Regarding Li Yuanchang's matter, Xiaobai didn't know what to say, so she could only talk about her experience in general, especially after kidnapping Chi Wumi, the captain of Khotan, Li Yuanchang's every move was clearly explained.

"So His Royal Highness the King of Han doesn't want to come back, it's not that his freedom is restricted by the Khotanese people, right?" After listening to Bai Yuening's narration, Wu Chen pondered for a while and asked.

"That's probably it, he was very close to the prince of Khotan, and he tried to rebel, but in the end, by chance, their plan was ruined by me." Bai Yuening's mood was a little depressed, and she didn't know if it was because she didn't complete the task.

"So what do we do now? Do you want to continue the mission? Woolden, a little unaccustomed to this kind of reasoning, asked with a frown.

"Withdraw, there's no point in staying." Bai Yuening took a deep breath and stood up from the ground: "Let's go back and inform His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the news, the others can only respond to changes with the same, this time the Western Regions Legion is afraid that it will face a greater test." ”

"Then go back, I just have enough of this place." Wu Chen also jumped up from the ground, and at the same time stretched out his hand to Wooden, who was sitting on the ground, and pulled his old friend up.

Five days later, Wu Chen, Bai Yuening and others came to an oasis in the depths of the barren Gobi, where they met Wang Xuance and others who had been waiting for them for many days.

"What? Mission failed? Looking at the dusty group, Wang Xuance asked with a smile.

"Yes, Li Yuanchang refuses to come back." Wu Chen is an old man next to Li Chengqian, who walked through Qingzhou with Wang Xuance at the beginning, and his words and deeds were more casual.

"Are you alright? Has anyone been hurt? Wang Xuance nodded silently, then looked at Bai Yuening and asked with concern.

"No one was injured, but the task was not completed, and it was entrusted by His Highness." Xiaobai said with a heavy face. This was her first time going abroad on a mission, but she didn't expect it to fail, which made the white bat, who had always been arrogant, a little annoyed.

"There is no plan in the world that will definitely succeed, this has been said when His Highness arranged the mission, and you should also be mentally prepared." Wang Xuance briefly persuaded Bai Yuening, and then shifted the topic to Li Yuanchang: "Tell me about His Royal Highness the King of Han, why didn't he come out with you?" Is it because of the relationship with His Highness? ”

"No, he is planning some things with the prince of Khotan, it sounds like he intends to contact the entire Western Regions to oppose my Tang Dynasty, and at the same time, they also want to borrow troops from the Western Turks, planning to use the powerful combat power of the Western Turks to entangle us, and then use the armies of the Western Regions countries to slowly eat us away." Bai Yuening recalled the conversation between Li Yuanchang and Prince Khotan at that time, and slowly analyzed it.

"No, it seems, it must be, during this time, Gao Zhan's side has robbed a lot of spies who sent letters, and that little guy in Khotan made a heavy promise, claiming that as long as they can drive us out of the Western Regions, then they will invite allies to participate in the grand event." Wang Xuance did not hide from Bai Yuening what happened after she left.

In addition to him, there are not many people in the Western Regions who can come up with ideas and think of ways at the moment, Yu Chi Baolin is a fool, Xi Jun is stunned to buy one, and Gao Zhan and Dong Jiansen are teasing.

As for Tuoba Mumi and the others, if they are not of my race, their hearts must be different, before the Western Regions were pacified, Wang Xuance did not trust them very much, after all, people's hearts are separated from their stomachs, who knows if those foreign races know too much, will they stab them in the back.

"So what should we do? Do you want to stay in the Western Regions? Wu Chen listened to Bai Yuening tell what happened in the palace of Khotan, and now he listened to Wang Xuance's analysis, and he vaguely had a bad feeling.

"We have to take root here, and we can't retreat, and if we retreat, it's hard to come in." Wang Xuance shook his head and denied the idea of withdrawing troops and returning to defense.

"Why do you want to do so much? When it comes to fighting, I'm afraid of who will come. Wooden, who had not spoken, looked at the people who were frowning, and said in a deep voice: "I don't believe it, with our sophisticated equipment, we can't defeat the Western Turks, as long as the Western Turks are beaten back, the alliance of the Western Regions countries will not be broken, and then they will come to fight us, not to besiege us." ”

"That being said, have you ever wondered what if you lose? If we can't withstand the Western Regions coalition army in the Western Regions, it is likely that Rengui will fall into passivity, and if Tubo takes advantage of the situation again...... We are the sinners of the Tang Dynasty. Although Wang Xuance didn't know who Wu Deng was, he could see that Wu Chen had a very good relationship with him, so he explained very carefully and patiently.

"The art of war is cloudy, we know that we know that the other side of the war is invincible, we don't know the strength of the Western Turks now, and we don't know the strength of the Western Regions Alliance, how can we dare to speak of war easily under such circumstances?"

"Wang envoy, the art of war is the art of war, but some of the things in the art of war are just references, and cannot be used as the basis for war, if the things in the art of war are correct, then we still need generals and soldiers What is the use, when the war is to find a few readers to try to memorize the military book." Wooden smiled faintly and bluntly denied Wang Xuance's statement.

As a person who has fought with Cheng Yanjin, Wei Chigong, and Qin Qiong, how can he be an idiot on the battlefield, if he wants to memorize the study of the war book and battle array, he will only be more than Wang Xuance and not less than him.

"What should you do according to your Excellency?" Wang Xuance is a scholar in the end, conspiracy and calculation, and clever tongue are what he is good at, but his research on the study of battle arrays is not very profound, if it is not out of helplessness, it is impossible for him to be the military advisor of the Western Regions Legion. So in such a situation, Lao Wang rarely insists on some of his own views, and whenever someone raises objections, he often listens to them.

After all, the lives of more than 10,000 people are in his hands, and if his judgment is wrong, then these more than 10,000 people will not only be ruined in the Western Regions, but Li Chengqian's plans in the Western Regions will also become a bubble.

"There is no good way, according to a certain opinion, it is better to learn from Huo Huqi back then." Wooden's eyes narrowed slightly, and his body was full of murderous intent: "I don't believe it, if the Western Regions are bloody, then the bastards in the Western Regions will not be afraid, as long as they are afraid, then their alliance will naturally not be broken." ”

"This ......, although this is the case, but this will cause great damage to the reputation of my Datang, my Datang is the suzerain, if there is no reason, just on the basis of a trumped-up crime to attack the subject country, it will be a lack of courtesy." Listening to Wooden's words, Wang Xuance inexplicably felt that his hairs stood on end, as if he had seen the scene of thousands of miles of people on the vast Gobi, and his face unconsciously showed hesitation.

"Datang's reputation is made, not by boasting, killing them until they are afraid, Datang's reputation will naturally be good." Wooden's opinion is the opposite of Wang Xuance's, as a military general, Wooden's Wu Wenxuan believes in the spear in his hand.

(End of chapter)