Since last year, as Yan began to implement a blockade, countries in the Western Regions have found that business on the Silk Road is becoming more and more difficult. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

At the same time, with the intervention of external forces such as Yanguo, Gaoche, and Dada, the situation became more and more tense.

After attaching the Yan Kingdom in the former country of Cheshi, the King of Qiuzi, the King of Yanqi, the King of Khotan, the King of Cheshihou, the King of Wusun, and the King of Shanshan had to unite in order to deal with the powerful Yan State.

The abnormal actions of the countries in the Western Regions were soon learned of by Shi Fuhong, the governor of the Western Regions, and he immediately notified his superior, Liu Yao, the governor of Liangzhou, in an expedited manner of 800 miles, and Liu Yao did not dare to slack off after receiving the report, and quickly reported to the Privy Council and the Cabinet.

Wei Shuo raised the military newspaper in his hand, and after glancing around at the cabinet scholars, he said with a solemn face: "According to Fu Honglai's report, the countries of the Western Regions formally formed an alliance at the end of last year and prepared to deal with the Yan State. ”

Wen Qiao, Gao Zhan and the others frowned when they heard this, and they all looked at Wei Shuo with worried faces without saying a word. Everyone had seen this information in advance, and in the face of the 200,000 Western Regions Coalition troops, plus external forces such as Gaoche, Yu, and Dada, who might interfere, no one dared to take it lightly.

"At the end of last year, the six powerful countries of the Western Regions gathered in the King City of Qiuci and secretly held talks to form an anti-Yan alliance.

"In addition to the six powerful foreign countries, there are still Shule, the kings of the twenty-seven city states, including the Ronglu Kingdom, the Humi Kingdom, the Qule Kingdom, the Pishan Kingdom, the Weisu Kingdom, the Mountain Kingdom, the Gumo Kingdom, the Wensu Kingdom, the Weitou Kingdom, the Shache Kingdom, the Exhaustion Stone Kingdom, the Qusha Kingdom, the Xiye Kingdom, the Yinai Kingdom, the Manchu Kingdom, the Yiruo Kingdom, the Lingling Kingdom, the Drug Donation Country, the Xiuxiu Kingdom, the Qin Kingdom, the Jimi Kingdom, the Xijimi Kingdom, and the Shan Huan Kingdom, signed the alliance and participated in the alliance."

"It can be said that in the entire Western Regions, except for the Che Shihou and foreign countries, more than 30 other countries of all sizes have participated in this alliance."

"In this way, the countries of the Western Regions are quite hostile to our Yan Kingdom!"

Pei Wei touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "But this is okay, it just gives my Yan Kingdom the opportunity to uproot the opposition forces in the Western Regions, as long as I can defeat the coalition army, the entire Western Regions is not at the mercy of my Yan Kingdom?" ”

"Yes, Wen Ji's words are very true, and all the countries in the Western Regions are opposed, which certainly increases the difficulty of Yan Kingdom's return to the Western Regions, but it also makes us see clearly who is Yan's enemy and who is Yan's friend."

"Tell me, what will Yan Guo do next to take the Western Regions at the lowest cost?"

Everyone was silent for a while, and Wen Qiao first broke his mouth and said: "For hundreds of years, the countries of the Western Regions have been in constant conflict, but they have been married to each other, and the entanglement of interests between them is very complicated, so the minister has to doubt the stability of the Western Regions Alliance. ”

"For the 200,000 Western Regions Alliance troops with evil intentions, in the eyes of the minister, they are just a rabble. As long as the Yan army can win a battle, the mighty Western Regions Alliance will collapse without a fight. ”

"The key at the moment is how to lure the Western Regions Alliance to be fooled, not to underestimate the Western Regions Alliance, as long as our Yan Army Brigade appears under the Yumen Pass, the so-called 200,000 coalition troops will never dare to take the initiative to attack."

"In this regard, I wonder what the Privy Council's plan to destroy the enemy is?"

"The Privy Council believes that since the Western Regions Alliance does not dare to take the initiative to attack, the Yan Army can only hope to find the main force of the Alliance Army by going deep into the territory of the Western Regions, and then completely annihilate the Coalition Army."

"Into the territory of the Western Regions?" Wei Shuo frowned slightly, although there are no Xiongguan and dangerous passes in the Western Regions, but because they are all over the desert, it is not possible to make sure that the entire Western Expedition army will be wiped out because of the Great Desert.

"That's right, this move is a bit risky to say, but only in this way can the Western Regions Alliance take the initiative to show up."

Wei Shuo got up and paced back and forth in the hall for a few steps, and finally said, "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you can get the tiger?" According to the plan of the Privy Council, go deep into the hinterland of the Western Regions with heavy troops! The widow wants to see if the Western Regions Alliance is powerful, or if my Yan army is superior. ”

"How many troops does the Privy Council plan to send to the west?" Pei Wei asked Wen Qiao beside him.

