Western Regions, Qiuzi. The former location of the Tang Dynasty Western Regions Protectorate. The lonely city of thousands of miles, which once shocked the Tang Dynasty and was helpless, was full of pain for the white-haired soldiers, and now, it has once again appeared in the field of vision of the Datang army.

Only this time, the offensive and defensive sides reversed.

At that time, the Tang Dynasty was in turmoil, rebellions broke out one after another, Tubo took the opportunity to attack Qiuci, and the last more than 10,000 Tang soldiers, according to the city, actually defended for more than ten years, in the Tang Dynasty when everyone thought that Qiuci had already been lost, these Tang troops were still fighting.

That's when Don Ji was sent back to ask for help.

It's a pity that Datang at that time didn't have any ability to rescue this lonely army thousands of miles away.

The last Tang army fell on Qiuzi City, and the Western Regions completely fell.

Decades later, the Don Army came again.

This time, it became a Tibetan people trapped in a lonely city.

How strikingly similar the histories are!

Everything that the Tang people experienced back then, now the Tubo people are re-importing.

Today's Tubo is staging everything that the Tang people experienced back then. Tocharo and Delhi China are inextricably fighting, and the oppressive slave uprising in the country is turning from the initial spark into a monstrous fire that swept everything, even though the Tubo people know the importance of the Western Regions to them, but they are powerless to take care of it, and can only watch the Tang people encroach on their territory in the Western Regions step by step, and the influence of the Tubo people is expelled from where little by little.

At the end of March, the Central Plains is already in the spring season, but in the Western Regions, the temperature changes are still extremely large, and heavy rain and snow will still hit this land from time to time, which is why Xue Ping is reluctant to launch a large-scale attack at this time. As the supreme governor of the Western Regions Protectorate, he firmly rejected the proposals of Tang Ji, Li Hai and others.

But when the news came that Li Ze was preparing to launch a final attack on the pseudo-Liang, Xue Ping could no longer sit still.

Like the judgment of Han Qi, Xianglan and others, Xue Ping also believes that in today's form, I am afraid that when Li Ze takes Chang'an, it will be the time when the Tang Dynasty officially dies.

Han Qi's letter to Xue Ping was full of helplessness and loss, although he is now the secretary of the Tang Dynasty's military department, but if you really want to talk about it, it is an empty book, outside, Li Cunzhong has obviously given birth to an outside heart, if he is about to leave, Qin Zhao will be dismissed and idle, and Zuo Xiaowei has already been fully mastered by You Yong. Cheng Xu, who Xue Ping once had high hopes for, although he still had correspondence with Xue Ping, the news revealed from those letters had long ceased to have any hope for the emperor. Internally, he, the secretary of the military department, has the control of the left and right servants and the subordinate divisions, and has long been reduced to a rubber stamp.

Han Qi bluntly said that if Li Ze didn't need him to appease the emotions of the people in Hedong, he was afraid that he, the secretary of the military department, would have been dismissed a long time ago. And with the latest news coming, Xue Ping is even more fully convinced of Li Ze's disobedience.

Wang Wenshu was transferred to Pingzhou, while Li Anmin returned to Zhenzhou.

This is Li Ze's final preparations for rebellion.

So Xue Ping decided that no matter what, he would also go back.

If he wrote to Li Ze to request that he be transferred back, he would definitely not be approved.

He, Xue Ping, was demoted to the Western Regions for his crimes. Back then, Qin Zhao's Zuo Xiaowei matter, he Xue Ping couldn't be cleaned in any aspect, and he did personally participate. Li Ze's treatment of him can be said to be an extrajudicial favor, and he misses the old feelings very much.

However, Xue Ping didn't miss this feeling, in his opinion, this was just Li Ze's attempt to keep him far away, so that he could carry out his plan to usurp the throne without scrutiny.

Now that he wants to go back, whether it can be done or not, he will do everything he can to stop Li Ze's rebellion, even if it is in front of the blood ladder for this.

And before leaving, he wants to take down Qiuzi and complete his duties as the protector of the Western Regions.

In order to take Qiuzi as soon as possible, Xue Ping did his best to mobilize the army, not only Tang Ji Lihai and Peng Shuangmu's Tang Army headquarters, but also the servant armies of the various detention countries that were conquered by the Tang Army in various parts of the Western Regions.

An army of 20,000 and nearly 100,000 servants assembled began to attack at the beginning of March, and by the end of March, they had surrounded the city like an iron bucket.

Speaking of this way, the Tang Army headquarters has hardly fought a serious battle, and the servant army of the Zhusuo States has already moved forward bravely and swept away the obstacles in front of the Tang Army.

After Xue Ping arrived in the Western Regions, he implemented different strategies for the 36 countries of the Western Regions, some pulled, some fought, but those who were friendly to the Tang people gave strong support, technology, commerce and trade continued to import, so that these countries got great benefits from it, and for Yin Fengyang against the two ambitions, it was ruthless to give a devastating blow, and now the 36 countries of the Western Regions, Xue Ping directly destroyed as many as 14 small countries. The rest is basically already in the fold.

