Three Kingdoms Bandits

Chapter 1021 The Caravan Was Robbered
Cao Cao led the decree, accepted the appointment of the king of the Western Regions, and followed the will of Shu Emperor Wu Shun to build a royal city in the Western Regions.

After discussing with his subordinates, Cao Cao decided to build the royal city in Cheshi Kingdom. There are two advantages in choosing a location here. First, he can manage the countries in the Western Regions. As for being suspicious.

After Cao Cao chose the address, the countries in the Western Regions could only reluctantly provide all the materials needed for the construction of the city in order to express their congratulations.

Most of their Western Region coalition forces have been surrendered by the White Tiger Legion and the Western Region King Cao Cao's army. If they don't do anything to build the city, their army will belong to the Western Region King.

The kings or queens of the countries in the Western Regions also understood one thing.The Central Plains Dynasty has taken a fancy to their land. Although they are still talking in their own country and still have a certain prestige, but with the King of the Western Regions and the Protectorate of the Western Regions, they can no longer be as high-profile as they used to be. .

The nominal duty of the King of the Western Regions is to coordinate the relations among the countries, but he has elite soldiers in his hands, so if something happens between them, it will not be as simple as coordination.

Besides, there is the Protectorate of the Western Regions, and they are even more constrained in doing things. The Protectorate of the Western Regions is supposed to help the Western Regions resist foreign enemies, but the kings of the Western Regions don't think they have any foreign enemies.

If there is a foreign enemy, then this foreign enemy has already conquered them.

In general, the government affairs of the Western Regions are handled by the King of the Western Regions.In terms of military affairs, the Protectorate of the Western Regions is fully responsible!They just take care of their own domestic affairs.

From this point of view, there is no difference between the kings of the Western Regions and the county magistrates of the Central Plains. If there is a difference, then their titles are nice, and they are all at the level of kings.

At first, the countries in the Western Regions were dissatisfied with the arrangement of the Central Plains court, but after the envoys they sent came back, all countries expressed their willingness to accept the control of the Central Plains court.

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Wu Shun received those envoys from the Western Regions at the court hall in Kyoto.Let this group of envoys from the Western Regions see the wealth and strength of the imperial court in the Central Plains. The imperial palace is full of resplendent gold and jade, carved dragons and painted pillars, eunuchs and maids in an endless stream, and the guards in the palace are full of energy and majestic.

These imperial guards had all fought with Wu Shun on the battlefield, and all of them had a murderous look. As long as they stared at the nobles from the Western Regions, some of them were so frightened that their legs went limp.

After staying in Kyoto for a few days, these envoys were reluctant to go back to the Western Regions to blow sand. The prosperity of Kyoto made them linger.

Crowded streets, various shops of various categories, interesting and novel objects, lush gardens everywhere...

In short, when returning to the Western Regions, these envoys exchanged all the available money for goods.

Of course, Wu Shun also took this opportunity to send a mission to visit the countries in the Western Regions. Along with the mission, there were also various caravans traveling westward. Some things that the Central Plains did not have were bought back.

In Wu Shun's words, since the Silk Road has been opened up, it should be put to good use.All the good things that can be learned from outside must be imported, some distinctive domestic things, and all the superfluous things will be exported.

With the king of the Western Regions and the army of the Protectorate, the Central Plains people are very safe in the Western Regions!Of course, when leaving the Western Regions and entering Central Asia, the safety issue is the biggest problem that the caravan will face.

No, at the end of the third year of Huaxia, just after the construction of the King City of the Western Regions, Cao Cao, the king of the Western Regions, had not enjoyed a few days of good life, when a caravan was robbed and killed.

The caravan of the Mi family in the Central Plains was robbed, and Mi Zhu of the Mi family was the celebrity in front of Wu Shun, responsible for the overall planning of the national business.

To a certain extent, the Mi family's caravan is the imperial court officials and merchants.Cao Cao can ignore the face of ordinary people, but the face of the Mi family must be given.Because that involves the face of the Central Plains court.

After investigation, Cao Cao learned that the people who robbed and killed the caravan and robbed the goods were from the Anxi Kingdom.

At this time, Zhang Xiong was still in the Western Regions. The Lord Protector of the Shu Kingdom could not tolerate sand in his eyes. When he heard the news, he immediately wanted to lead his troops to fight there.

Those who dare to rob and kill the caravans of the Shu Kingdom must be prepared to face the plans of the Shu Kingdom's army.

However, Cao Cao still felt that the war between the two countries was of great importance. After appeasing Zhang Xiong, he passed the news to the Central Plains.

When Wu Shun learned that the Anxi Empire dared to rob and kill the caravan, he was immediately furious and threatened to send troops to destroy Anxi.

Wu Shun knew very well why the Mi family's caravan was robbed and killed.Everything is planned...

Knowing that Wu Shun was very angry, Cao Cao was a little bit in trouble.He has been the king of the Western Regions for only a few days, so how did this happen to him.However, he didn't have any civil servants around him, and he didn't even have any counselors who could help him analyze the situation and make a plan.

"My lord, does the court mean to rest in peace?" Xu Huang asked.

"Does that matter? It must be because we want us to fight with the Anxi Kingdom, so that the imperial court can take over the Western Regions." Xiahou Dun said indignantly.

He believes that Wu Shun just can't understand that they still have more than 1 horses here, and wants to send them to fight against the Anxi Kingdom to consume their strength.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with him thinking so.Not to mention him, even Cao Cao thought so at first.

"His Majesty was very angry with the caravan against Jie, but he did not order to launch a war. The Western Expedition has just ended, and there is not much food and grass in the country."

Cao Cao said.

"Then my lord, what do you mean by His Majesty? If you are angry, you won't make peace, and we can't fight without an order." Xu Huang said.

"Well, let's discuss how to resolve this matter after the Second General and Gao Duhu arrive," Cao Cao said.

Right now in the Western Regions, he is not the one who has the final say. It is best to discuss matters such as whether they are big or small.

On the way to the royal city of the Western Regions, Zhang Xiong and Gao Shun were also discussing this matter.

Zhang Xiong's violent temper would not tolerate this kind of thing. He insisted on leading troops to go out to teach Anxi a memorable lesson.

"Second general, our Central Plains is a state of etiquette, and fighting without declaration will damage the prestige of the Central Plains."

Now that Gao Shun's position has been promoted to Protector of the Western Regions, he has to consider not only how to command the White Tiger Camp.

As the person with the greatest military power in the Western Regions, Gao Shun had to consider the prestige and face of the Central Plains.Sometimes it's hard to learn from others in battle, isn't it?

Although it is said that the caravan was robbed and killed, the two sides have not yet negotiated. It is not known whether the people in the caravan are dead or whether the goods are lost.This excuse is not enough as a reason to go to war.

"Second General, Gao Duhu is right. Regarding the caravan, we can negotiate first before making a decision." Huang Zhong also said.

"Alright then, go to Cao Cao and see what he has to say."

Zhang Xiong's temper is very violent, but after so many years, he will not refuse to listen to advice.Both Gao Shun and Huang Zhong felt that it was inappropriate to act rashly, and he certainly wouldn't be so stupid as to lead troops to kill them.

In two days, Zhang Xiong and others rushed to the royal city of the Western Regions. Cao Cao and the kings of several nearby kingdoms came out of the city to greet them.This made the angry Zhang Xiong feel much better.

(End of this chapter)