nanming man

Chapter 1044 Western Regions Crisis
In the desolate Hexi Corridor, an eagle croaked and flew across the sky, its voice piercing through the clouds.

The eagle soars its wings, the sky is cloudless, the ground is endless yellow land, cold mountains and rocks, and the land is desolate.

In its eagle eyes, a group of cavalry with a small flag of [-] miles behind them is running wildly on the desolate northwest land. Where the cavalry passed, a cloud of yellow dust was raised, forming a fan-shaped trail behind the cavalry. .

At this time, the cavalry galloped all the way, starting from the Protectorate of the Western Regions, passing through various post stations along the way, and finally entered Jiayuguan.

After entering the pass, the scenery gradually changed. Scores of forests, rushing rivers, and lush green grasslands flew past the cavalry, and the cavalry galloped non-stop all the way. A curve that is as long as thousands of miles has emerged, traveling day and night, galloping eastward, conveying urgent military information.

In October, when the weather turned cold, soldiers of the Wei army, wearing disc-shaped helmets and knee-length coats, patrolled the city with muskets on their backs and torches.

The development of firearms has prompted the rapid update of the Wei Army's equipment. With the addition of 80 million troops, the pressure on equipment is high. Some troops of the Wei Army have gradually given up the equipment of cotton armor and cloth face armor. They are only equipped with butterfly-shaped iron helmets. The look of a modern army.

At four o'clock, the city of Chang'an was pitch black, and everything was silent, only a few commercial squares in the West Market, a few yamen, and the palace in the north of the city were lit.

At this time, the soldiers in the city were patrolling with their guns on their backs, and there was a sound of horseshoes in the distance, and several cavalrymen came galloping on two horses each, and rushed to the foot of the west city in a moment, and the leader of the military academy shouted: "Quickly open the city gate! There is an urgent military situation to report to His Majesty."

The defenders on the city lowered the hanging basket, verified the identity of the messenger, and then slowly opened the city gate. The cavalry galloped into the urn city, then the urn city gate closed, the main city gate opened, and the cavalry galloped away on horseback.

Chang’an’s city defense system is complete. As far as the city gate is concerned, even if ordinary people cheat to open the gate of the urn, the enemy army will still not be able to enter if the gate inside is not opened.

The rapid sound of horseshoes galloped along the wide street to the front of the palace, and the head of the military academy shouted again: "An urgent military situation, please report to Your Majesty."

This time the city gate could not be opened no matter what, the palace was heavily guarded, and the procedures for opening the city gate at night were extremely complicated, without Gao Yihuan's approval, it was basically impossible to open it, but emergency information could be forwarded to the guards.

Emperor Gao Yihuan stayed in Jiangnan until September before returning to Chang'an, planning to attack North Korea and completely eliminate Haoge.

It is October now, and the war has been prepared for nearly a month. Gao Yihuan discussed with his courtiers until the third watch yesterday, and just fell asleep when he was woken up by Concubine Zhao, "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Gao Yihuan half opened his eyes and asked, "Is it the fifth watch?"

"Your Majesty, it is said that there is a military report." Zhao Guifei said softly.

When Gao Yihuan heard about the military information, he immediately became sober, but then he was a little puzzled, "Where did you send the military information?"

The Great Wei State is now intimidating everywhere, Gao Yihuan can't think of any military situation that can disturb his sleep.

Concubine Zhao shook her head. Outside the bedroom, the female officer bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the official on duty in the Ministry of War said that it was the military information sent from the Western Regions."

"Western Region?" Gao Yihuan was stunned for a moment and sat up. Concubine Zhao hurriedly put a robe on him. Gao Yihuan walked out of the bedroom and asked, "Where is the military newspaper?"

The female officer came in and presented an urgent report. Gao Yihuan shook his sleeves, picked up the general's report and read it quickly, frowning immediately.

The military report was sent by the Protectorate of the Western Regions. Jiang Xiang said that a group of Raksha people attacked Suiye City in a sneak attack, and more than [-] people were killed by Li Benshen. The defeated Raksha people were not reconciled, and quickly gathered tens of thousands of people. The army surrounded Suiye City.

After Jiang Xiang received the distress letter from Suiye's defenders, he immediately assembled an army of [-] to aid Suiye, but was defeated by the cavalry of the Raksha people on the way, and the army retreated to Kucha Town.

Now that the Western Regions Protectorate's troops are insufficient, it is difficult to rescue Suiye, and the Zhungeer tribe is fishing in troubled waters, threatening the southern foot of Tianshan Mountain. Jiang Xiang can only ask the imperial court for help, asking for reinforcements.

After Gao Yihuan finished reading the military newspaper, his face was gloomy. He walked back and forth in the hall, "Call the cabinet bachelors to come to the Tiange to discuss matters!"

Gao Yihuan was very angry when the Raksha people attacked Wei's vassal state before, but now he directly attacked the city where the Wei army was stationed, the nature was even worse, it was tantamount to going to war without declaring it.

Gao Yihuan knew how powerful the Raksha people were, and with the addition of Jungar, if it was not handled properly, the achievements of Wei's four or five years of management in the Western Regions would most likely be ruined.

After finishing speaking, Gao Yihuan turned his head to Concubine Zhao and said, "My concubine, give me a freshen up, I'm going to see the cabinet ministers!"

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Just after the fourth watch, the sky was still pitch black, but the sky pavilion was brightly lit. Several cabinet ministers rushed to the palace, discussing in the hall.

Chen Mingxia asked Li Yan, "Shoufu, do you know what happened when His Majesty summoned us?"

Li Yan ignored him, but asked Liang Yizhang, an important minister on duty, "Do you know what's going on?"

Liang Yizhang said: "It's a report from the Western Regions, but I don't know the specifics."

The information from the Western Regions actually alarmed the Son of Heaven, indicating that it was not a trivial matter, and everyone talked about it after hearing it.

At this time, a guard shouted loudly: "Your Majesty is here!"

The seven great scholars stood up immediately, only to see Gao Yihuan, who was wearing a dragon robe, entering the hall, and they all bowed, "Your Majesty is waiting to welcome you!"

Gao Yihuan waved his hands with a sullen face, "Sit down, everyone!"

Gao Yihuan waited for the elders to sit down, waved away the maid, and then said slowly: "I'm really sorry for disturbing the sleep of the gentlemen by calling you here so early, but something really happened. In an emergency in the Western Regions, the Raksha people assembled 8 elites, gathered [-] Mongols, and added [-] people from the Zhungeer tribe, and besieged Suiye."

Although the Great Wei court had long realized that the Raksha people would continue to stir up trouble, they didn't want to come so soon.

Li Yan saluted and said, "Your Majesty, how is the broken leaf?"

Gao Yihuan shook his head, and said in a deep voice, "It wasn't mentioned in the beating report, but it shouldn't be optimistic."

The small town guarded by [-] soldiers was besieged by dozens of times the number of enemy troops. In addition to the time it took for the information to pass, the defenders may not be cold.

Li Yan asked again: "Your Majesty summoned us, but you want to send troops to the Western Regions?"

Gao Yihuan nodded slightly, "I do have this idea, so I called a few gentlemen to discuss it."

Chen Mingxia frowned, and came out to bow, "Your Majesty, half of the preparations for the imperial court's attack on North Korea have been made. Since we have endured the matter of the Western Regions for nearly two years, should we bear it for a while longer and wait until the army takes North Korea first?"

(End of this chapter)