Section 1250: Li Ling's Westward Expedition
On the third day of the first lunar month of the first year of Yongshi in the Han Dynasty, the incident in Chang'an finally spread to the Western Regions and fell on the desks of Li Ling and Wei Lu.
"What a pity..." Wei Lu was filled with emotion and regret: "If we had known this, we might have benefited a lot..."
Li Ling was silent, but there was an unknown feeling in his heart.
The old emperor abdicated, and Chang'an's great power fell into the hands of General Yang.
Although the Han Dynasty was so confident that everything was a treacherous rioter and turmoil, fortunately General Yang stepped forward to rectify the chaos and turned the tide down, and after the fall, he supported the generals of the building, wiped out the rioters and recreated the Han Dynasty.
But in the eyes of Li Ling and Wei Lu, the facts are already known at once.
"Brother Wei..." After being silent for a long time, Li Ling suddenly said to Wei Lu: "I am willing to send an envoy to Chang'an to congratulate the new Han Dynasty ascended the throne and the Han Prime Minister to the ruler and to the Xiongnu..."
"Well..." Wei Lu was shocked.
"For the sake of the present, this is the only way..." Li Ling sighed: "Can we still raise an army to uphold justice for the Han emperor?"
If that's the case...
Wei Lu knew that it would only have a counterproductive effect.
Instead, it will help that General Ying Yang consolidate his status and power.
It will even directly attract that person's thunder attack!
Wei Lu didn't want to go to the Shule Battle again, and he didn't want to be chased by the Han army like a stray dog.
But, there is no need to be so humble, right?
Wei Lu could understand Li Ling's thoughts very well, so he asked, "Why do you have to do this? Just ignore it, just as if nothing happened..."
Li Ling shook his head: "If this is the case, I'm afraid the Han Dynasty will increase its troops in the Western Regions in the summer..."
"Now, General Ying Yang is in power and can increase 20,000 troops to the Western Regions, which is completely possible!"
“That’s when…”
Without Li Ling, Wei Lu also understood.
At that time, the Han Dynasty was heavily stationed in the Western Regions. The Western Xiongnu regime they controlled would be nailed to death in a sizeable place in the Western Regions. They were pressed tightly by the Han Dynasty and Wusun, and could not move!
Therefore, you will be starved to death and trapped to death.
So, Wei Lu figured it out.
"Brother Li means to use this to confuse Zhang Yingyang, so that he can relax his control in the Western Regions, so that we can successfully expedition the Western Expedition?"
Li Ling nodded and sighed: "This is the only way to break the deadlock!"
"The Western Regions are no longer a place to stay for a long time..."
"If you and I don't plan early, I'm afraid that in a few years, I can't even leave!"
"The appetite of the Eagle General Yang from Chang'an is probably bigger than you and I think!"
Wei Lu nodded, "What brother said is very true!"
After the war last year and the previous year, no one knows about the countries in the Western Regions that the Eagle and Yang had the abacus of swallowing the Western Regions from the beginning.
Let’s take a look at his actions in Loulan and Weili and Luntai.
We must change customs and vigorously promote the status of the Han people.
This has led to the Han people as the most important species under the control of the Han Dynasty and the countries adjacent to the Han Dynasty.
From Kucha to Shule to Jingjue, the nobles of the Western Regions dressed up their daughters in a colorful manner, just thinking of marrying a Han Dynasty officer or even a merchant.
When many tribes saw people from the Han Dynasty, they wanted to stay overnight, so that women in the tribe could borrow some species to improve their genes and bloodlines.
Even the Huns had this idea.
If this continues, under the strong pressure of the Han Dynasty, in a few years, let alone the Western Hun regime, even the concept of the Huns will probably disappear from the Western Regions.
So, run away, run away quickly, leave the radiation range of the Han Dynasty, go to the West, go to Kangju to Daxia to Yuezhi to get the body poison.
There is a new world and a new world.
There are countries that are weaker than the Western Regions, pastures that are more plump than the grasslands in the Western Regions, and countless gold and beautiful jades.
These things have been investigated by Li Ling and Wei Lu in the past year.
As far as Li Ling knew, even Wusun Kunmo, the fat king, seemed to have plans to move westward.
However, the Wusun people were not as anxious as they were, so they did not form a plan.
But no matter what, moving westward has become a private consensus among the major forces in the Western Regions.
Can't afford to offend, can't you run away?
"Just..." Wei Lu looked at Li Ling: "Who will we send to Chang'an as an envoy?"
A high status is not good.
What if the Han Dynasty detained it?
A low status would not work, as it would be considered humiliating by the Han Dynasty, which would lead to greater disasters.
"Let me send King Youguli Hu Li!" Li pondered for a moment and made a decision: "Hu Li is a Twin Clan, and is proficient in Chinese and allusions. He is even more suitable for King Youguli, and there is no more suitable messenger than him!"
Wei Lu thought about it and nodded: "That's it, I'll summon Hu Li and discuss with him the plan to envoy Chang'an!"
"I'll ask you everything!" Li Ling stood up and bowed: "It's about life and death. Please be careful and vigilant!"
"Don't worry!" Wei Lu promised: "There will be no mistake!"
"Good!" Li Ling stood up and said, "Then I will lead my troops to various places, monitor and suppress the countries and tribes, and raise food, grass and horses for the western expedition this summer..."
If he crossed the Pamir Mountains during this Western Expedition, Li Ling planned to move the Shanyuting to the west of the Pamir Mountains.
Whether he settled in Kangju or Weishui, he didn't want to come back.
If you can't, you will naturally die in the West and you will never be able to return to the Western Regions.
Therefore, the survival and continuation of the countries and ministries under the control of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions have little significance.
It must be that Li Ling will suck the marrow and snatch the last grain of rice and the last piece of sheepskin.
As for these countries and tribes’ future?
If it doesn’t belong to Li Ling’s worries, there will be people from the Han Dynasty who will take care of it.
So Li Ling led his headquarters and the last few elite cavalry of the Xiongnu in the Western Regions to leave their winter place, and went west along the Tianshan Mountains, entrusting the civilians and drawing tax service. Wherever they passed, there was a mess and mourning everywhere.
But, this is just the beginning.
Because after Li Ling walked to the end, he turned around and came back again.
This time, the great kingdoms of the Western Regions, which were forced into a desperate situation, were finally unable to bear it, so many big and small resistances were heard.
But Li Ling was not ruthless and resolutely suppressed.
He even issued a "sheep payment order", stipulating that every herdsman or farmer must provide him with one sheep or a product worth one sheep every month.
Otherwise, the army will force the conquest.
Those who dare to resist will be killed without any slightest refusal!
As a result, the land of the Western Regions was blood flowing into a river, and countless herds and peasants, and even the nobles of the Western Regions were killed in their domes, houses and pastures.
Chapter completed!