Artillery knocked on the city gates of the countries in the Western Regions.
The Western Expedition Army under Liu Mingzhi was locked in a long-running war with the defenders of the Western Regions.
The army led by the Song and Qing Dynasties captured the palace of Ruoqiang Kingdom without any difficulty. After supporting a puppet, they immediately led Ruoqiang Kingdom's 20,000 soldiers to quickly join Liu Mingzhi's main army.
On the third day of May in the third year of Dalong Ruian, the army of the Western Expedition successively captured Cheshi's former country and Cheshi's rear country. They captured the entire Cheshi country at the cost of 7,700 casualties. They supported the puppet king and ordered him to leave the country for six years. Wan assisted the army in the Western Expedition.
On the second day of June in the third year of Dalong Ruian, the Western Expeditionary Army once again broke through the Pulei Kingdom and conquered the two countries. A total of more than 11,000 soldiers died in the battle. Liu Mingzhi repeated his old tricks to support the puppets to come to power, and each sent 20,000 troops. Join the army of the Western Expedition!
Liu Mingzhi, the general outside the Qiemi State Camp, stared at the lieutenant generals majestically: "The entire northeastern territory of the Western Region countries is already within our Dalong territory. Now we have to bypass the entire southeastern front to launch a general offensive, and strive to achieve it within two months. Take down all the countries in the east and join forces to fight against Dawan and other countries with all your strength!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi waved the bamboo pole in a circle on the newly added sand table: "Song Qing listens!"
"The general is here!"
"You will command 50,000 elite soldiers and 60,000 chariots. The 60,000 soldiers led by Mo will pass south through the Gumo Kingdom and directly attack Shanmi and Khotan. You know my commander's strategy of using troops. Don't disappoint me. !”
Song Qing glanced at Che Shi Mo, the commander of Che Shi Kingdom, and nodded heavily: "Commander, don't worry, the general will give you the order!"
"Ning Chaofeng Buer obeys the order!"
"The general is here!"
"You two will lead 80,000 elite soldiers and 40,000 elite soldiers under Milha's command to bypass the eastern part of Kucha Kingdom and attack Shache Kingdom, Xiye Kingdom, and Zihe Kingdom. Taking a city will only give them two hours of thinking time. , the scouts will continue to investigate and once they discover a request for help, they will immediately detain the scouts and start attacking the city!"
"The general will get the order!"
"Cheng Kai, Zhou Baoyu and you guys will lead the rest of the army with me to attack the Kingdom of Kucha, Qiemo, Weitou, Shule Kingdom...and other countries!"
"The general will get the order!"
Liu Mingzhi lifted the wine jar on the side, which contained the grape wine from the Western Regions. He patted off the sealing mud of the wine jar and poured the wine into the thick bowl. "Grape wine luminous cup, I don't have a luminous cup. Now, I have everything you need in a thick bowl. This bowl of wine will be put into practice for you. When the army joins forces, I hope you can return with a great victory! The entire eastern border is included in my Dalong map, and Dawan Waiting for the country to look east and west! Drink!"
"Thank you, Marshal, for the wine!"
"Song Qing, Ning Chao, recite all the rules for the army entering the city to me!"
"When the army enters the city, they are not allowed to massacre the people, they are not allowed to burn, kill, and loot, and they are not allowed to rape women. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!"
Liu Mingzhi placed the tiger talismans on the table one by one: "I hope you and the other soldiers will keep this prohibition in mind and send troops!"
"I will retire at the end!"
The three people from the Song and Qing Dynasties led the army and marched south. Liu Mingzhi grabbed the Heavenly Sword and inserted the bamboo pole on the sand table of the Kingdom of Kucha: "Send troops to the Kingdom of Kucha, scout for reconnaissance, and envoys go..."
"Report! Report to the commander-in-chief. There is a Han family caravan leader outside the military camp who claims to be the Jiangnan Liu Family caravan. He asked his humble position to hand this thing to the commander-in-chief!"
Liu Mingzhi's eyes showed a hint of excitement and then disappeared.
