"Thank you Your Highness for giving the minister this opportunity, the minister is willing to follow His Highness's instructions." Jiang Quhu just thought about it for a while, and then agreed directly.

Because it seems that Li Ke gave him a choice, but in fact, he didn't have a choice at all.

Li Ke's words have been made very clear, if the Tang Dynasty defeated the Wuqiang, then don't think about it, the Khan and those nobles were the first to be cleaned up, and is it easy for the Tang Dynasty to defeat the Wuqiang? It can be said that ...... The army passed by and was wiped out, without spending special effort.

And now after he made this choice, it will be different, he is a concubine, and in the future, he will have the confidence to speak between these countries, and there are people behind Lao Tzu.

The point is that the things that Li Ke described to him, Jiang Quhu yearns for it very much! Because he hasn't played any of this before!

"You made a wise choice!" The smile on Li Ke's face was very bright, and he almost stood up and walked over to shake hands with the other party.

"It was His Royal Highness who taught the minister a lesson and made the minister understand some truths." Jiang Quhu hurriedly bent down and said, whether it is to die or enjoy a better life, Jiang Quhu is not stupid.

"Yes, in this way, you can rest here for a few days, and then go back directly, and then I will have someone lead a thousand cavalry and some personnel to go to Wuqiang with you for the preliminary layout." Li Ke said with a smile.

"Yes!" Now that it has been decided, Jiang Quhu no longer hesitates.

Let Yang Anning send Jiang to Hu to leave, Li Ke nodded with satisfaction, and this fulcrum of the Tang Dynasty's future control of the Western Regions advanced two thousand miles to the west.

The location of Wuqiang is actually very good, and its location, if it is the southern route of the Silk Road, is just in a central convergence point, which can be traveled to the southwest and the end direction, and to the north of the west can go to Yanqi.

If a city is built here as a fulcrum, it means that some of the caravans of the Tang Dynasty do not even need to continue to other countries in the Western Regions, but use it as a transit point, and when the time comes, the caravans of other countries can come here to trade with the Datang caravans.

At the same time, Li Ke could send a large amount of grain to this place in exchange for a large amount of cotton planted in Yanqi and other places, after all, these places had told Li Ke in later generations that the cotton grown here was of very high quality.

Yes, another goal has been completed, for Li Ke, this is the best choice at present, in fact, let Li Ke go to defeat Wuqiang, he is not very easy to manage, not that he can't, but not as good as the current situation, it is easy to cause the vigilance of the surrounding small countries in the Western Regions, and it will be difficult to attack the next step.

After all, when a big country does it, it is always necessary to pay attention to the fame of the teacher, even if it is to show others a tube of laundry detergent.

Now that the cavalry of the Tang Dynasty has gone, it is Wuqiang who asked the Tang Dynasty to send troops to protect it in the name of Wuqiang! To the outside world, you see, I'm righteous, right? It's so good to the small countries around, they are threatened, and I, Datang, also help the garrison to protect it!

As for joining Datang in the future, it is because Wuqiang feels the strength and courtesy of my Datang, and then willingly joins my Datang and cares about my Datang affairs.

What? You ask what threat Qiang is under?!

Of course, it is Tuyuhun who has slipped through the net, thousands of cavalry led by Murong Shun, the eldest son of the former Khan of Tuyuhun, who fled from Tuyuhun into the Western Regions, and may attack any place at any time, because they are now like rootless duckweed, and they must grab a piece of territory.

That's why I sent troops to protect the Qiang Kingdom.

On the second day of Jiang Quhu's arrival in Chihai, Li Ke and others sent Li Jing, Hou Junji and other teachers back to Chang'an, and the two would take away nearly 50,000 troops, leaving Li Ke with 50,000 elite soldiers, led by Li Daozong, Xue Wanjun, and Xue Wanche brothers.

Li Daozong led the cavalry to pick up his family, wife and daughter, and there was actually another one who stayed in the camp who was also a famous general of the Tang Dynasty, but it was not too obvious now, and he was currently Li Daozong's deputy general.

This person is Niu Jinda.

At present, after Li Jing and the others left, the 40,000 elite soldiers near the entire Chihai Sea were temporarily led by Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian and Niu Jinda brought by Li Ke.

After sending Li Jing and the others away, Li Ke called the three of them over.

"There's a mission for the three of you to decide on this time." Li Ke said.

"Your Highness, please speak." After Li Jing and others left, Li Ke was a well-deserved protector of Xizhou, when Li Jing was there, because his status was only temporarily controlled by the Xizhou Protectorate, but after Li Jing and others left, Li Ke was the supreme commander of all the troops.

So they naturally obeyed Li Ke.

"There is an important task, you need to follow the king of the Qiang country to the Qiang country to lead a thousand cavalry to be stationed, and you need to be proficient in a certain amount of civil governance." Li Ke said his request.

"The Qiang Kingdom? Garrison? "The three of them are a little confused, Wuqiang is a country, why let us garrison the Tang Dynasty.

"This highness, we can discuss the candidates, but who is this Qiang country?" Su Dingfang asked with some curiosity.

"It's nothing, didn't I ask him to send an envoy to Chihai to explain to me why Murong Fuyun fled into the Tuyu River, and they didn't report it? Later, the king of Qiang, Jiang Quhu, was also interested in Hu and came over in person. I told him about the advantages and disadvantages of my Datang, and then he agreed and merged into my Datang. ”

"From another point of view, Wuqiang is actually my Datang land now, but I still need its existence for the time being, so I will leave it first." Li Ke said lightly.

Su Dingfang: "......"

Pei Xingjian: "......"

Niu Jinda: "......"

We understand every word you say, Your Highness, why don't we understand it when we connect them? Just by one mouth, you can make a country join Datang?

What's the matter, people go out to fight and lead soldiers, Your Highness, do you have a mouth?

This is also outrageous, just rely on one mouth, let a country be merged into the Tang Dynasty? Although it is said that Wuqiang is a small country, there are many small countries in the Western Regions, and I don't see anyone willing to merge into the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at their expressions, Li Ke was a little disdainful, cut, you don't understand, right? His Royal Highness is here, if His Royal Highness is full of firepower, what is this called in the online novel more than a thousand years later? It's called "Datang: I asked you to run the countries of the Western Regions, but you are unified? 》

Speaking of which, Li Ke has seen a lot in his previous life.

"Is Your Highness serious?" Niu Jinda couldn't help but ask more, it's not that he doesn't believe Li Ke, it's mainly that it's too ...... What's the use of asking them generals?

"Of course it's true, it's just a small country, but after I take Wuqiang, its position is very important, it is an important springboard for us to win Jimo, Loulan, Yanqi, Khotantian, Shache, Shule and other countries in the future." Li Ke nodded and said, these countries in the Western Regions are ridiculously old, like Khotan, which is more than 1,200 years old.

Su Dingfang and the three of them glanced at each other, and Niu Jinda hesitated for a moment and asked, "Your Highness, if you have a thousand cavalry, that is, a captain, does he need to do more?" ”

"It's not too much, I'll send him some people to assist him, and he needs to make a partial decision and resolutely implement my policy." Li Ke said.

"Nachen has a recommendation." Niu Jinda said.