Xu Le sent not only a good news, but also a thick volume of articles, which included maps of the countries in the South Mountains of the Western Regions, the customs and similarities of various tribes, and even some songs and legends. It was all about it, which was richer than the information brought back when Mei Gao went to Qiangzhong.▲∴▲∴,

The emperor took a look at the book and had a deeper understanding of the situation in Nanshan. He re-deduced the war with the map provided by Xu Le, and realized how difficult it was to win Liang Xiao, and how helpless it was to prepare for the war for several months. His strength was too weak to support the expedition at all, so he could only use static and wait for the Tianlang to fall into the trap.

Liang Xiao’s victory was not actually the elite soldiers he trained. Of course, these elite knights made contributions, but the Qiang people who were actually killed by them were actually limited. The combined number of several battles was less than half. The crossbows and steakshui were the ones that caused major casualties.

Therefore, in addition to the chief general Liang Xiao and the military supervisor Xu Le, the ones who were in the front of the credit card were Deng Guobin, who made the crossbow and Guo Wenbin, the prefect of Dunhuang.

The emperor put down the paper in his hand, straightened his body, stroked the edge of the desk with both hands, and pondered for a long time. The father Yan, Wuqiu Shou and others on the side were sensitively aware of the changes in the emperor's emotions, and immediately stopped joking, looking through the copy seriously, or thinking in contemplation. Then, Wang Hui, Cao Shi, Wei Qing and other generals also felt that they were not as capable as literati, but just sat silently, waiting for the emperor to speak.

The hall became quiet, and even the sound of flipping the card became so careful.

The emperor glanced at everyone. "It's getting late, so let's disperse first. Go back and think about it carefully and discuss it tomorrow. Before the countries in the Western Regions pay tribute, we will come up with a reward charter."

"Yes!" Everyone bowed and left one after another.

King Wuqiu Shou and Lord Yan stayed at the end, gathered the documents on the table, and then prepared to leave. The emperor called them. "What do you think about the list of soldiers on the labor book?"

The Lord's father bowed and said nothing, and King Qiu Shou was also a little hesitant. The moment they saw the credit book, they knew there would be a problem, but the emperor was very excited at that time, and they didn't want to pour cold water on them. Now, the emperor finally reacted.

In addition to Xu Le, the first few people on the credit book are Liang Xiao's old friends. If they are rewarded according to military merits, these people will become key figures in the Western Regions, and Liang Xiao will also use their hands to control the Western Regions. If others want to intervene in the future, it will be up to Liang Xiaogao to be unhappy.

In other words, the Western Regions may become Liang Xiao's Western Regions. If it were other generals, such as Wei Qing and Cao Shi, it would be fine, but it was Liang Xiao. Liang Xiao is famously unruly. Once he did anything, it would be difficult for the court to control him. From the Western Regions to Chang'an, it would take more than a month to send a message. The army would go on a war, and it would not be possible to reach it in less than half a year.

Seeing that they didn't speak, the emperor felt a little embarrassed, so he waved his hand and signaled them to retreat. He picked up a roll of bamboo slips and went to the palace. After washing up, he leaned on the bed and continued reading. Halfway through reading, he suddenly stopped, turned over and sat up, and smiled.

"I'm really worried. All the countries in the Nanshan Mountains are combined, and there are only more than 20,000 cavalry. It's still unknown whether they can conquer Wusun. But I'm worried about Liang Xiao. It's really..." He shook his head and mocked himself. "The eagle is far away, and the evil voice is still there. Liang Boming, the shadow you left on me is too big, so you can't blame me."

The emperor said, throwing down the bamboo slips, falling asleep, and soon fell asleep.

Liang Xiao and Dongfang Shuo sat next to the fire, eating barbecue, drinking milk wine, talking and laughing.

"Guess, what the emperor is thinking?" Dongfang Shuo said with a smile, browsing.

Liang Xiao glanced at him and smiled without saying a word.

"You are so boring." Dongfang Shuo reached out and poked Liang Xiao, like a naughty child. "Tell me, talk quickly."

"What's there to say? You and I can guess it. It's just that I'm worried that I'll lose my tail, and then I feel that Wusun has not yet been destroyed, so I won't be raising a tiger for the time being. I might as well take a look first."

Dongfang Shuo laughed and reached out to give his thumbs up. "It seems that you are still very sober and have not been deceived by him. Since that's the case, why do you still have to come? You can obviously take a boat from Yuzhang to go to Yizhou to live your free life."

