Chapter 257: Take charge of the three Western Regions

Not to mention the incident in the Turks at this time, the Liangzhou army rushed back to the territory of Liangzhou on September 13th. The reason why their speed was so fast was that there was no other reason, and Liangzhou was all cavalry.

After this cavalry returned to Liangzhou, it was naturally unanimously welcomed by the officials and people in the Liangzhou area. Without it, they were local soldiers in Liangzhou. After only a brief rest in Liangzhou and supplemented the necessary food, the army quickly rushed to Dunhuang under the leadership of Lin Meng.

On September 17, 2018, the silent Dunhuang City suddenly became noisy. In the morning, the defenders who were still doing nothing on the city wall suddenly saw a large group of cavalry approaching here. The dust rolled up by the cavalry showed that this was definitely not a small army. The bells and drums in Dunhuang City immediately made a loud sound, and a cavalry had already rushed to the city to report. For such an ancient city, such bells and drums do not necessarily represent enemy attacks, border troubles, and long-term desolation and no merchant exchanges almost made this place a dead city. After all, in the chaotic times at the end of the Sui Dynasty, Dunhuang had not ushered in a lively day for a long time. At this time, a large group of cavalry came here, which seemed to mark the arrival of a major event.

And this is true. When the bells and drums in Dunhuang City sounded, it marked the beginning of a new era in Dunhuang, and it also marked the beginning of the Western Regions to become a highly-watched place in the early Tang Dynasty.

In the twilight of September 17th, teams of fierce soldiers drove into Dunhuang City one after another. The quiet town immediately became noisy. A few residents in the city walked out of their houses to watch. There were women holding children and gray-haired old men leaning on crutches. Many people saw so many troops passing by in front of them for the first time. According to later recollections, on that day, the cavalry of the Dunhuang City Gate actually used a time to march from dusk to dark. Their faces were covered with wind and sand, and were lit by torches in the hands of the cavalry in the night. Looking at the iron-armored cavalry passing by in front of them, the residents living in Dunhuang felt that the wind seemed to be mixed with some unspeakable smell.

After the Liangzhou cavalry officially arrived in Dunhuang City, the news quickly spread to the Western Regions like a shock wave caused by an atomic bomb explosion. At this time, the news of the defeat of the Western Turks had also spread here.

When the Western Turks were defeated, the Liangzhou army headed to Dunhuang City. These two things became the two biggest things in the Western Regions.

People were wondering what would happen afterwards. People with political keen senses had already smelled the strong smell of blood in the wind.

Facts proved that blood soon appeared among the countries in the Western Regions. There had been various disputes. At the moment when the Western Turkic mountain collapsed, the sharp tentacles that had been hidden for a long time were immediately exposed.

By September 20, at least ten border disputes had broken out between countries in the Western Regions, followed by border wars. Small countries naturally mean that there are many countries around the border. Here, almost one country will always border several countries. This kind of border cannot have obvious border lines, boundary marks, and border rivers that are like later generations. At this time, the Western Regions did not exist at all.

Several countries border each other and have no clear borders. If there is a slight disturbance, it will immediately become a dispute. There are still some international organizations in the future to deal with it. There are no such organizations in this era. The Western Turks, who were able to interfere in these countries before, are already unable to take care of themselves. How could they interfere in the affairs of this place?

Therefore, here can only be chaos, chaos, chaos, chaos and chaos at this time.

At this time, the Liangzhou Legion almost watched the countries in the Western Regions fight against each other, attacking each other, not interfering, and not applauding outside. However, when the country loyal to Liushan was attacked, the Liangzhou Legion would send someone to warn the other party.

Needless to say, this is why Liu Shan asked the Liangzhou Legion to arrive in the Western Regions as soon as possible. Liu Shan also saw the crisis that the Western Regions were about to face. At this time, several Western Region countries had already been loyal to them, and they had the obligation to ensure the security of their country. If Liu Shan could not maintain the stability of these countries at this time, which of the remaining Western Regions countries would dare to come to join him. Since he could not protect them, why did they come to him?

The reason for sending the Liangzhou Legion was that at this time, the Liangzhou Legion had the strongest mobility among the troops in Liu Shan's hands. The Hebei Legion's mobility was not comparable to that of the Liangzhou Legion. Although the Turkic Legion had good mobility, it was better for Liu Shan to send them to such an army than to send Hebei Army.

Moreover, the Liangzhou Army had an advantage when they went there this time. Liangzhou was always close to the Western Regions, and the Liangzhou Army was also a soldier from the Liangzhou area. Not only did they get the support of the Liangzhou people, they were more likely to grasp the situation in the Western Regions. Taking a step back, even if the Liangzhou Army failed to intervene in the affairs of the Western Regions, they could retreat to Liangzhou without causing heavy losses. Moreover, Liu Shan did not think that any country in the Western Regions had the ability to cause the Liangzhou Legion to suffer heavy losses.

The small countries in the Western Regions still give the Liangzhou Army a lot of face. As for the small countries that Liu Shan wanted to protect at this time, they were previously swept by the Western Turks to the Turkic battlefield. At this time, the main troops were not in the country. They were originally a relatively weak country. The main troops were not in the country, so naturally they did not have much resistance. Naturally, they were also attracted by many Western Regions countries in the first wave of war and wanted to include them in their own sphere of influence.

At this time, the Liangzhou Legion gave these countries that wanted to attack these countries protected by the King of Han. This warning was quite substantial. After all, tens of thousands of soldiers had gathered in Dunhuang City at this time. According to Liu Shan and Princess Yicheng before, this was the beginning of the military camp in the Western Regions.

And things were not always the case. At the end of September of the fourth year of Wude, the war in the Western Regions entered another stage. The sign of this stage was that Shule Kingdom was attacked. The country that attacked was the Western Regions. They had previously received a notice from the Liangzhou Legion to which King Liu Shan of Han, but the cavalry who delivered the letter was driven back by the King of Khotan. At this time, it can be seen that King of Khotan still did not intend to have a complete quarrel with the Liangzhou Army. He just rushed back to the messenger of the Liangzhou Army, instead of killing the messenger.

According to the original words of King Khotan, it was translated into Chinese, that is, the Western Regions were the Western Regions of the Western Regions. This sentence was later delivered to the King of Han, and King Liu Shan was a little amused and crying.

In October of the fourth year of Wude, the Western Regions had already been in full bloom. In the morning breeze, the horse galloping in the wind raised the dust. When the wind blew, the sky seemed to be rolled up by earth dragons. Under the cover of these earth dragons, the army of Khotan quickly passed through the border of Shule, the Liangzhou army warned before. In this area that can be called the desert, the iron hooves of war horses kicked up sand and dust, and the dust was flying all over the sky, and the national border was quickly broken through. In the morning breeze, like sharp arrows, the army of Khotan quickly swallowed the small army of Shule that came to stop. The war on the battlefield lasted almost less than a quarter of an hour. Hundreds of Shule defenders quickly fled back after paying half of the casualties. Their fate had reached the last moment. The next moment, thousands of feather arrows shot from behind them.

Almost every escaped soldier had more than a dozen feather arrows inserted on his back. The heavy human body was driven by the power of the arrow and fell to the ground. The yellow sand on the ground quickly sucked the blood out, and red marks appeared on the ground.

In October, the Hebei Legion and Turkic Cavalry Legion led by Liu Shan finally arrived in Dunhuang. Liu Shan was already one step late. The small country in the Western Regions could not have much depth, and it was even more impossible to form resistance forces of several lines in the country. Faced with cavalry with absolute strength, such a small country is not safer than a bird egg placed on the top of a cliff.
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