I have to say that Guo Jia's worries are very reasonable. What he wants is to fight steadily, after all, the current Celestial Empire already has enough territory and enough troops, and it is better not to do something like that.

These are the true thoughts in Guo Jia's heart. It's just that ideas are ideas, and they can't be told truthfully, especially now that he and Zhang Chao's previous identities are different from the past.

The two had a good relationship in the past, and they talked about everything. Although the relationship is also very good now, after all, there is a distinction between monarchs and ministers, so even if some things are obvious, we must pay attention to a way of speaking.

Now, Zhang Chao asked a question, and after Guo Jia hesitated for a moment, he slowly raised his head, and then said in a somewhat hesitant tone: "Your Majesty, do you think that even if we can defeat the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, we still have enough troops to occupy here?" ”

Answering in the form of a question is also the best way for Guo Jia to think of. He believed that if he said this, with Zhang Chao's wisdom, he should be able to distinguish the importance of the matter.

Sure enough, Zhang Chao sighed after hearing this, and then said with a wry smile: "Yes, Feng Xiao is right, I am too anxious." And we're not strong enough. ”

"Nope! Your Majesty, our forces are already strong enough, and in terms of the territory we occupy, we have almost reached a limit to feed these troops. There is no problem in destroying the Western Regions with these military forces, but the problem is that we still have things to solve on the land of China, and the so-called instability in the rear, it is not easy for the front army to go too deep. Guo Jiasheng was afraid that Zhang Chao, as the emperor, would lose his fighting spirit, so it was not a good thing for the entire Celestial Empire. As a courtier, what he needs to do is to restore Zhang Chao's domineering heart as an emperor.

"Huh." Facing Guo Jia's encouragement, Zhang Chao smiled and shook his head, "Okay, Fengxiao, you don't have to comfort me, I can still see myself clearly." As you said, if the problem between Western Shu and Eastern Wu is not solved, we are indeed not suitable to solve the problem of the Western Regions. Even if we occupy this place, we will have to relocate the population here, and now that the land in our area has been owned, only by occupying new territory first, can we have a wider land to solve the problem. ”

Seeing that Zhang Chao figured out the key to the matter so quickly, Guo Jia was excited, and immediately said sincerely, "The emperor is a saint, the emperor is a saint of the ages." Please also rest assured that if there is a suitable opportunity, the ministers will not let it go, and the countries of the Western Regions must pay the price of blood. ”

"Alright, Bonghyo, you don't have to pat my ass. If this is the case, then we will first hold our troops still, and at the same time send envoys to visit various countries, so that they can send our troops back, and as for the affairs of the Dawan Kingdom, we will press it first and then it. When Zhang Chao spoke, there was a hint of sighing in his tone, obviously, he was still a little unwilling to solve the problem of the Western Regions at one time.

"Yes." Guo Jia also knew that Zhang Chao's ability to say these words was enough to show that he understood what he meant, so that the Celestial Empire was not in danger.

Guo Jia knew that Zhang Chao's mood was not very good, so he took the initiative to take on the next thing. Under his instructions, the Celestial Empire sent dozens of envoys to the thirty-five countries of the Western Regions one by one. The most important thing is that after he understood Zhang Chao's intentions, he also wanted to see if he could find a suitable opportunity to divide and attack the countries of the Western Regions, the current Western Regions are too united, and it is not wise for the Celestial Empire to act in such a situation.

The Qiang Kingdom.

Mu Kui, the head of the country, is dispatching troops under his control.

The fact that the Celestial Empire's army destroyed the Cheshi Kingdom before did give him a great shock, such a strong Celestial Empire army appeared in the Western Regions, which was not a good thing for the natives here, for this reason, for his own dignity and interests, Mu Kui was ready to fight with the Celestial Empire.

It's just that Mu Kui didn't expect that when he mobilized the army and made preparations for a battle at any time, the Celestial Empire sent not iron horses, but envoys.

Regarding the matter of the envoy sent by the Celestial Empire, Mu Kui was surprised, but he still decided to see it, he also wanted to see what kind of medicine was sold in the Celestial Empire's gourd.

Like the Wuqiang Kingdom, some other countries in the Western Regions also had separate envoys sent by the Celestial Empire, and even the Dawan Kingdom was sent with special envoys.

For the envoys sent by the Celestial Empire, the kings of most countries have given a certain amount of courtesy reception, after all, the strength of the Celestial Empire is there, unless it is just in case, everyone does not want to be an enemy of such a person.

It's just that there are also countries that can't tell the severity, and instead of receiving the envoys of the Celestial Empire, they killed them and hung the corpse on the city gate, saying that they wanted to dry the corpse and the three-body body to set an example.

Yanqi.

Now Yanqi Autonomous County, Xinjiang, called Wuji Country in "Journey to the West".

It borders the Wusun Kingdom in the northwest and the Cheshi Kingdom in the east, and there are nine cities in the country.

Residents are engaged in agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry. There is text. At the beginning, it belonged to the Xiongnu, the second year of the Western Han Dynasty (60 BC), and belonged to the Western Han Dynasty and the Western Regions. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, it belonged to the Xiongnu, and in the sixth year of Yongyuan in the Eastern Han Dynasty (94 AD), Ban Chao broke it, and it was attached.

