In the Western Regions, in Shule City, Shile has been in a very bad mood recently. The battle reports from Ma Qiu have been sent to him one after another. It was at this time that his mood began to deteriorate. Everything that was originally planned was interrupted by Ma Qiu, as well as the Jin army that suddenly appeared.

For this reason, Shile had to give an order to temporarily stop the attack on Sassanid Persia. He had already planned to unite with the Romans to destroy Persia in one fell swoop and divide up its territory and population, and then he was ready to establish a state. But now the arrival of the Jin army has forced him to change his previous strategy and shift his focus from the west to the east again.

The news of the arrival of the Jin army made Shi Le feel that he would face a most formidable opponent, and he had to revisit his previous strategy. Perhaps others have not yet realized the significance of the Jin army's appearance in the Western Regions, but Shi Le does. The Great Jin is determined to recover the Western Regions! Even the famous general Zhang Fang personally ran to the Western Regions, and a series of battles took place between the Xiang army and the Qian cavalry in Gaochang, all of which were consciously reconnoitring the combat effectiveness of the Xiang cavalry.

For the actions of the Jin army, Shile boiled down to reconnaissance, not temptation. There's a reason for that. If it's a temptation and you find that the situation is not right, you may not come. If you want to scout, you have made up your mind and must come. In other words, the Great Jin Dynasty will definitely enter the Western Regions, and it will definitely recover the Western Regions. This also means that between the Qiang and the Great Jin, there is no room for maneuver at all. Because, it is impossible for Shile to give up the Western Regions. Only when one side is completely defeated and the situation of confrontation between them can be resolved.

After receiving the battle report from Ma Qiu, Shi Le felt. His own rear, the Western Regions, began to be unsafe. If he continues to attack Persia, it is highly likely that it will lead to the collapse of his rear. A large number of Jin troops appeared in Gaochang, seriously threatening Cheshi, Qiuzi, and Yanqi.

In the event that Cheshi, Qiuzi, and Yanqi were attacked, the consequences would be serious. It was the communication channel between Shile and Mobei, once cut off by the Jin army, he and Tuoba Pugen had to fight separately, and finally had to be cut off by the Great Jin one by one. After all, the strength of the Great Jin Dynasty was strong, and neither of Shile nor Tuoba Pugen alone was able to resist the impact of the Jin army.

Therefore, as soon as he received Ma Qiu's urgent report, Shi Le handed over the problem of Persia to Taobao and Huyanmo. And he himself hurriedly returned to the Western Regions with Kui An, Wang Yang, Lu Ming, Liu Ying and others. The reason why Shi Le would be so vigilant about the appearance of the Jin army. It was because he knew very well the strength of the Jin army.

When the Xiongnu Liu Yuan was so strong, wasn't he swept away by the Jin army? Shile considered himself to be no more powerful than the Xiongnu, and despite the recent conquest of large territories and populations, Shile remained fearful of the Great Jin. In particular, the powerful firearms of the Jin army once left a deep shadow on the nomads.

Besides, Shi Le knew Ma Qiu's subordinates very well. The ability is there. But the character is a bit arrogant. Easily refusing to admit defeat to others. Many times you have to die to save face, and even if you lose your teeth, you will swallow blood. If he hadn't been beaten too badly by the Jin army this time, Ma Qiu would definitely not have asked him for help

In order to discuss how to deal with the Jin army. Today, the high-level leaders of the Qiang tribe were all summoned by Shile to discuss countermeasures. The venue of the meeting was in the marshal's mansion in Shile in Shule City. Since the capture of Shule and Dayue, it has become the ruling center of the Qiang people, and 150,000 soldiers and horses have gathered in the whole city, of which there are 20,000 cavalry of the Qiang nationality alone. Moreover, a large number of materials were hoarded in the city, which Shile was originally going to use to deal with Persia, but due to the appearance of the Jin army, I am afraid that they could no longer be transported to the Persian front.

In addition to the eighteen cavalry before Shile, there were also the noble generals of the Western Regions who had surrendered to the Qian, which was also a measure taken by Shile to strengthen the sense of identity of the local people in the Western Regions. The effect of this was very obvious, and Shi Le greatly consolidated the rule of the Qiang people in the Western Regions by attracting a group of nobles from various countries in the Western Regions.

Kui An read out the battle report sent by Ma Qiu to everyone present. He spoke very slowly, with occasional pauses in between, in order to give everyone present enough time to comprehend the various news mentioned in the report. In fact, in private, everyone here almost knows the general situation.

"Let's talk about it." Shi Le straightened up and asked quietly.

As the great leader of the Qiang clan, Shi Le usually does not easily reveal his thoughts to everyone. He wants everyone in the room to fully express their opinions, and then he chooses the one that is most in line with the actual situation. The fact that the people of the Qiang people were able to sweep all the way through the countries of the Western Regions and rise strongly is inseparable from this relaxed decision-making atmosphere. Under normal circumstances, Schler would fully listen to the advice of his subordinates, and he would not be too arbitrary.

Zhixiong, with a fiery personality, is one of the eighteen horsemen, and he takes the lead in every meeting. His character is reckless and impulsive, he doesn't care about the consequences, as long as he is happy and revenge, he feels refreshed. He was one of the first to defect to Shile Xiaobaqi, and the later eighteen cavalry were developed on the basis of Xiaobaqi.

