Take the incident of Li You bullying the princess for example. Fortunately, it happened in the territory of the Turks. After all, the Western Turks were still powerful.
If this happened in any other small country, I'm afraid it would be unimaginable. Take Loulan for example. Let alone the princess, even if it was the king's wife, what would happen? The combined armed forces of the entire country only had about 30,000 people.
Moreover, their combat effectiveness is not good enough, they only have about 70% of the combat effectiveness of the Western Turkic cavalry. Under such circumstances, if someone sleeps with your king's wife, are you really going to react? Are all 30,000 of you enough to give the Tang army a hard time?
When this happened, the Prime Minister summoned his generals and asked them to do a sand table simulation on the map. The final result made the Prime Minister completely give up. Unless our army runs into the desert and fights guerrilla warfare with the Tang army, we will cause some casualties to the Tang army.
But we will not be able to win. When our army enters the desert, the Tang army will enter the main transportation arteries and cities in Loulan, which is equivalent to controlling more than 70% of Loulan's population. In this case, no matter what kind of victory the army in the desert achieves, it will not be able to turn the tide.
So after General Kang Ying finished speaking, this guy felt that he needed to ride back as fast as possible. If Li You did something excessive in his own country, then they could only swallow their anger and not make a big deal out of this matter. In other words, if he wanted to hit us on the left cheek, we not only had to turn our left cheek over, but also had to be prepared to be hit on the right cheek.
Although it is a bit shameful to do so, who makes us not as strong as others? The relationship between countries is actually the same as the relationship between people. When you are strong enough, others will give you full respect. But if you are not strong enough, sometimes you even breathe incorrectly, and others can easily find a reason to annex you.
Originally, there was still the Western Regions Coalition Forces here to hold on, and perhaps some people in the Tang Dynasty had to think twice before doing anything, but now the Western Regions Coalition Forces has been disbanded. As the core of the Western Regions Coalition Forces, the Western Turkic army is about to withdraw, and the prime minister of Loulan Kingdom sees it very clearly that after the Western Regions Coalition Forces are disbanded this time, it is absolutely impossible for Li Xiang to allow the Western Regions countries to unite again.
The last time they were able to unite was because of the Xueyantuo Khan. He was a capable man, and he persuaded all the countries in the Western Regions. But do you still have that chance now? Let's not talk about other countries, just the largest force, the Western Turks. They have finally won a certain degree of peace, and there is no way they will return to the quagmire on their own.
Without the participation of the Western Turks, even if there are some eloquent people, even if you unite all the countries in the Western Regions, our strength is limited. How can we deal with the Tang army?
Throughout the entire day, troops from all over the country came to say goodbye to General Kang Ying. Although these people did not provide much help in normal times, they had lived in the same military camp for such a long time after all. General Kang Ying was still a little sad when they said goodbye.
"General, a Tang army has emerged from the border."
A farewell ceremony was going on here, but who knew something would happen nearby? If it were in the past, General Kang Ying would definitely order his men to be on high alert, but now most of the troops have already packed their luggage and are preparing to return to the royal city.
Procedure?
Cheng Yaojin?
General Kang Ying saw the general's flag in the distance, and the words on it reminded him of General Cheng Yaojin of the Tang Dynasty, who was also a powerful general of the Tang Dynasty.
But when he saw the person leading the troops, Kang Ying knew that he was wrong. This person should be the descendant of General Cheng Yaojin, otherwise how could he be so young?
General Kang Ying immediately led more than 20 people to meet them. It seemed that there were not many people on the opposite side, only about 500 to 600 at most, and they should not be here to start a war.
"May I ask if that's General Kang Ying?"
Cheng Chumo clasped his fists and said.
"I am the one who is here. I wonder who the general is?"
Although they are now in the process of retreat, the Western Turks have not been defeated after all, and General Kang Ying still speaks with full energy.
"My name is Cheng Chumo, and my father is Cheng Yaojin, the great general of the Tang Dynasty."
Cheng Chumo said very proudly that such a legacy has basically been formed in the Tang Dynasty army. If your father is not strong enough, you will not be able to make the name known. But if your father is strong enough, then making the name known is equivalent to an honor, which means that your family has a deep knowledge.
"I wonder what brings you here, General!"
If it were in the past, General Kang Ying would have had to exchange greetings with Cheng Chumo, but he was in a low mood at the moment, so he was not in the mood to do so.
"I believe the General has also received your Khan's letter. We have also received a letter from our Highness. You will begin your retreat today. We are here to oversee it. Aside from the 20,000 cavalry of your royal court, the rest of the army must complete its retreat before sunset tomorrow."
When Cheng Chumo said this, many people present were a little unconvinced and wanted to fight him for three hundred rounds, but they were all stopped by General Kang Ying. This was a warning to us. No matter whether we retreat tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, we will leave here sooner or later. If we fight with the other party because of this little thing, wouldn’t all our previous negotiations be in vain?
"Please rest assured, General Cheng. We will complete the retreat within the stipulated time. However, our army also carries a large amount of supplies. We hope General Cheng can give us time to count them."
The combat troops were able to retreat as soon as they were told to, but the logistics personnel were slower.
"I haven't received any correspondence in that regard. The letter I received is that you must evacuate completely by tomorrow night. If you don't, we will take over all your personnel and supplies."
After hearing what Cheng Chumo said, General Kang Ying felt uncomfortable. You are clearly robbing us. We have transported so many supplies from the rear. Can you just take them away if you want?
