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Chapter 575 Schedule
Yuan Yao also ordered a personal guard to pass Guo Jia and Zhiyue.

Guo Jia and Zhiyue were nearby, they came quickly, and sat down as ordered after meeting.

Yuan Yaodao: "Fengxiao and Ziqing, after leaving Dunhuang in the west, there are only two possible roads. There is Yumen Pass at the top and Yangguan at the bottom. From Yumen Pass, go west along the north side of the desert, you can reach Wusun Kingdom, and go west from Yangguan Pass. , we can only go from the south side of the desert, along the Kunlun Mountains, and finally arrive at the Da Yuezhi. In your opinion, should we concentrate our forces or spread out?"

Guo Jia is a military adviser offering wine, and the leader of the counselors, he was prepared. Seeing Yuan Yao's inquiry, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty! Although the road to Yangguan has long been the territory of the Dazhong Empire, the local people have not seen me with their own eyes. Dazhong's military power, and based on Wusun and the Xiongnu's familiarity with the desert, would surely hide ambushes in the desert, so I suggested that the soldiers should divide into two routes and move slowly to trap the enemy's ambushes in the desert !"

Zhi Yue glanced at Guo Jia in admiration, nodded and said, "Guo Jijiu is a good idea, and I also agree to split up the troops!"

What kind of living environment is the desert?
Even though Yuan Yao hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he had heard a lot. What if someone said that the Huns would hide soldiers in the desert?He may not believe it, but the words came from Guo Jia, and Zhi Yue, who is very familiar with the Western Regions, also agrees with it, which inevitably makes Yuan Yao secretly breathe a sigh of relief!
"Yeah!" Yuan Yao glanced at Guo Jia and Zhiyue approvingly, nodded and hummed.

Before the Western Expedition, Yuan Yao secretly exchanged a lot of opinions with several confidants about whether to take Zhiyue with the army.

Zhiyue, styled Ziqing, originally belonged to the Xiaoyuezhi people, a branch of the Dayuezhi clan. His people led the Xiaoyuezhi clan to establish the Yuezhi Kingdom on the territory of the present Wusun Kingdom, and became the Yuezhi King Family! !
Later, the Huns and the Wusun people jointly annexed the Yuezhi Kingdom, and also drove the Da Yuezhi to the land further west! !

The Zhi clan fled to the Central Plains, always looking for a chance to restore the Yuezhi Kingdom!

Yuan Yao's purpose is to unify all the alien races, to assimilate those that should be assimilated, and to destroy those that should be destroyed. For the Dayue Clan, Yuan Yao intends to assimilate, so he didn't want to bring Zhiyue to the Western Regions at the beginning. An opportunity to build prestige among the Da Yuezhi people.

Later, Zhiyue took the initiative to write a letter, expressing his thoughts, willing to give up the dream of recovering the Yuezhi Kingdom, and to help Yuan Yao break the Dayue Clan, destroy the Wusun Kingdom, and slaughter all the Huns! !

Compared with being the king of a small country that may be destroyed at any time, Zhi Yue is more willing to be the prefect of a powerful country, and more willing for his people to live a stable and prosperous life from now on.

Compared with letting Yuan Yao lead an army to attack the Dayue Clan, Zhiyue would rather see the Guishuang Empire disappear, and the Dayue Clan people can integrate into the Han people, and there will be no more wars!

Zhiyue is not only Chinese and the language of the Dayue clan, but also the language of most tribes in the Western Regions, and he is also very familiar with the terrain in the Western Regions, so in the end, Yuan Yao agreed to Zhiyue's request and let Zhiyue go out with the army.

"Your Majesty, I would like to lead the army forward from the south road!" Zhou Cang clasped his fists and begged for orders.

Yuan Yao looked around, Guo Jia, Yang Wu, Zhi Yue and others all nodded in agreement, Sun Ce hesitated for a moment, but finally just nodded.

"Okay, since all my lovers agree, then General Zhou will lead the army out of Yangguan and attack from the south road! General Sun will lead the army to follow me and attack from the north road!" Yuan Yao said.

