In terms of geographical location, Qiuci, Shule, Khotan, the three countries, the closest to the Jiaohe River is Qiuzi, the farthest is Shule, but in terms of the time required to march, the time required to Khotan is the most, without him, to go from the Jiaohe River to Khotan need to cross the Taklamakan Desert, only the turn of spring and summer in the year, along the Tarim River and the seasonal river and the south of the Tianhe River can be done, after this season, you can only withdraw to Yumen Pass along the Silk Road, and then take the South Silk Road, along Ruoqiang, And finally to Khotan, it took a long time, the military operation can not be kept secret, but also because the ground of Guazhou is not under the jurisdiction of Anxi, the army needs to be sent out of the border to cross the operation, the procedures are cumbersome, if the court can not pass, whether the army can be out is still a big problem, therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, if Li Zhen wants to expand the territory of Anxi, the country of Qiuzi is the first target of action, even if Li Zhen Na Mingyue Princess is about to be a widow, but there is no hindrance, no other, There has never been much family affection between countries, let alone children and daughters, even if they are brothers, what can they do, the battle that should be fought still has to be fought, and there is something very strange, assuming that Li Zhennian and Weng's son-in-law are temporarily suspended, then the goal of the action should also be Shule's turn first, the reason is very simple - although Shule is the farthest away from Jiaohe City in terms of geographical location, and it still needs to cross the outer edge of the Qiuci land in the middle, but it can be unimpeded along the Silk Road, whether it is water or supplies, it is easy to solve, in contrast, Of course, in the name of the Tang Army's good fighting, no matter where you take it first, it is the result of hand to capture, this is the consensus of the countries in the Western Regions, even Li Zhen's generals are mostly this view, only a few henchmen and generals know that Li Zhen's real first place is Khotan.

Khotan, the name of the ancient Western Regions, is located in the southern edge of the Tarim Basin, is the traffic artery of the South Silk Road, at its peak had Hotan, Pishan, Moyu, Luopu, Celle, Yutian, Minfeng and other counties and cities, Duxi City (now Hotan Yotegan ruins), to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, squeezed by the Western Turks, has lost most of the territory, so it turned to a friendly alliance with the newly emerging Tibetan, to maintain the national system, and then because the Tang Dynasty exterminated Gaochang, the power gradually entered the desert and changed its course, and the Tang Dynasty also generally eyebrows, Just never mentioned attached to the Tang Dynasty, and the connection between Tubo is still close, every time in the Tubo and Tuyuhun fierce battle, always send troops to help Tubo, although its country is not big, but because it is the Silk Road South Road must pass through the reason, the strategic position is extremely important, plus the country is at the foot of the Kunlun Mountain, agriculture, planting is developed, and is the first country in the Western Regions to obtain the Central Plains silkworm technology, the handmade textile industry is extremely developed, the special jade is well-known all over the world, therefore, Whether it is from the military significance of suppressing the road of Tibet into the Western Regions, or from Li Zhen's strategic concept of building Anxi with cotton as the main industry, Khotan is a strategic place that Li Zhen must attack first, as for the close Qiuci and Shule in the Kashgar region, they are not so anxious, but they can wait until they take Khotan, and then take it on the way back to the army - if Li Zhen takes Qiuci or Shule first, once Khotan perceives that the situation is not good, he completely annexes Tubo, or Tubo finds an excuse to capture Khotan first, It will be a big trouble for Li Zhen's Anxi strategy, and the mystery in it is not that pen and ink can be written, and those who can really see through this point must not only have extremely clever military minds and political strategic minds, but also have enough understanding of Li Zhen himself to be possible, obviously, in Li Zhen's view, although Murong Zhong is a little clever, but there is no such great wisdom, so when Murong Zhong said that he broke the matter of Khotan, Li Zhen did not have any suspicions before seeing the hell.

"What? Do you want to lie to this king? Seeing that Murong Zhong's mouth trembled for a while and didn't say a reason, Li Zhen frowned and asked unceremoniously.

Murong Zhong didn't expect Li Zhen to change his face when he said it, and he was so frightened that he jumped wildly, at this time, seeing that Li Zhen's evil qi was getting heavier and heavier, he couldn't hold back anymore, and he hurriedly shouted loudly: "Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is angry, it's not that Xiao Wang dares to deceive, it's true, it's really ......."

