Something is wrong, there must be something strange here! Li Zhen, who was sitting behind the desk, put down the battle report in his hand, rubbed the sun **, let out a sigh, got up and paced back and forth in the room for a few steps, relieving his body that was a little astringent due to sitting for a long time, but his brain did not relax there, and a bad premonition was always lingering in his mind, and he couldn't go away.

At this time, Khotan has been pacified, and the entire territory of Shule has been leveled by Liu Whirlwind's troops, and the war report that can make Li Zhen so troublesome can only come from the Qiuci front line - compared to Khotan and Shule, Qiuci is difficult to entangle with the young and old, which is not only because the strength of Qiuci itself is stronger than that of Khotan and Shule combined, and because of the cunning of the king of Qiuci, but also because of the tranquility of Li Zhen's backyard, Li Zhen did not personally go out of the army this time, but handed it over to Chen Wulai to unify the command, The left and right are just worried that once the war hurts the lives of the family of King Qiuci, Li Zhen will have a room to turn around, so as not to make trouble in the backyard and catch fire, of course, this is only one aspect of the reason, or that obscure reason that cannot be declared, in fact, the reason why Li Zhen did not personally lead the troops to attack Qiuzi has a deeper consideration:

First of all, for the Anxi metropolitan protectorate, Khotan is the forefront of the handover with Tibet, the newly established Khotanese Prefecture of Cele County is the pass from Anxi into Tibet, starting from this pass, you can easily cross the majestic Kunlun Mountains, straight to the hinterland of Tibet, in Li Zhen's strategic plan, Khotan is one of the key points of attack and defense, before the pacification of the Western Turkic forces north of the Tianshan Mountains, this state is the forefront of preventing the Tibetan forces from entering Anxi, the importance of the strategic position is needless to say, If he can't control this state in his hands, then how can Li Zhen safely lead the army to the north of the Tianshan Mountains, the old man sent a Xiao Dalong to mix the sand, which made Li Zhen feel as uncomfortable as a bone in his throat, and in desperation, he could only ensure that Khotan could be held in the hands of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate as much as possible by placing a large number of cronies to overhead Xiao Dalong. In order to ensure that Xiao Dalong's possible troublemaking behavior can be suppressed.

Secondly, in addition to being a military town, Khotan is an important economic town outside the Saiwai, its planting industry is extremely developed, located at the foot of Kunlun Khotan is flat, the land is fertile, whether it is mulberry hemp or cotton planting has a long history, there are many experts in this area, it is an indispensable and important part of the Anxi economic system established by Li Zhen, its strategic significance is not at all under its military status, however, compared to the establishment of a military fortress, to integrate the economic system of Khotan Quanzhou, It is not so simple to mobilize enough planting experts to reinforce the rest of the states in Anxi, which not only involves the appointment and assessment of officials, but also involves the formulation of relevant policies and even the specific implementation of the detailed rules. has also undergone relevant training, however, in terms of administrative experience, it is still very lacking, if Li Zhen does not stare at it personally, how can he rest assured.

Third, with the victory of one war after another, the territory of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate has already been nearly ten times larger than when Li Zhen first arrived, spanning thousands of miles, across the vast desert, and under the jurisdiction of more than 30 counties in six states, which is of course a good thing, but what follows is that the garrison towns are far apart, and whether the commander of the army can be alone has become a matter that Li Zhen must consider. This is also where Li Zhen considered letting the generals go to fight in the Quartet this time, after all, the strength of these small countries in the Western Regions is very limited, and it can be regarded as the best target for military training.

It is precisely because of the above considerations that Li Zhen will personally sit in Xicheng this time, and let his generals go to the Quartet, of course, the relevant deployment of the various departments has already been arranged in advance to stop, but there will be too many accidents, since it is assured that the generals will go to show their powers, but the power is delegated, Li Zhen can not really let go, every day the flying pigeon will send the latest battle situation to Li Zhen's desk, there is no war at the end of Shule, only some finishing work is left, Li Zhen was also relieved, but the progress of the war on the front line of Qiuci made Li Zhen have an ominous premonition - according to the battle report, although the implementation of the entire battle plan was slightly flawed, it was generally considered to have successfully completed the predetermined combat objectives and took the royal city, not to mention, even the class of the king of Qiuci fell into the hands of the Tang army, at least on the surface, there was nothing wrong, the next step was to coerce the class of the king of Qiuci to issue an edict to order all the departments of Qiuci to surrender, and send troops to exterminate those who dared to resist. Even if Bai Suxin still has about 15,000 troops in his hands, he will definitely not be able to resist the Tang army's two-way attack, it stands to reason that Qiuzi's pacification should be a sure thing, but Li Zhen has never been able to settle down, he always feels that something is wrong inside, and he can't find out where the wrong thing is, which really gives Li Zhen a headache.

