At the end of last year, after clearing all the hidden dangers near Yumen Pass, 10,000 elite soldiers were sent out, divided into two roads and began to advance westward, the reason why so few people were sent was that the supply line was too long, and the logistics supply of too many people was unbearable, and although there were dozens of countries in the Western Regions, the national strength was very small. For example, the famous Loulan Kingdom, with a total of more than 10,000 people in the country, and more than 2,000 soldiers, can be regarded as one of the 36 powerful countries in the Western Regions, and it is really unnecessary to send too many troops.

If it weren't for the pursuit of those defeated remnants of the Southern Xiongnu, there would not even be any need to send tens of thousands of elite soldiers, only three or four thousand elite soldiers would be needed to easily re-establish the Western Regions Governor's Mansion to control the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

The Eastern Han Dynasty has been operating there for nearly a hundred years, and tens of thousands of soldiers are advancing westward in two ways, respectively along the foot of the Tianshan Mountains and Qilian Mountains, all the way to the west, and the countries encountered basically did not resist much, and even some small countries took the initiative to open the city to welcome and offer tribute when they learned that the Han army was coming again, expressing their willingness to become vassal states. In recent years, the Central Plains has been in turmoil, and the Western Regions Changshi Mansion has existed in name only, resulting in some war frictions in those dozens of small countries from time to time.

Of course, there are also a very small number of small countries symbolically resisted, but three or five bursting arrows blasted the wall of the mound, and the city was broken with a charge, of course, the city was actually like a small village, and there was no resistance to the Chinese army that was good at attacking fortified positions.

The two armies pushed all the way over, and in more than four months, they successfully joined forces in the territory of Shule Kingdom, which was the farthest place that the former Western Regions Governor's Mansion could completely control. After going on the expedition for more than half a year, with a full harvest and many tributes, the class teacher returned to the court.

Last year, when they went out of the Yumen Pass, there were only 10,000 people, but when they came back, they were nearly doubled, of course, the extra people, including some envoys sent by various countries, and some prisoners, of course, more were merchants, and they heard that the empire in the east had reopened trade routes, so they also came to buy things and prepare to sell them to the extreme west.

A few years ago, the Central Plains was in turmoil, but the very popular silk was out of supply, and now that the trade routes have been restarted, those who are good at doing business have long been unable to bear the heart of making a fortune. In the kingdoms of Rome in the far west, silk was equivalent to gold, and it was inevitable that you would get rich as long as you got a batch of them......

"I really can't imagine that the country in the Western Regions is so small, and when I went on the expedition last year, I was really worried that only a few thousand people would go over, and there would be no return." A soldier sitting in the carriage said with emotion.

"The Holy Lord's understanding of the world is a thousand times stronger than that of us soldiers, how can we be sent to death in vain." A veteran on the side said very calmly, but in fact, he was also very apprehensive when he set out on the expedition.

"That's right, brother, you said we can go back this time to add a few levels of military merit?"

"Well, although I haven't fought much, but I've been out on the battlefield for more than nine months, and it's hard work to be exposed to the wind and sun, so I may add a third-level military merit!"

“…… If there is a third-level military merit, then the little brother will be promoted to the fifth level all of a sudden, and the subsidy is quite considerable! ”

"I heard that the imperial court has been living a comfortable life recently, so the Holy Lord has increased the military merit subsidy by another 10%!"

"No, who did my brother listen to?"

"I saw it on the notice at Yumen Pass a few days ago, you don't even know it?"

"Little brother really doesn't know, thank you brother for telling me, but when did you become literate, brother?"

"After studying for more than half a year, I now recognize more than 500 big characters...... In fact, you should also take the time to learn more, and the literate ones will be more promising. The veteran patted the soldier on the shoulder and said.

"My little brother can't do it, he has a big head when he sees words, I hope my newborn child can be literate in the future...... I don't know what happened to my wife and children at home. ”

"Don't worry, your little daughter-in-law is a traditional Han girl, and she shouldn't steal a man."

“…… Don't be kidding, of course my daughter-in-law won't steal men, I'm just worried about how her life is, and with the two-level military merit subsidy before, will their mother and son live too poorly. ”

"Do you think the imperial court will treat our family members badly?"

"That's not it...... By the way, why doesn't my brother marry a daughter-in-law when he's in his twenties? ”

"I was going to marry my daughter-in-law last year, but after careful questioning, I found out that that girl is still a female soldier of the Phoenix Legion, and her military merit level is higher than that of my brother, so I am really embarrassed to look for her!"

"Then you will be in big trouble, the Phoenix Legion is marching south, I heard that the military merits are very great!"

"That's why I'm trying to learn to recognize a few more words, and strive to impress that girl!"

"Why bother to find guilt, how good it is to find a peasant girl to marry!"

The two chatted without a word, and the long convoy quickly drove towards Luoyang, and after passing Chang'an, the stone road also became a cement road, and the speed of the convoy was a little faster.

The camel caravan of those lake merchants was suddenly thrown away from the distance, in fact, they were also surprised when they saw a completely different road, and they didn't know how to get it out, they could only take it for granted that this was the masterpiece of the gods, and habitually knelt on the ground to worship, thanking the gods for giving such a magical continent, and then continued on the road after the worship.

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It is a very exciting thing for the army to return from an expedition and reopen the Western Regions Changshi Mansion, so Li Yunfei still went to the city gate to greet him in person according to the usual practice, and the scene was still very big.

Lao Qi, as the commander of this expedition, was also invited to make the car of the Son of Heaven who was pretended to be used, which has gradually formed a rule, and as long as he returns from the expedition in the future, he can enjoy this treatment, than to express his concern and condolences.

It's just that two big men sat in the same car and drove towards Luoyang City, although both of them behaved very naturally, frequently waving to the people around them, but they always felt a little awkward.

"Your Majesty really feels weird to ride in a car with you." Lao Qi said anything, he was quite familiar with Li Yunfei's character, and of course he would blame him if he just said it casually.

"Actually, I also think it's weird, it's far less comfortable to ride the street with a man than to ride in the car with a beautiful woman."

"Your Majesty is so right, but speaking of beauties, there are really beauties this time, Shache in the Western Regions, Khotan, Loulan, Wusun and other countries have offered one or two beauties in the hope that Your Majesty can laugh at it!"

“…… Laughing at what, now those women in the palace keep me busy. ”

"It's okay if Your Majesty doesn't like it, and you can treat it as an ordinary palace maid, but please ask Your Majesty to leave those tribute beauties in the palace and leave those beauties behind, so that those lords can feel at ease."

"It seems that what you said also has some truth, but it is not enough to be a palace maid completely, maybe those women are used as liaison messengers...... By the way, Wang Yue took more than 2,000 people to dig treasures everywhere in the Western Regions, but did Cheng find anything? "The topic that Li Yunfei transferred is now that beauties can be avoided, and it is always good to have less love debts.

"Yes, when the general came back this time, he also met the group of people led by Wang Yue, and by the way, he also helped him bring back a lot of harvest."

"What's the catch?"

"One cart of gold, three carts of silver, and some treasures such as strange stones and jade, two carts."

"How much is a cart of gold?"

"Hundreds of thousands of small gold coins, there should be about 5,000 catties!"

“…… How can there be so many? "It's a bit surprising how the land of the Western Regions could have such a huge wealth, but the re-minting of so much gold can alleviate the demand for gold coins.