Ryugu's idea is simple, and so is its position.

Yan Qi's complete set of actions will inevitably make them the target of the entire Western Regions.

Yanqi only has less than 6,000 troops, and has not fought for many years, so it is no problem to deal with those small countries one-on-one, but once they face a superpower like the Turks, they will only be destroyed.

And the Turks have always been very unfriendly to these small countries, and if you are obedient, you will live, and if you are disobedient, you will be beaten to death.

The current Yanqi has obviously become a disobedient representative.

In order to establish the prestige of the Turks, and to demonstrate the Turkic voice in this region, they must kill Yanqi no matter what.

This time, because of his good luck, Yanqi just waited for the Tang envoy to come, and waited for the Tang army to garrison 50,000 troops at Yumen Pass.

But what about next time? The next time the Turks come again, will the Tang army also garrison 50,000 troops at Yumen Pass? If it is restored to the previous 10,000, where will Yanqi go for help at that time?

It doesn't matter if it's careful thinking, or it's about strategic kidnapping.

Long Gu's idea is very simple, that is, he hopes to invite two thousand Tang troops to be stationed here, even if they don't help Yanqi train the army, but they have always been here, right?

Although it is necessary to afford the food and accommodation of these 2,000 people, the problem is that having these 2,000 people here is equivalent to hiring a strong thug for Yanqi.

If the Turks came to attack, it would be a slap in the face of the Tang Dynasty, and no matter what the initial result was, the Tang Dynasty would send troops to counterattack, so that Yanqi could be invincible.

"This matter is not within the scope of the envoy's authority, the king should send an envoy to Chang'an to talk about it!" Xu Jing shook his head, this kind of strategic decision is not something he can decide.

And in his own opinion, such a decision was not beneficial to the Tang Dynasty.

Although the impact has increased, the cost of the 2,000 expeditionary garrison is not small, and there are other issues that need to be considered.

For example, what should we do if Yan Qi repents and cuts off the food supply of the garrison? Although it is a garrison, its own lifeblood is completely handed over to them.

And it also has to help the elderly shelter from the wind and rain, if there is no substantial benefit, it is really not very cost-effective.

Of course, this is only considered from an economic point of view, and if you think about it from a political point of view, it still makes a lot of sense.

"It's good!" Ryugu nodded with some disappointment, but no matter what, his decision would not change.

There are 4,000 households, 30,000 mouths, and 6,000 soldiers are already the limit, and there is no way to continue to expand.

This kind of strength is not small in the countries of the Western Regions, but now that it has offended the Turks, this bit of strength is not enough.

I know that my goal may not be so easy to achieve, but I always have to try, don't you?

If it really doesn't work, it can only be attached to the country, and I don't believe that the Tang Dynasty will not want such a large piece of land.

……

"Look, cavalry ......"

Several Gaochang scouts patrolling here pointed to the cavalry galloping in front of them, although they did not approach, but they still recognized each other's identities from afar.

Only the Tang Army would arm every soldier to the teeth in such luxury.

And the cavalry came from that direction, and went in that direction, apparently from Yanqi, to Yiwu.

As for what to do? Have a hairy relationship with Lao Tzu?

"Tsk, Tang Jun is really cool, I heard that they are undergoing restructuring recently, and those who come here are all restructured troops, don't talk about the treatment of that person, you can envy us to death." A Gaochang cavalryman said with envy on his face.

"Where did you get the news? Why don't I know? The other wondered.

"As far as your urine is concerned, even if you die on a girl, you don't lose it, and you still want to know this?" The man said with a look of disdain, but he still continued: "This is what the Tang caravan said before, there are many benefits, such as the previous Juntian will still give it, and he will pay back two hundred yuan every month, and the offspring can also go to school for free......"

"Wocao, I want to take refuge in what I said."

"Just you? Unless Tang Jun is blind, he will never accept you. ”

"Hahaha...... That's right, even if you take us all, you can't take you a guy who can't walk when he sees a woman. ”

The figure of the cavalry gradually disappeared from everyone's sight, and the sound of talking continued, and everyone did not take the previous things to heart.

They didn't come to inspect and not let people pass by, just report the situation, a team of more than a dozen people, what else do they want to do?

Just half an hour after the Tang cavalry passed, a few fast horses came behind this group of cavalry.

"The king has an order, if you encounter a herald of the Tang Army, or an envoy of Yanqi, take it immediately, whether you live or die."

A few people, you stare at me, I stare at you, with a confused face.

"What's going on?" Someone asked the herald.

"I heard that the Tang Army and the Yanqi Army teamed up to slaughter a small tribe of ours, but I don't know the specifics."

Although Ko Wentai is arrogant and greedy, he still has the most basic rationality.

Let his army go to war with the Don army, and it is for no reason, he is also worried about whether he will become the next Hannibal.

