In this regard, Zhang Chao has long planned. He ordered Lu Su to stay in Jinyang City to preside over the daily affairs of the court; ordered Guo Jia to accompany the expedition; ordered the Third Army Corps and the Waterway Corps to keep an eye on Eastern Wu, with Jia Xu as the main military division; ordered the Fourth Army Corps and the Fifth Army Corps to jointly guard Si Li and Xuchang, with Xu Shu and Fu Zhu staring at Xishu, and there would be no major problem in a short time; ordered the Seventh Army Corps Zhang Liao's Division, the Vanguard Legion Lu Bu's Division, and the First Regiment's Headquarters to march with him, totaling 1.5 million troops; At the same time, according to the instructions of the Central Committee, General Huang Zhong of the Second Army Corps was ready to enter the Central Plains at any time and deal with emergencies.

This move, Zhang Chao found that the existence of Eastern Wu and Western Shu restricted his authority to mobilize troops, and he once again thought in his heart that if he had the opportunity, he must first solve the internal problems, and only by solving them could he expand outward with confidence, otherwise, he was always worried about the fire in the backyard, and this battle would not be easy to fight.

The emperor gave the order, and soon the legions of the Celestial Empire began to move.

Such a big move naturally can't hide the Xishu and Dongwu that have been staring at them. After the two countries learned that the Celestial Empire had to give up their march on them because the emperor's eldest son Zhang Tian and the dragoon army were besieged and diverted to the Western Regions, they were naturally complacent.

It's just that they are smart and they don't show the slightest disadvantage to the Celestial Empire, even if they have such thoughts, they will not act until the main force of the Celestial Empire leaves, and at that time, the Celestial Empire that is fighting in all directions may be the weakest time.

One month after the decree was issued, that is, in April 209, the sixth year of the Celestial Empire, Zhang Chao, the first emperor of the Celestial Empire, who had rested for more than a year, personally conquered the Western Regions from Jinyang City, leading a total of 1.5 million troops from the First Legion, the Seventh Legion, and the Vanguard Legion.

The army reached more than one million, and there was a mighty road along the way, like a long dragon with no end, entering the division, passing through Yongzhou, and entering Xiliang.

It took a full month and a half for the Celestial Empire army to come to the border of Xiliang, outside the Yumen Pass. From here to the west is the boundary of the Western Regions. Once you enter there, you will probably be full of enemies and dangers.

When he came here, Zhang Chao described his current mood with a poem.

The generals have not returned to the west, and the children of the Celestial Empire are full of Tianshan. The newly planted willow is 3,000 miles, attracting the spring breeze to Yuguan.

After a good poem that could be recorded by the literati of the Celestial Dynasty for eternity poured out, Zhang Chao rode a white crane horse, rushed through the pass, and came to the Western Regions.

As soon as you enter the Western Regions, the first thing you need to contact is the Cheshi Kingdom, one of the eight powerful countries in the Western Regions.

Cheshi country, southeast to Dunhuang, south to Loulan, Shanshan, west to Yanqi, northwest to Wusun, northeast to Xiongnu, is an important trading station on the Silk Road. It is also one of the countries in the Western Regions closest to the Celestial Empire.

I think that at the beginning, after Zhang Chun took the Zhangjia Trading Company into the Western Regions, the first person to deal with was Che Shiguo.

According to Zhang Chun's report, I learned that the Cheshi King Lipi is still very capable, at least the Cheshi Kingdom is very powerful under his management.

It's a pity that Zhang Chun was surrounded in Philadelphia City with Zhang Tian and Ma Chao, otherwise, he could learn more things from his mouth.

I thought that the reason why the army went should know King Lipi, but I didn't think that this person really knew very little, which was also due to the fact that there was not much contact between Dawan and Cheshi in peacetime.

Unable to get more understanding, Zhang Chao arranged for the members of Tianyan to do an investigation, and he only needed a simple answer, that is, in the process of participating in dealing with Zhang Tian and Ma Chao, it would be good if the Cheshi Guozhong was involved.

It's just that investigating such a thing is not so cumbersome, and after the members of Tianyan entered Jiaohe City, the capital of the Cheshi Kingdom, in disguise, they were willing to spend a lot of money, and quickly inquired about the situation.

Cheshi is an ancient nation, formerly known as "Gushi", a name that first appeared in Sima Qian's "Historical Records, Dawan Liebiography". The Gushi people entered the class society during the Warring States period, and their activities spread throughout the eastern part of Xinjiang. In the third year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty [108 BC], Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty sent General Zhao Ponu and Zhonglang to lead Wang Hui to defeat Gushi and change the name of his country to Cheshi, which was divided into the kingdom before and after Cheshi and the six kingdoms of Shanbei. Cheshi is the gateway for the Xiongnu to enter the Western Regions, and is located in the traffic artery from Yumen Pass along the north road of the middle section of the Silk Road into the Western Regions, which is a battleground for soldiers.

Because of the end of the Han Dynasty, the Cheshi re-established himself and stopped paying tribute to the Han Dynasty many years ago.

