Gaochang, Kucha, Wusun, Dayuan... These are all ancient names of the Western Regions. They often appear after turning to the history of the Han and Tang Dynasties. Since Zhang Qian's era, the Han people entered the Western Regions and have lived and reproduced and developed here for thousands of years. Judging from Gaochang City alone, although this is the capital of the Uighurs, the Han people still account for more than one-third.

They are responsible for farming, textiles, making pottery, opening shops, and operating business... No matter where they go, the Han people are the most diligent and basically the richest group, as long as the local rulers do not snatch and kill...

However, for all Han people, a catastrophe seems to be not far away. Since the Song Dynasty, not only the names of ancient countries have disappeared in history, but also millions of Han people in the Western Regions.

The cavalry of Dashi and the black sweaters were gathering quickly, just like black clouds in the ears of the sky, constantly surging and growing, quickly attacking eastward.

Ye Hua stood at the head of Gaochang City and looked at the horizon in the distance. He seemed to hear people shouting, horses neighing, and howling killing... Ye Hua was full of confidence in victory.

The Great Zhou Xiong soldiers, who have initially achieved firearming, have no reason to fail.

But he was still nervous because this battle was related to the efforts of the Han family in the past thousand years and would also affect the history of the next thousand years!

Neither he nor Da Zhou can afford to lose!

In history, the Black Khanate alone gathered more than 100,000 people to destroy Khotan. This time, with the Saman Dynasty and other forces, it is very possible to have an army of more than 300,000.

This is a suffocating number. Since the founding of the Great Zhou Kingdom, only Li Hongji has gathered 300,000 troops to fight the Great Zhou Dynasty.

But that time is completely different from this time.

It is a battle of victory or defeat with Li Hongji, but this time it is a battle of life and death!

Ye Hua thought about it for a long time, and then immediately ordered that all tax exemptions be reduced and exempted in Gaochang. It turned out that the Uighurs would collect more than 70% of the heavy taxes. Ye Hua first reduced it to less than 50%, and said that he would continue to reduce the tax at the right time.

In addition, Ye Hua issued an order allowing all sects to spread in Gaochang. As long as you force others, do not interfere in government affairs, and do not gather people to make money, you will be respected and protected.

In response to the numerous poor people, Ye Hua announced that the farmer had his own land.

He slaughtered the senior Uighur officials and distributed the pastures and cattle and sheep of these people directly to the people.

In addition, some Uighur female soldiers who surrendered earlier were transferred to let them go deep into various tribes to tell the strategies of the Great Zhou and win the hearts of the people.

In addition, Ye Hua also invited some tribal elders, figures, and wealthy businessmen in Gaochang to the mansion and talk to them... Ye Hua promised that Gaochang would respect all tribes in the future. After promoting equal land, each tribe must have officials and allocate according to proportion.

The imperial court sent 30% of the local Han people, 30% of the Uighur tribes, 40% of the Uighur officials who performed well would be transferred to the mainland or even enter the center to become officials.

In addition to these, Ye Hua also signed a five-year purchase contract with them, totaling 3 million taels of silver... Of course, the money was paid by his wife, and Ye Hua also told these people that the court would send a group of excellent doctors and teachers to the Western Regions to help them...

Thunder means, the heart of the Bodhisattva.

Overall, the people of Xizhou did not fully accept the Great Zhou, but they were not so repulsive.

Ye Hua asked his soldiers to trade fairly, whether it was food, livestock, or requisitioned personnel, to clearly mark the price and not take advantage of it.

After this set of measures was implemented, the market in Gaochang was stable, the supplies of the Great Zhou army were sufficient, and tens of thousands of civilians were also obtained... In order to achieve the subsequent war, a solid foundation was laid and a stable rear was established.

In contrast, Ye Hua is more concerned about the hundreds of thousands of Uighur elites. If he can get it, it will undoubtedly be a great help.

In addition to sending more than 1,000 family members to persuade, Ye Hua also asked Ye Zhong to lead 3,000 people to protect his family members, and also asked Yang Ye to lead 20,000 people to support the battle. If he couldn't fight for it, he would attack decisively and not let these people be used by Hei Khan!

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"Dear General Atai, Dazhou is full of sincerity. I hope you can recognize the situation... As long as you surrender, the court will never treat you badly. Any request can be negotiated!"

As the head coach of the Uighurs, Atai was unmoved at all.

"You despicable Han people killed our Khan, seized our capital, and came to pretend to persuade us to surrender. If you believe your nonsense, we will die without a place to bury!"

Ye Zhong endured the spitting star that was coming to his face, and he said in a deep voice: "General Atai, you should know that this dispute was caused by your invasion of Khotan. Khotan is a loyal vassal of the Great Zhou, and the Great Zhou cannot sit idly by. Your country was instigated by the Black Khanate and acted as their pawn. This is the root of the whole matter!"

"I don't care!"