"What's the matter? What's so hard to say? Li Zhen waved her hand impatiently and asked coldly.

Murong Zhong seemed to be completely frightened, and he couldn't hide it anymore, so he hurriedly shouted: "Your Highness is angry, these words are really not the original intention of Xiao Wang, it was really ordered by the princess, and Xiao Wang is just relaying." ”

"Oh? It's her? Li Zhen knows that the princess in Murong Zhong's mouth refers to Princess Honghua, the wife of Qinghai King Nuo Haobo, speaking of which, this Princess Honghua is the first person in the Tang Dynasty and the princess, as for Princess Wencheng is only the second person, in terms of generation, Princess Honghua is Li Zhen's cousin, and Princess Wencheng has lived in other places since she was a child, Princess Honghua grew up in Chang'an since she was young, and her age is slightly half a year older than Li Zhen, although because Li Zhen is busy practicing martial arts, she does not interact much with the children of the clan. But during the New Year's holidays, I met with Princess Honghua a few times, and because this Princess Honghua is good at literature and martial arts, she is also one of the people in the clan who can talk to Li Zhen a little, but their identities and statuses are different, but they have no contact with each other on weekdays, and at this time, the person who heard Murong Zhong say something about his own strategic points turned out to be Princess Honghua, which made Li Zhen very surprised, and he didn't know what to do with Murong Zhong for a while, so he muttered and didn't speak.

Li Zhen didn't speak, but Murong Zhong, who felt that Li Zhen's evil qi had not diminished much, hurriedly explained: "Your Highness Mingjian, before Xiao Wang left, the princess Niangniang still had an explanation, saying that I am in Qinghai, but His Royal Highness's order is obeyed, please Your Highness look at the thin face of the mother to help me in Qinghai, so as not to make my Qinghai people suffer from plundering again." ”

Alas, poor little girl! Li Zhen came from later generations, and she knew that in the original time and space, Princess Honghua's fate was really pitiful, and she failed to leave a mark in the history of the Tang Dynasty as the first person to be close to her - whether it was from her own talent or status, Princess Honghua was much stronger than Princess Wencheng, and as for the time of harmony, it was half a year earlier than Princess Wencheng, in terms of their respective status in the country they married, Princess Honghua was also stronger than Princess Wencheng, who was only one of the two concubines of Songtsan Gampo, but it was a pity that Tuyuhun was weak because of her national strength, When they arrived at the ground, they were still destroyed by Tubo, Princess Honghua and his wife became the people of the country, although they were also named the history of Anle Prefecture of the Tang Dynasty, but they were not remembered by the world, but they were beaten and entangled with the Tang Dynasty for more than a century, Princess Wencheng, the princess of Tubo, became a model of harmony, which could not help but give birth to the feeling of creation in Li Zhen's heart.

I was emotional, but Li Zhen was not an emotional person, and after a little thought in my heart, I had a plan, swept my eyes at Murong Zhong, who knelt on the ground, and said calmly: "Get up, the king has his own opinions on the matter of Khotan, and where he comes, does Honghua have anything else to explain?" ”

As soon as Murong Zhong heard Li Zhen's words and secretly agreed to his request, he was immediately overjoyed, got up busily, bowed down and said: "Niangniang has never had any other explanation, but said that if His Royal Highness has a life, I will not obey Qinghai." ”

"Oh?" Li Zhen just replied noncommittally, but did not say anything.

"Your Royal Highness Mingjian, my father has always loved Niangniang, all my military and political affairs in Qinghai are discussed with Niangniang, but where Niangniang has words, my father has no disobedience, my brothers also admire Niangniang's wisdom, never dare to disobey, this heart, there is no lie." Murong Zhong glanced at Li Zhen's face and hurriedly explained.

The "Rising Sun" in Li Zhen's hands also planted a lot of nails in Tuyuhun, not to mention anything else, there are "Rising Sun" people in the attaché of Princess Honghua's marriage, Li Zhen knows the situation in Tuyuhun well, and also knows the strong position of Princess Honghua in the Tuyuhun royal court, but there is no need for Murong Zhong to explain it in one more move, as for Princess Honghua said that there is nothing else to ask for, Li Zhen does not believe it at all, without him, the so-called non-demand is actually just a lot of meaning, just want Li Zhen to watch it, For this point, how can Li Zhen, who has long been accustomed to bargaining, have countless hearts in his heart?

