Chapter 58: Resolve the thunderbolt

Chen Wanrong opened his eyes wide, waved his right hand and ordered loudly: "Soldiers are making great food, set off!"

"The soldiers are making great food, set off!" The generals shouted in unison, happily left the tent, and led the team to the Western Regions.

The Tang army drove out of the barracks one by one and headed west. Chen Wanrong said to Yang Sixu: "The artillery is heavy, so it is better to walk at the end. If you are willing to go to General Yang to accompany me. I will rush forward to deal with the military aircraft."

This is true, Yang Sixu said without saying a word: "Please rest assured, I will pay attention to it!"

"Then I'll have a hard time!" Chen Wanrong clasped his fists, quickly stepped out of the tent, flew over the blue and white, and rode westward. At this time, on the road to the Western Regions, the Tang army flags covered the sky, lined up in several columns and drove westward, looking forward without end, and looking backward without end, as if a long dragon passing through the sky, rolling westward.

Looking at the Tang army with a large scale, a horse like a tiger, and a rainbow, Chen Wanrong couldn't help but sigh: "There has never been a large-scale march towards the Western Regions in Chinese history. The Tang army has excellent equipment, strict training, high morale, and flexible tactics. It is one of the best war-making troops in Chinese history. This time, you will definitely win a battle! The Mongolians once conquered the Eurasian continent with few armies. Compared with the Tang army, the Mongolian army did not have so many advantages. Although the Mongolians were good at fighting and had a variety of tactics, the Mongolians' technology was not as good as the Han people. They did not have that great advantage in technology, let alone, they could only turn horses and bend their bows, and did not have the brilliant civilization of China! That's it, even the Mongolians could succeed, why couldn't the Tang Dynasty succeed?"

The more Chen Wanrong thought about it, the more confident he became. He slapped his horse and ran away.

Going west, after noon, you came to Yumen Pass. The officials of Yumen Pass were waiting at the door with a team of people. When they saw Chen Wanrong coming, they hurriedly came up and said, "The officials have seen the military supervisor. The military supervisor came from afar, and it is very hard. Please go to the city to rest."

Chen Wanrong clasped his fists and said, "Military situation is urgent, so it is not appropriate to be put on hold. Please forgive me."

The official hurriedly said: "The military supervisor, the subordinates prepare some water and wine in the government office to make the military supervisor's behavior."

Chen Wanrong said with a solemn face: "I appreciate your kindness. If you are sincere in serving the country, you might as well put your thoughts on government. Oh, I'll give you a task, you have to mobilize the people to burn more hot water and soak your feet for the infantry brothers. The action depends on a pair of feet, and it is of great benefit to soak them in hot water."

The Tang army was equipped with many war horses, and even infantry had many war horses. However, this does not guarantee that all infantry had horses and riders, and there were still many people walking. Soaking their feet with hot water can relieve fatigue. It is a trouble-saving and effective way.

The official hurriedly said, "Please rest assured, the officers can pay attention to it."

"Goodbye!" Chen Wanrong clasped his fists, pulled the reins of the horse and galloped away.

Looking at Chen Wanrong's back, a subordinate said, "I'm so arrogant! I'm kind-hearted and made a donkey's liver and lungs."

The official's face tightened and shouted, "Don't talk nonsense! The official admires him a little! He does not delay his work. This is a good official who is dedicated to the public! Why are he still standing? Go and boil water quickly!"

All the subordinates responded and walked away quickly.

Chen Wanrong rode northwest and ran dozens of miles to a new road, which was a concrete road. Chen Wanrong was very happy and flew off the horse, and his right foot was not on the road. It was quite strong. Looking forward, he couldn't see his head. The Tang army was amazed: "What road is this? It's so smooth and flat!"

This is the first cement road in Chinese history. They have never seen it before, so it is naturally amazing.

Chen Wanrong looked around and saw a stone the size of a washbasin in front of him. He walked over and picked it up. When he returned to the road, he smashed it hard, making a bang sound, which made his hands hurt.

Cheng Xiaotian happened to see it, and the Pegasus caught up and asked, "Mr. Supervisor, what are you doing? Didn't the good road be smashed for you?"

Chen Wanrong put the stone and looked at it: "I'm checking the hardness of the road surface to see if they are lazy in building roads. Last time, when I came to Longxi, I wanted to come and see it. Due to the tight time, I didn't come. Today I have to figure it out."

