What is the cost of breaking a promise?

No one wants to try it, but people are strange creatures, and sometimes you can't control their thoughts.

Just like now, some people don't care about this, or rather, they don't take the warnings of the Tang people to heart at all.

The king of Gaochang, Lu Wentai, did not believe in this oblique, and was also a Han Chinese.

The Gaochang Kingdom was a regime established by the Han people in the Western Regions, which first appeared in the Han Dynasty.

And the other Han dynasty was so aggressive, which made Lu Wentai feel very awkward, and if he couldn't beat the other party, he would try his best to disgust them once.

Gaochang is bordered by Yiwu to the east, the Yanqi Kingdom to the south, the Qiuzi Kingdom to the west, and the Western Turkic Khanate to the north.

The geographical location of Gaochang is not particularly good, but it is an important passage that cannot be bypassed by the Silk Road, and because the Gaochang Kingdom is a Han dynasty, it is good at farming and management, so although the Gaochang Kingdom does not have any advantages, it is much richer than several surrounding countries.

But no matter how rich it is, with this land as a limitation, Gao Changguo can't make much progress.

And Ko Wentai has one thing in common with all the kings of the Western Regions, greed and a penchant for enjoyment.

Unlike Han Bani, Ko Wentai has better conditions, so his palace is also more luxuriously decorated, and Ko Wentai is still a stubborn person, almost unable to listen to other people's opinions, and has some similarities with Yang Guang, Emperor Yang of Sui.

But the difference is that because Gao Changguo's own strength is not very good, Ko Wentai is particularly important for diplomacy.

Although Gaochangguo is a Han kingdom, it does not have much to do with the local forces here, and the two sides often have some contact, and they have some good cooperation experiences.

And Gaochang has four cities, namely Gaochang, Tiandi, Jiaohe, and Nanping City.

Gaochang is the capital, and the other three cities are county seats, with 19 counties under its jurisdiction, and a total of 23 large and small cities with the capital.

In the administrative division, the yamen are almost exactly the same as those of the Central Plains Dynasty, and such a system is more in line with the farming system, which is also the reason why the surrounding countries like them.

There is almost no need to worry about possible threats, but on the contrary, you can still get some benefits, just ask such a neighbor, who doesn't like it?

"Father, do we really want to promise the Turks?" Koji Zhisheng asked with a tangled face, as a prince, as the successor of Gao Changguo, Koji Zhisheng, who has just become an adult, is very entangled in his heart.

"What if you don't say yes?" Ko Wentai didn't explain much, but asked.

It was not only Ko Wentai who was dissatisfied with the Tang people, but also the Western Turkic Khan Yugushe.

No, it was nothing serious, but the Yanqi Kingdom was very dissatisfied with the performance of the Tang people, so it decided to send troops to attack.

But just the Western Turks, they will definitely not do this, they have also pulled in a lot of allies, although few allies are voluntary, but this kind of thing, who cares if you are voluntary?

"Father, the Tang people have just destroyed Yiwu, and the Yiwu people don't even have a decent resistance, we can't risk ourselves, at least we have to wait until the Tang army withdraws before making a decision." Koji Tomomori was still shocked by Igo's demise at this time.

Even the Turks could not have destroyed Iwu so smoothly.

And the previous martial arts exercise in Yiwu County also showed the muscles of the Tang Army to everyone in the Western Regions, although Koji Zhisheng did not see it with his own eyes, but after describing it, he could also think of the picture at that time.

"Risking your life? Dozens of countries jointly raise troops, how can the Tang army be strong? Ko Wentai waved his hand impatiently, signaling that he could go down as a prince.

Cowardly as a mouse, I really don't know if it is good or bad for the country to hand over to him in the future?

"......"

"Go down!" Ko Wentai glared fiercely and scolded angrily.

It is only a moment to get rich, and I miss this opportunity, and I don't know when the next opportunity will be.

The Tang people have a strong place for the Tang people, but this is the Western Regions, no matter how much they are afraid of the Tang people in their hearts, they must not show it on the surface.

Otherwise, when the Tang people pat their butts and leave, what would Gao Changguo do?

Everyone else participated, but you Gao Changguo did not participate, after the Tang army retreated, or after the Yanqi was destroyed, the one who was destroyed immediately afterwards was afraid that it was Gao Changguo, right?

Resist the crusade of dozens of countries with the strength of one country?

Don't make trouble, it's full of battles, there are more than 4,000 cavalry, and there are some infantry, but they are all used to defend the city and maintain law and order, and they have no combat effectiveness.

In the words of the Han Chinese, since you are not in the same stream, then go and die.

The Tang people went west this time, slapping the Turks in the face, as the world of the Turks, who else in the entire Western Regions could keep the whole body at this time?

Or, like Gao Changguo, was coerced by the Turks to send troops together.

Or, like Yanqi, because he behaved too positively, which led to the dissatisfaction of the Turks, and was defeated by the army, there was no third choice other than these two.

As the saying goes, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, unless one male and one female.

