The Guiyi Army occupied this small town from Guazhou to Ganzhou without paying much. Li You's performance under the city also won the respect of the Guiyi Army. For these men who rely on swords and guns to make a living, whoever has outstanding martial arts skills and who can lead them to win battles is the target of loyalty.

In addition, Li You's actions of rescuing Cao Zongshou won him a lot of applause. Not only was this superb archery technique, but more importantly, the Guiyi army knew that Cao Yanlu and Cao Zongshou were incompatible. If Cao Zongshou died like this, Li You would naturally have less worries. Unexpectedly, he did not care about the past and rescued Cao Zongshou from the enemy's arrow.

This made the soldiers of the Guiyi Army very pleased. After all, no one would want to get help from friendly forces when they were facing a desperate situation of life and death. Even the soldiers who surrendered to Cao Zongshou in the past were shaken. Since the Jiedushi could save Cao Zongshou, he probably wouldn't be too harsh on us, right?

"Nephew...nephew thanked my uncle for helping me." At the celebration banquet, Cao Zongshou had to hold a glass of wine to thank Li You. If he didn't do this, his soldiers wouldn't be convinced.

"We are all a family, so why should we be so disgusted?" Li You got up and picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then pulled Cao Zongshou to his side and sat down, patiently teaching him many tips for saving his life on the battlefield, and at the same time he thought about how to deal with him in his heart.

It is inappropriate to keep Cao Zongshou in Shazhou anyway, but he cannot be killed just now. Li You was originally very embarrassed about this, but attacking the Ganzhou Uighurs made Li You think of a good idea; Ganzhou is located in the east of Shazhou and is the main road to Guanzhong in the Western Regions. As long as the Ganzhou Uighurs can be pacified, the road to Guanzhong from Shazhou will be opened.

Now that the Party member Li Jiqian has just defeated the Song army and brought Lingwu into his control, the Song Dynasty needs an ally who can restrain Li Jiqian in the Western Regions. If Li You imitated Zhang Yichao and sent Cao Zongshou to Tokyo Bianliang as a hostage and accepted the reward from the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty would be overjoyed and granted Cao Zongshou the position of Qinggui to allow him to enjoy wealth and honor in the city of Bianliang, and give him greater support to the Guiyi Army.

This not only solved the problem of Cao Zongshou, but also obtained material supplies from the Song Dynasty to strengthen himself. The Guiyi Army has always admired the life of the Central Plains, and Bianliang is worthy of being the most prosperous city today. Even if Cao Zongshou started to have his homeland at that time, his ambitions would be melted by the warm wind of Bianliang for a while.

Those loyal ministers could also be brought with him. Anyway, no one would regard going to Bianliang as a chore. In this way, Li You would suffer much less opposition. If you operate well, the internal hidden dangers of the Guiyi Army would gradually disappear.

Of course, the premise of all this is that Li You pacified the Uighurs in Ganzhou and opened up the passage between the Guiyi Army and the Song Dynasty. Therefore, after a brief rest, Li You led the army to continue to fight to Ganzhou the next day.

The Ganzhou Uighurs did not expect that the Guiyi army would attack them at this time. They were at a loss for a moment and were easily attacked by Li You to the city of Ganzhou. Until then, the troops scattered everywhere had no time to return to the rescue. The defenders in the city had no way to resist the soldiers under Li You who were full of anger.

Although the Ganzhou Uighurs had tens of thousands of strong troops, they were attacked by Li You's surprise attack. Seeing that they were unable to defend against the attack of the Guiyi army, the Khan Yeluohe Miliye, who was appointed by the Ganzhou Uighurs, had to lead everyone out of the city to surrender to Li You, and the Guiyi army opened up the important road to the Song Dynasty.

However, although the Ganzhou Uighurs were defeated, they still had bad intentions. In addition to offering jewelry and goods, Yeluohe Mi Lie also ordered people to send a big box and said timidly, "Mr. Jiedu, these are letters from the officials and generals of the Guiyi Army who were confused in the early years. Today, they are all handed over to the Jiedushi to show their mistakes. From now on, our Ganzhou Uighurs will definitely submit to the Guiyi Army completely and regard them as their father."

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of many Guiyi generals present suddenly turned pale. The generals who had no relationship with the Ganzhou Uighurs on weekdays also began to inspect everyone, trying to find out the guys who were scattered.

What a good method! I know that I dare not kill him at the moment, so I want to use this method to make the Guiyi army fall into civil strife again, thus creating opportunities for their Ganzhou Uighurs to resume? Looking at his hidden smile, Li You thought gritted his teeth.

Unfortunately, you seem to underestimate me too much. These small tricks are just the only ones left by the people of the Central Plains. Li You raised his hand to stop Ban Chao's advice. He did not order people to open the box, but chuckled twice, "My Guiyi Army and the Ganzhou Uighurs have always had good friends in their early years, so it is normal for them to have letters to each other."

As he said that, Li You walked to the side to get the oil lamp and poured the grease inside on the box. "Peeling on other people's letters is not taken by gentlemen, so all these things are burned." After that, he took the torch from his personal guard and threw it on the box. The flames instantly rose and destroyed the letters with countless evidence.

Seeing the fire rising, many people breathed a sigh of relief, and their eyes looked at Li You more and more grateful, and Ban Chao also nodded secretly to express his appreciation.

As Ban Chao said earlier, the Western Regions and the Central Plains are two completely different environments. The competition here is more intense, and every country has the possibility of destruction at any time. Therefore, the people here have become accustomed to relying on powerful strength. Previously, the Guiyi army fed internally, and the Ganzhou Uighurs gradually grew stronger. It was not surprising that these people left one move at all. Now that the Ganzhou Uighurs have been defeated by Li You, they probably would not unwisely continue to collude with Ye Luohe-Mili Lie.

This is just like Cao Cao burning down letters from his advisers and generals and Yuan Shao after the Battle of Guandu. The target they kept as a backup plan had been eliminated, so these people would only continue to follow Cao Cao in the future. Keeping these things would only make them more alert, and it would be better to just soothe people's hearts.

After those ministers who colluded with the Ganzhou Uighurs, they would probably become more loyal to them in the future to prove that they had nothing to do with these letters before, and even those who had previously surrendered to Cao Zongshou would turn to Li You, which is an absolute good thing.
Chapter completed!