A big war broke out between the Western Regions and Dashi, the law and order were chaotic, and the wicked were rampant, but Wang Suyi's business could not be stopped, and the state could not help him, so he relied on himself, Wang Suyi, who had heard of Chen Tu, the first thing that came to mind was this person, and the two negotiated and finally reached an agreement, Wang Suyi paid money, and Chen Tu was to help by force.

The cooperation between the two is also very pleasant, Chen Tu personally led thousands of people, several times to help Wang Suyi's convoy successfully reach the hinterland of Dashi and the lunar eclipse, which caused a lot of sensation in the local area, and began to have other caravans come to the door and needed help, but this also attracted Zhan Bai's attention, at that time, the lunar eclipse fell into civil strife, the Dashi Empire had no worries, and had already concentrated all its military forces to deal with the Western Regions, Zhan Bai was extremely difficult, including, he frantically recruited troops and horses, and gathered all the forces that could be summoned, Chen Tu's force, Zhan Bai naturally refused to let go, but Chen Tu also had ambitions in this regard, so he complied with Zhao'an and attached Zhan Bai, in the war with the Dashi Empire, Chen Tu was repeatedly promoted by Zhan Bai because of his bravery, but in two years, after the Dashi Empire was finally destroyed, Chen Tu had accumulated merit to become a general, and his headquarters of soldiers and horses had also expanded to more than 10,000 people.

Perhaps out of precautions, or perhaps out of other schemes, after the war with the Dashi Empire ended, Zhan Bai immediately increased his troops to Xizhou, increasing his strength in Xizhou to more than 30,000 people, and Chen Tu even his 10,000 soldiers and horses are now in Xizhou.

The secret forces jointly concentrated by Ruan Donglang and Liu Xie were handed over to Fan Zhongyun for full management.

Chen Tu is a Han Chinese, and in the war with Dashi, he has a lot of merit, which makes him come to the fore and let many people know, which attracts the attention of Fan Zhongyun, Fan Zhongyun once sent someone to approach Chen Tu, but this person is very cautious and does not say anything.

Subsequently, Fan Zhongyun began to befriend Wang Suyi, but unexpectedly received an extremely enthusiastic response from Wang Suyi, and through Wang Suyi, Chen Tu's doubts were eliminated, and the two sides began to have frequent contact.

After Sima Tu finished reading the letter, his eyes immediately narrowed and he was silent, while Li Xun frowned and said, "Chen Tu didn't say anything in the letter. ”

Fan Zhongyun smiled, pointed to the letter in Li Xun's hand and said, "Didn't Chen Tu tell us in the letter that Zhan Bai has no plans to send troops to Wuzhou at present? ”

Li Xun's mind turned, as if he had captured something, but it was still very vague: "The Western Regions have fought with Dashi for three years, and they have suffered heavy losses, and they simply have no ability to start a new war in a short period of time, which we can imagine without him saying this." ”

Sima Tu also laughed, and said softly: "Lord, things can't just look at the surface, Chen Tu is Zhan Bai's subordinate, regardless of whether Zhan Bai has the intention of attacking Longyou, there are some things that Chen Tu can't say, especially can't tell us, since Chen Tu dares to tell us Zhan Bai's intentions clearly, this is an attitude, an attitude that may be used by us." ”

Listening to Sima Tu's words, Li Xun's eyes suddenly narrowed, and he now somewhat understood what Fan Zhongyun meant.

As the commander of the Western Regions Alliance, Zhan Bai finally defeated the powerful Dashi Empire, and his prestige is unprecedented, but Zhan Bai also has his difficulties, if he wants to unify the Western Regions, it is absolutely difficult to succeed with strength, Zhan Bai's biggest advantage now has two points, one is prestige, a series of battles against the Dashi Empire, and finally achieved a decisive victory, Zhan Bai is dominant, for this reason, he has gained great prestige, is the hero of the entire Western Regions, and the second is the military power in his hands, more than 150,000 troops, but the 150,000 soldiers in his hands are not his own, It is a patchwork of the thirty-six countries of the Western Regions, they belong to their respective countries, just because of the war together, it is impossible to concentrate in one place forever, or in the hands of one person, after a long time, each country will definitely recall its own army to its own country, all this is not something that Zhan Bai can stop.

Li Xun woke up from his contemplation, looked at Fan Zhongyun, and asked, "Old Fan, what do you think Zhan Bai will do?" ”

Fan Zhongyun sneered: "Zhan Bai looks gentle on the surface, but in fact he is very ambitious, if he wants to stabilize the military power in his hands, there is only one way, that is, to find a new target, the two countries of Dashi and the lunar eclipse perished, the rise of Persia, the momentum is extremely fierce, Zhan Bai will never dare to provoke, Liu Xie came to the news yesterday that Zhan Bai sent his own brother to Persia, which has proved this." ”

Li Xun also had a sneer on his face: "You mean to say that Zhan Bai will find soft persimmons to pinch." ”

Sima Tu said with a smile: "I'm afraid Zhan Bai doesn't know that the 50,000 elite army has arrived in Wuzhou. ”

Fan Zhongyun said lightly: "It is precisely because I don't know, so in Zhan Bai's eyes, we are indeed soft persimmons." ”

Li Xun pursed his lips, stood up, and walked back and forth, he already understood what Fan Zhongyun really meant, although Fan Zhongyun didn't say it explicitly, but Li Xun already knew that Fan Zhongyun actually had the idea of taking the initiative to send troops to the Western Regions.

This idea shocked and surprised Li Xun, as far as Li Xun was concerned, the war with Tubo had just ended, both sides suffered heavy losses, Li Xun's headquarters of soldiers and horses, in fact, there were less than 15,000 people left, he paid close attention to the situation in the Western Regions, more on prevention, and never had the idea of taking the initiative, and Fan Zhongyun, who had always been cautious and thoughtful, had the boldness of his ideas, but Li Xun did not expect it at all, which greatly surprised him.

Li Xun stopped his pace, pointed at Fan Zhongyun and said, "Although the emperor has pulled 50,000 soldiers over, I am afraid that I will not be able to command without a certain amount of time to integrate and adjust." ”

Sima Tu said in a deep voice: "Just talk about the generals led by you." ”

Li Xun was silent, this military operation was too huge and too risky, and he was a little at a loss for a while.

Fan Zhongyun saw Li Xun's thoughts, and said softly: "The soldiers are fast, either don't fight, once the war starts, we should fight quickly, otherwise, we will be like the Dashi Empire, dragged to death by Zhan Bai, so we either don't fight, or we will fight to settle the matter, if we want to achieve this goal, Chen Tu is the key to it, before he refuses to surrender, no matter how much we want, it is useless." ”

Li Xun knows Fan Zhongyun's character very well, and if he is not sure of something, he will never say it easily, let alone say it to this extent.

"Old Fan, it seems that you have a lot of confidence."

Fan Zhongyun stood up and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter how sure I am, the important thing is whether you dare to do it, the court is difficult, it is difficult to protect yourself, you can't give any help, although we have won the war, but the land of Longyou has been broken, if you can't get a huge amount of financial and material resources, don't talk about any development and growth, even if you want to recover to three years ago, it will take at least ten years, so long, Zhan Bai will not give us, the court will not give us, the current Longyou, Anyway, there is a battle with Zhan Bai, and it always has to fight early and late, it is better to break the cauldron and take the initiative to attack, and take the initiative in our hands, if we don't fight, we can only be beaten passively and trapped in Longyou. ”