"Control of the country's military power?" Dewey and the others were all startled, and were about to speak, when Liu Zhang stopped with a raised palm and handed a stack of paper to Dewey, which listed the three regulations and six benevolent policies promulgated when the Tianshui Protectorate was established, as well as the specific implementation rules.

Dewey glanced at it, handed the paper to Du Yuan, Du Yuan distributed it, and after Dewey read it carefully, he said to Liu Zhang: "General, this decree seems to be feasible, but in fact it is not feasible, no country will be willing to give up military power, unless they have no ability to resist at all."

However, Yanqi has more than 10,000 troops, plus 20,000 men who can fight, and more than 10,000 people can be dispatched from the former country of the Cheshi, and our Gaochang After this civil strife, there are less than 4,000 people left, and there is still Zhang Kuo's army that needs to be reorganized.

Although the general's army is strong, but after all, the number is only 10,000, if the fight, I believe that the general can defeat Yanqi 20,000, but that must be the result of both defeats, Yanqi will not obey such an order because of this.

What's more, there is not only one country in Yanqi, but also the former country of Cheshi, and the two countries together have more than 30,000 people, which is really worrying, unless the general can stay here for a long time and fight a protracted war with them. ”

When Dewey saw the terms listed above, he was really shocked, he never thought of controlling the Western Regions like this, he and Liu Zhang's thoughts were different, in fact, everyone in this era had different ideas from Liu Zhang, Dewey just wanted the Western Regions to surrender as an obedient vassal.

But what Liu Zhang thought was that the Western Regions was the territory of the Han Dynasty, and although it could not be swallowed in one bite now, it was necessary to create conditions for swallowing in, military control was only a means, and assimilation under military control was the ultimate goal.

Dewey looked at the terms. It seems that you can see the ambition of Liu Zhang, the king of Shu. It seems that the previous rumors about Liu Zhang are true. He is really a man of great courage.

However, in Dewey's view, such a clause is really a bit wishful thinking, and any country with the ability to resist will not be willing to accept such a clause, and will even join forces to resist.

"I can't fight a protracted war, and I will deal with Shache in the Western Regions in the future." Liu Zhang waved his hand: "For the former country of the Cheshi, General Du doesn't have to worry. The army of the Che Division had been wiped out by the general in the first battle of the Eastern Night, and the army of the small country attached to the Che Division had almost been wiped out.

The remaining troops in the former country of Cheshi are only 2,000, and the strong men are only 3,000, adding up to 5,000 people, which is not a cause for concern, but it is the Yanqi country. ”

Liu Zhang knocked on his head, Yanqi is a big country, but he hasn't moved yet, if it is a fight. With these soldiers and horses in the Western Regions, there is no formation if you want a formation. If you want to use force or not, you can't do it by order and ban, it is worse than the Central Plains soldiers, and it is estimated that it is similar to Fan Lixiang's Shenwei Army four years ago, and it is really vulnerable.

However, if you want to run to Yanqi to destroy the 20,000 people in Yanqi, it will take time, although the news of the Western Regions is slow, but it is estimated that the news of the Han army going south from the Tianshan Mountains will also reach the ears of Shache, and he has no time to delay Yanqi.

But Dewey and other generals were already shocked, the Sichuan army had already destroyed eighty percent of the army in front of the Cheshi, and they didn't know that although Gaochang fell into civil strife, how quickly it had to be destroyed and how clean it was? Dewey and the others couldn't help but look at Liu Zhang again, and began to re-evaluate the army under his command in their hearts.

"Forget it." Liu Zhang slapped on the table, and said a little discouraged: "Forget it, forget it, let's temporarily integrate the former country of the Cheshi Division, as well as the small countries of the Eastern Night, all the troops of these countries will be concentrated, scattered and coaxed, and the Wuji Captain Department will be established, and the same rules as the Tianshan Metropolitan Protectorate will be implemented, General Du, you are the captain of Wuji, is there a problem?" ”

Dewey thought about it for a while, the former country of the Cheshi has been disabled, and the strength of Gaochang is 4,000 people, and the strength of the strong men far exceeds the strength of the former country of the Cheshi, if this can't be incorporated into the Cheshi, it is really a matter of his own ability.

Dewey immediately replied, "No problem." ”

"Okay, you go down and rest, oh, by the way, General Dewey, I heard that you have a large black wood forest here, where is it?"

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Under the leadership of the guide, Liu Zhang and the generals of the Sichuan army finally saw the black wood forest, the heat of June in the Turpan Basin hit the front door, Qu Lingchen used a hand towel to wipe the sweat for Liu Zhang, and the large black wood forest was rolling in the heat wave.

"My mother, it's such a big black wood, it's a forest." The vulture said in shock.

Liu Zhang led the generals into the black wood forest, it was summer, the branches were luxuriant, and those vines were entangled in the body of the trees, extending to the ground and underground, completely primitive deep mountain old forest.

Du Yuan, who followed, said to Liu Zhang: "General, there was no such desolate place originally, but because the Silk Road is not passable, our black wood cannot be sold, and we can't use it up ourselves, and the black wood is very laborious because of the tenacity of the tree and the hard work of cutting down the black wood, so it is abandoned."

I heard that the King of Shu opened the Silk Road, and a large number of merchants came to the Western Regions, and we are preparing to develop this black wood forest. ”

"Fortunately, it was deserted." Liu Zhang said a word, Du Yuan was puzzled, Du Yuan thought that he didn't use this black wood forest to generate income, and Liu Zhang blamed it.

