The troops took the lead and chased the fleeing cavalry. The closest cavalry in front of him was the man who kept looking back at the position of the pursuers while swaying the whip.

Seeing that it was approaching, the man pulled out his scimitar and suddenly lowered the speed of the galloping horse under his crotch. He twisted his scimitar and turned around and chopped towards Wan Jun's head.

Wan Jun turned sideways, dodged the knife, waved the long sword in his hand, and slashed through his armpit, and immediately splattered the blood of the cavalry and fell down from his horse with a terrifying slap.

The horse, which was uncontrollable, gradually stopped and turned back to stand beside the wailing knight.

Zhang Huangyan and other personal guards chased Wan Jun and chased the fleeing knights together. After chasing them for several miles, they had to give up because they were not familiar with the terrain.

On the way back, I met a support sent by Sun Shoufa. "The terrain here is not familiar, so it will be troublesome if I get lost and go into the desert!"

Wan Jun and others returned to the valley on the same road. All the valleys were controlled by the Chinese army. The battlefield was planned to be clean, and they captured 110 prisoners and seized 900 war horses.

Seeing that it was getting late, Li Dingguo picked a place in the river valley and set up camp far away from the residents.

The tall elm and poplar trees were collected by the soldiers, and combined with stone and sand to build an octagonal simple defense prism.

With Li Dingguo in charge, Wanjun was idle and took Zhang Huangyan and his personal guards to ride horses in exotic residential areas.

Most of the residents were Central Asians with high noses and deep noses. Seeing Wan Jun and others riding horses, they all avoided them from afar, and their eyes were full of indifference and hostility.

Wan Jun sighed, "Hami is not yet the west, but now it is very different from the Central Plains."

Zhang Huangyan said regretfully, "In the late Tang and early Song dynasties, the Guiyi Army was able to control large areas of Hexi to the Western Regions. I think the local area was dominated by Chinese people at that time."

Wan Jun said, "Yes, time has passed so long, many of them have changed."

While talking, everyone walked through a low loess house, and suddenly a voice came, "Help, sir!"

Although the voice is hoarse and low, it can be heard very clearly and it is in Chinese.

Wan Jun tied the reins of the horse, listened with his ears, and looked around, but the voice did not sound again. Wan Jun said to Zhang Huangyan, "Did you hear it just now?"

Zhang Huangyan said, "I heard that some Han people asked for help!"

Wan Jun's face turned cold, "The sound is not loud, it should be nearby. You can take people to search all these houses!"

Zhang Huangyan responded and led people to control several surrounding houses and searched them one by one.

Soon, in the house to the left of Wanjun, Zhang Huangyan found a man tied up with a large clump of soil stuffed in his mouth and cleared it off. The man spit out a mouthful of mud and water with blood, "Thank you, sir!"

After confirming that it was a Hanmin, Zhang Huangyan brought out all the people in the house and Wan Jun said, "You were talking just now?"

The man said, "Sir, it's me, I'm from the Ming Dynasty!"

Wan Jun said, "I didn't expect that there were Han people here!"

The man suddenly cried, "The villain would never have thought that he would still see the King Master in his life."

Wan Jun dismounted and helped the man up, "Tell me what happened?"

The man cried like rain and stopped crying for a long time, "My Lord knows that the villain is called Liao Danian. He is from Linze, Ganzhou. He has been accused of being a slave by the Hu people for fifteen or sixteen years. I would like to ask me to be kind to save me a way out."

After saying that, he burst into tears again, Wan Jun said, "Chinese people must not be slaves, you

Don't worry, you will be safe when you meet me."

Hearing this, the man cried constantly, bent down and knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and was pulled by Wanjun.

Wan Jun pointed at the Hu Ren and said, "Take all these people down."

The people knelt on the ground, their mouths full of wows, all of which were not understood. Wan Jun thought about it and said to Liao Dainian, "Are there any other Han people here? Take us to rescue them."

Liao Danian nodded quickly, "I know, come with me!"

Wan Jun said to Zhang Huangyan, "Send someone back and call a camp here!"

Soon, the personal guards brought a battalion of Chinese troops, followed Liao Dainian's guidance and searched out the Han people who were regarded as slaves. When it was dark, more than a dozen Han people had been found.

Wan Jun looked at the Han people who were crying bitterly and was furious, "All those who searched the Han people at home will be detained, and all Han people will be restored to their first-class citizenship!"

More than a dozen dirty and even a few Han people who had already had incomplete limbs knelt on the ground and cried, "Thank you, Master Qingtian, we can be human again, thank God."

It was getting late, and Wanjun brought everyone back to the camp, rested for a night and went out again on the second day, searching everywhere for Han people. Taking advantage of the opportunity to search, Wanjun understood the situation clearly.

There are five or six thousand Hu people in the entire river valley, including Kazakhs, Uzbeks, Oirat Mongols, and Russians.

This is the territory of the Yarkand Khanate, with only two thousand troops stationed. It seems that no one will come to Hami.

In order to win over the hearts of the people, more than a dozen people with great public resentment were publicly shot outside the residential area. The rest of the people passed away. In addition to the accused Han people, there were also many slaves from other ethnic groups. Ten thousand troops restored all of these people to their freedom.

After everything was done, Liao Dainian put some clear water in her sheep's belly, went up to the hillside alone, knelt on the ground and shouted, "Dad, rest in peace, we are saved!"

