Turtle City

This is the location of the Donghu Mansion in the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty, although the Tang Dynasty did not actually occupy the countries of the Western Regions, but a small number of troops were also stationed in various places to regulate the contradictions between the countries, and they also sent people to Chang'an to pay tribute, similar to the form of the Southern Zhao that was not occupied.

Although the countries of the Western Regions have submitted on the surface, many people still have other ideas, and they have been seeking the possibility of independence.

It's a pity that the Tang army has been winning, and there are constantly various news coming, whether it is Fusang or Nanzhao, the strength is not weak, but now it has been occupied by the Tang Dynasty, so many people in the Western Regions don't want to be so much, and it's not bad to be content with the status quo.

Now the business travel between the two places is frequent, which not only brings a lot of rare things from the Tang Dynasty, but also allows them to ship their goods here, improving the lives of many people.

So most people have decided to submit to Datang, but there are still a small number of people who have lost their dominant position in this change, so these people are thinking about how to get rid of Datang all the time.

They didn't have a chance before, but now they have finally found an opportunity, and the black food in the West has expanded to Samarkand, which is not far from the Western Regions.

Originally, the countries of the Western Regions regarded the Western Turks as their saviors, who knew that the strength of the Western Turks was too weak to compete with the Tang Dynasty, and now when the Tang Dynasty attacked other countries, the Western Turks even sent troops to help, if you put hope on the Western Turks, it would be pure nonsense.

The so-called black-clothed food is actually the Arab Empire, according to the previous historical trend, they have not expanded here, because of Li Xiang's crossing, the strength of the Tang Dynasty has increased dramatically, and it has also made the big empire at the other end feel the crisis.

It is now the reign of the second caliph Abu Bakr, which was also the most aggressive period for the entire Arab empire.

They also heard about the big countries in the east through the merchants who came and went, and this caliph was very ambitious, he had already defeated the small countries around him, so he wanted to expand eastward, and wanted to see how strong the Tang Empire was full of gold.

A year ago, his envoys came to the Western Regions, but this seems to be different from the legend, the life of the countries in the Western Regions is not very good, after some inquiry, I know that this is not the hinterland of the Tang Empire, just the border of the border.

So these people continued to advance eastward along the Silk Road, and finally came to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, after exhausting their strength.

The prosperity of this place surprised all the envoys, who could not believe that such a city could be built by mankind, and that the common people in the streets were very rich, and the officials were incomparably richly dressed.

Of course, they also saw the majestic Tang army, but the victories they had achieved for a long time made them think that they could defeat such a Tang army, so after the envoy returned, he immediately described the wealth of the East.

The caliphs of the Arab Empire also took this matter to heart, and immediately began to conquer the East, and they have not been idle for more than a year, and now they have finally hit the Western Regions......

Only some of the countries in the Western Regions welcomed them, and the rest would continue to resist, and then they were defeated again and again, and finally attracted the attention of the Protectorate of the Western Regions.

Originally, countries were also fighting with each other, but they all won and lost each other, and the Tang Dynasty court also relied on their wars to slowly weaken them, but now the situation is a little different, the news from the west, a group of people in white robes, actually beat dozens of towns in a row.

If it is in the Tang Forte, dozens of towns are nothing, but if it is in the desert of the Western Regions, these dozens of towns are a great force.

Now guarding the Western Regions is Xiao Shougui and the Cheng family brothers, the three of them did not dare to delay after receiving the report, leaving Cheng Chuliang to defend Gaochang, this is the western gate of the Tang Dynasty, immediately from Gaochang to Qiuzi, and sent someone to report to the imperial court.

At the beginning, Li Xiang once told the people in the Western Regions that other enemies should not be afraid, but a country called Da Shi should pay close attention, once they appeared, then they should immediately tell the imperial court, and they must be prepared and must not be careless.

How powerful the Arab scimitar is, Li Xiang already knows in the history books, they can build a big empire across Europe, Asia and Africa, this is definitely not a joke, this country is also the number one rival of the Tang Dynasty in this world.

According to Li Xiang's original plan, it should be to defeat the Tianzhu Kingdom first, and then march from the Western Regions and Tianzhu at the same time, so as to be able to flank the Arab Empire, the plan is being carried out in an orderly manner, I didn't expect that when you want to do something, it is impossible for people to stand in place, and now you have come to the Western Regions.

"See Togo-sama'......"

Although Xiao Shougui temporarily took the position of capital protector, he was not stationed in the Western Regions, mainly because this area was too unsafe, so he was still stationed in Gaochang, the base camp of the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions.

According to the order of the imperial court, Xiao Shougui should return to Beijing to take up his post, but after this incident happened, he immediately sent a note to the imperial court, since His Royal Highness attaches so much importance to this matter, it must be a big deal, if you send someone else, in case it hurts Your Highness's affairs, no one can afford this responsibility, after all, this is related to my western barrier of the Tang Dynasty.

So Xiao Shougui gave up the opportunity to return to Beijing, and took Cheng Chumo and 3,000 cavalry, and came in a hurry.

Xiao Shougui glanced at the people in front of him, a month ago, he let people spread all over the Western Regions, Lord Dunhou wanted to inspect the Western Regions, and ordered the kings of various countries to come to the Metropolitan Protectorate to meet him.

"It seems that they have all heard about the affairs of the West, and my Datang's orders have been so useless, and there are nine less of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions."

Xiao Shougui sneered, originally thought that they had almost sorted out the Western Regions, but I didn't expect a slight change, these people immediately became different, and their minds began to live, and they said that they were loyal to the Tang Dynasty for generations, is this how you are loyal?

"Wechen and others dare not ......"

Although these people are all kings of various countries, from the perspective of the Tang Dynasty, to put it bluntly, it is almost the same as a county Taishou, so when Xiao Shougui spoke, these people all knelt on the ground one after another, they were also afraid of death, the Tang Empire must not take them to the knife, aren't they all honest?