"Thank you, Brother Shi, for your comfort. I am not worried about my future, but..."

Seeing Yan Fu's hesitation look on his face, Shi Wannian smiled slightly and said, "Brother Yan has anything to say, but it's okay!"

"Then I will be arrogant... I always have a question. I don't know what the purpose of the Celestial Empire dispatched 200,000 troops this time? If it is just for the little Gaochang, it seems to be a little..."

Shi Wannian smiled slightly and said calmly: "Haha, whether it is Gaochang or the countries in the Western Regions, they have been affiliated with our Central Plains dynasty since the Han Dynasty. It can be said that it is the hometown of our Central Plains dynasty. Your Majesty is now a magnificent and stubborn, and he intends to recreate the prosperous times of the Han Dynasty in the past. How could he allow the Western Regions to continue to wander outside the Central Plains?"

"What?" Shi Wannian's answer made Yan Fu stand up from the chair in shock!

"So that's it, so that's it! No wonder, no wonder, it dispatched an army of 200,000, no wonder the army would not stop after capturing Tiandicheng... It turned out that the target of the Tang Dynasty was not a small Gaochang at all!"

...

Indeed, after the Gaochang royal city was captured, the army led by Li Jing did not stop for a long time, but again divided into three groups and continued to advance westward!

The first route continued to use Hou Junji as the head commander, leading an army of 100,000, and wanted to advance in the northern part of Gaochang, with the goal of the Western Turks!

According to the latest news, many tribes led by the Western Turks, led by Yugu, have gathered a hundred thousand troops to go south to prevent the Tang Dynasty from recapturing the Western Regions!

The second army was commanded by Niu Jinda, leading an army of 50,000 from Gaochang Royal City to the south, targeting the countries of Khotan!

The third army was a 50,000 army led by Li Jing himself, heading directly westward, and its target was the Yanqi King City!

That's right, the Yanqi Kingdom was not destroyed by the Gaochang army, and the royal city is still under the control of the Yanqi Kingdom!

This is not because of the secret power of Yanqi, or because the people of the royal city swear to resist the attack of Gaochang's 20,000 troops, or because of the Yanqi, the foreign aid, allowing Gaochang to retreat in a difficult situation, but because the Gaochang army took the initiative to retreat!

Just when the Yanqi King City was besieged by Gaochang's army, Long Tuqizhi and others thought that the Yanqi Kingdom was doomed, Gaochang's army arrived at the royal city? On the third day below, nearly 20,000 troops disappeared overnight without a trace!

The shocked Yanqi people at first agreed that this must be a conspiracy of Gaochang State, and wanted to lure Yanqi to open the city gate and easily break through the royal city. Therefore, Long Tuqizhi ordered that the city gate continue to be closed and no one could leave the city.

However, the days passed day by day, and after three or five days, the Gaochang army still did not return. The Longtuqi Branch saw the ministers and used a spider plant to lower dozens of scouts from the city wall to investigate the traces of the Gaochang army!

The results of the investigation shocked them. Gaochang's army really disappeared. Not only the 20,000 troops under the royal city, but also the 5,000 troops in front of Tianying Pass also disappeared! What's more, the Gaochang garrison in several eastern cities that were previously captured by Gaochang disappeared!

As for why it disappeared, it was because these Gaochang troops did not withdraw back to Gaochang, nor did they gather in some place in Yanqi. Even the surrounding countries did not have any news of Gaochang's army! It was as if the more than 20,000 troops had not appeared, and there was no trace at all!

This sudden surprise made Long Tuqi Branch and all the ministers very happy, shouting that the Buddha would bless me and I would be merciful!

Unfortunately, before the Long Tuqizhi and other people in Yanqi Kingdom had survived the disaster, they would celebrate with each other, or sent troops to take back their hometown in the eastern region that had been abandoned by Gaochang, the Long Tuqizhi received a letter from the Tang Dynasty! What they prepared was a "letter to compatriots in the Western Regions"...

It is obvious that this was written by Li Chengqian. The content is nothing more than just reasoning, presenting facts, and then doing its best to fool the people of the Western Regions that you have the same roots and origins as the Tang Dynasty, and everyone is a family! Then bewitch them with great righteousness and quickly join the Tang Dynasty, the big family, and join the eternal prosperity that surpassed the Han Dynasty hundreds of years ago!

Of course, it is also inevitable to tell everyone that in order to maintain social stability in the Western Regions and protect the lives and property safety of compatriots in the Western Regions, His Majesty Tian Khan of the Tang Dynasty specially sent 200,000 elite troops to serve as "bodyguards" for everyone, so that everyone no longer has to worry about the elusive, inhumane horse thieves, sand thieves and other bandits...

When the ministers asked Long Tuqizhi what to do with hope and expectation, Long Tuqizhi was about to cry without tears!

What can he do? He is also very desperate! The Buddha blessed that the evil wolf of Gaochang disappeared with magical disappearance. Before he could be happy, the evil dragon of the Tang Dynasty fell from the sky!

Therefore, Longtuqizhi made a very "decisive" decision to respond to the initiative in the "Message to Compatriots in the Western Regions" and decided to join the Tang Dynasty, and contribute its own strength to the prosperity of the Chinese nation!

This decision was strongly supported by all the ministers, and they unanimously believed that the decision of the Dragon Tuqi Branch was great and sacred. This decision pointed out the direction for Yanqi, who was at the turning point of history, and drew a blueprint for Yanqi's development in the future thousands of years...

Long Tuqizhi burst into tears without saying a thousand times, silently looking up at the sky, constantly comforting himself, and all the declines are all the declines. Since he is unable to resist, why not follow the trend? At least he can still be a noble in the Tang Dynasty and have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life!

If you continue to resist, let alone the 200,000 tiger and wolf army in the Tang Dynasty, just these "loyal" ministers around you will use practical actions to point out the direction of future development for yourself!

So, the Tang army came to the Yanqi royal city without any obstacles and announced that the second country in the Western Regions had returned to the embrace of the Tang mother after Gaochang!

...

Outside the Yanqi Royal City, in the military camp of the Tang Dynasty, Li Chengqian and Li Ke were dressed in disheveled clothes, lying on the recliner chair with their breasts exposed. Around them were pots of crystal ice cubes, emitting a hint of cold air!

"How could this ghost weather be so hot!" Li Ke wiped the sweat beads on his face and said in an irritable tone, "Brother, when will we stay in this military camp?"

Li Chengqian beside him was much more calm and closed his eyes slightly and said lightly: "Do you think I want to stay in this military camp? But there is no way. The old man and my mother both gave Uncle Li the death order and did not allow me to leave the military camp!"

Li Ke said with a sad face: "Then why are you not allowed to be left the military camp?"

"We are brothers, isn't there an old saying, "You brothers have to settle the score clearly... No, if you are brothers, you have to have blessings and hardships! How can you be embarrassed to let you leave the military camp alone and face the dangerous world outside?"

Li Ke: "..."

Li Ke, who was speechless for a long time, had no intention of arguing with his elder brother anymore. He fanned himself and continued to look through the information on the table beside him!
Chapter completed!