Traveling through the Gaowu Tang Dynasty, Li Kuan and Li Shimin became the second sons of the Prince

At this time, Shu Minjue, the leader of the Shi Kingdom, who was facing off against Yi Nannai, couldn't help but review everything that had happened before in his mind.

When the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty left Kucha City, he sent back news that he would donate Kucha City to the king of Kang.

Since then, the other party may have been able to successfully lay out the plan.

No matter whether it was Siyehu Khan or Yibishegui Khan, this piece of fine meat in Qiuci City would not be allowed to fall into the hands of the Lord of Kang in vain.

Therefore, the nine surnames of Zhaowu and these two khans are destined to be separated from each other because of this matter.

Shu Minjue thought the same way at first, and even lamented that the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty was able to resort to such scheming at such a young age, so he was not a foolhardy person.

It was not until the envoy of the King of Kang came to see him overnight and revealed the true purpose of King Chu of the Tang Dynasty that Shu Minjue was truly shocked.

——"His Royal Highness the King of Chu does not want us to compete with the two Turkic Khans for the city of Kucha. In fact, he also knows that in terms of strength, we cannot even compete with one of the two Turkic Khans. Therefore, the real purpose of the King of Chu is to allow us, the nine Zhaowu surnames, to withdraw from the dispute between the northwest countries and the Tang Dynasty openly because of this matter, and put ourselves in the position of a bystander.

And after we retreated, the other small countries, even if they had to participate due to the strength of the Western Turks, would never dare to do anything to make things happen and completely turn against the Tang Dynasty.

As a result, at least at the political level, the Western Region is no longer monolithic.

And this is the other party’s real purpose! "

"..." Shu Minjue, who took a long time to recover from the shock, asked the envoy afterwards: Why was the other party so sure that we would do this?

"Because your cousin is the other party's retainer, Lord," the messenger said with a smile: "Two tigers are fighting, and we should never place all our hopes on one of them, right?"

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"Shu Minjue," in the sweat tent, Yibi Shekui Khan stared at Shu Minjue who was distracted alone with an unkind expression, and said in a low voice, "Don't forget how my father Khan was taken away!"

"Yibi Shekui Khan," Shu Minjue's expression remained calm after hearing this: "Do you need me to find a way to bring Mohe Duo Khan back for you?"

Shu Minjue successfully silenced Yibi Shekui Khan with just one sentence, but the murderous intention in the latter's heart also reached its peak at this moment.

"Okay!" Yu Gushe, as the only leader of the Eastern Turks who can take action now, was also very annoyed by the increasingly tense atmosphere in the tent at this moment: "What time has it been? Are you still thinking about internal fighting? You guys? Do you all think that the King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty is a good one? Haha... I am not afraid of other people's jokes. Now even I often have nightmares, dreaming that the Tang army came to attack my tribe at night. Let all my people die..." The more Yugushe said, the more excited he became. He looked at the angry Yibishegui Khan and the Siyehu Khan who was secretly gloating about his misfortune, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Yibishe Kui Khan, Si Yehu Khan, don’t blame me for not reminding you: don’t think that this King of Chu of the Tang Dynasty has really become a good person because he has never used weapons since he came to the Western Regions. Now the entire population of Eastern Turks is because of this war. The war has reduced at least one-fifth, and this is only half a year!"

Perhaps Yugushe's words were too sensational. The great elder of Tuyuhun, Yusuha, couldn't help but frowned and said: "Yugushe Khan, your words are too exaggerated..."

"Elder Yosuha, Yugushe can't afford to call you Khan." Seeing that the other party didn't believe it, Yugushe first smiled bitterly and declined the compliment when he addressed him, and then said seriously: "Back then, that bastard Jieli led The Eighteen tribes of the grassland went south, and the newly ascended Tang Emperor Li Shimin was forced to ally with him by the Weishui River. Later, they invaded the border several times and killed many Han people. As the prince of Chu, Naturally, he wants to avenge his father's shame and avenge the people under his rule. I have nothing to say about this, but..." Yu Gushe took a deep breath: "Only the sharp blade that cuts at the lamb will one day When it fell on my own neck, I realized that under the butcher's knife, the descendants of the Wolf God are no different from lambs..."

Yu Gushe's words are undoubtedly sincere from the heart, and sincerity is the easiest thing to impress people.

"What Yugushe Khan said is right." Ludong Chanyue was very willing to give face to this leader who once commanded the Tiele tribes together with Ashina Sheer: "I also received a piece of news two days ago. , a cavalry sent by my king once came down from the plateau, and encountered the Chu King's tribe. Our two thousand cavalry faced the opponent's more than one thousand cavalry, and they were completely defeated!"

"Hiss..." As soon as Lu Dongzan said these words, there was a gasp in the field.

However, everyone's reaction at this time was not that everyone wanted to cheer, but that the news was really unacceptable.

How powerful the Tubo cavalry is can only be understood by actually fighting with them.

Regarding this point, Tuyuhun, who is now surrendering to Tubo, naturally has the most say: If Tuyuhun's army of 70,000 to 80,000 people could not defeat a mere 20,000 people, how could Tuyuhun be willing to surrender?

Now that Tubo has been gradually unified, and it seems that it is about to establish a country, Lu Dongzan, as the Prime Minister of Tubo, personally came to the Western Regions to fight together. His motive is not only to suppress the rise of the Tang Dynasty, but also to improve the situation. Tubo's influence in the Western Regions will pave the way for becoming the next northwest hegemon in the future.

But no matter how everyone feels about this, the most important thing right now is to find a way to prevent King Chu of the Tang Dynasty from going to Jinshan to worship heaven.

"Before I left for Qianquan City, I had sent people to Jinshan to try to rescue Jieli Khan, but unfortunately, the other party was very alert. Before our army even approached the foothills of Jinshan, the other party's spies had already noticed the movement. By the time we arrive, everyone will have disappeared." Elder Tuyuhun said and sighed slowly: "If we send small groups of people to approach in batches, they will be eaten silently by the other party... "

"This matter is indeed quite difficult, but now we should gather the troops as quickly as possible to drive King Chu of the Tang Dynasty out of the Western Regions. After that, if he gives up going to Jinshan to worship heaven and chooses to return to the Tang Dynasty directly, then it will be just right. Let's put pressure on the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty at the border with Chen Bing and force him to surrender. After all, if such a brilliant young man lives in this world for one more day, we will not be able to sleep peacefully." Lu Dongzan took over the words of the great elder Tuyuhun, Start leading everyone to rearrange the layout.

"What if the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty is unwilling to surrender?" Tocharo Yehu Yidal, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked.

"Then invade the Tang Dynasty and use the lives of the people in the Central Plains to force them to surrender!"

"But what if..." After hearing Lu Dong's words of praise, Si Yehu Khan suddenly looked up and said, "I mean what if... what if this King of Chu still insists on going to Jinshan?"

"It's impossible..." Yi Naonan on the side interrupted: "Is he that stupid?"

"If he really dares to go..." The great elder of Tuyuhun thought of the fact that the other party once led thousands of cavalry to attack the camp under his nose, and gave the huge Shaboluo tribe all the profits... The old man couldn't help but take a deep breath. With one breath, he seemed to completely suppress the inexplicable slight fear that surged into his heart: "That's not stupidity, it's madness..."

But regardless of whether he goes crazy or not, if the King of Chu still dares to act according to the original plan, then he will have only one fate, that is, he will die under the siege of the army. No matter how many heroic deeds he performs, he will eventually sink into the sand and become a passing smoke. …