Atai swung his fist fiercely, like a crazy buffalo.

"I'll ask you, why are you going to the Western Regions? This is not your territory! It is you who destroyed the peace of the Western Regions! We Uighurs and you will never stop!"

“Bad talk!”

Although Ye Zhong was ordered to try his best to appease and persuade him to surrender, he could not bear it anymore.

"You have to figure out that before the Great Zhou marched into the Western Regions, the Black Khanate invaded the Western Regions, and you, all were threatened by their ears. The Western Regions have been the land of the Han family for thousands of years. We cannot exclude the Great Zhou from the Western Regions because of this hundred years of absence! This is impossible!"

Atai sneered three times, "You Han people are so smart, I can't tell you, but I want to tell you that I will never be a lackey for you!"

Ye Zhong said calmly: "Then there is only one battle!"

"That's right!" Artai was particularly determined.

Ye Zhong had no choice but to sneer: "Since you are obsessed with it, you can only see it on the battlefield!"

As he said that, he turned around and wanted to leave, but at this moment, a team of Uighur soldiers rushed out and surrounded Ye Zhong. They all showed off their weapons, like a group of ferocious demons.

Artai laughed wildly, "You still want to run away? Come and take him down, I want to give his head to our allies!"

"ally?"

Ye Zhong's heart skipped a beat and he screamed, "Atai, are you talking about an ally? Or a new master? I advise you to think clearly. If you are a slave to the Black Khan Kingdom, you will always be a slave! And you must also betray your ancestors and betray your conscience! Whether it is Black Khan or Dashi, you do not have the heart of Dazhou. If you follow them, be careful of being bitten back! It doesn't matter whether you die or not, the key is that these hundreds of thousands of people will die from your stupidity!"

"Shut up, shut up!"

Atai yelled angrily, he personally pulled out his sword and walked towards Ye Zhong step by step.

"Little bastard, you don't need to teach me a lesson! Today is your death date!"

As he said that, he raised his knife and slashed it down fiercely.

In the flash of lightning, two people jumped out from the side. The weapons in their hands suddenly pierced into Atai's weakness, and blood splashed in an instant. Atai let out a painful roar. He barely turned sideways, and when he saw the person's face clearly, he was shocked.

"You, how dare you betray me?"

The person on the opposite side smiled calmly, "Brother Atai, you betrayed the Uighurs first, you are the one who deserves to be damned!" The man suddenly turned the hilt of the knife, and the wound turned into a blood hole, and his internal organs were pulled out. Atai screamed in pain and fell straight to the ground. His eyes were wide open, and he died with his eyes open!

The two people who killed Atai were almost at the same time and knelt in front of Ye Zhong.

"My name is Agu,... this person's younger brother." He pointed to Atai on the ground and said to the young man: "His name is Murong Yan, we are willing to surrender to the Great Zhou!"

Ye Zhong did not expect that such a dramatic scene would happen.

He asked the two of them to stand up and talk. Murong Yan seemed very anxious. He was the young man who took the lead in dealing with the Dashi Cavalry.

They chased after a while and met the surviving Kucha people. They all burst into tears. Kucha City had been slaughtered and burned by fire.

These Uighur soldiers were filled with righteous indignation and wanted to seek revenge on the cannibal immediately.

At this moment, Agu led his men to chase him. He followed his brother's orders and wanted to stop Murong Yan. If he was disobedient, he would even kill them!

"General Agu, you are the one we respect! Please ask the poor Kucha people, how did the robbers of Dashi do it? They killed our people, regardless of gender, age, and all! They burned the temples, burned the ancestral halls, and burned our city! Are these allies in the mouths of your brother? No, they are a group of robbers, a group of robbers who are ten thousand times more terrifying than Dazhou!"

Murong Yan tore open his clothes and reveals his strong chest.

"General Agu, you can kill me now! We will not resist because we shouldn't kill each other! Please do this in the future, don't become a lackey of a cannibal, and slaughter your brothers!"

Murong Yan closed his eyes. After a while, he heard a clang and looked up again. Agu threw the knife in his hand to the ground.

"Let's go, let's do something really useful!"

...

"The two generals Gao Yi are admirable. If the Big Food beasts dare to slaughter Kucha, they cannot let them leave alive!" Ye Zhong said: "I have three thousand elite cavalry in my hand. You will immediately select 20,000 warriors who can fight. Let's join forces to leave the Big Food beasts here!"

Murong Yan looked at each other and immediately said happily: "You have firearms on your hands?"

"That's natural!" Ye Zhong said firmly.

The two of them were so happy that they had already learned about the firearms. As long as there were firearms, victory would definitely belong to them!

The two soon released more Uighur soldiers back to Gaochang, and personally selected 20,000 elite soldiers to join Ye Zhong.

They took out Gaochang’s wine, each filled a bowl of wine, and raised it high, "Let’s fight side by side!"

"Yes, take revenge together!"
Chapter completed!