King Liu Yu of Qin captured Meng Huo seven times and conquered hundreds of barbarians in Yunnan. Others could not see the superb wisdom implicitly, but Zhuge Liang could see it! Because this was his masterpiece in history.

He used seven captures and seven tyrants to make Meng Huo constantly bring the barbarian soldiers of hundreds of tribes out of the mountains, forests and dangerous places to fight head-on, so as to beat hundreds of barbarians one by one in the most convenient and effective way, and then he still let Meng Huo be the barbarian king and command the hundreds of tribes. This is simply the most suitable way to use barbarians to govern the barbarians.

Zhuge Liang's knowledge of thinking was only half inferior to Guo Jia. He knew how to do this very well. The south of Yizhou would not be in chaos for at least decades, or even a hundred years. Moreover, Liu Yu would be able to recruit a large number of barbarian soldiers from a hundred tribes to assist the Central Plains in the future, which would be equivalent to not having to reduce 100,000 troops.

"The Qin King Liu Yu had cut his hair into his head in his early years to promote military discipline. Now he had a piercing bull's nose, capturing and tying Meng Huo seven times. All of them showed that his talent and strategy were far superior to my lord, as well as Cao Cao and Sun Quan, alas..." Zhuge Liang sighed secretly.

If Zhuge Liang was still full of confidence when he first left Longzhong, he could assist Liu Bei in sweeping the world.

However, after a few years of Longzhong, after the battle of Yizhou, Pang Tong, Guan Hai died, and Yizhou failed. Then the three counties of Tu Shangyong failed and the destruction of Wu failed. Zhuge Liang had already realized his shortcomings and realized that Liu Bei, who he assisted, wanted to be a hero who unified the world, was much worse than Liu Bei, who he assisted, who was able to cut his hair and replace his head. Liu Yu, the King of Qin who captured and detached Meng Huo seven times, was much worse in wisdom and courage.

After being quiet for a long time, Zhuge Liang suddenly had a sharp light on his eyes and murmured: "I am just over thirty years old now, and Cao Cao is fifty-six, and King Liu Yu of Qin is also forty-six. Cao Cao will die in front of me. If I can survive until King Liu Yu of Qin is dead, I still have the opportunity to sweep the world."

As a genius, Zhuge Liang did not lose his fighting spirit so easily. He was still young and could beat Cao Cao, Liu Yu and others who were far older than him.

In the next time, Zhuge Liang would do his best to assist Liu Bei in developing Jing, join the two states, and stimulate all the potential of the two states as much as possible. If there is a chance in the future, he would plan to destroy Wu or capture the important areas of Shangyong County.

Cao Cao's side.

fǎn     gōngHebei failed, Cao Cao temporarily extinguished his mind and made every effort to develop farming and restore his vitality. Originally, Cao Cao had recovered to nearly 330,000 troops, but Sima Yi led his troops fǎn     gōngHebei and Zhao Yun, Zhang Liao and Xu Shu were tug at Pingyuan County, losing 20,000 troops, which made Cao Cao's current military strength only 310,000, which was still far from returning to the 500,000 army that could reach the limit of the population potential under his rule.

Sun Quan's side.

Finally, he used his great courage to appoint Lu Xun as the Grand Governor, blocked Zhuge Liang and saved the immortal kingdom of the Eastern Wu. Sun Quan's remaining troops were less than 140,000, and his vitality was severely damaged. He had no intention or strength to do any other actions.

Now he just wants to defend the land of Dongwu without losing it. It is best to have no war for many years so that he can recover his vitality as soon as possible. At least he must first recover to more than 200,000 troops so that he has the confidence to do something.

Liu Yu's side.

He had just returned from the southern expedition in Yunnan, and with Ganning, Xu Huang went east to attack Xiangyang, Yidu County, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Liao resisted Sima Yifǎn     gōng Hebei. After several additions, the losses were also 50,000 to 60,000 troops and a large amount of food and grass accumulation.

Liu Yu doesn't want to do anything for the time being.

Nowadays, in addition to waiting for the autumn harvest to store grain, we are paying attention to the incident of Ma Chao leading his army to expedition to the Western Regions and reopening the Silk Road.

It has been half a year since Ma Chao set out from Chang'an City, but the first good news has been sent back long ago.

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Ma Chao led 5,000 cavalry and 4,000 infantry, 500 other 500 shamans, 500 flying dragon cavalry, a total of 10,000 troops, and 20,000 war horses to fight the Western Regions.

The news that Ma Chao's army entered the Western Regions soon became known to all countries in the Western Regions.

It is said that the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions are actually thirty-six countries. Not to mention that some countries have long been annexed, and some small oasis with a total population of only a few hundred and only a hundred soldiers, also known as a parallel product of a country.

