Western Regions, this is a broad geographical noun. In the Zhou Dynasty, it started from Dunhuang in the east, ended at the Aral Sea in the west, the Amu River Basin, and the Tochar region (including the current Afghanistan and northern Pakistan). It reached the Yibohai in the north, the Junggar Desert, the Kunlun Mountains in the south, and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

In this vast territory of thousands of miles east and west, in the east, there is a small oasis in the desert that connects the sky and the earth: Dunhuang.

In the 14th year of Yongzhi, the State Administration of China sent 100,000 troops to mobilize the Beijing camp and the elite troops of the nine borders to conquer the Western Regions, and had a whole territory. The Western Regions Administration Office was established, with twenty-eight prefectures and military towns under its jurisdiction, with a total population of about 40 million. By the spring of the 18th year of Yongzhi, the entire Western Regions was lost.

On August 10th, Jia Huan and his group of more than fifty people left Jiayuguan, and on the 13th, they arrived at the Dunhuang territory 700 miles away, and entered the stretching Western Regions paintings.

The evening sunset shines on the vast yellow sand. The sunset is thousands of miles away. At the end of the horizon, the outline of the oasis and the city walls become clearer.

On the bare Gobi Desert, Jia Huan and his team were running at lightning, and the sound of horse hooves shook the earth!

The cavalry team that broke into it attracted the attention of the military camps and sentry posts spreading outside Dunhuang City. The sound of vigorous and desolate horns sounded in the sunset, pulling Jia Huan back from the mood of reminiscing about the past and present.

During the three-day journey, I rode my horse and looked around and saw all the Gobi Deserts. I suddenly saw the oasis with abundant water and grass. The joy was imaginable! What's more, Jia Huan also visited Dunhuang in his previous life. The brilliant Buddhist culture here is amazing.

Dunhuang at this moment is very different from the Dunhuang he was looking at at that time. How could he not sigh?

However, what comes to the scene is the breath of war!

After a while, a team of ten people approached the barracks. The leader of the small flag, about 20 years old, was wearing a red tassel, a chain mail, a red mandarin duck jacket, a knife across the waist, and a bow and arrow. There were arrow bags and muskets on the horse's back.

Xiaoqi, the surname Wei, took his subordinates to check the literary discs of Jia Huan and others one by one, and then let them go after the waist sign. The outside is loose and the inside is tight.

"Mr. Jia, three miles west of the city is where the Governor's Office is." Wei Xiaoqi told Jia Huan where the Governor's Office was. He saluted, turned over and ran away.

The military salute of the State Dynasty, raise your head and chest up, press your right arm against the side chest, bend your forearm to the inner side of your left shoulder, and your fingertips touch the clavicle part close to your neck. The meaning is: The way of right lapel is, the Han Dynasty is supreme.

Jia Huan watched the waiting team go away, rode on horseback, and looked at the military camps scattered around Dunhuang. The camps are in front, back, left and right, with strict rules. There is also a distance, not strong, and it looks shorter than Jiayuguan.

Shen Qian rode his horse to Jia Huan, looked at the vast scenery between the world in the evening, and said happily: "Ziyu, we are here!" He intended to participate in the Western Expedition and make achievements. He was happy to arrive at his destination.

"Yes." Jia Huan nodded with emotion and shouted: "Go!" He took the lead and rushed towards Dunhuang City. The cavalry behind him rode his horse and followed him!

Dunhuang!

The bright pearls on the Silk Road, and the East and West cultures meet. The Huarong intersects a large metropolis. The culture is rich and the culture is brilliant. During the Ming Dynasty, the soldiers and civilians moved to Jiayuguan and abandoned Guazhou and sandbanks. Since then, the countryside of Dunhuang has gradually faded and gradually declined. The wind has spread the building and willows for thousands of miles, and the moon shines on the quicksand for a day.

After the State Administration of China established its throne, the Shazhouwei, Hamiwei and other garrisons in the early Ming Dynasty were reset. The military farms were cultivated and developed. Dunhuang and Guazhou were developed. At this time, Dunhuang had more than 100,000 acres of fertile land, which was irrigated by Dangxiang River, and became an oasis in the desert. With the restart of the Silk Road, the State Administration of China conquered the Western Regions, and the business and tourism were restored, and regained vitality.

