Wang Ze and Wang Yu led the army, and after crossing thousands of miles of Hanhai, they finally came to Tingzhou.

Thousands of miles away, brothers naturally need to catch up with each other. Especially after several people established a country in the Western Regions, they all need to rely on each other in the future.

"Fourth brother and fifth brother, the fief given to you by my father is in Northern Xinjiang, and there are not many good places in Northern Xinjiang now, so I chose the Ili River Valley and Broken Leaf City for my brother to help you."

"These two places, with their mild climate, can be cultivated and grazed horses, which are rare and good places."

"After you go, you can establish a country in these two places, and when the time comes, our brothers will support each other, and the Western Regions will naturally be as stable as Mount Tai!"

Wang Ze and Wang Yu brought a total of 6,000 elite cavalry and 6,000 expeditionary athletes, plus Zheng Guo, Wei Guo, and Liang Guo each sent 3,000 troops. In total, there were already 21,000 troops.

The last expedition to Dawan was only more than 20,000 people, and after a brief discussion between the five of them, they decided to send troops.

The situation in Broken Leaf City and the Ili River Valley has long been figured out by King Zheng and Wang Xiang. Not long ago, the spies had already sent news that there were some problems between the forces of Shattered Leaf City, and this was a good opportunity.

Broken Leaf City is almost more than 1,300 miles away from Tingzhou, and it still needs to cross mountains and mountains, and it is very difficult for the army to be dispatched, but it is not impossible. After all, the expedition of thousands of miles was fought.

Wang Xiang, as the commander of the army this time, took Wang Ze and Wang Yu to lead the army from Tingzhou, all the way to capture the Ili River Valley, and then attack Broken Leaf City, while Wang Fu was in Shule, first came to Gumo City, then to the northwest, crossed the Bodaling, and then went up the Zhenzhu River, all the way to the southwest, to Broken Leaves.

Although Wang Fu's road is the closest, only a few hundred kilometers away from Broken Leaf City, it is the most difficult.

Because it is necessary to cross the Tianshan Mountains and the Green Mountains, and at the same time, in order to communicate between Shaye and Shule in the future, this road must also be opened up more widely.

The army rested in Tingzhou for almost two months, partly to prepare various supplies, and partly to adapt the soldiers of the Central Plains to the climate.

Traveling thousands of miles, even if there is logistical support along the way, is a difficult test for human beings. You have to take a break, or you will continue to Broken Leaves, and I don't know how many people will die along the way.

The number of non-combat attrition alone is very high for such long-distance marches.

Tens of thousands of troops set out on the expedition, not together. The vanguard was 500 elite cavalry with 2,500 light cavalry.

The main task of these light cavalry was not to fight, but to be responsible for the logistics of the five hundred elite cavalry, covering the battle.

The army traveled all the way west, and it took ten days to come to the vicinity of the Ili River Valley, the Ili River Valley, a vast area, most of which was occupied by the Wusun Kingdom, and their goal this time was a small part of it.

Rumble!

With the sound of dull horses' hooves, the three thousand cavalry of the vanguard army launched a surprise attack. In the Ili River Valley, tens of thousands of troops are fighting.

The rain of arrows obscured the sky and the sun, and people were constantly being hit by arrows, falling from their horses, and then being trampled by the horses that could not dodge behind.

The cavalry of the Great Qianjing was equipped with iron armor, and even the 2,500 light cavalry used as cover was protected by leather armor, while the cavalry on the opposite side was much less equipped.

More than half of them had no armor at all, the rest wore leather armor, and even fewer iron armor.

Although these people have weapons in their hands, they have a variety of styles, and the bows and arrows are even softer, and the arrows shot hit the iron armor and were easily bounced off.

The warriors who were able to come to the Western Regions were all physically strong warriors, and even those light horsemen were the elite selected from the surrendered and naturalized Hu people.

The Hu people of the Ili Valley were no match for them at all. Three thousand cavalry swept through like a storm. Five hundred elite horsemen inserted from the somewhat confused left flank of the Ili Hu people, followed by two thousand and a half light horsemen.

The big cadres and elite cavalry shot crossbow arrows one after another, and dozens of people on the left flank of the enemy army immediately fell off their horses. Five hundred horsemen put away their bows and crossbows, took up their horses, and rushed forward.

With saddle stirrups in place, everyone can control the horse with both legs, and with the light cavalry and arrow cover of the surrounding Hu people, the left flank defense line is easily torn apart.

The 3,000 cavalry sliced through the enemy's formation like sharp blades, then made an arc and rushed out from behind the left flank. Then the army rested a little and cut in again from the other direction.

If you look at it from the sky, you will find that the three thousand elite horsemen are like a scalpel, cutting down the Hu army layer by layer.

Every time you cut, you can cut off a piece of meat from the enemy, although there are many enemy troops, but they are slow to order, and every time they want to close the encirclement, they are broken through by the Daqian army.

After a few times, the enemy had suffered thousands of casualties, and more importantly, the enemy formation had been completely pulled apart.

Seeing this situation, Zheng Guoyanling's lieutenant Guo Qi shouted: "Brothers, make meritorious contributions, immediately become a marquis, just today, rush with me!" ”

Five hundred elite cavalry formed a conical formation, and two thousand five Hu cavalry guarded the wings, and the army rushed towards the enemy's central army.