Liang Xiao held the wine glass and thought for a while. "I am unwilling to give up. How great a person can achieve is certainly related to his personal ability, but also to the strength behind him. If there are 20,000 Han troops in the Western Regions, do I still need to come? When will I have 20,000 troops in Yizhou? I am afraid I can't count on it in my lifetime."

Dongfang Shuo shook his head. "You are not a warlike person. Now you are already a marquis of thousands of households. You can say that you are a great minister and have no shortage of wealth and honor. This reason is very far-fetched, and I'm afraid it's not the truth."

"Not the truth? Then what do you think I'm for?"

"For the Lord of the Man." Dongfang Shuo thought about it and shook his head again. "It's not accurate. If it's just for the Lord of the Man, you can take the Lord of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man of the Man

Liang Xiao shook his wine glass, not knowing what to say. Dongfang Shuo was too smart, so smart that he was almost demonic. But his ideas were so avant-garde, could Dongfang Shuo understand?

"I want to make achievements, but I don't want to be Han Xin and Zhou Yafu." Liang Xiao said slowly: "I hold a strong soldier in my hand and can't win. In the end, I was captured by several strong men or were captured by prisoners. I don't want to."

Dongfang Shuo nodded. "So you would rather fight before His Majesty than go to the court lieutenant?"

"Yes. Also, why is he unhappy? I have to go to the court lieutenant whether I am guilty or not. I am unhappy, but I can't do anything to him?"

Dongfang Shuo laughed "Puchi" and almost spitted Liang Xiao's face with wine. He looked at Liang Xiao and wanted to joke with Liang Xiao for a few words, but found that Liang Xiao had a serious face and had no intention of joking. He put away his smile and thought for a while. "Is this why you oppose Confucianism?"

"Although not all, it is a very important reason."

"Since you have spoken, why don't you say it's so good?" Dongfang Shuo looked around. "You are busy, and I am busy, so it's rare to have such an opportunity in the future."

Liang Xiao raised the corners of his mouth. It seemed that Dongfang Shuo had been holding it in for a long time, and finally found a suitable opportunity today. He believed that his affairs in Chang'an would be transmitted from different angles to Dongfang Shuo's ears, otherwise he would not even know about him asking for war in front of the emperor.

"Confucianism is not pragmatic and likes moral preaching too much, but it is difficult to do it, and it ends up becoming vain."

Dongfang Shuo nodded in agreement. "That's right, so many hypocrites and scholars of the throne came out."

"Confucianism is conservative and unwilling to face the facts. Even if it makes innovations, it is necessary to find a basis from the words of the sages. However, the sages they talk about are not facts, but are just out of their imagination."

"It seems that there is no difference between this point just now?"

"There is a difference. They are obsessed with innocence and not pragmatic. They are devoted to studying and are unwilling to focus on reality. No matter how smart they are, they will not develop a powerful tool like a crossbow. They are conservative and dare not make any innovations. Master Dong mixed the Yin-Yang Dharma Mo and created a unique family, but they refused to admit that they insisted on saying it was said by the saint, but they were full of loopholes and could not justify themselves."

Dongfang Shuo laughed again. He was also very clear about the grudge between Liang Xiao and Dong Zhongshu. He nodded. "You make sense, and I am a little pursuing. If I could work hard like Deng Guobin, the crossbow would not be able to wait for him to come to civilization."

"It's not easy to make you Dongfang Manqian admit your mistake. But if you hadn't faced me, would you admit your mistake?"

Dongfang Shuo raised his eyebrows. "I don't admit it, I won't admit it even if I beat it to death. Anyway, no one can talk about me."

"Yes, this is the case for the emperor. No one dares to say about him, and no one can say about him. He can only hope that he will reflect on himself. Now he still has the courage to reflect on himself. In another thirty or fifty years, he will rule the world and all those who are qualified to accuse him will die. Even if he does things against him, no one will dare to stop him. Then, let alone Zhou Yafu, even if all the famous generals are tied together, they will be the flesh on his chopping board."

Dongfang Shuo stared at the fire for a long time. "That's really terrible. A Western proverb says: If a person has no awe, he will be not far from the devil, but that's what he is talking about." He raised his head again and stared at Liang Xiao. "If you become the king of the Western Regions, would you still say that?"

Liang Xiao laughed and shook his head. "No, at that time, I might be like the current emperor, and ************* thought about how to deceive you and make you willingly serve me and let me slaughter."

"So, things are the same, and people are the same?"

