Chapter 38: The soldiers are launched in the Western Regions

Song Shenzong was extremely excited and did not notice the expressions of Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing. It was not until he finished speaking that he realized that the two were shocked. He couldn't help but feel a little strange and asked, "How did you have this?"

"Uh!" Wang Anshi made a sound of grinding his teeth, and then he woke up and asked blankly: "Official family, has the Western Regions really surrendered?"

"Can there be any false?" Song Shenzong raised the military newspaper in his hand: "Wu Ji has even lied about military information?"

"Not that!" Lu Huiqing hurriedly took the conversation, held his forehead and said, "Since the previous dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions, the Western Regions have been controlled by Dashi. Although Dashi's advancement eastward has stopped, Dashi's influence in the Western Regions is unparalleled. Why did the Western Regions decline just by saying it was reduced?"

After the rise of the Arab Empire, its conquest was as fast as a whirlwind. It quickly conquered the Mediterranean coast and then advanced eastward. The first obstacle to the Arab Empire's advance eastward was the Persian Empire. The two countries had wars for decades, and finally the Arab Empire destroyed the Persian Empire.

The last king of the Persian Empire, Taiblus, led a large number of Persians to retreat eastward and came to the Tang Dynasty to seek refuge. He himself became an official of the Tang Dynasty.

This time the retreat eastward had one consequence, which was to bring Manichaeism to Middle Earth. Because of the translation error, it became the "Demon Cult".

Without the obstacles of the Persian Empire, the Arab Empire's progress towards the east was faster and soon it faced the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions. At that time, both countries were in an upward period and were strong. A hundred-year war broke out in the Western Regions. The Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions due to the Anshi Rebellion.

However, although the Arab Empire wanted to continue to advance eastward, it was too willing but not enough. Because the conquest was too fast, it could not assimilate the conquered land. After the Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions, the Arab Empire had to devote itself to internal affairs, "Islamize" the conquered land, and turn the entire Middle East into the base camp of Islam.

Then, the Arab Empire was in turmoil again and was unable to advance eastward again, so it could only control the Western Regions. The Tang Dynasty withdrew from the Western Regions, and the Arab Empire was the only one and had a great influence in the Western Regions.

It can be said that the Western Regions at that time were mainly influenced by the Arab Empire. No one expected that the Western Regions would surrender as soon as they were said to surrender. This was too surprising.

"Can he not surrender? Dare he not surrender?" Song Shenzong raised his head, his chest thrust, his face flushed, and he laughed: "My 250,000 elite army is placed in Hexi. As long as I send an order, I will launch a large-scale Western Regions and let him eat a lot. You don't think about it. Emperor Yang of Sui visited Zhangye, and the 28 countries in the Western Regions came to offer their land to pay tribute. Emperor Yang of Sui did not mobilize many large armies, and was my 250,000 decoration? Not to mention, Wu Ji killed more than 600,000 coalition forces of Xixia and Tubo in one battle, which has never been in the thousands of years of history of China. Who can not be afraid? Who can not be afraid?"

Speaking of this, Song Shenzong nodded and exclaimed: "Wu Ji is right. Whoever offends China will have to bear the anger of China! Xixia and Tubo offends China and have already endured the anger of China. With this lesson, no one will dare to offend China!"

"The Battle of Hexi is a battle to establish authority!" Wang Anshi nodded violently and said, "Since the demise of the previous dynasty, the Song Dynasty has not been able to revive China's prestige thousands of miles away from the foreign land, and the foreign races do not know the majesty of China. Now, they finally know!"

"So, why is it strange to the surrender of the Western Regions?" Song Shenzong finished loudly, raised his eyebrows, and said, "I think that the previous dynasty set up the four towns of Anxi in the Western Regions was a good foundation. The previous dynasty took this as the basis, and there was no abnormal movement in the Western Regions for more than a hundred years. I am determined to restore the four towns of Anxi. Jiefu, what do you think?"

"Although the four towns of Anxi have been repeated from time to time, they have been taken away by Tubo. However, the importance is not to be doubted. I agree with the restoration of the four towns of Anxi." Wang Anshi nodded continuously.

"The official family, since the Western Regions have surrendered, the Song Dynasty needs to send a good general to take charge!" Lu Huiqing reminded.

"Yeah!" Song Shenzong focused his attention and said: "Since the Han Dynasty captured the Western Regions, if you want to be peaceful in the Western Regions, you must choose a good general. Ban Dingyuan is in charge of the Western Regions, and the Western Regions will be unchanged. Gao Xianzhi is in charge of the Western Regions, and with a mere 30,000 or 20,000 people, he will fight against the soldiers of the Dashi country. It is amazing! If the Western Regions want to be stable, they must choose generals."

He raised his eyebrows and said in contemplation: "I think the general guarding the Western Regions is Wu Ji."

"If Wu Ji goes to the Western Regions, there will be no worries in the Western Regions!" Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing looked at each other, agreeing with this proposal.

However, Emperor Shenzong of Song shook his head heavily and said, "If Wu Ji was in charge of the Western Regions, the Western Regions would definitely be stable. However, I think that this is a useless task and burying talents. After the Battle of Hexi, all countries were terrified and rushed to offer their land, leaving Yelu Hongji. As long as Yelu Hongji was solved, the Song Dynasty would restore the grand occasion of the previous dynasty and restore the territory. However, problems also followed one after another. These places were under the rule of foreign races for a long time. I need to reorganize from the beginning and reform the old and reform. To reorganize the old and reform, not only needs to innovate the literary affairs, but also needs to innovate the martial arts. As for the martial arts, Wu Ji is indispensable to reform the old and reform, so Wu Ji will not go to the Western Regions."