Seeing the front army suddenly attacking the Chinese army, the face of the Ili Hu generals changed greatly, and he immediately shouted: "Quick, close the left and right, and stop them!" ”

Several times before, the cadres rushed into battle, these miscellaneous beards couldn't stop it, this time the military formation has been torn apart, and it can't be stopped, the three thousand troops directly tore apart the military formation, and the crossbow arrows shot out, and the Hu people in front of them fell down in response.

Before the enemy troops behind could react, the big Qianjing cavalry had already rushed forward. The horizontal sword and horse lance passed through, how could those Hu people who didn't even have iron armor stop it?

The Chinese army of the Ili Hu people was seized by Guo Qi and directly chiseled through, and even the banner of the Chinese army was cut off, and the main general was even killed by Guo Qi with a horse lance.

The Chinese army was defeated, and this Ili Hu army could no longer hold on, and everyone desperately wanted to escape.

"Soldiers, this is the fertile land given to us by King Hao Tianwen, how can we allow others to occupy it? Kill me! ”

Guo Qi rode on top of the war horse, and on the horse lance raised high, there was a blood-stained head, and the blood dripped on his armor, reflecting the sunset, like a gold-armored god general.

"Fight! War! War! ”

The enemy army was defeated, and Guo Qi led the army to follow closely behind, constantly driving and strangling the enemy army. Thousands of Hu people were chased by crying fathers and calling mothers, only hating their parents for giving birth to two legs.

The great cadres and elite horsemen are all one person and three horses, and even the naturalized Hu people are also one person and two horses, and those Ili Zahu are not opponents at all.

Next, Guo Qi began to attack in the Ili East River Valley, and the Ili Hu people who lived here were no match for him at all. One tooth tent after another was breached.

In this area of the Ili River Valley, there are more than a dozen tribes, large and small, with the large tribe numbering 50,000 or 60,000 people, and the small tribe numbering 8,000 or 9,000 people. Guo Qi led his army to defeat all these tribes in a month, and King Zheng's army also marched quickly, sending people to control the Hu people who surrendered.

And Zheng Wang Xiang also led a large army to the Ili River Valley, although the Ili River Valley is said to be a river valley, but the area is vast, the climate is humid and mild, and it is extremely suitable for farming and grazing.

Guo Qi led the army to defeat more than a dozen miscellaneous beards here, and then disorganized all these people. Wang Xiang used these more than 200,000 Hu people to start building a city in the Ili River Valley.

With a great master craftsman as a supervisor and so many Hu captives, Wang Xiang chose an area with an important strategic location and abundant water and grass in the Ili River Valley to build a city.

A total of nine cities were built in these cities from east to west, and with these nine cities, the logistics on the way from Tingzhou to Broken Leaf City were guaranteed.

It's just that because of the short time, these nine cities are all small cities, and the walls are only one zhang high, and the construction is very rough. However, it was barely enough to defend against the Hu people, and it was left to Wang Ze and Wang Yu for construction in the future.

Those Hu people who surrendered were also scattered around the nine cities, and Wang Xiang and others had been in the Western Regions for a long time, and they were already very skilled in collecting and surrendering the Hu people.

First of all, the tribe was dispersed, and then they were converted to King Hao Tianwen, and the women whose husbands had died were married to the soldiers of the Great Qian, and some of the remaining were selected and promoted to administrators, so that they could assist in the management, and these Hu people were encouraged to learn the elegant dialects of the Great Qian, and change their customs.

Reward those who are willing to submit, allocate their land and pastures, and let those who are unwilling to be suppressed.

After Daqian took control of this place, the tax on the herdsmen was much less than before, you must know that in the former Hu tribe, ordinary herdsmen had almost no property, and they were all slaves of the tribal leaders and nobles.

After being conquered by Daqian, these Hu people not only got rid of their slave status, but also owned their own property, and within a few years, these people became what Wang Xiang wanted.

In the countries of the Western Regions, the Qianren were the first class, followed by the mixed blood of the Qianren and the Hu people, then the naturalized Hu people who spoke Qianyin and practiced Qianyin, and then the Hu people who surrendered, and the Hu slaves.

Therefore, the Hu people here all want to marry the Qianren.

If the naturalized Hu people can speak fluently in Qianyin, practice dry customs, believe in King Hao Tianwen, join the army, fight bravely, and make great contributions, their status will be elevated to the level of Qianren.

In order to distinguish their identities, the Protectorate of the Western Regions and King Zheng specially presented them with the Son of Heaven and rewarded them with silver belts and silver fish bags as honors.

In the Western Regions, different statuses, taxes, rights, etc. are completely different.

Just like the dry people, the agricultural tax is 10%, and the tax of those Hu people is as high as 70%. Of course, the commercial tax is calculated separately.

After all, it is located in the Western Regions, and the commercial tax is the top priority, and the commercial tax is usually 20%, and it is only collected once. In the past, the commercial tax in the Western Regions was very chaotic, and it was difficult for merchants to do business, and there were some places where half of the tax was collected, and it was collected many times.

After Wang Xiang unified taxation, commerce and trade in the Western Regions became more and more prosperous.

If it is said that the people in the Western Regions who have the greatest sense of belonging to the great cadres, in addition to the cadres, are those naturalized cadres who wear silver ribbons.

The arrival of the Great Cadres broke the original chaotic slavery system in the Western Regions, brought a more perfect system to the Western Regions, and promoted the progress of civilization, which can be called the messenger of civilization.

(End of chapter)