Cheng Xiaotian understood, flew off the horse, came to Chen Wanrong, squatted down and looked at it, and said in surprise: "I see that the military commander is very strong. There are only white spots on the road, and there is no damage at all. It is very strong." His right foot stepped on the road, and he exclaimed: "I have never seen such a strong road in my life. Military commander, if this road is built to the Western Regions, it would be great."

Chen Wanrong explained to him: "This is called a cement road, which is made by military equipment. It was built here. It was to build it to the Western Regions. It was just not long, and it only took dozens of miles. In a year or two, this road can be built to the Western Regions."

Cheng Xiaotian suddenly realized and said with a smile: "No wonder the military supervisor wants to test it. It's your masterpiece."

Chen Wanrong threw the stone outside the road and said, "Let's go!" He flew on his horse and rode his horse away.

Cheng Xiaotian rode his horse and caught up, walking with Chen Wanrong.

The two of them were rushing and talking, and they were also lonely. They quickly finished the cement road. Once the cement road was finished, the road conditions ahead were not easy to walk. However, the road conditions were obvious and the road surface was quite solid, so even if the cannons were passing on it. What Chen Wanrong was most worried about was that the road was not good and it was inconvenient for the cannons to enter, so he couldn't help but feel relieved.

What Chen Wanrong didn’t know was that the section of the cement road was the most difficult to walk to Yizhou. After that section was solved, the traffic to Yizhou was much better.

When I was camping that night, Chen Wanrong was doing nothing in the tent and opened the package given by Princess Jinxian. He was in a hurry to go on the road these two days and had no time to check it out. He saw a few clothes inside, which looked very suitable. He picked it up and compared it, and it seemed to be tailor-made. He put down his clothes and saw a white handkerchief in the package. He thought to himself: "Princess Jinxian is really careful. He actually thought that I was going to sweat when I was on the way and prepared the handkerchief."

He held it in his hand and looked at it, and couldn't help but be stunned. There was a faint fragrance on the handkerchief. Chen Wanrong knew that it was a woman's body fragrance when he smelled it. When his thoughts turned slightly, he couldn't help but be surprised: "This is the handkerchief of Princess Golden Immortal! Why did she put it here?"

After looking at the handkerchief, I saw a pair of birds embroidered with ears and rubbing each other. The intimacy made people think a lot. Chen Wanrong couldn't help but think: "What is Princess Jinxian doing? Could it be that... the Supreme Emperor's words mean something, but it won't be..."

Chen Wanrong was a little unbelievable about what happened next and kept patting his forehead: "This is this..."

Recalling the incident since he met Princess Jinxian, Chen Wanrong had to admit that Princess Jinxian had no intention of this move. Chen Wanrong put the handkerchief in his arms and shook his head and said, "This matter can only be handled after the war!"

It has been two days since I left Chang'an, and I was a little tired. Chen Wanrong didn't go and thought about it and started to rest. The next day, he continued to travel, and after arriving in Yizhou, he had a short rest and then set off.

He rushed from Yizhou to the west, came to Xizhou, then turned southwest, rushed to Yanqi Town, and then rushed west to Kucha Town, where the Anxi Protectorate Mansion is located.

As the capital of Anxi Protectorate, Chen Wanrong of course had to stay and understand the military situation on the front line. The Tang army who arrived at Kucha Town was indeed a little tired. Chen Wanrong ordered them to rest for three days before they set off on the road.

During his stay in Kucha Town, Chen Wanrong learned that Daogeshuhan's army and Hacha were still in stalemate in Samarkand. Both sides fought many times and each had their own victory or defeat. What made Geshuhan's most headache was Hachashu's top-secret weapon Greek fire. Whenever the Dashi army could not resist, Hachashu would use Greek fire and turn defeat into victory. The Tang army had to retreat to the city to hold on.

In order to solve the Greek fire, Geshuhan thought of many solutions, but Hacha was too cunning and failed.

Three days later, Chen Wanrong led his army to the west and passed by Rehai. On that day, he came to Saiye City. Saiye City was the capital of Tuqishi, and Su Lu came to greet him with all civil and military officials.

The relationship between Tuqishi and the Tang Dynasty was very subtle and it was necessary to solve the problem. Chen Wanrong ordered the Tang army to enter Suiye City.

In order to achieve the suddenness of the march, the Tang Dynasty kept this march very secret. Su Lu didn't know that the Tang army was advancing westward. He originally thought it was just a few reinforcements. However, the Tang army entered the city in a constant stream, and there were many arrivals one after another. Not long after, the Thunder Ye City could not be stationed. Chen Wanrong ordered the Tang army to camp outside the city.

