"Are you saying that the Western Region has probably fallen into the hands of the Xiongnu?" After receiving this news, Zhao Tuo was also a little shocked.

It only took a year for the news of the Xiongnu's westward movement to spread back, right?

Within this year, the Xiongnu actually controlled the entire Western Region?

After all, it’s such a big place, and there’s not even any decent resistance?

Well, it was even more terrifying when Lu Jia came. Wasn’t there no decent resistance in the Western Regions?

"It's basically certain that we have discovered three thousand Xiongnu troops." Yang Biao said.

"Well! In this case, things may not be that simple!" Zhao Tuo couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

In this regard, Zhao Tuo's perception is more accurate than Yang Biao.

The scale of three thousand people is neither large nor small.

In this place in the Western Region, it can already be called the main force.

And since the 3,000 Xiongnu people were able to walk around so arrogantly, they couldn't just come here for testing.

Besides, it’s not like the Han Dynasty didn’t know the bad nature of the Western Regions. Three thousand troops were placed under the city, and they didn’t even dare to think about resisting.

"Hurry up and enter Loulan. You can learn more news there. In addition, send people back quickly to tell your Majesty the news!" Zhao Tuo said again: "I have a feeling that this marriage with Wusun will be ruined.

Got it!"

Yang Biao nodded and did not ask so many questions.

It doesn't matter whether he takes a bath or not, and it's not what he cares about.

He just needs to do what he needs to do right now.

Two days later, the caravan finally entered Loulan. The city wall was still the same. There were still some faint blood stains from the killings outside the city, but not much.

The city looked a little dilapidated, but the worst didn't happen.

The 2,000 pursuers sent by Yang Biao had an effect, making the 3,000 Huns cavalry dare not return to Yixun.

Although the worst didn't happen, the situation wasn't much better.

Yixun City at this moment can be described as a mess.

After the Huns came, the people inside and outside the city suffered completely.

Houses were occupied, women were occupied, and men were arrested and forced to work.

The bureaucratic aristocrats were better off, but some of them were killed by the Huns. The remaining ones saw how cruel the Huns were, and they didn't dare to say anything for a moment, so they chose to surrender.

He became the second son of the Xiongnu. He turned a blind eye to the evil deeds of the Xiongnu in Loulan and even helped them deal with their funeral affairs.

Not to mention the people below, who dare to be angry but dare not speak out, and some even dare not even be angry.

The Xiongnu's scimitar suddenly became their nightmare. Compared to the Han Dynasty, for them, the Huns were obviously more terrifying.

"Han envoy? Are you back? You don't know how cruel the Huns are? Anyone who disobeys? They don't even bother to beat them, they just kill them? Not only did they occupy our house,

They also robbed our women and food..." In Yixun City, watching a large number of Han troops entering, an official stepped forward and cried.

"Who are you?" Zhao Tuo glanced at the other person lightly. He always felt that there was something cunning about this person.

"I am Ulutu, the auxiliary prince of Loulan..." Ulutu quickly introduced himself.

"Where is King Loulan?" Zhao Tuo asked directly.

"My king was taken away by the Huns..." Ulutu replied carefully.

At the same time, a soldier lay down and whispered a few words in Zhao Tuo's ear.

Zhao Tuo glanced at Ulutu again. It seemed that his feeling was right? This Ulutu was indeed a cunning person.

"The king has been kidnapped by the Huns? Why don't you go and rescue him?" Zhao Tuo did not immediately point out Ulutu, but asked in a pretentious manner.

"The Han envoys don't know something. It's not that we don't want to rescue, but that we can't rescue them at all. Our total military strength in Loulan is only three thousand people. The Huns just sent three thousand people to garrison here? But they came here back then.

Ten thousand people, but their equipment and other equipment are more advanced than ours? There is no way they can defeat us." Ulutu said with a pitiful look.

"Are you unable to defeat them? Or are you going to kill those who can defeat them?" Zhao Tuo suddenly changed his tone.

"Uh..." Ulutu was suddenly embarrassed.

This question is asked at a very high level.

"Of course... we can't defeat it? We also resisted, but really we can't defeat it? The Huns threatened to massacre the city if he didn't surrender? Is there really no other way? Then they threatened to massacre my king if he didn't follow them.

, My king is worried that the people will be implicated, so he can only follow them. Before leaving, he told me that I must protect the people of Loulan. You don’t know how hard I have been in the past few months. I have to please those Huns every day.

I have borne the anger of people and pray that they will not vent their anger on the people." Urutu tried his best to explain to himself.

