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After arranging the corresponding internal matters, such as spring ploughing, personnel transfer and adjustment in the corresponding areas, etc., Zhang Jiashi focused his energy on the Huns.

In the past few months, Zhang Jiashi has obtained many reports about the heavy losses of the Huns from some of the detailed works of the Huns.

However, after Zhang Jiashi urgently asked Ma Sikuo, who had been arranged as the county guard of Longxi County, Zhang Jiashi knew from Ma Sikuo's reply that the loss of the Huns could be regarded as a loss to the Huns, but it had not really damaged the foundation of the Huns. Because such a small blow was nothing to the Huns.

In the corresponding habits of the Huns, such as the Huns encountered such bad weather, in addition to the livestock that were frozen to death, there were also the old and weak women and children of the Huns, because these people could not get enough food in this weather, and even froze to death directly.

In the Central Plains, this is something that many people think is unlikely, or in other words, few people will be ruthless to do such a thing. But the Huns are different, once the living environment becomes bad, then the Huns themselves naturally give priority to ensuring the living environment of the strongest people. This can also be said to be a case of natural selection.

Not to mention anything else, Ma Sikuo, who has lived in the Xiongnu territory for a long time, has encountered a lot of bad weather, so he has a good understanding of the habits of the Huns.

And Bai Qi was also reminding Zhang Jiashi of one thing at this time, that is, there is basically such a custom in the northern grasslands, otherwise whenever the environment is bad, these grassland peoples want to invade the Central Plains Dynasty with their weak national strength, it is very likely to be a matter of self-inflicted humiliation.

And this also represents an important basis for the maintenance of combat effectiveness of the Xiongnu and other nomadic peoples in this regard.

In other words, if it weren't for the Huns having such a habit, the invading Huns would not have such a strong fighting power.

Zhang Jiashi, who realized such a little, also had to give up a trace of luck in his heart, because he knew very well that if he himself took it lightly. Then maybe under the surprise attack of the Huns, he will pay the biggest defeat in his life. Such a situation is naturally something that Zhang Jiashi does not want to see.

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It's just that with the passage of March, even in mid-April, Zhang Jiashi still did not get the news that the Huns were attacking the border, which made him very puzzled.

And what made Zhang Jiashi even more confused. This is not the case, but the Donghu people were also not chased and beaten by the Huns.

He wouldn't think that Maudun was suddenly kind. Instead, he showed mercy to the border of the Great Qin Empire and even the Donghu people who were greatly injured. This situation is really difficult for Zhang Jiashi to believe.

It's just that with the arrival of late April, Zhang Jiashi learned a piece of information that made him cry and laugh.

That is the king of Xiqiang, that is, Cortili's father, I don't know if he broke his head while riding a horse, but he actually went out again before March and launched a battle for the Hexi Corridor area.

As for why it is said that almost the whole family is dispatched? Don't forget, Ke Tili, the princess of Xiqiang, has settled in Shuangyueyi. This time, this Xiqiang princess didn't seem to know.

However, the things that made Zhang Jiashi cry and laugh were not only in this aspect, or that Zhang Jiashi really didn't know what to say about the ending of this Xiqiang King who committed two crimes.

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According to some information obtained by Zhang Jiashi, the day when Xiqiang left the Qinghai Plateau to launch an offensive on the Hexi Corridor should have been in mid-February when the snow and ice began to melt.

And the Huns were really hurt because of the cold weather. At the beginning, the Xiqiang people who were prepared were caught off guard in the Hexi Corridor, and even more than a few tens of thousands of people, because of the severe cold weather, moved south to the Hexi Corridor near the Xiqiang territory, and the Hun tribes were easily defeated by the Xiqiang troops.

Because the operation of the Xiqiang army was progressing quite smoothly, and the main force of the Huns was still gathered in the Longcheng area at that time, the resistance of the Huns was not very strong. This also means that the control of the Xiqiang people is increasing.

It's just that King Xiqiang and Cortiri's two elder brothers took Mao Dun lightly because of such a smooth progress.

In late March, the main force of the Xiqiang people, who were unprepared and basically concentrated in the Wuwei area of the later generations, was broken by the main force of 200,000 Huns led by Mao Dun in one fell swoop. Father and son died in a series of battles.