At the same time, this famous city is also the end of his trip to the west!

It took nearly three months since we set off at the end of May and it was approaching Mid-Autumn Festival in August. It took nearly three months. It was blocked by mountains and rivers, and it traveled through the stars and the moon. He finally came here!

This is not only the end of his journey to the west, but also the starting point of his expedition!

At this time, the entire Western Regions had been lost, and only here was left.

However, the shores of the land are the king's land! The former land of the Han and Tang Dynasties should be restored now.

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On August 13, Jia Huan arrived in Dunhuang. Pang Ze, Chen Qian and Cheng You, aide of the Governor's Office, met at the city gate. He arranged a banquet with the powerful landlords, Hu merchants and grain merchants in Dunhuang, and was scheduled for tomorrow night.

Cheng You settled Jia Huan in the inn in the south of the city. The civil servants who returned from Kucha City basically gathered here. Jia Huan had several acquaintances.

For example: the hostile one, formerly the left deputy censor, Han Bo'an, the current left governor of the Western Regions. At that time, Grand Secretary He promoted him openly and surrendered him secretly and kicked him to the Western Regions. Unexpectedly, Jia Huan met him again in the Western Regions.

For example: the backbone of the Fujian Party and the friend of Ji Xingsheng, the Minister of Works, the Ministry of Works, is expected, but the sacrificed scholar Wang Lin. His son once knelt in front of Huamo Mansion and kowtowed to mercy. He was in office as the governor of the Western Regions (from the sixth rank).

Cheng You was thin and tall, with a slightly cold attitude. He questioned Jia Huan's slapped in the face in Beijing that day. He arranged Jia Huan and his party and said, "Brother Jia, Governor Qi is taking the generals in Guazhou, Changle's front line to inspect the defense zone. He will not return in a few days. Brother Jia is busy with his own tasks first."

The terrain of the entire Western Region, east of the Pamir Mountains and west of Dunhuang, can be roughly simply described as "three mountains and two basins".

The central Tianshan Mountains and Kunlun Mountains are sandwiched between the Tarim Basin, and the Tianshan Mountains and the Altai Mountains are sandwiched between the Junggar Basin.

The army of the Baye Gu tribe must have set off from Kucha, located on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and attacked through Beiting, Gaochang, Yiwu and other areas. It was unlikely to attack Dunhuang from the desert of Puchanghai and Loulan.

Therefore, it lives in Guazhou, northwest of Dunhuang, and is closer to the front line than Dunhuang.

Jia Huan had read the map many times, knew it in his heart, and bowed calmly: "Thank you, Brother Cheng, for your advice."

"No thanks." Cheng You nodded coldly, bowed to Jia Huan and the others at the entrance of the courtyard on the east side of the inn, and turned around and left.

A moment later, the news that Jia Huan arrived in Dunhuang quickly spread inside and outside Dunhuang City.

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Dunhuang has abundant water and grass and fertile fields for thousands of miles. However, there is only one county in its area. It is the city of Shazhou Prefecture, Dazhou.

At the same time, because of its geography and terrain, it has a weak influence in the entire Western Regions. It is located at the easternmost part of the entire Western Regions, facing the desert to the west, sandbanks to the east, and mountains to the north, and Beiting grasslands to the north.

During the Tang Dynasty, the four towns of Anxi were established. Even Dunhuang was the center of the entire Liangzhou culture, the westernmost important place of the Hexi Corridor, and the pearl on the Silk Road were still not a military center. Its radiation range was too narrow.

In such a county town, the city is limited and all kinds of news spread quickly. Jia Huan is famous all over the world. At the same time, he is the military chief of the army and wants to meet with merchants inside and outside Dunhuang City, local tyrants (gentry) who intend to buy food. His arrival is of particular concern.

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In a gorgeous mansion east of Dunhuang City, the night is faint. The music starts, the music is unrestrained and enthusiastic.

A fat Hu Shang leaned on the Hu chair, happily admiring the lively dances of the twelve Chinese women in front of him: the ribbons in his hand were flying, the golden thin shirt was close to his body, and the snow-white waist was exposed. The long skirt under him was graceful.

