Dong Zhuo had never had an in-depth understanding of the Han army, and he didn't know what the powerful army that Liu Bei had built up had won many battles and victories, and now he looked at Zhao Qi and Zhang Fei, and his heart became more and more surprised.

Obviously, there really seems to be something completely different between this Han army and the "Han army" as he understood it in the past.

Dong Zhuo's surprise was not within the scope of Zhang Fei and Zhao Qi's consideration.

After Zhao Qi put forward his opinion, Zhang Fei thought about it, and had to agree that Zhao Qi's opinion was reasonable, the so-called county officials are not as good as the current management, Yanqi Kingdom is here, fierce and vicious, but the Han Heavenly Soldiers are thousands of miles away.

How many people can have a so-called "long-term vision" when their lives are threatened?

When life is threatened, whether it is a person or a country, it can only take the lead in considering the safety of its own life, even if there is a sinkhole in front of it, it is something that can only be thought of after saving one's life.

If Dong Zhuo, Zhao Qi and the two thousand Han troops were threatened because of this incident, and even repeated the mistakes of the Western Regions Protector during the Xinmang period, then Zhang Fei felt that he was really a sinner.

A sinner who could not forgive himself himself.

"What you said is very reasonable, this matter must be taken into account, in this way, I will immediately send someone to Luoyang to order, you stay here to rest first, and then send someone to inquire about the news, and find out the relationship between Yanqi and the other three countries, I will hurry up and expedite it with five hundred miles, and there will be results soon."

Zhang Fei made a decision, and Dong Zhuo and Zhao Qi had no objection for safety.

So Dong Zhuo and Zhao Qi temporarily stayed in the territory of the former country of Cheshi to rest, and Zhang Fei immediately sent his right-hand men to rush to Luoyang for 500 li to seek the right to act cheaply from Liu Bei and the Privy Council.

As long as he gets this power, Zhang Fei will immediately become the commander-in-chief of operations in the Western Regions, and Zhang Fei has the authority to command all the battles that occur in the Western Regions, and how many troops to send to carry out tasks is a matter that is easy to decide.

Although the 30,000 troops of the Northwest Military Region are not large in number, their combat effectiveness is reliable, and Zhang Fei led them to carry out many combat drill missions to ensure that they have a strong will and sufficient combat capability.

Zhang Fei accelerated his action, and Dong Zhuo thought that there was no need for him to wait for news from Luoyang here, and the preliminary preparations should at least be done.

For example, take the lead in contacting the kings of the three kingdoms of Moshan, Weisu and Yuli, and tell them the news of the imminent arrival of the Han envoy.

But to be honest, the previous incident in which Dong Zhuo and Zhao Qi destroyed the former country of the Cheshi together is still very symbolic.

The arrogant actions of the Quartet also quickly reminded the people of the Western Regions of the arrogant past when the Han army and the Han envoys crisscrossed the Western Regions without scruples, and there was no need for the Han army to crisscross the Western Regions again, as long as an outpost battle was enough to awaken the memories of many people.

When the Ban family father and son ran the Western Regions, they did not get a lot of military support from the Eastern Han Empire, but they relied on a small number of elite Han troops to make a name for themselves, and then with the prestige and personal charm left by the Western Han Dynasty, they quickly leveraged the military and political resources of the countries in the Western Regions.

This allowed the Ban family father and son to control the armies of various countries in the Western Regions with a small number of Han troops, and realized the Han Empire's control of the Western Regions at a very small cost, which was a very successful diplomatic tactic.

Of course, there are limitations to this, the Eastern Han Empire's three links and three uniques operating in the Western Regions are such a thing, and its own strength is not as good as the Western Han Dynasty after all, so it relies too much on personal prestige and ability at the control level, once the Western Regions are not strong enough, the countries of the Western Regions may not be very obedient.

But in other words, as long as their own strength is enough, then the legacy left by the Western Han Dynasty and the inheritance left by the Ban family father and son is still enough to be taken over by the Third Han Empire.

Yes and no, these are two different things entirely.

So Zhang Fei and Zhao Qi's caution is of course correct, but they don't know much about the ups and downs that the Western Regions have experienced over the years, and they don't know what kind of rich public opinion and political legacy the predecessors of the First and Second Empires of the Han Dynasty have left them.

Every time the head of the royal family was sent to a country, the ruling class of that country was like having undergone an education in memory recovery, and immediately recalled the fear of being dominated by the Han Empire, and immediately remembered the fierce men of the Han Empire who were majestic and powerful in the place, and immediately realized the fact that the Han Empire was about to return to the Western Regions.

It seems that their chaos is over.

They've sorted out the inside, and now, they're coming to get back what once belonged to them.

The Great Han is back like lightning!

