face: "My lord, as far as we know, the northern Turkic tribes were attacked by the eastern Turkic tribes, and the eastern Turkic tribes were ordered by King Zhao. In other words, the problem of infighting among the Turks was deliberately caused by King Zhao. ”

"Hiss......" Hearing Gao Lin's words, Gao Ya's eyes suddenly widened angrily, "You mean, King Zhao has been able to command the Turks?" It can't be! You know how strong and vast the Turkic tribes of our north are. This eastern Turkic tribe is stronger than the west, how can this eastern Turkic tribe be ......" Gao Ya's face was full of disbelief, if this is the case, he is still playing a fart. With his tens of thousands of troops in Gaochang Kingdom, how can he compete with the Zhao army.

"Your Majesty, this news has been confirmed, and since the Zhao army entered the western part of Liangzhou, we have begun to send people to inquire about the news of the Zhao army. After the Zhao army attacked Yanqi, we sent people to Liangzhou many times to investigate, and the eastern Turkic tribes had been defeated by the Zhao army last year and became vassals of the Zhao army. ”

"This ......" Gao Ya's face suddenly turned pale, and when he heard that Zhao Jun could command the Turks, he suddenly didn't know what to do. The strength of the Turks, he knows. How powerful is it to defeat the Turks? Can you stand up to such a powerful force?

Seeing Gao Ya like this, Gao Lin went straight to his king and was frightened by the strong strength of the Zhao army, so he said in a loud voice: "Don't worry, the king, although the Zhao army is strong, the territory of the Han people is not unified, and most of the troops of the Zhao army are placed within the territory of the Han people." In addition, in order to deter the Turks, I think that the Zhao army should also garrison a large number of troops in the north. In addition, this land in the Western Regions is far away from the Central Plains of the Han people, and the Zhao army is on an expedition, and the logistical pressure is extremely heavy, so the Zhao army can not mobilize many troops to the Western Regions. ”

"Whew...... So that's good! The Turks could not count on it now. Gao Ya breathed a sigh of relief, and then his eyes lit up, "By the way, Zhao Jun instructed the Eastern Turkic tribes to take action against the Western Turkic tribes, and didn't the people sent to ask for help inform the Turkic tribes of the second information?" ”

Gao Ya hoped that this news would stab the Turkic tribes and give him support, and even lead the army south to 'fight' with the Zhao army, so that he could take advantage of it, and even follow the power of the Turks to dominate the northern part of the Western Regions.

Gao Lin didn't know what Gao Ya was thinking, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, this information has already been told to the Turks. Although they knew, they were already too busy to take care of themselves, and they had no time to look south. ”

"Alas...... Pity! Gao Ya sighed, and after a while, he said: "Forget it, now the situation has no time for us to think about it, mobilize the eastern army to move westward As for the southern army, stay where you are for the time being, just in case." With this 10,000 troops, it should be able to stop the continued advance of the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom. Qiuzi country is also a detour, its logistics are also a problem, the time stalemate for a long time, sooner or later there will be problems. The southern garrison will stay where it is and defend against the Zhao army. In the eyes of this king, Zhao Juncai is our greatest enemy. ”

Gao Ya mobilized 10,000 soldiers stationed in the east to march west, but the large armies in the south and southwest were not deployed together, but carefully guarded against the Zhao army.

Igo Province.

"It seems that this Gao Changguo still doesn't worry about us!"

"It doesn't matter, our target is in the northeast, south and southeast is not the most important. Ordered the army of the Guizi Kingdom to increase their efforts and attract more troops of the Gaochang Kingdom to the west. In addition, give Xu Ye an order to take action immediately. ”

"General Li Chenfeng, while Xu Ye is carrying out his operation, you personally lead a large army to kill from east to west from the west of Yiwu Mansion, and you want to enter the capital of the king of Gaochang in the shortest possible time. As for local affairs, the Liang Society sent civilian officials and garrisons to follow suit. Situ Liang said unhurriedly.

After receiving the order from the Zhao army, the army of Qiuzi Haoguo immediately sent people to invite the military division sent by the Zhao army to discuss the countermeasures. To talk about the head-on 'engagement', these Guizi army is not afraid of Gaochang State. But when it comes to a combat objective, it is difficult for them to understand.

