In fact, this can't be blamed on Xiao Shougu, the propaganda policy of the Tang Dynasty has been like this over the years, and it has created a false impression that all countries are coming to court, but if you take a closer look, it is basically a matter of face, and not many people will really send you tribute.

"You quickly send this news to Chang'an, and we will also step up our entry into Gaochang, will anyone stop us near the border?"

Although Su Dingfang's army has entered Gaochang, there are still defenders of Gaochang in the border area, and if they stop it, it will be a lot of trouble.

"If you go back to Your Highness, the border guard will be General Molun of Gaochang This person is our person, but if these thousands of people enter together, it will still be a little troublesome, so it is better to break it into pieces."

His words are also Su Dingfang's words, General Mo Lun and Wa Dahan are already from the Tang Dynasty, but if 3,000 people go in so neatly, General Mo Lun will not be able to explain to the above.

Li Xiang instantly understood what Su Dingfang meant, our people can go in, but they can't go so openly.

It seems that during this period of time, Su Dingfang and Lord Zhao have not been idle, and they are also trying their best to win allies in Gaochang.

After separation, Li Xiang stepped up his speed, he took dozens of guards to advance first, I thought that Cheng Luan would not be able to keep up, but I didn't expect Cheng Luan's horseback riding skills to be not lower than his own, it seems that the generals are from a family, and they are all a little capable.

Near the border pass, Li Xiang met the people who came to greet him, but Su Dingfang did not come in person, mainly because the situation on the western border of Gaochang was becoming more and more tense, and the army of Gaochang was like watching a play, and they even wanted to open their respective borders to let the Tang army and the Western Regions coalition army fight in this area.

Gaochangguo's policy can basically be seen, they want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, although it is in their own territory, but they don't want to get involved, Gaochang's territory is different from the territory of Datang, the territory of Datang is full of people, if you fight in this area, it will greatly affect the lives of the people.

But the territory of Gaochang is different, most of the area is the Gobi Desert, you are willing to fight here, anyway, it will not cause any harm to this area, maybe you can also stimulate our local economy when you fight, after all, you need all kinds of materials to fight.

Of course, if he is the king of Gaochang, he will choose to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, and he only needs to defend a few important big cities, so you can do whatever you want to do with the other Gobi Desert.

"See Your Highness."

It took three days of hard work, Li Xiang traveled through the entire Gaochang territory at the fastest speed, and then came to Su Dingfang's military camp.

Everyone is an acquaintance, and there are not so many courtesies, but Lord Zhao and Li Xiang met for the first time, but they have already learned a lot in the letters, although Lord Zhao is a person from the imperial court, but he does things very well, especially the rules in the army.

If it were an old scholar Li Xiang who was a crepe crepe, he would have to send Lord Zhao back to Chang'an by all means, such a person would affect our actions too much.

But Lord Zhao is practical, and he doesn't have the nihilistic etiquette of scholars, when Lord Zhao is doing things, the first thing he thinks of is the interests of Datang, which is much better than those scholars, which is also one of the reasons why Li Xiang wants to keep Lord Zhao.

Xiao Shougui's teacher and Lord Zhao are still brothers, so when he saw Xiao Shougui coming, Lord Zhao was also very happy, after all, all the border areas were soldiers, and there were not a few civilian officials, after Xiao Shougui came, Lord Zhao also had his own ally.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about this, Li Xiang learned about the situation in the border area as quickly as possible, the number of coalition troops of the countries in the Western Regions is still increasing, and it is now 140,000 people, taking the border of Gaochang Country as the boundary, the people of the Western Regions countries are in the west, the 20,000 troops of Gaochang Country are stationed at the border, and the 9,000 people of Su Dingfang are also here.

Although Su Dingfang was able to mobilize more than 10,000 people, the rest were in the capital of Gaochang.

For Su Dingfang's arrangement, Li Xiang has a positive attitude, most of the land of Gaochang is useless, we have to control a few of their big cities, Gaochang has already expressed his submission before, but now they are blurred, what they want is to let the coalition forces of the Western Regions and the Tang army fight, no matter who wins and who loses, they all want to get rid of the control of the Tang Dynasty.

"How many troops does Wadahan have at their disposal?"

Li Xiang thought of several internal responses to Su Dingfang's development, these people are also considered to be powerful, but the starting point is too low, and they have been working hard to develop for a period of time, but the impact on the overall situation is not very large, except for General Molun, of course.

"Although this guy is the king's younger brother, because his previous identity is not good, he is a concubine, so he doesn't have much army in his hands, except for more than 2,000 people under him, other people can't be mobilized at all, General Mo Lun's men have more than 20,000 people, but more than 20,000 people can't move, they all have to be on the border with my Datang, and I don't want to move them."

Su Dingfang made a briefing on the map, and what Su Dingfang said was right, General Mo Lun defended the border between Gaochang and Datang, which means that the border gate is open, whether it is our army or materials, as long as it is not too obvious, we can quickly enter Gaochang country.

If General Molun's affairs are discovered, in case King Gaochang transfers him to other places, then we will pick up sesame seeds and lose watermelons, and there will be no way to support troops and supplies to cross the border, unless there is a war with Gaochang.

The current situation no longer allows us to make enemies, here is thousands of miles away from Chang'an City, if it really starts, it is useless to count on the army over there, Li Xiang calculated for a short time, now there are only 9,000 troops in his hands, and there are 3,000 elites behind, Li Xiang wants to use this 12,000 army to solve more than 100,000 Western Regions coalition troops.

"It's useless to say anything else, we have to base ourselves on fighting first, we don't need to talk to them, let's fight first."

Li Xiang's words made Lord Zhao and Xiao Shougui frown, but Niu Jinda and Su Dingfang both agreed, the things obtained from the negotiation are far away, and they are not as reliable as those obtained on the battlefield, this is said by His Royal Highness, and they remember it is true.