I, the prince, only want to be deposed.

Chapter 408: Left foot steps on right foot to spiral into heaven!
"Your Highness, are you asking us to join the Han army in attacking Gushi?"

The king of the Three Kingdoms felt that he understood what Liu Ju meant.

Sima Qian and others were also shocked.

So after all this detour, Liu Ju's ultimate goal is actually to use barbarians to control barbarians?

This was indeed a good idea. Among the most elite cavalrymen under Zhao Po Nu were many members of the tribes of King Hunxie and King Xiutu, who were defeated by Huo Qubing in the Battle of Hexi and had to surrender. These people were all Huns.

Even the emperor's consort, Duwei Jin Midi, is the son of King Xiutu and a Xiongnu prince of pure blood.

The reason why Huo Qubing was able to achieve many great feats was that he had many Xiongnu soldiers and guides under his command. This way, he could at least know himself and the enemy, and at least it would be less easy for him to get lost.

Moreover, this move can transfer part of the war losses to other countries, thereby greatly reducing the losses of Chinese men.

It can be said that it accomplishes multiple things with one stone!
The only problem is that each country in the Western Regions has its own king. They are only submitting under pressure, and they may still have ulterior motives in their hearts. They are fundamentally different from the surrendered generals and soldiers under Huo Qubing and Zhao Po Nu.

Therefore, even if they are forced to send troops together, it will be difficult for them to be of one mind and will likely bring some unexpected hidden dangers to the war, or even leak military secrets.

Just as I was thinking about it.

However, the finger Liu Ju pointed at the location of Gushi State continued to move northeast, and finally moved to the area of ​​Yanran Mountain, Zhuoxie Mountain and Junji Mountain...

"!!!"

When the kings of the three kingdoms saw the location Liu Ju was pointing at, their expressions changed instantly, and they subconsciously said:
"Your Highness, were you so focused on talking to us that your hand accidentally slipped?"

"Your Highness, are you joking?"

Sima Qian and others also widened their eyes when they saw this.

Naturally, they had some idea of ​​where Mount Yanran, Mount Zhuoxie and Mount Junji were.

That was basically the base camp of the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu. Even though the Xiongnu had been forced to flee to the northern desert by the "Twin Heroes of the Han Dynasty" in previous years, and the troops of the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu were even more disoriented when Wei Qing just started to gain power, the areas around Yanran Mountain, Zhuoxie Mountain and Junji Mountain were always the actual controlled areas of the Xiongnu.

Especially after nearly ten years of cultivation, the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu has returned to this area and established the royal court here.

The servant commander that Liu Ju had killed in Yanqi not long ago was appointed by the Right Wise King of the Xiongnu. All the items he had obtained in the Western Regions were sent to the royal court here...

But they knew it.

Liu Ju would naturally know better than them.

Where is Yanran Mountain?
That was the place where Li Guangli deceived 70,000 Han men and surrendered after his defeat in history. It was also the place where Dou Xian and Ban Chao of the Eastern Han Dynasty inscribed the stone tablets at Yanran Mountain in later generations.

Where is Junji Mountain?
That was the place where Zhao Po Nu led 20,000 cavalrymen to surrender to Right Wise King a few years later, but was eventually besieged by a large army led by Left Wise King, defeated and captured. It was also the place where Li Ling led 5,000 infantrymen and shot and killed more than 10,000 Huns, but was eventually captured because he ran out of arrows.

As for Zhuoxie Mountain, which is located between Yanran Mountain and Junji Mountain.

It seems that it doesn't exist as much.

What Liu Ju knew better was that in history, there was actually only one fundamental prerequisite for Ban Chao to start from scratch in the Western Regions with only a few dozen people and to be granted a title of nobility thousands of miles away, and that was the "Inscription on the Stone at Yanran"!
The enemies of the Han Dynasty have never been these small countries in the Western Regions. They have just been ruled by the Xiongnu for too long and do not have a comprehensive understanding of the Han Dynasty. It is difficult for them to step out of their comfort zone of "it is better to live a miserable life than to die", so it is not easy for them to change their political inclinations.

