"This group of jade-seekers, Zheng Dupu, will practice it for me, Yutian first."

Zheng Ji, who finally became the arch-guard of the Western Regions, smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty also knows that you must be the ones who are desperate. In the past, they were mostly frivolous knights and evil gangsters. How to practice?"

Ren Hong laughed and said, "Take it hard. Zheng Duhu has been in the Western Regions for so many years, and thousands of three auxiliary gentlemen come every year. Haven't you all trained to become a strong army that guards the border?"

Although some people would rather be ruined in the local area, most of the jade workers who had suffered for several years in the Gutian period still chose hope and were willing to follow Ren Hong to the west. They had long had no way out.

But this group of people has ruthlessness and good health, but there is no order at all. It is definitely a cancer and a chaotic soldier who directly pulls it to the battlefield. Ren Hong can only ask Zheng Ji to help him practice for a month and then set off as a back team of the army.

The soldiers of the Western Regions City in the south also followed Ren Hong to Shache one after another, including Shanshan Wang Wei Tuqi. He was still a little scared when he saw Ren Hong's old horse Radish, but his two ribs were broken by Miss Radish's iron hooves.

There is also King Shache Liu Wannian, who already has many children. These two are the main force of the Southern Dao. Liu Wannian is the royal relative of the Han Dynasty, while King Shanshan is the first in the elite Han Dynasty. They each recruited half of the troops in the country. However, these city soldiers were only arranged by Ren Hong to Feng Shi as a baggage force.

However, Liu Wannian did not have the awareness of assisting and asked Ren Hong about his next plan with great enthusiasm.

"General of the Cavalry, will we go to Wusun to meet with our mother?"

Ren Hong had already asked Yaoguang to go to Wusun first. With her here, the combat effectiveness of the Wusun cavalry could be slightly guaranteed. Zhao Han'er, who walked to the Beiting Protectorate, also brought five thousand national cavalry to Chigu City.

The theoretical goal of this battle: the base camp of the Xiongnu Zhizhi is located in the northwest of Wusun, and Du Lai in the south of Kangju.

In the eyes of Liu Wannian, Feng Fengshi, Zheng Ji and others, the army crossed the mountains and went to Wusun to let the army eat the food of Chigu City, and also attacked the nearby Laishui and Kangju.

But Ren Hong was not so arrogant. He chose a long way to go on the map.

"After I arrived at Shule, I went west through the Pamir Valley, and went to Dayuan to attack Zhizhi and Kangju!"

The General of the Cavalry smiled and said, "Send an envoy immediately to the King of Dayuan and borrow the way!"

...

In April, after joining with Xin Qingji's troops who arrived in Shule, 20,000 troops of the Western Expedition began to march westward, getting closer and closer to the mother of the mountains.

"There is a proverb in the Western Regions: the navel of a person is on the belly, and the navel of the world is on the Pamir Mountains."

Looking at the towering snow peaks in the distance, Ren Hong sighed to the younger generation in the army. The Tianshan Mountains and Kunlun Mountains, which span thousands of miles, have tied a knot here. The Pamir Plateau is not only the knot of all mountains, but also the source of all waters, and its east water flows eastward.

With Han merchants as guides, the Han merchants led the way for the army. Originally, few Han merchants came to the Western Regions, but most of them stopped when they arrived in Dunhuang. The main trade force west of Yumen was the Sogdians. However, Ren Hong still asked Lu Jiushe, who was already worth tens of millions, to send some caravans to take the Silk Road, carefully record the journey and landscape along the way, and submit them to the vassal states as military information. They can't always rely on the Sogdians.

River curves, lakes, wetlands, and are lined with snow-capped peaks, slowly rising hillsides, flat grasslands, yaks and wool sheep that bow their heads to eat grass, and stone-built houses. This is a common sight in the wide valley of the Pamir Plateau.

The residents here are national tribes called "Donald Country". They have no city walls, but are nomads on the plateau. They are clothes like Wusun, and they look like water plants. The population of poison donors is only over 1,000. They were originally robbers hunting and robbing on the plateau. The Protectorate's Office teamed up with Shule, and Shache taught them a lesson before they became good.

When the army arrived, they exchanged silk and other items with the donors for some sheep. The donors also performed their specialty "holding sheep" for Ren Dupu. These plateau riders skillfully rode on horses. In the smoke and dust stirred by the rushing horse hooves, they competed for a fat white sheep. The galloping rider threw out the rope cover, tied the goat and pulled it under his arm, then rode the horse with one arm, and presented the sheep to Ren Dupu.

This riding technique is indeed amazing, and it can fight on the plateau. As the army continued to travel west, there were one hundred additional poison donor riders who followed the Han army out to work.

After entering the "Yantun Valley" west of the donor, the valley gradually narrowed and walked along the mountain. The mountain was yellow or red in color, but there was almost no vegetation growing. The narrow road climbed close to the mountain, and the rock walls on both sides were as sharp as a knife. On the left was a river that was 100 feet deep and roaring angrily, mixed with white ice slags from glaciers, and the stream path was swaying and snow.

The army brought its own dry food and had a difficult journey for several days. After passing the "Xiu Xunguo" which is similar to the custom of donating poisons, it entered the narrower and hard-to-get "Bird Flying Valley", which means that only birds can cross it. The peaks squeeze the blue sky into a narrow and long line, and the snow-capped mountain is above the head, which seems unpredictable.

The birds flying valley, which is only eighty miles long, have been walking for eight days. They are weak and unable to adapt to the altitude sickness, and they have stayed in Shule City. But they still died of illness. The people who were still alive yesterday were exhausted when they woke up in the morning, which made the soldiers feel uneasy. Fortunately, Ren Hong had already allowed people to spread the principle of "cold miasma" on the plateau, and personally enjoyed the soldiers, allowing everyone to survive the most difficult itinerary.

