The next day.
Early in the morning, Zhao Jun asked Ding Hongguang to lead the army and rush back at full speed.
The soldiers were quite complaining. They had just had a night's rest, so why were they on their way again and in such a hurry?
But after hearing that the Huns were spying on Pontu's side, all the complaints from the Yunzhou Army disappeared instantly.
As the Yunzhou Army, there is no doubt that their families live in Pontus. Now that the Xiongnu has set its sights on Pontus, it means they have set their sights on them.
If it weren't for the fact that they didn't have wings, these soldiers would have wanted to fly back immediately and give the Huns a knife to let them know how powerful they and others were!
Once the Yunzhou Army is dealt with, the Tatar side will be much easier to deal with.
Enough benefits, plus many Tatars were a little homesick and left.
At first, Zhao Jun wanted to take Ban Chao and Li Sitang back together.
But they were rejected by both of them.
Li Sitang's domestic affairs have not yet been settled properly. As the leader of a country, he cannot act arbitrarily.
This is a valid reason.
But Ban Chao's answer shocked Zhao Jun a little.
He actually said that he wanted to stay here, to be precise, in the Western Region, and that he wanted to help establish the Yelang Kingdom.
When Zhao Jun heard this, he immediately glanced at Ablizi who was not far away with a strange expression, then looked at the determined look in Ban Chao's eyes, and immediately pulled Ban Chao aside to ask about other real purposes.
Soon the two came back, and this time Zhao Jun called Ding Hongguang over.
"Your Majesty!"
Ding Hongguang cupped his hands and clasped his fists.
"Hongguang, after arriving at the ruins of the original Daxia, you arrange for two thousand heavy cavalry and three thousand light cavalry to leave enough food for them for half a year, under the command of Ban Chao.
In addition, they were left with five hundred thousand taels of gold and silver.
A voluntary principle is adopted for these remaining soldiers, and all those who are willing to stay will be given three times their military pay as a subsidy before the next group of soldiers comes. "
Zhao Jun ordered.
After hearing this, Ding Hongguang immediately asked in confusion: "Your Majesty, why did you leave five thousand people for Ambassador Ban, including two thousand heavy cavalry and so much food, grass, gold and silver?"
Zhao Jun glanced at Ban Chao, who immediately stood up and said:
"Prince Meng valued him and was ordered to establish the Western Region Protectorate. A certain person is currently the number one governor of the Western Region in Yunzhou County!"
After hearing this, Ding Hongguang suddenly realized that no wonder he wanted to keep these troops and gold, silver and food. It turned out that the prince asked Ban Chao to use them to establish the Western Region Protectorate.
Dang Ji nodded and agreed: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, everything will be arranged in the end!"
Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction, then turned to Ban Chao and said:
"Now I have prepared people, money, and food for you. I will only give you half a year to let the Western Region Protectorate establish a foothold in the Western Region. If you can't do it, I will immediately find someone who can do it. People.
It's up to you whether you can seize this opportunity. "
Ban Chao immediately handed over his hands and promised: "Your Majesty, don't worry, with the combat effectiveness of our Yunzhou Army, these five thousand people are enough for Yunzhou to gain a foothold in the Western Regions. In half a year at most, I will be able to establish a foothold for Your Majesty in the Western Regions." .”
Zhao Jun nodded but then remembered something and said again: "By the way, to restore Yelang's country, we can give them half of their original land for the time being. With their situation like this, Ablizi will surely be able to recruit the manpower back. It's not much, half is enough for them to use first.
As for the rest, we, the Protectorate, will take care of them first.
Return it to them when there are more people. This matter is not urgent yet and can be dealt with slowly. In addition, you have to be careful. King Guizi has always felt that this country is dishonest, so be careful.
In addition, our sub-capital households in the Western Region have decided to manage the existing territory well and expand our influence to other countries.
Previously, the Great Yuezhi fought their way through the sand dunes, and countless countries suffered along the way.
Maybe some people have been targeted by their good neighbors. After the Western Region Protectorate is established, they can be mentioned in the name of protecting them and receive a certain amount of compensation.
But our ultimate goal is not just to collect some protection fees. I think you should understand this, right? "
Ban Chao nodded heavily and said: "Prince, please don't worry, I know what to do. The Western Region Protectorate has to manage the original land under its feet. The most important thing is to maintain the balance of the countries.
Prevent those countries that still retain their strength from attacking the countries that have suffered heavy losses, so as to win over these countries that we can win over and let them stand with us, gradually expand the influence of our Yunzhou County, and eventually control the entire Western Region the goal of. "
"Children can be taught!"
This time Zhao Jun is really satisfied. This class is really smart. He is just making the beginning, and he has already made all your goals clear to you.
After arranging everything, Zhao Jun immediately arranged for the army to return to the division, while Shebitu also began to return to the city with what was allocated to them.
Li Sitang followed him back. After he has arranged his domestic affairs, he will go to the original Daxia site to find Ban Chao. Then Ban Chao will arrange for him to go to Yunzhou County.
The army here began their mighty return journey, and it took them half a month to return to the original location of Daxia. The 650,000 Yunzhou Army's allied troops along the way really frightened the countries in the Western Regions along the way. It's embarrassing, there are so many of them, and there aren't that many people in the whole country combined.
Wherever the army passed, no one dared to explode.
At the same time, Zhao Jun also wanted to give Ban Chao a platform. His actions along the way were to demonstrate to them. Although I left thousands of people in the Western Region Protectorate, behind them was Yunzhou with hundreds of thousands of troops. county.
Do you dare to try to cause trouble while we are away?
When the time comes, you will die if you try it!
When they arrived at Ankang City, they left 5,000 people behind for Ban Chao and then moved on. Ban Chao also had the idea to reorganize the Western Regions Protectorate. Now the Xia people in the entire Western Regions Protectorate are good helpers. They were originally the descendants of the Tang Dynasty who were placed in the Western Regions.
With the five thousand people from Ban Chao as their bones and these Xia people as their flesh, the Protectorate of the Western Regions can be re-established soon.
The administrative institutions of the Central Plains that have disappeared in the Western Region for hundreds of years will appear on this land again!
And just as Zhao Jun's army returned to the city, the Huns' preparations were also completed.
After half a month of gathering troops, Tila had gathered 100,000 soldiers. At the same time, news came from Yumen Pass that the Ding family had successfully replaced the original general named Chen.
When everything was ready, Tila did not hesitate and immediately led the army towards Yumen Pass and galloped away.
He has received news that the Yunzhou Army in the Western Regions has completely defeated the Dayuezhi. Only tens of thousands of Dayuezhi people who remained fled into Mobei to escape.
This kind of battle situation made him even more afraid of the Yunzhou Army. If the Xiongnu could not obtain the technology of Yunzhou County to increase their combat power, then today's Da Yueshi would be tomorrow's Xiongnu.
Three months, and now there are only more than two months left. The 100,000 Xiongnu people did not dare to delay for a moment, so they finally crossed the Yumen Pass from the Royal Court, crossed the Hedong Corridor, and gradually approached the closest place to Hedong in only half a month. Corridor of Dingyang City.
Naturally, the secret guards also detected their movements and immediately reported the information to Prince Yun's Mansion.
As soon as Ye Yin received the news, he immediately summoned all the senior officials of Yunzhou County to come to the palace to discuss matters!
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(End of chapter)
