On the 28th day of the first lunar month, Wang Xu completed the comprehensive reorganization of the Xuanwu, Baihu, Northern, and Western armies and 200,000 Liangzhou elite soldiers in Liangzhou, and greatly expanded the number of border guards.

At the same time, taking advantage of this opportunity, Wang Xu also simply re-established the border guards in other regions, and the Yizhou border army was the only western army.

The Jiaozhou Army and the South-Central Border Army were combined into the Southern Army.

The Jingzhou Border Army and the Haiyun Legion Naval Division were combined into the Eastern Army.

The entire Chu State has a military system with the eight main army corps and the two major guard corps as the blade, and the four major border guards as the shield!

Wang Xu also sent an order to General Diannong to be hired, ordering him to start dispatching the reserve soldiers who were in charge of transportation in Tuntian to the various corps, to complete the establishment, and to expand the total number of the four frontier guards to 500,000.

The next day, Dian Wei, Yan Liang, Han Meng and other generals were ordered to lead the two major guards corps and the southern corps to return to the capital first.

Immediately after that, the state army began to deploy defenses to the upper county and the north, and the first fortress began to be repaired in Shuofang county.

The defense of Liangzhou was all taken over by the newly built Liangzhou Army, the Northern Army was stationed in the north of Shangjun, and the Xuanwu Army was stationed in Fengyi and the southern part of Shangjun.

In the end, only the Western Legion and the White Tiger Legion remained stationed in Liangzhou.

These two legions did not suffer too many losses in the western expedition and have now been replenished. The reason for the delay is that Wang Xu is very entangled.

He's struggling with whether he should go on an expedition to the Western Regions!

It has been a long time since the Western Regions were annexed to the Han Dynasty. As early as the second year of the gods. That is, in 60 BC, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty sent Zheng Ji to meet the Xiongnu Rizhu King who surrendered to the Han Dynasty, thus opening up the Northern Road of the Western Regions. At that time, after the Han Dynasty left Dunhuang, there were two roads in the north and south that could lead to the west, and the two roads ran through many large and small countries respectively. This means that the countries of the Western Regions were initially under the control of the Han Dynasty.

Since then, Zheng Ji has become the first protector of the Western Regions, and the Protectorate of the Western Regions has been initially established, with dozens of countries under its jurisdiction.

After that, the Western Regions had to wander between the two countries because of the struggle between the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, until Ban Yong, the son of Ban Chao, pacified the Western Regions for the last time and changed the Western Regions Protectorate to the Western Regions Governor's Mansion, and since then the Western Regions have been an inseparable part of the Han Dynasty.

To this day, the Governor's Mansion of the Western Regions still exists, and it dominates dozens of countries in the Western Regions. It's just that since the turmoil at the end of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions have cut off contact with the imperial court. Basically, it is controlled by the Chief's Mansion alone, and even Wang Xu doesn't know who the current Chief's Office is, most likely the son or subordinate of the previous Chief's Office.

For the current Chu State, if the Western Regions are taken, then the Silk Road can be reopened, the development of East-West trade can be accelerated, and more resources can be obtained, and the benefits are self-evident. But on the other hand, the situation in the Western Regions is complicated, if it is an expedition, it is impossible to send too many troops, otherwise the supply will not be available, and this trip to the Western Regions is not a problem, it is necessary to properly handle the relationship between dozens of countries in the Western Regions, what should be fought, what should be pacified must be appeased, political and strategic means exceed war means, everything needs to be decided according to the actual situation, it is extremely difficult.

In this way, it is not an easy choice!

Guo Jia was also worried about this matter, and it was not until more than half a month later that he made up his mind and firmly dissuaded Wang Xu.

"My lord, the minister thinks that before finding a suitable commander of the Western Regions Expeditionary Force, it is better not to go west easily, otherwise it will not be handled well, and I am afraid that it will lead to a backlash from the countries of the Western Regions. Chu State doesn't have much energy to deal with it now, and everything is focused on sweeping the world first. Besides, the situation in the Western Regions is unclear, so it is best to send an envoy first to find out the truth and truth! ”

Wang Xu couldn't make up his mind, but when he heard Guo Jia's advice, his mind was shaken.

"Then who do you think would be better?"

"Pan Jun and Liu Min are the most suitable! Both of them are intelligent, well-organized, good at military affairs, and eloquent, and the two have compatible personalities, are open-minded, and are not prone to contradictions, so they are ideal candidates for cooperation! Guo Jia recommended.

"Okay, then according to your words, the two of them will be allowed to complete the preparation for the envoy within three months, and everything they need will be satisfied, and they will be asked for people to give money, and they will be asked for money!"

Wang Xu finally made such a decision, but now he never thought that the two of them would go for so long and so twists and turns......

The matter in the Western Regions was temporarily settled, and Wang Xu had no other concerns, so he immediately promoted Yang Fu, who had made great contributions to the Western Expedition, to be the assassin of Liangzhou, and at the same time ordered the chariot general Zhang Liao to lead the White Tiger Legion and the Western Legion to stay, and began to comprehensively rectify the Qiang, Hu, and other tribes in Liangzhou. The specific implementation rules follow the consistent method of the Chu state, focusing on wooing and pacifying and integrating, supplemented by military strikes, in order to eliminate the military power of all ethnic groups in Liangzhou, allow them to live according to their own customs, and be equal to the Han people, but to recover all their military and political rights, and to treat the barbarians and Baiyue people in the same way as the Chu state.