Ren Hong couldn't help but sympathize with a general: "Li Guangli was also miserable back then. He climbed the dangerous ridge and crossed the cave valley. He walked four times in total on this road."

"General, the water flow begins to go west!" Feng Yewang, who was in front of the vanguard, excitedly returned. Sure enough, they saw the melt water flowing down from the top of Gao Jun's snow peak passing through the arid and naked mountains and converging into a stream in the valley. The stream no longer goes east, but goes west.

This means that the army has arrived on the other side of the Pamir Mountains, and for Ren Hong, it is also to the other side of world history!

He is now far from the Central Plains in the East, and closer to the deceased conquerors such as Alexander and Ashoka in the West.

In front is an iron-gray canyon, with open and flat river valleys and winding and stretching river water. You can see groups of wild camels for food on the beach. They were initially a bit deserted, but after walking for several days, when the army was about to run out of dry food, the terrain ahead suddenly fell, and a large area of ​​lushness appeared at the end of the road.

The soldiers of the Western Expedition Army, who had already suffered from the desert and the plateau, couldn't help but rub their eyes, and confirmed that they had read it correctly. What was presented to them was that they had entered the Western Regions since they entered...

No, it is a rich and fertile land that I have never seen since I passed Longguan and arrived in Tianshui County!

After crossing the Palacio Mountains for a few days, there were picturesque scenery along the way.

Dayuan is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with a mild and humid climate, and is completely free of the dryness of the desert. The cold wind blowing from the Kangju grassland is also blocked by the mountains, with abundant rainfall. Throughout the year, there will be no frost and snow for more than 200 days. Regardless of farming and grazing, it is an excellent ideal place.

The warm sunshine shines on the faces of every soldier, and the wet wind blows towards them, with green grass, running strong horses and chewing alfalfa. Within the eyes are city walls that can be seen, connected to farmlands and vineyards. The air seems to smell of wine and goat milk, which makes people unable to believe that this is in the "Western Region".

Ren Hong praised on this fertile soil: "Although I am the son-in-law of Wusun, I must admit that the Yili River Valley is far less rich than Dayuan."

This tone is like a jackal looking at a piece of fat meat.

Wen Zhong agreed to his promise: "Even if all the oasis city-states in the north and south of the Western Regions are combined, they are not as rich as Dayuan. No wonder Shigong Tai made a biography alone."

Finally, Wen Zhong asked Ren Hong again in a low voice: "The Protector will not go directly to Wusun this time, but will use Dayuan to follow the example of Duke Xian of Jin and destroy Guo?"

Kill Zhizhi first, and then go back and eat Dayuan, otherwise why ask him to contact the Sogdians?

"What do you think?" Ren Hong also gave Wen Zhong a clear idea, letting him understand what he should do.

Dayuan has a population of 300,000 and a victorious army of 50,000 or 60,000, which is almost the sum of the 36 states in the Western Regions. According to the agreement made by Li Guangli and them at that time, he paid tribute to two heavenly horses every year, but he did not belong to the lords. He was neutral among the countries such as Yuezhi, Kangju, Wusun, etc. in the West of the Pamir Mountains, and relied on the Silk Road to make a fortune. However, the arrival of Zhizhi obviously broke this balance and attracted the covetousness of Ren Hong.

The Han army that emerged from the Pamir Mountains had long attracted the attention of the Dayuan people. When they approached the Dayuan city wall called "Eisha City", a group of Dayuan people wearing bronze helmets or pointed hats on their heads, with blond hair and green eyes tendrils, came to pay tribute to Ren Hong. Behind them were trucks of food and gifts. Obviously, the King of Dayuan had received the letter of nationality sent by Ren Hong to the envoy and made his reply.

The envoy of Dayuan bowed down and paid homage to Ren Hong, saying that the King of Dayuan was willing to provide the Han army with one month's food, and sent someone to guide the Han army east along the river to Wusun. Dayuan was still a loyal ally of the Han Dynasty, and this year's Tianma had been sent.

After listening to the translator's words, Ren Hong ignored the gold and sapphires they offered, but signaled Wen Zhong to come forward and questioned the envoy Wan.

Wen Zhong shouted: "Zhizhi caused trouble to the west of the Pamir Mountains and blocked the trade routes, and Dayuan was also deeply affected."

"When the Emperor of Han heard this, he ordered the Grand Marshal General Cavalry to lead his soldiers to come, hoping to get rid of this harm to Dayuan."

"Therefore, Dayuan needs to send out troops from all over the country to follow the Han army to destroy Zhizhi."

"And the Han army was passing by Ershi, Yucheng, and then passed Guishan City, the capital of Dayuan, and went north to Lai Water. Dayuan needed to provide all the food and fodder for the Han army during the war."

"All the above are told by the envoy. Could it be that King Wan is not allowed? Did you forget the Wu Wu head who was in the northern palace of Han that year?"

How can we forget? The current Dayuan King is the grandson of Wu Zi's younger brother Chanfeng, but the conditions proposed by the Han Dynasty generals were too harsh. Since the war forty years ago, how could Dayuan still dare to let the Han army pass by the capital? According to the nature of the Wan people, it is inevitable to bargain with the Han people.

The envoy of Dayuan protested nervously, but Ren Dupu was impatient and did not say anything, directly and rudely interrupted the envoy of Wan and unilaterally declared war on Dayuan.

"Xizai, it seems that like forty years ago, Dayuan once again colluded with the Huns and chose to fight!"
Chapter completed!