Since ancient times, the ruler of a country has been able to do countless things that are beyond common sense.

Don't talk about it far away, let's just say that in modern times, Ah San's brain was pumped, and he had to grab some land, but he was almost beaten to the capital; Annan monkey's brain twitched, in the 80s, he had to be the third military power in the world, but he was slapped by someone with a backhand and did not dare to squeak for decades.

The head of Khotan was also pumped, so for unknown reasons, he invited Li Yuanchang to Khotan, and then in the name of Li Yuanchang, he refused to pay military rations, in a vain attempt to confront the Tang Dynasty.

What is all this for, if you want to ask the lord of Khotan, in fact, he himself can't understand, maybe many of the unsolved mysteries of the world in later generations are also caused by such reasons.

Three days passed quickly, and in the desperate cries of the Khotanese messenger, the morning sun, which symbolized the horn of war, jumped out of the horizon and spread a thousand golden rays of light to the world, but no matter how you looked, the messenger could see in the golden sunlight a touch of red blood that represented the hope of death.

"Kill him and sacrifice the flag!" In the sound of the horn, Yu Chi Baolin glanced at the messenger coldly, turned his head in the direction of the sun, and squinted his eyes and stared at it, maybe saying goodbye to his father in distant Chang'an in this way, maybe swearing to his father.

After a while, a personal soldier finally came to report: "Report to the ......, general, everything is ready, and the army can set off at any time!" ”

"Let's go!" Yu Chi Baolin retracted his gaze and waved his hand at the guard.

"Woo......" With an order, the horn sounded to go out.

"Driving~" Gao Zhan, who is a pioneer, urged the horse to leave from Yu Chi Baolin's side, and raised his eyebrows at him before leaving, meaning to hurry up and follow, otherwise you won't have your share in the war.

"Hehe...... " Wei Chi smiled, suppressed the excitement in his heart, the first time he led the troops independently, whether it was a mule or a horse, it depends on how the walk was.

The pioneer battalion, the first cavalry team, the second cavalry team, the third cavalry team, the special brigade, the rocket army, the baggage team, more than 15,000 people and more than 5,000 war horses ...... marching, carrying the rising sun on their backs, heading to the west.

"General, what is the Rocket Army? Why is it so mysterious? "On the fourth day of the march, Tuoba Mumi, the captain of the First Cavalry Brigade, drove his horse to Yu Chi Baolin's side.

"How do I know, it only says that this can come in handy when it comes to siege the city, and I don't know much more than you know." Yu Chi Baolin rolled his eyes and said depressedly.

In fact, it's not that he doesn't know, but he doesn't understand what the commander of the Rocket Force is talking about, what kind of concentrated fire, what kind of fixed-point shooting, it's so special, it sounds very lofty, and it makes people feel like they don't know what it is, but they just don't know what that thing is.

"Siege for? That's good, I was worried that there was no way to go back to Khotan to get their Tucheng, but now I think it's no problem. Tuoba Mumi looked back and muttered.

"There's no way, just these earth-breaking cities in the Western Regions, there is no Lao Tzu's horse high, and when you get there, let you see what it means to attack the city and plunder the land." Yu Chi Baolin has a straightforward temperament, and under Li Chengqian's constant bewitchment, he is already a typical nationalist, and he has no other concept in his mind except for the Tang Dynasty, and the countries of the Western Regions are equivalent to lambs to the slaughter in his eyes, and no one can be an opponent of the Tang Dynasty at all.

"Report to ......, general, there is a small city ahead, how is our army doing?" was blowing, and the herald in front of him flew in, and when he arrived in front of Wei Chi Baolin, he grabbed his mount and reported loudly.

"Small town? Can you hang my Datang flag? Yu Chi Baolin followed the old man's example, and reached out and touched his bare chin.

"Well, it seems to be." The herald hesitated.

"What else do you want to ask if you have my Datang banner, do you even want to capture your own city?" Yu Chi Baolin said angrily: "Go back and continue to hurry, if there is anyone who does not hang the flag, I will report again." ”

"Whoa!" The herald craned his neck and turned away.

"General, if Khotan really doesn't produce military rations, do we really want to attack? We don't have military orders, so is this a provocation? "Tuoba Mumi has been a general in Tuyuhun in the end, so he is more familiar with military affairs, and he thinks more about it.

"Cut, we call this a crusade against Buchen, these turtles from the Western Regions invited us, and then they didn't provide military rations, this is clearly slapping my Tang Dynasty in the face, how can this kind of thing be endured? And haven't we already sent someone back to deliver the letter, and when we arrive at the city of Khotan, it is estimated that the reply will also arrive, and it will not be too late to determine whether to fight or not. ”

There is no saying in Datang that he will not shoot the first shot, and the generals of Datang will not be bullied and will not fight back, which is where Wei Chi Baolin dares to lead the army directly.

Moreover, now the 15,000 people he led have returned in the name of peacekeeping in the Western Regions, and no one can say anything about the routine patrols in the Western Regions, as long as he does not rebel, he will lead the army around the Western Regions for hundreds and ten circles, and defeat a few small countries, and the problem is not big.

Yu Chi Baolin took the former horse thief all the way to march to Khotan, and Chang'an, who was thousands of miles away, finally received the news more than a month after their departure.

"Your Majesty, the minister suggests crusading against the minister!" Faced with the battle report sent back by his son, the old lieutenant Chi naturally supported it unconditionally.

"Your Majesty, Khotan is not polite, and the minister also agrees with General Wei Chi's words." Hou Junji stood up at the right time.

"Hmm, Aiqing's words are reasonable, Xuan Ling, Keming, what do you two think?" Li Er responded indispensably, turning his gaze to Fang and Du.

"No objection to the ministers!" Lao Fang and Lao Du shook their heads at the same time.

The entire court knows that the Western Regions is Li Chengqian's ban on corruption, and it is a place for the young people of the Tang Dynasty to practice, whether it is fighting or peace, anyway, as long as they don't ask for money and food, they don't have a lot to do with these old men.

"Hmm. In this case, the matter will be handed over to the prince! There are also some young people tossing around the left, and Li Er doesn't plan to take care of it, and seeing that no one has any objections, he directly pushes the matter to Li Chengqian.

There are many countries in the Western Regions, but most of them are small countries, and the really powerful Western Turks have been frightened by the Tang Dynasty at this time.

Even if it weren't for the fact that there had never been a precedent for the prince to lead the army before, Li Er would have the idea of sending Li Chengqian to the Western Regions and letting him have a good experience there.

Of course, it was more because Li Chengqian had tossed a little too much during this time, which made Lao Li a little unbearable, so he had such unrealistic ideas.

(End of chapter)