The word "side by side" king of the Tang Dynasty

As soon as eldest grandson Wugou and the other concubines left, the hall suddenly became empty, leaving only Li Changqing and the man in black.

This man in black is the commander of the Shadow Guard. He rarely meets with Li Changqing in person, usually through secret messages. Once he takes the initiative to come to him, it means there is something important.

"What happened?"

Li Changqing frowned and asked straight to the point.

"Reporting back to the master, our spies discovered a huge army during reconnaissance in the Western Region, with the number roughly estimated at more than 300,000."

Shadow replied solemnly.

After hearing this, even Li Changqing couldn't help but change his expression slightly, showing a solemn look, and said:"Which country does this army belong to? Could it be that the armies formed by those countries in the Western Regions were unwilling to give up?"

With an army of more than 300,000 people, Li Changqing's first thought for having such a large army was that the countries in the Western Regions had formed an alliance again.

Shadow shook his head and said:"It is not an army composed of those countries in the Western Regions, but It's a strange army that seems to come from... the farther west"

"Not the armies of the countries in the Western Regions? From further west?"

Li Changqing frowned even more tightly. Which army is this? And an army of more than 300,000 people is not something that an ordinary country can form. After thinking for a moment, Li Changqing said to the shadow:"Go and send someone to keep an eye on it. With this army, report any movements to me at any time, and also find out where they come from and what their purpose is."

"yes!"

The shadow took the order and left.

After he left, Li Changqing paced back and forth in the Tai Chi Hall, thinking carefully about what other countries existed outside the Western Regions during the Tang Dynasty.

But unfortunately, he was not a historian in his previous life. He only had a general understanding of history and did not come up with any results.

But he had a vague feeling in his heart that this army was probably coming for the Tang Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Li Changqing immediately stopped hesitating and let Gao Li sent an order to Li Jing to come over and ordered him to send more troops to the border to strengthen defense and raise vigilance.

As the leader of a country, the first thing Li Changqing learned was to guard against the slightest change. Any possible threats could not be ignored, because he was responsible for the entire country. The rise and fall of the Tang Dynasty

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The large army discovered by the Shadow Guard was actually the Eastern Expeditionary Army of the Byzantine Empire.

After the referendum passed by the Senate, the Byzantine Emperor Heraclius mobilized for several months to form an army of half a million people for the Eastern Expedition before embarking on this mighty Eastern Expedition.

However, because the journey was too far, the army trekked for half a year before they reached the Western Region and entered the territory of the original Western Turks.

After the demise of the Western Turks, Li Changqing did not pay attention to this enclave far away from the Tang Dynasty, so after taking almost all the wealth of the Western Turks, this piece of land was left here without sending anyone to take care of it.

However, it was still nominally the territory of the Tang Dynasty, so no country in the Western Regions dared to get involved in this fertile land.

The arrival of the Eastern Expedition Army has aroused strong vigilance in every country in the Western Regions. This is an army of half a million people! And all of them are heavy cavalry, the strongest unit on land!

They were all extremely confused about where this powerful army came from, but no one dared to take the lead in sending people to negotiate. They could only panic and worry in their hearts. While strengthening their country's defense, they sent people to Datang to ask for help. Their overlord asked for help.

The territory of the original Western Turks.

The mighty Eastern Expedition Army set up camp. The military camps stretched for dozens of miles, and the Cross King flag blocked the sky and the sun, which was terrifying.

On the cross flag, also known as the Lablan cross flag, the flag pattern means"The King of Kings Rules Those Who Rule", or"The King of Kings Helps My Emperor".

Symbolizing the supremacy of the imperial power of the Byzantine Empire!

"General Bols, look, this is Datang."

In the tent, Yang Chao spread a map on the table and said to a bearded general wearing gold armor.

This General Bols was the supreme commander of the Eastern Expeditionary Force appointed by Heraclius, and also The most outstanding general in the Byzantine Empire, he has a reputation as a warrior.

After hearing Yang Chao's words, Bols looked at the vast territory of the Tang Dynasty that Yang Chao pointed at on the map, with a touch of greed in his eyes. , said:"Okay! Tomorrow I will lead the army to march into Datang! Within three months, our royal flag of the Byzantine Empire will be planted on their capital!"

Even though Yang Chao wanted to destroy the Tang Dynasty, he couldn't help but have a flash of contempt in his eyes after hearing these words. The Tang Dynasty has King Wu sitting in charge, and its military strength is the best in the world. How can it be defeated so easily?

In a foreign land The barbarians are really stupid and arrogant.

However, thinking that to fight against the Tang Dynasty, Yang Chao had to rely on this guy in front of him, so he had no choice but to say patiently:"General Bols, the military strength of the Tang Dynasty is not worse than that of the empire, it is even stronger.

Let me tell you this, the land we are in now was originally a powerful country, but now it has been destroyed by the Tang Dynasty."

Yang Chao pointed at the land of the Western Turks on the map and said, then crossed his fingers over many Western countries and said:

"The combined military strength of these countries is far inferior to that of the Tang Dynasty. Not only did the Tang Dynasty have 400,000 cavalry, but their side by side King Wu was the most powerful warrior in the world. No one could defeat him. If the general wanted to defeat the Tang Dynasty, he would need Think long term."

Boers was shocked when he heard this. He didn't know who the King Wu was talking about in Yang Chao's mouth, but when he heard that the Tang army had 400,000 soldiers, and their emperor was the strongest warrior in the world, he had to pay attention to it..

Just as he was about to speak, several Eastern Expeditionary Army soldiers suddenly walked into the tent, holding a man from the Western Region in their hands.

The soldiers said to Bols:"General, we found a few suspicious guys, how should we deal with them?""

"You savages! I am the envoy of Kucha Kingdom! How could you do this to me! Let me go!"

The man kept struggling and yelled.

But neither the soldiers nor Bols understood his words at all.

Just when Bols was about to order the soldiers to kill him, Yang Chao quickly said in Byzantine language:" General, this person is an envoy sent by Kucha State to negotiate with us."

"Kucha Kingdom?"

When Bols heard this, he glanced at the envoy, and then looked at the territory of the Kucha Kingdom on the map, and suddenly a ferocious look flashed in his eyes.

"Just in time! Then conquer the Qiuci Kingdom first and see what the strength of these eastern countries is like!"