I am the Empress Dowager!

Chapter 251 The Importance of the Western Regions

Liang Jin's words seemed to open a new door for Liu Long.

At the same time, Liu Long finally understood why the big man who had won many battles before and never took the Qiang and Hu outside Hexi seriously would suffer such a big blow in the northwest.

In addition to the underestimation of the enemy by the great general Deng Zhi and the so-called famous Han general Ren Shang, there is another most important point.

That's the rear of Hexi. The Western Region is in chaos!

To put it simply, the Western Regions have nothing to do with the Han Dynasty!

Of course, this matter has nothing to do with Liu Long's mother and empress who is now in charge of the court, nor does it even have anything to do with the late emperor.

If I have to talk about it, I have to talk about the return of the Thirteen Heroes to the Jade Gate.
That was almost the turning point for Dahan towards the Northwest.

Liu Long's expression became a little entangled and helpless. Liang Jin also saw this, so naturally he didn't explain too much about the past.

Instead, he directly talked about why this is happening now.

"I think your Majesty has also thought about it. After General Geng Gong returned, I, the Han Dynasty, had actually lost control of the Western Region.

In the following period, although I, the big man, still achieved successive victories, the situation in the Western Region was in a state of decay.

Until the first year of Yongchu, the Western Region completely rebelled. The countries in the Western Region no longer paid tribute to our Han Dynasty. The Northern Xiongnu came back, and the Qiang and Hu also rose up.

The most important thing is that many of our Han soldiers in the Western Region are also in crisis.

The imperial court had no choice but to order Ban Xiong to send troops from Dunhuang to welcome the return of the Protectorate and the soldiers from the Western Regions. From then on, in the past few years, my Han Dynasty's control over the Western Regions was weakened to the extreme.

It is no longer possible to even continue to send troops, horses and officials to the Western Regions.

At that time, it can be said that I, a big man, had absolutely nothing to do with the Western Regions.

And back then, it happened to be me who persisted in the Western Regions until the end. Speaking of which, it was me who failed the big man and the court! "

When General Liang Jin of Liao Dynasty said this, he felt a burst of pain in his heart, and the sad look on his face made people feel quite distressed just to see him.

In fact, Liu Long also knew something about this.

Back then, Liang Jin offended his relative, Dou, and was almost plotted to death. However, the late emperor promoted him again after learning about this matter.

Judging from the records in the palace.

Liu Long remembered that it should be September of the first year of Yanping, when the late emperor promoted Liang Jin for the second time and appointed him as the deputy captain of the Western Regions!
The original Protector of the Western Regions was none other than General Ren Shang, who was now in charge of the war in the northwest and had caused chaos in the northwest.

Now this Liang Jin and Liang Jun said that they were sorry for the big man. In fact, Liu Long felt that this was because Liang Jin was too worried and that matter had nothing to do with him.

At that time, he was appointed as the deputy captain of the Western Regions, but he did not wait until he went to the Western Regions to take up his post. He had already received the news when he arrived in Hexi.

At that time, the countries in the Western Regions rebelled against the Han Dynasty and intended to be under the control of the Han Dynasty. They gathered troops and horses to attack Renshang, the governor of the Western Regions, in Shule!

And what Liang Jin received was actually a letter asking for help from Ren Shang.

Although the Han Dynasty had lost control of the Western Regions, the four counties in Hexi still had enough troops and strength, so the court ordered Liang Jin to lead 5000 Qiang and Hu cavalry from the four counties in Hexi to rescue.However, Ren Shang still had some skills at the time, and did not run away in the face of the battle, and persisted so that the Western Regions could see the warriors of the Han Dynasty.

In the end, the reinforcements had not yet arrived, and the countries in the Western Regions could no longer hold on, so they withdrew their troops.

However, after that battle, the rebellions in the Western Region countries seemed to have caused the court to see some problems.

Therefore, the imperial court recruited Ren Shang back, and instead appointed the Cavalry Captain Duan Xi as the Protector, Zhao Bo, the Chief of the Western Regions, as the Cavalry Commandant, and Liang Jin continued to serve as the Deputy Colonel of the Western Regions to take up his post in the Western Regions.

But it was this battle that made Liang Jin famous, but also made the Western Region completely out of the control of the Han Dynasty.

"Back then, I followed the two generals Duan Xi and Zhao Bo to the Western Region. The two generals originally wanted to garrison Qiancheng and advance step by step, thereby slowly restoring the Western Region.

But I feel that if this is the case, I'm afraid it won't work, and this Gancheng is not a solid place, and neither the city nor the terrain can be defended for a long time.

If the Northern Xiongnu and some Qiang and Hu plus other countries in the Western Regions take action again, I'm afraid we will become another Ren Shang.

In response to this, I made my own decision and went to Kucha!
Because I got the news that year, the national strength of Qiuci is quite good, and the city can be considered as a balance. It can accommodate more than [-] people and there are many common people who can drive it.

The most important thing is that the king of Kucha is cowardly and has no independent opinion. Moreover, when Kucha was in great trouble and was attacked by neighboring countries, he did not participate in the rebellion when he was surrounded by dangers.

It is the best springboard for my big man.

So I persuaded the Lord of Kucha and asked him to take the initiative to invite my Han's heavenly army to enter the city to help the old king protect Kucha.

But I never expected that Qiuci would look like that!
When I went to persuade the old king Bai Ba, many of the subjects of Qiuci were opposed. At first I thought they were afraid that I, the big man, would occupy the magpie's nest.

But what I didn't expect was that they were afraid of me, a big man, but not because they were afraid that I would occupy the magpie's nest, but because they were afraid that we would see through their plan!
They had surrendered to the enemy countries Wensu and Gumo a long time ago!
Your Majesty, you can imagine that almost all the ministers and people of a country surrendered to the enemy.

Can you imagine this kind of thing?

I didn't expect it, and neither did the two generals Duan Xi and Zhao Bo.

This is simply appalling!

As a result, when we entered Kucha with less than [-] soldiers and horses, Wensu and Gumo got the news about Kucha's subjects, and almost attacked Kucha from both inside and outside.

My strong men fought hard for several months before they were completely defeated.

Although we saved Kucha in this battle, all the people and ministers in Kucha were no longer available, and it was also difficult for us to gain a foothold in Kucha.

Bai Ba is really, really unworthy of being a king.

Moreover, in the past few months, I was waiting to fight in Kucha, but the rear was completely cut off, and there was no possibility of continued communication with the imperial court.

Fortunately, the late emperor immediately noticed something was wrong after he found out that there had been no news from me for several months.

Only then did he order the withdrawal of the Protector of the Western Regions, and dispatched the Cavalry Commander Wang Hongzheng to mobilize Guanzhong soldiers and horses to send troops to the Western Regions. He and the two generals, as well as all the soldiers and horses stationed in Liuzhong, were withdrawn.

Since then, the Western Region has fallen into the hands of others, and the four counties in Hexi have been unable to support a single tree. The Qiang and Hu no longer have any respect for the great Han in their hearts. "

(End of this chapter)