"In this way, Er father and son are willing to help this king, this king can not lose you, if you can do one thing according to this king, this king can promise Qinghai merchants to go to Anxi unhindered, in addition, you can still add three percent to the imperial court to wait for you, and these three percent will be from Anxi, what do you think?" After thinking about it for a while, Li Zhen said with a deep groan.

Tuyuhun said that it was attached to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact it was all in name, except for the annual tribute of some worthless gadgets, in fact, he did not pay taxes to the Tang Dynasty, nor did he obey the dispatch of the Tang Dynasty, but in order to curb the expansion of Tubo, the Tang Dynasty allocated a large amount of grain and baggage every year in the name of the caravan to relieve Tuyuhun, although the amount is not much, but for the difficult Tuyuhun, it is undoubtedly a rare life-saving straw, at this time Li Zhen opened his mouth is to add another three percent, there is no doubt about it, The attraction is unimaginably great for Murong Zhong, not to mention the article that allows the Tuyuhun caravan to enjoy the right of way in the entire Western Regions, which is even more irresistible for the Tuyuhun with a more developed commercial and trade system. ”

Hehe, money can make ghosts grind, this is never true! Seeing Murong Zhong's grateful look, Li Zhen smiled at herself, shook her head lightly and said, "The prince is not busy thanking first, if the things that this king has explained can't be done well, let alone the three successes, even the imperial court can't keep it." ”

Murong Zhong, who was already ecstatic, immediately came to his senses like cold water on his head, and said busily: "Your Highness has something to order, Xiao Wang and the others will do their best." ”

"That's good, this king really said to you, Tubo plotted Qinghai heart will not die, will definitely fight with you, not only that, is the king's Anxi land, Tubo thieves also have ambitions, this article wants to be in the future life in the heart, and there is no need to say more about this king, now Tubo has not moved the power of this king, but it is more than enough to deal with you, if you are not vigilant, in the end I am afraid that it will be difficult to escape the end of the country, this king really can't bear to Honghua that girl fell into a homeless place, this will give you a clear way." Li Zhen said this, paused, looked at Murong Zhong with deep meaning, and then continued: "Tubo is on top, you are on the bottom, the location is in the other, Tubo is new, you have been established for a long time, and the twilight is heavy, although there is the support of the imperial court, but in terms of the time of day, at most half, or even you are still slightly at a disadvantage, therefore, you and others want to compete with Tubo, only people and available, if even people and people are gone, you will be defeated, however, even if you can unite as one, it is not enough to compete with the interests of Tubo, The only thing that can be done is to draw wages from the bottom of the kettle. ”

Li Zhen's words are false, half-truths and half-truths, but most of them are the truth, although Murong Zhong said that he does not know much about military affairs, but as a prince, under the influence of the surrounding ministers, he also knows a little bit about the doorway, at this time, I heard Li Zhen say that he is by no means the opponent of Tubo, and his heart suddenly gloomed, and then he heard the plan to draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, his eyes immediately lit up, and he hurriedly said: "Your Highness's intention is to assassinate?" ”

Hehe, this kid seems to be very smart and limited, at most it's just a little smart, and there is absolutely no great wisdom, grandma's, the previous actions are all from the deployment of the little girl in Honghua, hey, the girl in Honghua is an understanding person, you should know that without the support of the Tang Dynasty, she will become a rootless drifter, and it should not spoil the king's plan! Li Zhen's mind moved quickly, but his face was very calm, he just shook his head and said: "Where did Your Highness go, the father of Songtsen Gampo died in assassination, how can he not take precautions, this matter is not easy to do, once the news is leaked, as soon as the Tubo army comes out, the imperial court will be rescued without a name, how can you survive?" There is no need for this king to say more about the danger. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, Your Highness has learned a lesson, Xiao Wang lost his words, please forgive His Highness, but, well, I just don't know what His Highness said about the bottom of the kettle but how to draw it, Xiao Wang is ignorant, please ask His Highness to allocate one or two." Thinking of the tragic scene of the country's ruin and family's ruin, Murong Zhong suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and nodded vigorously like a chicken pecking rice.

"This king heard that Tubo often sends troops across the border to plunder the Er people as slaves, which is called beating grass and valley, but is there such a thing?" Li Zhen smiled and didn't answer, but changed the topic and asked seemingly casually.

