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A.D. 187, Han Zhongping four years, early March, the Han fierce war in the rouge queen was captured by Liu Tai, the end of the tiger's head and snake tail, hundreds of thousands of Hun iron cavalry retreated in embarrassment under the leadership of Dugu Hong, according to statistics, in the chaotic war, the Hun iron cavalry killed and wounded as many as 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the Western Regions killed and wounded about 100,000 people, it can be seen that the combat power of the Xiongnu iron cavalry is not reduced back then, and even stronger. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because the Tianci army is picking up cheap, so the loss in this battle is not large, only about a few hundred, no matter what, this battle is the most chaotic battle since Liu Tai's debut, the results are very brilliant, Liu Tai not only captured the supreme ruler of the Great Huns, Queen Rouge, but also abducted three or four hundred thousand Western Regions.

These Western Regions are temporarily arranged to be stationed outside the Daijun Pass, and the grain and grass are supplied by the Northern Xinjiang, as for the issue of incorporation, it is impossible, after all, their country has not died, and sooner or later they will have to leave, of course, if Liu Tai does not agree and does not supply them with food to return to China, they can only stay in the Northern Xinjiang and cannot go anywhere.

Liu Tai was very hesitant, should he let them go back? If they are put back, when the Northern Frontier conquers the Western Regions, they may become the biggest enemy of the Northern Frontier, if they are not put back, is it too cruel? After all, their families are all in the Western Regions, and in this war, if there is no defection from them, it would be difficult for Queen Rouge to be captured by Liu Tai.

And most importantly, if they don't return to China, who will resist the revenge of the Huns, will they watch millions of people in the Western Regions being slaughtered by the Huns? Isn't that too inhumane? Liu Tai was entangled and very annoyed, whether he put it or not, he had to make a decision in a short time, otherwise even if they went back, the daylily would be cold.

"Lord, are you still hesitating?" Guo Jia walked into the Daijun County Guard's Mansion with a smile on his face, and asked out loud when he saw Liu Tai, who was sitting on the top with a worried brow.

"En" Liu Tai looked up at Guo Jia's face full of smiles, frowned slightly, and said dissatisfiedly: "This king is troubled here, you are still in such a mood, it's really begging!" ”

"Lord, his subordinates are guilty" Guo Jia touched his nose, smiled bitterly at Liu Tai, and then continued: "Actually, the lord doesn't have to worry, it should be ours, it is always ours, it should not be ours, and it can't be retained."

"Oh? What do you mean by that? Liu Tai frowned, touched his hairless chin with his right hand, and asked Guo Jiafa.

"The subordinate means, I hope that the lord will show kindness in the Western Regions, if you are willing to stay, let them stay, if you are not willing to stay, give them a month's military rations, let them return to the Western Regions on their own, in fact, they return to the Western Regions, for my northern Xinjiang, it is not without benefits, since then the rebellion in the Western Regions has brought a heavy blow to the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu will turn the spearhead to the countries of the Western Regions for a period of time, if there is no them, the countries of the Western Regions will naturally only have to wait for death, but with them, the Huns retaliated against the actionIs it still that easy? Guo Jia pretended to have a tense face and said to Liu Tai.

Liu Tai frowned and didn't speak, Guo Jia's meaning was obvious, that is, he wanted Liu Tai to buy people's hearts, if these people were willing to stay, then stay, if they were unwilling, let them return to the Western Regions safely, so that not only did Liu Tai's statement be publicized in the Western Regions, but also relied on the power of the Western Regions to drag the main force of the Great Huns in the Western Regions.

"You mean raze to raze?" Liu Tai's eyes rolled, and he finally figured out what Guo Jia really meant, in Chinese history, the strategy of using razing to control razing is not, and even from a long time ago, I don't know which era it started.

"Lord Gao Jian" Guo Jia smiled, and patted Liu Tai without a trace, although this idea was actually Guo Jia's, but after all, it was not Guo Jia who said it?

"You're a little slippery head" Liu Tai couldn't help but smile, Guo Jia has been getting more and more aware of how to make sycophants recently, as long as Liu Tai can guess it, they all attribute the credit to Liu Tai, not only Guo Jia, but also Xi Zhicai.

In fact, Liu Tai understands their intentions very well, now that Liu Tai is nineteen years old, he is about to officially become the king and become the supreme king of the Han Dynasty since ancient times.

Since ancient times, there have been countless dignitaries and nobles who have been killed because they have seen through Shangyi, even in the Three Kingdoms, it is not a few, the most famous of them is Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu is too smart, and he sees through Cao Ying's thoughts in everything, so that Cao Ying is speechless, the last sentence is tasteless, and it is a pity to abandon it, completely asked for Yang Xiu's surname, will someone say that Cao Ying is not sacred? In the troubled times, he single-handedly recovered the entire territory north of the Yangtze River, so that the Holy Lord could be said to be mediocre? I'm afraid no one can say it, right? But Cao Ying still killed Yang Xiu, because as a monarch, he would never tolerate the existence of a person who completely saw through himself!

