No need to worry

Author: Gongsun Wujiu

No need to worry

On the fifth day of October in the first year of Taichu, Zhao Guanghan and Wu Tong finally returned to Luntai.

In order to commend the two men for their achievements, Zhang Yue held a grand celebration ceremony in Luntai.

At the ceremony, the two men were also officially appointed as Qujunhou of the Han Army.

Among them, Zhao Guanghan served as the Cavalry Qianqu Junhou, while Wu Tong was appointed as the Caiguan Zuoqu Junhou.

Not only that, the two of them were also honored as the nobles of Zuo Shu Zhang for their merit.

At the banquet, both of them cried with joy. When they were guarding the border in Loulan, they never dreamed that such a day would happen to them.

At this moment, both of them were filled with excitement, and both had the urge to die for their confidant.

After the banquet, the two of them avoided everyone and came to Zhang Yue's house.

"Greetings to the Lord, my servant Zhao Guanghan (Wu Tong) is willing to ride on a horse for the Lord..."

The two of them actually wanted to become Zhang Yue's disciples.

This gave Zhang Yue a hard time. He accepted Guo Kai and Yang You as his disciples back then. That was because Guo Kai and Yang You had low status at the time, and they didn't know the rules very well.

But now he is already a Qianhuhou, and Zhao Guanghan and Wu Tong are already middle-level officers of the Han Dynasty.

Nowadays, it is very taboo to accept two people as guests.

The current emperor's temperament is well known.

The emperor took power very seriously and was never willing to share power with anyone.

Therefore, it is extremely disgusting for princes and ministers to adopt retainers.

As the great general of Sima, Wei Qing did not dare to adopt any disciples, for fear of arousing the emperor's fear and dissatisfaction.

But even so, after Wei Qing's death, the emperor still found a random reason to eliminate the Changping Marquis that Wei Qing left behind.

A few years later, through the use of witchcraft, the nine Wei Qing clan were killed.

If the emperor knew that he had adopted a retainer and that he was still a middle-level military officer of the Han Dynasty, he would definitely not get any good results.

Although it will not lead to death or annihilation of the family, being dismissed from office is inevitable.

But there are many benefits to accepting these two people. Not only can it greatly strengthen your foundation in the army, but it will also be of great benefit to the entire Western Region.

"Please go for the Lord's bull and horse..."

Zhao Guanghan and Wu Tong saw that Zhang Yue was still hesitant and paid their respects again.

Zhang Yue hesitated again and again, but finally took the risk and accepted the two of them.

Compared with the Western Region, which is far away from Chang'an, you should pay more attention to it and there should be no serious problems.

Even so, he repeatedly warned the two not to reveal the relationship between the three of them.

"promise"

When the two of them saw Zhang Yue accepting them, they agreed and got up from the ground with smiles on their faces.

…

In the blink of an eye, it was already October of the first year of Taichu. When the first snow came, Yang You led a group of Nuo Qiang people to Luntai.

Accompanying them were more than a thousand horses and more than 2,000 kilograms of iron.

"Friend, pay homage to your Majesty!"

Zhang Yue laughed and stepped forward to hold his arm, intending to help him up.

Unexpectedly, there was a look of pain on Yang You's face.

Zhang Yue was shocked, "Yang You, why were you injured?"

Yang You smiled and said, "I was worried about you, but I was attacked by horse thieves on the way, and I accidentally hit an arrow..."

"Where were you attacked?" Zhang Yue asked.

Yang You replied, "This time I wanted to take a shortcut and return to Luntai as soon as possible, but unexpectedly I was attacked in Huanni..."

"Huanni!" Zhang Yue asked in surprise, and then ordered the guards.

"Bring up the map!"

"promise!"

"Young Yang, is Huanni here?"

"Exactly!"

"How many enemy troops are there?"

Yang You said, "There should be more than a hundred riders..."

Zhang Yue stared at the map for a long time without saying anything.

Judging from the map, this Huanni was located in Nuoqiang County in later generations.

Now it happens to be at the junction of Shanshan, Nuoqiang, and Qiemo Three Kingdoms, a typical three-nothing zone.

"Young friend Yang, do you know who is attacking you?"

Yang You shook his head and said, "I don't know, but I asked Yun Hu, who was traveling with me, and he said he had never seen these horse thieves before!"

Zhang Yue thought for a moment and found that Yang You was still waiting quietly.

Then he smiled and said, "Hurry up and get treatment..."

"Thank you, Lord!"

Yang You agreed, turned around and left.

After Yang You left, Zhang Yue began to think deeply about the map.

"Who is it that attacked Yang You?"

The location of Huanni is quite remote, only a few dozen miles to the south is the Altyn Mountains.

Along the river to the north is Shanshan, and to the south are Qiemo and Xiaowan countries.

Qiemo State and Xiaowan State are both small countries and cannot be smaller in terms of the data of the dian country.

At the end of the day, the country had only 230 households, a population of 1,610, and 320 victorious soldiers.

The only thing I have to offer is all kinds of fruits.

The Xiaowan Kingdom was even weaker. The king ruled the city with 150 households, a population of 1,000 and 50, and 200 soldiers. Moreover, it was not on the Silk Road trade route.

The two countries are said to be countries, but in fact it is better to say that they are two villages.

Both countries were harassed by the Nuoqiang people every year. Even if they wanted to, they were unable to rob the Nuoqiang cavalry led by Yang You.

"So where did this mysterious horse thief come from?" Zhang Yue was puzzled.

Throughout the entire southern Silk Road, there were very few countries that could dispatch an army of more than a hundred cavalry.

Moreover, it was at least a thousand miles away from Huanni, so there was no need for them to go against the Han army.

"Could it be the Huns?"

Zhang Yue soon denied this speculation. There were only two ways for the Huns to reach Huanni.

One is to go south from Tiemenguan, and the other is to go south via Loulan via the Pulei Kingdoms.

Now that Loulan City was completely controlled by the Han army, Zhang Yue did not believe that the Huns could sneak past Loulan without telling Li Si.

Zhang Yue's fingers were tapping several cases involuntarily.

After a long time, he finally got up and stood up.

"hehe!"

"If you can't think of it, why continue to waste time thinking about it!"

A smile appeared on his face.

"No matter what, this is a good opportunity for myself and the Han Dynasty to truly control the southeastern part of the Western Region."

There was no reason to send troops here before, but now there is a perfect reason, right?

As for the horse thieves, after catching them, you will naturally know who they are.

"Someone is coming!"

Zhang Yue called out to the door.

"Go and invite Zhao Junhou!"

After a while, Zhao Guanghan ran in with a bang.

"What good deeds do you have, Lord?" Zhao Guanghan said with a smile.
To be continued...