Shen You followed Jiang Gan to the west, and was originally looking for a place to use his skills and display his talents.

Now Cheng Gongying, the Protector of the Western Regions, went out to welcome for more than ten miles in person, and took the initiative to invite him to the curtain. He was attentive and sincere.

If he refuses to agree, he will hurt Cheng Gongying's face and the matter will be difficult to deal with.

I am a newcomer and not familiar with the customs of the Western Regions, and the probability of making mistakes is too high. If Cheng Gongying hadn't just reminded him, he responded out of politeness and was robbed in the middle of the night, wouldn't it be troublesome?

Shen You and Jiang Gan exchanged a look, and then agreed readily.

Cheng Gongying was very satisfied and invited them to the city to hold a banquet.

As long as the officials of the Protectorate's Office could get out, they rushed to the banquet to welcome Jiang Gan and Shen You.

When he learned that Shen You accepted Cheng Gongying's invitation, he would be an official. Some people were happy, some were unhappy, and even some were worried.

Among them are Cheng Gongying's chief historian and Jiuquan native Huang Jun.

Huang Jun was also a long-time official. During the Zhongping period, he became the prefect of Wuwei. Because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he lost his official position and was conquered. He wasted time on the road and almost died. Later, he was dismissed from his official position and returned home and was unemployed.

Cheng Gongying was converted into the Western Regions Protectorate, and came to the door in person, asking Huang Jun to be the chief minister, and promised to recommend him to be an official in the future.

The 2,000-stone official position is of great significance to the family. Huang Jun promised Cheng Gongying's tribute to travel thousands of miles to come to the Western Regions for this reason.

To be fair, Huang Jun is still grateful to Cheng Gongying, and he is also diligent in his work. Cheng Gongying can quickly gain a foothold in the Western Regions, and he is a meritorious person.

But after all, he is old and has limited energy and knowledge, so it is difficult to go further.

Now that Cheng Gongying hired Shen You to the scene, it means that Cheng Gongying was not satisfied with him. The possibility of his attempt to be awarded an official position is greatly reduced, and all the hard work before was in vain.

Shen You was proud and only focused on talking with Cheng Gongying and Han Hu officials, showing his eloquence, and did not notice Huang Jun's expression at all.

But Jiang Gan noticed it.

After a little inquiry, Jiang Gan found out about Huang Jun's situation.

Huang is a big family in Jiuquan. He had heard Huang Jun's name on the way here. He knew that although Huang Jun was not as talented as Jia Xu, Han Sui and others, he was also considered a hero. During the process of diving the fields in Liangzhou, he

It can also be considered to support the new court policy.

According to the Emperor, this is a person who can unite.

After the banquet, Jiang Gan suggested to Cheng Gongying that Shen You had just arrived and was not familiar with the situation, so it was not advisable to be promoted to Chief Secretary immediately. It would be better to let him do a military plan first, follow the archer, give advice, accumulate some credit, and then talk about it.

At the same time, Jiang Gan asked about Huang Jun's children again.

Cheng Gongying is also a smart person and immediately understood what Jiang Gan meant.

Soon, he declared Huang Jun the chief of the residence. During his command of the Western Expedition, Huang Jun was fully responsible for the affairs of the residence. In order to reduce Huang Jun's work pressure, he selected one of the generals from the Western Regions, as the left.

Sima assisted Huang Jun in handling exchanges with various countries.

Then, he promoted Huang Jun's son Huang Hua to the military plan and was in the same order as Shen You.

After this adjustment, Huang Jun's worries disappeared and he was energetic and devoted himself to preparation.

Half a month later, Cheng Gongying led his troops to fight.

As an envoy, Jiang Gan took the lead under the protection of a team of cavalry.

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The cavalry general was a Jiuquan man named Yang Feng and his courtesy name was Boyang. He was a tough, vigilant, shrewd and capable person.

Along the way, he not only arranged a series of affairs properly, but occasionally refused to rest when he was free, and often asked Jiang Gan to tell him stories. He was especially interested in the story of the emperor and never got tired of listening to it.

Jiang Gan was very curious. Later, he found an opportunity to ask and found out that Yang Feng had met the emperor before.

But at that time, his name was Yang Aruo.

He wanted to join the imperial guards at that time, but his strength was not enough. Later, the emperor issued an edict and ordered the warriors of Liangzhou to go out to pursue the Xianbei people. He summoned hundreds of rangers to go out to chase and kill the Xianbei people defeated by the emperor, beheaded more than a thousand, and set up aside.

Credit.

Later, he joined the Western Regions Protectorate and is now a captain.

Because he is good at martial arts and has experience in the grassland, he often serves as a scout and takes on reconnaissance tasks.

His dream is to take the martial arts lecture exam, learn military tactics, and become a real general.

One evening, when camping, Jiang Gan asked Yang Feng: "You have such good martial arts skills and rich practical experience. Hu Yu also said so well. You still have to take the martial arts lecture hall to get promoted?"

Yang Feng touched his messy beard and laughed: "If I just killed someone and accumulated merit, I really don't need to take the martial arts lecture hall. But if I want to educate those barbarians into Han people, my knowledge will not be enough. I will cut off on the battlefield.

It is only a skill that can cut down a few people and persuade them to surrender. There are thousands of people in a tribe that are not big or small. Look at Xun Changshi, although he is just one person, he can command tens of thousands of Xianbei people to fight."

Yang Feng took a sip of water. "Of course, he was taught by the emperor himself, so I don't have the blessing. I will be satisfied if I can get into the martial arts lecture hall."

"What does this have to do with the emperor?" Jiang Gan picked up the kettle and added some water to Yang Feng.

Yang Feng looked at Jiang Gan. "Have you heard that the emperor conquered the Qiang people?"

Jiang Gan was stunned for a moment and said uncertainly: "You mean... the story of the Qiang man being a descendant of Emperor Yan?"

When he passed by Liangzhou, he heard the locals passing such a story with a proud look on their faces. He also knew that this story had played a certain role in the naturalization of the Qiang people, but he did not expect that this story would be related to the emperor.

"Of course, the story was originally said by the emperor." Yang Feng thought for a while and said, "I heard from my sister that it was like this. She was a knight in the female camp, and she said that in the female camp, and she also said that Jiang was Qiang.

The female, who is surnamed Jiang, is a descendant of Emperor Yan, like the Qiang people."

Jiang Gan didn't say anything for a long time.

Although he didn't think that just one story could win the hearts of the Qiang people, the story actually came from the mouth of the emperor, which was indeed beyond his surprise.

"Jun Jiang, what do you think if you encounter those red-haired ghosts, what should we say to make them believe that they are descendants of Yan and Huang like the Qiang people?"

Jiang Gan scratched his head and thought this question was a bit difficult. No matter what, the Qiang people looked like the Han people, and the red-haired ghost... were completely different.

"I have to think about it." Jiang Gan said sincerely: "To be honest, I haven't considered this issue before, I just want to kill them."

Yang Feng grinned. "We thought so too, after all, killing people is the easiest. If you cut it, your body and head are different, and it is simple and enjoyable. But later, the prisoners said that there were many tribes behind them, some

There are tens of thousands of people in the tribe, and it would be a pity to kill them all. Especially the women of the red-haired ghosts, they fight more fiercely than men. If they can trick them into being concubines, they will ride horses together during the day and sleep together at night."

Jiang Gan couldn't help laughing loudly, it turned out that Yang Feng was making this idea.

Yang Feng said that he was a little embarrassed, but he didn't hide it. "Now that women are running into their mouths, it's getting harder and harder for us to marry a wife, so we can only make the decisions of these barbarians."
Chapter completed!