None of the Tang and Turkic people are mothers, so this battle seems to be very dangerous, but it has to be fought.

And the plan set by Desire Valley can be said to be a copy of the plan of the Tang Army to occupy Yiwu, and the two plans are almost identical.

They were all based on speed, and before the Tang army could react, they destroyed Yanqi in one fell swoop, so as to weaken the impact of the previous Tang army's display of muscles on the Turks.

As for Gaochang......

Koji Wentai, who is very good at being a person, and is deeply influenced by Han culture, how can he be the kind of person who does not have a long brain?

Therefore, Gao Changguo received a very simple, easy, and non-offending task.

Block the road to the east of Yanqi, that is to say, they only need to stop the envoys sent by Yanqi to the east, so that the Tang army will not receive news for a while, and basically do not need to participate in the war.

"Where is the caravan of the Tang people?" Playing with the crystal beads in his hand, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he couldn't help but have a bold idea in his heart.

"Back to the king, they went in the direction of Yanqi."

"Yanqi? Hum! Can that poor man afford to buy these things? Lu Wentai couldn't help but snort coldly, he already had a plan in his heart.

……

After the caravan left Yiwu, it went straight to Gaochang, as one of the richest countries in the entire Western Regions, Gaochang was not short of financial support.

Therefore, on the side of Gao Changguo, the caravan made a lot of money, and the glass ball was also sold.

But the greed of Gaochang King Lu Wentai still made Xu Jing keep an eye on it.

Until leaving Gaochang, the caravan did not encounter any danger, and Xu Jing was a little relieved.

According to the plan, after leaving Gaochang, the caravan would turn south and go directly to the neighboring country of Yanqi, and then continue westward to Qiuzi, and then continue southward to the Guo Zhuguo of the Anxi Domain.

Of course, selling things is only incidental, and the ancient long-range caravans were not just as simple as caravans.

Each caravan had a number of political tasks, and even political tasks were far greater than commercial tasks.

After learning that the official caravan of the Tang people had arrived in the capital Yanqi, the king of Yanqi, Longgu was extremely excited, and personally hosted a banquet to receive him, which could be detected from a distance of 100,000 miles.

Having personally experienced the strength of the Tang people, the Yanqi King Longgu even had the idea of attaching himself to the country.

Even if you can't, at least you have to make friends with the Tang people, and if possible, it's okay to let the Tang army garrison.

After all, Long Gu is not a fool, his own performance, plus some news he has learned, Yanqi Kingdom is not safe now, if he doesn't hug the thighs of the Tang people tightly, it is a question whether Yanqi Kingdom can continue to survive.

"What does this mean, King Yanqi? You're too enthusiastic, aren't you? Back at the residence, Xiang Fang asked with a confused expression.

As a soldier, he is naturally slow to respond to these political issues, although he also knows that there must be a demon when things go wrong, but he still can't figure out what King Yanqi wants to do?

However, Xu Jing had some preliminary judgments about King Yanqi's thoughts.

He smiled slightly and said, "Isn't this normal?" A few days ago, Wang Xuance invited the countries at Yumen Pass, and ordered the army to conduct a drill, and heard about the performance of the Yanqi State, but the Turks were very dissatisfied. ”

"Poof, does King Yanqi want to hug his thighs?" Xiang Fang laughed wildly, although the road was hard and dangerous, what happened was still quite funny.

Especially after seeing the so-called countries of the Western Regions with his own eyes, he originally felt that 800 troops were a little insufficient, but now it seems.

Well, Gaochang has 4,000 soldiers, and Yanqi has 6,000 soldiers, although it hasn't reached other countries yet, but I think it should be about the same.

On the contrary, it was the good-for-nothing Igo who had the most troops, but they were the least defeated.

Although it is impossible for 800 people to destroy the country, it is still completely fine to protect themselves.

"Many customs in Yanqi are similar to those of the Tang Dynasty, and they are also trying their best to accept Han culture, hugging their thighs or something can also be regarded as yes, but it's just ......" Xu Jing squinted his eyes slightly, this way, passing through three countries, although not much, but his knowledge has increased a lot, for example, the previous self, I will definitely not be able to see through the current problems.

"King Yanqi's performance is too enthusiastic, so enthusiastic that even you feel that there is a problem, then there must be a problem in this." Xu Jing continued.

"What's the problem? Don't you just want to hug your thighs? Xiang Fang was stunned and scratched his head.

"Hugging the thighs is just one of them, Datang's behavior is completely provoking the prestige of the Western Turks, if someone provokes Datang so much, how do you think Datang will react?" Xu Jing asked rhetorically.

"Of course it's a special mother!" Xiang Fang waved his hand violently, and the military aura was revealed.

"Congratulations, you finally got it right!" Xu Jing couldn't help but make a joke, and when Xiang Fang hadn't reacted yet, he continued: "Send someone to Yiwu to deliver the message, the Turks may make moves, and the purpose is likely to be Yanqi, so that they can prepare." ”