The eighth year of Taixing.

Chunguliang came, and he got closer step by step, and then kicked him in the face.

With a snot and tears, they came down together.

If you cross the hazy vision with the mountains, mountains and rivers, the forests, counties, winding roads, and broken villages, when a huge Lu Family Battle Banner stands listlessly in front of you, you will see a huge gray-green military camp located under the battle banner.

This is the Lu Bu Legion under the Yanqi Yuanqucheng City.

Yanqi and Yuanqu are actually different transliterations of the same word, so it is also called Wuyi and Aqini. There is a big zodiac near Yanqi, which is also the big zodiac that allows people here to have better living conditions.

In spring, it is also difficult to enter the Western Regions.

Even if Lu Bu has unparalleled martial arts, he cannot change the weather, and anger cannot make it snow or rain.

Soldiers patrol, carriages and horses come and go, bringing water and mud.

The battle flag drooped wet.

In such weather, most soldiers were still in the tent, waiting for the rain to stop.

Yanqi was beaten to death before, but he has not recovered until now. In addition, he is close to Xihai City, so he has always been very humble. No matter what Lu Bu wants or gives it, it even makes people feel that if Lu Bu wants to sleep with King Yanqi's wife and daughter, King Yanqi will be washed and sent to the head of Lu Bu's bedside.

Don’t think that there will be any beauties in Yanqi. In fact, in this era, most so-called beauties are actually not very good and do not conform to the aesthetics of later generations...

It's the normal aesthetic.

Because most of the women in these feudal dynasties were either too fat or too thin.

Those who are too thin are ordinary people. Because of long-term work and insufficient nutritional intake, they are basically black and small, which is basically common in feudal dynasties. This is also one of the reasons why those literati in feudal dynasties like teenage loli. Because once they are over twenty years old, women in feudal dynasties without adequate nutrition and daily maintenance will decline very quickly, and all kinds of wrinkles are not dreams a day.

In addition, those who are too fat are the gentry women. Later generations generally considered them to be pig type, but in the concept of feudal dynasties, they were "round and smooth". Some gentry women were born to be married, so they must be "good-looking". Eat more and exercise less, resulting in a lot of subcutaneous fat accumulation, and they can produce oil when pinched...

Therefore, if there is a time travel party who really wants to open a harem in the feudal dynasty, they will often face a tragic ending. If you want to have a Long Aotian type, you will be a peerless beauty that conforms to the aesthetics of later generations, and then lick it to death. It is basically impossible to dream.

On the contrary, if the Time Travel Party performed well, it would be considered by the local aristocratic natives, and then forcibly captured as a son-in-law, allowing his proud fat daughter to lie up...

The so-called "fertility and water" do not flow from outsiders' fields.

What?

Don't want to?

Nowadays, who would pay attention to someone’s thoughts and care about someone’s wishes?

Just like King Yanqi, no one cares whether he is willing or not.

In Yanqi City, maybe he is a king, but in front of Lu Bu, he was not even as good as a dog. At least the dog could freely enter and exit Lu Bu's big tent, and he didn't even have the qualification to enter the big tent.

As noon approached, there was a sound of water sieve outside the tent. Then Wei Xu lifted the curtain and walked in, shaking his straw raincoat like a dog, "This ghost weather is still endless!"

In the middle of the tent, Lu Bu pressed his hands on the table and looked at the map in front of him.

"Lord!" Wei Xu was carrying some rain on his body and said carelessly, "Teacher sent someone to deliver things again, and also sent a letter... All the things were left as the lord told me, and the messenger was cut... The letter was here...

Wei Xu took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu opened the letter, looked at it casually, and then threw it on the table again, "I deceived Yu again! Humph!"

Wei Xu said, "I think this car master is really not tactful at all! Let's just do it!"

Lu Bu originally meant to let the Che Division dispatch troops to march together as a vassal, but it was obvious that the Che Division would rather apologize and give things again and again, but he was not willing to send troops.

