Cyriji's voice was still echoing in the wind, and all the soldiers of the Ming army subconsciously raised their heads. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

It has been more than 400 years since the Han people were expelled and killed by the Tibetans and Uighurs in the Western Regions, or buried in the sandstorms, or returned to the Central Plains like lost dogs. At the beginning, the Tang Dynasty established the administrative system in the Western Regions and the implementation of Han etiquette has dissipated in the dust of history, once upon a time, the Ming army came in a vast way, returning to the starting point of the Tang army's westward expedition, and they were greeted by the barbarian tribes who used Han etiquette to express submission.

In the past four hundred years, the figure of the Chinese Han people has finally appeared on this land again, and finally accepted the submission of the barbarians on this land again!

And continue to move forward, Qiuzi, Shule, Khotan, Luntai, one by one precipitated in Tang poems, buried in the wind and sand, as well as the figures of countless Han and Tang Dynasty soldiers in these cities, all appeared in front of them in a trance. This is the third time that the Chinese army has come to conquer the Western Regions, and all the soldiers are very clear in their hearts, even if they throw their heads and spill their blood, they will make this conquest the last.

Since then, the Western Regions will always be the land of the Ming Dynasty and China.

"Please." Cyriji had obviously noticed the change in Akito's expression since Liang Yanwu, and he also knew very well why these people who had just defeated Haidu with a devastating force would even secretly wipe the tears from the corners of their eyes, but he pretended not to see it.

Da Ming sent him all the way to where he is today, and he also knew very well what he should do. Just Ma Tingyou can single-handedly change the situation in the Western Regions, not to mention the entire Ming Dynasty. Cyrigi was a very cautious man, and he knew exactly what he should do. What's more, for these small tribes who are already in front of people's swords and guns, is there any other choice?

All Cyriji can do is make all the small tribes pay less. After the toss of this big war, not only the vitality of the Haidu Department has been greatly damaged, but these small tribes have their own small losses, so for them now, how to recuperate is the most important thing to consider.

Not only Cyriji, but most of the small tribal leaders and chieftains did not look at the Ming army in front of them, but wandered around the battlefield on the Gobi not far away.

The tribes in the Western Regions have died too many people, such a sacrifice, the Ming Dynasty can bear it, Mongolia can bear it, but these small tribes are originally trying to survive in the cracks, how can they bear it?

Liang Yanwu and the three of them sat down one after the other, and opposite them, the tribal chiefs led by Cyriji also sat down, but compared to Liang Yanwu's precarious and confident appearance, Cyriji and they looked a little nervous, and even a few chiefs behind them were already sweating a little on their foreheads. The thunderous means shown by Da Ming and the current warm attitude make them have no way to figure out what these Ming people think, and it is impossible to say that there is no worry in their hearts.

After all, for the huge Da Ming, these small tribes are actually a group of ants, as long as they are unhappy, they can be directly crushed to death at any time.

Cyriji coughed lightly and said in a deep voice: "We and the tribes of the Western Regions are grateful to the Ming for their helping hand and help us get rid of the oppression of Haidu, and today our tribes are willing to serve the Ming Dynasty. ”

The kind words have not yet fallen, Cyriji clapped his hands, and the two of them were escorted in by the five flowers, and Cyriji arched his hand at Liang Yanwu and the others with a smile on his face: "These are the two lackeys of Haidu, who led the attack just now to be the most ferocious, but they were still caught by us when they retreated, and now they are dedicated to Daming, and please accept the angel of Daming Shangguo." ”

Liang Yanwu picked up the teacup and took a sip lightly, and said unhurriedly: "Then thank you for your kindness, come on, escort these two guys down, and send them directly to the capital to sacrifice prisoners." The official will write a chapter to play the emperor to express the loyalty of the chiefs, and will also suggest to His Majesty that when the official and the generals in the Ming army capture Haidu, he will ask His Majesty to send it together. ”

When His Majesty was mentioned, Liang Yanwu solemnly bowed his hand to the southeast, and Su Zhi and Ma Tingyou also solemnly followed suit, making the originally somewhat mild atmosphere in the camp tent suddenly become solemn. And Liang Yanwu's tone suddenly became heavier: "This is a wilderness, not a place to speak, so let's just make a long story short." After the battle of Xingxingxia, the Haidu Department has no offensive power against the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty is now sharpening the three main armies of the Shence Army, the Tianxiong Army and the Tubo Army. ”

After Liang Yanwu finished saying this, he paused, and his eyes swept over the many chiefs led by Cyriji, who bowed their heads slightly, and no one said anything. Even if a person with a short temper is irritable, he naturally understands what to do at this time, only absolute surrender, at least in a short period of time, can be exchanged for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, otherwise the remaining Ogedai Khanate, Ilkhanate and Kipchak Khanate, even if there are many losses in troops, are not something that a small tribe of them can afford to provoke.

