Li Zaixing didn't feel relaxed when Elmmadi said this. On the contrary, he felt heavy in his heart. Elmmadi trusted him and could listen to him, but would the Zhongcao people listen to him? In order to survive, the Zhongcao people fought with countless people and had already formed a deep blood hatred. Once they became stronger, could they give up the opportunity to revenge and shake hands with the enemy?

Li Zaixing suddenly felt that he was overestimating his abilities and wanted to leverage the entire historical process with just one person's strength. That's right, he has some knowledge that others don't understand, but this knowledge seems not enough to make him call the wind and rain and turn the world around.

For example, he knew that after the Battle of Talas, the Tang Dynasty almost withdrew from Central Asia. Without the power of the Tang Dynasty, Central Asia was soon captured by the Dashi. But he did not know the specific situation of Central Asia and Dashi. He didn't even know who the kings of Zhaowu countries were. When he first heard that the king of the Shi Kingdom was a Turkic person, he was almost shocked.

He knew that the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu were attacked from all sides, and the Turks were in the north, but he didn't know that the Turks had already entered the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu to this point.

The first element of marching and fighting is to know oneself and enemy. After discovering this problem, Li Zaixing felt even more unsure. He had to go to the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu and inspect the situation on the spot. What mentality is the Zhongcao people represented by Elmiedi, which is also one of the contents he needs to investigate. To investigate, it does not mean that the problem can be solved. Whether the resentment accumulated by the Zhongcao people can be resolved for many years is one of the contents he is worried about.

He is not a politician, but he knows that there is a big difference between a politician and a warrior. A famous general may not necessarily become a qualified politician, let alone he is not even a famous general. At best, he is just a warrior. With his current identity, it is really difficult to take on the heavy responsibility of controlling Central Asia.

If you have difficulties, you can't hide, you can only face difficulties. This is Li Zaixing's character, so he decided to start with Zhongcao first. The first Zhongcao person to be convinced is of course Elmmadi. If even Elmmadi can't convince Almmadi, what else can you talk about controlling the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu?

The reason is clear, but it is not that simple to do. Li Zaixing's eloquence is really not very good. He has to think about it for a long time before he can speak like that. Fortunately, Elmie Di trusts him very much and does not cause him to suffer too many setbacks.

The process of persuading Al McGrady was actually a process of Li Zaixing's own thinking and learning. Half a month later, when they arrived in Kucha in a hurry, Li Zaixing had already figured out a lot of things.

The group walked into Kucha City, Du Fu, Pei Xuanqing and others breathed a long sigh. The nearly ten thousand miles of hardship had finally ended. They could take a good bath, eat a bowl of good rice, and then have a good rest for a few days to slow down. Li Zaixing was not happy. Before entering Kucha City, he felt a kind of frivolity, even arrogance, spreading.

He heard a name many times: King of Mountains, and this name is obviously associated with Gao Xianzhi.

Regardless of whether it is an arrogance or not, as far as military achievements are concerned, it usually has no good result to be king. War is a very dangerous thing, and being king is easy to be proud, which means that the peak will arrive too early and then it will be a downhill road. A arrogant soldier will be defeated, which is a famous saying. It is not a good thing to call Gao Xianzhi the king of the mountain, whether it is Gao Xianzhi or the Tang army.

With this title as a prerequisite, it is not surprising that the soldiers who saw the admiration and admiration of Gao Xianzhi along the way. Along the way, almost everyone thought that Li Zaixing was the name of Gao Xianzhi and came to join the army. If Li Zaixing and his party had not had court ceremonies, they almost thought that the court had given another order to be promoted to Gao Xianzhi.

In this almost excited mood, Li Zaixing came to the gate of the Protectorate Mansion. Li Zaixing did not go directly to see Gao Xianzhi, but first found a guest house to live in, and then asked Du Fu to find Cen Shen. Cen Shen came to Anxi last year and worked as the chief secretary of Gao Xianzhi's shogunate, and had poetry with Du Fu. Before that, Du Fu wrote a letter to Cen Shen, saying that he would travel to Anxi.

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After waiting in the guesthouse for a long time, Cen Shen came.

Cen Shen has a medium figure and is in his prime, but his eyebrows are slightly frowning and his face is sad. When he saw Du Fu, he bowed his hand, and his smile closed before it bloomed, and sighed softly: "Du Er, you are really the wrong time."

When Li Zaixing heard this, his heart tightened. He bowed and asked Cen Shen to take his seat. "Mr. Cen, sit down and talk."

Cen Shen looked up and down at Li Zaixing, stroked the short beard under the jaw, and smiled reluctantly again: "You must be Li Zaixing and Li Dalang?"

Li Zaixing smiled but said nothing. He could tell from Cen Shen's first sentence that his name had probably been heard by Gao Xianzhi for a long time, and it was not a good reputation. As Gao Xianzhi's secretary, Cen Shen must have known the whole story.

"Dalang's reputation has long been spread to Anxi." Cen Shen took his seat and said carefully: "Dalang is going to Anxi to make meritorious service, and Zhongcheng is very welcome. I am afraid that Dalang will be used to being free in Chang'an and cannot stand the rules in the army."

Li Zaixing bowed and said, "I have also served in the Longwu Army. I know a little about the military rules of the Tang Dynasty. I dare not do this illegal and disorderly matter." He paused and said, "The reason why I asked Mr. Cen to speak was because he was responsible for an indescribable task and was inconvenient to make it public. I hope to use Mr. Cen's mouth to reach the head of the Central Chief."