Liu Zhang walked in the black wood forest, and when he heard the vulture bones say that these tree vines are the ones that they want, they are also a little excited when they look at these tree vines.

"General Du Yuan, go back and tell Ling Zun that this black wood forest must be strictly protected, and the king of Shu will send someone to cut it down and transport it to Chang'an, of course, during the felling period, an additional allocation will be allocated to the Wuji Lieutenant Department as the income of this black wood forest.

However, you emphasized to General Du that no one is allowed to enter the black wood forest without permission, and anyone who violates it is forbidden to buy and sell black wood without permission. ”

"Yes." On this hot day, Du Yuan felt a chill out of thin air, and cold sweat couldn't help but come out, Du Yuan didn't know why the King of Shu was so interested in this black wood, isn't it a wooden pole that can be used as a weapon and build a house? Although it is expensive, it is not so much for the King of Shu, right?

However, he also knew that this was not a problem for him to consider, so he could only accept it.

Liu Zhang knew in his heart that now the black wood vines in the southern Xinjiang area have become extinct, and they can't grow for hundreds of years, and the north is cold, even if they grow, they are the same as the black wood vines in Wangfu Mountain, and they can't be used at all.

There is only a place like the Turpan Basin, because the terrain is low and the heat is high all year round, which is suitable for the growth of black wood, and perhaps the black wood forest here is the last black wood forest.

Liu Zhang will definitely not cut down these black woods, as long as the vines on them, but they must be strictly controlled, if one day Gaochang falls into the hands of other countries, then it is impossible to say that this black wood forest will be destroyed, so Liu Zhang decided to send people from Chang'an to harvest, transport a line, and set up a processing workshop in Chang'an.

Liu Zhang and the generals came out of the black woods, and immediately ordered someone to bring a letter to Chang'an to take over, at this moment, a soldier ran down the mountain, panting and reported: "Report to the general, General Du Yuan, the big thing is not good, Yanqi poured the soldiers of the whole country, and is killing Gaochang City." ”

"What?" Du Yuan was taken aback, and immediately said to Liu Zhang: "General, how is this good?" Our Gaochang army is still reorganizing in public, many of them are Zhang Kuo's cronies, and they must be broken up and reorganized. ”

"Yanqi." Liu Zhang smiled, "I really want to sleep, so I will send me a pillow, I can't think of how to accept him, he actually called the door, it seems that there is one more subordinate country of the Wuji Captain's Department." ”

"What do you mean, General?" Du Yuan couldn't figure it out, the 20,000 army of Yanqi was not trivial, how could General Liu seem to have eaten it.

"General Du Yuan, don't worry, I will let the general come and go."

"But the general only has 10,000 ......"

Liu Zhang stopped Du Yuan's words: "General Du Yuan, you go back and tell Ling Zun to send five hundred people to guard the hillside ten miles away, the Yanqi army is coming, just defeat and retreat, you continue to collect Zhang Kuo's troops, and leave the rest to me." "Liu Zhang came to Gaochang and knew that there was a barely dangerous hillside ten miles away.

General Du Yuan looked at Liu Zhang suspiciously, he knew that Liu Zhang's army was strong, but 10,000 against 20,000, Liu Zhang still planned to fight in the field, is this crazy?

Even if the Sichuan army is strong and can resist the Yanqi army, Du Yuan knows that Liu Zhang's army is not here to fight Yanqi, but to deal with Shache.

The so-called killing 1,000 enemies and self-loss 800, when the time comes, what else will Liu Zhang take to fight Shache?

But Du Yuan saw that persuasion was ineffective, so he could only leave at the order.

Liu Zhang said to the generals of the Sichuan army: "Vulture bones." ”

"Yes."

"Lead the 3,000 Tengjia army to set up an ambush on the periphery of the Gaochang army's ambush, after the Yanqi army defeated the Gaochang army, you will not move where you are, let the Yanqi army pass, and then seal the hillside."

"Yes."

"It's amazing."

"Yes."

"Lead three thousand vine armor soldiers to line up in the field east of the hillside, ready to meet the Yanqi army, and I will lead the pro-army to suppress the formation for you."

"Yes." Now that Qu Lingchen is by Liu Zhang's side, he is so powerful that he can finally go to the battlefield, and he is excited when he hears that he is going to fight.

"Su Lan."

"Yes."

"Xiao Furong."

"Yes."

Liu Zhang handed over a map to Su Lan and said: "Gaochang has four hundred cavalry, and you can also gather two hundred war horses, I will hand over all these war horses to you, and then divide six hundred personal soldiers who are good at shooting to you, Rong'er commands these six hundred cavalry, and Su Lan's archers will raid Yanqi from a distance and take Yanqi Wang City in one fell swoop."

Detain all the Yanqi royal family, of course, if you find that you can't take it, or you need heavy casualties to take it, return it. ”

"Yes." Xiao Furong and Su Lan responded in unison.

Liu Zhang's intelligence is that after Yanqi was defeated by Shache, the national strength declined, and the largest number of troops that could be dispatched was 20,000, including troops, strong men and the army of the subject country, but it was difficult to guarantee that the information would not be biased, and Liu Zhang was unwilling to exchange the casualties of the expeditionary force for a Yanqi city. (To be continued......)