Along the way, the Gobi Desert is full of sand and rocks, covered with ice and snow, and the cold wind is biting. The route is sparsely populated and water is scarce.

In addition, they escaped in a hurry, and the preparation was not sufficient, so they could only eat and sleep in the open air, and when the dry food was exhausted, they found a way to hunt by themselves.

Many of his entourage died on the way because of hunger and thirst, and some died in yellow sand and ice caves.

However, he didn't expect that by the time he found the Da Yue clan, their way of life had already changed, and they had no intention of becoming enemies of the Xiongnu.

He stayed in the Dayue clan for more than a year, but he never persuaded the Dayue clan to form an alliance with the Han Dynasty, so he could only leave for China.

It's just that I didn't expect to be detained by the Huns again on the way back to China.

If it weren't for the civil strife among the Xiongnu, he would not have had a chance to return to the Han Dynasty again.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Liu Che, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing listened to Zhang Qian's story, and they all understood the difficulties of Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions.

This mission, although it did not achieve its original purpose.

However, Zhang Qianqian's understanding of the geography, products, customs, and habits of the Western Regions is a very important material for the attack on the Xiongnu.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was very satisfied with Zhang Qian, and specially named him a doctor in Taizhong, and let him go to the Western Regions with Wei Qing.

He believed that with Zhang Qian's help, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing would attack the Xiongnu more smoothly.

Tang dynasty.

Cheng Yanjin, Hou Junji and other generals were very disdainful when they saw that there were people on the canopy who didn't want their own territory.

In their opinion, this must be done by those shameless civil officials.

For military generals, it is a supreme honor to open up the territory.

It's just that when Cheng Yanjin saw the route map of Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang.

He was drinking, and he dropped the bowl directly.

At this time, Cheng Biting Jin really wanted to scold his mother, because the place on the canopy that he didn't want was what he grabbed with a knife and a gun, and he felt that these descendants of the Qing Dynasty were really not distressed by the cubs selling their fields.

I think that back then, when he attacked, he suffered a lot of sins, so he snatched this territory from the Turks, but now this person just says don't want it.

Hou Junji frowned when he saw the information from the sky.

The frontier was a sensitive area in every dynasty, and it was also an area that national interests needed to be guarded.

However, he really hadn't seen this kind of saying no to the canopy.

Although he is very disgusted with this, after all, it is not his own Datang, and he can't control it.

When he saw the route map of Zuo Zongtang's recovery of Xinjiang, he was not so calm, because Zuo Zongtang's recovery location happened to be the Anxi Protectorate he set up back then.

Annoyed, Hou Junji directly pulled out the knife on the table and split the table in half with one sword.

That's the Anxi Protectorate that he worked so hard to build, why did the descendants say don't want it, have you asked them? Asked about his knife?

Ming dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the route map of Tianmu City's recovery of Xinjiang, and he was extremely silent.

This place is not his, but the remnants of the Northern Yuan forces.

He didn't know if it was barren land, but even if it was, he wanted it.

In his opinion, if the Tang Dynasty was really recovered and the Anxi Protectorate was established, it would be regarded as the recovery of the old rivers and mountains of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

And he can also divide his son there, and the Ming Dynasty will be ruined by them in the future.

And in this way, it can also eliminate the remnants of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, so that the north of the Ming Dynasty will no longer be violated.

However, he understands that this matter cannot be urgent, and it cannot be rushed, otherwise his descendant Zhu Qizhen is a good negative teaching material.

And to attack here, the best candidate is his fourth son Zhu Di.

Not only because Tianmu said that he had five expeditions to Mobei, but also because Zhu Yuanzhang knew that his son had the most military talent.

……

Zhu Di looked at the video on the canopy, and carefully looked at the Xinjiang recovery route on the canopy.

Compared with the Western Regions in the Han and Tang dynasties, the Western Regions at this time were not as important as before.

At that time, the Western Regions was an important trade route with Western countries, which could bring benefits to the whole country, but now the Western Regions are not so important.

Compared with the difficult trading with the West on land, Zheng He now goes to the West, which is more efficient and can be traded.

But even so, Zhu Di also set up Hamiwei in the Western Regions.

Now he was very annoyed when he saw that the Qing Dynasty on the canopy had to throw away such a large area.

The first annoyance was that his Ming dynasty was taken away by Jiannu, which made the power of the Han people fall again, and the life of the Han people was in dire straits again.

The second annoyance is that the entire Qing Dynasty has never regarded the people under his rule as people, nor has it treated the people of 1.66 million square kilometers as people.

He didn't understand, how did he survive such a dynasty?

Why is corruption like this, and has it not been overthrown?

……

Qing Dynasty.

The three emperors of Kangxi, Yongzheng and Qianlong, almost died of anger when they saw the words on the canopy.

The whole of Xinjiang was 'conquered' after 70 years of planning.

I didn't expect to be looked back on, and I didn't want to say no, which was completely treating all their efforts as a joke.

What else they can't figure out is who is the woman named Cixi? It is even possible to participate in such a military event.

And when some people are unwilling to give up the territory they have opened up, they do not even pay for the military.

Don't give a hammer to military spending?

I'm afraid that no general doesn't have that ability, and he can still win a battle without military spending.

Unexpectedly, this courtier named Zuo Zongtang was very tough.

Without military spending, it will be possible to recover Xinjiang, which has been invaded and occupied by others.

Such a courtier deserves to be a good 'slave' of their Qing Dynasty.

Late Qing Dynasty.

Zuo Zongtang looked at the sky and marched in the barren Gobi Desert,

He was followed by his pro-army, carrying his coffin.

This time to recover Xinjiang, he was determined to die.

He clearly understood the current situation of the Qing Dynasty, faced with foreign pressure, and the recovery of Xinjiang was likely to face various risks.

But he came anyway, determined to die.

Xinjiang is not only a frontier, but also a territory of China since ancient times.

If Xinjiang is really lost, then the entire defense line of the Qing Dynasty can only be like the Great Song Dynasty, and there will be no room for resistance in the face of foreign attacks.

Moreover, the current Qing Dynasty is still facing the invasion of overseas countries, and if they can't dispel their thoughts in time, they are afraid that the Qing Dynasty will die.

So even if he dies this time, he will recover Xinjiang and make the border stable.

As for the recovery route revealed on the canopy, although it is the same as his, it is just not so detailed, even if those with bad intentions see it, it is nothing.

Wars are never fought only with information, but also with strength and determination.

What's more, if the other party really thinks that the above information is true, he changes his strategy, which is the new information difference.

(End of chapter)