Chapter 613 Reopening the Western Regions Chief History Mansion

At the end of last year, after clearing out all the hidden dangers near Yumen Pass, 10,000 elite soldiers were dispatched, divided into two groups and started to advance westward. The reason why so few people were sent was that the supply line was too long, and sending too many people could not bear the logistical supplies. In addition, although there are dozens of countries in the Western Regions, their national strength is very small. For example, in the famous Loulan Kingdom, there are only more than 10,000 people in the whole country, and there are only more than 2,000 soldiers. It can be regarded as one of the powerful countries of the 36 countries in the Western Regions. It is really unnecessary to send too many troops.

If it wasn't for chasing down the remnants of the retreating Southern Huns, they wouldn't even need to send tens of thousands of elite soldiers. They only needed to send three or four thousand elite soldiers to easily re-establish the Western Regions Commander's Mansion to control the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.

The Eastern Han Dynasty has been operating there for nearly a hundred years, and the prestige is still there. Tens of thousands of troops marched westward in two ways, along the foot of the Tianshan Mountain and the Qilian Mountain Mountains. Knowing that the Han army came again, they also took the initiative to open the city and offer tribute, expressing their willingness to become a vassal state. In recent years, the Central Plains has been in chaos, and the Western Regions' Chief History Office exists in name only, which has caused war frictions in those dozens of small countries from time to time. Without a leading brother to mediate, the life of the little king is really difficult.

Of course, there were also a very small number of one or two small countries who resisted symbolically, but after three or five explosive arrows blasted the wall of the mound, the city was broken in one charge. Of course, the city is actually like a small village. It seems that there is no resistance at all to the Chinese army, which is good at attacking tough battles.

The two armies pushed forward all the way, and successfully joined forces in Shule Kingdom in more than four months. This is the farthest place that the former Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions could completely control. After going out for more than half a year, with a lot of harvest and many tributes, the class teacher returned to the dynasty.

When I left Yumen Pass last year, there were only 10,000 people, but when I came back, there were nearly double the number. Of course, the extra people included some envoys sent by various countries, and some captives. Of course, most of them were businessmen. It is said that the eastern empire reopened its trade routes, so it followed them to buy things and prepare to sell them to the far west.

A few years ago, the Central Plains was in turmoil, but the supply of the very popular silk was gone. Now that the trade routes have been restarted, those who are good at doing business have long been unable to bear the desire to make a fortune. Among the many kingdoms of Rome in the far west, silk is equivalent to gold, as long as you get a batch of it, it is inevitable to make a fortune...

"I never imagined that the country in the Western Regions is so small. When I went out last year, I was really worried that only a few thousand people would go there and never return." A soldier sitting in the carriage said with emotion.

"Holy Master's understanding of the world is a thousand times better than our little soldiers. How could he let us die in vain?" An old soldier next to him said very calmly. perturbed.

"That's right, brother, how many levels of military merit can we go back this time?"

"Well, although I haven't fought much, but I have been away for more than nine months, and the wind and sun can be regarded as hard work. Maybe I will add a third level of military merit!"

"... If you have the third level of military merit, then the little brother will be promoted to the fifth level in one fell swoop. The subsidy is quite considerable!"

"I heard that the imperial court is living a better life recently, so the Holy Master has increased the military subsidy by 10%!"

"No, brother, who did you listen to?"

"You didn't know what you saw on the notice at Yumen Pass a few days ago?"

"Little brother really doesn't know, thank you brother for telling me, but when did you learn to read, brother?"

"After studying for more than half a year, I can now recognize more than 500 big characters... In fact, you should also take time to learn more. Those who can read will have a better future." The veteran patted the young soldier on the shoulder and said.

"Younger brother can't do it. My head gets dizzy when I see words. I hope my newborn child can read and write in the future... I don't know what happened to my wife and children at home."

"Don't worry, your little daughter-in-law is a traditional Han girl, so she probably won't steal a man."

"...Don't be kidding. Of course, my daughter-in-law won't steal a man. I'm just worried about her life. With the subsidy of the two-level military service before, the life of the mother and son will be too tight."

"Do you think the imperial court will treat our family members badly?"

"That's not... By the way, my brother is in his twenties, why doesn't he marry a wife?"

"Last year, I was going to marry a wife, but I found out after a closer look, that girl is a female soldier of the Phoenix Legion, and her military skill level is higher than that of my brother, so it is really embarrassing to find her!"

"Then you will be in big trouble. The Phoenix Legion marched south and south. I heard that they have made great military achievements!"

"That's why I worked hard to learn to recognize a few more words, trying to impress that girl!"

"Why bother to suffer, just find a peasant girl to marry!"

The two chatted without saying a word, and the long convoy drove towards Luoyang quickly. After passing Chang'an, the gravel road turned into a cement road, and the convoy was a little faster.

The camel team of those lake merchants was thrown far away. In fact, they were surprised when they saw a completely different road. A masterpiece, I habitually knelt on the ground and worshiped, thanking the gods for giving such a magical continent, and then continued on the road after the worship.

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It was a very exciting event for the army to return from a great expedition and reopen the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions, so Li Yunfei went to the city gate to greet him as usual, and the scene was still very big.

Lao Qi, as the coach of this expedition, was also invited to be the emperor's car for pretending to be used together. This has gradually formed a rule. In the future, anyone who returns from an expedition can enjoy this treatment, more than expressing condolences and condolences .

It's just that two big men were sitting in the same car and driving towards Luoyang City. Although they both acted naturally and waved to the people around them frequently, they always felt a little awkward.

"It's really strange that your Majesty is riding with you in the car." Lao Qi said something, he was quite familiar with Li Yunfei's character, and of course he would blame him if he said it casually.

"Actually, I also think it's strange. Riding in a car with a man is far less comfortable than riding with a beautiful woman."

"Your Majesty is quite right, but speaking of beauties, there are indeed beauties presented this time. Shache, Khotan, Loulan, Wusun and other countries in the Western Regions all presented one or two beauties. I hope His Majesty can accept them!"

"...What are you laughing at, those women in the palace are too busy for me now."

"Your Majesty doesn't like it, it's fine, treat it like an ordinary court lady, but please leave those beauties in the palace, keep those beauties, so that the lords can feel at ease."

"It seems that what you said has some truth, but it's not enough to treat it as a palace lady, maybe those women are used as contact messengers... By the way, Wang Yue took more than 2,000 people to dig treasures everywhere in the Western Regions, did Kecheng find anything? "Li Yunfei changed the topic, and now avoids beautiful women as much as he can, and it is always good to have less love debts.

"Yes, when the last general came back this time, he met the group of people led by Wang Yue, and by the way, he helped him bring back a lot of harvest."

"What do you gain?"

"One cart of gold, three carts of silver, and two carts of precious stones and jade."

"How much is a cart of gold?"

"Hundreds of thousands of small gold coins should weigh about five thousand catties!"

"...How come there are so many?" It was really surprising how the Western Regions could have such a huge amount of wealth, but recasting so much gold could ease the demand for gold coins.