The Song Dynasty was able to have the current situation because Wu Ji promoted the first thing he did because he promoted the Song Dynasty's military innovation at the border. Of course, this was not enough, far from enough. When it comes to military innovation, no one is as good as Wu Ji. If you want to carry out a large-scale rectification of the Song Dynasty's army, this candidate must be Wu Ji.

"If Wu Ji went to the Western Regions, the Western Regions would naturally rest assured, but they could not play to their strengths, and the officials would be far-sighted." Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing had to accept it.

"What I mean, let Zhong Yan guard the Western Regions. Let Yao Gu go to the old land of Tubo. The Hexi land will be handed over to Li Xian." Song Shenzong seemed to have made up his mind and smiled: "They are generals of the Western Army. It would be better to hand over the matters in the Western Regions to them."

Zhong Yan is a good general and a long general. There will be no problem in handing over the Western Regions to him, and Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing have no objection.

"As for Wu Ji, I asked him to move his troops from Hexi, return to Youzhou, and then deal with Yelu Hongji, and then return to Bianjing." Song Shenzong paced and said in contemplation: "At that time, I will cultivate internal affairs, which will take ten years. Ten years later, my army will advance westward to avenge the Tang Dynasty and compete with the Great Food for the Western Regions."

As I walked faster and faster, my steps were as light as flying: "The previous dynasty had more silver than I had, so I could suppress the big food for decades. Ten years later, my dynasty had more silver and more silver and had enough soldiers and enough food. I would not believe it, and I could not handle the big food!"

The right hand suddenly slashed, like thunder and lightning, powerful and extraordinary.

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Xingqing Mansion, Wu Ji's general's mansion, and the generals were fighting for nothing.

"No! No! You can't go! I have to go to the Western Regions!"

"If you can go, I can't go? If you can fight, I will not lose to you!"

"Why? I followed Marshal Wu and rushed from the north. It was us, we, and we promoted the prosperity of the Song Dynasty from the north! I must go to the Western Regions!"

"Master, Master, look, he is robbing you of your merits."

"Don't talk nonsense! Who dares to steal the great commander's achievements? I am following the great commander. This time I go to the Western Regions, can we be a few elderly people? No matter how many! No matter how many!"

"What are you saying? On the old man, are you older than our Western Army?"

"What happened to the Western Army? Are you able to help and defeat Hengshan? If we hadn't fought hard in the north, would you be able to descend Hengshan? You have been fighting Xixia for decades, and you have no choice but to take Hengshan. This time, you have left good luck and caught up!"

"Yes! The Western soldiers fought a battle in Xingqing Prefecture. We survived every battle in the north, and the Khitan defeated us. If we talk about military merits, you are not as great as us. If we go to the Western Regions, we have to go. You Western soldiers will wait for the next group!"

The Western Army fought with Xixia for decades. Although they were known as the elite in the world, they had few victories. A mountain of Heng stopped them from overtaking the line. Zhong Yan, Yao Gu and Li Xian were so ashamed that they lowered their heads.

"Okay, don't fight!" Wu Ji heard the quarrel between the generals, and he was overwhelmed. When these generals heard that they were going to the Western Regions, they all fought for a banquet. Nothing else, they could just avenge their shame and fight with Dashi.

As soon as Wu Ji spoke, the generals seemed to cut the topic with scissors, and they ended abruptly.

"Master, this is the will of the official!" Wu Xing quickly stepped forward and handed the imperial edict to Wu Ji.

Wu Ji opened it and looked at it, feeling very regretful: "I can't go to the Western Regions either!"

"The general is not going, who will go?" The generals were extremely surprised.

Wu Ji was the best candidate to march into the Western Regions, but he didn't go any further. Who can't be surprised?

"General Zhong, look at it." Wu Ji shook his head and handed the imperial edict to Zhong Yan.

Zhong Yan took it in his hand and looked at it, and couldn't help but feel overjoyed: "It's me to go! It's me to go!"

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Outside Xingqing Prefecture City, the Song army gathered, and Wu Ji rode on the war horse to see them off, saying loudly: "Brothers: Going west is Yumen Pass, Yangguan. After passing Yumen Pass, Yangguan, you embark on the journey to march into the Western Regions! The poet of the previous dynasty said, "There is no friend when going west to Yangguan." I have to say, he was wrong! Because there are many Chinese children in the Western Regions, and they are looking forward to it! They are our relatives! When you go to the Western Regions, you not only have to bring the majesty of the Song Dynasty, but also the Chinese family! You must bring the deep affection to the Western Regions and warm the hearts of every Chinese child!"

"Huaxia is a family!"

"Huaxia is a family!"

The soldiers raised their arms and shouted, roaring, and were extremely excited.

Since the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the world has been in chaos and divided into pieces. The Chinese people are stranded and it is difficult to reunite. Today, they can finally reunite!

"The road to entering the Western Regions is an ancient heroic road!" Wu Ji continued to give a speech: "The ancestors who pioneered this ancient heroic road have opened up this ancient road with their sweat, blood, and lives! Today, you are lucky to march into the Western Regions in their footsteps. This is your honor!"

"You don't see Huo Zhongjun, and the weak leader of the enemy will ask for a long tassel; you don't see you, Ban Dingyuan, and the light cavalry in the Jueland urged to fight the cloud..." I don't know who took the lead in singing the battle song of Wu Ji and his friends entering the Xixia land, and the soldiers sang in unison.
Chapter completed!