A thunderbolt pierced the sky, and the rulers of the Western Regions shook their bodies, and they all realized that the situation in the entire Western Regions might be about to change like a major earthquake, and those arrogant guys in the past ten years might be severely taught a lesson by the Han Empire that returned to the Western Regions, if they were not obedient enough.

This can be said to be both a good thing and a bad thing for the rulers of the Western Regions.

Fortunately, the Han Empire is kingly, the Han Empire will not destroy a small country for no reason, will not let them do things that they cannot accept, and will not be so strong in interfering in the internal affairs and diplomacy of various countries.

There are also disadvantages, that is, you can't go against the wishes of Han Tianzi, you can't help but give Han Tianzi enough face, if you make him feel that his face has been damaged by you, then you have to wait for the strong army to come to you for trouble.

Han Tianzi will not shoot at will, but every time he makes a move, it will kill you.

Although the original slightly stronger monkey overlords in the Western Regions were more unreasonable, they did not have the ability to destroy the country in a war, and everyone was essentially rookies pecking at each other, not to mention any threat to the Western Regions, and their respective sizes were limited after all.

Therefore, the return of the Han Empire will bring about the kind of traditional order, which will make some small countries willing to be obedient feel relaxed and happy, and for some medium and large countries that want to challenge the traditional order and create a new order, it will be a serious challenge.

For example, the nearest country is Yanqi, which is a country that has the aspirations and practical operations to challenge the old order and establish a new order in the past, present, and future.

In the past, they united with the Xiongnu, the Northern Xiongnu and the Han Empire to oppose them, killed the protectors of the Western Regions twice, killed thousands of Han troops, and were retaliated and exterminated by the forces of the Han Empire many times, but they never destroyed the country.

In the face of the threat of the powerful Han army, they can bow their heads and be small, but when the strength of the Han Empire declines, they can be able to raise their heads and be human again.

For example, this time, the Han Empire withdrew from the order of the Western Regions for more than ten years, and they have already packed up the three younger brothers in the past, forced the three younger brothers to pay taxes to them, obeyed their orders, and acted just like the Han Empire did back then, with the intention of unifying the countries and establishing the hegemony of the Yanqi State.

As a result, the king of Yanqi, Long Qi, did not expect that the power of the Han Empire would only withdraw, and it would make a comeback in more than ten years.

Not long after the Liangzhou Rebellion, he learned the news of the civil strife in the Han Empire, and after a year or two, he learned that the Liangzhou Rebellion had subsided, and he was worried for a while, suspecting that the Han Empire was about to make a comeback.

But it didn't.

Since then, the power of the Han Empire has not penetrated deep into the Western Regions, only Pu Zhiguo and Shanshan Kingdom will have some Han Empire goods and news coming out, saying that Liu Bei, a Han Empire clan, quelled the Liangzhou Rebellion, but he did not have the idea of running the Western Regions, but continued to fight for power in the Central Plains to the east.

There was a great deal of chaos within the Han Empire, and they had no time to go west.

After many inquiries to determine the implementation of this one, Long Qi finally determined that the Han Empire would not return in the short term, and that the Western Regions would become a paradise for the strong and a grave for the weak, so he decided on the hegemonic strategy of the Yanqi Kingdom.

He began to lead his subordinates to fight everywhere, conquering the east and west, and repeatedly launched an offensive against his former younger brothers, coercing them to abandon the order of the Han Empire and turn to the order of the Yanqi Kingdom, recovering the fear of being dominated.

It should be said that the information given by the king of Cheshi is relatively accurate, the people of Yanqi are indeed good at fighting, there is no law, but the combat effectiveness is very strong, and the ability to build weapons is relatively strong, so to deal with the three former little brothers around it, it is a dozen and a quasi, and within a few years of hard work, they have re-become the regional overlord.

Long Qianzhi was complacent, feeling that he would soon be able to restore the glory of the former Yanqi Kingdom, and began to prepare for the annexation of the Moshan Kingdom, the Weixu Kingdom, and the Yuli Kingdom, increasing the population and the number of troops that could be used, and then further conquering the east and west, expanding the country's territory, and finally achieving the goal of unifying the Western Regions and fighting against the Han Empire.

The goal is very big, the execution is also very strong, the three surrounding countries are powerless against him, and even the Cheshi country has encountered his threat and is quite afraid of him.

However, the Han Empire's strategy of returning to the Western Regions began to be implemented, which made Long Li feel a huge threat, and he realized that if he could not overcome the Han Empire's obstacle, his hegemony strategy would never be realized.

He remembered the history of the failure of the hegemonic strategy of the ancestors under the operation of Ban Chao, not only him, but also the successive kings of Yanqi since then have never forgotten that humiliating history.

