Chapter 205: The Western Regions are included in the palm of your hand

When Li Jue heard Jia Xu's agreement, he understood in his heart that Li Qin was not good at talking about this matter in the name of justice, nor was he asking him to send his son as a gift, so he had to come forward. Maybe this idea was made by Jia Xu!

He did not have the thought of being unwilling, but was very at ease. This means that he could be the leader of the Western Regions with peace of mind, and his son could also enter the core of power of the next generation of the Fujiao Army. This was the best thing for their father and son.

Li Jue hurriedly said, "Then there is Jia Juncheng. This ceremony of apprenticeship will be held after I go back and bring my son. How about Jia Juncheng?"

"Okay, of course, okay, there is no problem here!" Jia Xu said with a smile.

Li Jue was quite happy to do things. He could not leave Li Qin's army for the time being, but he immediately sent someone to pick up his son Li Shi and asked his wife to send him to Jia Xu to fulfill his thoughts.

The news was soon delivered to Li Jue's house. When Li Jue's wife Yang heard that her son was going to be hostage, she was sent to Li Qin. She burst into tears and fainted several times in a day. She was extremely spoiled for her son Li Shi and was reluctant to leave her son.

In real history, Li Jue had turned against Guo Si. After a fight, he had to make peace. The two discussed exchanging sons as a charity. However, because Li Jue's wife Yang loved her son Li Shi too much, she refused to give her son to Guo Si. There was no way Li Jue had to discuss with Guo Si again. If he could exchange sons, would exchange daughters be successful? Guo Si had to agree, and the two exchanged daughters as hostages and formed an alliance again.

In the historical incident of the exchange of hostages, this can be said as a joke, but it also shows how much Yang loves his son Li Shi.

But now Li Jue has the right not to send his son to his daughter? He has no hope of proclaiming himself a great sage in his life. Yang will only be the wife of a local military general in this life, and he has no chance to go to Chang'an to say the same thing. Not to mention that Li Qin just wants Li Jue's son, even if he wants Yang and Li Shi to go together, Li Jue dare not say no, and Yang has to go obediently!

After crying, Yang had to pack up Li Shi, hand over his son to the soldiers, and take him as a hostage to Li Qin. She only dared to cry bitterly, and didn't even dare to say a word of complaint. She had to repeatedly tell the soldiers coming that Li Shi could take Jia Juncheng as his army, which was a great honor for his Li family.

A few days later, Li Shi was sent to the Fujiao Army. After Li Jie's repeated begging, Jia Xu "reluctantly" accepted Li Shi as a student. The generals of Fujiao sent gifts one after another, congratulating Li Jie's son on his visit to a good teacher. Jia Xu accepted a good student. Everyone knew it and was just supporting him. No one said it out loud. However, many people had the idea of ​​imitating this matter, and they all wanted to put their son to Jia Xu's side to gain Li Qin's belief.

Li Qin didn't have time to care about this. He had received news from the scout again, saying that Liu Jiu was defeated. Without proof, he said that Liu Jiu had been killed and was cut off by the Xiongnu Khan, but the body was not obtained, and the news could not be confirmed.

Li Qin called Jia Xu, saw Jia Xu's face flushed, and said, "I've taken over a proud student, I think you're so beautiful!"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "I am beautiful, I am happy, I am happy. But it's not because I have accepted a proud disciple. There are so many people in the world who want to worship me as my teacher. I can be full of students at any time. What I am really happy about is that from now on, I am happy for you after you return to the Western Regions!"

Li Qin also smiled and said, "After you said this, even I am happy." He handed the letter to Jia Xu and said, "Our scout said that Liu Jiu was dead, but it cannot be confirmed."

After reading the letter, Jia Xu said, "Whether Liu Jiu is really dead, the news will always come out, but the Xiongnu Khan could not tell the truth to the grassland immediately. He was afraid that Liu Jiu's allies would take the opportunity to attack. But this also implies an important news, that is, the Xiongnu Khan was seriously injured and helped him in the battle with Liu Jiu, and he had reached the point where he could no longer go to war with Liu Jiu's allies immediately. He could only rest and eat Liu Jiu's allies, and he could not imagine how to swallow his whale!"

After pausing, he smiled and said, "In this battle, I waited for the effort to help the Hu army and succeeded in using the Hu strategy to control the Hu. The two major forces of the Huns were both defeated. They can ensure that our northwest border will be peaceful for twenty years!"

Li Qin shook his head and said, "I thought of this too. But I was uneasy until I didn't see Liu Jiu's body. Otherwise, I would personally lead the troops north to shock the Xiongnu Shanyu and ask him to hand over Liu Jiu, and to see people alive and die. What do you think?"

Jia Xu waved his hand and said, "No need. With our current strength and the extent of the loss of the Xiongnu Khan, if you want to get the real news of whether Liu Jiu was dead, you don't really need to lead troops there. As long as you write a few words on parchment, you can make the Xiongnu Khan obediently. If you don't believe it, let's make this bet. I'll write this letter, how about it?"

Li Qin laughed and said, "Okay, then you write it, but you don't have to fight to bet. Anyway, you have nothing to lose to me!"

"It's not necessarily my loss!" Jia Xu smiled. He took out a piece of parchment paper and wrote a very simple "War Book" and asked the scouts of the Fujiao to send them to the Xiongnu Khan.

