Datang: Li Shimin begged me to rebel

"Thank you for giving me this opportunity, Your Highness. I am willing to follow His Highness's instructions." Jiang Quhu agreed directly after thinking for a while.

Because it seems that Li Ke gave him a choice, but in fact, he has no choice at all.

Li Ke's words have already been made very clear. If Datang took down Ruoqiang, then don't worry, Khan and those nobles were the first to be cleaned up. Is it easy for Datang to take down Ruoqiang?It can be said that... the army was wiped out as soon as it passed by, without any special effort.

But now after he makes this choice, it is different. He is Yaoqiang, and he will have the confidence to speak among countries such as Qiemo and Yanqi in the future. There are people behind me.

The point is, Jiang Quhu is very yearning for the things Li Ke described to him!Because he has never played before!

"You made a wise choice!" The smile on Li Ke's face was so bright that he almost stood up and walked over to shake hands with the other party.

"It was His Highness who taught me a lesson and made me understand some truths." Jiang Quhu hurriedly bent down and said, whether to die or enjoy a better life, Jiang Quhu is not stupid.

"Yes, in this way, you can rest here for a few days, and then go back directly. At that time, I will let people lead a thousand cavalry and some personnel to go to Raoqiang with you for the initial layout." Li Ke said with a smile.

"Yes!" Now that the decision has been made, Jiang Quhu no longer hesitates.

Asking Yang Anning to send Jiang Quhu away, Li Ke nodded in satisfaction. The fulcrum of Tang's future control of the Western Regions has advanced two thousand miles westward.

The location of Raoqiang is actually very good. If it is located on the southern line of the Silk Road, it is just at a central meeting point. If you go southwest, you can go to Qiemo and other directions, and if you go west to north, you can go to Yanqi.

If a city is established here as a fulcrum, it means that some caravans of Datang do not even need to continue to other countries in the Western Regions, but here as a transit point, when the time comes, caravans from other countries can come here to follow Datang caravan trade.

At the same time, Li Ke can send a large amount of grain to this place in exchange for growing a large amount of cotton in Qiemo, Yanqi and other places. After all, these places have told Li Ke in later generations that the cotton grown here is of very high quality.

Yes, another goal has been achieved. For Li Ke, this is the best choice at present. In fact, if Li Ke is really asked to take down Yao Qiang, he is not very easy to manage. It’s not that he can’t, but it’s not as good as the current form. Taking down the Qiang will easily arouse the vigilance of the small countries in the surrounding Western Regions, and it will be difficult when the next step is taken.

After all, when a big country takes action, it always pays attention to the teacher's reputation, even if you show someone a tube of washing powder, you still have to show it.

Now that the cavalry of Datang has gone, it was Yao Qiang who asked Datang to send troops to protect him in the name of Luo Qiang!To the outside world, you see, I, the Tang Dynasty, am benevolent to the utmost, right?Being so kind to the surrounding small countries, they are threatened, and my Tang Dynasty also helps to garrison troops to protect them!

As for Rao Qiang joining Datang in the future, it is because Rao Qiang felt the power and courtesy of my Datang, and then willingly joined my Datang, which is none of my business.

What?You ask, what kind of threats has Luo Qiang received? !

Of course, Tuyuhun slipped through the net. Thousands of cavalry led by Murong Shun, the eldest son of Tuyuhun's former Khan, fled from Tuyuhun into the Western Regions, and they may attack any place at any time, because they are like rootless duckweed now, they must be To grab a piece of land.

That's why I, the Tang Dynasty, sent troops to protect the Ruoqiang Kingdom.

On the second day Jiang Quhu came to Chihai, Li Ke and others sent Li Jing, Hou Junji and other troops back to Chang'an. Xue Wanche brothers led.

Li Daozong led the cavalry to pick up his family, wife and daughter, and there was actually a famous general of the Tang Dynasty who stayed in the camp, but it was not too obvious now, and he was currently Li Daozong's deputy general.

This person is Niu Jinda.

After Li Jing and the others left, the [-] elite soldiers around Chihai were temporarily led by Su Dingfang, Pei Xingjian, and Niu Jinda brought by Li Ke.

After sending Li Jing and the others away, Li Ke called the three of them over.

"This time there is a task that needs to be decided by the three of you." Li Ke said.

"Your Highness, please tell me." After Li Jing and others left, Li Ke was the well-deserved Protector of Xizhou. When Li Jing was there, because his status was only temporarily controlled by the Protector of Xizhou, but after Li Jing and others left, all the troops Li Ke is the supreme officer.

So they naturally obeyed Li Ke.

"There is an important task. I need to follow the king of the Raoqiang Kingdom to lead a thousand cavalry to stay in the Raoqiang Kingdom. I need to be proficient in a certain degree of martial arts." Li Ke said his request.

"Raoqiang country? Garrison?" The three of them were a little confused. Ruoqiang is a country, why did we let the Tang Dynasty garrison troops.

"Your Highness, we can discuss about candidates, but who is the Qiang Kingdom?" Su Dingfang asked curiously.

"It's nothing, I didn't ask him to send an envoy to Chihai to explain to me why Murong Fuyun fled into Tulunchuan, and they didn't report it to the Raoqiang? Later, the king of the Raoqiang, Jiang Quhu, also knew about it, and came here in person. Yes. I told him about the advantages and disadvantages of my Great Tang, and then he agreed to merge into my Great Tang.”

"To put it another way, the Rao Qiang is actually my territory of the Tang Dynasty now, but I still need it for the time being, so I will keep it for now." Li Ke said lightly.

Su Dingfang: "..."

Pei Xingjian: "..."

Niu Jinda: "..."

We can understand every word you said, Your Highness, why can't we understand it together?Can a country join Datang with just one mouth?

What's the matter, people go out to fight and lead troops, Your Highness, are you talking?

This is too outrageous, just relying on one mouth, let a country merge into Datang?Although Ruoqiang is a small country, there are many small countries in the Western Regions, and no one is willing to merge into the Tang Dynasty.

Looking at their expressions, Li Ke was a little disdainful, "Tch, don't you understand?This is my highness, if my highness is fully fired, what will this be called in an online novel more than 1000 years later?It is called "Datang: I let you manage the countries of the Western Regions, but you have unified them? "

Speaking of which, Li Ke had seen quite a few in his previous life.

"Your Highness, are you serious?" Niu Jinda couldn't help asking, not because he didn't believe Li Ke, but mainly because it was too... so what's the use of these generals?

"Of course it's true, it's just a small country, but after I took Raoqiang, its position is very important. It is the place where we can take Qiemo, Loulan, Yanqi, Khotan Tian, ​​Shache, Shule and other countries in the future. An important springboard." Li Ke nodded and said, these countries in the Western Regions are ridiculously old, such as the Khotan Kingdom, which is more than 1200 years old.

The three of Su Dingfang looked at each other, and Niu Jinda hesitated and asked, "Your Highness, a thousand cavalry is just a captain. Does he need to do a lot?"

"It's not too much. I will send him some people to assist him. He needs to make some decisions, just resolutely implement my policy." Li Ke said.

"That minister has a recommendation." Niu Jinda said.