The travel of the Tang Dynasty prince is an extremely important event in any country. When Li Xiang went to Tubo, he was just the eldest grandson of the emperor. His status may be slightly different from that of Li You today.
But Li Xiang became the crown prince, and his status was much higher than Li You's. However, the status of the Western Regions is far inferior to that of Tubo. Tubo was a powerful country that could be on par with the Tang Dynasty in the past, and people gave Li Xiang enough courtesy. Now that Li You is visiting the Western Regions, Li Xiang only needs to spread the news, and all countries must be on high alert.
Allied military camp.
"What the hell are they doing? At this tense moment, a prince is actually going to the Western Regions and is going to visit so many countries."
General Kang Ying was the first to receive this document. When he received it, he thought that the Tang Dynasty was joking. Although you and we are not at war, everyone can see that the two sides may fight at any time. In this case, are you sending people to visit because you want this prince to die in the Western Regions?
Of course, they understand that the Han people are very scheming. Sometimes, if they want to kill someone, it is not convenient for them to do it on their own territory, so they have to send this person to another country's territory, for example, to another country as a hostage, and use someone else's hand to kill this person. Such things happen from time to time.
But the international situation is a little different now. The Tang Dynasty is now in the position of a superpower. Even if all the countries in the Western Regions are combined, they cannot resist the invasion of the Tang Dynasty. There is no need to send such a person here. So what is the Tang Dynasty up to?
Everyone has few opportunities to deal with the Tang Dynasty. After hearing the general's words, they still looked at Xueyantuo Khan at the door and looked for the general among the dwarfs. Although you are also a brainless guy, you are at least much stronger than us, and you have more opportunities to deal with the Tang Dynasty.
"Don't you all understand this? The Tang Dynasty is eyeing the Western Regions covetously, wanting to occupy your countries at any time. However, they must find a reason. Without a legitimate reason, it may provoke strong resistance from the countries in the Western Regions. Now that this prince is visiting the Western Regions, I'm afraid he is just looking for trouble."
Although Xueyantuo Khan was not good at doing things and was useless in fighting wars, he was still capable, especially when analyzing some of the practices of the Tang Dynasty, he was definitely far superior to people here.
"This is truly insidious. We've already shown sufficient sincerity and were prepared to negotiate with them, even offering tribute and vassalage. Yet, they're now using this method to seduce us."
"Who says it's not? Is this still the so-called Celestial Empire? If they act this way, we can just fight them and not put up with their bullshit."
"Yes, let's fight them. Although the strength of our Western Region countries is not as great as theirs, they may not be our opponents in the vast northwest. If we really circle them, we can eventually outlast them."
After Xueyantuo Khan finished speaking, everyone present could not help but think that Li Xiang was really bad at the moment. If they continued to do this, they would have no place to stand in the future. So they could no longer bear it and had to fight him to the end.
These people are leaders of some small countries. What they say cannot determine the direction of the coalition forces. General Kang Ying is the dominant one here. Apart from him is the prime minister of Loulan. The two looked at each other. They did not deny that what Xueyantuo Khan said was true, but they did not agree with what these people present said.
Is it necessary for the Tang Dynasty to follow you everywhere? Everywhere in the Western Regions is uninhabitable. Only a small part is habitable. If the Tang army can occupy this place, they can drive you into the deep mountains. How can people survive there?
The second is the supply of salt and iron. The countries in the Western Regions do not produce these things. They can only obtain them by trading with the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, they usually eat beef and mutton. If there is no tea leaves or oil, then people's bodies will have problems. It will be too easy for others to deal with you.
There has basically been no victory in the wars between the Western Regions and the Central Plains. Only the nomadic peoples in the north have won. Now the nomadic peoples in the north have been defeated. With a bunch of you jumping clowns, don't even think about defeating the Tang Dynasty, which is now in its heyday.
"General, Prime Minister, what do you two think?"
The people below said enough harsh words, and finally found that the two people in power did not say a word. If these two people did not express their opinions, Ren Ping and others would shout their tents over, but in the end they would not be able to mobilize a single soldier. Even if they had the ability to mobilize the army, what could they do with the few people they mobilized?
Both men were lost in thought when they heard someone calling them, and they came out of their own world. The people below had even drawn their swords. General Kang Ying's face showed dissatisfaction. "Do you really think you can solve this problem by fighting hard? If you are really so brave, then I won't stop you. The Tang army is not far away from us. You can charge up with your own men."
"You are a bunch of useless people. If you were really so brave, why didn't you lead your own troops to charge forward when the Tang army arrived that day? Now that the Tang army has left, you have all drawn your swords. Is there a Tang army here? What are you doing with your swords?"
General Kang Ying's words made these people bow their heads. They were indeed just a group of bullies. When facing weaker enemies, their cavalry passed by like a gust of wind.
But if you were facing the Tang army, the Tang army's artillery shells would have already fallen before you could even deploy your battle formation. No matter how fast your cavalry ran, could you be faster than their artillery shells?
Moreover, even in a cavalry duel, we are no match for the Tang army. We have exchanged fire, and the Xueyantuo cavalry is much stronger than us, but did they gain any advantage? They were still decimated by the Tang army.