Gao Shun coughed twice and said, "The direction is different."

"Ah? What?" Wei Xu didn't hear it clearly.

The earth is round, but the Western Regions are not round. Lu Bu could not say that he could fight from one place to another, and then he would not have to take any detours and turn around. The Cheshi was in the north of Yanqi, and although he had sent people to Jiaohe City, the Cheshi had indeed lowered his head in the front of the Cheshi, but the Cheshi had also the back...

The king in the front of the Cheshi surrendered, which does not mean that the king in the back of the Cheshi is also willing to surrender.

"If you don't have to fight even if you don't," Wei Xu waved his arm. "The back of the Cheshi thought he was close to Wusun, so he could get the support of Wusun. He has never taken us seriously. Now we have an army of 200,000. If they just let them get confused, it will be even harder to deal with in the future!"

Gao Shun fell silent.

What Wei Xu said is also the truth.

Although 200,000 is known as the number of people sent, there is almost such a value. After all, the number of people transporting food and grass back and forth is a huge number of people accumulated. In fact, there are less than 10,000 core soldiers of Lu Bu and about 10,000 vassals in real field battles.

With just such a large number of troops, the food consumed every day is amazing.

Yanqi is a node.

To the north is the direction of Cheshi Wusun, to the south is Shanshan Shule, to the west is Kucha, and in the middle is a huge unmanned basin. All countries rely on the melting of ice and snow on the northern and southern mountains to survive.

Even if Lu Bu is full of courage, he has to drink water. He can cross the uninhabited area in the Western Regions. He can only follow the river route. He either takes the north side line or the south side line. The north side is relatively better than the south side, because the north side line has mountains blocking some of the wind and snow, while the south side is relatively harsh.

"Where are the people from Shanshan?" Lu Bu asked in a deep voice, "Has no one come yet?"

Shanshan was beaten by Lu Bu before.

『Here...』 Wei Xuba smacked his lips, 『But the little prince of Shanshan came, and he didn't bring many people. He cried and shouted that we would help him beat his uncle...』

Lu Bu didn't know what to say for a moment.

This is true of the Western Regions. No one knows what the relationship is, and it is even more chaotic than the relationship between the princes during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Although Lu Bu is not very clear about what happened within Shanshan, it is obvious that there was a considerable conflict between the powerful factions in Shanshan and the ruling factions in Shanshan before.

"How come I only know about this now?" Lu Bu frowned.

Wei Xu concealed and said: "This is something that has only happened soon... I will pay attention to collecting these messages next time..."

Gao Shun glanced at Wei Xu and said nothing. It was obvious that this was Wei Xu's dereliction of duty. He said that he was big, not big, and not small, but not small. After all, Shanshan did not look like Shule, and in fact he was not too far from the West Sea.

If I had known it before and deal with it in advance, whether it was the little prince who supported Shanshan or the little prince who was a powerful Shanshan, it would be fine. It would be fine depending on how the income was handled. However, at the moment it was stuck at this critical moment, it would be a bit difficult to deal with.

The army was all heading north, and the Cheshi would definitely be unstoppable. However, after attacking the back of the Cheshi, at most, they would attack some Guisuns, uh, Wusun's territory, and then they would basically have to return to the army. For example, Lu Bu had previously boldly said that he would attack Chigu again or even advance into Dayuan, so he would basically not think about it.

It takes at least half a year to speed up the pace, but not a year. At that time, even if the food and grass can still support it, the soldiers may not be able to maintain their high fighting spirit...

Toward the south, of course, you can also solve the problem of Shanshan on the way, but when you walk from the south, the road is more difficult to pass, and the appropriate climate is shorter. In addition, the cities on the southern line are relatively sparse and they can get less supplies. I have to transfer thousands of miles from Xihai City. After all, there are 20,000 to 30,000 people. In addition, it takes hundreds of stones to eat any cattle and horses a day.

