If the heavy pressure on the two wings of the Yuezhi people had already made them feel a little overwhelmed, Qiu Ju's rebellion at the last minute would undoubtedly become a major weight to make the entire battle situation suddenly tilt towards Zhao State.

The Dumi tribe became the first tribe among the five major tribes of the Yuezhi tribe to be destroyed.

After the Dumi tribe was eliminated, Qiu was very distributive to lead his Kushan tribe as the vanguard and launched a fierce attack on the Yuezhi main team, which was still a country not long ago.

Seeing this, King Yuezhi was furious and personally led his troops to stop Qiu.

This was an extremely short but very fierce battle. Qiu, as the one who surrendered to the enemy, had no way out. The Yuezhi King wanted to kill Qiu, but on the spot. Both sides gave up archery and chose Hu Chong, killing everyone.

But this situation was quickly changed after the subsequent army of Zhao State arrived.

Although the army under the Yuezhi King was already the strongest army in the Yuezhi, it still could not make enough resistance to change the situation when facing the Zhao army that was used like a tide.

Two quarters of an hour later, the Fu Dun army on the other side also began to be defeated, and another Zhao army came over from the flank and stabbed the Yuezhi people hard on the back.

The Yuezhi people who were already struggling to resist finally couldn't stand it anymore, and a major defeat immediately appeared.

The three Zhao army launched a large pursuit.

Countless Yuezhi cavalry fled on the grassland like ants. Some people even abandoned their mounts and drilled into the dense forests and peaks of the Qilian Mountains.

Some people saw that Zhao Jun was chasing him and knew that they had no way to escape, so they simply dismounted and knelt down and surrendered.

The end of the war is doomed.

The Yuezhi people fought with all their might, and were easily crushed by Zhao State in less than half a day.

This is the huge gap between the strength of both sides!

That night, Zhao He met Qiu Juke in the camp he had just set up.

Qiu Kuo knelt down with a thump: "The sinner Qiu Kuo met the king!"

Zhao He looked at Qiu Jue and said slowly: "If I remember correctly, you tried your best to persuade King Yuezhi, so that King Yuezhi and Bai Qi sent troops to fight against Guanzhong together, right?"

Qiu Ju looked like a mortal face and said, "King, the criminal was also obsessed with the ghost at that time. I would like to ask the king to see the criminal made some minor contributions to the king, so I will spare the criminal's life."

Zhao He said lightly: "You are right. You have indeed made contributions to me, so I will not kill you. But the credit is the credit, and the blame is the credit. From now on, you can live in Handan. The Kushan tribe will no longer exist, and you no longer need to ask about the matter on the grassland."

But Qiu was like being pardoned and thanked him repeatedly.

This is a matter of Qiu Jue's premonition that the Kushan tribe no longer exists. After all, the same is true for Lin Hu and Lou Fan, who were conquered by Zhao State. It is already a great thing for this Kushan Shihou to be able to save his life under the sharp military force of Zhao State.

Zhao He said again: "The Heraus you sent before is useful, so let him play in the border cavalry legion in the future."

Qiu knew that Zhao He wanted to use Heraus as a tool to encroach and annex the Kushan tribe, but at this time Qiu had no choice, so he naturally said that.

After sending Qiu Jue away, Zhao He said to Zhao She: "What's the situation of the battle now? Can you find the women and children of the Yuezhi people?"

Zhao She replied: "From the confessions of the prisoners, the women and children were hiding in several valleys about 100 miles away from this place. Ten thousand people have been sent. The war report should be sent back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

Zhao He breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Very good."

It is obviously not enough to destroy a race, just destroying the warriors of this nation. After all, there is a saying that wildfires cannot burn them all and the spring breeze will blow and grow again.

We still have to start with women and children. Women and children are more likely to be controlled and assimilated. Once all the elderly, weak, women and children of the Yuezhi people are dealt with, the Yuezhi tribe will inevitably become history.

The next night, Zhao He received the battle report.

The 10,000 cavalry sent by the Zhao army successfully intercepted nearly 200,000 Yuezhi women and children, as well as tens of thousands of cattle, sheep and livestock.

What made Zhao He feel even more surprised was that the Yuezhi King did not escape directly, but tried to take these women and children to the road together. As a result, the women and children did not succeed. The Yuezhi King also sacrificed his life after a battle.

Looking at the head of the Yuezhi King in front of him, Zhao He shook his head and said, "After all, he is a sensational figure on the grassland. Just get it out and buried with the corpse."

According to post-war statistics, during this battle, the State of Zhao wiped out a total of 30,000 Yuezhi cavalry, and the captive cavalry and troops totaled more than 200,000 people, and more than one million cattle and sheep.

After this battle, the power of the Yuezhi was uprooted by Zhao State, and the entire Hexi Corridor was completely under the control of Zhao State.

Compared with the conquest of the Donghu and the Xiongnu not long ago, the territory obtained in this battle of Hexi is actually quite limited, but the significance of this battle is still very important for Zhao He.

The Hexi Corridor belongs to the State of Zhao, which means that the connection channel between the Central Plains of Zhao and the Western Regions was opened.

The famous Silk Road in history has been completely opened up.

The Silk Road is an economic advantage, but for Zhao He, military advantage is more important.

Zhao He's ambitious conquest plan for the West can be officially put on the agenda from then on. It can be foreseen that under the background of the fact that the grassland has been pacified and the south is mostly the Baiyue barbarians, the West will become the main direction of Zhao's military use for a long time in the future.

In order to more effectively manage the Hexi Corridor, Zhao He established Xiliang County and set up three cities along the Qilian Mountains to rule the place more effectively. The names of these three cities are Wuwei, Zhangye and Jiuquan, among which Wuwei City will become the county seat of Xiliang County.

In addition, a cavalry of 10,000 people will be stationed in Xiliang County for a long time to defend this artery of exchange between the Central Plains and the Western Regions.

It will take some time to build the three cities and the Zhao officials, but with powerful force, the ruling order of Zhao's state over Xiliang County has been completely established and will become more stable as time goes by.

After all this, it is already late summer and early autumn.
Chapter completed!