Chapter 717: Return to Gaochang
Li Xiang was also preparing to return to Gaochang, and saw a lot of Western Turkic troops along the way, and when the armies of both sides passed by, everyone had hatred in their eyes, and they were all on guard against each other.
Li Xiang knew that these people were all General Kang Ying's subordinates, and if Li Xiang hadn't stirred up the Western Regions, maybe these people would not have been separated from General Kang Ying.
Li Xiang has done similar things not once or twice, when he was in Tibet, the same was true between Songtsan Gampo and Lu Dongzan, and now it is in the Western Regions, if you can hold together, then who will guarantee the interests of our Datang? Under Li Xiang's operation, you can only interfere with each other internally, so that you can give us a chance.
"This army still looks very elite, at least in this wasteland, if we don't have those special weapons, I guess our cavalry is not their opponent, the Turkic army really lives up to its reputation, and the old general was also very difficult to fight."
When Wei Chi Baolin saw these people, he was also impressed in his heart, you must know that the war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks, although the history books said it was very simple, and it was directly brought over, but the real situation is only known to the people in the army, and you can see how many people died in the inland areas of the Tang Dynasty to know how tragic the war was.
"There is a fixed number of land under the sky, and no one's land falls from the sky, if we want to expand the frontier of the Tang Dynasty, it is bound to be the enemy of these people, but this time someone helped."
Looking at the army in front of him, Li Xiang always had a smile on his face, if it weren't for the Western Turkic Khan, we might have met them on the battlefield in the future, but because of the Western Turkic Khan, the chance of us and this army meeting on the battlefield has been greatly reduced, and when these people return to the royal city of the Western Turks, it is estimated that the Western Turkic Khan will do something to them.
Using the enemy's hands to deal with the enemy's most elite army is an extremely happy thing for anyone, seeing the smile on Li Xiang's face, Wei Chi Baolin also grinned beside him, no matter how elite this army is, it has nothing to do with us, and it will only have anything to do with us when you are defeated.
"Your Highness, there is a tent on the left side of the front, which is said to belong to General Kang Ying, and they sent someone to send a letter, asking His Highness to come over and talk about it."
When Li Xiang went to the Western Regions, General Kang Ying sent someone to send a sigh of relief, and pointed out the direction of the investigation to Li Xiang, which can be regarded as a favor to Li Xiang, although Li Xiang already has his own people within the Western Turks, but General Kang Ying is not low in the majesty of the Western Turks.
If you are looking for a spokesperson, General Kang Ying should be a very suitable candidate, but Li Xiangdu has already tried several times, and General Kang Ying has not responded at all, so what response will he give himself this time?
"You go ahead and leave my guards behind."
Li Xiang didn't want to alarm too many people, especially the internal instability of the Western Turks now, if it really happened, it would be extremely beneficial to the Tang Dynasty, but this was not in line with Li Xiang's Western Regions policy, which would make other countries vigilant, and it would be difficult for the people of the Tang Dynasty to move an inch in the Western Regions in the future.
Although the soldiers under his command felt that it was not suitable, they thought that our Highness was not a vegetarian, and if the other party really had other ideas, maybe in the end it would be our side to take advantage, so they continued to maintain their marching speed, and Li Xiang rushed to this tent with thirty guards.
When Li Xiang opened the tent and went in, General Kang Ying had already drunk a lot of wine, there was no one else around except for a guard, everyone was staying outside, and the food on the table was also ready, it seemed that General Kang Ying had already expected that Li Xiang would come.
"I really didn't expect the general to have such a good time, he would drink a cup in this place, but the conditions outside are too poor, there are deserts all around, fortunately there is no wind today, if there is wind today, then the general's wine will be mixed with sand."
Li Xiang smiled and found a place to sit down, except for one of his own guards, the others were waiting outside, the people below were very well-behaved, if you stayed here, how would people talk?
"Wine mixed with sand is also better than poisonous wine, this time you can be regarded as calculating me into the ditch, all my troops have been transferred back, except for these guards around me, I don't know the rest of the people at all, those people are the sons of the prince, do you think they can listen to my orders? I'm afraid the entire border area will be up to you in the future. ”
The general will not blame the Turkic Khan, if he has to blame, then he can only blame Li Xiang, if there is no Li Xiang's calculation, how could the Turkic Khan be fooled? How could such an outcome occur? Earlier, when Li Xiang entered the Turkic interior, General Kang Ying did not have this worry, and at that time he thought that Li Xiang could deal with Li You's matter, which was very good, but he didn't expect Li Xiang to overcomplete the task, not only rescued Li You, but also brought the Turks to this point.
"I thought we were friends, and we could speak a little softer, but now it seems that I was wrong, the general has always regarded me as an enemy, but there is one thing that I feel strange, since the general regards me as an enemy, why did he remind me when he left?"
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Li Xiang said a little strangely.
"It's very simple, I just hope that the status quo can be maintained, you Datang get what you should take, our country can still be kept, and our people can still have their own country, this is the best ending, but I didn't expect that the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant, you actually made the Turks like this, so that our monarchs and ministers are suspicious of each other."
General Kang Ying can see this, but what can he do? Can you run out and explain to someone? If you were to explain this, it would be a validation of a sentence, which is that explanation is a cover-up.
In addition to the Khan, even some of General Kang Ying's acquaintances in the Western Turks are now a little unable to see the situation clearly, after all, everything is developing in the direction of the Khan.