In Lu Bu's original plan, he confiscated the soldiers from the countries along the way as a vassal to open the way, and also allowed these countries to contribute money and food to supplement their consumption. However, now they are stuck in Yanqi and the Cheshi people refuse to come, but the Shanshan people are here, but they are useless.

In fact, the best strategy is to divide the troops.

After all, Shanshan’s problem is not big. Perhaps it is only necessary to send Wei Xu to lead some people to conquer one or two powerful cities to solve the problem, or simply be more ruthless and let the real power faction pay certain benefits, and then the little prince will be given to the real power faction.

The Cheshi Kingdom on the Northern Line attacked heavily, and it was undoubtedly a killing sword to cut the chickens with a killer sword. Therefore, at most, Gao Shun could only conquer some soldiers. As long as Gao Shun captured one or two major nodes in the rear of the Cheshi Division, the Cheshi would inevitably surrender. He would even take the Wusun Kingdom together to admit his mistake.

But in this way, Lu Bu's power was dispersed. At most, he could only fight Akagi as if he had last time, and he could not continue. He might even be unable to fight...

Chigu was originally the base camp of the Kushan people, but later it was slaughtered by Lu Bu, so the surrounding area can basically be said to be similar to the desert area. It is almost impossible to obtain supplies. Only by crossing the Chigu area and going westward can there be cities. Those cities are basically inclined to Kushan, and they have to build a mountain pass before they can continue to move westward. Therefore, no matter whether they have fewer troops or insufficient supplies, they may cause Lu Bu to stop.

Lu Bu looked at the map. He had been looking at it for two days, but he still had no good ideas.

At this moment, he was extremely expecting to have a decent strategist around him, and even missed the fear of being dominated by Li Ru back then. Although Li Ru's power was discomfortable, at least he didn't need to do this matter with his brain, and it was not his turn to do it.

"Lord, now we are in Yanqi for many days, and the daily expenses are huge. Not only are the soldiers and the soldiers eating and using them, but also the mules and horses also need to be transported. They are supplied along the way, and there is no preparation at all." Gao Shun said slowly, "Lord, this time this Western Expedition, it is better to return to the army..."

The Western Expedition, which Lu Bu slapped his head, was extremely hasty. In addition, he encountered winter snow shortly after he went to the expedition, and had to stop and station. Then the spring rain was even more disturbing. The various countries in the Western Regions only needed to wait for their own cities. The facilities on the sides of the fortress were all ready for use, and there was no need to prepare anything. In this way, the Lu Bu army actually did not have much advantage.

Lu Bu pondered, his face not very good-looking.

Gao Shun was still talking, "All things were not ready for this battle. The Western Regions were too energetic and difficult to clear out for a while. The Western Regions had many nomadic customs, and the gathering and dispersion were uncertain. When the lord came, he would scatter in the four fields. Even though the lord's soldiers were sharp, they would be like drawing a knife to cut off the water. If the lord's soldiers passed by, there would be no trace of the water. Even if he grabbed one, it would be like hurting a finger. There would be no serious harm. When the lord's soldiers passed by, they would gather again..."

"It is better to recruit soldiers from surrounding countries in sequence, then gradually educate them within a few years, and naturally, the effect will be seen..."

Gao Shun still has some words that are not very convenient to say.

The finances of the Western Regions are now very problematic. The key is that Lu Bu still brought so many vassals. The more he went west, the longer the supply route, and the heavier the burden. At the same time, these vassals are good and bad, new and experienced, which are different in themselves. However, when paying food and pay, some large pots of rice cannot form effective rank differences, so that many of these vassals are working but not working...

The strategy of the vassal army was originally an effective military system implemented by Li Ru in Xiliang. There was no problem. Because it was impossible to rely entirely on the Han people to control it, or even suppress such a large area in the Western Regions, it was impossible, so local people, that is, the Western Regions, must participate and assist the Han people in management.

This is not a problem at all, but after Li Ru's death, the originally effective military system, or the Western Regions management system, became a drag on the current situation due to the corruption of officials, lack of management, solidification of models, and rigid forms.