After deciding on a general attack strategy, and after discussing for about half an hour, Yuan Yao decided to hand over [-] of the thousand camels to Zhou Cang, and ordered him to form a small camel cavalry, which was specially used to go deep into the desert and chase the fleeing camels. Enemies into the desert!He also ordered Zhiyue to assist Zhou Cang, trying to capture Da Yueshi with the least cost.

After the generals dispersed, Yuan Yao left Sun Ce alone.

Since the Western Expedition, Yuan Yao could see the unhappiness hidden in Sun Ce's heart.

"Bo Fu!!" Yuan Yao stretched out his hand, paused for a moment, and finally pressed it on Sun Ce's shoulder, looking directly at Sun Ce's handsome face with complicated eyes.

I have to say that Sun Shangxiang and Sun Ce really look alike, which sometimes makes Yuan Yao feel that he is a little sorry for Sun Shangxiang. After all, transferring Sun Ce away from Jingzhou Mu's position is suspected of weakening the Sun family's military power, or Even Yuan Yao's scheme will work.

However, Yuan Yao thought that as an emperor, he was more benevolent than the founding emperor of any dynasty! !

In history, which emperor was not a great hero after he ascended the throne?

The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks.When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden.

This is the eternal law! !

Even the most honest Song Taizu in history once released his military power with a glass of wine, but after Yuan Yao ascended the throne, not only did he not kill a hero, but rewarded him according to his merits, and awarded the generals who had meritorious service! !As an emperor, it is very rare to be able to do this.

Yuan Yao wanted to explain to Sun Ce, but could he say that?Can he say that he was kind enough not to kill the hero?
"Your Majesty!!" Sun Ce did not dare to look at Yuan Yao, lowered his eyes, and bowed his hands.

At this time, Sun Ce's mood was also very complicated. On the one hand, he was young and promising and became the overlord of Jiangdong. He also had his pride. He had admiration for Yuan Yao, but also dissatisfaction! !

The two are about the same age. Sun Ce originally thought that with his qualifications and reputation, he would become an unstoppable hegemon, but he did not expect that in the end, he could only watch Yuan Yaoru, a dazzling new star, rise step by step, and finally He ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor.

If he was the emperor and Yuan Yao was just the shepherd of a state, he might have put Yuan Yao under house arrest right away!Never let Yuan Yao have any military power! !
Based on Sun Ce's meritorious service, he is not qualified to be named the Great General of Dingxi. The Great General of Dingxi is still higher than the former Great General! !
Therefore, this also made Sun Ce feel grateful to Yuan Yao again! !
In such a complicated mood, Sun Ce has always avoided talking too much with Yuan Yao, so that he can calm down a bit.

But now, Yuan Yao took the initiative to leave him alone, and even patted his shoulder affectionately, which made Sun Ce a little embarrassed. Before that, only Sun Ce patted the shoulders of his subordinates, and no one else Dare to pat him on the shoulder.

After the two were silent for a while, Yuan Yao said with a smile: "Bo Fu, don't be so preoccupied. I'm leaving you here. I just want you to talk about my ambitions!"

"Your Majesty, do you really want to unify the whole world?" Sun Ce raised his head, with a look of disbelief still in his eyes.

"Of course, Bo Fu, the size of this world is unimaginable to the world, and there are more interesting things than being an emperor, which the world can't think of!! Come on, why don't you and I have a drink?" How about telling each other about your dreams?" Yuan Yao said with a smile, and at the same time withdrew his hand, took a jug, and started pouring wine into the glass while talking.

The wine glass was made of silver, and the wine that had just been poured out began to emit heat when it was poured into the silver wine glass because the wine pot had been kept warm on the stove.

"Despite your status as a monarch and minister, you are still my brother-in-law, and we should join hands to conquer the world!! Come on! Cheers!!" Yuan Yao pushed a glass of wine in front of Sun Ce, and the two took a glass each.

"Cheers!" Sun Ce said respectfully.

Yuan Yao drank the wine in the glass in one gulp, smacked his lips, said "good wine!", and held the glass in front of Sun Ce.

(End of this chapter)