Obedience, you can get benefits, there is a steady stream of wealth, resistance means death, although the Tang Dynasty left the Western Regions for decades, but the past is still there, when the Tang army comes again and Tubo is like the sunset in the west, this choice is not difficult to make.

"Du Hu, in this battle, Tang Ji please be the vanguard!"

In the big tent, Xue Ping was discussing the final plan of action with Yuan Chang, Tang Ji, Li Hai, Peng Shuangmu, Sima Fan and others. These people are also the core group of Datang in the Western Regions. Yuan Chang Tang Ji Lihai is a gang, and they are also the most powerful gang, they are also Li Ze's descendants, whether it is equipment, supplies, or personnel replenishment, they can be taken care of first. And Peng Shuangmu and Sima Fan are another group, Peng Shuangmu is an outlier, he once belonged to Tiande's army, and entering the Western Regions was completely a last resort, and Sima Fan, as a big man in Hedong, had no choice but to come to the Western Regions for the survival of the family, and Yuan Chang, Tang Ji, Lihai and others were born with estrangement, so they naturally came together with Peng Shuangmu. The Sima clan went to the Western Regions, after all, it was a big clan in Hedong, and its strength could not be underestimated, and with his help, Peng Shuangmu's strength was also rising rapidly.

These two groups of people naturally fight with each other in normal times, but in the face of major rights and wrongs, they can still abandon their dislike and fight side by side.

In fact, as Li Ze's power became stronger day by day, and the local form of the Tang Dynasty became brighter day by day, Peng Shuangmu and Sima Fan had long recognized the reality, and they did not have much choice except to serve Li Ze with all their hearts.

So when Li Ze allowed the Sima clan to send the descendants of the clan to study at Wuwei Academy, Sima Fan did not hesitate to let his two sons go. This is tantamount to allowing their Sima clan to re-enter the official career, how dare he not grasp it?

And Xue Ping is the glue between these two strands of people.

When he left Qiuzi, Tang Ji was still a teenager, but now that he has returned, he is already a big beard and is middle-aged. Standing in front of Xue Ping at this moment, a big man with tears flashing in his eyes.

Xue Ping nodded and said, "General Tang, please take a seat." In this battle, the vanguard is naturally none other than you. ”

"Thank you, Dugo!" Tang Ji was overjoyed, clasped his hands into fists, slammed them to the ground, and bowed respectfully, before turning around and sitting down.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this way, our headquarters basically didn't use any swords. But this last battle must be fought by ourselves! Xue Ping said solemnly: "This is not only a respect for the Tang veterans who have been here for more than ten years, but also a demonstration of force against the Western Regions. ”

Everyone nodded their heads one after another.

"These countries have always been afraid of power but not virtue, and if they have milk, they are mothers. Today if you are strong, he will be yours, and if you are weak, he will pounce on you and bite you, and if you want them to be afraid, you must let them see our great force. Xue Ping said: "So in this battle of Qiuzi, we must not only win, but also win cleanly and completely." Tang Ji is the vanguard, but is there a problem with all the heavy weapons under his command to be used in one place? ”

Xue Ping's eyes looked at Peng Shuangmu.

Peng Shuangmu grinned: "Xue Duhu, you see what I do, General Tang but I have a need, I will strongly support it." ”

"Thank you, General Peng!" Don Ji arched his hand to the side.

"There is not much suspense in this battle of Qiuzi." Xue Ping sighed leisurely and said, "After this battle, we have basically taken the Western Regions into our hands. I have also completed the mission given to me by Li Xiang. ”

Everyone already had an expectation in their hearts, and they were not too surprised when they heard this, whether it was Yuan Chang, Tang Ji Lihai or Peng Shuangmu, they were very dissatisfied with Xue Ping's behavior of knowing that he could not do it, no matter what the position of the two sides was, everyone was always a person who stirred the horse spoon in a big pot, and Xue Ping cooperated with them really well, and now this guy wants to go back, and the end is only afraid that it will not be very good. But everyone knows this guy's temperament, but they don't bother to persuade him, because they know it, and it's useless to say it.

However, Sima Fan sighed and said: "Xue Duhu, take Qiuzi, in the future, we will go west, take Dawan, attack Kang, and cross the green ridge to continue forward, Li Xiang said, there is a broader area in the west, why do you have to go back!" ”

"Thank you for your concern!" Xue Ping smiled and hugged his fists and said: "In the past few years, I have traveled through the Western Regions with you, which is enough to make Xue Ping feel grateful for life, but the eldest husband should do something, do something, don't go, I can't be at ease, I can't be at ease." No matter what the outcome of this trip is, Xue is afraid that it will be impossible for him to return to the Western Regions, and the matter here will be handed over to you in the future. ”

Inside the tent, everyone stood up and silently returned the salute with fists.

"Let's go, prepare for the last battle, and let Xue see with his own eyes the majesty and domineering of my Tang Jian'er recovering his homeland."