At the end of April of the second year of Taining, after the news of Yan Guo's defeat of 200,000 Western Regions allied troops at Quci came out, it shocked the countries west of the Green Mountains. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Dawan, Kangju and other small countries hurriedly sent envoys to Yan to show their submission, but only Da Da maintained his own national strength, not only did not choose to surrender to Yan, but secretly gathered 30,000 cavalry to try to cross the Yibohai Sea to the southeast to invade Wusun.

At this time, due to the instability of Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan and other countries, and the main force of the Yan army was scattered in various places to suppress the rebellion, the Guazhou Governor's Mansion only stayed on paper, so that the Bada people easily crossed the Yibohai Sea and entered the northwest of Wusun.

received an urgent report from Wusun, but Yan Wang Weishuo did not immediately order the army to go north, on the one hand, the Yan army from all walks of life fought one after another, and urgently needed time to rest; On the other hand, it was because the logistics and supplies of the army could not keep up, resulting in a lack of materials and the inability to advance to the northwest.

By mid-May, as war supplies continued to arrive at Qucicheng, the Yan army, after stabilizing the rear and replenishing supplies, began a new round of operations, and the focus of its attack was on the Bada people who were advancing eastward.

Originally, with the battle of King Wusun and his country's elite to defeat Quci, the eastward march of the Bada people went quite smoothly, and basically did not encounter any resistance along the way. As for the newly rising warlord army in Wusun, it is nothing more than a rabble in the eyes of the gods.

The new governor of Guazhou, Deng Yue, was bent on teaching the people a lesson to dispel their covetousness for the Western Regions.

After a short rest, on the order of King Yan, Deng Yueqin led the four-compartment cavalry coalition army to cross the Tianshan Mountains and enter Wusun.

At this time, the people had already crossed the Yibo Sea and advanced to the lower reaches of the Yilie River.

When the people continued to advance eastward along the Yilie River, they ran head-on into Deng Yue's department.

For the momentum of the eastward advance of the Bada people, the Xiang army gave a head-on blow. Originally, even the Wusun people couldn't beat the Da people, let alone against the Yan army.

Subsequently, the two sides gathered a total of more than 40,000 people and fought fiercely on the shore of Yilie for half a day, but the army was defeated, and after losing 10,000 people, they had to retreat to the city.

This battle made the people of Bada soberly realize that Bada had completely lost the opportunity to enter the Western Regions! And Dayan will be the new overlord of the Western Regions in the future.

Just when the people were still thinking about whether to submit to the powerful Yan State, there was chaos in the hometown of Great Xia.

It turned out that after the fall of the Kushan Empire, some of the people of the Great Moon Clan retreated to the homeland of Great Xia to survive. After merging with the local natives, a number of city-states were formed, which were collectively known as the Zhaowu Nine Surname City-State Alliance, and were called vassals to the Emperor.

The surname Zhaowu Jiu is weak, and his countrymen have nothing to do except be good at business. I thought that I would not be able to get rid of the rule of the barbarian White Xiongnu (Zhaowu Jiu surname is called the White Xiongnu in private), but I didn't think that the powerful Yanda people would be defeated by the Yan army.

The surname Zhaowu Jiu was originally forced to pay tribute to Xuanda under pressure, but now I heard that the Yan army was defeated in Wusun's hometown. This made the Zhaowu nine tribes see an opportunity, so they sent an envoy to Qu Ci to ask for a meeting with Wei Shuo, and expressed to the Yan State that they would "claim the domain", and wanted to use the power of the Yan State to make the city-state independent.

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Since the defeat of the coalition forces, the city of Quci has been occupied by the Yan State. On this day, I thought it would be another ordinary day, but I didn't expect Mayday to change, the sky was gray in the morning, and it rained lightly at noon.

In the afternoon, dark clouds the size of a city appeared over the city of Kütz, and the clouds were getting thicker and darker, and bursts of thunder continued to come from the sky.

Suddenly, the bean-sized rain fell ticking. The rain was getting heavier and the thunder was getting louder, and the residents of the city had hurried back to their homes, and the small traders and vendors had packed up their goods and ended their business early.

Wei Shuo was standing by the window at the moment, watching the rain trickling down the eaves, watching them get denser and denser, and finally became a hanging curtain of water. The sound of rushing water is like a small river flowing outside the window.

The bright light of lightning reflected on Wei Shuo's face, making his face more and more gloomy and cold.

Just now, Wei Shuo received an urgent report from Deng Yue, the governor of Guazhou, saying that the powerful country in the northwest suddenly invaded Wusun, and a fierce conflict broke out with the newly established Guazhou Governor's Office.

As early as the beginning of spring, with the war between the Yan State and the Western Regions, the powerful countries in the northwest were ready to move, eyeing the rich Western Regions.

In order to prevent the invasion of Guazhou, Wei Shuo ordered the new governor of Guazhou, Deng Yueqin, to lead the four-carriage horse north to Wusun.

