"Welcome to the Envoy, please come into the city and rest!" Ma Tan passed through a small country again, and the king of that country came out to greet him without saying a word, with hundreds of civil and military officials.

After seeing Ma Tan, he immediately respected and almost humbled, and said good things to Ma Tan.

There is no way, a small country like them with a population of only one or two hundred thousand, when five thousand cavalry appear at the doorstep, it is basically not bad that they are not scared.

This part of the Western Regions belongs to the Bronze Matching Zone, and it can't accept this kind of battle from Ma Yan.

The Han army once entered the city smoothly, and the king of the small country took out his family resources to treat the Han army who came to envoy well. However, to the king's surprise, the Han army stopped making a move after they expressed their goodwill, and did not commit any offense against the people.

This made the king breathe a sigh of relief, if the Han army entered the city and plundered, I am afraid that the whole country would have to finish the game. Fortunately, although the Han mission is fully armed, it doesn't seem to be so murderous.

After entering the palace, Ma Tan went straight to the point and put forward to the king the Han's request for the Western Regions.

"The thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, those who are willing to accept the rule of the Han Dynasty all need to leave the prince to enter Dunhuang as a hostage. And it won't be long before the Han Dynasty will restart the western trade routes, and all countries on the trade routes will be responsible for road security......"

Ma Jian directly told Chen Yi all his thoughts on the construction of the Western Regions Protectorate, and then looked at this king.

"What do you mean......"

"Great goodness! This is a great act of goodness! The king was very happy, and praised the benevolence and righteousness of the emperor of the Han Dynasty.

"This is a strategy to help the revival of the Western Regions, and we and other countries in the Western Regions are all Hanchen, so what is there to say. No matter what the Son of Heaven asks, we are willing to obey it! ”

"Well, that's good." Ma Jian was very satisfied with this, and so far Ma Jian had passed through seven countries to meet with his monarch on important matters. So far, everything has gone very well, and all the countries in the Western Regions have taken the initiative to compete for the Great Han.

According to this progress, there is a high probability that Ma Jian will return to China after a trip to the Western Regions.

However, when Ma Tan's army marched to the country of Qiuzi, there was nothing but a small accident.

The king of the Kingdom of Qiuzi directly blocked the border, and guarded the terrain according to the terrain, refusing to open the border to Ma Yan. Not only that, but he also released a message to go east to contact Great Wei and jointly kill you greedy Han people.

"So that's what the king of the Turtle Kingdom said?" Ma Tan looked at the messenger, narrowed his eyes to hide the excitement in his eyes, and asked calmly.

"That's right." The envoy nodded, and reported to Ma Tan in his original form.

I have to say that Qiuci Kingdom, as one of the few countries with a large population and military strength in the Western Regions, does have a certain amount of confidence. However, in Ma Yan's opinion, this confidence seems to be like that.

"In that case, let us go to their capital and meet the king, and see what confidence he has to say so." Ma Jian waved his hand and ordered the five thousand cavalry under his command.

"The whole army is ready on the spot, and in an hour the whole army will attack the country of Qiuzi!"

Under Ma Tan's order, the five thousand Han cavalry quickly became excited. After preparing on the spot for an hour, 5,000 Han cavalry roared out and rushed straight to the country of Qiuzi like hungry wolves.

On the way, he encountered the coalition army of Qiuci and its allies, with nearly 10,000 troops, and met the Han army with great momentum. However, Ma Jian didn't even glance at them, and led the Han cavalry directly through.

Basically, without making any moves, the Han cavalry broke through its troops and quickly rushed through. The coalition forces of these small countries in the Western Regions collapsed in an instant, and they scattered and fled.

The battle was fought in the morning, and in the afternoon Ma Tan had already reached the capital of the Qiuzi Kingdom.

Seeing that the combat effectiveness of the Han army did not conform to the matching mechanism of the Western Regions Region at all, the king of Qiuzi Kingdom suddenly became empty. Hurriedly closed the city gate and did not dare to fight, while sending people to ask for help, while holding the head of the city.

"Listen to the Qiuzi people in the city, your rebellion against the Han Dynasty has been tolerated by the Son of Heaven. Open the door and surrender now, or everyone will die after the city is broken! Ma Tan rode under the city, and shouted slowly to persuade him to surrender.

Ma Tan pulled out the banner of the Great Han, and 5,000 iron horsemen showed off their might under the city, which had a strong deterrent effect. At the head of the city, the soldiers of the Guizi country all showed a frightened look on their faces, for fear that the Han would break the city and slaughter their families.

Seeing this, the king of Qiuzi Kingdom hurriedly walked up to the city wall to stabilize the morale of the army, and personally stood up to provoke Ma Yan.

"If you have the ability, come up! I have been building a country longer than you, and we are not afraid of you at all! ”

"Come up!"

Seeing King Qiuzi so arrogant, Ma Jian was a little surprised.

I didn't expect that although the country of Qiuzi is small, there are people who are more arrogant than me!

This son must not be kept!

"Siege!" Ma Jian suddenly ordered, ordering five thousand cavalry to attack the city.

The walls of this small country in the Western Regions are not high, and the territory is not large, and the combat effectiveness is very poor. Ma Jian didn't think that his 5,000 cavalry attacking the city would still be able to block your little Guizi Kingdom.

The 5,000 cavalry used wooden ladders and flying ladders as siege equipment, and launched the siege in three parts. When attacking the city in the front, the cavalry in the rear suppressed the defenders of the Qiuzi Kingdom with bows and arrows, and attacked the city together with the front.

In the face of the onslaught of the Han army, the defenders of the Qiuzi Kingdom resisted with a weak heart. If it weren't for the king's side to supervise the battle, I'm afraid they would have fled.

But even so, the Han army did not attack the city quickly. Half an hour after the siege of the city, when Ma Jian found that he had not yet taken the city, he immediately became impatient.

"Get out of the way! I'm on it myself! Ma Tan pushed away the guards, personally drew his sword and dismounted, and participated in the siege.

"I have to go down in person, it's really a bit whimsical to expect this group of cavalry to attack the city quickly!"

Ma Tan muttered as he pushed away the Han soldiers in front of him and rushed all the way to the city. Then Ma Tan climbed the wooden ladder himself against the arrows and rolling stones of the Qiuzi country, and climbed the city first.

At this time, if an arrow falls, or a rolling stone comes, Ma Jian can go home directly with insurance. But it was clear that before Ma Tan reached retirement age, he wanted to die.

Ma Tan himself ascended first, and led his guards to attack the city.

Seeing that the leader of the Han army personally went down and compared with them with the knife, the morale of the Qiuzi defenders completely collapsed. With the king supervising the battle, the Qiuzi defenders were defeated and defeated by the Han army at the head of their own city.

And the king of Qiuzi was not very lucky, and died in the chaos.

As soon as the king died, the whole city gave up resistance, and stood in the Western Regions for a hundred years, but was broken by the Han army in two days.

However, after Ma Tan broke through the city, he did not make any moves to slaughter the city in the end. He only made the crown prince of Qiuzi a king, but he had to go to Dunhuang and rule the kingdom under the supervision of the Han army.

This is also known as the monarchy offline system.

The kingdom of Qiuci was destroyed, and Ma Tan quickly marched north to attack several small states that had joined forces with Qiuci to resist.

In just half a month, the Han army wiped out four countries in the Western Regions, alarming the entire Western Regions!

(End of chapter)