"Send it up!"
"yes!"
Liu Mingzhi's face changed as he took what the soldier handed him: "Mother...why are brothers Qi here?"
"You guys stay here later, I will come as soon as I go!"
"Got the order!"
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly ran out of the camp. Qi Yun's arrival was something he didn't expect. He thought it was the shopkeeper from one of the Liu family's stores, but he didn't expect it to be Qi Yun!
When Liu Mingzhi left the military camp, he saw a caravan stretching for several miles, with horses and camels carrying countless goods stationed outside the military camp!
Looking at Qi Yun and Liu Mingzhi, who was wearing a stiff hat and a scholar's robe, somewhat dusty and tired, he stopped and stared blankly at this beautiful woman whom he had not seen for more than half a year.
Qi Yun also noticed that Young Master Liu's figure standing outside the camp had softened, and his lingering feelings could not be concealed at all, with a deep feeling of longing.
The two stopped for a long time and looked at each other without saying a word.
"Lady!"
"Husband...husband!"
Looking at Young Master Qi Yunliu who was trotting towards him, he opened his arms and hugged him tightly.
"Silly girl, Dalong is thousands of miles away from the yellow sands of the Western Region, why are you here?"
Liu Mingzhi is well aware of the hardships of rushing from Dalong to the Western Regions. If he had not had the faith to support the Western Expedition, the Western Expedition army would have almost depleted its morale and become a sluggish army several times in the endless Gobi!
This journey is really long!
Qi Yun opened her watery eyes eagerly and stared at Liu Mingzhi's life-filled face: "Husband, you have lost weight!"
"I'm not skinny, I've become a lot leaner. You haven't told me why you're here?"
Qi Yun hurriedly struggled out of Liu Mingzhi's arms, took out a letter and handed it to her husband: "Husband, this is a letter from sister Lian'er to you!"
"Qinglian? What's wrong with Qinglian?"
Qi Yun glanced at the camp guard who was looking at the two of them curiously, and took Liu Mingzhi's arm and walked towards the caravan: "Go and talk in the carriage!"
Liu Mingzhi's heart suddenly thought: "Okay!"
In the carriage, Qi Yun bit her lips tightly: "The Miao people in Shu rebelled. After hearing about it, sister Lian'er rushed to Shu without stopping, leaving only this letter! Our golden eagle falcon can't find it at all. I have no choice but to discuss with my father to bring a caravan to the Western Regions to look for you! If I hadn't heard about you from Gumo Country through many inquiries, I don't know how long it would have been before I found you!"
Liu Mingzhi hurriedly opened the letter and read it. After a while, Liu Mingzhi clasped the letter into a ball with a complex expression: "How could a good Miao people rebel? As a saint of the Miao people, it makes sense for Lian'er to rush over, but the rebellion There must be a reason!”
"I heard that the government forced the people to rebel. It seems that the tax burden is too heavy and the Miao people cannot survive, so they have to rebel!"
"Impossible. The amount of taxation is determined by the Ministry of Household Affairs. The imperial court's taxation of the Miao people is exactly the same as that of the Han people. It is not enough to make them rebel against the court. In the past few years, the taxation of the Miao people in the Miao border was rarely sufficient, so sufficient. ....."
Liu Mingzhi's expression changed sharply and he opened the letter again and looked at it carefully. The conversation when Qinglian just returned to the Liu family from Miao territory flashed in his mind.
"Local officials will not increase taxes on the Miao people privately!"
This idea seemed to have taken root and lingered in Liu Mingzhi's mind.
"Husband, what should we do now? Although my father has sent many Liuye brothers to protect the safety of sister Lian'er, you also know that sister Lian'er has a stubborn temper. If she gets impulsive and gets involved in the Miao rebellion... ....."
"How long has this been going on?"
"In January, sister Lian'er rushed towards Shu. I sent many letters to my father and you didn't reply. We knew that the falcons and golden eagles must not be able to find you, so I had to come west to look for you. !”
"It's been almost half a year, isn't it..."
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