In Wei Shuo's view, the eastward march at this time was obviously to take advantage of the fire to rob.

Hum! Wanting to snatch Wusun's hometown from Yan Guo is simply wishful thinking! Thinking of this, the corners of Wei Shuo's mouth showed a hint of mockery.

The people of Bada absolutely underestimated Wei Shuo's determination to defend territorial integrity, and for the King of Yan, who had regarded the Western Regions as his own forbidden territory, how could he allow the people to intervene? Therefore, as soon as he received the news of the invasion, he made up his mind to teach the people a big lesson, so as to completely dispel the covetousness of the people of the Western Regions.

Just when Wei Shuo was standing in front of the window thinking about his own thoughts, he heard a sound of footsteps outside, looked up, and found that Lu Chang was hurrying in with a military newspaper.

"Changzhi, is there any news from Boshan?"

"Hehe, the king is a god! This is the good news that has just been received, and Deng Dudu has defeated the people of Bada and driven them all out of Wusun's hometown. After the war, in order not to overstimulate the land and ensure the stability of the land of Wusun, Deng Dudu not only did not take advantage of the situation to attack the land, but only forced the Yan State to recognize the sovereignty of the Yan State over the territory east and south of Yibohai. ”

"Well, Boshan's move is very appropriate, at the moment, the Yan army does not have the strength to cross the Yibohai Sea to attack Yanda, if it can be forced to suspend its eastward attack, it will be able to buy time for the Yan State to stabilize Guazhou!"

Knowing that Deng Yue had only sent troops for half a month, he had defeated tens of thousands of troops in a row and successfully recovered the entire Wusun, Wei Shuo's originally gloomy face finally showed a smile.

At this time, Lu Chang continued: "Great King, with the defeat of Wusun by the Bada army, Kangju, Dawan and other countries west of the Green Mountains have all expressed their willingness to claim vassal status to the Yan State. ”

"Humph! It's just a bunch of wall grass. Wei Shuo said with disdain: "That Kangju and Dawan were originally subject countries of Yanda, if it weren't for Boshan's great victory, Kangju and Dawan might not have the courage to surrender to my Yan country." ”

That being said, the king still needs to accept the other party's submission. This will not only weaken the power of the Yanda, but also allow it to act as a western barrier for the Yan State before it fully controls the Western Regions, keeping the powerful Persian State out of the Western Regions. ”

"Well, that's true! In addition to Dawan and Kangju, who else came to ask for submission? ”

"Back to the king, there is indeed a group of special guests, they claim to be descendants of the Dayue clan, living west of Dawan and southwest of Kangju, with the Zhaowu nine surnames as the core to form a city-state alliance."

"What?! Zhaowu Jiu also sent a messenger? Hearing that the envoy surnamed Zhaowu asked to see, Wei Shuo was surprised, according to historical records, Zhaowu nine surnames were very frequently active in the land of China during the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties.

According to the record of the Book of Sui, the nine surnames of Zhaowu were originally Yue's people, and the former residence of Zhaowu City in the north of Qilian Mountain (now Linze, Gansu), because it was broken by the Xiongnu, the west exceeded the green ridge, moved to the Hezhong region of Central Asia, and the branches were divided into kings, and there were nine surnames such as Kang, An, Cao, Shi, Mi, Shi, He, Mu, etc., all of which were Zhaowu, so they were called Zhaowu nine surnames.

The historical materials of the nine surnames of Zhaowu were first found in the "Book of Wei", "Northern History", "Book of Sui", and the two "Book of Tang" in the "Western Regions Biography".

It is said that the nine surnames of Zhaowu are good at businessmen and trade with China very early.

During the Tang Dynasty, the most foreign businessmen in China were Zhaowu Jiu, among which Kangguo and Shiguo were the mainstay.

At that time, in the Hanzhong region, the people with the nine surnames of Zhaowu established more than ten small countries, and because their kings all took Zhaowu as their surnames, they were also called the countries with the nine surnames of Zhaowu.

"Did the people surnamed Zhaowu Jiu make any requests?"

"The envoys surnamed Zhaowu Jiu expressed their willingness to claim vassal status to the Yan State, but at the same time asked the Great Yan to provide them with protection from the invasion of the north, and finally they also hoped that the Yan State would support them in establishing an independent state in the river."

"Hehe, what a lot of requests they made!"

Wei Shuo thought for a while before saying: "In a short period of time, the Yan Kingdom does not have the strength to cross the Green Ridge, so accepting the submission of Dawan, Kangju, and even the nine surnamed Zhaowu city-states is the most realistic choice at present. Didn't the surname Zhaowu Jiu want to build an independent country? Okay, no problem! As long as they are willing to comply with the Regulations on the Administration of Vassal States, the Yan Kingdom can act as their suzerain. (To be continued.) )