In order to shock Su Lu, Chen Wanrong planned to stay in Suye City for a few more days to allow more Tang troops to arrive. Chen Wanrong's idea had a good effect. Looking at the dozens of miles of camp outside the city, Su Lu's face changed drastically.

"May I ask the military supervisor, how many troops did the imperial court send to the Western Regions this time?" Su Lu felt upset.

Since Geshuhan and Hacha had only stalemate, Sulu had been waiting and watching, hoping that Geshuhan would be defeated. In that case, he could take advantage of the situation and re-enter the Western Regions and dominate for a while. If Geshuhan had not transferred his most elite 50,000 Hu'er Army, he might have had something unusual long ago.

Now, seeing so many Tang troops, Su Lu was naturally afraid and had to find out.

Chen Wanrong naturally understood his thoughts, and he would not reveal his feelings. He said ambiguously: "Khan, you don't know. The court has made up his mind to fight the Great Food War. How much does it take. However, the army is very tired from coming from afar. Please ask Khan to help me and lend me some food and fodder."

Although the goal was not achieved, Su Lu knew that Chen Wanrong's words might not be fake. There were tens of thousands of Tang troops who arrived in Suye City, and they were still rushing to arrive. The Tang Dynasty dispatched at least 100,000 troops this time.

One hundred thousand, in the history of the Tang Dynasty, there was no such large-scale march towards the Western Regions. Su Lu was frightened and said with a kind smile: "The military supervisor is so serious, how dare you say that you borrow the word? We just provide food and fodder."

"Khan knows the general and is loyal to the court. I will definitely listen to the heavens!" Chen Wanrong patted Su Lu's shoulders with great pleasure, as if he met an old friend, and was very intimate.

Su Lu secretly complained in his heart that if there were 100,000 Tang troops, he would consume a large part of his food and fodder. He was 120 who were unwilling to provide food and fodder, but he dared not refuse to give it to him in this situation. The reason is very simple. With so many Tang troops, they could not fight with Dashi, and of course, they could also destroy him.

Back then, when Su Dingfang was expeditioning the west, the Tang army had only a little over 10,000 in the battle of Yihe, but it defeated the 100,000 Western Turkic army with absolute advantage and beheaded tens of thousands of people. This time, the Tang Dynasty dispatched so many troops, and could it be enough to defeat the Turkic cavalry so that there was not even one left. Can he have a choice?

Just as Su Lu was complaining, Chen Wanrong smiled and said, "Khan, a few years ago, Gu Taibai fought eastward and crossed the Yaoshen River, but surrounded you. Gu Taibai had to pay a large amount of dinars, wouldn't Khan use up all of them?"

When Gu Taibai advanced westward, Su Lu was ordered to go to war. Because Gu Taibai was unfamiliar with the people of Gu Taibai, he surrounded the army of Tuqishi. Of course, Su Lu was not really doing things for the Tang Dynasty, but just wanted to gain some benefits from it. He asked Gu Taibai to pay the ransom. Gu Taibai's situation was very unfavorable at the time, so he had to agree with Su Lu's request and gave a large amount of gold coins before retreating.

Su Lu's heart was thrilled and said, "Military Supervisor, you know that our Tuqi Shi is poor, so how can this little gold coins be enough? It has been spent long ago."

Chen Wanrong stared at him and said coldly: "Seriously? Didn't you lie?"

Su Lu said firmly: "Tell me every truth! Military Supervisor, how dare I lie in front of you!"

Chen Wanrong said leisurely: "But I heard that you are disobedient and pleased each other on both sides. You asked the court for food, gold, silver and weapons from time to time. You also informed Gu Taibai of the court from time to time. Gu Taibai gave you a lot of benefits. Dinar, Damascus swords, are you?"

With a move of his right hand, the guards surrounded Sulu and sandwiched him in the middle.

The Tuqi was sandwiched between the Tang Dynasty and the Dashi, and it was a good strategy to please both sides. The Western Regions Protectorate in the past turned a blind eye to this matter and did not intend to pursue it. The reason was that the Tang Dynasty had not had many troops in the Western Regions at that time, and could not cause trouble, so it was best to seek stability. Even Geshuhan was just a wake-up call for Sulu and did not touch him.

However, Chen Wanrong said it without hesitation. Su Lu understood the benefits and interests of it. The Tang army now entered the Western Regions in a large scale, and certainly wanted to fight Dashi. However, before fighting Dashi, they must first stabilize the rear and must not catch fire in the backyard. He, the person on both ends of Yiwei, would probably be the first to be hurt. He couldn't help but complain and hurriedly said, "The military supervisor, there is nothing, there is really nothing!"

