Chapter 289 It’s true, the invasion is like fire..., it spreads across the prairie!

Chapter 289: Really, the invasion is like fire..., it spreads across the prairie!

Scouts came from the north,

Go straight to Xuchang,

This attracted the attention of many people in the city because this scout was wearing Hu clothing and was clearly not a Han Chinese.

But the Huns.

He came from the Western Regions with an urgent report in his arms. He traveled more than 3,000 miles to the east to reach the five tribes of the Xiongnu, and then went south for another thousand miles before finally arriving in Xudu.

No one knows how many horses died along the way because the military situation was urgent and it was related to the situation of the Han Dynasty and the fate of the five Huns.

When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, he dismounted and said, "Urgent news from the Northwest! Urgent news from the Northwest!!"

The tooth soldier quickly took it.

On the way, it fell into Xu Chu's hands.
Xu Chu was not very literate, so he hurried towards Cao Cao's bedroom.

"The emperor is so bold that he dares to humiliate me, Cao Mengde, in public..."

"What are you talking about, driving the widow into my Prince Wei's mansion..."

Cao Cao's face looked very ugly!

Xun You beside him shook his head helplessly: "The emperor is still the emperor after all, King Wei, calm down."

"Just a few teasings, that's all."

"We can let them spread this matter. It would be even better if everyone in the world knows about it!"

Cao Cao was a little confused. How could he make sure that such a thing that was humiliating to his dignity was spread to everyone in the world?
He asked, "How can such a humiliating thing be resolved?"

At this time, someone stepped inside and said, "Because everyone in the world knows that Cao Mengde loves his wife, it won't matter if it gets out."

"If it was someone else who humiliated the King of Wei, it would be a loss of dignity. But the one who humiliated the King of Wei was the Son of Heaven..."

"If everyone in the world knew that the emperor humiliated the king of Wei, perhaps some people would still believe that the king of Wei was holding the emperor hostage to control the princes, but people in the world probably don't believe that the king of Wei bullied the emperor."

"This is a good opportunity to clear my name..."

Cao Mengde finally understood.
Whitewash.

This is an extremely rare opportunity!

"I'm afraid the emperor did this on purpose, and is showing goodwill on purpose." Xun You immediately made a very accurate inference: "That's right, the King of Wei has always had a bad reputation, and the emperor is doing this intentionally to clear his name."

Xun Yu nodded, sighed, and said, "My Lord, the emperor is afraid that you will learn from Dong Zhuo..."

At this time, Xu Chu rushed in and said, "My lord, urgent news from the northwest, from the Xiongnu!"

Teng! ~
Cao Mengde almost jumped out of the ground.

……

After about an incense stick of time,
In the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xudu.

Civil officials and military generals gathered together!

Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, and even Yang Xiu and Sima Yi, the two young men who were placed beside Zhuge Liang, were transferred over.

The broad map was hung high up,

What is presented above is not the Central Plains, the South, or Bashu, but Liangzhou and the Western Regions.

Many people were looking at a map of the Western Regions for the first time, and they could not help but be secretly shocked by the vastness of the Western Regions. With such a vast territory, it is no wonder that the two Han dynasties spared no effort to control it.

As the saying goes, if you want to protect the Central Plains, you must occupy Guanzhong; if you want to protect Guanzhong, you must occupy Liangzhou to stretch the arm of the empire; if you want to protect Liangzhou, you must occupy the Western Regions.

During the heyday of the Han Dynasty, the Western Regions surrendered, and by the time of Emperors Huan and Ling, not to mention the Western Regions and Liang Province, even Guanzhong was filled with Qiang people.

Liu Wu's Western Expedition began with the attack on Han Sui and Ma Chao in Guanzhong. He struck back with one blow, pacifying Liangzhou and even the Western Regions. He could be said to have reached the bottom line, with a feeling that he was going to get back all that had been lost.

"Liu Bao's 30,000 cavalrymen set out from Yunzhong, carrying enough food and grass, and marched west for 3,000 miles before officially entering the Western Regions. They finally found the trace of the King of Chu..."

Xun You stood up and gestured on the map to explain.

"Now it seems that all this was planned long ago. Liu Wu launched an unprecedented westward expedition. The targets of this westward expedition include Liangzhou, the Western Regions, and even Guanzhong!"