Cen Shen smiled bitterly, glanced at Li Zaixing, and said nothing. Because of Li Linfu's death, Gao Xianzhi was already dissatisfied with Li Zaixing and was planning to use military orders to rectify him. Unexpectedly, Li Zaixing still had a secret mission. Isn't this unhappy? What kind of tasks cannot be carried out through formal channels, and the court issued an edict to Gao Xianzhi to carry out, and Li Zaixing was required to be responsible in private?

He regretted it a little. If he had known this, he would not have come out to see Du Fu.

Li Zaixing roughly estimated that Cen Shen was embarrassed, so he did not hide it at the moment. He briefly explained his plan to go to the river to inquire about the situation and to summon Cao's old subordinates. He did not say that this was the hope of the Yang family, but he did not hide it either. I believe Cen Shen could hear it himself.

Cen Shen frowned: "You want to go to Hezhong to inquire about the situation, there is no problem. The Chief Secretary is preparing to attack Shiguo and is just in need of people to go to inquire about military information. If you want to go, he will not be able to ask for it. It is probably a bit difficult to summon Cao's old subordinates."

“Why?”

Cen Shen was silent for a moment and said reluctantly: "The people of Zhong Cao are good at fighting. Once a country is established, the river will inevitably be in chaos, which is very unfavorable for our Tang Dynasty to control the river. Furthermore, the people of Zhong Cao are scattered in all directions and can still divide and control them. If they are concentrated in one person's hands, wouldn't it be even more harmful?"

Li Zaixing understood that Gao Xianzhi was not afraid that the Zhongcao people would gather together to resist the Tang Dynasty. With the strength of Zhongcao, it would not be easy to survive, let alone confront the Tang Dynasty. With the ten years, Zhongcao would not be able to become a powerful country in Hezhong, and it would not be possible to affect the control of the Tang Dynasty. However, if the Zhongcao people gathered under his command, it would have a great impact on Gao Xianzhi's status. He had the Yang brothers and sisters as their backers and Zhongcao people as foreign aid, and he would probably become Gao Xianzhi's competitor in the future. Gao Xianzhi was about to deal with him, so how could he have the opportunity to strengthen his strength?

"This is the emperor's pity for the princess and son Cao Ye. The king's order is difficult, and even if it is difficult, he can only do it. However, since this matter is a secret mission, it will not be announced for the time being. After I go to Hezhong to learn about the situation, it will not be too late to make a decision." Li Zaixing no longer discusses this issue. This is what he must do. Whether Gao Xianzhi agrees or disagrees, he has to do it. "Why did the Chief Secretary attack the Shi Kingdom? I heard that the Shi Kingdom serves the Tang Dynasty very carefully and has no fault."

"A man is innocent, but he is guilty of possessing a treasure." Cen Shen smiled bitterly and said, "Why don't the Central Chief do it if he attacks the Shi Kingdom, public and private affairs?

Li Zaixing was puzzled. According to his rough understanding of the Shi Kingdom, he really couldn't think of the reason why Gao Xianzhi wanted to attack the Shi Kingdom. The Shi Kingdom, namely the Zheshi Kingdom, which was mentioned by the Lite people, ruled Tuoxicheng. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he established the Dayuan Governor's Office here and had always had a close relationship with the Tang Dynasty. A few years ago, because of his contribution to the attack on the Tuqi Shi Kingdom, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty issued an edict to commend him. Why did Gao Xianzhi attack the Shi Kingdom? Cen Shen said that he was both public and private, so what did he mean?

Seeing Li Zaixing and others with confusion expressions, Cen Shen further explained that the nine surnames of Zhaowu were led by Kang State, and the Tang Dynasty established the Kangju Governor's Office in Kang State. After Kang State was occupied by Dashi, the Shi Kingdom became the frontier fortress of the Tang Dynasty in the river. After decades of separation from the river, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to return to the river, it would inevitably occupy the Shi Kingdom first.

This is a male.

Of course, Gao Xianzhi has nothing to say about his ability to use military force, but he has one problem, that is, greed, and Shi Kingdom is a country of rich people. If he occupys Shi Kingdom, he can get a lot of precious money and satisfy Gao Xianzhi's personal desires.

This is private.

With these two reasons, no matter whether Shi Kingdom was respectful to the Tang Dynasty or not, Gao Xianzhi had to find reasons to attack him.

Li Zaixing was furious: "What do you mean by public and private affairs? This is clearly a way to harm the public. If you attack Shi Kingdom, the Shi Kingdom will rebel. How can the Tang Dynasty benefit? Then it will only add another military merit to the Chief Secretary? How can a general be so serious? Such a greedy person, even if he has the ability to use troops, he cannot be a general."

Cen Shen looked at Li Zaixing and shook his head helplessly: "Several Anxi Protectorate, he fought with Tubo for decades, but he was exhausted and had no return. Only the Chief of the Central Committee won both battles, first take Xiao Bolu, and then take the army. The Tang Dynasty's reputation replayed the river in the river because of him. Tubo and the great cannibals were called the king of the mountains. At this moment, Your Majesty wanted to use him to conquer the four barbarians and retake the river in the river, how could he care about his fault?"

Li Zaixing was speechless. Yes, what the emperor wants now is to fight, and he doesn't care about the general's personal character.

"The king of the mountain is the big food, what is Tubo's name for him?" Du Fu interrupted.

"That's true." Cen Shen nodded: "Survey Xiaobolu and the Commander of the Conquest of the Imperial Army were both mountain marches. The Chief of the Central Committee was able to plan and was unable to do so, so he was admired by Tubo, and praised him as the king of the mountain. You must have heard of it when you came to Kucha?"

"So that's it." Li Zaixing smiled bitterly: "Jun Cen, do you think this is a good thing? The Great Cannibal is probably already targeting him. The Great Cannibal understands his record, does he know who the commander of the Great Cannibal is named and how capable he is?"
Chapter completed!