Just like when Liu Che suddenly decided to fight against the Huns instead of continuing to kneel down and marry them.

At that time, the ministers of the Han Dynasty were very uncomfortable, and the voices of opposition in the court repeatedly dominated the mainstream. It was not until the appearance of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing that such voices were suppressed.

But even so, there are still many surrenderists who advocate continuing the marriage with the Xiongnu. If it weren't for Liu Che's pressure, they would soon try to influence the Han Dynasty's strategy against the Xiongnu. "Truth lies only under the iron hoof, and dignity lies only on the sword!"

This sentence will never be out of date.

After becoming a full-level human, Liu Ju realized this more deeply.

The key to gaining a foothold in the Western Regions is not these small countries in the Western Regions.

Even if they were conquered temporarily, they could still secretly communicate with the Huns. The countless rebellions in history are evidence of this. The fact that the Western Han Dynasty was always "in trouble and worry, and had no peace for a year" is also evidence of this.

Even just cutting off the invisible hand of the Huns reaching out to the Western Regions is still not enough. Only by completely beheading the Huns and letting the countries in the Western Regions watch the execution can they be made to have no second thoughts!

However, at this moment, in order to prevent such a radical plan from scaring the generals and the kings of the Three Kingdoms, or from being heard by Liu Che in advance and causing some unnecessary trouble.

Liu Ju still retracted his finger and pointed at Zhonggu Shiguo again, laughing and saying again:

"Oh, my hand really slipped, my hand slipped... If you want to be the ones to share the cake, you have to make the cake together. The Han Dynasty was able to capture Loulan in one night, so it would be easy to capture the Gu Shi who was equivalent to Loulan. But you must send troops together. The Han Dynasty does not expect your people to be able to fight in the battlefield. This time, just help the Han army transport food and supplies. What we need is an attitude."

"By the way, I'll show you something else. The King of Yanqi should know that the Han envoys left Yanqi and headed straight for Qiuci, right?"

"To be honest, the Kingdom of Kucha has recently submitted a letter requesting to submit to the Han Dynasty. It has been sent back at full speed. Please circulate it among yourselves."

While talking.

Another personal soldier came up cooperatively, carrying the bamboo slips and handed them to the King of Yanqi first. The other two kings also came over with a look of surprise on their faces.

"This……"

Sima Qian and others looked at each other in confusion.

Where did this national letter come from?

In recent days, Dongfang Yu’s delegation has not sent back any news, and no messenger has returned from the Kingdom of Kucha. How could a letter from the Kingdom of Kucha appear out of nowhere?

However, they had no idea that what Liu Ju was actually playing at that moment was the "Tiyunzong" where he used his left foot to step on his right foot and spiral up into the sky.

The news that Yanqi, Shan and Yuli had surrendered one after another must have reached Qiuci. Qiuci was in a desperate situation and must have been affected.

The letter of surrender from the Kingdom of Kucha would make the kings of the three kingdoms tremble with fear.

After all, if they refused to submit, the Han Dynasty and Kucha would surround the three countries. At least in the Western Regions, Kucha was a big country that would be difficult for the three countries to contend with even if they united.

The news that the kings of the three kingdoms had decided to join forces with the Han Dynasty to attack Gushi reached the Kingdom of Qiuci.

What the Kingdom of Kucha felt was not just touched, but a greater shock. Coupled with the threat of marriage between the Han Dynasty and Wusun, the Kingdom of Kucha was actually being surrounded.

At this time, coupled with the temptation of becoming the weapons capital of the Western Regions, how could the King of Kucha not submit? How dare he not submit?
As for this forged letter of credence.

Even if it was false, it had already become true before the kings of the three kingdoms sent people to the Kingdom of Kucha to inquire about the news. Whether it was true or false was no longer so important.

This was also another insurance that Liu Ju added to Dongfang Yu and Guo Zhen.

Leaving aside Dongfang Yu, Guo Zhen is his close confidant who has followed him for many years. How could he easily let Guo Zhen fall into danger?
(End of this chapter)