Wang Xu was very concerned about this matter, not only appointed Ma Chao, who was familiar with the Qiang and Hu ethnic groups, as the general to protect the Qiang, and assisted Zhang Liao, Wei Yan, Gan Ning, Wang Ling and other generals to complete this matter, but also set a deadline for Yang Fu and Zhang Liao and others!

This period is two years!

Within two years, they must at least eliminate all the military forces of the Qiang, Hu, and clan clans in and around Liangzhou, and as for integration and governance, it is not required, and they need to be done step by step.

After arranging these things, Wang Xu is already like an arrow!

On February 13, he slowly set out on his way home with the last few thousand soldiers of the Guards Regiment and Guo Jia and other important civil servants who accompanied the army.

Because they were not in a hurry, their marching speed was not fast, Wang Xu also intended to inspect Wudu, Hanzhong, and Shangyong counties on the road, but he didn't think that half a month later, he had just arrived at Shangyong County, but there was an urgent report from Xiangyang - the guard of Chu State, the meritorious Jian'an Pavilion Marquis, Wang Mastiff died of illness.

Then there was a letter that had been postponed for half a year, which was written by the great Si Nong of Chu State and Lu Tinghou Kuailiang before his death.

After Wang Xu saw the letter, he knew that Kuai Liang had been smashed less than two months after his expedition to the west, because the bookshelf in the study at home collapsed, and he himself was old, and he became ill from hard work, and since then he couldn't afford to be ill, Hua Tuo tried his best to delay it for four months, and finally drove the crane to the west, at the age of seventy-one.

Originally, when he was critically ill, Xiangyang was ready to immediately notify Wang Xu on the front line, but Kuai Liang, who was seriously ill, tried his best to stop it, saying that the army's westward expedition was already difficult, and he should not let the affairs of the country drag down the heart of the king of Chu.

Zhuge Liang, Tian Feng, Fu Zhu and other ministers of the court finally respected his last wishes, and in order not to affect Wang Xu's wholehearted expedition to the west, including the spy commander, they all suppressed the matter, so it was not until this time that Wang Xu got the news.

Kuai Liang's dying letter is very long, almost all of which are his suggestions to the Chu people's households, land, agriculture and commerce as the great farmer of Chu State, and there are many things that he intends to complete but have not yet completed.

When Wang Xu saw the last reluctance and farewell words in Kuai Liangxin, he was already heartbroken and burst into tears!

At this time, he still had the heart to march slowly, and with a heavy heart, he immediately took more than 100 people to return to Xiangyang in a hurry.

He and Guo Jia and others finally caught up with Wang Mastiff's funeral, in the white paper flowers flying in the sky, Guo Jia intercepted the funeral procession, wept bitterly, holding Wang Mastiff's coffin and refused to let go, they got along for 20 years, after Wang Mastiff became a guard lieutenant, he was a lieutenant, he was his subordinate for many years, how could it not hurt?

Gao Shun is even more covered his chest, with tears kept calling the name of the Wang Mastiff, he and the Wang Mastiff have a very deep relationship, in the early years they often fought side by side together, the battle of Wuling, the two almost died side by side, at that time the Wang Mastiff with red eyes desperately let it break through and leave, all kinds of old things, still as if it was just yesterday.

I especially remember that Wang Mastiff was trapped in guarding Yuzhang, and finally defeated and surrendered to Chu!

I especially remember that the battle between the north and south of Jingzhou, that resolute and resolute male body!

I especially remember that 20 years of ups and downs and conscientious work!

Under the send-off of the civil and military forces of the Chu State, this meritorious hero of the Chu State was slowly buried in the loess, until the end of the funeral, Wang Xu still couldn't let go, and asked Wang Mastiff how Cao Peng, who was only sixty years old, and Xiangyang famous doctors gathered, and there was a full-time medical research, died suddenly.

In the end, Zhang Zhongjing personally told him, saying that Wang Mastiff had too many injuries in his early years, and he didn't pay attention to his body when he was young, and he had many diseases, and this time he unfortunately suffered from lung disease due to typhoid fever, which led to the recurrence of the old wound.

After learning the reason, Wang Xu didn't blame anyone anymore, and reluctantly accepted the reality, after all, Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing are miracle doctors, no matter how magical they are, they are only doctors after all.

Two days later, he personally went to pay homage to Kuailiang's grave.

From this day on, there are two more positions on the third floor of the Heroic Stage!

In a short period of time, there were three more people on the third floor of the Heroic Stage, which can really be said to have set a record!

It's just that he doesn't have much time to be sad, Chu State still has many things to deal with, not to mention that there are still many positions that need to be transferred, meritorious deeds need to be rewarded, and government decrees need to be changed.

Dasi Nong is in charge of Chu people's households, land, and agricultural business, and is one of the nine kings, how can he not be cautious?

Wei Wei is in charge of the forbidden army, in charge of all the frames and defenses of the eastern, southern, western, and northern palaces, and is also one of the nine kings, and he is even more in a sensitive place, how can he not be cautious? (To be continued......)