Chapter 109: Gathering in the Western Regions (additional updates, wishing friends a happy New Year)

Western Regions, west of Shule Kingdom.

The Western Regions Protector Dong Zhuo marched while suppressing the bandits, and gradually approached the border of Dayuan.

At this time, at the junction of the Silk Road and the Desert, a sudden battle formed a temporary battlefield, and the new archer was personally strangling the horse thief.

This person is real to go into battle, because Dong Zhuo was riding a horse at the front of the line, not the kind of person who was guarding a bunch of personal guards, and was commanded under the banner of the central army and treated him as being on the front line.

Of course, although Dong Zhuo took the lead, the actual danger was not high. After all, the combat power of the horse thieves is not as good as that of the regular army. When they were discovered by the Feixiong Army, they all fled in a hurry. What threat can a group of thieves who leaked their backs pose?

What's more, Dong Zhuo's own martial arts are not weak!

Thanks to the influence of later film and television materials, Dong Zhuoshuo's fat and heavy body shape is well known, but the actual situation is that although his body shape is indeed big and thick, it is all made of muscles, so it would be more appropriate to describe it as a strong person!

Long-term polishing of martial arts on the harsh frontiers made Dong Zhuo's muscles very strong and his strength was also very arrogant.

Of course, the most powerful thing is his unique riding and shooting skills.

At this time, he sat firmly on the back of the horse, pressed down his weight, leaned his upper body slightly back, raised his feet and stepped on a strong bow arm at the same time, and used his hands to pull the strings, and fired his bows and shot angrily at the same time!

Such a difficult move made him play smoothly, the key is that his hit rate is extremely high!

This is definitely a unique skill among the warriors of the Han Dynasty. Even the Hu people who grew up on horseback cannot do it...

At this time, Dong Zhuo was like hunting on weekdays, and the fleeing horse thief was his prey!

After a while, dozens of people died under Dong Zhuo's arrow, which attracted the flying bear army to cheer loudly. While they were extremely impressed by their leaders, their morale also rose.

Then, some Hu cavalry appeared not far ahead of the horse thieves. They were the Qiang soldiers led by Guo Si and Dong Xiao, and at this time they had formed a double-team against the horse thieves.

Dong Zhuo, who had great eyesight, also saw Guo Si and others, so he shouted and urged the left and right wings to spread apart, preparing to catch all the remaining thieves in one go.

The horse thieves are always thieves. Their team is not large in number, has weak combat power, and has weak military armor. The key is that they have no desire to fight. The fate of their destruction after being double-teamed will no longer have any suspense.

Therefore, some people in the horse thief's riding formation began to slow down the horses and leave the queue...

Whether you escape or surrender, you can't die with the large army anyway!

Under such a situation, the battle ended soon.

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After the battle, Niu Fu, who had been counting, accelerated to catch up with Dong Zhuo and said:

"Your Majesty, you have killed more than 100 horse thieves in this battle, captured 37, and more than 400 horses, and the rest of the supplies are incurred. Including the ones we strangled the day before yesterday, we are now the thirteenth horse thief."

Dong Zhuo grabbed the reins and stopped the horse. After listening to the report, he laughed and said:

"In this way, I believe there are no horse thieves here. Unfortunately, no one has practiced for me and Feixiong again this time. Hahahaha, I ordered the priest to quickly lead the rear army to cook, and then ordered the lieutenant Guo to choose a place to camp and the entire army rested!"

Since bringing Liu Ai to the battle this time, Dong Zhuo has felt much more comfortable.

This person can not only make suggestions like the one-stop removal of horse thieves, but also very operational, but also handle the logistics of the entire army properly, so that he no longer cares about these trivial matters. It is really easy to use.

Seeing the continuous growth of Feixiong Army under his command, Dong Zhuo was also very happy.

Now, not only has the combat effectiveness of the Feixiong Army improved, but its adaptation to the harsh environment in the Western Regions has also increased greatly in the process of encircling and suppressing horse thieves. Moreover, these achievements did not consume much material. The various materials seized from the horse thieves' nest are completely enough for Dong Zhuo's army to achieve the goal of fighting and maintaining war, and there is even a large surplus...

