Thirty thousand Zhou cavalry, exhausted from the dust, poured into Jiayuguan. The defenders inside had already prepared wine and meat to reward the soldiers who returned from the expedition.

The Zhou army cavalry was in the western desert and the Western Regions. After half a year of fighting, the soldiers entered the pass and had ready-made hot soup, white flour buns, and green vegetables waiting for them. This made the dusty Zhou army soldiers feel warm in their hearts.

The soldiers of Zhou Jun, who had eaten dried mutton for half a year, immediately started to eat and drink the food when they saw this.

Wu Sangui was also sitting in a big cart, holding a bowl of broth in his left hand and gnawing on the meat buns in his right hand!

The Hexi Corridor is desolate, there is no supply in the middle, and there is a shortage of water and food. The soldiers have not had enough food for many days.

The soldiers in the pass, looking at the robes from the expedition, squatted on the ground one by one, eating and drinking, couldn't help feeling a little distressed. While adding soup to their bowls, they said, "Brothers, eat slowly, there's still something else~"

At the end of last year, Wu Sangui led 50,000 Zhou troops to walk through the Hexi Corridor and attack the western Mo.

Before the army fought with the Junggar tribe, it first fought with Yarkand in Hami, annihilated three thousand Yarkand troops, occupied Hami and Turpan, controlled the eastern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and opened up a passage to the west of the desert.

After that, Wu Sangui entered the Junggar Basin along the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains. The Junggar tribe Taiji Sengge, who received the news, also gathered a large army of 100,000 to fight.

The two armies met at the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and immediately faced the wheat and set up a battle.

Wu Sangui led 50,000 Zhou troops to the formation, and led the infantry with the general Wang Pingfan to attract the attack of Junggar cavalry. He relied on the sharp firearms to defeat Junggar cavalry, and then surrounded the two wings of the iron cavalry and attacked the main formation of Sengge.

The two armies fought several times, but in the end, Sengge was the first to evacuate the battlefield because its equipment was not as good as the Zhou army. Wu Sangui took the opportunity to cover up and chased Sengge for thirty miles.

However, the Mongolian light cavalry came and went like the wind, and eventually got rid of the Zhou cavalry and successfully disappeared on the grassland.

In this battle, Wu Sangui killed nearly 10,000 Mongolian cavalry, but the Zhou army did not seriously damage the main force of the Mongolian cavalry.

After this battle, Sengge felt that the Zhou army was sharp and the times had changed. He did not dare to confront the Zhou army head-on, but instead adopted a strategy of guerrilla attack on the Zhou army, trying to return to the Zhou army with his own food. He played hide-and-hide with Wu Sangui on the grassland.

The Zhou army was not familiar with the terrain in the west of the desert, and did not know where the water and grass were abundant. Looking for a monk is equivalent to finding a needle in a haystack.

The Mongolian cavalry avoided the battle. Wu Sangui swept the grassland for one month, but he had no results. It was difficult to capture the traces of the Mongolian cavalry, and the army gradually fell into trouble.

This put the Zhou army in a dilemma and continued to stay in the western desert. The army could not find Mongolian cavalry and consumed food and grass. Guanzhong was no longer able to provide supplies.

If he retreated at this time and failed to completely defeat the Junggar cavalry and failed to achieve the previous goal of sending troops, the Western Expedition would only be considered a half-way loss.

Just when Wu Sangui was in trouble, Hong Chengchou advised Wu Sangui, "Since the collapse of the Northern Yuan Dynasty, Mongolia was divided into three divisions: South Mo, North Mo, and West Mo. West Mo was divided into four divisions: Junggar, Hoshuote, Durbert, Tuerhute tribe, and Huite tribe. In recent years, Junggar has become increasingly powerful and has often bullied the tribes in the western Mo. The barbarians on the grassland value profit over righteousness, and respect the strong. This is their nature. Now the king defeated Junggar in the old land of Tingzhou, and the Huhus were greatly shocked. The Western Regions have been in chaos since ancient times. The Han Dynasty has set up a guardian, and they have been close to the barbarians of the Han Dynasty, and they have deterred the Huns from outside, and are intimidated by the unjust officials from inside. Now, our Great Zhou Dynasty should contact the weak tribes in the western Mo, promising to make great profits and attack Junggar together!"

The north and south of the Tianshan Mountains are too far from the Central Plains, and it has been difficult to control over all dynasties.

The power of Zhou State was unable to station a large number of troops here, so they could only station a small number of troops like the Han Dynasty and rely on local tribes to maintain their rule.

