Chapter 14: The Backstage of the Western Regions

In the big tent of the Chinese army.

Lu Fengxian, the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Army, sat in front of the desk, sipping the wine brought from the Parthian continent, while looking around at the tiger's eyes, looking at the few people below.

But below, several people dressed differently from the Han people stood quietly, with either flattery or horror on their faces.

After taking a sip of wine, Lu Bu opened his mouth slowly.

"So, what you mean is that you are willing to be driven by our Han Empire, fight for me, and merge the whole country into the Han Dynasty after the war, just for the sake of ......"

Lu Bu's words were said slowly, and after speaking, he deliberately paused for a moment, and then heard a person in front of him speak quickly.

"General, what we want is quite simple, we just want to keep our status and status, if ...... Well, I mean, it would be great if we could have some more territory, some people to govern......"

Naturally, all of them are representatives of the elite class of various countries, and the demands of the elite class are mostly the same......

Unpretentious and unpretentious.

Lu Bu was not surprised by this, he smiled and drank the wine in his glass, and then fell silent.

seemed to be thinking, but in fact, Lu Bu just quietly glanced at the people around him with his eyes.

Not far from Lu Bu, a young scribe was squinting his eyes, watching the envoys of various countries say nothing, until about three minutes later, this person nodded slightly, and Lu Bu immediately said with a smile.

"This matter, after the war is settled, Your Majesty still needs to make up your mind, but you can rest assured, our Han Empire has a vast territory, and Your Majesty is even more generous-minded, as long as you have merit, Your Majesty will definitely reward you."

The envoy wanted to say something, but Lu Bu just waved his hand.

"You go down and rest first, and after a while, I will send my men to get a few official documents, and I need to hand them over to your own lord."

All in all, what Lu Bu said was probably just prevarication. However, for the envoys of several countries, the so-called people had to bow their heads under the eaves, knowing that Lu Bu was prevaricating them, but they did not dare to refute them.

It wasn't until after several people had left that Lu Bu turned his head and lay on the desk, relaxing the muscles on his face while muttering.

"If I had known this, I wouldn't have been the general of Zhendong...... The commander of the army still needs to deal with these miscellaneous fish...... Shi Yuan, you said that we should send troops directly, isn't it good to pacify them? ”

The scribe beside Lu Bu was naturally Pang Tong of the Eastern Army. At this moment, Chen Gong was still in the rear, discussing the overall strategy with Jia Xu and others, and Pang Tong became the decision-maker around Lu Bu.

Hearing Lu Bu's words, Pang Tong shook his head with a smile.

"The general's words are wrong, war is always a means and not an end. Our goal is to neutralize all opposition in the Overworld. Killing people when you see them is really the next strategy! First, we need to absorb the population, occupy and stabilize the territory, and second, defeat some of them and divide some of them, which is a good strategy for one-to-many! ”

"If everyone in the world knows that our Han is the master who kills people when he sees them, it will inevitably arouse the hatred of other countries and nations, and the task that could have been completed in five years will be delayed until ten or eight years later."

Hearing this, Lu Bu's face suddenly darkened.

The truth, Lu Bu understands it......

Just don't fight, Da Bubu always feels a little unhappy......

It wasn't until Pang Tong spoke again that Lu Bu's appetite was aroused.

"Of course, I actually have some calculations in this matter."

As he spoke, Pang Tong raised his hand and said as if talking to himself while pinching his fingers.

"The envoys who came just now are the Shache Kingdom, the West Night Kingdom, the Cheshi Kingdom, and the Loulan Kingdom. The envoys of the four countries were all ready to submit to my Han on the surface, but according to my observations, they were actually two groups of people. ”

Lu Bu came to be interested.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Cheshi Country and Xiye Country are surrender factions, they really want to surrender to my Han, and what they want is nothing more than wealth...... Now that he has understood that the size of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions cannot be compared with the empire, the lords of these countries naturally want to seek their own future affairs as soon as possible. Even if you are not the lord of the country, being a rich man in the Han Dynasty is actually a good choice. ”

"No ambition!"

Lu Bu made a pertinent judgment, but Pang Tong just smiled and did not say anything about it.

He continued.

"But the envoys of the Shache and Loulan countries are different...... They are not sincere, but here to inquire for information...... Just now, when I looked at the envoys of the two countries, there was a faint flash of light in my eyes. I pondered it, but I realized that we seemed to be missing something. ”

"What?"

"Behind these people, there are actually backers."

Lu Bu waved his hand.

"I know all about it...... Rest and frost? The thirty-six countries of the Western Regions are close to Anshan in the west and Guishan in the south, and if they have no dealings with Anxi and Guishan, then I really don't believe it. ”

However, Pang Tong shook his head.

"Not Sabbath and Kushan, but their other neighbor, the ...... to the east."

"Isn't the east side my big man......"

Lu Bu's question was just halfway through, but he suddenly got stuck, his eyes rolled, and he turned to the map behind him.

Standing up and exploring the map for a long time, Lu Bu gasped.

"Northern Huns?"

Pang Tong nodded slightly.

……

The Xiongnu, the great enemy of the Chinese nation.

This nomadic people was an indispensable part of the history of the Han Dynasty.

During the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were powerful and repeatedly offended the border of the Han Dynasty, posing a great threat to the Western Han regime.

And then......

They were taught to be human beings by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

The suppression of the Xiongnu has never been relaxed, and therefore, in this era, the Xiongnu have been divided into several parts - there is the part of the relocation, the part of the Northern Xiongnu that continues to survive in the homeland, and the part of the Southern Xiongnu who took refuge in the Han family.

Since Wang Wei fought and supported the army, he actually wanted to clean up the Northern Xiongnu many times, but Wang Wei's things were one after another, and the matter was naturally over.

And now, Pang Tong has put forward the concept of the Northern Xiongnu.

Hearing these three words, Lu Bu's expression also became solemn.

The name of the Xiongnu, the Han people are known to everyone, even though in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the performance of the Xiongnu is far less brilliant than that of several other Hu people, but the "long-cherished enemy" that can be recognized by the Han family is only the Xiongnu side.

"In fact, if you think about this matter, you can conclude that the Xiongnu are crippled but not dead, and now my Han is about to go to war on all sides, it is impossible for the Xiongnu not to make any moves, in view of the historical hatred between the two races, they will definitely not stand on our side."

"Now, the attitude of Shache and Loulan is weird, and they have backers, I think about it, I'm afraid there is only one variable, the Xiongnu."

Lu Bu's expression suddenly became solemn, he clenched his fists and said respectfully to Pang Tong.

"Is there a good plan for the military advisor?"

Pang Tong shook the feather fan gently.

"We don't need a good strategy......"