You should know that Emperor Xiaowu spent a lot of military supplies to the west of Dayuan. If he could successfully conquer Dayuan this time, this achievement would be enough to boast about his whole life!

In addition, taking advantage of the destruction of the horse thief, Dong Zhuo's prestige in the Western Regions was gradually established.

After all, these thieves can be considered a major obstacle to the Silk Road business operations. The safety and profits of the business operations will be greatly improved if they destroy them. In this way, Dong Zhuo, the protector who personally suppressed the thieves, will be supported by various caravans, which will also be a great help to Dong Zhuo's future rule in the Western Regions.

The best proof is that the merchants passing by have brought things to work hard in recent days.

Thinking of this, Dong Zhuo was in a better mood and trusted the new priest more and more...

After the messenger left, Dong Zhuo asked Niu Fu next to him:

"When will the reinforcements from Tongsi Country arrive? Have you ever reported it?"

Niu Fu was about to answer, but he heard someone shouting from afar: "Report——". It turned out that the horse was flying to tell Dong Zhuo:

"The five thousand elite cavalry of Tongsi Country have arrived twenty miles from here. The envoys will tell that the whole army will come to meet tomorrow!"

Long before the expedition, Li Ru reached an agreement with the envoys who came to congratulate the country of Tongsi, and the two sides joined forces to conquer Dayuan.

Although he won a series of victories along the way, Dong Zhuo knew that Dayuan could not be compared with these weak thieves, and Li Ru and Liu Ai reminded him more than once that this battle was not simple.

Although Dayuan has an ordinary military force, it has a large number of troops, which is about 30,000. I heard that they have formed an alliance with Wusun and Kushan, and have a geographical advantage, so they cannot be underestimated.

The key point is that Dong Zhuo cannot be defeated in this battle. If he loses, there will be great political trouble. Not only may all countries in the Western Regions no longer surrender, but the imperial court will also take action. After all, they already know that the Western Regions are a big fat piece of meat.

Therefore, Dong Zhuo must wait for the arrival of the army of Tongsi Country and march together, and must not underestimate the enemy.

Since General Ouyang swept the Western Regions, the Dayuan Kingdom, which had not experienced wars, unexpectedly gradually became a powerful country in the Western Regions except the Han Dynasty, and even vaguely surpassed the Wusun, who had been suppressed many times.

Because the King of Dayuan made the wisest choice at that time, and saw the situation clearly and surrendered to Ouyang Long early. Although Dayuan paid some price, its national strength was better preserved compared to the tragic situation of other major Western powers that rebelled.

Later, the Silk Road was reopened, and Dayuan's specialty sweat and blood horse became the best-selling thing, which also made them a fortune.

After decades of accumulation, Dayuan can be regarded as a country rich and strong people. This time, taking advantage of the replacement of the Western Regions Protectorate, he finally began to challenge the authority of the Han Dynasty...

Of course, if he wins, Dong Zhuo's rule in the Western Regions will be extremely stable. In addition, the specialties of Dayuan will become a new source of income for the Western Regions Protectorate. Even if all taxes are to be paid to the court in the future, he can still recruit soldiers and buy horses!

The reason why Tongsi Country is willing to help all its elites is naturally because it is for this "special product"...

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The camp was built soon, and Dong Zhuo took the generals and school into the tent.

He is preparing to hold a summary meeting to discuss recent gains and losses and various tactics for clearing out horse thieves.

If you want to expand your army in the future, your subordinates will have to improve more.

If you lose, it will be painful to summarize the lessons. Now, taking advantage of the big victory, everyone will easily accept it.

What Dong Zhuo cared more about was that after the meeting, he discussed the Dayuan conquest with Liu Ai alone, but now Liu Ai is still dealing with logistics matters outside the account, so he can only deal with these straight-minded generals first.

After he threw a little brick and jade, the tent gradually became enthusiastic. Niu Fu, Guo Si, Dong Xiao, Hua Xiong and others expressed their opinions...

However, at this moment, the sky suddenly darkened and Tiangou's solar eclipse appeared continuously!

"Come here, please let Liu Jijiu pay the bill quickly. You can wait and rest..."
Chapter completed!