Chapter 1229

Even if Duan Yu did not submit a memorial, there would have been intelligence sent early on.

But this time, Duan Yu sent troops to the Western Regions.

They could plant lines in Liangzhou, but the Western Regions were an endless desert.

But from the intelligence on the details, one could also see that Duan Yu's battle situation in the Western Regions seemed very intense.

Because large quantities of supplies, grain and grass, armor, weapons, and salt were constantly being transported from various counties in Liangzhou to Dunhuang County, and then from Dunhuang County to the Western Regions.

And the scale and quantity were getting larger and larger.

This is enough to show that Duan Yu's Liangzhou Army had already gone deep into the Western Regions.

Yuan Kui nodded slowly.

Then he shook his head again.

This directly left Yuan Ji, who was sitting on the side, looking a bit bewildered.

What does this mean?

However, Yuan Kui's next words left Yuan Ji completely stunned.

"I didn't expect..." Yuan Kui sighed while shaking his head: "I didn't expect..."

Yuan Ji looked at Yuan Kui with a blank expression, waiting for Yuan Kui's next words.

"I didn't expect he actually did it!"

"Ah?" Yuan Ji stared at Yuan Kui and asked: "Uncle... what did Duan Yu do?"

Yuan Kui continued to sigh and said: "Duan Yu has conquered the entire Western Regions."

"What!"

Yuan Ji could not believe it, the expression on his face stiffened.

This...

How is that possible?

Conquered the entire Western Regions?

How long has it been?

Three months?

Even if it wasn't marching from Liangzhou to Dayuan, if the road was smooth and unobstructed, it would take two months, right?

How could it be possible to take down the Western Regions in just three months?

Are the ten thousand Wusun troops and the Northern Xiongnu cavalry made of paper?

"Uncle... this... impossible, right?" Yuan Ji said in disbelief: "How could it be so fast? Duan Yu is not a god; the Liangzhou troops are only tens of thousands, and there are dozens of countries in the Western Regions. How could Duan Yu only use three months?"

Yuan Kui took a deep breath.

Yuan Kui also did not want to believe this was true.

But Duan Yu had already said it in the memorial.

The hostages of all the other major countries, Guici, Dayuan, Shule, and all the countries on the northern line of the Western Regions, were already on their way to Luoyang.

And all the small countries on the southern line of the Western Regions had already surrendered.

As for Wusun...

After Wusun's defeat at Lijue Pass, the twenty thousand Wusun troops were wiped out, and Wusun had already migrated to the Northern Desert and fled.

As for Guici...

Duan Yu stated very clearly in the memorial that attacking Guici almost did not cost a single soldier.

After defeating ten thousand Wusun elite cavalry at Lijue Pass, Duan Yu ordered soldiers to disguise themselves as Wusun soldiers, and then under the leadership of the Wusun Left Great General, headed to Guici.

The unprepared Guici thought it was the Wusun troops returning in victory.

Taking advantage of the night, the King of Guici, Bai Hui, went out of the city to welcome them, only to be captured alive by Duan Yu.

Guici city was broken, and the next day they chose to surrender to Duan Yu.

The victory over Guici was on the ninth day of the fourth month.

That is to say, more than two months have passed since now.

After occupying Guici, Duan Yu left ten thousand infantry to guard Guici, then led the cavalry, using the cattle and sheep herds of the twenty thousand Wusun troops as rations, and quickly launched a surprise attack on Wusun.

The unprepared Wusun, after being defeated by Duan Yu's surprise attack, began to migrate toward the Northern Desert.

And Duan Yu gave up the pursuit of Wusun.

He launched a surprise attack on Dayuan all the way.

Dayuan, Shule, and other countries, upon hearing of Wusun's disastrous defeat and that Guici had been occupied, chose to open the city and surrender.

Subsequently, Duan Yu changed direction and began to attack the small countries on the southern line of the Western Regions.

The southern line of the Western Regions were all small countries with a few thousand people, at most ten thousand.

And Duan Yu had also arranged for Lu Bu to launch an attack from Loulan on the southern line in advance.

Combining the two, attacking from east and west, it only took more than a month to fight across a thousand miles.

The countries of the Western Regions surrendered upon hearing the news.

As for the Northern Xiongnu, they were even more miserable.

They were blocked north of Tianshan in advance.

The Yingchuan scholar Xi Zhong, mentioned by Duan Yu in the memorial, used the method of surrounding from front and back after blocking the Tianshan gap, trapping the Northern Xiongnu in a mountain ridge.

The front road was blocked, and the back road was sealed.

The Southern Xiongnu's son, Huchuquan, defeated the Northern Xiongnu.

Ultimately, the Northern Xiongnu were starved to death because they had no reinforcements and no grain and grass.

Yuan Ji, whose face was full of shock, finally understood.

The key turning point of Duan Yu's attack on the Western Regions lay in the battle with Wusun.

Wusun was the most powerful among the countries of the Western Regions, with the largest population and the most troops.

But Yuan Ji could not understand how such a powerful Wusun could be beaten by Duan Yu in one battle without any power to fight back.

Twenty thousand cavalry were all wiped out?

These twenty thousand people were not twenty thousand trees; how could they stand there and let Duan Yu chop them.

Even if they couldn't beat them, they could at least run, right?

It is a pity that Duan Yu would not write the detailed method of how to defeat Wusun into this memorial.

Thinking and thinking, Yuan Ji suddenly thought of something.

"Uncle, is Duan Yu's memorial asking to..."

"That's right," Yuan Kui nodded and said: "Duan Yu's memorial is asking to be enfeoffed as the King of the Western Regions!"

"This!"

Enfeoffed as King!

Although this cannot be counted as splitting the land.

But it is still being enfeoffed as King!

A king of a different surname!

A king of a different surname of the Great Han!

Just these three words, the feeling of hearing them is shocking enough.

Great Han, King of a different surname, Duan Yu!

How long has it been?

How long has Duan Yu risen from Jinyang?

Is he really going to be enfeoffed as King?

Can they not enfeoff Duan Yu?

Likely not.

This was something the Empress Dowager promised personally.

It was also something proposed by the ministers in court discussion.

If they do not enfeoff Duan Yu now.

Then that is breaking faith with the world.

"Uncle, are they really going to enfeoff Duan Yu as King?" Yuan Ji looked at Yuan Kui and asked.

"The Crown Prince has just been established, the court situation is not settled, and the Son of Heaven's life hangs by a thread."

Yuan Kui said slowly: "Empress Dowager Dong previously, in order to stabilize Duan Yu, set such a goal for Duan Yu." ===== CHAPTER 1231 =====