The history of the failure of the struggle and the loss of power and humiliation of the country deeply left a mark on Long Li's heart, he hated the hegemony of the Han Empire, and was determined to achieve his hegemony since he was a child, restore the glory of his ancestors, and make the Han Empire pay the price.

Fortunately, when the Han Empire finally weakened, he caught up with the good time, and the golden ten years of development allowed him to achieve the first step of the plan - to harvest three younger brothers, who could suck blood from the younger brothers to develop themselves, and make themselves stronger and richer.

The second step is to annex the three younger brothers and officially embark on the fast track of development.

But on the eve of this second step plan, the Han Empire returned.

Ten golden years have passed, the Han Empire has returned to the Western Regions, they have a strong army, just come back, they will destroy the Cheshi Houguo, the royal family is all slaughtered, and the head of the Quartet is spread to everyone, reminding everyone of the fear of being dominated by the Han Empire.

Yes, the Yanqi Kingdom has the ambition of hegemony and the ambition of not willing to admit defeat, but at the same time, the Yanqi State was also defeated, conquered, and reduced to a small country like Sun Tzu.

That period of humiliating history brought them not only hatred, but also fear, fear and hatred were intertwined, making the Yanqi ruling group led by Long Qi very entangled in the news of the Han Empire's return to the Western Regions, and did not know how to deal with this sudden change.

With the size of the Han Empire, if they want to return to the Western Regions, they will definitely be able to regain the hegemony of the Western Regions, and the Yanqi Kingdom should not think about resisting at all, unless they can annex all the three younger brothers in a short period of time, absorb and digest their strength, and then fight against the Han Empire.

But can this be successful?

In the face of Ban Chao, Yanqi also formed an alliance with the three younger brothers and fought fiercely, but in the end they were defeated, which fully proves that the strength of the Yanqi Alliance is not as good as the Han Empire.

After the Han envoy finished passing the head and continued to gallop westward, two voices soon appeared in Yanqi China.

The first voice is the voice of the main war faction, they strongly do not want to continue to live under the traditional order of the Han Empire, they yearn for freedom and hegemony, and they hope to be a superior man, rather than having a Han Empire father on their heads.

They advised Long Qi to carry out a thorough hostile strategy, to immediately annex the Moshan Kingdom, the Weixu Kingdom, and the Yuli Kingdom before the Han Empire returned, and then unify their populations and troops, organize a powerful army, and fight against the Han Empire, resolutely disagreeing with the Han Empire's hegemony in the Western Regions.

This is a difficult road, the slightest carelessness will overturn, and it will be destroyed, and everything will be lost, so the voice of the main battle faction is relatively small, and only a few army generals and hawkish clans have expressed support, such as Long Li's uncle and younger brother.

On the other hand, there are the Lords and factions who are louder and have more supporters.

They believe that the strength of the Han Empire is too strong, and the Yanqi State is not the opponent of the Han Empire no matter how many years of development, so it should not be confrontational, but should learn from the experience of its predecessors, choose to submit, and strive to climb up in the suzerain-vassal system of the Han Empire, and strive to stand on the head of a number of vassal states, not to be a grandson, but to be a son.

Vassals also have high and low status, there are also differences between sons and grandsons, and there is also a difference between biological and successor, since we can't beat it, then admit it, strive for the upper reaches in the system, be our own sons, and step on the heads of those grandsons, can't we also be powerful?

And with the Han Empire's kindness to his own son, maybe the future of Yanqi will be better than now!

This kind of voice is very loud and has many supporters, compared with the voice of the main battle faction, which is much quieter, and it is difficult to get support, and at the meeting, the suggestions of the main war faction were even ridiculed by the main and peace faction, feeling that they are not self-sufficient, self-defeating, and will be finished sooner or later.

Therefore, the most important thing to do now is not to confront militarily, but to immediately send people to Luoyang to show loyalty to the Emperor of Han.

Long Li's face was blue for such a suggestion, and he really couldn't accept it, but when so many people objected, how could he turn the situation around?

At the critical moment, Long Wei's younger brother Long Wei stood up, he walked up to the official who shouted the loudest for peace with an angry face, pulled out his knife, and stabbed the official to death, scaring the people around him.

"The shame and blood of our ancestors are just around the corner, and we, as descendants, don't want to be ashamed of our ancestors, but still kneel on the ground and beg for alms from our enemies, and even be complacent about it, is this what we should do? We have swords in our hands, we have brave soldiers, we have strong generals, why don't we fight?

The Han State is indeed strong, but the Han State sent troops on an expedition, the cost was huge, we fought locally, many fortresses, many dangerous places, even if we could not defeat the Han army head-on, as long as we held on, and waited for the Han army to run out of food, it was equivalent to victory, obviously there was a chance to win, but we had to give up this opportunity, and we were willing to be slaves to others, is this your will? ”

(End of chapter)