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The former capital of Goguryeo.
After resting in Khan City for five days, the expeditionary force set off again.
But this time, under the order of King Yu, the expeditionary army still set off on its return journey in the opposite direction.
The 30,000-strong army did not advance towards Hu City, but set out towards the eastern border pass.
When the marching route of the expeditionary force appeared on many people's desks, the people behind the desks showed surprised eyes.
From Khan City to the eastern border area, then back to Hu City, and then back to northern Xinjiang from the grassland, this is indeed a return trip exactly against the expedition route of the expeditionary force.
However, the routes from Khan City, Hu City, and Dali to the eastern border are not in a straight line.
When he first conquered Goguryeo, King Yu, in order to join the reinforcements at the eastern border, went around from Hucheng to the Fenghua Valley, the intersection of Goguryeo and Dali border, and then turned around and attacked Khancheng.
It was due to strategic needs at that time, so the expeditionary force spared the way.
But now we are not attacking somewhere, but returning to the city.
At times like this, shouldn't it be convenient?
Where do I have to take a detour during class?
We couldn't have walked to Khan City. King Yu suddenly felt that it would be more convenient to go back from Dali, and then changed the route, right?
What about the Northern Xinjiang soldiers and officials stationed in these cities between Khan City and Hu City?
People who could never be stationed in other places have been picked up, and because the people in these places are closer, they have to go back to Northern Xinjiang on their own, right?
Is this the legendary differential treatment?
They feel that King Yu is not the kind of person who changes orders every day, and he must have his own purpose in doing so.
And soon, the development of things seemed to confirm their suspicions.
When the expeditionary force reached the Weathered Valley, they once again stayed where they were and refused to leave.
And this stay is seven days.
Not to mention whether the army needed to rest again in such a short period of time after resting in Khan City.
Seven days is a little too long for an army that does not need to fight.
Do you really want food and grass for free?
The consumption of the army outside is different from that inside. Every time the army of 30,000 people returns late for a day, it needs to consume countless more grains.
Even though Northern Xinjiang is rich now, it is not so wasteful.
Therefore, the speculation that Prince Yu must be seeking something when he comes here is almost confirmed to be true.
However, within these seven days, except for Liu Jiande, the capital commander of Jiande City, who led a group of soldiers into the Fenghua Valley twice, no one who did not belong to the expeditionary force entered.
All eyes could not help but focus on Liu Jiande.
King Yu's army took a detour here, which must be related to the commander of the capital who was promoted to the innate realm last year.
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Seven days later, the 30,000-strong expeditionary force left Fenghua Valley and headed towards Hu City, the first place to be conquered during this expedition.
However, now, no one cares about His Royal Highness Prince Yu's detour.
The day after the expeditionary force left Fenghua Valley, a piece of news also came out from Jiande City.
It is said that this news came from a soldier who followed Liu Jiande into Fenghua Valley within those seven days.
It is said that the reason why His Highness King Yu decided to take a detour was to meet Liu Jiande, and the purpose was to win back this colleague who had fallen out due to his merits.
It is said that in order to win over Liu Jiande, His Royal Highness King Yu promised to give up all the achievements related to Uighur to the Eastern Border, except for the original contribution to the profit sharing.
Northern Xinjiang only needs part of the credit of the original Goguryeo.
You know, although the slogan of this expedition was to conquer all the barbarians around Dali, due to various reasons, after the negotiations between the foreign tribes and the imperial court ended, they actually only conquered two foreign tribes.
Goguryeo and Uighur.
Among them, part of the credit for Goguryeo's efforts should be shared with the eastern border.
Now, if King Yu gives up all the credit for conquering the Uighurs, then the remaining credit for Northern Xinjiang will not even be half.
The expeditionary army walked through the grasslands from northern Xinjiang, passed through the mountains and grasslands of the original Goguryeo, and then reached the seaside outside southern Xinjiang, leaving almost half of the country.
Northern Xinjiang spent countless resources and lost thousands of elite soldiers. In the end, the biggest winner was the Eastern Border?
I would rather make wedding clothes for others than win over Liu Jiande.
In the eyes of many discerning people, because King Cheng supervised the country, King Yu lost a lot of advantages because he was banned for half a year. Now that he has returned to the frontier, he is eager to expand his advantages in order to compete with King Cheng. This is a bit anxious.
If you can wait for Liu Jiande's support, you will be able to control the northern Xinjiang and the eastern border areas, control the small grasslands, the mountainous area of the original Goguryeo and the small grasslands, and have an army of 140,000 under his command.
At that time, His Royal Highness Prince Yu, who holds great power, will indeed become the biggest stumbling block for King Cheng to succeed the crown prince again.
If he were allowed to do it, it would be difficult for His Highness King Cheng, who is far away in the capital, to fall asleep.
For some reasons that the soldier never heard, Liu Jiande finally refused King Yu's solicitation.
This is also the reason why Liu Jiande will enter the Weathering Valley for the second time.
However, His Highness Prince Yu's second attempt to win over still failed.
But it's not a complete failure.
After seeing that Liu Jiande would not stand on his side, His Royal Highness King Yu threatened Liu Jiande with the credit that should have been distributed to the Eastern Border, and made Liu Jiande promise not to stand against him.
In addition, Liu Jiande had done some things that were disrespectful to King Yu on the grassland before, so he finally agreed to His Highness King Yu's request.
He will remain neutral and will not accept anyone's solicitation.
After hearing this, many people wanted to curse.
Originally, when Liu Jiande was just the commander of the Eastern Border Command, he was only at the peak of acquired martial arts. Although some people tried to win him over, they didn't pay much attention to him.
But it was completely different when he broke through to the innate realm.
This can be seen from the fact that Liu Jiande only dared to do some things to deal with the aftermath in the name of King Yu asking for help, but after breaking through to Xiantian, he dared to lead troops and horses to return to King He's court, and he picked the peaches of the expeditionary army.
Although the strong men of the second realm in Da Li are not as noble as those in the barbarian tribes, they still have their advantages.
Therefore, from that time on, although Liu Jiande still maintained an attitude of rejecting everything, the intensity and enthusiasm of many forces to attract them had changed greatly.
But now King Yu threatens them, completely cutting off their escape route.
Compared to the contribution they made in opening up new territories, the price they paid was completely incomparable.
But no matter what, King Yu's attempts to win over him were unsuccessful, so no one lost anything.
Therefore, although there was some criticism of King Yu's behavior, he only said it in his heart and did not put it on the table.
Moreover, after the news came out that the soldier who had spread the news was secretly executed by Liu Jiande, they no longer resented King Yu in their hearts.
If there was no such thing as King Yu, people would probably still be kept in the dark.
They were shocked to find that the commander of Liudu at the eastern border had not rejected his previous offer out of true loneliness, but because he was waiting for a price...
