"don't want!"
"Don't kill me!"
"No! I am the destiny, not that Xie Laoer!"
at night.
Jinghua Palace.
A shrill voice sounded again.
As footsteps sounded, Manager Zhou, with a group of young eunuchs, came to the old emperor's bedside.
He saw the old emperor sweating profusely, trembling all over, and his eyes looked frightened.
Manager Zhou was very familiar with it: "Quick, quick, get the medicine, get the elixir!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's over, it's over, we are back, we are back..."
Manager Zhou coaxed the old emperor like a child, opened his mouth, and fed him an "elixir"...
"came back?"
"came back……"
"Where is my army? Where is my army of 500,000? Are they all eaten by those evil ghosts?"
"Yes or no?"
Xie Tianyao is still crazy.
Manager Zhou lowered his head and said nothing, not knowing how to answer.
The battle in the Western Regions left a huge psychological shadow on the old emperor. The ghost army in the desert directly dealt a fatal blow to the Long Yan army, which was first acclimatized and then lost its way in the desert.
The psychological defense completely collapsed.
Xie Tianyao had fought such a battle once in his life, and he fought it in person.
did not expect……
The battle in the desert ghost city lasted three months.
The army of half a million was completely wiped out!
If King Wei hadn't arrived in time, Xie Tianyao might not have been able to return to Long Yan.
Gradually.
Under the comfort of Manager Zhou, the emperor slowly returned to normal, his lips trembling and weak to the point of asking: "I, did you have a nightmare again?"
"Your Majesty..."
Manager Zhou sighed.
Xie Tianyao laughed at himself: "Old Zhou, everyone says that I am destined by fate and that I am the Son of Heaven. Why, even though I am the Son of Heaven, can I not conquer that lonely ghost?"
"Shouldn't the emperor kill gods when he encounters them, and kill Buddha when he blocks them?"
"Huh? Why, was it really wrong for me to fight for power back then?"
Manager Zhou knelt on the ground: "Your Majesty, that's a crooked way, and what doesn't count doesn't count!"
Xie Tianyao laughed loudly: "Tell me, Liu Zhizhou, known as the Yinzhou Army, is invincible in the world. What will happen when he faces that ghost army?"
Manager Zhou was shocked and didn't know how to answer.
In fact, he just wanted to say...
Your Majesty, this is so cruel!
One hundred and fifty thousand Yinzhou troops?
You five hundred thousand died in the desert, not to mention these one hundred and fifty thousand?
"That's all, what are I expecting..."
"A child with a yellow mouth."
"Well, this is the last time I will clear the road for my two sons..."
"The King of Wei is old, and his son is nothing to be afraid of."
"But these young people can't do it, they can't do it... they can't be let go!"
Manager Zhou sighed.
The old emperor fell asleep again.
…
Liu Zheng was stunned: "What did you say, you led troops to go on an expedition? Are you crazy?"
Reguli pouted, with an unhappy look on his face: "Young master, are you looking down on Reguli? Do you know that since you left, Reguli has read a lot about your Dragon Flame Art of War, and she longs to go to that battlefield to practice it. Got it!"
Everyone heard this with a dark look on their faces.
Is this just talk on paper?
"Stop making trouble, you can't go."
Liu Zheng shook his head decisively.
Reguli refused, shook Liu Zheng's arm, and said coquettishly: "Why? If I want to go, I will go..."
Everyone suppressed laughter.
Liu Dahao's mouth watered when he saw it.
Who can withstand this?
It is clear that his son has become a king, but he himself is very young, looking like a little girl. However, this kind of behavior makes people look at it, but it is pleasing to the eye. There is no violation or pretense, as if everything is natural, which makes people feel happy. People feel affection when they see it.
evildoer!
This is a monster!
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Women, please stay away from the war."
"I don't care, I don't care, I'm going!"
Reguli almost hung up on Liu Zheng and refused to let him go.
Liu Zheng still wanted to refuse, but Qingyang Shuo smiled beside him and said: "Since the Queen Mother is interested, it is not a bad idea to go together. After all, an additional fifty thousand troops will increase the chance of winning. We Yinzhou people do not know the Western Regions well enough. We need Enough guide.”
Liu Zheng looked surprised, Qingyang Shuo just smiled.
"All right."
Liu Zheng said helplessly.
Reguli was extremely happy.
A hundred and fifty thousand troops were camped in this good city. The goal of Liu Zheng's trip was not Loulan. Besides, he was not interested in Loulan either. He was here just to make money. So no matter how invited Reguli was, Liu Zheng would not take a step forward.
On the military account map.
It can be seen that Shancheng itself is the gateway to the Western Regions, the Silk Road, and the first stop of the Western Regions. Going north is Cheshi, which will be Turpan in later generations. To the west is Loulan, to the northwest is Qiuci, and to the south is Qiemo and Jingjue. The historical Protectorate of the Western Regions was located in the very center of the Western Regions, in Yanqi near Qiuci.
The purpose of Liu Zheng's trip is here!
This is also the task given by the old emperor to his father and son.