The information obtained by Zhang Jiashi did not clearly state how heavy the losses of the Xiqiang people were in this battle, but there is one point, that is, according to a data show shown by these intelligence, the more than 100,000 Xiqiang troops who attacked were only about 40,000 or even less who could escape back to the Qinghai Plateau.

For the Xiqiang people, the more fatal place is not the Huns who stopped pursuing on the periphery of the Qinghai Plateau, but because of the death of the king of Xiqiang and the two princes, the head of the Qiang tribe, fell into a leaderless situation. Some of the larger tribes, or the Qiang tribes whose losses were not too heavy, were very interested in the position of the Qiang leaders that the Western Qiang tribe had occupied for many years.

There were not many Xiqiang who lost their leader, and in less than half a month, they were gradually divided by several more powerful tribes, and these tribes fought in order to dominate the Qiang.

The current Qinghai Plateau can be said to be a small fight in three days and a big fight in five days.

In the face of such a bizarre development, Zhang Jiashi really couldn't cry or laugh.

Because he really didn't expect that his arrangement to let Ma Sikuo serve as the county guard of Longxi County would not play a role.

Perhaps it was not that Zhang Jiashi did not play his role, but that the enemy that Ma Sikuo dealt with may have also undergone considerable changes, that is, from the Qiang people, who were obviously powerless to the outside world, to the Huns who gradually controlled the Hexi Corridor.

Zhang Jiashi really doesn't know whether such a change in the situation is a good thing or a bad thing, but it is undeniable that Zhang Jiashi trusts Ma Sikuo and lets Ma Sikuo continue to guard Longxi County, which is a very safe arrangement.

Perhaps, unless it is really in the face of the Huns attacking Longxi with absolute strength, then in terms of Ma Sikuo's strength. Zhang Jiashi didn't think he needed to worry too much about Ma Sikuo.

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In order to cope with the dramatic changes in the situation in the Qiang region, Zhang Jiashi unilaterally terminated the corresponding contract with the Qiang group, which was dominated by the Western Qiang tribe.

In Zhang Jiashi's thoughts, the Qiang people no longer have the slightest value of cooperation, and with the current development trend of the Qiang people's civil strife becoming more and more intense, even if the Qiang people plan to find trouble with him, they have to weigh whether the current Qiang people have the ability to wrestle with him.

In fact, Zhang Jiashi has lost a little bit in this regard. That is the corresponding trade agreement between the Great Qin Empire and the Qiang people since late March. It was terminated because of the rout of the Qiang. However, because a group of caravans that had departed in February had not yet returned, the Great Qin Empire sent another caravan to Xiqiang in mid-March according to the corresponding agreement.

About ten days after the departure of this group, the last group of caravans fled back to Didao in some confusion and fed back the corresponding information.

This also led to the loss of a merchant troop of about 400 people, an escort force of more than 500 people, and commodities and carriages worth thousands of gold.

This loss made Zhang Jiashi very heartbroken. But Zhang Jiashi also subconsciously ignored one point this time, that is, because of the normalization of trade between the Great Qin Empire and large tribes such as Xiqiang, the trade balance between the Great Qin Empire and the Qiang people made Zhang Jiashi and the corresponding merchants very profitable.

The loss of a few thousand gold certainly made Zhang Jiashi's heart ache, and these people who were probably already dead in the Qiang territory. It made Zhang Jiashi even more helpless.

But just by virtue of this situation, Zhang Jiashi's vitality was greatly damaged, and that was impossible.

Because although even Zhang Jiashi has not counted how much he and the corresponding business travel team have made in this trade, and even Zhang Jiashi has not counted how much money he has earned, it is undeniable that even if Zhang Jiashi bears the loss of several thousand gold, he still has more than two-thirds of the overall trade surplus, which is even much more than this figure.

So. Zhang Jiashi's real heartache was mainly about the loss of personnel and the long-term impact of the future severance of Qiang trade, not the loss of a few thousand gold.

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And as the time came to the beginning of May, Zhang Jiashi wondered if Mao Dun would carry out another large-scale military operation this year, such as invading the border of the Great Qin Empire or striking a final blow to the Donghu people, when he received a report from a Zhonglang hundred general stationed outside the gate, saying that Cortili asked to see him.