As a result, in the army of Qiuci State, the military division sent by the Zhao army was responsible for the general command, while the army of Qiuci State was responsible for the actual battle.

As soon as the reinforcements arrived in the western part of the Gaochang Kingdom, according to the order of the King of Gaochang, they immediately stationed in the camp and confronted the Qiuzi army face to face, and did not fight. No matter how the army of the Guizi Kingdom invited the battle, they ignored it.

Seeing this scene, the military division of the Qiuci National Army immediately discussed and divided the assembled Qiuci National Army into several branches. Directly bypass the opponent's camp and attack its rear. And the country of Qiuzi did not focus on occupying the city, and directly plundered the people and grain and grass behind it.

Again and again, Gao Changguo's reinforcements could no longer be quiet. The army of the country of Qiuci not only plundered the people, but also their logistics grain and grass, which was also intercepted by the army of the country of Qiuzi many times.

As a result, the commander of the reinforcements of Gao Changguo decided to kill the opponent's army with his overall strength.

However, at this moment, every unit of the army of the Guizi Kingdom is wandering and killing decisively. In the face of a strong enemy, it will never appear, and for those small tribes with empty defenses, small cities and towns are particularly fierce. Everywhere I passed, there were no chickens and dogs, and corpses were everywhere, and the reinforcements of Gaochang Kingdom were 'made' in anger, and there was no way at the same time.

Seeing this, the commander of Gao Changguo's reinforcements could only give up the elegant military order, and instead pursued the other party, desperately looking for one of them, preparing to gradually exterminate it. Otherwise, if this continues, the logistics of the army will be cut off, and they will become a lone army.

That's it, the army of the Qiuzi Kingdom and the army of the Gaochang Kingdom chase me and flee, and you come and go. The army of the Guizi Kingdom had no scruples, and used war to nourish the war, killing the corpses all over the territory of the Gaochang Kingdom, but the reinforcements of the Gaochang Kingdom were helpless about it. Their grain and grass need to be supported by the local people, and they can't let him be like the army of the Guizi country, without any scruples.

However, after seven or eight days of chasing and fighting like this, when the reinforcements of Gaochang State were tired and repairing, the army of Qiuzi Kingdom appeared from all directions at night and raided the reinforcement camp of Gaochang State.

The reinforcements of Gaochang State chased for seven or eight days in a row, and they were already exhausted, and they had forgotten for many days of chasing that the military strength of this Qiuzi country was more than theirs.

Therefore, Gao Changguo's reinforcements were defenseless that night. The army of the Guizi Kingdom rushed into the camp of the Gaochang Kingdom, killed people when they saw them, and set fires everywhere. Caught off guard, the entire battalion became 'chaotic' and 'chaotic'. Nearly 30,000 troops of the Guizi Kingdom were like cutting melons and vegetables, killing the reinforcements of the Gaochang Kingdom.

The soldiers of the country of Qiuzi did not expect that the war could also come like this. Therefore, the soldiers of the Turtle Kingdom slashed and killed with special strength that night. And the camp of Gaochang Kingdom became a sea of fire......

Hearing such news, King Gaochang Gaoya almost vomited blood. The army of 10,000 was raided by the other side, causing the whole army to be wiped out. Now, the army of Qiuzi Kingdom is getting closer and closer to the capital of the king of Gaochang.

"Stupid pig! It's a stupid pig! This king has repeatedly ordered them to defend, defend! But they have to fight against the army of the Guizi country, and now it's good, 10,000 reinforcements are gone! "If it weren't for the death of the reinforcement commander sent, I'm afraid that Gao Ya at this moment would have the intention of swallowing the other party alive.

"Your Majesty, what is the matter now, is it time to transfer the garrison in the south to the west. Otherwise......"

"Tune, transfer immediately! In any case, this king will never tolerate the army of this turtle country to do anything wrong with him under the king's leadership. "Gao Ya couldn't hold on any longer. Eventually, the garrisons stationed on the border with Yiwu and Yanqi began to be transferred to the west to meet the army of the Kuzi Kingdom.