In the entire Western Regions, the general trend at this time was that Hu Daochang and Han people were no one. The Han women were actually slaves!

Four or five other Hu Shangs accompanied him. They raised their glasses and drank, and sometimes laughed.

In Dunhuang City, Han people, Tuyuhun, Yuezhi and Qiang people were mainly Han people. These Hu Shangs were basically Tuyuhun people.

A Hu Shang with a hooked nose and blue eyes asked: "Guli, Senator Jia wants to buy cattle and sheep, will we sell it?"

The fat Hu Shang, who was in the middle of the chubby brown silk, squinted his eyes and said with a smile: "Sell, why not sell it? Of course, you have to sell it. However, you have to sell it according to the price we set. Sheep is 50 silver dollars per head and cow is 300 silver dollars per head."

Hu Shang was slightly hesitant, "This..." The normal market price is about 10 silver dollars for a live sheep. The price of a scalper is about 100 silver dollars.

A bearded and bearded Hu Shang pondered: "Bone sharp, this is probably a bit difficult. Inside and outside Dunhuang City, large troops gathered, and we sell high prices on military supplies..."

Gu Li smiled indifferently and said, "What's the matter? In the Middle Ages, there was a shortage of food in the Central Plains. But was there a grain merchant selling grain at a low price? Who didn't sell it at a high price? If he dared to buy it forcibly, he would have Master Miao to uphold justice for us."

The Hu Shang immediately let go of his worries, as if the name "Miao Lord" was magical.

Just then, the dance was over. Twelve young women were pretty in the audience, waiting to be selected. Guli smiled and raised his glass and said, "Come on, everyone, let's drink this glass. Then we will choose beauties to accompany the wine."

The Hu merchants laughed. The atmosphere in the hall became warmer again.

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While the Hu merchants were discussing, the powerful people in Dunhuang City also connected and discussed countermeasures. It can be foreseeable that tomorrow's banquet would be the Hongmen Banquet. How could the army purchase grain, so how could it be a high price?

The surplus grain from the landlord's family is unwilling to sell it at a low price.

At the same time, in the mansion of the deputy general in the city, a middle-aged man with a handsome appearance was drinking at the moon alone. Outside the window, the moon shadow was passing through the clouds, falling on his blade-like facial features. He had just received a report from his subordinates that the Western Expedition Transportation Commander, Jia Huan, had arrived in Dunhuang.

He was Miao Qi, the general of the Longxiang Camp who stabilized the situation in Dunhuang and Guazhou, who arrived in Dunhuang and Guazhou, who was promoted to deputy general for his merits. He was under the jurisdiction of Longxiang Camp, Hami Guard, and Shazhou Zuojun Camp, with a total of 20,000 people.

Miao Qi held the wine glass and said to himself: "Jia Huan..." Then, his thoughts turned to Qi Chi on the front line of Guazhou.

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Dunhuang is about 200 miles apart from Guazhou. Jia Huan arrived in Dunhuang around the evening. Cheng You later sent the news into the official documents and passed it to Qi Chi, who was in Guazhou.

At around 10 o'clock in the evening, Qi Chi was soaking his feet in the military tent. The cold wind was howling outside the tent. The weather outside the tent was cold.

Cold weather also means that the war is not far away. On the grassland, it has always been the most suitable for large-scale use of troops in autumn. It is not suitable for large-scale wars in winter.

Qi Chi was wearing a light fur, sitting in a chair, flipping through the official documents. At this time, Zeng Jigao came in from outside the tent, looked at the governor who was soaking his feet, and said, "Master, Jia Ziyu has arrived in Dunhuang. His food and grass preparations are still 70,000 stones away. He is preparing to buy it in Dunhuang."

Qi Chi nodded slightly, showed a smile on his face, and said, "Ziyu is coming at the right time!"

Zeng Jigao was slightly stunned. He felt that the general's confidence seemed to have improved. But what can the general situation be used for the military officer to go to the front line?

Zeng Jigao was a little puzzled, but he didn't ask. He talked about the preparations for military needs: because of issuing Western Regions bonds, he received 30 million silver dollars, and the military expenditure was temporarily sufficient. Jia Huan and Hu Chi prepared very well.
Chapter completed!