The main force in the Western Regions depends on several major powers.

The Wusun was the most powerful among the countries in the Western Regions, with a vast territory, with a population of more than 200,000 and nearly 50,000 soldiers. The second was Kucha, with a population of more than 80,000 and more than 17,000 soldiers. The second was the Shanshan Kingdom, which was the Loulan Kingdom at the time, which was originally ranked sixth, but it has grown and grown in recent decades. Its current population of nearly 80,000 and 15,000 soldiers are almost catching up with the second-ranked Kucha Kingdom. The fourth was Dayuan Kingdom, the fifth was Yan Ya Kingdom, the sixth was Shule Kingdom, and the seventh was Yutian Kingdom.

The eighth place was the Cheshi Kingdom, which was originally just a small and medium-sized country in the Western Regions. Thirty years ago, it defected to the former Xianbei hero Tan Shihuai. Although Tan Shihuai died more than 20 years ago, King Cheshi married the princess to the contemporary Xianbei Shanyulianhe, and continued to receive support from the Xianbei people. It has developed over the past 30 years. It now has a population of more than 30,000 and more than 7,000 soldiers. It is also known as the eight contemporary countries of the Western Regions, along with Wusun, Kucha, Dayuan, Shanshan, Yan Ya, Shule, and Yutian.

The rest are also Jingjue Kingdom, Qiemo Kingdom, Shan Kingdom, Chesha Kingdom and other Chinese countries with a population of about 10,000. The rest are small countries with a population of several thousand or even hundreds. The Chinese countries can still be independent, and small countries can only rely on big countries to survive.

Speaking of which, the total population of the countries in the Western Regions is only 700,000 to 800,000, but the total strength is more than 100,000. Almost every young male must be in power, which is almost the same as the nomadic people.

After Ma Chao led his troops into the Western Regions, he temporarily stationed in the Liuzhongcheng area. With the previous envoys sent by Liu Yu to various countries, Ma Chao learned which country was willing to surrender to the Han Dynasty and supported the Han Dynasty to re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate and rule over the Western Regions, and which country opposed it.

There is no doubt that the supporters are the vassal states of the Han Dynasty, the friends of the Han Dynasty, and the opponents are the enemies of the Han Dynasty, and the targets Ma Chao is about to conquer.

The eight major countries are the main ones, among which Kucha is the most eager, probably because the Western Regions Protectorate was located in the territory of Kucha, greatly enhancing the prestige of Kucha in the Western Regions. The Kucha relied on the location of the Western Regions Protectorate to grow its population to more than 100,000. However, with the civil unrest in the Han Dynasty, the Protectorate was evacuated, and the prestige of Kucha was greatly reduced, and its population and strength continued to decrease. However, the King of Kucha was worried that he would re-establish the Western Regions Protectorate, Kucha was of course eager, and even proposed to help repair the city of the Western Regions Protectorate.

The four countries including Dayuan, Shanshan, Yan Ya, and Yutian also expressed their welcome.

As the largest country in the Western Regions, the Han forces withdrew. Wusun really exploited a lot of benefits from the countries in the Western Regions. Among them, the continuous weakening of Kucha was the result of Wusun's work. It is true that the Han Dynasty re-established the Protectorate of the Western Regions, which would definitely hurt Wusun's interests. However, after all, the Han Dynasty ruled the Western Regions for three hundred years, and the remaining deterrent power was still very large. The King of Wusun did not dare to make an opponent openly, so he had an ambiguous attitude and wanted to wait and see first.

The Cheshi Kingdom had already defected to the Xianbei people and continued to grow with the support of the Xianbei people. The Han Dynasty re-established the Western Regions Protectorate, and would definitely not allow the Cheshi Kingdom to continue to grow with the Xianbei people and to invade other Western Regions countries, which would undoubtedly greatly harm the interests of the Cheshi Kingdom.

With the Xianbei people as their backing, King Cheshi was quite confident, so Cheshi Kingdom clearly opposed it.

The Shule Kingdom also clearly opposed it, not because he was afraid that the Western Regions Protectorate would re-establish his interests, but because the Shule Kingdom was too arrogant. He relied on the fact that the Shule Kingdom was far west of the Western Regions, only slightly closer to the Han Dynasty than the Dayuan Kingdom, but it was thousands of miles away. He did not believe that the Han Dynasty, which was still in civil strife, would conquer him from such a distance. In short, the contemporary Shule Kingdom was so arrogant that he did not take the Han Dynasty seriously, and he felt very happy.

Ma Chao's eyes flashed with cold light and said coldly: "Che Shi Kingdom, Shule Kingdom dares to blatantly not take the great man seriously. It should intimidate the Western Regions and destroy the country first!"
Chapter completed!