The Tang Dynasty completely closed the border checkpoints with Gaochang and prohibited all personnel and material exchanges, including all kinds of materials and personnel support provided by the Tang Dynasty to Gaochang in the alliance signed by Ju Wentai and His Majesty Li Er a few years ago. All of them were stopped!

That's not all. Just one day after the Tang Dynasty closed its borders, the Tang Dynasty suddenly increased its troops from the border between Gaochang and the Tang Dynasty, as if it was ready to cross the border line at any time and gave Gaochang a painful blow!

This is the news that Ju Wentai received, a message that made his mind a little stunned!

"Why, why is this? How could the Tang Dynasty send a large army to the Western Regions for no reason?" Ju Wentai really couldn't understand the reason why the Tang Dynasty mobilized its troops.

Just as he was stunned, someone sent another letter, and the content of the letter directly answered Ju Wentai's doubts - although it felt something was wrong, at least there was a more reasonable explanation for the reason for the Tang Dynasty's troops!

Without any hesitation, Ju Wentai, who had a gloomy face, immediately summoned his brother-in-law, Su Xiong, the commander of the Imperial Guard, into the palace. Without waiting for Su Xiong to salute, he asked sternly: "What is the matter of the murder of merchants in the Tang Dynasty?"

Facing Ju Wentai's questioning, Su Xiong was stunned at first, and then said with a puzzled look: "Your Majesty, have you explained it to you before? The deaths of those merchants in the Tang Dynasty are completely a misunderstanding, my brother..."

"I want to listen to the truth!"

Su Xiong discovered the strangeness in Ju Wentai's attitude and knelt down and said, "...everything I said to me is the truth, and I dare not hide it from the king!"

Ju Wentai stared at Su Xiong who was kneeling on the ground coldly, got up from the chair, came directly to Su Xiong, and said in a low voice: "Su Xiong, do you think I really dare not kill you? Do you really think that with the power of your sister and your family, you can control my decision?"

Su Xiong suddenly raised his head, looked at Ju Wentai with horror, and said, "King, the king..."

"If the Tang Dynasty merchants were killed was a misunderstanding, then tell me, is it also a misunderstanding of the 200,000 Tang army on the border of Chenjian? Do you think I am a fool?" Ju Wentai roared and kicked Su Xiong over to the ground!

Pointing to Su Xiong with various expressions of shock, doubt and fear on his face, he sneered: "What a survey of the reasons for the surge in grain prices, I accidentally discovered the traces of rebels! Su Xiong, I know that you are greedy for money, but I never thought that you were so crazy..."

The news that Ju Wentai received afterwards was a letter written to him by Shi Wannian on behalf of the Tang Dynasty. The letter details the causes and consequences of the Tang Dynasty merchants being arrested for no reason in Gaochang... It was not as misunderstanding as Su Xiong said, but Su Xiong directly killed these merchants on false charges in order to seize the property of these merchants!

Shi Wannian stated in the letter that he had given Ju Wentai a chance, just to ask Ju Wentai to give him a satisfactory answer. As a result, Ju Wentai himself did not seize this opportunity, and he said decisively that it was just a misunderstanding at this time... Even the Tang Dynasty could investigate clearly, you, Ju Wentai, were so denied, you, were completely lying with your eyes open and you didn't take the Tang Dynasty as the sect leader seriously at all!

Well, since you, King Ju Wentai, the Gaochang, think it is a misunderstanding, then the Tang Dynasty will not be polite anymore... You Gaochang has no fear of the Tang Dynasty, the sect leader. First, you intercepted the Tang Dynasty caravan and collected heavy taxes from it. Then, when you saw the profit, you directly killed the Tang Dynasty merchants and plundered property... You are not kind first, then don't blame the Tang Dynasty for being unrighteous! For your disobedient brother like Gaochang, the Tang Dynasty will never tolerate it. The 200,000 army is the final statement of the Tang Dynasty on this matter!

Ju Wentai felt very wronged. He didn't expect that Su Xiong was so reckless and even dared to deceive himself. Even his palace guards and his most trusted troops helped Su Xiong deceive him... Ju Wentai couldn't help but sweat in his back when he thought of this!

Su Xiong deserves to die! The guard deserves to die!

Unfortunately, Ju Wentai dares not kill anyone now...

He picked up Shi Wannian's letter, threw it directly on Su Xiong's face, and said coldly: "Let's open your dog's eyes and take a look, and see what good things you have done!"

Su Xiong had a very bad premonition in his heart at this time, which caused his body to tremble. He picked up the letter tremblingly and opened it and read it.

Then... the calmness on his face disappeared and was replaced by a strong look of horror, "King, King, Da, Da Tang wants to attack Gaochang?"

"What do you think?" Ju Wentai said to Su Xiong word by word, "A 200,000 army, a total of 200,000 army... Su Xiong, you deserve to die!"

Su Xiong was stupid. Like Ju Wentai when he first received this news, he was a little confused. He just killed a few merchants. It was not the first time he did this. Why did he attract an army of 200,000 this time? Is the Tang Dynasty a little too stingy? Or was it too much to make a big deal?

Before Su Xiong could figure it out, Ju Wentai said, "You did it, so the consequences should be borne by you..."

Ju Wentai's words made Su Xiong's body tremble, and the terror on his face became even more intense. He climbed in front of Ju Wentai with his hands and feet, and waved Ju Wentai's legs and said, "Your Majesty, please spare me, please spare me, please spare me, please save me, I don't want to die!"

Although he is greedy, Su Xiong is not stupid. From Ju Wentai's attitude, he had already thought that Ju Wentai wanted to use himself to calm the anger of the Tang Dynasty... Otherwise, if he had done such a big thing, Ju Wentai, the deceived, should have been furious and it would not be an exaggeration to kill him directly, but in the end he just kicked himself. He would not naively think that this was Ju Wentai because he was his brother-in-law!

"Save you? I have never cut you into pieces and cut you into pieces. It is my greatest kindness to you! If you find it difficult to calm your anger in the Tang Dynasty, Gaochang will be destroyed, and your entire family will also have to be buried with me, Gaochang!"

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Not to mention the reactions of Ju Wentai and Gaochang Kingdom, on the other hand, he had already arrived at the border between the Tang Dynasty and Gaochang from Yiwu City. Li Chengqian, who was in the Western Expedition Army camp, was discussing the follow-up combat plan with Li Jing, Hou Junji and others!

Although the general strategy of His Majesty Li Er and others have already discussed it, the specific decision of how to act must be made with the front-line commander!

For example, as soon as the army arrived in Yizhou, Yizhou Governor Shi Wannian asked Li Chengqian a question, that was the reason for the Tang Dynasty to attack Gaochang!

The so-called unjust reputation is not right. If there is no legitimate reason and the war begins rashly, the final result may not change, but the entire attack process may be much more difficult!

The reason for simply blocking the business path of Gaochang is not enough to convince the public. Just as Ju Wentai explained to Shi Wannian, Gaochangguo has too many reasons to choose from if he wants to shirk responsibility!

Therefore, Li Chengqian and others formulated a plan to frame the situation... That's right, whether it is the surge in grain prices, Su Xiong's intention to find money, killing people and rob money, etc., they are all traps designed by Li Chengqian and others!
Chapter completed!