Zhang Jiashi looked at this Zhonglang Baijun with some confusion in his study. It's not that he has anything strange about this Zhonglang Baijun, but he doesn't know what happened to Cortiri seeing him at such a time.

In such a year, Zhang Jiashi was not surprised by Princess Xiqiang, who appeared in his mansion from time to time and communicated with Ying Yuexi and other wives and concubines.

Of course, Zhang Jiashi was a little worried that the other party would take the opportunity to do something to blackmail him. But he was relieved about the situation of the white wolf in the mansion.

If the white wolf was present, his wife and concubine and even his children would still be won by Ketili. Then he can only consider himself unlucky.

After all, Ke Tili's strength is indeed good, and in the Yongdu War that year, Zhang Jiashi was even more impressed.

However, with the white wolf, a guy whose strength has far surpassed that of humans, Zhang Jiashi really doesn't think that Ke Tili can still succeed under the nose of the white wolf.

And after such a long time, Zhang Jiashi didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this Xiqiang princess, although he still didn't feel completely at ease with her, but Zhang Jiashi himself didn't think that the other party would do something uncalm in such a situation at the moment.

Therefore, after looking at this Zhonglang Baijun for a while, Zhang Jiashi said to him: "Go and invite Princess Cortili to come to the front hall." ”

"Whoa!"

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Ke Tili, who was waiting in the front hall, looked at the huge front hall with only a few people, and was very emotional.

This time, when she came to Zhang Jiashi's mansion, she naturally did not come to find Zhang Jiashi's wife and concubine to carry out an emotional offensive.

Instead, she knew that her homeland had become someone else's bag, and that her father and two brothers had also died at the hands of the Huns. Strictly speaking, she is now well aware that she is now a poor homeless person.

As for what her plans were for coming to see Zhang Jiashi, she knew that she had some requests, and she could indeed say it, but Zhang Jiashi really couldn't agree. Because Zhang Jiashi can even agree to such a request, then he is not Zhang Jiashi.

She silently looked at the empty throne, and her thoughts flew in her heart.

And after a while, Zhang Jiashi came to the position where he should be sitting, he was wearing a more formal royal costume, and he was wearing his Dingqin sword. Dressing like this on such an occasion has been used to Zhang Jiashi in so many years.

After all, you can't just wear a simple crown dress all day and stay at home and do nothing.

Zhang Jiashi looked at Cortiri, who was about to salute, and shook his head: "Princess Cortili, there is no need to be polite, what is the intention of wanting to hear the princess this time?"

Zhang Jiashi didn't plan to talk nonsense with Ke Tili, but directly asked Ke Tili to tell her intentions.

Ke Tili looked at Zhang Jiashi with a somewhat complicated look, and after she took a deep breath, she said: "The king, the little woman hopes that the king can send a partial general and tens of thousands of troops to help the little woman recover her homeland. The situation in Xiqiang...... The king should know better. ”

Zhang Jiashi heard Ke Tili's words, and thought in his heart: "This kind of request is also a debt to you to say, you don't have any benefit to me now, not to mention this kind of stupid thing that is not only not beneficial, but also a stupid thing to shoot yourself." ”

Zhang Jiashi shook his head: "This matter, Lone can't promise the princess, since the princess already knows about the chaos of Xiqiang and the Qiang people, Lone is unwilling to do this kind of thing that is not beneficial when the enemy is looking around." ”

Zhang Jiashi's words made Ke Tili's expression darker, but she didn't give up like this, but after looking at Zhang Jiashi for a long time, as if she had made up her mind, she planned to say her chips: "If it's ......"

Before Ke Tili could finish her words, Zhang Jiashi heard the sound of a fast horse outside the door.

Zhang Jiashi stretched out his hand and asked Ketili to pause.

He knew it was rude, but for Zhang Jiashi, things mattered to him.

And then, under the gaze of Ke Tili and Zhang Jiashi, who were a little at a loss, several Zhonglang escorted a Qin army knight with three feathers on his helmet into the front hall.

And after this knight came to Zhang Jiashi, he half-knelt on the ground, held up a bamboo slip with wax that he took out of his arms, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, Liaoning County Su County guards the emergency!" (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation and monthly passes, and your support is my biggest motivation. )