Western Regions.

The Tianshan Mountain is close to.

Menghua and others were heading west along the mountains.

The Western Regions are very large, but most areas are uninhabited.

After all, whether it is a plant or an animal, it needs water. Without water, nothing can survive.

There must be water if there is a mountain. The melting water of the continuous snow peaks nourishes the creatures on this plateau.

Therefore, if you look down from a high altitude, most of the creatures will concentrate on both sides of the mountains, and then in the middle area, it is the dry yellow sand basin, which is the forbidden area of ​​life.

The Cheshi Kingdom is also on this lifeline, and the clear Tianshan snow water gave birth to this country.

In the Records of the Grand Historian, when the Cheshi Kingdom first appeared, it was called Gushi, and it was placed alongside Loulan.

At first, Che Shiguo was quite good, because in the record of the Grand Historian, it was also particularly stated that Loulan and Gu Shi both had city walls and moats, which showed that to a certain extent, Gu Shi, or Che Shi, was actually influenced by China to a certain extent, or Che Shi was embarking on the road of farming and settlement.

But later...

The Cheshi first met with the Xiongnu. The Cheshi was originally close to Yanze, and the right side of the Xiongnu was east of Yanze, until the Longxi Great Wall, and the south of the Xiongnu connected with the Qiang residential area, blocking the road to the Han Dynasty.

The Book of Han records that from Yumen and Yangguan there are two roads from the Western Regions. One is from Shanshan to the north of the South Mountain, and the Bohe River travels west to Shache, which is the south road. The south road goes west to the Pamir Mountain, and the Dayuezhi comes out to rest in peace. The other is from the King Ting in front of the Cheshishi, and the Bohe River travels west to Shule, which is the north road. The north road goes west to the Pamir Mountain, which comes out to Dayuan, Kangju, and Yan Caiyan.

The importance of the Cheshi is evident.

It is precisely because of this that when Meng Hua and others came to check in the Cheshiqian Kingdom, the Cheshi people, or Cheshiqian Kingdom, were no longer aware of the goods.

Although it was the first time that Huaxia came into contact with Cheshi in the Han Dynasty, because Cheshi itself has no written records, or has existed, it has disappeared, so no one knows when Cheshi was established. It can only be roughly estimated that it existed in the Spring and Autumn Period and Warring States Period, and then it continued to evolve and merge with Huaxia to form a mixed race of white and yellow...

Because he was trapped between the Huns and the Han people, the Cheshi kept swaying between the Han Dynasty and the Huns, just as if he had defected to the Huns and the Han Dynasty. As a small country, Cheshi had no choice but to choose the immediate interests and surrender to the side that was strong. However, if he repeatedly surrendered like this, both sides would offend.

Just like the small countries between the Jin and Chu, which had the longest struggle and the most fierce struggle in the Spring and Autumn Period, Zheng, Song, Chen, Cai and other countries, they often belong to the symbol of whom the hegemony is in, so they became the targets of great powers and suffered the most tragic disasters.

The Cheshi Kingdom has now been divided into four countries, and at most it has been divided into six countries in history, namely the Cheshi Front, the Cheshi Back, the Dongqimi, the Beilu, the Puli, and the Mozhi. Therefore, it can be seen that only unity can be powerful. Once it is divided, it will become smaller and smaller until it is annexed by others or directly extinct.

Some time after Menghua found the remains of the caravan, a team of people slowly walked in the mountain road.

Looking at the dress of the people and horses, they looked like Qiang people.

After the General of the Cavalry conquered Longxi and quelled the Beigong rebellion, some of the Qiang people were willing to accept it, while others were unwilling to do so, and naturally they split. These Qiang people who were unwilling to accept the rule of the Han people fled to the west.

Of course, there is no good thing to escape, and you don’t think you can be treated by others. Just like refugees in the Han area, you will be despised everywhere, and the same is true for these Qiang people.

In winter, I can't stand it anymore, so I naturally think about some zero-yuan purchase activities, and then when I was hooked up by some interested people, I would naturally get fucked.

"Stay for a while! Damn it, I'm so cold!" The leader of the Qiang people got off the horse, then walked to the side that sheltered from the wind, took out a small gourd wine from his arms, then took a sip, and let out a heavy breath.

His subordinates also dismounted and came over to complain.

"It's such a cold day, a caravan will come out..."

