Yuan Feigui and Shapiyaya were very lucky.

Fortunately, the two were positioned just outside the attack radius of [Bloody Battle in All Directions].

They were only half a meter apart.

Besides the two individuals, the monks guarding the Great Buddha Temple, who were standing beside them wielding clubs, were also within the attack radius of [Bloody Battle in All Directions].

The surrounding walls, the temple gate, and even the eighteen Buddha statues carved from giant stones in the passageway leading to the main hall of the Great Buddha Temple were all severed by Duan Yu's single strike.

The courtyard wall collapsed with a crash, and outside the courtyard, soldiers from the Cheshi Kingdom came to provide support.

None, including King Alaya of Cheshi, escaped.

A soaring aura of blood permeated the area around the Great Buddha Temple.

Fresh blood seeped into the parched yellow earth.

More than two hundred Wusun soldiers, along with hundreds of Cheshi soldiers who came to their aid, and more than a hundred monks guarding the temple, were all cut in half at the waist.

Intestines and internal organs spilled onto the ground.

The scene was like a hellish hell.

Yuan Feigui was terrified.

The longsword in his hand fell to the ground, and his mouth was agape, wide enough to fit a fist.

And Shapiyaya, standing next to Yuan Feigui, no longer squinted his eyes and pretended to be a virtuous monk.

Terrified, he knelt on the ground with his legs weak and his hands on the ground, vomiting violently.

I'm watching Duan Yu.

The dragon scales on his body gleamed in golden armor, reflecting the crimson glow of the setting sun, while his red cloak swayed gently in the wind.

After the suppressed feeling in his heart was relieved, Duan Yu's expression relaxed considerably.

With one hand supporting himself on the saddle behind Xiao Hei, Duan Yu flipped off.

Then he pointed to the corpses beside him.

Little Black immediately ran off happily and then devoured the food.

Click.

Click.

Click.

The sound of bones and muscles being crushed broke the silence.

Watching the black tiger devour the large amount of flesh, Yuan Feigui could no longer hold back and, like the senior monk of the Great Buddha Temple, began to vomit.

Tread!

Tread!

Outside the Great Buddha Temple.

Zhao Yun, Zhao Feng, and Jia Xu arrived with dozens of cavalry guards, at just the right time.

"My lord!"

"My lord!"

"My lord!"

The three of them dismounted after arriving at Duan Yu's side.

Duan Yu nodded slightly.

The horrific scene around them came into view, and everyone, including Zhao Yun, was extremely shocked.

The adoration for Duan Yu in those eyes had reached its peak.

If it were a matter of taking on a hundred men single-handedly, Zhao Yun believed he could do it.

As for breaking through the encirclement of a thousand men, Zhao Yun believed he could do it even if he had to risk his life.

But Zhao Yun knew he absolutely could not slaughter a thousand people when surrounded by them.

Perhaps that Lü Bu could.

But it's absolutely impossible for him to be as relaxed as Marquis Ji.

With each step Duan Yu took, a bloody footprint appeared on the ground.

Then I walked all the way to the front of the Great Buddha Temple and looked up at the magnificent and luxurious interior of the temple.

After vomiting, Shapiyara raised her head and looked at Duan Yu with a terrified expression.

His trembling lips were deathly pale, and he couldn't utter a single word.

Duan Yu squatted down, then grabbed Shapiyar by the neck and slowly lifted him up.

Standing at only 1.7 meters tall, Shapiyar was lifted by Duan Yu, his feet gradually leaving the ground.

His face flushed red, and his legs, which were suspended in the air, twitched.

Where is your Buddha?

Duan Yu looked at the struggling Shapiyaya with a mocking expression: "Why isn't the Buddha you believe in coming to save you?"

"A bunch of parasites that devour the marrow and exploit the bones."

"The entire nation of Cheshi makes offerings to you, so what can your Buddha bring to the people of this country?"

"You think you can fool the people and escape suffering through your so-called faith?"

"what?"

"Peeed?"

Duan Yu casually tossed the filthy, excrement-covered Shapiyaya into the Great Buddha Temple's main hall.

boom!

The flying demon crashed directly into the Buddha statue in the main hall, exploding into a cloud of blood mist. By the time it hit the ground, it was already dead.

The Buddha statues inside the hall looked as if they had been coated with a layer of blood-red dye.

Meanwhile, the Wusun ambassador, Yuan Feigui, was trembling like a leaf.

"No...no...don't kill me..."

"Please...don't kill me...don't kill me."

Yuan Feigui's already broken Chinese sounded even more comical at this moment.

Duan Yu chuckled and looked down at Yuan Feigui, who was kneeling on the ground with a puddle of vomit in front of him.

"Didn't I just say that?"