"It was a westward expedition to penetrate, break, and completely conquer these three regions."

"Liu Wu had planned this Western Expedition carefully. It all started with Sun Quan. At that time, Liu Bei helped Sun Shao to ascend to the throne. Liu Wu escorted Zhou Yujin back to Jiangdong with the navy of Jingzhou. Not only that, Liu Wu also returned the Yuzhang County that he had occupied."

"As a result, Liu Wu and Sun Quan formed a complete alliance. Liu Wu initiated this Western Expedition with 20,000 Danyang soldiers from Jiangdong, as well as Jiangdong Grand Commander Zhou Gongjin, fierce generals Taishi Ci, Ding Feng, and four generals Lu Meng."

"Liu Wu selected another 25,000 elite troops from Jingzhou, and marched north with a total of nine armies. At that time, our lord was fighting with Ma Chao and Han Sui at Tongguan. Liu Wu sent Wei Yan out of Nanyang to attract attention, but in fact he secretly attacked Wuguan Road and successfully entered Guanzhong. Then, without our knowledge, he defeated Ma Chao and surrendered Han Sui, which led to the defeat at Tongguan..."

Speaking of the defeat at Tongguan, Cao Mengde's face couldn't help but twitch.

The defeat at Tongguan was so painful that Cao Mengde didn't even want to think about it.

Xun You continued, "After taking Guanzhong, Pang Tong and Zhang Fei were left to guard Tongguan, while Liu Wu led his troops out of Xiaoguan without stopping and marched westward to Liangzhou. With Han Sui and Ma Chao as his internal supporters, he gathered the twelve counties of Liangzhou, as well as the Hexi Xianbei and other miscellaneous Hu people, and slaughtered millions in one battle, completely quelling the century-long Qiang rebellion..."

Speaking of this, Xun You felt a little emotional.

To be honest, this battle is still frightening when I talk about it now.

Sighing, Xun You continued, "The reason why he did this in this battle was, on the one hand, to completely capture the twelve counties of Liang Province and put an end to the Qiang rebellion, and on the other hand, to raise military supplies to support his expedition to the Western Regions..."

"In the stunning battle in Liangzhou, he captured hundreds of thousands of Qiang slaves, millions of cattle and sheep, and over a hundred thousand war horses. It was these that were enough to support him to go west through Yumen..."

"From Yumen Pass to the west, Liu Wu had a total of 40,000 soldiers, divided into three groups, and quickly wiped out more than ten countries in the north, including Pulei, Qiancheshi, Houcheshi, and finally encountered the first Western Regions power, Qiuci. Qiuci had 20,000 soldiers. When they learned that the Han army was coming, they chose to resist. Not only that, they also sought help from outside. Gumo and Dayuan both sent troops to help..."

"The final result was that the Kingdom of Qiuci was completely destroyed, and the entire country became slaves. The King of Chu established an unprecedented Western Regions Protectorate on the land of Qiuci."

"Dayuan has submitted a letter of surrender, expressing its willingness to submit and offering three thousand Ferghana horses."

"The King of Chu refused to obey and led his army out of Yancheng to attack it! At this point, there was no news. It was said that more than ten cities in Dayuan had been captured..."

Finally finished,
Finally finished...

There was dead silence.

Only at this time did they finally know what the King of Chu had been doing during the time he disappeared.
Only at this time did they finally understand and comprehend what the so-called Western Expedition initiated by Liu Wu was.
It was not the defeat of Cao Cao at Tongguan, nor the attack on Ma Chao in Guanzhong, nor the suppression of the Qiang Rebellion...

Instead, we started from Tongguan, heading west, heading west, and pushed all the way west, and pushed all the way to thousands of miles away! ! We will wipe them all out, and we will sing the song of Han Dynasty for thousands of miles, and restore the territory of the heyday of the two Han Dynasties!

too crazy.

Unprecedented...

Maybe there won’t be any more in the future…

After a long time, no one spoke in the hall...

Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Yang Xiu, and Sima Yi were all in a trance and could not open their mouths. It seemed that no matter what words they used, they were so pale and could not describe this extremely grand feat.

Cao Mengde stood up and said: "Really, the invasion is like fire..., it is spreading all over the land!"

(End of this chapter)