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To the north of the Tianshan Mountains, Yang Yi's advance was smoother.

Dawan is a serious country, and Kangju is a nomadic country.

The north is nomadic and the south is agricultural.

Migrate with the change of seasons, go south to Yaoshashui area in winter, and go north to "Fan Nei" in summer, the distance between the two places is thousands of miles.

The best areas in China are all in the Yaoshashui area.

At its peak, it had a population of 60 and an army of 12, and its capital was Beitian City (now Tashkent).

In the third year of Emperor Jianzhao of the Han Yuan Dynasty, Gan Yanshou, the governor of the Western Regions, and Chen Tang, the deputy captain, led troops from the Pamirs of the West Vietnam to attack Zhizhi Shanyu, and killed Zhizhi in Zhizhi City, stabilizing the situation in the Western Regions. Not very good, long-term hostility to the Han army.

Later, Guishuang became strong and unified Da Yueshi, and the power of Kangju weakened.

Later, the Heda people were centrifuged, some migrated westward, and some migrated eastward, and Kangju became weaker.

If Kangju was a purely nomadic country, relying on the huge Central Asian grasslands to come and go without a trace, Qin Jun would really not be able to deal with them.

But their capitals and important cities are killing water, people can go by water and grass, but cities can't.

Yang Yi drove his soldiers to follow the medicine to kill the water, regardless of the gains and losses of a city or a pond, burned their pastures, trampled on their fields, took away everything that could be taken away, and burned everything that could not be taken away.

The city of Kangju obviously cannot be compared with that of the Central Plains. The city walls are relatively low, and after hundreds of years of wind and rain erosion, they have long been dilapidated.

The key point is that they are in a state of panic, and the young men either die on the Yashui battlefield or are captured by the Qin people.

Some defeated troops who fled back in a panic just spread their fear of the Qin army.

After Zhao Xiong's infantry arrived, they drove off the captives and attacked the city, smashing three cities in a row, one of which did not surrender, and was still fighting in the streets after the city was broken, causing more than a thousand casualties of the Qin army.

Yang Yi was not Du Yu, he didn't have the compassion of a Confucian scholar, and he ordered the massacre of the city in a fit of rage.

The medicine-killing water was stained red with blood, and the floating corpses floated downstream with the river.

Fear also seeped westward.

The downstream cities were terrified, and fled in anticipation of the wind, rushing towards their capital, Tiancheng.

There are too many people, and stray cattle, sheep and people are everywhere along the way.

Kang Ju organized a troop of 2 cavalry to support him. When they met Li Xiang's cavalry, the killed people turned their backs.

"The last general leads an army to kill them all, breaking the courage of Kangju!" Li Xiang begged for his order.

Yang Yi looked at the crowd fleeing in panic, and thought for a while, "No, these people will still be our slaves in the future. Instead of killing them, we have to drive them into Beitian City and drag them down!"

The size of food and grass in Beitian City, the amount of food and grass, and the population have long been leaked by merchants and spies.

Xia Houxu's eyes lit up, "Your Highness has a great idea!"

Kangju was defeated one after another, losing countless cattle, sheep, food and grass, and Beitian City must have insufficient food and grass.

How many days can a person eat horse chews?

However, there are also many smart people who see that Kangju is at the end of the road. The people of Dawan are too busy to take care of themselves, and the Sassanians cannot provide support in the short term, so they can only choose to surrender to the Qin army.

The captives gathered more and more.

When they arrived at Beitian City, there were more than [-] people.

Yang Yi unhurriedly drove them to build fortifications, deep ditches and high fortifications, assuming a siege to death posture.

Beitian City is counting on the Kangju people on the grassland to rescue them.

The reinforcements did come, besides the Kangju people, there were also Xianbei people, Gaoche people, etc., there were nearly [-] people.

However, no one dared to go south to rescue, as if these people were not here to rescue, but to watch the excitement.

Every day Li Xiang would lead five hundred elite cavalry to challenge. Wherever the long lance was facing, the tribes there would flee, often five hundred cavalry chased two or three thousand cavalry with their heads in their arms.

After more than ten days of siege, the city gradually couldn't bear it anymore.

Due to the absorption of a large number of defeated troops and civilians, the food and grass in the city were even more stretched.

The secret operations in the city began to instigate all kinds of conflicts.

The defenders couldn't hold back anymore and tried to break through.

But in terms of defense, the Kangju people are much worse than the Qin people.

The tribes in the north are still watching helplessly, and even the Kangju tribe themselves dare not come to the rescue.

More than 2000 corpses were thrown into the city, and they retreated in despair.

In fact, in this era, the most ruthless people are the Han people.

Han general Geng Gong was the first one to engage in ambition and hunger for meat from the barbarians in the Western Regions. In the chaotic times at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were often records of dissecting bones and cooking, but there were not many such records in the Western Regions. When the situation was at the end of the mountain, it was time to leave the city and surrender. .

Even the Huns, who were in full swing in the past, surrendered to the Great Han, and it is not a shame for the Kangju people to surrender to the Great Qin. In order to maintain the continuation of the ethnic group, dignity is not important in this era.

After a month of siege, the city finally couldn't bear it anymore.

After receiving Yang Yi's promise not to slaughter the city, the hungry crowd opened the city gate and surrendered to the Qin army.

However, there are nearly 15 people in Beitian City, and the food brought by the Qin army obviously cannot feed them.

The generals suggested that only the young and strong should be taken in, and the old and weak, women and children should be allowed to fend for themselves.

Yang Yi was fierce and brutal on the battlefield, but outside of the battlefield, he was kind. After all, as a prince, he also read several Confucian classics back then.

"These people are all the people of my country of Xia now, and they are kings of Xia alone, and they should live their lives."

So he ordered the slaughter of the captives' cattle and sheep, and set up a porridge shed to cook meat and porridge for the captives.

If there are not enough cattle and sheep, the pack horses will be killed and injured.

After a month, the food in the Qihe River Basin was sent along the Yaoshashui.

This move greatly moved the people of Kangju, who called Yang Yi the king of benevolence.

Seeing that the city was broken and the bustle was gone, the garrison in the north turned their spearheads at them, and they scattered like birds and beasts.

The capital was breached, Kangju had practically perished, and the remaining Kangju people began to migrate westward.

Xia Guo's territory suddenly more than doubled.

Yang Yi was full of spirits, and then prepared to attack Hezhong, but unexpectedly received an order from Du Yu to stop the attack, consolidate the occupied city, and wait for the two sides to attack in the spring and summer of next year.

This military order caused ripples in the hearts of Xia Guojun and his ministers.

Du Yu once went south with the crown prince to conquer Soochow, and was also the crown prince's father-in-law, so of course he belonged to the crown prince.

After these two battles, the territory and strength of Xia Kingdom expanded dramatically, becoming the most powerful force in the Western Regions!
Then the people's hearts swelled.

Water flows to lower place, man goes to higher position.

Even if Yang Yi didn't have this thought, the people under his command would inevitably have other thoughts.

The difference between being a courtier of the emperor and being a courtier of King Xia is self-evident.

With strength comes ambition.

Now, the prince's father-in-law is giving them orders, which makes some people unhappy.

"This must be someone who can't see King Xia's invincible achievements!"

"Your Highness, take precautions in the morning!"

"King Xia is His Majesty's blood relative, why should he obey a foreign minister?"

……

Generals, you have a lot of dissatisfaction with your words.

Yang Yi turned his gaze to Xia Houxu.

Xia Houxu and Yang Yi are sworn brothers, but they are also the prince's cousin, so Xiahou's family is naturally closer to the prince.