Looking at the information about Che Shiguo in his hand, Zhang Chao was even more firm in his thoughts. That is, those who are not of my race will have different hearts. Not taking it after conquest is in itself a hidden danger, and once you become weak, these people will not hesitate to betray you. If you want to do it once and for all, that is, defeat them, occupy them, move their people out of here, and move some of the people of the Celestial Empire here, so that under this neutralization, you can establish immortal feats to ensure longevity for ten thousand years.

The resting place chosen by Zhang Chao's army was Bailongdui, from which you could go north into the Cheshi country, go south into Wuqiang, and face the west into the mountain country and Shanshan (that is, the Loulan country).

Zhang Chao, who chose a place that could attack the Quartet and retreat to the Xiliang Land of Yuguanmen in desperation, sent intelligence officers to infiltrate the entire Western Regions.

Zhang Chao does things, never fights uncertain battles, he knows the truth that he knows his opponent and wins a hundred battles. He believes that even with Ma Chao and Dian Wei by Zhang Tian's side, his son should be fine, that is, what he needs to do is to work steadily and advance step by step.

The members of Tianyan did not disappoint Zhang Chao under the large amount of money to open the way, and only five days later, some basic information was delivered to him.

After seeing the information gathered by Tianyan, Zhang Chao was furious, and finally knew the reason why his son was besieged.

Zhang Tian and Ma Chao appeared in the Western Regions with troops, on the grounds that the prince of Dawan was trying to disrupt the Celestial Dynasty and subvert the Celestial Empire's regime. At first, it did not arouse the disgust of other countries in the Western Regions. After all, they all have envoys in Jinyang City, and they have all heard of what Cheng Leli is doing there.

For Cheng Leli's domineering, he is also a little unaccustomed to it in his heart, and even the kings of some countries also think that it is the right thing to teach Dawan a lesson.

But this is just limited to teaching them a lesson, just like asking the Great Wan Kingdom to pay some money for this, they will never allow other forces to enter the Western Regions.

Many years ago, when the Han Dynasty was strong, it entered the Western Regions, conquered some countries, and established the Western Regions Protectorate, which was not a good thing for them at that time, and vigorously restricted their power and development.

Finally, the Han Dynasty declined, and the capital protection mansion also existed in name only, and finally disappeared in the long river of history. So how could they allow the same thing to occur a second time?

Therefore, after Zhang Tian and Ma Chao entered the Western Regions with a large army, various countries began to put pressure on Dawan one after another, asking them to take responsibility for their actions, to put it bluntly, that is, to compensate themselves.

In this regard, at the beginning, King Cheng of Dawan Kingdom did not agree. This time, his sons died in Jinyang City, and he was asked to compensate, which was obviously unwilling. He also thought that with the reason for his geographical advantage, what could the Celestial Empire do to him even if a large army came?

As a result, Ma Chao's dragoon army drove smoothly all the way, and appeared in Feishan City without the slightest resistance, and here it fought with the main force of Dawan Kingdom, and under the first battle, a lot of things were captured, including countless grains, grasses and healthy horses.

After the first battle, the strength of the dragoon army finally made the lord of Dawan know the strength of the other party. He was frightened, and this led to the request of other countries to offer reparations.

It's just that Zhang Tian was ordered by his father this time to destroy the Dawan Kingdom and establish a new base here, so how could he agree to the other party's request for compensation? Immediately ignored it and continued to send troops.

Dawan agreed to compensate, but the Celestial Empire's army did not withdraw, and at this moment, the other countries in the Western Regions did not agree, and they also saw that what the Celestial Empire wanted was not an apology from Dawan, but wanted to possess them, which was tantamount to moving their interests. After a while, after the countries discussed, they all sent a large army, but instead surrounded the dragoons in the city of Philadelphia.

According to the information provided by the members of Tianyan, the people besieging the dragoon army were the army of the Cheshi Country, and Fang Lei, one of the three major generals of the Cheshi Country, was among them.

The Celestial Empire did not offend the Che Master, but they actually sent troops to surround their son and the army, which Zhang Chao could not tolerate, he decided to take this Che Shi Guo to practice first, he wanted to take this opportunity to tell everyone that the Celestial Empire army is coming, and the wolf is coming!

It was decided to send troops to the Che Division, which would be Zhang Chao's first battle after coming to the Western Regions, and naturally he would never allow defeat, so he called Lu Bu, the commander of the vanguard corps, to the tent.

Lu Bu is the first fierce general of the Celestial Empire, I don't know how much credit he has made for the growth of the Celestial Empire over the years, and he is also a product among the military attaches in the official residence, and has become the strongest general around Zhang Chao.

Lu Bu, who entered the tent, was still the same righteous and spirited, although he said that he had passed the years of his establishment, he was still as elegant as before, giving people a sense of majesty.

"Chen Lu Bu has seen my emperor, long live my emperor, long live." As soon as he entered the tent, Lu Bu, who was dressed in a red cloak, fell to his knees and said in a loud voice.

There are very few people in the world who can enter Lu Bufa's eyes, but there is no doubt that Zhang Chao is definitely the first, and when he saw Zhang Chao, he fell to his knees and was willing.

"Please start first, this is in the tent, and there is no need for such courtesy before the monarch and minister." Zhang Chao said with a smile in his eyes, showing his appreciation for Lu Bu.