Troops Entering the Western Regions
In fact, Li Jiang had the same idea when he led the army to the Western Regions.
Now that Li Shiming and Li Chengqian had calculated and allowed him to lead the troops, it just so happened to fulfill Li Jiang's wishes.
However, he also saw through Li Shiming's thoughts and plans for him.
Li Jiang was already disappointed in Li Shiming.
No matter what, he was still Li Shiming's son. He treated him so coldly, so Li Jiang naturally wouldn't take this father-son relationship to heart.
Li Jiang's plan to head to the Western Regions had already been formed after killing Jie Li Khan.
Although the Jie Khans had been the Khans of the steppe, they had only gained control of the steppe after countless battles. Before the Great Tang destroyed the Turks, the Turks had been divided into two factions.
A portion of the Eastern Turks, the Khan, was Jie Li.
The other group was the Western Turks!
Due to the internal strife of the Turks and the suppression of the Sui Dynasty, they were divided into two factions. The Jie Li Khan dominated the grasslands while the Western Turks fled to the Western Regions.
However, their powerful combat ability allowed them to quickly gain a foothold in the Western Regions.
In the early years of Zhenguan, the Khagan of Tongye Hu, who had been on good terms with the Great Tang, was killed by his uncle. The Western Turks began to fight for the throne.
Later, Ashina Horu established himself as Ishbara Khagan and established his tent in Shuanghe and Qianquan (now Bole in Xinjiang).
After the struggle for power, the Western Turks gradually became enemies with the Great Tang and allied with their ally, Yanqi, to attack Gaochang.
Gaochang asked for help from the Tang Empire, and Li Shimin sent troops to help Gaochang repel the enemy.
However, what Gaochang never expected was that the Great Tang people would act shamelessly!
Originally, he had lent the West Prefecture City to the Great Tang Empire and was supposed to return it to the Gaochang Kingdom after the war ended. However, Li Shimin was a man of great talent and ambition. He was determined to conquer the Western Regions, so he waved his hand and let the Tang army stay at the Jade Gate Pass for a long time. Then, he sent officials to the West Prefecture City.
Only now did Gaochang understand that driving a tiger to swallow a wolf, the wolf was chased away, but the tiger was even more difficult to deal with.
Because of the West Prefecture City's rule, Gaochang had always harbored resentment toward the Great Tang and no longer submitted to it. Instead, it had thrown itself into the embrace of the Great Tang's enemy, the Tubo.
Li Shi Min's move had forced his subordinate to become enemies.
In other words, the Western Turks and Tubo, who had originally been enemies, had now become the big legs of Gaochang.
Now that the Eastern Turks had been destroyed, the Western Turks had naturally received the news. They felt that the time had come to subdue the steppe, so they allied with Gaochang and Tubo to invade the Great Tang.
The West Region was in a state of emergency, and that was why the Great Tang wanted to send the imperial army to attack the Western Regions.
And now, Li Jiang had encountered this.
The first stop of his army was naturally to pass through Jade Gate Pass and reach the West Prefecture City.
As the Great Tang army set out, the kingdoms of the Western Regions naturally received the news.
Destroy the Eastern Turks single-handedly!
The impact that Li Jiang, the King of Nanyang of the Great Tang, had given them was simply too great. It was so great that they could not believe it!
This was simply a fantasy!
After all, individual valor was of limited use on the battlefield.
"It is said that the battle to destroy Jie Li was led by the Great Tang's Duke of Su, Cheng Yaojin, and the Duke of Chen, Hou Junji. This battle is probably the work of those two generals.”
This was the consensus of the countries of the Western Regions!
But they couldn't understand why Cheng Yaojin and Hou Junji would be so devoted to helping an ordinary prince obtain this heaven-shattering achievement.
During the Great Tang era, news traveled relatively slowly. Before they could figure out what was going on, the Great Tang's imperial army had already arrived at the West Prefecture City under Li Jiang's leadership.
"Your Highness, we've already passed through Jade Gate Pass. The West Prefecture City is in front of us. Recently, the West Prefecture City has been repeatedly harassed by the Western Turks, and the governor of the West Prefecture has repeatedly petitioned the Imperial Court for reinforcements. Now that Your Highness has arrived, the kingdoms of the Western Regions are completely finished.”
Cheng Yaojin had requested to follow Li Jiang. He was a person who could not stay idle. Moreover, he understood that the chances of gaining battle merits on the battlefield were getting fewer and fewer, so he insisted on following Li Jiang.
Li Jiang nodded and said," Duke Su, I'll lead my men to set up camp here. Go to the countries in the Western Regions and hand over the credentials of the Tang Empire. Order them to surrender within three days. Otherwise, I'll personally flatten the Western Regions!"”
Cheng Yaojin was a little excited. He waved his axe and said,"Your Highness, if it were me, Old Cheng, I would have just marched in with my troops and beat them into submission with real knives and guns. There's no need to submit the credentials.”
" The Tang Empire doesn't want to slaughter everyone in the world," Li Jiang said calmly." If they want to surrender, the Tang Empire's army can spare the innocent. But if they insist on not surrendering, the Tang Empire will trample the Western Regions with its iron hooves!”
Cheng Yaojin looked at Li Jiang and understood that Li Jiang wanted the Great Tang to dominate the four seas, not to attack.
After all, the human heart was the most important thing.
"Yes, this old minister will obey."
Cheng Yaojin led a group of soldiers and left the main group.
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