Duan Yu said in a mocking tone, "I like your arrogant attitude, and I hope you can stay arrogant forever."

Yuan Feigui's face turned deathly pale.

"No...I...I know that Shapiyaya has a treasure. He has hidden a lot of gold and silver jewelry in his residence. I have money, I can..."

brush!

Duan Yu drew the sword from his waist.

After the stab, only a thin line of red blood remained on Yuan Feigui's throat.

The next second, Yuan Feigui covered his throat with both hands.

However, gushing blood spurted out from between his fingers.

Yuan Feigui, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly collapsed to the ground.

Duan Yu sheathed his sword in one fluid motion, then turned to look at Zhao Yun and Zhao Feng.

"Immediately lead your troops to open the south gate and let the garrison outside the city into the city. Also, confiscate all the people in Jiahe City and drive them out of the city."

"besides......"

Duan Yu turned around and glanced at the Great Buddha Temple behind him.

Although Cheshi was a small country.

But with the resources of an entire nation supporting these monks, one can only imagine how wealthy they would become.

This is practically a signpost for ransacking homes.

There's no need to search carefully anymore.

"Dig up the ground three feet deep and loot all the money and valuables."

"Furthermore, all the monks in this area should be driven out of the city and imprisoned."

After Duan Yu issued a set of orders, Zhao Yun and Zhao Feng immediately accepted them.

When they entered the city, Duan Yu had already instructed the Liangzhou army stationed at Gaochang Wall to make preparations.

Compared to Gaochangbi, Jiaohe City is the perfect place to establish the Wuji Colonel's Office.

Of course, Duan Yu's current goal is not to establish the Wuji Colonel's Office, but to conquer the entire Western Regions.

Originally, Duan Yu had not planned to do this.

After all, with Liangzhou's current population and productivity, it would be easy for them to burst if they tried to conquer the entire Western Regions.

Empress Dowager Dong's promise, though seemingly empty, would be far more than just empty promises if he fulfilled it.

Empress Dowager Dong and Yuan Wei, among others, all thought he couldn't possibly accomplish it, which is why this empty promise came about.

But he wanted to show the people in Luoyang through his actions.

After returning from Luoyang to Liangzhou, Duan Yu convened a meeting there.

How can we conquer the Western Regions as quickly as possible?

There are more than fifty countries, both large and small.

The vast majority of these areas have a population of no more than 10,000.

The population of a moderately large area is between 20,000 and 30,000 or between 30,000 and 40,000.

The most populous were the Wusun, with a population of 600,000 to 700,000.

Aside from Wusun, the largest was Kucha, with a population of nearly 100,000.

However, on average, the population of the entire Western Regions exceeds one million.

Victory is definitely not a problem.

Duan Yu had never doubted this.

But the question is, how to manage it after the victory?

That's the real problem.

It is certainly unrealistic to station troops in every small kingdom in the Western Regions to achieve complete control.

The military strength in Liangzhou was insufficient to allow it.

At this time, it was the spring planting season, and Liangzhou could only mobilize 100,000 troops at most.

Therefore, Duan Yu came up with a solution.

A strategy for later generations.

Merging villages and towns.

With overwhelming force, they forced many countries that were originally scattered in the Western Regions to relocate.

The people of the Western Regions were concentrated in three locations: before, during, and after the Western Regions, and then placed under centralized military control.

Using important cities as strongholds, they encouraged the people of various Western Regions countries to establish a new settlement around these cities and then begin building them.

Take Jiaohe City, for example.

Although it is not large, it is a natural military fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

By stationing two or three thousand troops here, we can completely control this city.

Moreover, the area is rich in water resources, which brought together more than a dozen small countries near Cheshi Kingdom to carry out unified land reclamation and establish agricultural settlements in a production team model.

The northern route of the Western Regions established three military fortresses and large towns, with Cheshi as the vanguard, Kucha as the middle, and Shule as the rear.

The southern route, with Loulan as the front, Jingjue as the middle, and Shache as the rear, was also built as a military fortress.

In this way, after a few years of unified management, the influence will be expanded to the surrounding areas, turning the entire Western Regions into a single prefecture, and relocating and integrating a portion of the Han population.

Within five years, the Western Regions could be renamed the Western Regions Prefecture.

The large population of the Western Regions could also boost trade in Liangzhou.

It became a major rear area for developing war potential.

.............

Under the cover of night, the people of Cheshi Kingdom were completely unaware of what had happened.

The Han army, which had swarmed into Jiaohe City, fiercely drove out the remaining civilians who were still at home.

Other important figures were escorted to the palace where Duan Yu was staying.

Outside Yuan Feigui's residence.

Ime was escorted out of the villa by soldiers and then taken all the way to the palace.

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