If you didn’t know anything else, you might really be confused by what Ulutu said.

But I'm afraid Ulutu has forgotten that there are people behind Zhao Tuo who don't know Loulan's inside story.

Massacre the country?

There are more than 10,000 men, women, and children in Loulan, so this is not an easy task.

But the Xiongnu probably didn't want a dead city, they were counting on letting these people work for them.

So the best way is to kill the disobedient ones and let the obedient ones come up to help them rule.

No matter how cruel the Huns are here, as long as Ulutu can suppress the Loulan natives, this is a very common management routine and a very effective one.

"Where did Ge Risong go?" Zhao Tuo asked again with a smile.

"..." Ulutu suddenly trembled violently and looked up at Zhao Tuo.

he……

How did he know Ge Risong?

"Ge...he...he was executed by my king because he offended my king..." Ulutu bit the bullet and arranged a place for Ge Risong to go.

"You are so dishonest!" Zhao Tuo shook his head speechlessly.

He just wanted to give Ulutu a chance, but unfortunately, this guy didn't want this chance.

Who is Ge Risong?

That is the great nobleman of Loulan, the auxiliary prince of Loulan. He has been the auxiliary prince for generations. Why do you, Ulutu, become the auxiliary prince?

Besides, the relationship between Ge Risong and King Loulan is not too bad.

The envoy from Loulan just now told Zhao Tuo that when he left, Ge Risong had a very good relationship with the King of Loulan. On the contrary, Ulutu was doing nothing every day, not doing his job properly, bullying men and dominating women everywhere, and there were many nobles.

They all wanted to kill him, but they didn't do it because of King Loulan's face.

Such a bastard, how blind must King Loulan be to entrust the country to him?

And in order to prevent the Huns from venting their anger on the people of Loulan, he bore too much of the Huns' anger?

"Catch him!" Zhao Tuo waved his hand. He had no interest in this Ulutu anymore.

I originally planned to learn something about the situation through him, but looking at the situation now, there is obviously no hope. How many of the questions asked from him are accurate?

"Oh, Han envoy, no... you can't. I am looking forward to the Han army day and night. My heart is for the Han people. You can't treat me like this..." Ulutu panicked instantly.

, explained hurriedly.

"Shut his mouth!" Zhao Tuo was a little annoyed. He was also a king, and he hated people like Ulutu the most.

Although there is no harm in having such people in Loulan, he doesn't want them now.

"Oh... you... you can't, you damn thing, you..." Seeing that the Han people were actually being serious, Ulutu no longer wanted to beg for mercy, and simply started to curse.

No one knows what he has done better than him, and once he is caught, all those things will be out of his control.

Therefore, being caught is equivalent to being executed. So, after all this time, Ulutu, who was anxious and confused, could not let the Han people stop his mouth smoothly, and then started to curse.

But it was useless to scold him. Before he could finish his sentence, he was first blocked and then punched hard.

Then he was taken down.

Immediately afterwards, Zhao Tuo found the Loulan envoy, asked Yang Biao to send troops to protect him, and began to search for officials he believed to be reliable in the city.

The next thing he wants to know can only be found out through these people.

Although he still doesn't know the inside story, Zhao Tuo doesn't feel good after what he has shown now.

"They must have killed a group of disobedient people. I'm afraid that Ge Risong is also in trouble!" Zhao Tuo said slowly.

"Isn't this a good thing?" Yang Biao had a different view.

The purpose of the Han Dynasty was to annex this place and turn Loulan into a county of the Han Dynasty.

Then the disobedient people will always have to be dealt with. If they don't listen to the Huns, they won't listen to the Han either.

Now that the Huns have helped them deal with these people, it will allow the big man to do things more smoothly, and at the same time, he will not encounter too much resistance.

As for the people, after experiencing the horror of the Xiongnu rule, they probably would not have much resistance to the Han.

"Well... you really have a clear mind..." Zhao Tuo smiled silently.

It is conducive to governance, but it is also not conducive to governance.

The number of officials in the Han Dynasty is not enough, so some grassroots officials still have to use local people, and then they have to be transferred and replaced slowly, which takes time to accumulate.

And some talented people have been killed, leaving some shameless people. How will the next government affairs be handled?

Is it possible to tell the court that the Western Region is still in chaos?

Doesn’t that show that they are very incompetent?

However, these are things that Zhao Tuo needs to worry about, but Yang Biao cannot control so much.

Of course, Yang Biao was not relaxed either.
Chapter completed!