Hundreds of vultures hovered in the air, then dived down to the corpse and started to eat.

For vultures, it was a feast, enough for them to eat for quite a while.

Of course they had to be careful of the Ming soldiers.

Because the Ming soldiers would drag the bodies away without hesitation and throw them into the dug pit to bury them.

Li Dingguo entered the city the first moment after the pacification of Dunhuang, and said that the Ming army was sent by the imperial court to take over Dunhuang, and asked the people of Dunhuang not to panic.

This is still very necessary.

After all, Dunhuang has been out of control of the Central Plains for a long time, and the people only have one nominal understanding of the court and do not have much recognition.

If the Ming Dynasty court wants to regain the recognition of the people, it must have enough time.

Of course, Li Dingguo is confident of doing this.

Liu Xingming rushed to join the army as soon as possible, and Li Dingguo commended him without hesitation.

After all, Liu Xingming contacted the Cui family in time to help the Ming army cooperate inside and outside and win Dunhuang at the smallest cost possible.

Li Dingguo had clear rewards and punishments, and it was reasonable to reward Liu Xingming.

"There is a poem in Tang Dynasty. Why should Qiang flutes blame the willows? The spring breeze does not cross Yumen Pass. I also advise you to have a glass of wine, so you can go west to Yangguan without any friends. Yumen Pass and Yangguan should be not far from Dunhuang, right?"

Seeing Li Dingguo asking questions, Liu Xingming quickly explained: "Your Highness King Jin, Yumen Pass is more than 180 miles away from Dunhuang, and Yang Pass is relatively close, but there are also more than 140 miles. However, both Yumen Pass and Yang Pass have been abandoned, and now there should be only some collapsed relics left."

Li Dingguo was stunned for a moment, then sighed: "This is what I look like. I originally wanted to go and take a look. Now it seems that it doesn't matter. I'm a little pretentious when I see things and nostalgic."

After a moment of pause, Li Dingguo continued: "Your Majesty ordered me to pacify the Western Regions. So the most urgent thing at the moment is to consider how to march into the Western Regions."

From Wuwei to Dunhuang, it was actually just a recovery of the Hexi Corridor, which was still quite a distance from the real Western Regions.

From the Huns, Rouran, Dayuezhi to the Turks, there were countless changes in the owners of the grassland, but what remains unchanged is the influence of Han culture on the Western Regions generation.

Although the Ming army has not controlled the Western Regions for a long time, it does not mean that they do not have this vision.

This is what Li Dingguo has to do after being ordered by the emperor.

If you do this well, it will benefit you from the present and the future.

"Your Highness of the King of Jin, the Western Regions are now very chaotic. The Heshuote tribe, the Yarkand tribe and the Junggar tribe are three-legged. There are also some small tribes stationed in the Western Regions and want to get a share of the pie. If your Highness wants to take over the Western Regions, he must go to war with these three tribes."

It was Li Laiheng who spoke.

Over the past few days, he has been studying the Western Regions and found that the three largest forces were the Hoshuote tribe, the Yarkand tribe and the Junggar tribe.

If the Ming army wants to recapture the Western Regions, these three forces will inevitably have to fight head-on.

According to the current strength of the Ming army, there is no problem in fighting head-on battles, but if it can be divided, it is naturally better to minimize losses.

"Oh? Then according to Duke Lin's opinion, how should I act?"

Li Dingguo said it very directly, so Li Laiheng naturally no longer hid it.

He said in a deep voice: "Your Highness of the King of Jin, Yarkand and Junggar are the most powerful among these three tribes. Among them, the current leader of the Junggar is Sengge, the eldest son of his father Choros Baturhuntaiji. In the seventh year of Yongli, he succeeded to the throne and took charge of the Junggar tribe. He had a younger brother named Galdan, who was just eighteen years old this year and is said to be young and promising. As for the Yarkand Khanate, the Khan was Abdulaha Khan, and he defeated his opponent in the sixth year of Chongzhen and has been accorded to the throne. His son Yaolevas was the governor of Kashgar and has always been valued by Abdulaha Khan. As for the Hoshuote tribe, it is indeed much worse than the Junggar and Yerkang tribes, and it is not to be afraid."

"I didn't expect that Duke Lin knew the situation in the Western Regions well, so I could rest assured."

Li Dingguo was very satisfied with Li Laiheng's analysis.

In his opinion, since there are three ministries in the Western Regions and three ministries have their own contradictions, he can use this contradiction to make some actions, and it is unknown whether two peaches kill three scholars.

"By the way, according to the Duke of Lin, how can we take advantage of their conflicts to benefit?"

"Your Highness of Jin, this is very simple. The Yarkand tribe and the Junggar tribe have always had conflicts over the territory issue. The most obvious thing in the Kashgar region, the Junggar tribe and the Yarkand tribe have been competing for many years. Although Kashgar is now under the control of the Yarkand Khan Abdulaha, the Great Khan of the Junggar Sengge has always been dissatisfied. If we enter the Western Regions in the name of mediation, both families will definitely have some expectations."

“Mediation?”

"Yes. Because the Khanate in the Western Regions nominally all surrendered to the captive court. Now that we are liberation of the Central Plains, they should naturally surrender to the Ming Dynasty."

Li Laiheng said the decisive railway: "So it is a natural reason for us to enter the Western Regions to mediate. If they refuse, they will definitely be the traitor who will be punished by everyone."

Li Dingguo did not expect that the Qing court actually had a weak actual control over the Western Regions, and it could only be said to be nominal, but at least this relationship was in this way.

After the Ming army took over the Central Plains, the Western Khanate that tributed to the Qing court in terms of etiquette and law should pay tribute to the Ming Dynasty.

Those who refuse to pay tribute can indeed be classified as traitors.

"I think I can give it a try."

Li Dingguo walked around the room with his hands on his back, and stopped for a long time and said in a deep voice: "This is the case, write a letter in the name of my king and send it to the Yarkand tribe, Junggar tribe, and Heshuote tribe, respectively. He said that I would enter the Western Regions to help them mediate, resolve conflicts over the years, and see their reactions before talking."

"His Royal Highness of Jin is wise."

Li Laiheng gave a flatterer without hesitation, and then continued: "In this way, no matter what these alien races have, we can deal with it well. Anyway, if we take the lead, we will never lose."

Yuan Zongdi praised: "Your Highness of Jin, let's just watch them fight. The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole behind us, so we don't have to worry at all."

"Yes, yes. His Highness King Jin, in my opinion, the weakest Heshuo Special tribe should not have too many ideas, but it is not certain that Junggar and Yarkand are. They must have wanted to take this opportunity to gain the support of the Ming court and gain more benefits from their mortal enemies."

"But they didn't know the court's determination to recapture the Western Regions this time. Whether it was Yarkand or Junggar, they had to hand over their territory obediently. The Western Regions have been a vassal of the Central Plains since ancient times, and our Ming Dynasty will naturally be no exception."
Chapter completed!