The first month of the second year of Shiyuan.

Since the crackdown incident, Yaoyao can now be regarded as fearful of everyone.

Fortunately, Yaoyao does not often appear in front of everyone.

If it weren't for the scene where Yuan Zheng Dachao had to come forward, you wouldn't have seen Yaoyao.

But even with such a short meeting, the ministers could not help but worry, if they became that unlucky person.

Yaoyao is also very playful, it is obvious that it has been two months since the milling incident.

However, she still limped while walking.

When the ministers saw her limping, they naturally felt cold on their backs.

All I can say is that those monks are not wronged at all.

I am afraid that this will be a root cause in the future. This is a very good person, no matter how much he says he is lame, if it were theirs... His Majesty seems to be kind enough now.

As the saying goes, put your heart in your heart.

If the person you love the most is made like this, no one wants to lift the knife immediately.

There is a desire to kill people.

But will this be another opportunity?

If the queen is lame, she may no longer be completely favored by His Majesty as before. So can she arrange some of her own people to sneak into His Majesty's harem?

After Yuan Zheng, someone tried to write some articles around this.

For example, during a banquet, we talk about beauties from the Western Regions.

Then observe Your Majesty's reaction.

As a result, His Majesty just lowered his head and drank, but it was impossible to see what he was thinking.

All I can say is...

These things cannot be said to be done in one step at a time, and there must be a process.

And in this process, as long as His Majesty becomes so tired of the Queen.

Then, it will be the time for them to take advantage of the situation.

With the previous year, Tubo, Goguryeo and Baekje destroyed, and a new year came, the new goal this year was obviously to stabilize the Western Regions.

The Western Regions are the midpoint of the onshore Silk Road and an important node connecting the world trade between the East and the West.

At this time, most of the entire Western Regions were controlled by the Western Turks.

The only thing Beichen controls is Gaochang.

Even Gaochang is strictly speaking, strictly speaking, the first stop of the 36 countries in the Western Regions.

Of course, during the peace period, the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions regarded Beichen as the sect leader.

only……

After all, Beichen's power is far from being able to fully control the entire Western Regions.

After the Yuanzheng Dynasty ceremony ended this year, Li Chengqian also met with the kings and envoys of the fifty-five countries.

The kings and envoys of these fifty-five countries reiterated that they recognized Li Chengqian as the Khan of Heaven.

and……

After Beichen had pacified the north, northeast, and southwest, now, we should have the ability to pacify the Western Regions.

They have suffered from Western Turks for too long.

The Turks did not understand what a long flow of water meant, and they only knew how to charge and tax bribe.

However, Beichen is different.

At least, Beichen will not take away their interests. Not only will it not take away their interests, but it will also protect them from doing business better.

Of course, Li Chengqian was also well aware of the dangers of the Western Turks, but now Yaoyao is pretending to be sick and sending her to the expedition is a bit inappropriate.

If she was not sent to the expedition, the Western Regions would be high and far.

However, since there is nothing major in the country now, and the army is full of food and supplies, this battle will be fought sooner or later.

So he quickly decided to send 100,000 troops from Guanzhong, intending to use the number to crush the Western Regions.

In addition, Xia Qing and the female soldiers also went to the expedition with the army.

Considering that the road was long, Yaoyao also asked Xia Qing to transport it directly by helicopter.

As for what to do if you don't recognize the way...

Instead, the post horses at the post station can be guided according to the relay method.

Just tell the postmaster of the post station in advance.

Or...

In fact, it’s okay for the female soldier to get the map by himself.

The reason why Mobei wants to make a road sign is because there are few references, but it is easy to find past business trips and envoys from various countries on the routes in the Western Regions.

In this way, you can fly along the road, so you will never get lost.

Next, Xia Qing directly chose the second method.

Because she thought Yima was still too slow.

Since Xia Qing was so persistent, the two of them had to let the yamen responsible for the map give her a really rough map.

Although not as subtle as the satellite maps of later generations, the general routes, outlines, mountains and rivers are still clearly marked on paper.

certainly!

Don't worry, because if Xia Qing really went there alone and went there, the people there might not know Xia Qing.

So, next, Li Chengqian returned a letter to the Anxi Protectorate, so that they could learn that Xia Qing would be there next.

From Dongdu to Gaochang, this letter will take at least ten days to arrive.

therefore……

Xia Qing sets out later, it’s OK.

But if the army is going to set out now.

It took at least two months for the army to go from Chendu to Gaochang.

Depart in early February.

Arrived in mid-April.

And before the army arrived, Xia Qing had arrived.

After a brief rest, the first city the army was going to attack was Wulei City in Kucha.

To be honest, it's not difficult.

Just aim at the officer guarding the city on the other side's city tower and just fire a mortar.

Because the 100,000 troops have not cooperated with Xia Qing now.

Therefore, I don’t know the power of Xia Qing. Before the war, some people were still discussing that they had to make some siege equipment.

But in fact, there is no need to be such a trouble.

because……

Under the action of a mortar, either the opponent's master will be directly bombed to death, or the city tower will be directly leveled by them, while the remaining people on the other side will obediently open the city gate and come out to surrender.

Because the Western Regions have long been assimilated, and the culture is more similar to the Central Plains culture.

therefore……

If you ask Yaoyao to massacre all the people here, you will definitely be reluctant to let it go. Therefore, this time, the battle to persuade surrender and behead him.

Wherever Beichen soldiers went, the small city surrendered directly, and the big city would resist a little, but it would not help.

It took only less than five days to capture all the cities in Kucha.

At this time, the Western Turks, who learned that their vassal state had been conquered, also gathered here with all the troops of Broken Moon, Gong Yue, Shule and Yutian.

All I can say is...

It was absolutely unexpected that Beichen soldiers could siege cities and land so quickly.

Although this aspect is indeed because they are almost unprepared in the city, and there are only one or two thousand soldiers guarding the city, even if there are only one or two thousand soldiers guarding the city, it doesn’t mean that they can be defeated just by killing it.

Not to mention, generally, outside the big city, there will be their dental tents.

They called the tent set up in the wild a large fang, mainly Turkic soldiers, and the inside of the city a small fang. Originally, it was because the Western Turks did not believe in the residents of the original countries in the city and the defenders, but they did not expect that, instead, this became the promoter of Beichen's easy attack into the city.

When the 150,000 troops of Shattered Moon, Gongyue, Shule and Khotan began to slowly assemble, however, Kucha, as the pioneer, was already the first to perish.
Chapter completed!