After the child's mind was read, the tyrant caught the male queen with a black face

System: [Aruan is really smart. Except for the wrong analysis of the location of the third-party force, the rest of his thinking is completely correct.]

Everyone almost staggered: ...

System, you are too pampering. Isn't this completely wrong? !

Yuan Ruan smiled helplessly and said, "Tong'er, you... that's all. So if it's not the forces in the south, then it must be the north, or even further north, the Qiang people in the Western Regions and the Great Yuezhi?"

The system decisively said: [Yes! ]

After these words were spoken, the civil officials looked calm.

The military generals, especially those who had experience of being stationed on the frontiers, all had a subtle expression of disbelief on their faces.

Seeing this, the Third Prince in the back couldn't help but ask in a low voice: "General Chen doesn't seem to believe it?"

General Chen thought for a while, then lowered his voice and explained, "Your Highness, I do not doubt what the system said, but the Western Region is vast and sparsely populated, with many countries, about fifty or sixty."

When the Third Prince heard the word "approximately", he felt it was a bit absurd and could not help but ask in a serious tone, "Approximately? How long has it been since you sent spies to investigate? Don't you have a definite number?"

General Chen said helplessly, "Third Prince, it's not that we don't know, but the terrain of the Western Region is very complex, and there are limited places suitable for living. The people of the Western Region often go to war to survive. Big countries swallow small countries, and new small countries will split from big countries. There are 53 countries today, and there may be 56 tomorrow, and 49 the day after tomorrow. It is for this reason that I don't think the Western Region can unite and provide any help to the Xiongnu."

The Third Prince nodded and said, "What if a dynasty appeared in the Western Regions in the future and unified them?"

General Chen hesitated for a moment and whispered, "It's possible, but I think it's difficult to unify the Western Regions..."

After a pause, General Chen continued, "In addition, the system targets the shortcomings of Daxia after "implementing the strategy of sinicizing the Xiongnu", so there should not be a prerequisite for the unification of the Western Regions. After all, the Western Regions are definitely not unified now."

The third prince nodded and agreed.

At this time, Yuan Ruan's somewhat confused voice sounded: "Tong'er, are you sure? The Xiongnu love to rob the Western Regions the most. The Western Regions' hatred for the Xiongnu is much deeper than for us? Why would the Western Regions support the Xiongnu?"

System: [Yes. The Xiongnu originally liked to rob the Western Regions. After some of the Xiongnu defected to the Central Plains Dynasty, the remaining Xiongnu people liked to rob the Western Regions even more. The Western Regions could not defeat them, so they sent people to ask the Central Plains Dynasty for help. The Central Plains Dynasty chose to refuse, and even turned around to exploit the Western Regions and increase commercial taxes. As a result, the small countries in the Western Regions were swallowed up by the Xiongnu, and the big countries in the Western Regions were also harassed. In addition, they had grievances against the Central Plains Dynasty, so they cooperated with the Xiongnu. In this way, the Western Regions became the rear base of the Xiongnu. ]

When Yuan Ruan heard this, he couldn't help but ask: "Wait a minute, if the Central Plains Dynasty did not refuse to aid the Western Regions, would it be possible to completely crush the Xiongnu?"

The system suddenly laughed: [Haha... a wise ruler in the future also thought so. After he defeated the Xiongnu again, he arranged for someone to go to the Western Regions to serve as an official, similar to a Jiedushi. But it was only a little better.]

Yuan Ruan was stunned when he heard this: [Better? ]

System: [Yes! If you want to manage the Western Regions, you must give them benefits, and the Western Regions will obey. This has caused the Central Plains dynasty to bear a heavy burden. It is fine in prosperous times, but once there is a disaster or civil unrest, the emperor refuses to pay for the Western Regions, and then the Huns will start to suck blood from the Western Regions, and then it will be another reincarnation...]