Chapter 1031: Andiluoga: Willing to serve the Great General of the Heavenly Dynasty!【3】

That night.

The palace in Hani City was brightly lit.

Dance music with exotic rhythms flowed from the lips and fingers of the musicians.

Dozens of Loulan beauties, dressed in thin clothes, with graceful figures and veils covering their faces, were dancing vigorously with the music.

Compared with the dancers of the Central Plains, the dancers of Loulan were more enthusiastic and unrestrained, and their dances were more seductive.

The Loulan dancers twisting their figures made the generals sitting in the palace hall stare with wide eyes.

Duan Yu and the King of Loulan, Tonggeluojia, sat side by side, with a distance of less than one meter between them.

And Xun You, Lu Bu, and others were sitting in the lower position on Duan Yu's side.

Sitting opposite were some ministers and royal family members of the Loulan Kingdom.

Beside the King of Loulan, Tonggeluojia, sat a middle-aged Western Regions beauty, who was Tonggeluojia's consort.

During the banquet, Tonggeluojia and the ministers and royal family of the Western Regions frequently raised their glasses.

The atmosphere at the banquet was also very harmonious.

After the dancers, who were covered in sweat, finished their dance and left one after another, Tonggeluojia respectfully raised the silver wine glass to Duan Yu again.

"Great General from the Heavenly Dynasty, your prestige has long spread to the countries of the Western Regions, and the Loulan Kingdom has long been looking forward to the protection of the Heavenly Dynasty's army."

"I hope the Heavenly Dynasty can rebuild the Protectorate of the Western Regions and protect our weak and pitiful people."

Tonggeluojia lowered his head, placed his right hand on his chest, and saluted.

Duan Yu looked at Tonggeluojia beside him.

And he saw pleading and sincerity in Tonggeluojia's eyes.

Except for the Xiongnu and Xianbei, the Great Han Dynasty has always been generous, polite, and peaceful toward the outside world, especially toward weak forces.

The premise is that you cannot go against the will of the Great Han Dynasty.

The Great Han Dynasty established the Protectorate of the Western Regions and the Wuji Commandant in the Western Regions several times.

Although they also collected taxes from the Western Regions countries.

But most of them were symbolic.

And they also provided protection to these Western Regions countries.

Maintaining the peaceful state of the Western Regions countries.

But when the Great Han abolished the Protectorate of the Western Regions, these small countries would immediately fight each other.

And the Northern Xiongnu would also invade from time to time.

Collecting a large amount of taxes from the Western Regions countries.

Compared with a powerful Western Regions country and the brutal Northern Xiongnu.

The Western Regions countries preferred the gentlemanly style of the Great Han Dynasty.

Xun You, sitting in the hall, cast his gaze on Duan Yu, and then nodded slowly.

At this time, the hegemony of the Wusun Kingdom had threatened the small countries of the Western Regions.

These small countries were just in need of shelter.

"This Lord can submit to the Son of Heaven to reopen the Protectorate of the Western Regions in the Western Regions, but this also requires several prerequisites."

Duan Yu said: "This Lord will send troops to enter the Western Regions and provide you with protection and peace."

"But the premise is that you must re-attach yourselves to the Great Han and send hostages to this Lord's territory."

"In addition to this, this Lord will also collect a small amount of taxes locally to be used to maintain the daily expenses of the army."

"Of course, this Lord treats all Western Regions countries equally."

Tonggeluojia nodded repeatedly: "The small king is willing, but... that Yutian..."

"Hehe."

A contemptuous smile appeared on Duan Yu's face: "Is the King of Loulan worried about the revenge of the King of Wusun?"

Tonggeluojia did not dare to lie and nodded in reply: "Great General of the Heavenly Dynasty, the current Wusun Kingdom is extremely powerful, and even the Northern Xiongnu have many taboos..."

"Northern Xiongnu?" Duan Yu held the silver wine glass and turned it slowly: "Are they very powerful?"

"Uh..." The expression on Tonggeluojia's face stiffened, and then he said cautiously: "Of course, not as good as the Great General of the Heavenly Dynasty."

"To tell you the truth." Duan Yu said: "This Lord will migrate a large number of Han people to Dunhuang Commandery next year, and at the same time, a large number of troops will be stationed there."

"As for the Wusun Kingdom you mentioned, King of Loulan, and the Northern Xiongnu, just let them come."

Lu Bu, who had drunk enough, also stood up from the hall at this time.

The matter of reopening the Protectorate of the Western Regions had already been decided.

The Protectorate of the Western Regions would be temporarily established in Loulan on the southern line of the Western Regions, and the Wuji Commandant's Office would be established in Cheshi. ===== CHAPTER 1033 =====