In any era, any system, if it is in the competition stage, it is very active, and once it enters the monopoly stage, it will be almost linked to corruption. This is the case in the Western Regions. The Han civil servants only want to make money. On the one hand, the military generals and soldiers despise this behavior, but on the other hand, they are extremely jealous. Since the war, these soldiers have almost been like locusts passing through the border, taking things and eating food!

So much so that the daily consumption is almost several times that of normal!

The Yanqi area was quite close to the Han people before, but now it is full of complaints!

Those who have a little bit of family background, including the members of the royal family in Yanqi, were almost in trouble. Even ordinary people were wailing. The army was stationed, and the food, clothing and expenses almost exhausted everything in this area!

For the soldiers under Lu Bu, these are fortunes and robbed foods, and are not counted as the original expenses. Although the amount of transportation in the rear has not increased, the appetite that has been raised in this process will not be easily reduced. So if we continue to go west, how many countries and cities can withstand such a large amount of consumption? Or are we willing to provide for offerings?

Moreover, after this incident, it is hard to say how many people in Yanqi are friendly to the Han people.

All of this made Gao Shun worry.

only……

"I thought it was inappropriate!" Wei Xu said loudly, "Now that the lord is making a big march. If he returns in a defeat, wouldn't it be a joke for the Western Regions? How can he rule the Western Regions? How can he let Kushan Anxi and other strangers be afraid? Then there are sneaky people on all sides, and there are fireworks on the north and south, what should he do?! Why not take advantage of the moment and make a decision to defeat the Western Regions in one fell swoop and completely subdue them!"

Wei Xu stared at Gao Shun angrily, "General Gao, what does it mean to persuade the lord to return to the army repeatedly? Could it be that you really don't want the lord to make achievements, pacify the Western Regions, and achieve immortal merits?! What is your intention?!"

Of course, if it can be decided in one fell swoop and completely subdue it, it would be great. No matter how good the slogan is, what about the actual problem? Just like the bricks said that they could rent out their houses or drive Didi to earn some pocket money, and then they said in confusion that someone doesn’t even have a house or a car?

No way?

No way?!

You Gao Shun wanted to shake your master's determination and change the process of the army. What is your intention?

For the long-term stability of the Western Regions, the immortal achievements of everyone, and the great reputation of the Han Dynasty, you have come here so hard. Are you good now, saying you want to withdraw?

What do you mean?

Wei Xu's eyes were wide open, but he was very slight. He seemed to be serious and sincere, but he really had no suggestions on what to do. Or in other words, Wei Xu had no idea, but he could pour chicken soup for Lu Bu and said frankly "No," so what he said naturally was recognized by Lu Bu and still had a place calmly.

"March must be advanced!" Lu Bu slapped the table, "No need to discuss this matter again! Boping, I called you here to deal with the matter of Che Master, not to stop you from entering!"

Compared with Shanshan, who was in chaos in the south, the uncooperating and perfunctory attitude of the Cheshi rear was even more troubled by Lu Bu. If the Cheshi rear could just send some things and were unwilling to send soldiers to follow him, how could Lu Bu ensure that after he left Yanqi and continued to go west, the people in the Cheshi rear would not take the opportunity to attack?

Therefore, we must first solve the problem of Cheshi before we can continue to set out, and the best candidate is of course not Wei Xu.

Gao Shun was silent for a moment, "Lord, now the spring rain is continuous, and gunpowder is useless. Even if it is a conquering Cheshi, if it sticks to it, it will be difficult to attack..."

Lu Bu waved his hand and said, "I don't want to listen to this. You just say, how many people do you need? Is it enough for a thousand vassals to add one thousand vassals? If not enough, add one thousand vassals to add one thousand vassals, a total of three thousand people. Is it enough? No matter how you fight, I will take the head of the king of the back of the Cheshi Master to see me!"
Chapter completed!