"The nobles can talk, but we are the ones who run away!"

"Maybe the noble man thinks that since there was the last caravan, there may be... now...

"Bad! I heard that my superiors were discussing with those guys and said they wanted to...

"Shut up!" The little leader of the Qiang man stopped talking, "Can you talk nonsense about this? You have nothing to do, right? Get it done by yourself and then continue to move forward! If you can't get out of the shelter before dark, you deserve to freeze to death outside!"

After being drunk by the leader, the Qiang people didn't dare to say anything. They began to collect the whole horse listlessly, feed everyone some bites, and then readjust some saddles and other things, preparing to continue on the road while it was still early.

After a moment of rest, I set off again.

Shaking, trembling.

As soon as I turned a mountain pass, the wind and some fine snow powder hit the Qiang leader with his face.

"Puff..." The leader of the Qiang man spat, then wiped the snow powder on his face, and suddenly his nose moved a few times, as if he had smelled something strange.

Normally, snow powder should be tasteless...

The leader of the Qiang people couldn't help but hold his horse back, and looked around.

The next moment, a feather arrow whistled in the cold wind that was facing him, directly hitting the Qiang leader’s face!

The leader of the Qiang people screamed for a while, and then he was so angry that he fell off his horse, which immediately caused a panic in the Qiang people's queue!

On the hillside, Meng Hua lifted the white linen cloth in disguise, drew arrows and shot two or three more people. Around him, many soldiers opened their disguise, either angrily shooting, or roaring towards the Qiang people's queue!

Faced with the soldiers suddenly appearing from the snow, these Qiang people were obviously panicked. In addition, the leader of the Qiang people was dead, and these Qiang people subconsciously turned around and ran away.

However, the mountain road is narrow and long, and it is inconvenient to turn around. How could you run away immediately if you want to run?

Among the countless splashes of snow dust, blood splashed from time to time, adding a shocking red color to the gray world.

No matter how many people are bragging about, no matter how powerful they are, when they are in the face of the loss of swords and guns, they still rely on their true abilities. These Qiang people have already escaped with their tails together, so it is not unacceptable to continue escaping for the second time now.

Amid the shouting, Meng Hua led his men into the Qiang people's queue, either using chopping or shooting arrows. Soon, he cut all the Qiang people who were still brave enough to resist. The rest were some who fell to the end and fled when they saw that the situation was not good, and they also lost the courage to kneel down and surrender...

"Don't kill me, I... don't kill..." The Qiang man knelt down on the ground and shouted a little awkward Chinese.

"Hahaha, why don't you kill you? Let me tell you the truth!" Meng Hua's soldier kicked the Qiang man over and then swayed the blood-stained knife.

In the Han Dynasty, there were no Geneva conventions. Well, even in later generations, sometimes these conventions were like paper and could not be accurate, let alone in the present. It was not an incredible operation to kill after surrendering. After all, for these ordinary soldiers, the merit of the head is the most important, as for others...

"Don't kill me!" The Qiang man howled, "I know a lot, a lot... things, right, a lot of things..."

The soldier turned his eyes and patted the Qiang man with a knife, "I hope you are telling the truth, otherwise...hehe..."

The soldier turned his face and shouted at Meng Hua: "There is a guy here who says he knows something!"

Meng Hua grabbed a handful of snow powder and rubbed the blood on his hands. Hearing this, he looked up and looked at it, "Bring it here!"

…(〃Dian`)q…

Wuwei.

In the cold wind, Jia Xu was wearing a thick cloak, standing at the top of the city, looking into the distance, as if he was watching the snow scene, and as if he was thinking about something.

Jiang Er stood beside Jia Xu.

Jiang Jie glanced at Jia Xu.

Jiang Jie accompanied Jia Xu to blow the wind on the city for a long time. Seeing the sun gradually tilted westward, the cold wind also tightened. After looking at the white frost hanging on the guards' hair beards, he couldn't help but move forward. "Eunuch, seeing the sun is about to set, it's getting colder, it's better...

Jia Xu nodded, then smiled, "Okay, leave, go back to the government office. It's okay, it's okay... I just feel unhappy, which makes you accompany me to blow the wind..."

Jiang Jie's eyebrows twitched, it would be strange if it's okay.