The palace study? Doesn't seem likely? How could that old man be so obediently tied up? There must be a problem, there must be a problem! Li Zhen paced back and forth in the study for a while, and suddenly realized the suspiciousness in this battle report - although Li Zhen had never seen that class himself, but the information about that class in "Rising Sun" was not old and young, in Li Zhen's opinion, that class was not a person who was willing to fail at all, let alone a person who sat still, waiting for the Tang army to come to arrest in the palace study was definitely not the style of that class - the Tang army's actions were very fast, and the plan was also very thorough, but that class definitely had time to rate some palace guards to try to storm the city gate, Those who escaped outside the city, with the character of that class, how could they give up the possibility of escape so easily, if there is no name here, I'm afraid it can't be said, of course, if that class is sure that he will spare his life for the sake of Princess Mingyue, it makes sense, but that class of people is not the kind of greedy and afraid of death, let alone the kind of weak and incompetent faint king, otherwise, he would not be able to be in the Tang Dynasty, Western Turks, Tibet, Xue Yantuo and other powerful places in the Western Regions supported the prosperity and prosperity of the Qiuzi Kingdom, which means that the group deliberately tied their hands and captured them had a purpose, but what did he want to do? Or is there something he wants to hide? Thinking of this, Li Zhen strode back to the desk, took the battle report in his hand, and read it carefully again.

Bai Ning Ye is missing? Yes, herein lies the problem! Li Zhen was shocked suddenly, and remembered a possibility, that is, the king of Qiuci announced his abdication, and then passed the throne to Bai Ningye, so that the Tang army coerced that class to force the Qiuzi army to surrender The plan was declared bankrupt, if the front-line armies took it lightly, I was afraid that under the counterattack of the Qiuci army, it would inevitably suffer a big loss, and a careless would be the end of losing all the plates, as soon as I thought of this, the sweat on Li Zhen's forehead immediately came out, and he rushed to the large sand table in the corner of the study in a flash. stared at the small flags representing the forces of all sides, and his face showed a solemn look.

Time, damn time! Li Zhen only glanced at the deployment of the troops of the various armies in Qiuci on the sand table, and immediately understood the severity of the situation, and was eager to immediately ride his horse to the front line of Qiuci to personally command the battle, of course, this is just an unrealistic fantasy - not to mention that the Hotan River has been completely cut off at this time, and it is impossible to cross the extremely arid Taklamakan Desert at this time of hot summer, even if it can be done, if you want to reach the Qiuci King City, you will have to run for more than ten days, and when you get to the ground, I am afraid that the daylily will already be cold, What makes Li Zhen even more troublesome is that even if he uses flying pigeons to transmit the message, it will take a day and a half, and calculate the time when the various armies of Qiuzi may launch a surprise attack, and Li Zhen is not even sure of whether he can convey the order to the front-line troops in time, and his inner anxiety can be imagined.

That's it, it's so far, it's useless to think about it, I hope Mr. Mo can also see this flaw. Li Zhen stood silently in front of the sand table for a moment, shook his head helplessly, strode to the desk, waved his pen and wrote quickly, listed all possible situations one by one, frowned and thought about it, and then ordered the eagle general to forward the news to the army, and at the end, he thought for a long time alone in the study, and then left the study and went straight to the front yard......

