Chapter One Thousand and Twenty-Five

A court dispute, which lasted from morning to evening, was more intense than ever. And when the curtain came, a golden carriage of the dragon drove out from the corner of the palace. On the carriage, King Song was worried.

"Your Highness, aren't things going well in Talas?"

On the side, the old butler put his hands in his sleeves and said with concern. In the past, the Song Dynasty also had times when the court was not going well, but he was rarely as worried as he is now.

"Hmm. ”

King Song nodded, and did not hide it in front of the old butler.

"Your Highness, rest assured, the matter of Talas will be fine, King Qi has also opposed it in the past, and it has not been passed?"

The old butler said with relief.

"Alas!"

Hearing this, King Song finally couldn't help but let out a long sigh:

"If it's just King Qi making a stumbling block and inciting the ministers to oppose it in the court, it will be simpler. But this time is different, this time it is not the King of Qi who is opposed, he is just assisting from the side. The one who really opposes it is the Wenchen of the Tang Dynasty!"

Hum, hearing this, the old housekeeper was stunned and fell silent for an instant. In the civil and military disputes, even if the old housekeeper has always paid little attention to the affairs of the court, he knows that this is a political struggle that is more powerful than the party struggle. If it was not the king of Qi who opposed the sending of troops, but the ministers of the court, then the nature of this matter would be completely different.

I only heard the voice of King Song in my ears, and his voice was extremely solemn:

"After decades of Datang Chengping, everyone has become more and more accustomed to this kind of peaceful life, and they are more and more disgusted with war, I am only worried that all this is just the beginning. ”

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The controversy in the court became more and more intense, and with this controversy, the name Da Shi became more and more familiar in the streets and alleys of the Tang Dynasty in Middle-earth.

And when the entire Jingshi was still discussing the Great Eclipse and other Three Kingdoms Alliance, a golden-clawed falcon flapped its wings and flew to the northeast of Datang like lightning. A few days later, in the Youzhou camp, in the Andong Protectorate, Zhang Shouqi sat cross-legged on the ground, stretched out his palm, and took the letter from the Jingshi from the guards. The camp was quiet, and all the civil and military staff around were all focused on this god-like man in the northeast of the Tang Dynasty.

"Haha, a bunch of cynics, there is no military conquest, where did the Tang Chengping come from, the kid from Talas miscalculated, if he loses this battle, maybe the court will immediately allocate troops and horses, but he just won, and now it is not easy for the court to allocate troops and horses to him. ”

Wang Chong and Gao Xianzhi said in their letters that the Great Cannibal has 400,000 soldiers and horses, and they are about to come to Talas, and once they are victorious, there will be a steady stream of soldiers and horses in the future, swarming in, is there really so many soldiers and horses in a big food?

At this time, a voice suddenly came from behind him, and Zhao Kan, the deputy general of the Anton Capital Protector Army, suddenly spoke, looking extremely respectful.

"Of course it's true!"

Unexpectedly, Zhang Shouqi didn't even think about it, so he confirmed:

"Back then, I guarded Longxi, and I also heard that the big cannibals have a fierce temperament and like to fight, and the country west of the Green Ridge has been conquered by them, I don't know how much. At that time, I also privately sent people to collect some information, and I knew that the rumors were true. So at that time, I judged that one mountain could not tolerate two tigers, and there would be a battle between Da Shi and Da Tang in the future! Everyone in the court thought that Gao Xianzhi and that kid were exaggerating, but I knew that they definitely didn't have the courage to do so. - The crime of deception is not trivial!"

In the tent, all the generals of Youzhou froze one by one.

The current Talas is far away, and the situation there is now in the clouds and fog in the entire court. No one thought that although it was far away in the northeast, with a difference of 108,000 miles, his own capital protector knew everything about it, and he was like a candle. But soon, everyone reacted:

"Hehe, with Gao Xianzhi and Wang Chong's current state, their current soldiers and horses are definitely no more than 60,000, if it is really like what they said, the army of 400,000 people swept over, without the reinforcements of the imperial court, wouldn't they definitely die?"

"Hmph, who is to blame for this? Gao Xianzhi is a junior junior, and there is no way to compare his qualifications and martial arts with us adults, but after only a few victories, he dares to call himself the god of war, thinking that he can be on an equal footing with adults. I don't want to think about it, how can the merits of adults be compared to him. And that kid, relying on the fact that he is a general's family, actually dares to contradict Du Hu in the Jingshi, it is really arrogant! This time Talas is in a hurry, I want to see why they will fight with adults in the future!"

"Hahaha, this is called self-inflicted!"

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In the camp tent, everyone sneered and looked like they were watching a good show. Whether it is Gao Xianzhi or Wang Chong, it is not a good thing for the Anton Protectors. Gao Xianzhi has always had no respect for Zhang Shouqi, and Wang Chong killed Ashina Cuigan last time in Beijing, which made most of the capital lose face, and everyone had a good face for these two people.

Zhang Shouqi sat in the tent, knocked on the table with one hand, and smiled without saying a word.

"Report!"

At this moment, a voice suddenly came. Before the voice fell, a herald from the Anton Metropolitan Protectorate held a letter in both hands, walked quickly into the camp tent, and knelt on one knee:

"Lord Protector, a letter from the city of Talas, please take a look!"