"Well, according to preliminary estimates, an army of 120,000 infantry cavalry will be transferred, including 50,000 cavalry and 70,000 infantry."

"120,000 against 200,000...... It's not a big problem, with the combat power of the Yan army, as long as it can maintain about half of its combat strength after penetrating deep into the hinterland of the Western Regions, it is enough to deal with the Western Regions coalition army. Knowing that the 120,000 army was marching westward, Pei Wei felt very relaxed.

"Hehe, Wen Ji is optimistic, it is very likely that the countries of the Western Regions will ask for help from Gaoche, Xuanda, Kangju and other countries when they are defeated and cornered, and then the Western Expedition army will face more than 200,000 enemies, it is very likely that it will be 300,000 or 400,000, or even 500,000 is not impossible."

"Then why don't the Privy Council move more troops?"

"The logistics supply can't keep up, the Western Regions are thousands of miles away from Luoyang, and thousands of miles away from Guzang, the Liangzhou Governance Office. Although the Yan Kingdom has been improving the traffic situation in the northwest, and the east-west artery has been completed, after the Yumen Pass, the entire Western Regions is still full of sand and gravel, and there is no complete road. ”

"What's more serious is that the Western Regions are full of deserts, which makes it difficult to transport grain and grass for the army, and even drinking water has become the key to limiting the scale of the Western Expeditionary Army. The Privy Council could not irresponsibly send hundreds of thousands of troops to the war, but in the end, the soldiers could not even drink saliva. ”

"The Privy Council has done a good job this time, the terrain in the Western Regions is complex, and it is indeed not appropriate to send too many troops, otherwise it will only increase the logistical pressure."

Wei Shuo bowed slightly, and spoke highly of the Privy Council's cautious deployment of troops.

In addition to praising the high-level of the Privy Council, Wei Shuo looked at Pei Wei and Mo Han in Shangshu Province and reminded: "Wen Ji, Shirong, now that the army is about to march westward, the Silk Road will not be peaceful for the time being, so you must inform the merchants of Yan State in time not to go to the Western Regions, so as not to be angered by the countries of the Western Regions." ”

"The king is worried, at the beginning of the new year, Shangshu Province has already issued a warning to merchants from all over the country through the Ministry of Commerce, and at the same time, Yumen Pass, Dunhuang and other places have also increased the interception of merchants from all over the country.

"Well, that's good! However, don't forget to drive out the merchants from the Western Regions, most of these people are spies from various countries, since our merchants don't go to the Western Regions, then we can't let the enemy go deep into the Yan Kingdom to find out the news. ”

"In addition, the blockade of the Silk Road can also hit the countries of the Western Regions, you must know that almost all the countries in the Western Regions rely on the Silk Road to survive, once the Silk Road is not smooth, the blow to all countries will be huge."

"The king is wise!"

……

After making a plan for the westward expedition with the cabinet, Wei Shuo personally met with the former prince and his wife again, but this time the banquet was arranged to be held in the palace, which was a veritable family banquet.

When the former prince and his wife came to the palace, under the guidance of the guards, they shuttled between the various courtyards and pavilions, and the two couldn't help but be shocked by the magnificence of the entire palace.

The couple looked at each other and couldn't help but feel discouraged, compared to King Yan, they were no different from beggars. Even their life in the former country of Cheshi may not be as good as that of some wealthy businessmen in Yan country.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, just as the former prince and his wife were dizzy around the palace, the guards who led the way finally told them that they had arrived. Soon a palace maid came out and led the queen to meet the princess Pei Ying'er, and the former king of the Cheshi was taken to Wei Shuo.

"The minister meets the king!" Seeing the high Yan King, the former king of the car division did not dare to slack off.

"The king of the car master is flat, call the king of the car master over today, one is to practice it for you, and the other is to tell you to do it."

"Please command, even if the ministers are crushed and broken, they will never give up."

"Hehehe, Er's loyalty, the widow knows very well, and when the Western Regions are pacified in the future, the widow will have his own reward."

Speaking of this, Wei Shuo changed his words and said: "The widow will not hide it from you, in order to rebuild the hegemony of the Western Regions, my Yan Kingdom will go west this year. However, at present, the situation in the Western Regions is very unfavorable to the Yan Kingdom, except for the Cheshiqian foreign countries, the rest of the countries have formed a close alliance and intend to fight against our Yan Kingdom together. ”

"Your task is to return to the former country of the Cheshi, and immediately secretly and quietly contact a small country like the former country of the Cheshi that is dissatisfied with the oppression of the six major powers, and strive to turn the other side around. But you have to remember that this matter must be kept secret, and the slightest leak must not be revealed before the Yan army's westward expedition. ”

"Please rest assured that the king must pay attention to secrecy and will never let outsiders notice, so as not to damage the king's great cause." (To be continued.) )