It can be said that Yanqi has always played a role that falls with the wind, and whoever is strong will mix with whom, just like a thousand-year-old second.

When the king of Yanqi, Du Kerim, learned that the Celestial Empire had sent envoys to him, he actually issued an order to kill the envoys, making it the only kingdom among the 35 existing Western Regions that had murderous anger against the envoys of the Celestial Empire.

There is a reason why Dukrim does this. Since their ancestors, they have been accustomed to being attached to the strong, and the ancestors once said that as long as they are attached to the strong and trusted, they may take the opportunity to grow up. In fact, since the development of the Yanqi Kingdom over the years, it is precisely by relying on this secret decision that not only has not been destroyed, but has become stronger than before.

This time, after learning that the Celestial Empire had sent an envoy to come, Du Kerim thought that his opportunity to show himself had arrived. Thinking that compared to now, of course, the thirty-five countries of the Western Regions are more powerful, and it is only right to rely on them, and in order to show his loyalty, this time he issued an order to kill the envoys of the Celestial Empire who appeared, in order to express his determination.

After doing this, Du Kerim still looked proud, especially after learning that he was the first country to kill the envoys of the Celestial Empire, he was even more complacent, in his opinion, this time the first credit was to be decided.

But as the scouts he sent sent back the news one by one, and learned that the other countries in the Western Regions did not treat the envoys of the Celestial Empire as well, but gave them very politely, and finally gave them out of the city, he knew that this time it seemed that he had done a big mistake.

The Celestial Empire can destroy the Cheshi Kingdom with lightning speed, which proves their ability, in the face of such a strong force, unless it is forced too hard, otherwise, no one will want to fight with it.

Facts have also proved that the Celestial Empire is not just an arrogant war machine, just like this time, after they destroyed the Cheshi Kingdom, they sent envoys to express their goodwill, so that they were unanimously recognized by the countries of the Western Regions.

All because of the request made by the envoy after seeing the other kings, that is, not to trouble the Dawan Kingdom, but also to ask the other countries to give up the siege of the Celestial Empire army led by the great prince Zhang Tian and let them return. That dynasty was willing to share peace with the countries of the Western Regions.

The envoy also mentioned that the Celestial Empire was going to occupy the territory of the Cheshi Kingdom, and said that it would establish a base there to better trade goods with other countries in the Western Regions.

Anyway, the country of Cheshi has been destroyed, the king has been captured, and in the face of a defeated country, no one will come to the rescue. In the eyes of most of the kings of the Western Regions, as long as the Celestial Empire did not threaten their interests, it was fine.

In this way, the countries agreed with the envoys of the Celestial Empire that as long as the Celestial Empire could really do what they said, only develop in the Cheshi Country, then they would withdraw the army besieging Philadelphia City, and everyone would peacefully share the information of the entire Western Regions.

All this is exactly what Guo Jia planned to retreat.

The Celestial Empire is not afraid of the countries of the Western Regions, but it does not want to fight hard against hard, and fight a lose-lose situation, in this case, it will only cheapen Western Shu and Eastern Wu, and even Islam and ancient India on the other side of the Himalayas.

As I said, this time it is a victory to be able to legally occupy the important land of the Cheshi country, as long as there is a base area, then with the economic strength of the Celestial Empire, it is only a matter of time before the entire Western Regions are annexed.

Guo Jia is making preparations for retreating from the Western Regions, and he is also making a strategic deployment according to the plan set at the end of last year to attack Eastern Wu first and destroy Western Shu.

It's just that I never thought that the strategy that seemed to be easy to implement would actually encounter the strange Yanqi Kingdom, and they would have the courage to kill the envoys of the Celestial Empire, so if they didn't take this opportunity to destroy the Yanqi Kingdom, they would really have failed this great opportunity.

Guo Jia decided to do it and asked Zhang Chao for instructions on this matter.

It's just a small country with a population of only 200,000, no more than nine cities, and no more than 40,000 soldiers, Zhang Chao really has no interest, so he put the power in his hands and put all the power into Guo Jia's hands, and even from beginning to end, he didn't even do a word of advice.

This is the result of Zhang Chao's complete trust in Guo Jia. In this regard, Guo Fengxiao also wanted to perform well.

In order to complete the task of the surprise attack, Guo Jia personally went from Bailongdui to Jiaohe City, the capital of Cheshi State, and he wanted to meet Lu Bu in person and arrange military orders. At the moment when he left the military tent, some messengers of the Celestial Empire were sent out, and these people went to the countries of the Western Regions for the second time, saying that the Yanqi Kingdom had killed the envoys of the Celestial Empire, and they had to make a decision to ask for an explanation. In this resolution, Guo Jia said to the countries with a very tough attitude: "The envoys of the Celestial Empire are their faces, and now their faces have been beaten, then this anger must come out, that is to say, the Yanqi Kingdom must pay the price, and if someone dares to stop the revenge of the Celestial Empire, then they will also regard the same as the enemy of the Celestial Empire. ”