Who to contend with?

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

Who to contend with?

After recruiting the required troops and horses, various places asked Zhang Yue for instructions whether to continue recruiting troops.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhang Yue issued an order to suspend conscription.

By the time the order was sent to each blockade, the number of conscripts had actually far exceeded the plan.

After the list was compiled from various places, it reached 12,728 people.

"Your Majesty, now that we have recruited too many troops, do you want to order them to be withdrawn?" Pan Hong, who was in charge of the recruitment work, asked.

Zhang Yue thought for a while and then said, "You can't vent your enthusiasm, just keep them all!"

"promise!"

Pan Hong agreed.

At this time, Zhang Yue added, "I ordered everyone to block the barriers. I won't do the same next time!"

"promise!"

After Pan Hong accepted the order, he considered in his mind how to convey Zhang Yue's order.

It is really not easy to grasp the balance between making Zhuzazhao understand the principles of obeying orders without damaging everyone's morale.

After careful consideration, Pan Hong finally thought of the words.

Three days later, new orders were issued.

After receiving the order, each fortress sent the conscripted soldiers to Luntai to assemble.

Due to the development of road transportation, the Han army in the Western Regions is now gathering much faster.

In just half a month, except for Jingjue, Nuqiang, and Qiemo, all the soldiers recruited for the other barriers had gathered in Luntai.

At this time, news of the large-scale expansion of the Han army in the Western Regions had also spread.

All countries were in an uproar when they heard this, and they sent envoys to Luntai one after another to find out the situation of the Han army.

In particular, the Xiongnu, who had always been hostile to the Han Dynasty, were wary of this.

King Youxian of the Xiongnu was arranging his troops and horses to prevent possible attacks by the Han army, and at the same time he sent envoys to Kangju continuously in an attempt to win over the Kangju people.

Kangju also actively negotiated with the Xiongnu and sent a large number of personnel to Luntai.

…

In November of the fourth year of Zhenghe, the flags were already flying on the campus of Luntai University.

More than 13,000 newly recruited soldiers of the Han army are lining up on the school grounds, waiting for review.

Although the recruits were excited, they were silent, showing their good qualities.

All the officials in Luntai looked satisfied when they saw this.

"Are these new recruits good?" Zhao Guanghan communicated with Zhao Yi in a low voice.

Zhao Yi agreed, "It's natural. We train twice a year. Although we are new recruits, we have received at least six months of training. How can there be any difference..."

Zhao Guanghan nodded and said, "That's true!"

As for the envoys from various countries watching from a distance, their moods were much more complicated.

Khotan, Yarkand, Qiuci, Gumo, Yanqi and other countries that had always been pro-Han clearly showed a proud expression.

The envoys from Kangju, Dawan, and Daxia had serious faces.

Especially the envoy from Kangju, whose face was as dark as water, was talking to the envoy from Dawan.

Wusun's envoy had mixed feelings. Dahan and Wusun had officially become allies. Logically speaking, it would be a good thing for Wusun for Dahan to be strong.

But Wusun also has his own interests after all, and Wusun has always wanted to annex the Shache Kingdom.

Now that Princess Shache is married to Zhang Yue, with Zhang Yue as her backer, Wusun is unable to act.

…

Wu Zheng, a new recruit in the queue, looked around curiously. He was originally a Jincheng Qiang.

When he was young, he followed his tribe and surrendered to the Marquis of Yunyang under the leadership of the patriarch Zhang Chen.

Then he came to this distant place in the Western Region from Jincheng.

Then he changed from Qiang to Han in a confused way.

Unlike the elders in the tribe who sometimes miss their Qiang identity, he has no nostalgia for their Qiang identity.

In his memory, he only felt cold and hungry as a Qiang person.

But as a Han Chinese, he could have enough food, clothing, and live in a big house with a greenhouse.

The knight who brought him to the Western Region became the object of his worship.

In his heart, he always hoped that one day he could ride a tall horse and become a cavalry general of the Han army.

For this reason, he has never given up on horseback riding and archery training. Unfortunately, when the Shuiluntai Martial Arts School recruited students last year, he was not successfully selected because he failed in the cultural class.

This time when the order for large-scale recruitment of the Han army was issued, he ran to the recruitment office as soon as possible.

After five assessments, he finally became a recruit of the Han army.

"Stand silently!"

Wu Zheng was secretly looking at the military formations around him when Du Bo's voice suddenly came.

Wu Zheng stood up straight almost as a reflex.

His colleagues around him made the same move almost at the same time.

The neat movements of more than 10,000 people could not help but make his adrenaline surge.

At this moment, a heavy sound of horse hooves suddenly sounded outside the school grounds. Wu Zheng looked through the gap in the square formation and saw an officer entering the school grounds with a group of cavalry in full armor.

I saw that the officer was wearing iron armor, a large cloak, a new eight-petal iron pointed helmet on his head, and underneath him was a Dawan Tianma.

"It's Marquis Yunyang!"

When the officer got closer, Wu Zheng finally recognized him.

He looked at Zhang Yue riding forward, feeling extremely excited, and his adoring eyes never left Zhang Yue.

"Dong dong dong..." "Woo woo woo..."

As Zhang Yue entered, drums and trumpets sounded throughout the school grounds.

"Boom!"

The copper vertebra hit the bell and made a loud noise. At this time, everyone looked towards the high platform in front of the school ground.

There was already gold and drums, and a group of soldiers came out and stood in a row with spears in hand, heads held high and a look of murder on their faces.

Everyone in the school grounds, from soldiers to officers, looked at Zhang Yue with serious faces.

The envoys from various countries who were watching from the outside also stopped talking, perhaps influenced by the atmosphere in the school grounds.

Some envoys who were born as officers also stood up straight unconsciously.

"Please give me a lesson from your Majesty!"

At this time, Zhang Yue, who was fully armored, also climbed onto the high platform.

With Zhang Yue taking the stage.

"Dong dong dong..." The war drums sounded again, making everyone excited.

When Zhang Yue walked to the stage, the sound of war drums stopped.

Zhang Yue took a step forward with a serious face and looked around the entire school.

Looking at the densely packed recruits standing solemnly in the school grounds, he was also filled with excitement.

Taking a deep breath, he slowly walked to the stage.

"Today, the Xiongnu, rest in peace, and Kangju all have wolf ambitions and want to conquer the Western Regions... We have been ordered by Your Majesty to recruit two or three sons to gather here... Now is the time for you to make contributions...

In the past ten thousand years, whoever has made history has searched for the title of prince from three thousand miles away... I hope you will fight bravely to kill the enemy... who can compete with me!"

Finally, Zhang Yue shouted, "The Han army is mighty!"

A group of soldiers, who were originally incited with enthusiasm, were also shouting at the same time.

"The Han army is mighty!"

"Plop" outside the field, the Kangju envoy was so shocked by the shouts of the Han army that he fell to the ground.

At this time, the Khotan envoy joked, "How could the Han army's cry be so powerful?"

The envoy from Shache echoed, "Marquis Yunyang has said that Kang Ju is ambitious... In my opinion, this is a guilty conscience..."

"Hahaha!" The envoys from several countries around him laughed.

The envoy from Kangju was not concerned. After getting up from the ground, he just stared at the envoys from Yarkand and Khotan.

Then he and the Dawan envoy walked aside as if nothing had happened.

Seeing this, the Shache envoy couldn't help but lower his head and began to think deeply.
Chapter completed!