Seeing that these chiefs didn't have the slightest intention of refutating, Liang Yanwu laughed: "Since you don't speak, then this official should be like this." Ming practice, as long as the initiative to belong to the Ming and did not do anything to my Ming people before the country and tribe, the Ming will not annex it all, the best example is the three Buddhas in the South Seas, since the annexation of the Ming Dynasty, the three Buddhas enjoy the benefits of the Ming Dynasty, and by the protection of my Ming Nanyang Navy, is a good friend of my Ming, the honor and disgrace of the country is also the honor and disgrace of my Ming. On the contrary, the countries of Zhenla, Annam, and Dongying, which once resisted the power of our Great Ming, have now completely become the land of the Ming Dynasty, and their people have become the servants of our Ming Dynasty. ”

Cyriji and the others all showed a relaxed look on their faces, although they still didn't know Da Ming's attitude, but at least from what Liang Yanwu said, these small tribes did not resist Da Ming, and even helped Da Ming contain a lot of Haidu troops in the battle just now, which should definitely be regarded as meritorious.

Although many of them were not aware of the examples cited by Liang Yanwu - after all, this was the Western Regions thousands of miles away from the South Seas, and it was impossible for them to understand the situation on that side - they could still detect from the names of these countries listed by Liang Yanwu that Liang Yanwu did not lie to them. And it was precisely because he had studied the attitude of the Ming Dynasty towards these active annexation countries that he decided to use the power of the Ming Dynasty and even sent envoys to Nanjing City.

Liang Yanwu stretched out his hand and pointed to the map hanging in the middle of the tent: "But I think you all know very well that now the Ming Dynasty is unable to advance to the east and south, and if the Ming Dynasty wants to continue to expand in the future, it can only go north or west, and the north is a land of ice and snow and bitter cold, and the Mongolians are precisely because they can't bear this bitter cold, so they have always wanted to go south, so for the Ming Dynasty, as long as they can defeat Mongolia, it is not difficult to advance north, and it is not beneficial to the Ming Dynasty to advance north, which also means, I, Daming, only have one last way forward left - the Western Regions! ”

The last two words were spoken, and the small tribal chiefs who had a relaxed look on their faces before had changed their faces at this time. Liang Yanwu has made it very clear that after defeating the Mongols, the Ming Dynasty will definitely march to the Western Regions, and will even reopen the Silk Road like the Han and Tang Dynasties and expand westward along the Silk Road, so it is impossible for the Western Regions to be left to these small tribes, leaving the Western Regions in a fragmented state.

After all, if a dynasty wants to launch a large-scale attack in one direction, in addition to needing sufficient troops and sufficient reserves of food, grass and equipment, it also needs the full cooperation of the state capital as the rear. If these state capitals have no way to transfer grain, grass and equipment to the front line in time, even if there are more, it is useless, which means that there must be a complete and mutually supportive state government administrative system, such as in the previous Ming Northern Expedition, there was the support of Heluo and Lianghuai behind it, Zhang Shijie, who was sitting in Heluo at that time, were all experienced officials transferred from the south, plus the joint supervision of Liumen and Yushitai, so it was able to ensure the continuous transportation of grain, grass and equipment to the north. As a result, the main forces of the Ming army, even the farthest away town navy, have never encountered the dilemma of lacking these things.

With the current comparison of the strength of the Ming and the Mongols and the advantages and disadvantages of the two sides on the battlefield, it is actually very easy for the Ming army to win the victory over the Mongols, and even these chiefs even suspect that this life-and-death duel between the two dynasties is likely to end within a few months after seeing the combat power displayed by the Ming army today.

And when the time comes, in addition to recuperation, the Ming Dynasty will inevitably adjust the key direction, the target must be the Western Regions, the existence of these small tribes makes the Western Regions a fragmented, separate region, and even with the word "chaos" to describe it is not an exaggeration, for the Ming Dynasty who wants to expand to the west, it is definitely not the local administrative model that it wants, so that the Western Regions, which is full of attacks and contradictions, has no way to ensure the transfer of grain and grass equipment in the Ming Dynasty, and may even encounter unknown dangers. After all, the grain and grass of the Ming Dynasty and those advanced firearms have a fatal temptation for small tribes who are often hungry and lack firearms.

In the face of the Ming army, they did not have the strength to fight back, but in the face of the Ming army transport team, it was inevitable that there would be some boldness. And Cyriji knows very well that those tribes who have grown up in the melee in the Western Regions since they were children look very honest now, but it is impossible to say in their hearts that they do not covet the things of the Ming Army.