Wu Sangui then adopted Hong Chengchou's suggestion and contacted the weak Huite tribe, the Hoshuote tribe, and the Dulbert tribe, promising to divide the benefits of the Zhungeer tribe's ranch and herdsmen, causing Huite and other tribes to turn to Zhou State.

With Huite and other troops secretly informed Wu Sangui, the Zhou army immediately found out the location of the Junggar's troops. The cavalry attacked continuously and won several battles. Junggar lost millions of cattle and sheep, and nearly ten thousand herders.

This greatly damaged the vitality of the Junggar tribe, and Sengge's strategy of avoiding war was declared unsuccessful. He could only lead his troops to move westward to Yibohai, namely the Balkash Lake and the Erthis River Basin.

At this time, the Junggar tribe had not yet grown into the overlord of the western Moon. They had not yet subdued the western Moon tribes, nor did they destroy the Yarkand Han Kingdom, acquired the Yarkand craftsmen, and completed the evolution of the regime.

Junggar was just a backward tribe entrenched on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, so he was defeated by 50,000 Zhou troops.

Wu Sangui had to continue pursuing, but considering that the soldiers were tired of fighting for a long time and were worried about the war in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, he had to return to Guanzhong.

Wu Sangui left behind 20,000 Zhou troops, 10,000 Zhou troops stationed on the northern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, and in the old place of Tingzhou, the Beiting Protectorate was established. Ten thousand Zhou troops stationed on the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, the old land of Shanshan Kingdom, and the Anxi Protectorate was established. Then he led 30,000 troops to hurried back to Guanzhong.

The 30,000 army ran thousands of miles and entered Jiayuguan. The soldiers squatted or sat, but there was no sound, and they could only hear the sound of eating and drinking.

At this time, one person led a few followers to come in a hurry, and it was Sun Kewang, the left prime minister of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

"My husband, the king is ahead!" A general led the way.

When Sun Kewang came over and saw Wu Sangui sitting in the cart eating and drinking, he knew that Zhou Jun had a hard time going on.

"I respectfully welcome the king to return!" Sun Kewang bowed and bowed.

Wu Sangui raised his head and saw that it was Sun Kewang, and smiled and said, "Is the left prime minister here to welcome him?"

Hong Chengchou, who was standing aside, thought more and asked: "The left prime minister is eager to come here. Could it be because of the Ming and Qing dynasties?"

Sun Kewang nodded and said in a deep voice: "The Ming army captured Beijing, Ajige was stolen, and only the prince Boleh of the Qing Dynasty fled to Hedong."

When Wu Sangui heard this, the Roujiamo in his hand suddenly stopped being fragrant.

"Where is the Qing Dynasty destroyed?" Wu Sangui could no longer eat it, so he put down the steamed buns, his expression was very complicated.

Wu Sangui was born in the Liaodong General Sect. He had been fighting with the Qing army for decades earlier, and finally surrendered to the Qing army and helped the Qing army enter the pass.

It can be said that Wu Sangui watched the Qing Dynasty become stronger step by step and become an invincible existence step by step.

Now, the Qing Dynasty, which had been dominating for decades in the world, was destroyed by Zhao Ming. Wu Sangui's heart for a moment, was filled with all kinds of flavors, and there was a hint of sadness about the death of a rabbit and the fox.

After all, Ajige fell down, so there is no need to ask, Zhao Ming’s next target must be Zhou Guo.

How could Wu Sangui still eat Roujiamo?

"Beijing was captured, Ajige died, and no new lord of the Qing Dynasty ascended the throne, it can be said that it has been destroyed. However, the Qing army still had many remnants. Bolehe fled to Shanxi and was taken in by the King of Jin. Most of Henan was still in the hands of Geng Zhongming, Shang Kexi, Mandahai, Luke Dehun and others!" Sun Kewang said in a deep voice.

Wu Sangui was still panicked, "Zhao Ming captured Beijing and his reputation would be even stronger. Previously, Gu and Ajige joined forces to form a tripod. Now that the Qing Dynasty has been destroyed, there are only tens of thousands of remaining soldiers left, and the Great Zhou Dynasty may not be able to fight against Zhao Ming!"

Sun Kewang was silent for a while, and Hong Chengchou frowned and said nothing.

Although Zhou State defeated Junggar and expanded its territory in the western expedition, it did not immediately strengthen its strength.

At present, the Western Regions not only did not increase the national strength of Zhou State, but also distributed 20,000 elite troops.

Seeing this, Sun Kewang was worthy of comfort: "The king doesn't need to worry too much. Although the Qing Dynasty was destroyed by Ming, the Ming Dynasty was not peaceful. Then Zhu Yihai had launched a coup to control Nanjing, so he could definitely restrain Zhao Ming for a while. My Great Zhou still has time to prepare."
Chapter completed!