"Buzz!"

As soon as the sound fell, there was a dead silence in the entire camp, and the pins could be heard. All eyes looked at the herald in the camp, and even Zhang Shouqi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and subconsciously turned his head.

Talas is a land outside the world, and it does not belong to the Tang Dynasty at all, if it was a few months ago, I'm afraid no one would know about it, but now, even everyone who is far away in the realm of Youzhou knows it.

"My lord, what's the matter, how could Talas write to us at this time?"

On the right side of Zhang Shouqi's seat, a majestic-looking Hu man, wearing a white robe, suddenly frowned.

Completely different from the others in the camp, he has a pair of snow-white lying eyebrows, and there is almost no one in the entire Youzhou territory who does not know him.

White Gendra!

The famous general under Zhang Shouqi is a fierce general recruited by Zhang Shouqi in Youzhou, and he has the rank of brigadier general!

The other generals looked at Zhang Shouqi and were silent.

"Well, if there is any plan, you will know if you open the letter and look at it. ”

Zhang Shouqi smiled and said, beckoning to the herald below.

Soon, Zhang Shouqi took the letterhead from the herald's hand, quickly skimmed through it, and his face quickly became strange.

"Hahaha, interesting, interesting!"

Zhang Shouqi suddenly burst into laughter, startling everyone in the camp.

"My lord, what's wrong?"

White Gendra Dao.

"Oh, that's funny! That boy from the royal family in Talas actually wrote to me asking for help, asking me to send a force of soldiers and horses to help him. ”

Zhang Shouqi laughed.

"What!"

"How is it possible to help them? Are they crazy?"

"It's a shame that they can figure it out, let our Anton Protector support them, unless the sun hits the west and comes out!"

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One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and everyone in the camp was stunned. The front foot had just mentioned Wang Chong and the Talas people, and the back foot received their letter for help. It's so ironic!

Zhang Shoujue's expression was subtle, he didn't say anything, just smiled faintly, and handed the letterhead in his hand to Bai Zhendra and the generals in the tent.

"Zhao Kan, Bai Zhendra, you circulate it, tell me, what do you think about this matter?"

Bai Zhendra was stunned, subconsciously took the letterhead, and circulated it to everyone in the tent.

"My lord, I don't think this letter needs to be ignored. The matter of Talas is handled by the imperial court, and it is not our turn to speak. Moreover, Youzhou and Talas are far away, even if Gao Xianzhi and that kid want to ask for reinforcements, it shouldn't be us, not to mention that the adults still have enmity with him. ”

Bai Zhendra looked at the letterhead and didn't think about it.

Talas are in danger now, and in any case, the Anton Protector should not be the target of Wang Chong's help.

"Zhao Kan, what do you think?"

Zhang Shouqi smiled slightly and looked at the deputy general Zhao Kan on the side.

"My lord, the last general has the same opinion as Bai Zhendra, and his subordinates don't think there is any need to worry about this letter. We don't have to do it when we've never received it. ”

Zhao Kandao.

In the tent, everyone nodded, obviously with the same opinion as Zhao Kan and Bai Zhendra. Zhang Shouqi and Wang Chong already had a holiday, not to mention that Wang Chong's grandfather Wang Jiuling impeached Zhang Shouqi at the beginning, if it weren't for him, Zhang Shouqi might have been in the position of prime minister by now.

"Hey, hey!"

Zhang Shouqi tapped his right hand lightly on the table, and suddenly said something that stunned everyone:

"Zhao Kan, Bai Zhendra, you have followed me for many years, since a long time ago, you have stepped into the brigadier level, but until now, you are still at this level. And that kid from the Wang family, in less than a year, has already sat in the position of the protector of the capital of the west of the city, do you know where you are with him?"

"Your Excellency!"

In the tent, everyone froze. Zhao Kan and Bai Zhendra were also stunned, they originally thought that Lord Du Hu and the Wang family had a holiday in the past, and this time, no matter what aspect they looked at, they would not help him. But now it doesn't look like that at all.

"I have a personal enmity with the kid of the Wang family, as well as Wang Jiuling, and when we meet in private, even if I kill him, it won't be too much, but the kid of the Wang family is asking for business, for the sake of the country. If I reject him at this time because of my personal abolition, wouldn't it prove that I, Zhang Shoujue, have a small amount of energy, and I can't even compare to one of Wang Jiuling's grandsons, and it also indirectly proves that Wang Jiuling's words back then were right. ”

"Moreover, it's good that Talas didn't have an accident, once something happened, it will be investigated in the future, and the king rushed to us for help, but we refused, do you think you can hide it from the court and the Holy Emperor?"

Zhang Shouqi said. One sentence made everyone in the tent silent, and they were all stunned. Everyone only thought that Andong Du Protector and the Wang family had a holiday, but they never thought about this layer, they had followed Zhang Shouqi for many years, and they also vaguely knew some of the Holy Emperor's styles from his mouth, if this matter leaked out in the future, I am afraid it would be very trivial.

"But my lord, that kid has contradicted the adult many times, do we really want to be coerced by him to send troops?"

Zhao Kan and Bai Zhendra Dao, both of them were unwilling.