In the living room of the city lord's mansion, Shi Wannian sat on the main seat, frowned deeply, and pondered the news brought by Asunayi.

According to his words, after learning about the Western Expedition of the Tang Dynasty, his father, Dulu Khan Ashina Nishu, sent his brother Tong E to the Tang Dynasty, hoping to join his clan to return to the Tang Dynasty. Unexpectedly, this news was leaked for some reason. More than a dozen Western Turkic tribes headed by Yugu Set were headed by Yugu Set, and with a threat, Nishu ordered the convening of various tribes and to start a war with the Tang Dynasty!

Of course, Nishu would not agree and flatly rejected the request of Yugushe and others. Then... he was placed under house arrest by Yugushe and others!

Although Nishu was a nominal Khan, it was elected by all the Turkic tribes. Before he made any mistakes, Yugushu did not dare to do anything to him. Even if there were rumors that Nishu was preparing to return the Western Turkic Republic to the Tang Dynasty, it was just a rumor and there was no actual evidence!

Of course, this is also thanks to Yu Gushe and others who actually have their own ulterior motives and are not really united. They have no unified opinions on Nishu's handling!

Although Yu Gushe was determined to take the opportunity to kill Nishu directly, his strength did not have an overwhelming advantage and could not completely dominate the affairs of this temporary alliance, so he could only temporarily put Nishu under house arrest!

However, although Nishu refused to give the order, Yugushu and others still issued a Khan order under his name to summon soldiers from various Turkic troops to start a war with the Tang Dynasty...

Originally, the name of Nishu is greater than that of real, and few people would pay attention to his Khan order, but that was because Nishu did not have enough power to make all tribes surrender. The Khan order that Yugushi spread this time was different. While issuing the Khan order, it also announced that all tribes would all support the Khan order and sent soldiers from the clan, a total of 100,000 troops to go to war with the Tang Dynasty!

No matter how unhappy the other tribes were, they could only compromise under the threat of this 100,000 army and sent out warriors from their respective tribes. This instantly doubled the army set up by Yugu, reaching 200,000!

While summoning various armies, Yugushi did not forget to deal with Nishu, who had been under house arrest... He had no absolute power to ascend to the position of Khan, and he could only rely on conspiracies to complete it. Nishu and the tribe behind him were the biggest stumbling blocks of Yugushi!

Fortunately, when Nishu knew that the news of his younger brother Tong E's trip to the Tang Dynasty was leaked, he had already anticipated the possible situation and arranged for his own tribe to migrate in advance and go south to join the Tang Dynasty!

However, the pursuit soldiers sent by Yugushua were caught up in the middle of the journey. A big battle caused heavy losses to the Nishu tribe, with most of the young, strong and strong being killed and injured, leaving only the old, weak, sick and disabled outside the city, as well as the soldiers who flirted with less than a thousand.

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Although Asana Ayi sincerely asked the Tang Dynasty to send troops to rescue her father Nishu, Shi Wannian did not take it seriously. What he was really thinking about at this time was the number of Western Turkic troops convened by Yugushua as Ashina Ayi!

According to the military newspapers sent back from the front two days ago, the total number of Western Turkic troops led by Yugushe is about 100,000, and at most no more than 150,000, while Ashina Ayi is talking about 200,000...

Shi Wannian believed that Ashina Ayi would not lie. If she really wanted to save her father, she would not joke about such things!

That means that Yugushe hid a 50,000 army and did not fight the 200,000 army with the main force!

Shi Wannian knew that this matter could not be neglected, so he immediately sent someone to rush to deliver the information to Li Jing on the front line!

Although he couldn't think of any way to deal with it, he believed that Li Jing would definitely be able to deal with Yu Gushi's conspiracy!

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"This Yugushi is quite thoughtful, and he actually hides tens of thousands of troops." When Shi Wannian told Li Chengqian the news, Li Chengqian was not panicked, and there was no expression of surprise on his face.

"Your Highness... Could it be that your Highness has known this news long ago?" Shi Wannian asked in confusion.

Li Chengqian shook his head slightly and said, "No, I just have confidence in Uncle Li and my soldiers of the Tang Dynasty!"

"That's all?" Shi Wannian looked at Li Chengqian with some surprise.

"Of course, I'm not good at fighting. Uncle Shi, you probably aren't very good at it, but Uncle Li is different... Besides, I have no choice but to worry now. Tell Uncle Li the news. Everything depends on his decision!"

Li Chengqian's indifferent expression made Shi Wannian laugh and cry. He thought, in the words of his own highness, his heart was really big. If Li Jing's army was really defeated by the ambush of Yugushe, then this Western Expedition might have been completely defeated, which would be a painful blow to the Tang Dynasty!

But this highness of his family doesn’t feel much about this... I really don’t know what to say!

"Your Highness, according to my opinion, to prevent it..." Shi Wannian frowned with some hesitation, and said firmly, "You need to ask Your Majesty for help, please send more reinforcements!"

Li Chengqian was stunned and looked at Shi Wannian with some surprise, "Is this necessary? Uncle Li should not have any problems, right?"

"Your Highness, you need to know that everything will happen on the battlefield in an instant. Although I have enough confidence in General Li,... having confidence does not mean that it can be foolproof! If General Li is defeated, it will definitely affect the whole body. The advantages we have gained now will be destroyed, and the entire Western Regions strategy will also be completely defeated!"

Li Chengqian himself actually knew that if Li Jing was really defeated, it would definitely lead to the complete failure of the plan designed to force other countries in the Western Regions to voluntarily return to the Tang Dynasty with the might of defeating the Turks. It is even possible that even the Tang Dynasty of Yanqi and Gaochang, which are now recovered, would have to give up and withdraw directly from the Western Regions!

Once you withdraw from the Western Regions this time, it will not be so easy to come in again!

"Uncle Shi, perhaps our Tang Dynasty army would have been ambushed by Yugushi without obtaining information, but now you have passed the news to Uncle Li... I believe Uncle Li will be able to respond, and our Tang Dynasty will also achieve final victory!" Li Chengqian said firmly, "As for asking for help from his father, these 200,000 troops are already the limit of the number of troops that our Tang Dynasty can dispatch to the Western Regions. If it increases, the logistics supply will not be able to keep up!"

"Oh..." Shi Wannian sighed. As Li Chengqian said, the logistics supply of these 200,000 troops had already gathered the power of merchants from almost the entire Tang Dynasty to barely satisfy them!

Although the labor service was not as levied as in previous wars, the court paid countless money for it, making the treasury that was finally filled with commercial taxes almost empty!
Chapter completed!