A thousand-year-old family begins with one fighting against ten thousand.

After Wang Mang prepared the edict for granting fiefdoms, he submitted it to Emperor Ping of Han and had it stamped with the imperial seal.

This was the first time Emperor Ping of Han had willingly and sincerely stamped the seal.

The imperial edict was sent throughout the country, and the news of the resumption of enfeoffment spread like wildfire among the people, causing great discussion.

Wang Mang, along with historians, Prince Jing of Zhongshan, and other noble families and princes who aspired to be enfeoffed, took the opportunity to select outstanding heroes and commoners willing to follow them from among the people.

Some heroes from the common people were also willing to follow these people out to seek a better future.

After all, although the channels for advancement in the Han Dynasty are still open, the Han Dynasty's prestige is so great that almost no foreign tribes dare to provoke it.

Therefore, the Han Dynasty rarely waged wars against foreign powers, and the path of being granted titles and honors based on military merit was very difficult.

If they were to be granted fiefdoms outside their hometowns, war would be inevitable.

This is their chance to rise to the top.

It's far greater than their chances of making a name for themselves domestically.

Therefore, for a time, many self-proclaimed heroes flocked to the Wang family, the Shi family, and the Prince of Zhongshan.

Among them, the most were under the command of Prince Jing of Zhongshan, since the world was still the world of the Liu family, and Prince Jing of Zhongshan was a vassal king of the Liu family.

The Wang family and the Shi family respectively granted fiefdoms to dukes and marquises. Although the size of the territory depended on how hard one fought, the resources provided by the Han Dynasty were limited.

A duke is a duke's resource, and a marquis is a marquis's resource.

A king or noble is naturally on another level.

These heroes and outstanding figures were key to their ability to quickly establish themselves in their fiefdoms, and Wang Mang naturally did not want them all to fall under the command of Prince Jing of Zhongshan.

So he made a big show of inviting all the direct descendants of the Wei family that the Wei family had promised to give him.

Amidst the deafening sounds of gongs and drums, in front of countless citizens of Chang'an, these direct descendants of the Wei family were welcomed to the Prime Minister's residence.

Upon seeing that even the Wei family had produced so many people to help Wang Mang, many heroes who had not yet made a choice cheered in their hearts, glad that they had not made a decision too early.

They followed in the footsteps of the Wei family and flocked to Wang Mang.

Among them were many top talents carefully cultivated by other aristocratic families, who not only helped Wang Mang establish his fiefdoms but also accumulated experience so that when their own families went out to establish fiefdoms, they could build up the system of their fiefdoms more quickly.

The Han Dynasty of today is many times stronger than the historical Han Dynasty, with a population exceeding one hundred million.

It also gave rise to a large number of talented people. Influenced by what the emperor did to the Wei family, many talented people were unwilling to serve the court and instead chose to live in seclusion or in the local area.

Faced with the temptation of expanding their territories and establishing fiefdoms, these talented individuals returned from their seclusion. Some began to enter the imperial court, while others joined the three major families that had been granted fiefdoms.

After Wang Mang's assessment, he found that many of them were fierce generals capable of fighting ten opponents at once.

It should be noted that the soldiers they were fighting against were all elite soldiers selected by Wang Mang from the Imperial Guard. Each of them was handpicked and capable of taking on several ordinary, fully armored soldiers single-handedly.

To be able to fight 10 against 1 in such a test is to be considered a fierce general. He may not be ranked among the best in history, but he is a fine general in every era.

He is a core backbone of the military and a candidate for general.

There were also some who were proficient in politics and mathematics. Wang Mang investigated their backgrounds and found that they were all elite scholars of the Hundred Schools of Thought.

Even some old scholars from the various schools of thought were willing to follow Wang Mang to his fiefdom.

The royal family also put in tremendous effort to build their own kingdom.

They transferred a large number of their core members and then exchanged a large number of key official positions for a great deal of resources and talent.

In the imperial court, apart from a few positions with specific powers, such as those involving the transportation of goods to the vassal states, and those in high positions who could bring assistance to the vassal states, almost all other official positions were exchanged.

They were exchanged with minor aristocratic families and local powerful clans who had no hope of being granted fiefdoms elsewhere.

The royal family accumulated resources over several dynasties, which were continuously transported to their fiefdoms via the newly built imperial roads.

The Yuezhi, located in the Ganges River basin, suddenly received an alert from the border, claiming that a large number of elite Han cavalry had arrived there.

There are still many people migrating afterward.

The Yuezhi dared not be negligent. The fate of the Western Regions kingdoms was still fresh in their minds. If the Yuezhi had not already moved away from the Western Regions, they would have been easily wiped out by the Han Dynasty.

Even after so many years of recuperation, they still did not have the courage to face the iron cavalry of the Han Dynasty.

However, the Yuezhi were, after all, a major power in this region, and they still possessed some fighting spirit.

Those who could guard the border were all capable generals.

Moreover, these generals have never really looked down on the people in the central government.

"Greetings, General Husuka, the border guard of the Yuezhi."

"I apologize for the intrusion."

The general stepped forward and blocked Wei Hou's warhorse.

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Wei Hou was surprised that a general from the Yuezhi dared to block his way, and he looked at the general with newfound respect.

"What is the general's purpose in leading his troops to the Yuezhi?"

"On the westward expedition to establish a nation, we passed through this place."

Wei Hou replied indifferently.

It was as if we were passing through our own homeland, not another country's territory; we could come and go as we pleased.

The general's face showed anger, and his personal guards stepped forward to block him.

"Reporting to the esteemed General of the Han Dynasty, I have not received any orders."

Wei Hou smiled.

He drew his sword and carved the word "command" on the general's forehead.

"That's the order."

Blood flowed down the words on the general's forehead and across his entire face, making him look ferocious and terrifying.

Then, he gently patted the BMW beneath him, and the BMW continued to carry him forward.

The army followed suit and advanced slowly, forcing the Yuezhi's garrison to retreat again and again.

At this time, the Yuezhi king personally came to the border to welcome the cavalry, unaware that the cavalry had come to seize their territory.

"May I ask what brings the general and his cavalry to our Yuezhi?"

"Our Yuezhi have been loyal to the Han Dynasty since ancient times, as Heaven and Earth can attest!"

"It is absolutely impossible for me to do anything against the Han Dynasty!"

When the Great Yue King saw the leading cavalrymen, who were carrying both Han and Wei banners, he was so frightened he almost peed himself.

The Wei family's reputation in the Western Regions was enough to stop children from crying at night. The Wei family suppressed the Western Regions for decades, fought against the Xiongnu in the north, and pacified various countries in the south. Countless kings died at their hands, and many countries were destroyed by them.

Every king summoned to Wulei City would write his will beforehand to prevent chaos in the country without a king if he did not return.

The influence of the Wei family in the Western Regions is evident.

Only those tough guys, those who rose from the bottom through reckless fighting, are unafraid, since their Great Moon King will die first anyway.

The general that Wei Hou encountered was in this situation.