"Yes, so the saint said that we should always reflect on ourselves, and said that people with honest friends can avoid disaster." Liang Xiao raised his wine glass and ran into Dongfang Shuo. "I don't want to be crazy, so I hope you can be my honest friend. The emperor does not want honest friends, but I insist on being his honest friend. I just like the way he can't stand me, but he can't do anything to me. Back then, Emperor Xiaowen had Zhang Shizhi as the Tingwei, and he claimed that there were no unjust people in the world. I couldn't be Zhang Shizhi, but I could make a grammatical official like Zhang Tang not become a Tingwei."

Dongfang Shuo laughed, raised his glass of wine, and drank it all in one go. "Okay, happy! Although you are a little scholar, you have a gentlemanly style. You are much better than those villains who study hard but have no solar terms. Since that's the case, I will take care of this matter. Let's make him uncomfortable together, but he can't do anything to us. Haha, interesting, interesting. Liang Boming, you are indeed a wonderful person."

"Okay, I'm done with my words, now it's your turn to say it. The day has come, have you thought about how to solve the bandits?"

"It's very simple. If you go into the mountain with me, take a shower, and the matter will be resolved."

"Take a shower?"

"Yes, don't ask, I've made arrangements. You can just follow me tomorrow morning."

Starting from the Xicheng, the capital of Khotan, walk along the Moyu River and enter the mountain. After a day of horse racing, there is a lake formed by melting snow mountains. Surrounded by mountains, clear water and blue sky, and the scenery is excellent. Not only do many small tribes in the mountains choose to camp here in winter, but even birds and animals like to come here to drink and rest. Humans and animals get along in harmony, which is a rare and good place.

What is even more amazing is that there are several hot springs in the valley next to it, and the spring water flows in a gurgling manner, and it is as warm as soup even in the cold winter.

Between the ice and snow, this grassland next to the hot spring has become a pasture that everyone yearns for. Fortunately, the herdsmen are not so polite to use together, and the tribal leaders are not so polite. They directly use force to occupy it, which is regarded as a forbidden corpse and prevent idle people from approaching. Retail herders who are based on family dare not speak out, and can only avoid the three-shelf, or enjoy it before the tribal leaders arrive.

Accompanied by King Gutian and more than 500 soldiers, Liang Xiao and Dongfang Shuo came to the hot springs, occupied this pasture, and martial law was imposed on all the nearby valleys of more than ten miles, and herdsmen were not allowed to move around. King Gutian also sent people to the lake to pass on the orders, and there was a great Han envoy here, so no one was allowed to harass him, otherwise he would be killed without mercy.

After driving away the herdsmen, the grass beside the hot spring was filled with spring. King Khotan brought more than a hundred beauties. Every day, he wore light gauze clothes to accompany Liang Xiao, Dongfangshuo to bathe in hot springs, or sang and dance on the grass beside the hot springs, drinking and eating meat, which was a joyful scene. This was not enough. King Khotan sent people to search everywhere, and any beautiful herdsmen and female family members were forced to serve Han envoys. Those who were beautiful were wearing gauze clothes and soaking in hot springs together.

In less than two days, the news spread around the lake. Some fled when they heard the news, while others were curious. Some brave herders came to watch it in the name of offering, while others simply sneaked to the vicinity and prepared to steal something. The grazing life was poor, and stealing things was not a shame for them. It was shameful not to steal. Stealing King Khotan and the Han people was even more worthy of pride.

Facts have proved that King Khotan and the Han people can not only steal, but also worth stealing. They not only brought a lot of fine wine and food, but also brought a lot of beautiful clothes. The silk clothes worn by women were first-class and smoother than the skin of young girls. Young herdsmen and girls saw these exquisite fabrics without any resistance. A piece of silk squid can be exchanged for a night of romantic life. If they could get a brocade dress, they could almost win a girl from a tribe to throw herself into her arms.

People were stupid and had a lot of money, and they were slacking off guard. The name of the fat sheep from the King of Khotan and the Han envoy soon spread to the surrounding tribes, and also to several tribes that had just robbed the Kingdom of Khotan and made a fortune.

The wealth was moving, not to mention the famous Han silk that was almost as famous as the myth. After sending people to explore the camp and easily got a few fragrant underwear, several tribal leaders were moved. Such a good fat sheep was given to you, which was the gift of the heaven. If you didn't rob it, they were worried that the heaven would not take care of them next time.

God's will cannot be violated. After some preparation, several tribal leaders gathered two thousand people and quietly rushed to the hot springs to prepare for another fortune.
Chapter completed!