In fact, it is reasonable for the Ming Dynasty to do this, not to mention whether the Tubo who has surrendered to the Ming Dynasty is sincere or forced by the Ming Dynasty's troops, just in the Han and Tang Dynasties hundreds of years ago, the small countries in the Western Regions of Gaochang did not hesitate to occupy the way. At that time, the situation of the countries in the Western Regions standing side by side was actually no different from the situation in the Western Regions that the Ming Dynasty was facing, but at the beginning, those countries in the Western Regions still had the ability to join forces to resist and cities that could be used as barriers, and now these tribes in the Western Regions did not even have the courage to fight head-on with the Ming Dynasty, and they were sheltered by some simple camps rather than cities.

So in the face of these small tribes in the Western Regions, the Ming Dynasty can definitely annex them in one go.

"Dare to ask if the angels of the kingdom really don't plan to leave a way to live for our tribes in the Western Regions?" Cyriji stood up slowly, although he was cautious by nature, although he was sitting in today's position with the support of Da Ming, but he knew very well that behind him were the life and death of countless small tribes in the Western Regions, and countless eyes that trusted him.

In his position, Siriji stood up without hesitation, even though his forehead and back were constantly sweating at this time.

Liang Yanwu and Su Zhi both showed a look of appreciation in their eyes, and Ma Tingyou nodded slightly, although Xiliji was not a hero, but Da Ming was at least right to choose to support him at the beginning. If it weren't for him, maybe we wouldn't be where we are today.

Stretching out his hand and pointing at the map, Liang Yanwu said with a smile: "Chiefs and the big leader of Xiliji, please don't panic, for the Ming Dynasty, what you want is only the land of the Western Regions, and your tribes are actually grazing tribes that live on water and grass, and their dependence on land is not very large, so the Ming court has discussed and given you two choices." ”

Cyriji breathed a sigh of relief, and there was no cruelty in Liang Yanwu's words, indicating that Da Ming obviously did not really intend to use violent means, otherwise, I am afraid that now Cyriji needs to consider the issue of life and death.

Facing the eyes of many chiefs, Liang Yanwu said in a deep voice: "Your tribes are all nomadic tribes, as just said, living in water and grass, and the reason why you often have friction and contradictions is in the competition for water and grass, and now the Ming Dynasty needs a large number of people to guard and raise war horses in the grassland under the Qilian Mountain and Yanzhi Mountain in Hexi, which is just right for your tribes, and at the same time, in the future, the Ming Dynasty will advance to the north and west, and the Tianshan Mountains and Yanran Mountains will also build horse farms. And give sufficient support to various tribes in terms of economy and trade. ”

The eyes of the surrounding chiefs have changed slightly, and I have to say that this condition is very tempting. Especially compared to the various tribes, they used to be hungry and full, and they had to rely on the protection of the Great Khanate, but even so, there were often conflicts between the tribes, and in the final analysis, it was because of the smaller and smaller living space. And now that Da Ming has even taken out the excellent grazing places in the Qilian Mountains, how can these chiefs not be happy?

It's just that they also understand that the consequence of moving into Hexi or even the Central Plains is likely to be that their tribes have been completely assimilated by the Ming Dynasty, although they have not announced their merger into the Ming Dynasty, but in the subtle influence of the Ming Dynasty, it is easy for these tribal chiefs to think about what kind of choices their descendants will make after decades or more than a hundred years.

And Liang Yanwu was already unhurried and then said the second solution: "However, considering that there may be some tribes who have attachment to the Western Regions, Your Majesty and the ministers in the court can also feel this way, so a city will be built in the Western Regions to house various tribes, the main purpose of this city is to be responsible for the continuation of the trade and trade on the Silk Road, and when the time comes, the people in the tribes can enter the Central Plains of the Ming Dynasty or march west as merchants. Contribute to the revival of the withered Silk Road, and at the same time be able to obtain enough wealth yourself. ”

When the words fell, many small tribal chiefs were happy, in fact, many of their ancestors were Hu merchants, who had laid a great foundation on this Silk Road, but later with the war in the Central Plains, the Silk Road lost one of its sources, and it was completely interrupted, and the Hu merchant families in the Western Regions also declined, and they could only return to their old business.

Obviously, now the Ming Dynasty intends to use these Hu merchants as the basis to reopen trade on the Silk Road, and this is definitely a good thing for the Hu people. Compared with the current grazing and the first option of grazing horses for the Ming Dynasty, it is obvious that this option has many advantages, and even these advantages are enough to make most of the chiefs present tempted or even lose their minds.

At the end of the day, it's actually just one word.

Money!

Da Ming is tantamount to sending the opportunity to make money to their noses, don't be fools!