Sprinkle clear water on the ground and wipe your tears. Liao Danian turned around and saw Wan Jun standing behind him, and hurriedly said, "Sir, I'll pay tribute to my father."

Wan Jun said, "Your father is buried here?"

Liao Danian said bitterly, "No, he died of illness a few years ago, and his body was discarded on this slope..."

Wan Jun hurriedly said, "Sad!"

Liao Danian wiped his tears, "It's all over, I wonder what the adults are doing here?"

Wan Jun said, "Do you understand Hu language?"

Liao Dainian nodded and said, "Yes, the young man has lived with the Hu people for more than ten years and understands a little."

Wan Jun said, "How much do you know about Hami going west?"

Liao Danian said, "After the small ones were sold to Hami, they have been here all the time."

Wan Jun nodded, said nothing, returned to the camp, summoned Li Dingguo, Li Chixin and others to discuss the army's next actions.

When Li Chixin heard that Wanjun wanted to continue the Western Expedition, he was puzzled, "Hami is already a barren land, why do you still need to go west?"

Li Dingguo and others were also puzzled, but they didn't say anything and looked at Wan Jun.

Wan Jun thought about it and said, "I wonder if you have ever heard a story called Wanli Yigu City, full of white-haired soldiers?"

Generals such as Li Dingguo, Li Chixin, etc. were all from poverty, and Sun Shoufa was born in the army and had never heard of this. "What does it mean to be a lonely city in a thousand miles, all of which are white-haired soldiers?"

Wan Jun didn't know how to answer the conversation for a moment, and turned his head to see Zhang Huangyan, a personal guard guard standing aside, "You should know, right?"

Zhang Huangyan was a juren from the Chongzhen Dynasty, so he naturally knew what Wan Jun said, "I know!"

Wan Jun said happily, "Then you will explain it to everyone."

Zhang Huang said, "This happened in the Tang Dynasty. At that time, the Central Plains had a great chaos. The elite guarding the Western Regions were transferred back to quell the rebellion. The Tubo people took the opportunity to capture the land of Hexi. The entire Western Regions were cut off from the Central Plains. The Tang army in the Western Regions defended the city and remained firm for fifty years. Later, when the last city, Kucha City was broken, the soldiers in the city were already covered in white hair."

Li Chi said angrily, "Where are the reinforcements from the court?"

Zhang Huangyan said, "After eight years of chaos, the Tang Dynasty had no troops to rescue the Western Regions."

Li Chi said angrily, "The soldiers are still holding on, but the court gave up?"

Zhang Huangyan said, "It's been more than 800 years ago!"

Li Ding Guodao, "What does the head of state mean?"

Wan Jun said, "Now that the overall situation in the Central Plains has been settled, Zhao Boyuan is expelling the Hu people in the north. Of course, our army wants to re-operate the Western Regions. Don't look at it now as a barren land. In the future, the technology will be more developed, and treasures are everywhere here!"

Li Dingguo was silent for a moment, but his meaning was already very obvious. Li Dingguo was not sure about such a hard-working expedition.

Wan Jun looked around, and the generals remained silent. Only Zhang Huangyan seemed to have something to say. Wan Jun said, "Although Huang Yan, you are my personal guard, but your identity is special. It doesn't matter if you have anything to say."

Zhang Huangyan said, "I think what the head of state said is very true, and the army should continue to move forward!"

When all the generals heard the sound, they looked at Zhang Huangyan and said happily, "Just say it!"

Zhang Huang said, "Everyone knows that when the Ming Dynasty attached the seven guards in Guanxi, Jiayuguan became the defensive front line. As a result, the entire northwest faced great defensive pressure. If Hexi is fine, it must manage the Western Regions."

"In addition, the Western Regions can enter Tibet in the south and Mongolian in the north. If the Central Plains are stable, the Western Regions cannot be abandoned!"

Wan Jun praised, "Okay, what Zhang Huangyan said is extremely true!"

Li Ding National Highway, "The army left Jiayuguan westward for a journey, and it was extremely difficult to transport money and grain. How many troops were stationed by our army at that time?"

Wan Jun said, "No need to worry. Although the northwest terrain is vast, you only need to defend the water source and oasis, no matter how many enemies there are, they will not survive!"

Zhang Huangyan said, "Yes, with water sources and oasis, our army can settle and garrison to reduce logistics pressure!"

Wan Jun said, "Yes, the cotton in Xinjiang is famous for its goodness. When the time comes, it will be enough to pay for the garrison!"

Li Dingguo and others said, "Since that's the case, then according to the head of state, the army will continue to fight westward. How many soldiers and horses will be left to garrison here in Hami?"

Wan Jun said, "It's enough to leave two regiments, too many troops to weaken our Western Expedition!"

Li Ding National Highway, "There are eight regiments left in Guazhou, and now there are two regiments left. Will our troops be too small?"

Wan Jun thought about it and said, "Then only leave one regiment, and in the Hami River Valley, male men with family were recruited as the assistant cavalry team of the Chinese army."

Sun Shoufa said, "Isn't it true that these people are in the army?"

Li Chi thoughtfully, "So only recruit males with family members."

Wan Jun said, "As long as our army is more vigilant, reward them with guilt and punishment, I think there will be no big problem. Who will they work hard for to pay the food?"

Seeing that the generals had no objection, Wan Jun said, "It's decided to build the bastion in the past few days and recruit troops to set off!"
Chapter completed!