"Yes, my border people have no choice but to give up the grassland on the border, but the hateful Tubo people are advancing step by step, as soon as I retreat, he will occupy it, this kind of encroachment plan, I have no countermeasures, just ......" Murong Zhong didn't understand Li Zhen's intention to ask this, and replied honestly.

Li Zhen smiled indifferently and said: "Tubo can hit the grass valley, why don't you do the opposite, this king has a strategy, can curb the encroachment of the Tubo people, and then come with his ear, this king said that he knows with you." ”

Murong Zhong saw that Li Zhen said so mysteriously, his curiosity suddenly rose, and he hurriedly walked to Li Zhen's side, listening to Li Zhen's whispered explanation, the expression on his face changed constantly, and after hearing it, he was already dumbfounded, and his mandible almost fell to the ground, and after a long time, he came back to his senses, and looked at Li Zhen uncertainly: "Your Highness, although this plan is good, once Tubo attacks in a big way, what can I do?" ”

"It doesn't matter, if Tubo dares to move, not only will the imperial court send troops to help, but the king will also send troops to attack, and give Tubo a two-sided attack from the flank. Li Zhen laughed and said disapprerovingly.

"Okay, with the help of His Royal Highness, I should be able to ensure that I have no worries in Qinghai, just according to what His Highness said, and after Rong Xiaowang goes back, he will show his father and the king, and immediately act according to the plan, it is ......" Murong Zhong thought for a moment, gritted his teeth and said.

"Well, this king is a man of his own words, and the first year can be brought by the prince when he returns to China, as for the future, it will be done according to the agreement, how many people have you handed over, this king will pay the money with one hand according to the head, and you will first go to Qin Thorn Shi to communicate one or two." Seeing that the matter had been roughly negotiated, Li Zhen didn't mean to keep Murong Zhong more, and waved his hand with a smile.

Seeing that Li Zhen had given the order to expel the guests, Murong Zhong was very interested, and hurriedly bowed and saluted: "Your Highness is busy, Xiao Wang will not delay, farewell, Your Highness, please stay." As soon as the words fell, he withdrew from the hall and went to Qin Wenhua to communicate without mentioning it.

This time the countries came to congratulate, for Li Zhen, the main purpose is how to make Tubo unable to smoothly reach into the Western Regions, so as to gain enough time for the realization of the entire Anxi strategy, and now it can be said that the intended purpose has been preliminarily achieved, as for the internal attachment of the Zhaowu Nine surnamed countries, Li Zhen does not want to hurt that brain, but only plans to be a transit station, kick all the attached documents and other things to his old man, and let the courtiers argue, Li Zhen does not want to go to the god, After the Western Turks were wiped out, it was still too late to go back and take care of those small countries, with heavy troops in hand, I was not afraid that those small countries would be able to turn the sky upside down, and it was a big deal to clean up the past one by one, and it was really not a big deal, at this time, seeing that the big thing had been done, Li Zhen was really relaxed, looking at no one on the left and right, she stretched her waist viciously, and walked towards the study, her pace was very relaxed, and her face was full of smiles from the heart, but she just entered the door of the study, As soon as he saw Mo Li's cautious face, he was immediately stunned, scratched his head and said, "Sir, but what happened?" ”

"Your Highness, Yizhou Sima Li Bin has arrived in Jiaohe City." Mo Li replied in a flat tone.

"It's Li Bin coming again, hehe, it seems that Wang Tingshi's shelf is still very big, interesting!" As soon as Li Zhen heard it, he understood the unfinished meaning of Mo Li's words, that is, the king of Yizhou Assassin Shi deliberately did not come this time, and did not look at Li Zhen, the prince and governor of Anxi, in his eyes, and the anger in his heart suddenly surged, and he sneered: "Well, since Wang doesn't even want the last chance given by this king, then it's no wonder that this king will pass the order, and the 'hound operation' will start immediately, and this king only needs the result, not the process!" ”

Yizhou is the earliest state developed in Anxi, and it is also the financial center of Anxi, and it is naturally an indispensable and important part of Li Zhen's plan to revitalize Anxi with cotton. Even if Li Zhen can endure it anymore, he can't endure it anymore, this point is well known, at this time, seeing that Li Zhen has made up his mind, he didn't say anything to persuade him, just nodded silently, shouted the eagle aside, and commanded in a low voice, and an earthquake in Anxi officialdom began......

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