After Shile's defeat of Gaochang and Qiuzi, he began to secretly transfer his forces to Hezhong and India. In particular, a large number of people from the Western Regions were mobilized to move to India with them, but there were still many people from the Western Regions who were nostalgic for their hometown and stayed in their hometown. When the people of the Western Regions discovered that the people of the Qiang tribe they had had high hopes for had 'suddenly' fled, many people in the Western Regions had to choose to contact the Great Jin to "return to Shun".

It's just that the two sides bargained, and they never got to an agreement. Many nobles in the Western Regions still have unrealistic illusions, always wanting to get a king, and they open their mouths to "restore the country" or "independence", and the reply of the Great Jin is always just the words "unconditional surrender"!

The reason why the Great Jin Dynasty has not yet chosen to solve the problem by force is because the rebellions in various places have just been suppressed, and there is still some instability in Qiuzi and Yanqi. On the other hand, it is because the materials of the box army need to be replenished.

By September, having stabilized the rear and replenished supplies, the box army began a new round of operations. This time, as Shile took the initiative to retreat west and move south, the advance of the Xiang army was quite smooth, and basically did not encounter any resistance. Those so-called rebels in the Western Regions are nothing more than a rabble in the eyes of the Xiang army.

For Shi Le to take the initiative to retreat west, it made Zhang Fang suddenly relax. Although Zhang Fang also regretted to miss it again, Shile's concession cleared the way for the Jin army to occupy Shule and Khotan. As soon as he received the news of the retreat of the Qianren to the west, Zhang Fang immediately issued an order to mobilize 50,000 soldiers and horses to advance to all parts of Shule.

I heard that the main force of the Xiang army was advancing westward, and it would soon be stationed in the Hezhong area. In the face of the menacing Xiang army, in addition to letting some stupid people from the Western Regions go to death, Shi Le himself discussed with his subordinates and decided to "lead his troops to move south", avoiding the edge of the Great Jin, exchanging space for time, and waiting for the opportunity to make a comeback. The elites of all ethnic groups were taken away by Shi Lenan's expedition, with a total of nearly 80,000 people, of which 18,000 were direct elite horsemen of the Qiang clan.

The troops were dispatched for only half a month, and the war was not fought before. Zhang Fang successively captured Shule and several cities in Khotan, and successfully won the entire Western Regions. Then he quickly reported to the imperial court. At the same time, the 20,000 Persians captured in this war were handed over to Hormizd III, who accompanied the army. After obtaining this part of the Bos, the Persian prince was very excited.

Just as Zhang Fang was about to go further west, there was another moth in Dawan's hometown. Dawan (present-day Fergana Basin on the border of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan) is a famous ancient country in the Western Regions. In the northwest of Shule, it is adjacent to Wusun and Kangju.

When Shile's troops entered the Western Regions. The kingdom of Dawan was broken by the Shile Iron Cavalry. Its king was also killed by the Qian, and Dawan was officially annexed by Shile. However, with the successive defeats of Shile, the army stationed in Dawan had to be transferred. This gave the Dawan people the opportunity to rebel against the Qiang people.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, in September, when Shile sent troops to the south, the Dawan people took the opportunity to launch an uprising, elected the hidden prince of Dawan as the king, and launched the Restoration War. At this time, the Qian people had already shifted their center of gravity to the south, and what remained in Dawan was just a group of second-rate subsidiary forces, where was the opponent of the Dawan rebel army?

Therefore, by the end of September, the Dawan people had recovered nearly half of the country's territory, and the front of the army was directed at the important eastern towns, and the second-rate defenders in Bahan, who only had one or two thousand, where was the opponent of the 20,000 righteous army of Qi Dan? By mid-May, Zidan had recovered nearly half of the country, and his troops were directed to the eastern towns (present-day Andijan), and the local people were ready to meet the rebels.

For the momentum of the eastward advance of the Dawan people, the Xiang army gave a head-on blow. The Dawan rebel army, which was already a rabble, couldn't even defeat the Qian, let alone fight against the Xiang army. As a result, the two armies fought a fierce battle in the east of Dawan, and the rebel army was defeated, losing more than 5,000 people and retreating to the west.

This battle made the Dawan people soberly realize that with the defeat of the Qiang people, the Great Jin Dynasty will be the new overlord of the Western Regions in the future, and the only way out is to be undefeated and win the support of the Great Jin Empire. As a result, Prince Dawan immediately sent an envoy to the Great Jin Dynasty to express his "claim to be a vassal" to the Celestial Empire.

In order to temporarily stabilize the Hezhong region, Zhang Fang temporarily accepted the Dawan people as vassals, but still let the other party cede nearly half of the land in the east to the Great Jin.

Dawan's actions soon had a 'domino' effect, and the countries in the river were ready to get rid of the rule of the Qian, and sent envoys to Zhang Fang's tent to ask for submission to the Great Jin.