Therefore, he is one of the oldest people under Shi Le's command, and it is because of this that Zhixiong has always been unconvinced that Ma Qiu always climbs on his head, and his relationship with Ma Qiu has never been good. may be because the two of them are brave generals, the competition is fierce, and no one is convinced. Every time we meet, we almost always have to fight.

Seeing that the opportunity to spoil Ma Qiu had come, Zhixiong immediately said: "This Ma Qiu is a waste. The last general knew he couldn't do it. How many people are there in the Jin army? It is said that there are only 10,000 people! How many men did he command? That's nearly 100,000 people! 10,000 people defeated 100,000 people, this Ma Qiu, I really don't know if his brain was kicked by the horse's hooves......"

Zhixiong grabbed the gun and the stick, and criticized the old opponent Ma Qiu fiercely, without showing any mercy. Listening to his tone, this Ma Qiu is simply the stupidest person in the world. Even if it's a pig, it's much more powerful than him. For such waste, it should have been spit on a long time ago.

"The last general will let Ma Qiu get out of the house as soon as possible, go back and hug his wife and have children! Don't be embarrassed! Such a straightforward and sharp language can only be uttered by Zhixiong.

Although the language was very sharp, very straightforward, and full of repression, the people present did not feel very inappropriate. No way, Ma Qiu is indeed a bit outrageous this time. Such combat losses have never occurred after the western expedition of the Qiang people.

In the past, the people of the Qiang people always looked at the troops of the countries in the Western Regions and called each other waste, because the combat effectiveness of the armies of the countries in the Western Regions was too scum. A few thousand people of the Qiang cavalry can chase the butt of tens of thousands of Western Regions coalition troops, so everyone present mentioned that all countries in the Western Regions would add the word 'waste' in front of it, but now it seems that it is the turn to add the word 'waste' in front of the Qiang cavalry.

"This Zhixiong is just nonsense!" Kui An couldn't help frowning, and there was obvious disgust at Zhixiong's words. He has never liked the brave and unscrupulous Zhixiong, and every time he sees Zhixiong's rude behavior, without brainless language, Kui An will have a deep sense of contempt. This may be because strategists or literati often look down on the so-called reckless men from the bottom of their hearts.

Zhixiong's attack on Ma Qiu, in Kui'an's opinion, was simply sowing discord and destroying the good future of the Qiang clan. Anyway, he is also one of the eighteen horsemen, why doesn't Zhixiong know to pay attention to his mouth? He is talking nonsense like this, it will definitely make Ma Qiu hold a grudge! If the Qiang people want to rise in the cracks, the first condition is to be united, and they must not fight in the nest. But the branch male has the meaning of too heavy nest fighting.

Zhixiong's debasement of the Jin army is useless, and it actually does not have any benefit to the current Qi people. On the contrary, it will only make it impossible for some people with extremely inflated self-confidence to put themselves in the right place. It seems that the previous series of victories have made some people lose themselves.

In any case, the Xiang army also defeated millions of Hu people in the Central Plains, and drove the Huns, Xianbei people, Tuyuhun people, Qiang people, and Di people out of the Central Plains one by one. How powerful the Huns are, others don't know if they don't know yet, the Jin people can do this, which fully shows that the Xiang army must have its own three, two, three. This time the Jin army invaded the Western Regions on a large scale, and it was definitely the good ones who did not come, and the people who came were not good.

Shile, who is already thirty-seven years old, has accumulated a wealth of experience on the battlefield. He is definitely an ambitious person who is willing to learn. At the same time, Scheller is also very sensitive to all kinds of information. Since learning that the Xiang Army appeared in the east of the Western Regions, Shi Le immediately asked Kui An to carefully collect information related to the Xiang Army.

In the end, Shile discovered that this time the Qiang people had encountered probably the most formidable opponent of all time. Either way, it's definitely not a good thing.

For the names of Zhang Fang and Ma Xian, Shi Le also knows a thing or two. Especially Zhang Fang, who almost blocked him and the Qian clan in Bingzhou when he attacked Mayi, fortunately he saw the opportunity quickly, otherwise he might have stayed in Bingzhou forever like Liu Yuan. Zhang Fang's ability to be promoted to one of the top ten festival envoys of the Great Jin Dynasty by virtue of his status as a demoted general is definitely a reflection of his own ability.

Faced with Zhang Fang's vigorous coming, feeling the determination of the Great Jin Dynasty to win the Western Regions, how could Shi Le not be frightened? His career has not been easy to improve, and he is never willing to give up halfway. Although Shi Le did not speak out about Zhixiong's complaints, he also did not like it. It's just that the other party is his old subordinate, and he has always been loyal to him, and Shi Le doesn't have much to say.

At the same time, I feel that there are some problems, and there is Kui'an. Kui An can be regarded as Shile's wise man and strategist. If there is anything that Shile does not understand, or if there is anything that cannot be decided, he will generally ask Shile. The relationship between the two friends is very close, and Kui An always sits next to Shile during meetings, which shows that the relationship between the two is close. (To be continued......)