So he made up such a lie in an attempt to provoke the soldiers under him to obey his command.

It's not that they're not loyal, but in some cases, loyalty isn't possible at all.

A few people continued to stare at me, I stared at you, and after a long time, one of them spoke: "I know, there won't be a person here who can pass by smoothly." ”

"That's good, I'll go to the next point." The herald nodded, and was not suspicious, and rode directly to the next patrol point.

After the herald had gone away, several people came back to their senses and looked at each other, with a pair of eyes as if asking, what should I do?

"Alright, let's do it."

"So what do we do? Do you want to chase the one you just past? If you come back later, do you want to block it? ”

"Chase a fart, block a fart, are you too idle head? The nearest Tang Army is only two hours away from here, and if they know the news, we won't be able to run away. Unless there are troops again, we will not see it. Someone immediately scolded that only a fool would block it.

"What about the elderly?"

"Yanqi people can block it, otherwise there is no way to make a difference."

A group of unreliable border guards accelerated Ko Wentai into the road of destruction in such a very unreliable way.

The prestige of the Tang Army, although it has fallen somewhat over the years.

Even many people think that the Tang army is not as strong as the Sui army, but after the battle of Yiwu, the Tang army re-established their prestige, at least these grassroots soldiers, do not like to deceive themselves like the high-level, and always want to wrestle with the Tang army.

In fact, this is also a kind of norm in the countries of the Western Regions, if the soldiers of a country can have the same discipline and national dignity as the Tang Army, I am afraid that there will be a country that has unified these small countries in the Western Regions a long time ago.

And the Turks, who unite these countries together, are like the sky, and they will never dare to be so rampant.

Western Turkic and Eastern Turkic. In fact, there is no difference between the Turks, if they can destroy their 350,000 combat strength in one battle, they can directly fight them for 20 years.

Population is the biggest factor restricting the development of the countries of the Western Regions and the Turkic and other nomadic peoples.

At the same time, there is a lack of a sense of resistance in their minds.

Although the Central Plains Dynasty changed dynasties, it was still the most powerful dynasty, and the Turks were powerful, but so what?

East. Didn't the Turks still be beaten and destroyed? Before no one was going to pass on such a message that they were with the East. There were not many Turkic contacts, but the caravan of the Tang Dynasty came, which naturally brought this news.

So, in their consciousness, the Tang Dynasty was much more powerful than the Turks.

All kinds of factors are superimposed, so the back 30,000 expeditionary forces are stationed in the entire Western Regions, and until the Anshi Rebellion, there is no large-scale rebellion in the Western Regions, which makes sense, to put it bluntly, the servility of the countries in the Western Regions is deeper than that of the Central Plains.

……

Yumen Pass.

The arrival of 50,000 Tang troops has made the idea of the Tang army become Sima Zhao's heart, especially after being deterred by force, and everyone knows it.

Recently, all kinds of information have been sent to Su Dingfang like snowflakes.

"Good, it's all there!" After waiting for the news from Yanqi to come back, Su Dingfang nodded with satisfaction.

The early intelligence has finally come to fruition, and the purpose of many Western Regions armies has finally surfaced.

Wang Xuance hid aside and buried his head deeply, very disappointed and annoyed.

Su Dingfang's early military preparations, he still had a lot of complaints, but now so much information is in front of him, but it proves one thing to him, the Turks are not dead, the countries of the Western Regions dare not resist, compared to the deterrence of the Tang Army, the threat of the Turks is obviously more deadly, so there is the current scene, Desire Valley has united dozens of countries in the Western Regions, and jointly sent troops to attack the Yanqi State.

As for the reason......

The Tang army and the Yanqi army slaughtered a tribe in the Gaochang Kingdom, and hundreds of people did not survive.

Such an awkward reason can be pulled out, which once again refreshes Wang Xuance's cognition of the people of the Western Regions.

Ignorant, arrogant, and brainless.

"I was dozing, I didn't expect the Turks to send a pillow so quickly." Su Dingfang smiled slightly, obviously so satisfied with this result that he couldn't be more satisfied.

The combat effectiveness of the people of the Western Regions is not strong, even the Turks, and they don't take it to heart, although the strength of the Western Turks is better than that of the East. The Turks were stronger, but they were still no match for the Don army.

When the big war came, Su Dingfang also decided to go out in person, which would be a battle that would determine the future of the Western Regions, so it was very important, he turned his head to look at Xue Wanjun and said: "General Xue, you will lead 20,000 troops to guard the Yumen Pass, if the Tuyuhun people on the opposite side dare to provoke, you can directly attack and destroy them." Another 10,000 troops will be drawn from Yiwu, and 10,000 troops will be drawn from Yumen Pass, and the commander will personally lead the troops to meet the battle! ”