Li Xuansheng explained all local military and political affairs and set out to enter the Yunshi Mountain Road in the Helan Mountains during the autumn season. This mountain road is located in the middle of the Helan Mountains, and after passing through it, it is the eastern part of Ruoshui in the northern part of the Qilian Mountains. Since the Han and Tang Dynasties officially declared war on Murong Daxia, the entire Hexi prefectures were in a state of strict control. At this critical moment, even if Li Xuansheng walked openly, he would cause unnecessary trouble. Therefore, it took Li Xuansheng and his party more than ten days to arrive at Shazhou City on the border of Longyou for more than ten days.

In the Shazhou City of Longyou, Kucha and the most important border trading town between the Han and Tang dynasties, in order to ensure normal trade between the towns, the permanent troops of this city were about 3,000. In addition to the troops of Yangguan Yumen Pass in the rear, the Han and Tang dynasties had a total of more than 10,000 troops within a radius of 300 miles.

Compared with those two passes, Shazhou City is a bridgehead. In Li Xuansheng's opinion, the defense of the entire city cannot withstand the first offensive of the conventional army. In other words, Shazhou City is at most a forefront beacon tower. But in such an inconspicuous earthen city, there was a battle of 100,000 troops fighting back and forth.

During the Wude period of Emperor Gaozu of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the Central Plains began to stabilize. When the barbarians in the northern border went south, 100,000 coalition forces in the Western Regions invaded Hexi again. Since most of the people and horses in Hexi were transferred back to the Central Plains, the Hexi garrison appeared in a vacuum. Without anyone or food, the governor of Liangzhou, Hexi, Yuwen Ji, fought with the 100,000 coalition forces for half a month, and waited until the reinforcements of the Han and Tang Dynasties arrived. However, there were only 30 soldiers who fought to defend the city to the end. The Liangzhou governor Yuwen Ji died on the battlefield. The tragic battle at the beginning can be imagined. Only Li Xuansheng was curious about how Yuwen Ji in the past relied on this weak city defense to defend the enemy again and again.

Yanshan ran all the way to Li Xuansheng, who was standing on the second floor and looking at the scenery in the distance, "Big shopkeeper! The city gate said that the Western Regions have been in turmoil recently, and tribes often burn, kill, loot, and they have stopped stamping and clearing the level."

"Stop? Didn't you try other methods? For example, this?"

Yanshan whispered, "I used it! But they don't want it, saying that the new ones will strictly prohibit private benefits. Once discovered, they will be beheaded and displayed in public!"

Li Xuansheng smiled playfully and said, "This is interesting! Who is the new person?"

"It's said it's from Ankyo! What's the name!"

"It's really fate! It's this guy! Yanshan, prepare a jar of good wine for me!"

Li Xuansheng came to the front of the Shazhou official office with a jar of good wine, carrying a chasing wind. The defenders of the official office immediately stopped him, "Who is coming, what's the matter?"

Li Xuansheng jumped off the horse's back and said, "Tell you General Gao that I lost to him a jar of good wine. I came here today to return it to me!"

Wang Jiling was about twenty years old, eight feet tall and handsome, and her armor looked even more heroic. After Wang Jiling knew about it, she quickly came to the gate of the government office to greet her before her subordinates finished speaking. Seeing Li Xuansheng dressed in a merchant outfit, she clasped her fists and said, "Old friend, don't be fine! Come on! Please come inside!"

"Everything goes down! You can't enter without my order!"

After taking Li Xuansheng's jar of good wine, Wang Jiling hurriedly asked, "Your Highness, why are you here?"

Li Xuansheng sat down and replied, "Some private matters need to be handled! Who would have thought that you happened to meet you. What surprised me even more was that you came here? Didn't you go to Jinzhou?"

Wang Jiling smiled bitterly and said, "The border guards in Jinzhou are all direct troops. How can I, an outsider, get in? It's not bad here, but there's more wind and sand. As the saying goes, a good man is determined to make achievements, and the west has been moving frequently recently, and there might be wars. Maybe this is the opportunity given to me by God?"

Now that the news that Tubo of the Han and Tang Dynasties declared war on Murong Daxia has not yet reached Shazhou, it has to be said that Wang Jiling's intuition is quite accurate. When he was in the Imperial Guard, Wang Jiling's ability to predict the enemy's initiative was several times higher than that of ordinary people. Wang Jiling's only disadvantage was that he was too steady and had to make sufficient preparations for what he did. The battlefield changed rapidly, and God knew what would happen next. It was precisely because of this that Wang Jiling was not suitable for sudden wars, but was good at premeditated attacks.

"Your Highness, you are going to the west, and the last general can let you go! But the last general has a statement first. If His Highness makes any mistakes, the last general cannot afford it!"

Li Xuansheng pointed to his head and said lightly, "I want to go, so I have to make the worst plan. Do you think this prince is a mess? Only this prince takes advantage of others, so how can he take advantage of me!"

Wang Jiling was still worried and said, "Your Highness the Prince is going to go, so I will tell you the news I know."

It turned out that after the destruction of Kucha, Murong Daxia specially promoted many of the original Kucha nobles in order to effectively rule the Kucha territory. These nobles were tribes that were suppressed by the Kucha royal family back then. They rarely had a day to turn around, so they naturally expressed their sincerity to the new master.

Today, Kucha is divided into four major governors' offices (Loulan/Yutan/Yanqi/Qiyi), and the military and political affairs are controlled by the four major governors. Except for the 8,000 Yanqi defenders, the remaining troops of the governors' offices are about 6,000.

Since there are still many remnants of the inner land of Kucha that are loyal to the Bai royal family, there are still many places that have not completely surrendered to Murong Daxia. Unfortunately, the Tianshan Mountain where Li Xuansheng was going happened to be located in the north of Yanqi. Tianshan Mountain is the holy mountain of the entire Western Region tribes. Not only does it have the power of Kucha, but also the people from the northern countries of Altai and Dayuan.

Wang Jiling came from somewhere with confidence and said with a smile, "Those people will never use swords and guns to others unless they are related to life and death! But then again, you are looking for Xuelian, and you don't think you will not do anything with me unless you have other purposes!"

Thinking of this, Wang Jiling subconsciously glanced at Li Xuansheng, and Li Xuansheng's mouth just raised slightly, Wang Jiling was sure of what he was thinking. He quickly persuaded, "I'm talking to Prince! That seems calm, but once it gets stirred up, it's not like a sea of ​​swords and fire! If something happens to you there, the Heavenly King can't save you!"

Li Xuansheng seemed not to have heard Wang Jiling's persuasion and smiled, "I am not that stupid yet, I dig a hole for myself and jump into it! What I am going to do is to make the Western Regions a mess and ignite a few fires! By then, do you think Altai and Dayuan will remain calm?"

"What does the prince mean?"

"That's right, this prince wants to take advantage of the battle between our Han and Tang dynasties and Daxia to let the two wolves behind Murong Daxia show their fangs!"

After understanding, Wang Jiling said, "The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole are behind him! But the general thinks that Altai and Dayuan may not be caught! After all, Gao Chang is still eyeing them!"

Li Xuansheng said leisurely, "It depends on how much the fire can burn. As for the remaining time, only matters of time!"
Chapter completed!