"Okay, this matter will be left to you, remember, some little princes, must do a good job, these little princes, in the future, when we conquer the Western Regions, they will play a very big role." Among the 400,000 Western Regions, not only the princes of Kangju and Wusun, but also the crown princes of many small countries, although most of these princes have no ability, they have many people and many strengths, and since ancient times, when the Han Dynasty was strong, these small countries were the first to submit the table.

If the Han Dynasty is strong, they will surrender and offer countless gold, silver and jewelry every year, and if the Han Dynasty is weak, they will take refuge in other countries to oppose the Han Dynasty, such as Kangju, such as Wusun.

Liu Tai doesn't like these countries, but sometimes politics is inevitably a matter of hypocrisy, after all, it is very unrealistic to conquer by force, as long as you take the military power of these small countries, and want to incorporate their territories, is it not easy?

"No!" Guo Jia's face was extremely plain to receive the order, although the sycophant was seen through by Liu Tai, but Liu Tai did not blame, Guo Jia has nothing to worry about, no matter how Liu Tai will become of the official queen, Guo Jia's life has been tied to Liu Tai's chariot, life and death

"By the way, is the Rouge Queen still safe?" Liu Tai shook his head and asked Guo Jiafa, since Queen Rouge was captured by Liu Tai, she has been arranged in a courtyard in the Daijun County Guard's Mansion, and there are several maids of the Tiger Group guarding it, because she is busy, Liu Tai has not seen Queen Rouge in the past half a month.

"Fortunately, most of the Rouge Queen has been staying in the room lately, and she hasn't moved too much." Guo Jia nodded without hesitation and said, in fact, there is no need for Liu Tai to ask, how much more storm can the Queen of Rouge be kidnapped by Liu Tai alone? After leaving the Great Huns, Queen Rouge is just an ordinary woman, well, this woman is more beautiful

"That's good, how are the Huns doing?" Liu Tai nodded with a smile, Liu Tai was very satisfied with the interest of the Rouge Queen, thinking of the fragrance on the Rouge Queen, Liu Tai couldn't help but feel a little ape-like, a woman born with a spring flavor, Liu Tai was still the first time to hear about it, the first time to contact it.

"After Duguhong returned to Danhan Mountain, he sent a request, hoping that my northern Xinjiang could send back the Rouge Queen, promising that as long as the Rouge Queen returned to the Xiongnu, he would cede all the territory of Xianbei in the central part of the country, and send 100,000 catties of gold, and millions of cattle and sheep" When it came to the ransom price of the Great Huns, Guo Jia couldn't help but gasp, 100,000 catties of gold, millions of cattle and sheep, this is not a small amount.

"What a big stroke" Liu Tai's pupils shrank, but then returned to normal, and said lightly: "But it's still less, the Huns have been plundering the Western Regions for decades, and there are only 100,000 catties of gold?" Let people tell Dugu Hong that if he can't get two million catties of gold, he won't have to talk to this king."

Guo Jia looked at Liu Tai dumbfounded, his wife was too greedy, he actually asked for two million catties of gold, Guo Jiake is very aware of the treasury of Northern Xinjiang, it can be said that all the official silver deposits in the entire Northern Xinjiang do not have two million catties of gold, when they resisted the Xianbei Five Clans going south, it was the richest time in Northern Xinjiang, and there were a million catties of gold in stock

"Don't you feel that this king is too greedy?" Liu Tai looked at Guo Jia, smiled faintly, a little disapproving, in fact, two million catties of gold is only a thousand tons, and as far as Liu Tai knows, the gold reserves of the modern United States in the World Bank are 8,133.5 tons, and even the book has 765 tons, Liu Tai does not believe that the Great Huns who make a living by plundering cannot take out a thousand tons of gold, and even in Liu Tai's opinion, a thousand tons of gold is at most a small turmoil for the Great Huns.

In this era, if you talk about the degree of wealth, there is no place comparable to the Western Regions, the Western Regions is located at the junction of the Eastern and Western Empires, the annual caravan toll collected is hundreds of thousands of catties of gold, so many years down, continue to be more outrageous, rumors in the Western Regions, some countries even use gold to pave the ground, pure gold to build a lot of palaces, but now, the entire Western Regions is the territory of the Great Huns, the Great Huns will let these golden gold remain in the hands of the Western Regions?

In fact, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the circulation of gold is not large, because most of the people are traded in five baht, or directly barter, those high-value, similar to luxury gold, only the rich and noble can have, most of the gold is circulated in the hands of the Han Dynasty major magnates, the reason why the Xiongnu want to collect gold, the biggest reason is to use these gold to buy grain, salt, iron from some of the gate valves.

Don't be surprised, there will be no shortage of traitors at any time, and even some feudal officials are doing dirty things in private, such as Xiliang, Xiliang is in the name of poverty, why can Dong Zhuo afford to raise 200,000 Xiliang Iron Riders? It is because they can use cheap salt and iron to exchange gold and other valuables from the Xiongnu and other foreign tribes, and then exchange these gold for rich families in exchange for enough grain and grass.

In the end, it was always the Han Dynasty that lost money, because the Han Dynasty did not charge a little tax rate for these transactions, and in this era, the merchants were taxed at more than 40 percent, which means that the Han Dynasty was losing astronomical tax revenues every moment, feeding only these local warlords and foreigners like tigers and wolves.

(To be continued)