Wang Xu smiled and said, "Why didn't the lord leave her behind, did he have plans for the Western Regions?" ”

"The Western Regions, it's too far away, I don't want to think about it."

"But the lord can't help but think about it, the Western Regions, although with our current strength, can't move it yet, but it doesn't mean that it will never be moved, and the Western Regions is a sensitive place, it's good to formulate a policy and strategy early, and it can be modified in the future, at least when the time comes, it won't be rushed to deal with it, and the trouble caused cannot be repaired.

What Wang Xu didn't understand was that taking the children of the Western Regions as hostages was a tradition of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the lord seemed to have given up, why? ”

"Will they be obedient if they take their children hostage?"

Wang Xu said: "Naturally not, when the Xiongnu and Yueshi (Guishan) are strong, these small countries will be attached." ”

"Taking their children as hostages, will these children get close to us when they return to the Western Regions?"

"If we are strong, of course we are close to us, if not, the people of the Western Regions will be attached to more powerful forces."

"That's right, to put it simply, the countries of the Western Regions all recognize their strength, and it's useless to hold their children hostage. In fact, I really decided to let go of the princess of Shache because of the inspiration given to me by Mr.'s soft attack strategy, whether it is the Qiang, the Xiongnu, the Xianbei, or the Western Regions.

They all occupy a piece of territory, and these territories are often bitter cold, even if we defeat them, the Han people are not willing to migrate, but there will always be people in these territories, there is strength, so we defeated the Huns, came to the Xianbei people, or harass us, Mr. 's soft attack strategy is a typical example of razing and razing. I began to think about not using force. Or not to deter by absolute force. The war with the Hu people was delayed for too long, and the loss was too huge. ”

"I see, the Western Regions is different from the Western Qiang, the territory is large, there are many countries, and it cannot be dealt with in the same way as the Xiqiang, but there is more than one mode of soft attack. I'm sure I'll be able to find a suitable strategy to control the Western Regions, but. ”

Wang Xu suddenly turned to Liu Zhang and said with a smile: "Is this really the only reason why the lord let go of that girl?" ”

Liu Zhang looked down at the snow, was silent for a long time, did not answer but acquiesced, indeed, the so-called soft attack strategy is just a booster, so that he can make up his mind to release people, in fact, before. I already had the idea of letting the girl go.

On that night in the Diren Valley, the girl's words knew they were fake as soon as she heard them. However, the resentful flute still touched Liu Zhang.

The girl from the Western Regions ran into the snowy mountains, grew up in the country of Shache, where the snow is no lighter than here, and it is nothing to walk in the snowy mountains, find a cave, collect some branches, and roast a snow rabbit that has been bitten by a snake.

Next to the soaring flames, the girl sat with her knees crossed, facing the endless snow outside the cave, gently playing the flute, the flute sound floated in the air, Liu Zhang's fake smile last night, echoed in her mind, from that moment, the girl knew that Liu Zhang was going to deliberately let her go.

Liu Zhang used "Waiter" to test his sincerity, and then asked himself if he knew Bailingcao, but he just gave himself an excuse, he acted for so long, and in the end he didn't deceive, he really failed.

"When I go to the Western Regions, you will never be able to catch me." The girl put down her flute and whispered.

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Liu Zhang led 5,000 Han cavalry back to Hanzhong, and ordered Pang Rou to receive the horses produced by the East Tsing Yi Horse Farm in the land of Huzhong, as well as buy the war horses of Xiqiang, train the Han cavalry, and protect the newly opened Hanhu market.

Since the news of the opening of the mutual market reached Jingyi, many Jingyi merchants began to pour over, and they had already tasted the benefits of trading with the barbarians in southern Xinjiang, buying animal skins, wild meat, herbs and other mountain goods, and then selling them to grain, cloth and other things, making a lot of difference.

Now that the Jingyi commercial consumer market is hesitant that the purchasing power of the peasants is limited, it is already close to saturation, and this time the Xiqiang market is opened, of course, these businessmen will not let it go.

A large number of merchants stationed there, set up tents, peddled many high-end Han gadgets, and attracted the Qiang people to sell wild animals and buy them, and at the same time buy their wild animal skins and other goods, forming a small town market in the city.

Four months have passed since Liu Zhang's departure, including two months of fighting and two months of rectification, and seven or eight out of ten of the grain stored in Hanzhong have been consumed, and all the grain left by Zhang Lu in the past has been used up.

But the benefits are also huge, the Xiliang army of 200,000 coalition troops, the whole army was defeated, leaving behind countless grains, grass, heavy weapons and armor, capturing tens of thousands of soldiers, whether it is materials or manpower, the battle of Tielong Pass, have gained a lot.

Later, all the major clans of Tianshui were looted, and the materials and manpower were replenished again, coupled with the annexation of the Xiqiang tribes, the formation of 50,000 cavalry, and the acquisition of the East Tsing Yi grassland.

After this battle, the Sichuan army was completely reborn, the rout of the 200,000 Xiliang army, the Sichuan army defeated the 300,000 Xiliang army before and after, the world shook, and the name of the Sichuan army began to be engraved into the ears of the princes of the world.

In this battle, Liu Zhang's authority was strengthened, and Jing Yi, who had just experienced the rebellion and looting, finally completely settled the people's hearts, and Jing Yi's new policy model became stable and unshakable.

And it was also this battle that the land of Jingyi was completely broken with the outside world, just like the tiger and wolf Qin of the year, Jingyi under the New Deal was demonized by the unprecedented hatred of the clan under the rule of Cao Cao and Sun Quan, causing the hostility of the Sichuan army outside Jingyi, and the common people and businessmen who enjoyed the dividends of the New Deal within Jingyi also excluded the external scene.

After May, Liu Zhang finally returned to Chengdu, at this time Chengdu has already opened spring, Liu Kang is also one year old, learned that Liu Zhang personally returned loudly, Chengdu merchant groups and people spontaneously went to greet, Yin Bai, Quxi, Jin Fat and other brightly dressed.

Liu Zhang led his army through the streets, a city that had been plagued by the rebellion of the clan, and in less than a year, it was more prosperous than before.

Liu Zhang returned to his home surrounded by officials, businessmen and soldiers, and Huang Yue greeted him with the people in the house.

The fat man looked at Liu Zhang's back and said to Yin Bai: "Brother Yin Bai, I heard that although Shu Hou won a big victory this time, he also grabbed a lot of supplies and came back, but the food consumption is huge, and the dead soldiers need pensions, which is a big expense."

In the past two years, there have been too many things in Jingyi, and money and food are scarce, I am afraid that the treasury of the adult government is tight, should we donate a little? ”

"When did you become so kind?" Yin Bai looked at the fat man strangely, this guy usually cares a lot about every penny, but now he is generous.

The golden fat man smiled and said, "Aren't I raising chickens and laying eggs?" I think we have a good time, the sky descends on Shu to wait for talents, and we can make money every day, if the Sichuan army can't hold on, won't we also suffer? If we are beaten in by Cao Cao and Sun Quan, those old-fashioned and stubborn rotten old immortals rule Jing Yi, we will definitely not be able to make money. ”

"That's the same, but don't worry about the adults first, you still have to worry about yourself first, now the sales of our products are basically saturated, the people of Jingyi buy so much, the sales channels in the northeast of the Yangtze River are solidified, basically can not be improved, and Xiliang fell out, Yumen Pass can't go, open the Xiqiang Mutual Market, you still think about how we can expand the industry." (To be continued.) )

PS: "Tyrant Liu Zhang"