The two immediately looked at Li Ke.
"Niu Jinda returned from the southern region to inquire about news. He said that there is a place called the Sea of Death. Qin Qiong escaped into it when he was being hunted."
"I suspect that the Sea of Death is the Loulan clan's home base."
"I have seen a woman on the battlefield before. That woman may be a prominent figure in the Loulan family."
"Now, I have a plan to kill the Loulan people first to scare the monkeys."
Yan Yunda: "Young Master, please give me your instructions!"
Lao Mo: "Please give me your instructions."
"Yan Yun Da, you lead Yan Yun's Eighteen Cavalry to hunt down that woman, capture the woman and the people around her alive, pry open their mouths, and obtain some information."
"I obey my orders!"
Then, Li Ke looked at Old Mo and ordered: "Old Mo, you lead three thousand people from the Mo family, follow Niu Jinda's army, go to the Southern Territory, and slaughter all the masters in the Southern Territory for me."
"After the rebellion in the Southern Territory is suppressed, you will set up defenses at the edge of the Sea of Death. Anyone who comes in or out will be captured and tortured to obtain information about the Sea of Death."
"If the Sea of Death is really the home of the Loulan family, then I will personally lead the Tiance army south to annihilate the Loulan family."
"Yes, please rest assured, Juzi. This matter is left to Lao Mo. Lao Mo must catch this fish for Juzi."
"Okay, you go and prepare, but this matter must not be known to a third person."
"You are the two people I trust most..."
The two bowed out and went to prepare themselves.
Two days later, Li Ke asked the youth battalion to lead 500 troops each, dispersed the 60,000 troops, and all batches entered the Yanqi Kingdom where the Western Region Allied Forces were stationed. They launched operations behind enemy lines, expanded their territory behind enemy lines, and began to annex various tribes or Yanqi Kingdom's territory. Territory, finally become one.
Or carry out beheading operations on tribal leaders or assassinate senior generals of the Western Region Allied Forces.
Anyway, I just don’t want to make things easier for the other party.
After the 60,000 troops of the Youth Battalion entered the Yanqi Kingdom, Li Ke summoned Tang Jian and Wang Gui.
"I have met His Highness the King of Qin."
"The two elders are exempt from the courtesy. When I came to Gaochang, I wanted to summon the two elders as soon as possible. However, the war is urgent, so I can only wear armor and go into battle."
"When I defeated the powerful enemy, I breathed a sigh of relief and summoned you two. I summoned you two today. I think the two bosses must also know this."
The two nodded. Since the Western Region Allied Forces retreated and His Highness the King of Qin did not pursue the victory, it means that both sides are equally powerful. All that is left is negotiation.
And when it comes to negotiations, they use talkers like them.
Tang Jian was the Minister of Honglu Temple, and Wang Gui was the Minister of Rites. Their two envoys represented the highest level of envoys in the Tang Dynasty.
"Please give the order to His Majesty the King of Qin. I have already expressed my determination to die."
"So is the old minister!"
"Okay, for the sake of the happy life of the descendants of the Tang Dynasty, even if we sacrifice our lives for the country, it is still worth it." Li Ke stood up and took the hands of the two adults and said.
The two of them were in a state of confusion.
Will he really die in this ungrateful place in the Western Region this time?
What a loss!
But if they survive this time and have an official career, they will cheat!
It's okay to be a servant and shoot around, and it's a sure thing to be crowned a duke.
"Master Tang, the purpose of your mission to the Yanqi Kingdom is to get them to surrender. If they don't surrender, I will attack and they will betray the Tang Dynasty."
"I obey your orders, and I will definitely not lose anyone from the Tang Dynasty."
"Master Wang, go to the Royal Court of the Western Regions and tell them that the ten hidden families in the Central Plains have cooperated with the Tang Dynasty royal family. If they want to die, they can come to the Western Regions to fish in troubled waters. If they don't want to die, they can withdraw from the Western Regions as soon as possible and go westward. The place is huge, you can walk as far as you want, and the time is three months.”
"In three months, the Tang Dynasty will completely clean up the Western Regions."
"The Ashina family in the Western Regions, the Loulan family in the Western Regions, and the Nestorian religion in the Western Regions will completely disappear from this world."
Wang Gui looked confused. What are the top ten hidden families in the Central Plains, the Ashina family in the Western Regions, the Nestorian family in the Western Regions, and the Loulan family in the Western Regions?
Why is this just like listening to the Book of Heaven? Aren't there only five surnames, Qi Wang and some wealthy nobles in the Central Plains?
How come the top ten hidden families in the Central Plains still appear?
Did I hear it wrong, or did I know too little?
Tang Jian was not much better, with the same expression as Wang Gui.
"This matter is too important. You will know about it in the future. Anyway, this world is more complicated than you know."
"I can only tell you that there are nine hidden families in the Central Plains. They are the original eight surnames plus the Liu family. I only count the former Sui Yang family and the Tang royal family as one force."
"Except for the Central Plains, there are six forces outside the region, and the Western Region owns four of them."
"They hide in the dark, isolated from the world. Ordinary people don't know about it at all. Even noble people have only heard of it."
"You should have heard about the successful ones!"
The two nodded vigorously, but that was just a legend!
But now it has become real, making them a little confused about the world.
"Okay, what you should know is that you will all know in the future. Those hidden families will probably surface after I conquer the Western Regions."
"yes……"
"Two adults, I will send experts to protect you."
The two people quickly bowed and thanked him.
The next morning.
The two highest-level envoys of the Tang Dynasty set off from Gaochang with the credentials of the Tang Dynasty. Tang Jian went to the Yanqi Kingdom, accompanied by Lao Hei. Wang Gui went on an envoy to the Western Turks from the north, accompanied by Lao Shu and several others. A master.
Li Ke personally sent them out of the border and returned to Yiwu without stopping, because the Tang Dynasty's Fourteenth Guards Army arrived at Yiwu and Yumenguan Yangyang and other places to station, waiting for Li Ke's order.
Countries such as Xue Yantuo, Eastern Turks, Khitans, Mohe, Southwest Qiang, and Goguryeo also sent troops, but they only sent cannon fodder symbolically.
However, the Eastern Turks sent 50,000 elite cavalry, led by Ashina Sheer personally, who happened to be stationed on the Yangguan side.
So Li Ke asked Niu Jinda to go directly to Yangguan, and allocated Niu Jinda 10,000 elite cavalry, plus 3,000 masters of the Mohist family, plus 50,000 Ashinasheer cavalry, to go to the southern region to unify the southern region.
As for the rest of the army, part of it filled the vacancies in Gaochang and Yiwu, and part of it was placed directly north of Gaochang. The army gathered on the Western Turkic border.
Li Ke personally met with Xueyantuo's Pearl Viga Khan and promised many benefits, including opening the three towns on the border between Datang and Xueyantuo as places for mutual trade, and selling 100,000 jins of refined salt and tea to Xueyantuo every year.
There is only one purpose, and that is for Xue Yantuo to attack the eastern territory of the Western Turks with all his strength, and after occupying it, it will be owned by Xue Yantuo.
In order for Xue Yantuozhen to help Viga Khan work hard, Li Ke also signed a covenant with him.
But the covenant was only stamped with the seal of King Qin.
Biquge
