Now that these officials have come to him of their own accord, Liu Wei is not going to be polite. He immediately arrested people according to Shen Lian's list, and those officials who surrendered were beheaded on the spot.
In a short period of time, most of the officials in the five counties of Dunhuang were laid off.
The remaining people were still trembling with fear. Liu Wei comforted them with kind words and told them to go back and manage the county town well.
After the meeting at Sanwei Mountain, Liu Wei left Zhou Qingshuai with 1,500 cavalry to garrison Dunhuang, first to hold back Lü Bu's army that had already entered Jiuquan.
The remaining troops were all deployed to Yumen Pass, ready to head to Puchanghai at any time.
Just as they were resting at Yumen Pass, the Loulan envoy Manji, who had come to ask for help, arrived and immediately pleaded for troops to be sent.
Liu Wei did not immediately send out troops, saying that he needed to first plan how to advance.
Saving the Loulan Kingdom was secondary; his plan was to annihilate the entire 16,000 cavalrymen of the Yuchi brothers in one fell swoop.
Furthermore, the Northwest Division of the Embroidered Uniform Guard had already learned that the cavalry of the Cheshi Kingdom north of Wutu Valley in the Tianshan Mountains had launched a large-scale southward offensive, preparing to participate in the war against Loulan in order to gain a share of the spoils.
Xue Rengui and Liu Wei also tacitly understood each other.
Liu Wei's original intention was to use the Loulan Kingdom as bait to lure the Yuchi Xianbei and Cheshi Kingdoms over, and even to get the Northern Xiongnu involved.
On the other hand, the Loulan Kingdom, relying on its immense wealth, became somewhat arrogant and refused to submit to the Han Dynasty's rule, setting a bad example for other countries in the Western Regions.
Liu Wei wanted to use the Xianbei and Xiongnu people to give the Loulan Kingdom a warning, while also dealing a heavy blow to the Cheshi Kingdom.
This will enable us to better control the Western Regions in the future.
While resting at Yumen Pass, Liu Wei, along with Manji Chenlian and the guards, patrolled outside the city.
I happened to see Princess Sharde of Loulan being chased.
Manji recognized the princess at a glance and immediately asked Liu Wei for help.
The guards rushed forward and killed all twenty riders of Prince Anxin's party.
He went up to take a look and found that the injured and unconscious Loulan princess actually looked like Hanikezi!
Back then, the ancestors of the Liu family fought desperately to conquer the Western Regions, not only for the land and the Ferghana horses, but also for the women of the Western Regions!
In an instant, Liu Wei felt his ancestral bloodline awaken again, and he immediately became sexually aroused.
He immediately picked up Princess Loulan and sent her back to Yumen Pass to recover from her injuries.
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