Chapter 184 Breathe
Do not attack the main city of the Western Regions. After all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a centipede is dead but not stiff. Even if the power of the Western Regions is greatly reduced, it is impossible for the little king to swallow it in one bite. The country will be destroyed, so it is best to be conservative.

Moreover, the most important issue for their small country at the moment is the food issue. As long as they have their own granaries and protect them, they will no longer have to be controlled by others, let alone become a vassal state of the Western Regions. In time, although the Western Regions cannot be annexed, they will certainly be able to sit on an equal footing with the former Western Regions.

After the decision was made, the little king acted resolutely, and directly led the army to launch a fierce attack on Mengli Town, which is the closest to the country and has a very fertile field. Because the Western Regions were defeated repeatedly, the army was exhausted, and Zhou Changxiao led the White Tiger Guards on the border of the Great Zhou. Staring at them, they were terrified and deployed a large number of troops to guard the border. Unexpectedly, they did not wait for Zhou Changxiao's victory to pursue, but instead waited for the small country's long-term counterattack.

Because he didn't have many troops, the little king led his troops straight in. Although Mengli Town was a few villages away from them, but because these villages were too remote, there was no army at all. Go down to the fourth village and directly take down the town of Monley.

Originally, they were worried that there would be casualties, but they didn't expect that because the people had no army to protect them, they were so frightened that they didn't even dare to come out when they saw the small country leading troops in. Even because the little king did not burn, kill or loot after he came in, he was still very friendly to the people. After two or three days together, the people actually took refuge in the little king.

After all, under Altu's inhumane high tax and low food policy, the towns bordering this small country are also very oppressed.

In this way, the little king successfully seized the town of Mengli, and accepted it as soon as it was good, and settled down. First, he carried out drastic reforms to the town of Mengli, abolishing the high tax policy formulated by the Western Regions before, and the people cheered, and the burden on them was light. Yes, they can reap a share of the food they plant, so more people work hard to grow it.

The problem of military pay and food is not so serious for the time being.

And the Western Regions saw that the little king just robbed a few inconspicuous small towns. What's more, although Mengli Town produces grain, but because of high taxes and high exploitation, there is not much food in stock. Now it will take a long time to wait for the harvest. In the end, Artu thought that Zhou Changxiao was more deadly, and the little king had settled down, so this town should be used to comfort him, and it would be good for him not to continue attacking the Western Regions.

So the border was still heavily guarded, and they turned a blind eye to the little king's affairs. They thought that it would be too late to clean up after Zhou Changxiao retreated.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Changxiao would often be stationed here. From time to time, he imitated what he did in the Western Regions and sent them to the border to disgust them. He just didn't rob things, and burned granaries or something.

The little king did not stand still. After resting for a while, seeing that the center of gravity of the Western Regions was placed on the border, he boldly seized several grain towns. The king felt that his back was much straighter.

Now Altu really couldn't hold on any longer, he seriously doubted that if he continued to resist like this, the Western Regions might fall into his hands?

Da Zhou probably didn't intend to fight with the Western Regions to the death. The top priority now has changed. It should be to stop the little king's attack as soon as possible. After all, Artu can see now that the little king is not grateful to him at all. Lay down a few more places in the Western Regions.

So Altu hurriedly sent envoys to Zhou Changxiao's tent to negotiate and seek peace.

Zhou Changxiao asked again about the meaning of the Palace of Yonghe in Beijing, and after receiving a reply, he personally led an army of [-] to the Western Regions barracks for talks.

In fact, the conditions offered by the Great Zhou were like taking advantage of the fire. They asked for a lot of rare treasures from the Western Regions, as well as food and medicine for the army and horses. Normally, Altu would have to open the table to start the fight, but it didn’t mean that there was a little king waiting behind him. Do you want to reap the benefits of the fisherman?
Altu couldn't beat Da Zhou either, so what else could he do except compromise?

We can only push the conditions down a little bit, and then a little bit more.

It's a pity that Zhou Changxiao was so stubborn that he refused to give in to life and death, and in the end he was impatient and planned not to talk.

Artur could only agree.

Not long after signing the peace treaty, Altu immediately sent a small number of soldiers and horses to escort the long tribute team to the capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty to show his sincerity.

The Emperor of Great Zhou was very satisfied after receiving the letter sent by the flying pigeons of Artu and Zhou Changxiao, so with a wave of his hand, Zhou Changxiao withdrew his troops from the Western Regions, but he still guarded the border, in order to completely deter Artu, Let him dare not invade Da Zhou again for at least a few years.

After the reconciliation between the Western Regions and the Great Zhou, after Zhou Changxiao withdrew his troops, Altu lost a lot of rare and rare treasures, and his body hurt a lot, but at least he had time to breathe, and he could also transfer his troops to suppress the little king's invasion. After the little king heard the news of the reconciliation between the Western Regions and the Great Zhou Dynasty, he wisely chose to stay in the town he had acquired, let the people in the town adapt to life first, and did not go forward.

Since the little king no longer wanted to fight, Altu would naturally not attack again. After all, the Western Regions were seriously injured, and rectifying government affairs and military affairs was still a top priority. So the little king, Artu, and Emperor Zhou reached a superficial agreement. peace.

This battle should be regarded as Da Zhou's complete victory.

Everyone in Dazhou cheered and jumped with joy.

Especially Mr. Ye of Ye's Fragrant Hall and Ye Zhao, the young master, the Ye family has always been friends with Zhou Changxiao.

Back then, Zhou Changxiao was just an illegitimate child born of an affair with a maidservant. He was disliked and rejected by others since he was a child. Although he had a talent for martial arts, he had nowhere to use it, let alone learn it. I seem to be much stronger than others, and my speed is much faster than those around me.

Until that day, Mr. Ye went to Nanshi to buy spices and bought a big bag of raw materials. The old man did not expect that he bought so much, and he had already called the coachman to pick up the young master to go to Beishi. After exercising, it turned out that the spices were picked up, and there was already a big bag.

Grandpa Ye fell silent as he looked at the big bag of things in his hand.

In the end, I decided to do my own crimes and bear it myself. Panting and carrying the spices on my back, I walked slowly back to Ye's Fragrance Hall. I didn't expect to walk halfway, because the bag was too big and it was very eye-catching. They thought that Mr. Ye carried valuables on his back, so they wanted to go up and grab them. Mr. Ye was already old, and he was carrying a big bag, so it was very inconvenient to move.

(End of this chapter)

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