Kangguo (also known as Kangju), "in the south of Nami Shui, there are thirty big cities and three hundred small forts";

Anguo, also known as Buhuo, catching, "west of the Wuhu River (now Amu Darya), the city of Zhi'a, that is, the hometown of King Changzong of Kangju Xiaojun...... There are forty big cities and more than 1,000 small forts" (in the area of Bukhara, Uzbekistan today);

Dong'an Kingdom, also known as drinking sweat, "in the sun of that dense water, two hundred miles away from He in the east, and four hundred miles away from Da'an in the southwest...... Drink the sweat city, also said 68 pounds...... Twenty big cities, one hundred small forts" (near Navoi, Uzbekistan);

Dongcao, also known as the rate of the capital of Shana, Su to Shana, Zaobu Na, Su Du Zhizhi, "Jubo Sishan Yin, Han II Shicheng (now Turkmenistan Ashgabat land)";

Cao State, "south of the history and Bolan, the city of Sediji" (in the area of present-day Kokand, Uzbekistan);

Central Cao State, "living in the west of Cao Dong, north of Kang, Wang Zhi Chaldi Zhen City" (now Tashkent, Uzbekistan);

Shiguo, also known as Zhezhi, Zhezhi, Zhezhi, "Han Dawan Beibei...... The northeast is away from Jiankun, the northwest is Bola, the south is 200 miles to the war, and the southwest is 500 miles to Kangju...... More than 1,000 miles in a circle, the right side of the Suye River (that is, the Broken Leaf River...... Wang's surname is Shi, and he governs Zhezhi City, so Kangju Xiao Wang hides in the city...... In the southwest, there is medicine to kill water (now Syr Darya), which is called the Pearl River in China, and is also called the Quality River";

Mi country, also known as Mimo, Mi Mohe, "a hundred miles away from Kang in the north, its monarch rules the bowl and Xide City";

He Guo, also known as Qu Shuang Youjia and Gui Shuang, "that is, the hometown of Kangju Xiaowang attached to Mocheng";

Shi Guo, also known as Yu Sha and Ka Shuangna, "the hometown of Su Xucheng, the little king of Kangju in Moshui Nan...... 150 miles to the west, 200 miles to the north, and Tocharian 400 miles to the south" (in the area of Shahrisabz, Uzbekistan today);

Huo Xun, also known as Xi Mi and Guo Li, but the better known name is "Khorezm", "the sun of the water of Wuhu...... 600 miles to the southeast, to connect with Persia in the southwest, to the Turkic Hosa in the northwest, is the hometown of the little king of Kangju, Okucheng...... Its monarchy was in a hurry, and the city was covered by hurricanes" in the area of present-day Urgench, Uzbekistan.

Shiguo, Miguo, Heguo, and Shiguo are all in the vicinity of Kangju, in present-day Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

At this time, Shile had already led his army to retreat to the south of the Great Yue Clan, making way for the Great Jin to advance westward, and he began to attack the Ganges Valley with all his might. However, this time Shile's southern expedition did not go as smoothly as his western expedition, as he encountered the powerful Gupta Empire in the southern part of the Otsuki clan.

Of course, at this time, it can only be called the Gupta tribe, and it is the time when the Gupta Empire develops and grows. It's just that this time they have encountered a powerful Karma people, and it is really two to say whether they can dominate northern India. Perhaps Shi Le didn't know that his southward migration was comparable to the westward migration of the Xiongnu in the Han Dynasty, only one conquered Europe and the other conquered South Asia.

Generally speaking, the migration of ethnic groups in history is always very miserable, but because Shi Le ruthlessly searched the countries of the Western Regions before leaving, and fought to raise the war along the way, coupled with the wealth of South Asia, Shi Le finally ushered in the opportunity to recuperate and accumulate strength.

And according to Shile's list, Zhang Fang did not take Shile's southward escape to heart, his task was to go to the Tocharian region to fight with Persia. Originally, the Tocharian region was the homeland of Persia, and was later captured by Shile, and now the Great Jin Dynasty has entered the Hezhong region, of course, to inherit the legacy of the previous Shile, in order to prevent the Persians from taking advantage of the fire to rob, Zhang Fang almost non-stop to the west along the way.

On September 12, Zhang Fang led 10,000 cavalry to garrison the Tiemen Pass, a key pass between Tocharian and Shiguo. Throughout the Silk Road, there were three iron gates, two of which were in present-day China and one in present-day Afghanistan.

At this point, Zhang Fang finally took Tocharian before Shile, although the Persians who came later were very dissatisfied, but forced by the alliance between the two sides, the other party did not turn his face. Similarly, Zhang Fangzheng was busy taking over the rich Hezhong region and gave up the pursuit to the south.

So far, after nearly five months of fighting, the Great Jin Dynasty has not only recovered the Western Regions, but also captured the Hezhong region, pushing the western border all the way to the Persian border.

In order to resist Shile's invasion of the Ganges River valley, the Gupta tribe united with the surrounding tribes to form an army of nearly 200,000 in an attempt to destroy Shile in one fell swoop.

Taking advantage of the inability of the Jin army to move south, Shi Le successively recruited nearly 100,000 troops in the hometown of the Dayue clan, and at the same time eliminated more than a dozen tribes of all sizes, and its strength quickly expanded to 100,000. Forced by Shile's powerful force, in just a few days, countless people descended in the Ganges River valley, and the only thing to worry about was that there was no real Qiang people among them.

Moreover, Shile also found that the combat effectiveness of these soldiers in these countries and tribes that believed in Buddhism was very low, and even the soldiers of the Western Regions could not compare. Sometimes dozens of cavalry of the Qi tribe can defeat hundreds or thousands of local soldiers, and Shi Le is quite helpless about this situation, and he also somewhat understands why the Jin people are determined to destroy the Buddha in the Western Regions.

Although Buddhism has the aspect of persuading people to do good and benefit the rule of those who are in power, its disadvantages are obvious—it is easy to destroy the blood of a nation! At this time, Shi Le regretted coming here, he was afraid that after a few years, the blood of the people of the Qian people would also be influenced by Buddhism!

Shile did not think that a few tens of thousands of sword-wielding soldiers could assimilate millions of locals. He knew very well that the only way for the Qiang people to gain a foothold here was to reintegrate into the local area! (To be continued......)