Sanliwan, located in a river bay in the west of Wanhe City, the meandering Tarim River flows through here and turns an S-shaped big bay, alluvial out of a large flat land, Bai Suxin's more than 10,000 troops are stationed here, since the news of the fall of Wangcheng yesterday came, the entire military camp has fallen into a panic, under the rumors, the army's heart has been extremely weak, since last night there have been deserters, Bai Suxin had to order the camp to be closed, except for the sentinels, the army is not allowed to leave the camp without authorization, and ordered to kill more than a dozen people in public" rumors", this can be regarded as a reluctant forced suppression of the chaos in the barracks, however, Bai Suxin himself knows that relying on such coercive means alone cannot really stabilize the morale of the army, but he himself does not know how to face this chaos, so he has to invite Prime Minister Nali, who has never looked down on him, to the big tent of the Chinese army.

"Report, big marshal, there is a person outside the camp who claims to be His Royal Highness and wants to see the big marshal, please show the big marshal." Just when Bai Suxin and Nari were arguing over whether to stay still or return to the royal city for the next step, a hundred household chiefs hurriedly entered and reported loudly.

"Condensation?"

"Your Highness?"

As soon as I heard Bai Ningye arrive outside the camp, Bai Suxin and Nali blurted out at the same time, but the names are very different, and there is nothing wrong with the "Your Highness" called by Nali, but Bai Suxin's "Ning Ye" has some problems - that class did not clearly establish the crown prince, but this time with Bai Ning Ye as the deputy general of the city itself faintly has the meaning of establishing Bai Ning Ye as the prince, with Bai Suxin's status, it is normal to call Bai Ning Ye by the name of Bai Ning Ye when meeting in private, but it is extraordinary to call Ning Ye directly before the generals, Especially the words that blurted out showed that Bai Suxin did not have the slightest good impression of Bai Ningye, and at this time when the king had fallen and the king's whereabouts were unknown, his intentions were only worthy of good students' research, others might not be aware of it, but the cautious Nali heard something strange, although his face was as usual, but his eyes showed doubt, but Nali City was deep, but he didn't say anything, just sat silently on the side, waiting for Bai Suxin to give an order.

Since yesterday, there have been a lot of defeated soldiers and refugees from the collapse of the royal city, but the news has been very different, except for the fact that the fall of the royal city can be confirmed, all other aspects are different opinions, whether it is the strength of the Tang army or the life and death of the king of Qiuzi, there are different versions, but one thing is undoubted, that is, so far, that class has not issued any edict to the front-line armies, and the royal city has fallen for two days, which means that the class himself is either dead or fell into the hands of the Tang army, and at this time he has a heavy army, And have the authority to dispatch all kinds of soldiers and horses in the turtle Zi Bai Suxin's selfish heart has some waves, when the previous discussion, although there was no obvious expression, but the rejection of the proposal to quickly return to the division of Wang Cheng has faintly indicated that he gradually has the meaning of self-reliance, at this time I heard that Bai Ningye arrived outside the barracks, it really made Bai Suxin feel as uncomfortable as eating a fly raw, but in front of the generals, he couldn't say what he couldn't see, helpless, frowned and groaned for a while, then looked at the silent Nali, and then said loudly:" Open the camp gate and greet His Highness. ”

Bai Ningye was dressed in rags and led a thin horse to stand more than ten zhang in front of the camp gate, facing the bright knife in front of the camp gate, Bai Ningye had a very strong urge to scold people - since the night of the fall of the royal city, after Bai Ningye escaped from the royal city through the secret passage, he appeared in a small farm, but unfortunately the people of this small farm had already been scared away by the chaos in the royal city, and the result was that Bai Ningye could not even find the horses that were walking, so he could only flee on foot in the direction of Wanhe City by feeling, and as a result, he took the wrong road, Finally killed a rout who tried to rob him in the middle of the road, got a war horse, and asked the fleeing people the way, it took a lot of effort, this can be regarded as in front of Bai Suxin's military camp, Bai Suxin has already issued an order to close the camp, Bai Ningye can't enter the camp, not to mention, he was almost greeted by the officers and soldiers guarding the camp, and his bad mood can be imagined, a originally handsome face is distorted, and the anger in his eyes can simply melt gold and iron, Although he had seen the opening of the camp gate, Bai Suxin and Nali were about to come out, but Bai Ningye stood there without moving, and he didn't have the slightest intention of rushing forward to pay respects.