However……
Before this, Yanqi was between the two great powers of the Western Regions, Qiuci and Cheshi. Both Qiuci and Cheshi had prospered. Therefore, since they broke away from the Longyan Dynasty, the Western Regions Protectorate has naturally become furnishings.
Rebuild the Protectorate!
It is equivalent to declaring war with Qiuci and Cheshi at the same time.
"From Shancheng to Cheshi, this desert is the place we must pass through. If Liu Zheng's guess is correct, this is the rumored ghost city in your Western Region, right?"
In the military tent.
Liu Zheng looked at Reguli with a smile.
Reguli was horrified: "Sir, we...can't we go around it? Why don't we go through Loulan and up to Qiuci?"
Several people looked at it at the same time.
This silly Baitian actually has some skills.
Before coming to Loulan, their generals had studied the layout of the Western Region. If they wanted to go north, there were only two ways, one was Qiuci, and the other was Cheshi.
but……
The national power of Qiuci is as strong as Loulan.
The driver is slightly inferior.
This is why, for so many years, I wanted to go to Qiuci, but I didn't have the strength. I wanted to go to Cheshi, but I was swallowed up by the ghost city.
Qingyang Shuo chuckled.
When Liu Zheng saw his expression, he realized that it turned out that Reguli had this wishful thinking from the beginning. Want to borrow his 150,000 Yinzhou army to conquer Qiuci?
He gave Reguli a playful look.
Who would have thought that Reguli didn't hide anything, and said: "You and I will join forces to kill all the enemies in the northern and western regions. Why should we be afraid?"
Everyone laughed out loud.
Liu Zheng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Majesty, it would be great if things were as simple as you said."
Reguli looked confused: "Is it very complicated?"
Liu Zheng pointed at the map of the Western Region, drew a circle on the north with his hand, and asked: "Please look at it, Queen Mother, have you ever thought about the many kingdoms in the Northern Western Region, such as Wusun, Hami, Cheshi, Shan Kingdom, Da Wan Kingdom..."
"However……"
"What would the Queen Mother think if the entire North Western Region was now ruled by a kingdom?"
"What?"
Reguli's pretty face changed slightly.
All the Loulan soldiers following Reguli also shook their heads.
"impossible!"
"Defender, this is absolutely impossible!"
"There has never been a unified state among the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions, not even in the Northern Western Regions."
How can this be?
Even if it is better than Anxi in history, Khotan, Qiuci, Shancheng, and Dayuezhi have never achieved the unification of the Western Regions, not even the Southern and Western Regions, or the Northern and Western Regions.
Liu Zheng smiled lightly and said: "It's just a hypothesis for the time being."
Reguli said: "If this is true, then the North Western Region will definitely set up heavy troops in Qiuci and build a majestic city to prevent conquest. From this point of view, the ghost city has the least defense..."
The whole audience was shocked.
The Loulan generals looked at each other in confusion.
How to fight this?
On one side is probably the entire military defense of the entire North Western Region.
Is there a ghost city on one side?
No wonder, after all these years, I haven’t been able to conquer the Northern Western Region!
"impossible!"
"I still don't believe it!"
"How can the Northern and Western Regions be unified!"
Everyone shook their heads.
Reguli also had a look of disbelief. She snorted: "Master Liu, you just don't want to help me Loulan conquer Qiuci, right?"
Yo.
Let’s start playing tricks!
Liu Zheng chuckled and said, "Everyone, if you don't believe me, Zheng has a plan."
In the eyes of everyone.
He said: "Our troops are divided into two groups. The Yinzhou Army will go to Ghost City and Loulan to pretend to attack Qiuci and be ready to retreat at any time."
"If Kucha's defense is strong, the Queen Mother will know whether Liu Zheng's prediction is true or false."
"You can go through the desert and join our Yinzhou Army in Ghost City. What does the Queen Mother think?"
Reguli and the generals looked at each other in confusion.
In their hearts, they actually do not believe that the Northern Western Region has been unified. In their hearts, they don't want to see the ghost city, which is said to be more terrifying than hell.
Seeing Reguli's hesitation, Liu Zheng smiled and said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, if you really go through the desert and join me, Liu Zheng promises that you will destroy that ghost army!"
"What?"
"The Protector of the Country..."
"That's a ghost city!"
No one in Loulan believed it. Although this protector was powerful, he was a ghost city that even the Longyan Dynasty had never broken through. The ghost army frightened everyone in the world.
Such big talk...
How did he say it?
Liu Zheng smiled: "Your Majesty, just believe me. If I can defeat the ghost army, Your Majesty must comply with one of my requests."
Reguli cast a flirtatious look, seeming to say, just say it, they will all be yours sooner or later...
Liu Zheng's whole body trembled, and he took a deep breath: "I, Yinzhou, will divide the Western Region equally with the Queen Mother!"
Everyone's expression changed immediately.
The whole place was silent.
Reguli even trembled. This sentence contained too much information. She suddenly looked at Liu Zheng: "Guardian, do you want to rebel against Long Yan?"