This matter cannot be admitted, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Chen Wanrong understood his thoughts and said, "Khan, it's still time to admit it now! Otherwise, if I find out later, I won't tell you, and you will understand the consequences. I dare not say anything else, but I dare to say something, Tuqi Shi will disappear from now on!"

It was very simple for so many Tang troops to arrive in the Western Regions to make Tuqishi disappear. Su Lu did not think that Chen Wanrong was threatening him. After thinking about it, he could only say: "The army supervisor is wise, Su Lu did do something to sorry for the court, and get some benefits from Gu Taibai."

It is a last resort to defeating the Tuqi Shi and then advancing westward. Because, it would be a mistake to advance. Even if the Tang army had an absolute advantage, it would take at least three months to solve the Tuqi Shi. At this time, Chen Wanrong could not afford to lose money. Seeing that he admitted it, he stopped when he saw the good news: "Khan is worthy of being a man, dare to act! Good example! Khan, can you lend me some gold and silver? I want to reward the army!"

Su Lu understood that Chen Wanrong planned to scatter all his savings. If there was no money, it would be impossible for Su Lu to make trouble. If he gave it, he would have no chance in the future. If he didn't give it, he would be dead. Tang Jun, who was standing beside him, stared at him and waited for Chen Wanrong to give the order.

After thinking about it, Su Lu had to say, "Su Lu should serve him if he needs the military supervisor. However, please ask the military supervisor to let me go back and send it to the military supervisor immediately."

Chen Wanrong said coldly: "Khan, you have made a good plan, but will I let you go? Let's talk about it when I send it."

Su Lu was a very smart person. He also understood that Chen Wanrong did this because he did not want to start a war with Tuqishi. As long as he left, he found a place to hide and came out after the Tang army left, there would be no trouble. Then, according to the development of the war, the camera would move. If necessary, the Tang army's retreat could be cut off and echoed with Dashi.

However, Chen Wanrong was even smarter than he thought, and couldn't help but sweat on his forehead: "Military Supervisor, even if you keep me, I will have to issue an order, right?"

Chen Wanrong waved his hand and said, "Tell me the order, call Cheng Xiaotian and Fei Junxing to prepare for the battle. Then transfer a team of people to follow Khan to get things. Khan, let's go, I'll accompany you."

Su Lu knew that Chen Wanrong was the kind of person who was not good at eating soft and hard, and he would not give in until he achieved his goal. He had no choice but to surrender: "Supervisor, please!"

Under the surveillance of the Tang army, Sulu had to take them to the warehouse. He had to admit that Sulu had good harvests, and there were many gold coins and dinars of big food, as well as a lot of gold, silver and jewelry in the warehouse. In the end, even his food and grass were taken away.

Looking at the empty warehouse, Su Lu was so angry that his teeth were itchy. If he had freedom now, he would definitely send troops to fight the Tang army.

Chen Wanrong's methods were far more than this, and he smiled and said, "I admire Khan's loyalty to the court, I am very impressed! Khan, this expedition of the Tang Dynasty requires a lot of troops. Khan is very familiar with Dashi, so why not lead the army to fight with us?"

According to Su Lu's idea, as long as he handed over the treasury, Chen Wanrong would let him go. He could wait for the opportunity. If he had the opportunity, he would make a big fuss in the Western Regions. However, Chen Wanrong did not give him a chance at all, and even asked him to lead his army to fight.

This is a plan to remove firewood from the cauldron. Without the treasury and without the army, what else could Sulu do? However, the consequences of open resistance were obvious, and he didn't have the courage!

Under Chen Wanrong's eyes, Su Lu had to surrender: "Thank you for your kindness, Su Lu should do it as he pleases!"

As soon as the order was passed, tens of thousands of Tuqishi troops were assembled. Under the surveillance of the Tang army, Shuye City was opened. Chen Wanrong still refused to let Su Lu go, and ordered him to follow the central army and not to leave half a step away. As for Tuqishi's army, Chen Wanrong dispersed and sent to the Tang army.

In this way, the Tuqi Shi army was just trying to make trouble. Su Lu wanted to kill Chen Wanrong with his own hands, and had to please Chen Wanrong with a smile.

Tuqishi, the largest force in the Western Regions, has been helpless for so many years, and Chen Wanrong has solved it without any effort.
Chapter completed!