However, Jiang Jie didn't dare to say much. After ordering the soldiers on duty, he accompanied Jia Xu to return to the government office, then took off the already wet cloak and asked the servants to dry it. He sat in the hall with Jia Xu. After a moment of silence, he asked carefully, "I don't know what troubles are you worried about?"

"How about the Western Regions before you come back?" Jia Xu did not directly answer Jiang Jie's words, but asked back.

Could it be that something happened in the Western Regions?

Jiang Jie thought in his heart, but he still answered Jia Xu's question honestly: "The countries in the Western Regions... are basically stable..."

Before, Jiang Jie was in the Western Regions and followed Lu Bu to conquer some Western Regions countries.

Jia Xu nodded, as if he was sighing, "Yes, the countries in the Western Regions... are still stable..."

What does this mean? Is it better to say that stability is not good? Jiang Jie didn't understand, but he was accustomed to being silent and did not ask.

『Human hearts are interesting.』 Jia Xu laughed twice, 『The Changshi has only left for a while...』

Jiang Jie was stunned, looked at Jia Xu with confusion, and then thought a little.

『It's just human hearts... When the distance is far, the human hearts are far... When the hearts are far away, some gaps will inevitably arise, and there will be malice in the gaps...』 Jia Xu still chuckled, "It's a pity, it's ridiculous. I've obviously suffered a loss, but I can't remember it, but what can I do? Humph, hahahahaha...』

『The Western Regions... The envoy said...』 Jiang Jie was shocked, 『Can it be...』

"Isn't it possible to fight honestly?" Jia Xu said with a slight squint, "I have to get involved in these court politics, and I have to worry too much about gains and losses... What's the result? But maybe we have to thank him..."

Jia Xu's words confused Jiang Jie, "I still want to thank you... thank you?"

Jia Xu nodded with a steady expression, "Of course I have to thank him... You think, the Han Dynasty has repeated several times in this Western Regions. Why is it? Could it be that there are so many powerful soldiers in these Western Regions? "

The predecessor of the Western Regions was the "Western Rong".

In the pre-Qin period, because I didn’t know much about the Western Regions, I was generally just a general term for Hulu. It was not until the Western Han Dynasty that the fog of war was truly revealed, and it was officially called the Western Regions from west of Yumen Pass.

The western region is mixed with animal husbandry and farming, but it is generally divided into two parts according to the Tianshan Mountains, north nomadic and south nomadic peoples. The northern region is similar to the north of the Yin Mountains of Huaxia. It is mainly nomadic peoples who move by water and grass, so it is also called "Xingguo", mainly Sairen, Yuezhi people, Cheshi people, Wusun people and Xiongnu people, etc. To the south are many settled farming tribes, living in oasis of the Tianshan Mountains and the desert, which is also called "City Kingdom".

Because of the decline of the Qin Dynasty, between the Qin and Han Dynasties, a large number of Chinese people, that is, the Qin people entered the Western Regions and passed on to various advanced technologies at that time. However, due to the limitations of productivity at that time and the transportation was not smooth, the Western Regions could not form a unified whole. Until the Huns went south and controlled the Western Regions. King Rizhu of the west of the Huns set up a "Puduwei" to manage Western Regions affairs, and at the same time, he used the Western Regions as a base and often plundered the Han Dynasty's border areas.

The Xiongnu entered the Western Regions and their rule began to change the structure of the Western Regions, and directly promoted the later process of the Western Han Dynasty unifying the Western Regions.

In other words, if the Huns had not used the Western Regions to cause trouble, the Han Dynasty at that time might not have the intention to conquer and rule a piece of land that far away...

If you don’t commit suicide, you won’t die.

This sentence is valid, both in ancient times and in modern times.

Jia Xu smiled and pointed at Jiang Jie, "Look, I sent you back first, and then sent back a group of old soldiers from the Western Regions a few days ago... Although these wounded soldiers from the Western Regions can indeed be sent back... But is there a possibility that there will be troubles in staying?"

Jiang Jie was promoted by Li Ru.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Jie's face was a little bad, "Empress, this... the Great Protector should not..."

『It's not so stupid, or so blind?』 Jia Xu smiled, 『I'm willing to not be like this...but this matter does not determine someone...』

Looking at Jiang Jie's slightly confused look, Jia Xu said slowly: "I have been thinking these days, why can't the Western Regions be saved before? In the Western Regions, is the Han army still a Han army? Or has it become... an army in the Western Regions?"
To be continued...