The Western Regions, in a general sense, refers to the vast area west of the Hexi Corridor of the Silk Country, south of the Jinshan Mountains, and north of the Kunlun Mountains. The land is now ruled by the Turki Khan Abichilir, who has taken control of the land since his defeat of the Western Turki Khan Ambalturi, although according to the agreement after the victory, Abicilir ceded a considerable part of the land to the Paz Empire's Bataana lord Baibasbarn, but the vast majority of the territory is still under the control of the Turks.

Having established this relatively stable rear, Abichelil was able to concentrate on fighting the Silk Country to the east. He left Ye Erxian, who had made great contributions in the Battle of Xuanchi, to guard this land for King Zuoxian, so Ye Erxian also obtained the right to rule more than one-third of the land under the actual control of the Tuqi, and this is still a fairly rich area, which can be said to be a fat shortage that any Tuqi person will salivate. Abicil also did this to inspire his men to follow Ye Erxian's example and fight for their own life and death.

Ever since Ye'er became the ruler of this land four years ago, his troubles have not stopped. Due to the state of war with the Silk Country, the Silk Country cut off the silk trade with the Western Regions, and even if the smugglers would take risks for the sake of great wealth, the lack of goods was far from satisfying the needs of the entire trade route.

With the escalation of the war with the Silk Country, Abiciel's demand for wealth and military resources is increasing, and these two points happen to be Ye'erxian's biggest headaches: the shrinking trade of trade routes has made the economic situation embarrassing, and if he wants to continue to support Abiciel's war and provide a lot of wealth, it is bound to increase the exploitation of the countries along the way, which is not intended to cause strong dissatisfaction among these countries; In order to prevent the dissatisfaction and rebellion of the Western Regions, a certain number of troops are needed, but Abicheril also needs soldiers to supplement the army, so Ye'er will lose ground first.

In addition, there was another thing that deeply troubled Ye Erxian. That is, in order to pursue the remnants of Anbalturi, Abicilir appointed General Kantar as the protector of the left capital to guard the passage to the land of silk. But since then, Kantar has been effectively independent from his control. In order to be able to hold the Silk Country's path to the west, Abicheril also had to make a compromise and acquiesce in Kantar's behavior - Kantar's military strength is very important, and it is better to be content with the status quo than to bother to fight for control of him and then arrange for the next general.

Due to the above situation. As time passed, the number and quality of Ye'erxian's army continued to decline, but Kantar's troops guarding the east remained unchanged, so Ye'erxian became more and more unable to control Kantar. As a result, the attitudes of the countries of the Western Regions towards Ye Erxian are also gradually changing: when they see the wind, they begin to show flattery to Kantar, who has a strong army, and they begin to disobey Ye Erxian's orders.

For this reason, Ye Er frowned first, but he was not an immortal, he couldn't conjure an army out of nothing, and he didn't have the ability to turn stones into gold, so he could only reluctantly go back and forth between these countries in order to reach a delicate balance.

It was at the beginning of 808. Ye Er first attended the birthday celebration of Chalahalman, the king of Gaochang Kingdom. As one of the few kings that Ye Er first trusted, he had to maintain a good relationship with them in order to use the power of King Gaochang to contain the other kings around him.

The banquet lasted until late at night, and almost all of Ye Erxian's entourage and Gao Changguo's ministers were drunk and unconscious, and only Ye Erxian maintained a little sober with his extraordinary amount of alcohol.

At this time, Gaochang King Chalahalman shook his body and slowly approached him, although his speech became unclear due to drunkenness, Ye Erxian could still understand: "Dear King Zuoxian, there seems to be no end to your troubles. ”

As soon as Ye Er heard it, he understood that King Gaochang had something to tell him. Otherwise, he would never have waited until everyone was drunk to bring it up. I heard King Gao Chang continue: "Are you distressed by Kantar's arbitrariness? ”

Ye Er nodded slowly and did not speak.

King Gao Chang smiled. He said softly: "My niece will marry the son of King Igo next month, and Kantar will definitely attend their wedding at that time, according to the customs of Igo, the toast of the newlyweds must be drunk, and Kantar may not refuse no matter how careful he is??????"

Speaking of which, Ye Er had already fully comprehended King Gaochang's intentions. If Kantar is dead. Then his army will be leaderless, and he can take the opportunity to control this army, with this army can not only change the attitude of the countries of the Western Regions, but also greatly strengthen himself, and now the only question is for what purpose King Gaochang took the initiative to ask for help to himself. Ye Er was not naïve enough to think that with the personal relationship between the two, he could make the other party make such a risky move.

"Then I would like to ask your Majesty, for what purpose are you willing to take such a great risk? And what can I do for you, Your Majesty? ”

King Gao Chang smiled slightly, and lowered his voice: "Do you know, Gao Changguo has a secret medicine, it is colorless and odorless, it cannot be detected, and its effect is very slow, it will take nearly half a month to attack, so as long as it succeeds, no one will suspect the murderer." As for what I want, you know better than I do. ”

Ye Er first understood that what King Gaochang wanted was the control of the northern trade route and the throne of the Yiwu Kingdom. Since his niece is married to the son of King Igo, then guaranteeing that this prince will inherit the throne, and then let the child born to this princess inherit as King Igo, it is equivalent to King Gaochang controlling the real power of the Igo Kingdom.

Ye Er immediately poured a glass of wine and handed it to King Gaochang, and said, "The Tuqi people will definitely repay their friends for their assistance exponentially, and I can swear to the Kunlun God for this!" ”

King Gaochang took the wine glass and drank it all, and then let out a strange laugh, Ye Erxian also laughed with him, if this plan really succeeded, then the biggest beneficiary is naturally him, and these benefits asked by King Gaochang are also profitable for Ye Erxian, after all, a king who maintains friendly relations will not pose any threat to him even if he gets the real power of Yiwu after more than ten years, and if it fails, he and King Gaochang will not have any loss, such a risk is worth taking. (To be continued.) )