"Master, why are you... your face so ugly?"

Seeing that Long Tuqizhi's face changed suddenly, the ministers asked in confusion.

"Da, the Tang Dynasty is about to send two troops, and 200,000 troops to the Western Regions..."

"Two hundred thousand? That's great. Such a large army is enough to sweep the entire Western Regions, let alone just Gaochang... Well? King, do you mean that the Tang Dynasty is going to send two troops, two hundred thousand? I'm sure it's not twenty thousand?"

"What? Two hundred thousand? What is the Tang Dynasty going to do?"

"Two...two hundred thousand...good, something big is going to happen!"

...

The content of the national letters sent to the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty was different. The national letters sent to Gaochang did not mention the Tang Dynasty's military sending, but the national letters sent to Yanqi did not hide the matter of sending troops at all!

On the other hand, the Western Turks, the nominal overlord of the Western Regions, also received letters from the Tang Dynasty, but they were different from those sent to other countries...

Due to the many internal turmoils, the Western Turks had no time to take care of the affairs of the Western Regions. Not long ago, the former Khan Siye Hu was suspicious and vicious, and killed the meritorious Khan Yili Xiao and killed his clan, causing everyone to be in danger. He was immediately attacked by Shibeidagan and the Netherbi tribe, fled to Kangju, and died soon after. The Western Turks were welcomed to establish Nishu, which was Dulu Khan.

Although the Western Turks are now known as a country, their internal ministries are actually in power, just like a mess of sand, and are facing continuous erosion from Tielle in the north and Xueyantuo in the east.

Therefore, Nishu, the Khan elected by various ministries, has far greater symbolic significance than practical significance and has no dominance over each ministries.

And this Nishu Khan came to Chang'an during the Wude period. At that time, His Majesty Li Er had become allied brothers with Nishu in order to be friendly with people of all ethnic groups.

Therefore, the letter of nationality sent to Nishu by His Majesty Li Er is more appropriate than a private message!

When he received this letter, Nishu was also extremely surprised. He never expected His Majesty Li Er to write to him, and he was shocked at the things mentioned in the letter!

At this time, in the den, except Nishu, only his brother and Eshai were his most trusted person. He trusted this younger brother more than his sons!

After seeing his elder brother reading the letter from the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he looked solemn and couldn't help but ask: "Brother, what did the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty say in the letter?"

Nishu looked up at Tong Eshe and frowned and said, "Brother Li... the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty wants to enthrone me!"

"Canceled? What does it mean?"

"It is like Xue Yantuo, who enthroned me as the Western Turkic Khan!"

Tong Eshe was stunned, and then said with surprise: "What? This, this...Brother, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. If you can get the title of the Tang Dynasty, then wouldn't your position as a Khan be justified? Moreover, the tribes dare not disobey you anymore and do not take you, the Khan seriously!"

"Haha, how can things be so simple?" Nishu said with a wry smile and shook his head.

"What's wrong?"

"The Tang Dynasty...is probably going to send troops to the Western Regions and completely include the Western Regions under its rule!"

"Send troops to the Western Regions? How is this possible?" Tong E said with horror on his face.

"There is nothing impossible. The condition that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty agreed to enthrone me was that the Turks were not allowed to interfere with the Tang Dynasty's war against the Western Regions!"

Tong Eshi fell into silence, but in just a moment he recovered and said with a firm look on his face: "Brother, now our Turkic internal parts are divided and we are no longer able to govern the countries in the Western Regions. Although the countries in name are my Turkic countries, but... since that's the case, why bother to care about the ownership of the Western Regions? The Tang Dynasty wants to conquer the Western Regions, even if it's enough, it's enough for him to conquer. Moreover, if the Tang Dynasty can really capture the Western Regions, there will be only benefits and no harm for us. After all, the Tang Dynasty is thousands of miles away from the Western Regions. If there is something to ask for help from him, the Tang Dynasty may not have time to support him!"

Nishu nodded silently and said with a firm look on his face for a long time: "This matter... needs to be carried out in secret, and no other departments can know the news in advance!"

"Well, it's right. If other departments know about this, it will definitely cause trouble... Brother, I'll go to the Tang Dynasty in person!"

"You go in person?" Nishu was stunned, then nodded slightly, "Well, it's really appropriate for you to go... It's not too late, you set off for the Tang Dynasty immediately!"

"Yes, I'll leave now!"

...

At the Tianying Pass, in front of the army camp of Gaochang State, Fu Yu, the chief general of Gaochang State's conquest of Yanqi, looked at the steep mountains not far away, guarding the only pass on the road that passed through the mountains for hundreds of miles, with a deep brow.

"well……"

After a long time, he sighed and shook his head with a bitter face. He looked at the order the Chinese Lord had just sent, and his heart was filled with frustration!

He is one of the only generals in Gaochang State who can lead the army to fight alone, but this is not achieved through his own merits, but directly inherited his father's position as general! Therefore, Fu Yu has always wanted to fight a few big battles to prove himself!

During this conquest of Yanqi, he sent out a lot of treasures through various relationships, and finally made the king agree to let him be the main general. He thought this was an excellent opportunity to prove himself. After all, the gap between Yanqi and Gaochang was too huge!

This is also the reason why he dared to assure the king that he would completely wipe out Yanqi within one month before going to war!

But... it was fortunate at the beginning that Yanqi was indeed powerless in resisting the army in Gaochang. Rather than conquering the half of Yanqi territory he has captured now, it is better to say that Yanqi took the initiative to give it to them, because there was no decent resistance along the way!

At that time, Fu Yu was still very excited. He thought that he was using troops like a god, so he let Yanqi escape when he saw the wind. It was estimated that he would be able to destroy Yanqi in less than a month. At that time, he would not only prove his ability, but also go further. It is not impossible to become a general that had been no longer set up many years ago in Gaochang!

However, all his dreams were completely shattered before the Tianying Pass! In less than half a month, he took half of Yanqi's territory, but in the next three months, he could not even touch the city wall of Tianying Pass, let alone completely destroy Yanqi!

Fortunately, Ju Wentai was quite sensible and did not punish Fu Yu because he did not completely eliminate Yanqi within a month. Instead, he wrote to Fu Yu, comforting him with warm words, which moved Fu Yu very much!

"Ten days...it seems that I can only take the last step!"

Three months have completely lost patience and confidence in himself. Now I have only the last ten days left. If I can’t make any progress, let alone the general, it is unknown whether the head on my neck can be kept!

Therefore, although he was reluctant, he had to give up his plan to attack Tianying Pass head-on and prepare to bypass Tianying Pass!

The reason why I would rather hesitate in front of Tianying Pass for three months without detours is that this detour is too difficult and dangerous. If the price required to take this road is too great, it is so large that the 20,000 troops he led may be reduced to half of them!
Chapter completed!