Three Kingdoms, I open a tavern in Xudu

"The eldest son is right. We agreed to do it in a month. I have to go back and prepare immediately. Don't bother me."

He Laiba quickly agreed, he was afraid that Cao Ang would go back on his word.

After persuading Cao Ang for such a long time, from the cold winter to the beginning of spring, his patience was almost worn out.

After bidding farewell to Cao Ang, He Laiba hurried back to his residence, waved a man over, and asked, "Over there in Yecheng, when is the agreed time to do it?"

That person came to Dunhuang from Yecheng to deliver the letter, and he said: "According to the current time, it will be one month later."

"Really?"

He Laiba was overjoyed, felt that this incident was a good coincidence, and quickly said: "We will go back immediately, whether we can succeed or not depends on how we prepare this time."

They couldn't wait for a moment, and had to rush back to Xianbei within half a month as soon as possible.

He Laiba was thinking in his heart that the Huns must not be able to withstand the attack from both sides.

After the defeat of the Xiongnu, their land was also owned by the Xianbei, especially in the south of the Hetao area and close to the Central Plains area.

After following Cao Ang for so long, He Laiba thoroughly realized how comfortable the life of the Han people is, not as difficult as their grasslands.

In order to change the future of the tribe, He Laiba decided to go all out.

"Zian, did you deal with He Laiba like this?" Cao Ang asked.

"That's all."

Chen Yang nodded and said: "I'm sure that He Laiba has reservations about us, maybe the Second Young Master also agreed to them."

Cao Ang snorted coldly and said, "Xianbei people are just villains who go back on their promises. They behave differently on the surface, but they also behave differently behind their backs. It's really abominable!"

Guo Jia said: "They can turn back on their promises, and of course we can too. Cooperating with Hu people is inherently intrigue, and their words must not be taken seriously."

Chen Yang nodded and said: "Feng Xiao is right, but before we deal with the Xiongnu, we have to continue to move westward, to ensure that the Western Regions are safe and sound, and to use the barbarians to control the barbarians, so that Liangzhou west of Chang'an will have no worries."

The next day, the army continued to set off.

The Western Regions is really too big, with a vast land and few people.

After walking for a long time, they finally arrived at a country on the edge of the desert called Jingjue Country.

For this Jingjue country, Chen Yang, who traveled from later generations, was no stranger to it. Similarly, they hadn't started attacking yet, and Jingjue country said that they could surrender.

Then, countries such as Qiuci and Gumo also expressed their surrender.

After nearly half a month, they finally came to the vicinity of Dawan, and further north was Wusun.

Chen Yang didn't plan to do anything to Dawan yet, but they wisely sent five thousand Dawan horses as a condition for their surrender, begging the big man not to attack them.

Ever since Chen Tang, who uttered the strongest voice in the era of "Those who offend a strong Han, will be punished even if they are far away", countries in the Western Regions have rarely seen Han troops appearing in the Western Regions.

This time when the Han army came, they were afraid of the power of the old man, so they did not dare to resist. Wherever they went, many tribes expressed their desire to surrender to the big man.

After settling down in the Western Regions, Chen Yang ordered people to hurry up and go back to Lujiang to contact Mizhu, asking him to come to the Western Regions first, to open up business routes in the Western Regions as soon as possible, and even continue the former Silk Road.

The countries in the Western Regions are very rich in materials. What they lack is food. Because the land is barren and desertification has begun, it is difficult to maintain even grazing without the development of farming.

Because the Western Regions are deep inland and there is little precipitation, there are not many forage resources here, so sheep and horses cannot be excessively herded.

Although Zhang Qian's mission to the Western Regions was for political reasons, he happened to open up trade routes in the Western Regions.

Until the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, business flourished like never before.

Most of the Hu merchants in the prosperous Tang Dynasty came from the Western Regions and other regions, as well as European merchants from outside the Western Regions. They followed the Silk Road and walked through the Hexi Corridor to come to the Central Plains to make a fortune.

In addition to using political and military means to control it strongly, it can also control its economic lifeline.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty in the history of later generations, only Boss Cao pacified Liangzhou and killed Ma Teng and others, and the Western Regions gradually came under the control of the Central Plains regime.

Chen Yang felt that his guess was feasible, so he sent someone to send a letter to Mizhu as soon as possible, and then the army began to return eastward.

A month passed quickly.

Chen Yang and the others returned to Wuwei, and the time agreed with He Laiba was almost up.

After getting Dawan's [-] war horses, Chen Yang formed a new team of cavalry and built a new batch of stirrups.

At this moment, those new cavalrymen are all assembled outside the city.

"Zian, are you really going to do this?" Cao Ang asked worriedly.

Chen Yang still decided to attack the Xiongnu, and Cao Ang had to stay and guard Chang'an as the eldest son, but this trip was still full of dangers.

"With Lao Dian and Zilong here, I will be fine. You go back to Chang'an first, and start from Hetao and other places. I will disturb the Huns first, and then we will attack together from inside and outside." Chen Yang said.

"With me here, you can rest assured, Eldest Young Master, I will definitely protect shopkeeper Chen." Dian Wei said confidently.

Chen Yang said again: "Let's go first, Feng Xiao, you should also pay attention to Yecheng, the second son is not pure, he cooperates with the Xiongnu on the one hand, and cooperates with Xianbei on the other, I'm afraid there will be some accidents."

Guo Jia nodded solemnly and said: "I understand. You must be careful. If there is any accident, go south and come back immediately."

"it is good!"

Chen Yang finally nodded, waved his hand, and left Wuwei with 5000 people.

Dawan's five thousand horses were all taken away by Chen Yang.

"We have to go back to Chang'an as soon as possible, send troops to attack the Xiongnu, and meet Zi'an." Guo Jia also said.

From now on, Chen Yang and his side officially declared war on the Huns.

As for Cao Pi's Yecheng side, the progress is extremely slow, or even no progress at all. They have been stationed in Yecheng and other places, and have been stalemate for a long time.

Guo Jia compared Cao Pi with Cao Ang and Chen Yang in his heart, and he shook his head helplessly. He always had a feeling in his heart that the country defeated by the Cao family would eventually be destroyed by Cao Pi.

As soon as they returned to Chang'an, soldiers came to report, and someone outside asked to see Cao Ang.

"Wenhe, Wenruo, why are you?"

Cao Ang went out and saw that the people who came were Xun Yu and Jia Xu.

Xun Yu fled from Yecheng to Chang'an with only dozens of people. The journey was hard.

After entering Chang'an and settling down temporarily, Jia Xu said worriedly, "My lord, I have a feeling that we might not be able to defend the four northern states."

"What happened in Yecheng?"

Cao Ang asked anxiously.

"Second Young Master not only wants to cooperate with the Xianbei people, I accidentally learned that he also cooperates with the Xubu Guoshi of the Huns, and he is completely inflamed by doing so."

Xun Yu blushed with anger, and said again: "No matter what happens now, the second son only listens to that Yang Xiu, and dismisses us. As a last resort, we can only come to Chang'an."

Cao Ang and the others fell into deep thought after hearing this.

Jia Xu anxiously asked, "Where is Zi'an?"