Since Jia Xu repeatedly emphasized that the Fujiao Army could be decisive without waiting in the Western Regions, and the Xiongnu Khan would definitely be obedient, Li Qin did not wait any longer and ordered the army to set up camps and retreat slowly to Liangzhou, distribute wealth along the way, attracting people of all ethnic groups in the Western Regions to come and invest.

When they were about to arrive in Dunhuang, a scout from behind finally caught up with him, and they brought Liu Jiu's head back!

Things were exactly the same as Jia Xu expected. The Xiongnu Khan really had no strength to fight again and could no longer fight. He lost his troops and did not get any benefits, because Liu Jiu did not bring tens of thousands of carts with him. Moreover, before the Xiongnu soldiers in the Nine Tents were eliminated, they launched a suicide charge against the Shanyu's army. The Nine Tents were destroyed, but the Shanyu's army was also crippled. Not only was the Shanyu unable to face Li Qin's letter of war, but even the other tribes on the Xiongnu grassland could not be suppressed. Even whether the Khan position could be saved was unknown.

Li Qin took charge of the Xiongnu Chanyu's body, but Shanyu didn't even hesitate. He cut off Liu Jiu's head and put it in a wooden box. He sent it to Li Qin, begging Li Qin not to be angry and not to conquer him. He could discuss anything. He didn't even dare to take the usual tributes from the Silk Road in the Western Regions, and gave them all to Li Qin, and Li Qin would collect taxes in the future!

Seeing that the Xiongnu Khan was so weak, Li Qin almost returned to Liangzhou and wanted to attack the Shanyu, and took advantage of the situation to destroy the Xiongnu Empire!

Jia Xu quickly stopped him. He told Li Qin that although the power of the Xiongnu Shanyu is greatly damaged and cannot defeat the Fujiao Army, other Xiongnu tribes are still there. If the Fujiao Army attacks at this time, the Huns' tribes will immediately unite and resist the Fujiao Army, which will make it easier to form a group. The Fujiao Army will not only fail to win, but will also suffer huge losses.

But if the Fujiao Army did not go at this time, then the Huns' divisions would have the idea of ​​fighting the Shanyu, and they would take advantage of the situation. In addition, everyone wanted to gain benefits from the destruction of the Nine Tents, and they were likely to attack each other. In this way, the grassland would inevitably suffer wars for years, and all divisions would be damaged, and they would no longer be able to move south. This was the best strategy to control the Hu.

Li Qin adopted Jia Xu's strategy and no longer thought about attacking the Xiongnu Khan, but asked the Xiongnu to attack themselves. When they could no longer fight, it would not be too late for the Fujiao Army to send troops. Drive them all to the West and harm Europe!

The journey eastward was not just one day. The Fujiao Army returned to Fujiao Fort. Li Qin immediately wrote a letter to the court, sent Liu Jiu's head together, and wrote a letter to Zhang Rang, hoping to gain control of the Western Regions. By the way, he also proposed that he wanted to contribute more to the court, whether he could become the governor of Bingzhou and the captain of the Qiang Guarding School. Although there were too many requirements, the court could promise one item to be one item, asking for a price everywhere, and paying back the money!

After the letter was sent, Li Qin wrote another letter to Zhang Qin from Bingzhou, asking Zhang Qin to help him and say good things to himself. He also asked him how Bingzhou was and whether the situation was stable. In the letter, he repeatedly told Zhang Qin that the taxes in Bingzhou this year should be reduced and must not go on business trips. He got a lot of money and property in the Western Regions and did not need supplies for the time being. He wanted to pay the tax to the court. If he could, he would try to delay it as much as possible. He would not have to rush to give it to him. Just on the grounds that the war had just ended, it would be the best if he could delay it until next year.

Li Qin knew in his heart that at the beginning of next year, the Yellow Turban Uprising that shakes the entire Han Dynasty will break out. To put it bluntly, this is an inevitable historical development. He is powerless to stop it, so he can only adapt. What he has to do is to get the greatest benefits in this chaos, so that the world can be restored to stability as soon as possible, and not let the vassal of the princes happen.

While waiting for news from Luoyang, Li Qin was engaged in production in Fujiao Fort, and sent troops to promote and calm the people around him, so that the people nearby could live a well-off life. This is something he could not achieve within a few years. It can be regarded as a grand goal, but let the people calm down and not follow the chaos in the Central Plains. This is a small goal and can still be achieved.

Summer goes and autumn comes. After autumn harvest, the winter solstice comes. The winter in Liangzhou is much colder than the Central Plains. It is already covered with snow, and it is silvery everywhere.

On that day, Li Qin had breakfast and went out in a neat dress. Today is a big day. It is the winter solstice. He wants to inspect the new army. The new Fujiao Army has been trained. The total number of new and old Fujiao soldiers has reached 24,000. If the auxiliary soldiers are included, the total number has reached 40,000. The elite soldiers of the entire Liangzhou gathered in his Fujiao Fort, and the governor of Liangzhou has been wiped out.

After leaving the house with his parents, Li Qin saw that the generals of the Fujiao Army who lived near his home were already waiting on the street. The generals were fully armed, and Jia Xu was standing in front.

Li Qin smiled and said, "Brother-in-law, why are you wearing armor too?"

Jia Xu smiled and said, "I want Qiu Ba to be with you, of course, so that I can't stand out too far!"

Everyone was talking and laughing, and rushed to the newly built colonel military field. At this moment, several cavalrymen rushed over from a distance, and the leader shouted: "I want to see Li Lang, where is Li Lang?"
Chapter completed!