Bai Suxin has never looked down on Bai Ningye, who has mediocre skills, and has very little private contact with Bai Ningye, plus he has the identity of Uncle Wang, this time he went out of the camp to greet him, in his own opinion, it was already very face-saving for Bai Ningye, but seeing that Bai Ningye was standing in front of the camp in a big way, waiting for everyone to come forward to salute, his heart immediately became angry, and he stopped at the gate of the camp with a calm face, frowning and not saying anything.

Bai Suxin stopped, and the generals behind him could only stop, and the atmosphere was particularly strange for a while, Nali saw that the situation was not right, his eyes turned, and he didn't pay attention to Bai Suxin's white eyes, strode forward, and said with excitement on his face: "The old minister sees His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness can get rid of the great difficulty, it is really the blessing of the Buddha, you have worked hard all the way, the old minister is late, please forgive your Highness." ”

As soon as Nali came out like this, Bai Suxin couldn't pretend not to see Bai Ningye anymore, so he had to step forward and greet him very politely: "Your Highness has worked hard from afar, please enter the camp first, and it's not too late to discuss something slowly." ”

Although Bai Ningye is not as cunning as his father, and he is not a person with great talent, he has been in the palace for a long time, and he is also a good hand at playing conspiracy, and he was full of anger and grievances before, but when he saw Bai Suxin and Nali, the behavior of the two bosses, he had vaguely guessed that there was something strange in it, and he didn't dare to hold the prince's posture anymore, his eyes rolled, and he suddenly cried loudly, beating his chest and feet, but he also looked extremely aggrieved, making Bai Suxin and Nali in a hurry, It's hard to persuade and can't be persuaded to say, and I can't figure out what the situation is, so I can only say some nonsense that is not very nutritious, and I can comfort with good words.

Nali persuaded for a while, and saw that Bai Ningye never spoke, just blindly cried endlessly, and suddenly woke up, daring to love this buddy is acting, he laughed secretly in his heart, but his face showed a trace of sadness and said: "Your Highness, don't be so sad, if there is something to say, the ministers will definitely serve His Highness, and they will never give up!" ”

Bai Suxin saw Nali's expression, although he didn't like it in his heart, but in front of the generals, he couldn't help but echo it, so he could only say vaguely: "What the Prime Minister said is very true, His Highness has any grievances, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Bai Ningye was obviously waiting for this sentence, no, as soon as Bai Suxin's words fell, Bai Ningye wiped his face, regardless of the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, he glanced at the generals with red eyes, and said calmly: "The city has fallen, I am in danger, whether I can get out of this disaster depends on the generals, Xiao Wang begged you for his father." As soon as he finished speaking, he fell to his knees.

Bai Ningye is the identity of the eldest prince, his identity is very noble, how dare the generals present accept his great gift, they are all busy kneeling down, even Bai Suxin, who is extremely greasy in his heart, has to pout and kneel on the ground, of course, he greeted Bai Ningye's mother fiercely in his heart, which is inevitable.

The soldiers knelt on the ground, but Bai Ningye immediately stood up, took out a bag from his arms, and announced loudly: "Father has a will here, and the generals will obey the order." "The big guy obviously didn't expect Bai Ningye to come to such a hand, so it was not good to stand up at this time, so they could only kneel on the ground and wait for Bai Ningye to make a decision.

Bai Ningye calmly glanced at the soldiers who were kneeling on the ground, and at the end, his eyes fell on Bai Suxin and Nali, and he deliberately paused for a while, then he retracted his gaze, slowly opened the brocade bag, took out a roll of yellow silk from it, slowly unfolded it, cleared his throat, and read it out loud: "...... It is not good for the widow to defend the land, ashamed of the ancestors and ancestors, and no longer occupy the high position of the temple, hereby passed on to the eldest prince Bai Ningye, hoping that the generals will try their best to assist the new monarch, recover the homeland, and reorganize the national prestige, so as to comfort my heart......"

Whether it was Nali or Bai Suxin, they didn't expect that what Bai Ningye read out would be the abdication edict of that class, and they were all caught off guard, and they had no idea for a while, until Bai Ningye had already announced his will, and he didn't come back to his senses, and the generals below were all ignorant and didn't understand what was going on, and there was a strange silence at the scene......

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