Chapter 425 Drought comes again, unlucky Yuan Shao
After several days of repairs at Dunhuang, the Royal Army and its 50,000 soldiers.
Accompanied by Gai Xian and others, Wang Guojun came to Yumen Pass, which can be said to be the most remote boundary of the Han Dynasty. From Yumen Pass, it means leaving the area radiated by Han civilization and entering another world.
In such a commemorative place, Wang Guojun naturally could not come in vain. He prepared three animals and held a ceremony to worship his ancestors, telling the ancestors who opened up the Western Regions that the unscrupulous descendants of the Han Dynasty had lost the Western Regions and even the rule of Xiliang. Also in danger.
But now that they are here, they will definitely restore the glory of Chinese civilization, rebuild the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and let Chinese civilization enter the Western Regions again!
Then the royal army left 20,000 troops to Wang Dang and said: "When I go back, I will propose to the governor that you become the governor of the Western Regions Protectorate. You are now in Dunhuang starting to prepare for the invasion of the Western Regions! The Western Regions are too far away, we I don’t have much support for you, all you can rely on are the 20,000 soldiers in your hands!”
Wang Dang smiled confidently and said: "Back then, Ban Chao was able to suppress the Western Regions for decades with 36 men. Although my talents are not as good as Ban Chao, the support I received far exceeded Ban Chao. With the 20,000 troops in my hands, I should be able to suppress the Western Regions for decades. He does better than Ban Chao!"
Wang Guojun said: "Make good use of Gaixian and the other gangsters in Dunhuang. They have connections with all the forces in the Western Regions. You have to make good use of them to conquer the Western Regions with twice the result. Xiliang is completely different from the Western Regions and the Central Plains. Don't use Jizhou's people Bring hatred here to Xiliang! We Han people do not have the upper hand in Xiliang and the Western Regions!"
There are many people in the Daqian Army who hate the powerful, and Wang Dang is one of the representatives of the powerful and hard-line. Of course, this is also related to the hatred of the Jizhou Yellow Turban Army. When millions of Jizhou Yellow Turban Army died at the hands of powerful nobles, Wang Dang Too many of my relatives, family members, friends, and subordinates died at the hands of the Jizhou clan!
When Wang Dang led the remaining Yellow Turban Army soldiers in Jizhou and followed the Daqian Army to counterattack Jizhou, all the nobles and nobles in the territory he captured died cruelly in his hands. Even among the Daqian Army, Wang Dang's cruel methods were a bit unkind. Wang Dang was still frightened, so he was very withdrawn among the army. It was also because Yang Feng and other old friends who had fought together for more than ten years had a good relationship with him!
Wang Guojun was also worried that Wang Dang would suppress powerful forces in Xiliang and the Western Regions, so he once again told Wang Dang that his approach should not be miscalculated in the Central Plains, because the entire Dagan high-level officials were in the Central Plains looking for ways to split up the noble families. However, When a king in the Western Regions does this, only those barbarians will be happy!
Wang Dang nodded and promised: "I know the difference between inside and outside. When we go to the Western Regions, the only ones we can rely on are these powerful people! I want to kill the people of the Western Regions as well!"
After explaining all this, Wang Guojun led the remaining 30,000 troops and local people from Jiuquan and Zhangye counties back, and at the same time escorted the hundreds of thousands of Qiang people to begin migrating to the interior of Xiliang. Obviously, so many Qiang people cannot be concentrated in Dunhuang. The Royal Army plans to place them in Beidi County and other areas close to Da Gan!
The last Qiang force in Xiliang was wiped out by Daqian. When the news reached Anding County, the whole Anding County became lively, and even the whole of Xiliang became lively. The people of Xiliang were happy because the Qiang people were eliminated by Daqian. After millions of people were encircled and suppressed, it would be impossible for them to recover for hundreds of years. They could finally live peacefully in Xiliang.
Zhen An and those who bought the Xiliang development bonds were happy with Daqian's high efficiency. In less than half a year, the entire Qiang people in Xiliang were annihilated, and the entire area from Beidi County to Dunhuang was thousands of miles away. The trade route has been opened up, and after leaving Yumen Pass, the price of goods to Yiwu, which is hundreds of miles away, can be increased ten times. If you dare to go to Dawan Kingdom, which is thousands of miles away, the price of goods can be increased a hundred times. Even if such a golden road is not completely opened, it only leads to the Xiliang section, which is enough to excite big businessmen like Zhen An. They have begun to buy goods, form caravans, and prepare to go to the Western Regions!
At the same time, merchants from other parts of the Han Dynasty, knowing that Daqian had only one year to suppress millions of Qiang people and completely quell the Qiang rebellion in Xiliang, they also came to Xiliang one after another with goods, including silk from Jingzhou and silk from Sichuan. Shu brocade, medicinal materials, porcelain, and books from the Central Plains quickly appeared in the remote place of Xiliang.
The population of Xiliang is constantly growing, cities are being built, roads are being repaired, and fields are being reclaimed. Every citizen of Xiliang is smiling with hope. Once the Silk Road is opened, the whole of Xiliang seems to be spending the winter. The earth begins to look brand new and full of spring!
Early May of the second year of Xingping in the Eastern Han Dynasty (AD 195)
The news that the Daqian army encircled and suppressed millions of Qiang people, completely pacified Xiliang, and opened up the Silk Road reached the Central Plains. Although Yuan Shao and the others were shocked, they were no longer in the mood to care about Xiliang's problems! Because Yuan Shao had already Too busy to take care of myself!
Because there is another drought in the Central Plains this year. The history books only record that in the summer of the second year of Xingping in Yihai, there was a severe drought in April, and in the winter of October, during the night of Renyin, there was red air penetrating the Purple Palace!
This short sentence was a disaster that affected tens of millions of people. This drought affected thousands of miles of land throughout the Central Plains. Yuzhou, Yanzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and Jizhou in the Central Plains were all affected by the disaster. And Yuzhou , Yanzhou is a small and medium-sized city affected by this disaster. It can be said that Yuan Shao's core territory was severely damaged!
Ever since Yuan Shao moved into Luoyang City, the entire Central Plains has been suffering from drought for three years. Either there was a drought in Yanzhou or in Guanzhong. This time it was a drought in Yanzhou and Yuzhou. The disasters became more and more serious each time!
Such frequent disasters are not only unbearable for the common people, but also for the powerful noble families in the Central Plains. They have to raise hundreds of thousands of troops, and they also have to find ways to make steel knives and armor, find ways to strengthen city walls, and build forts and roads everywhere. Arming these hundreds of thousands of troops with the same treatment as the Central Army, now the powerful families really have no food left!
In order to resist the Thunder Lord, the noble families in the entire Central Plains spent almost all their money and food, but now that the Thunder Lord has not come yet, frequent disasters are already going to destroy them.
Last year, Yuan Shao maintained his power by annexing the family property of Xuzhou noble families, but this method could only be used once. This year, there are no powerful men who will continue to kill pigs for Yuan Shao!
Moreover, the three years of disasters have also damaged Yuan Shao's prestige. Now it is being spread throughout the Central Plains that it is because the Yuan family rebelled against the Han Dynasty and did many evil things that even God can't bear to stand, so they settled in Yuan Shao's territory. Disasters continue. If we want the drought in the Central Plains to end, we must drive away Yuan Shao and let the court take over the territory in the Central Plains!