Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1454

Yumen Pass was first placed when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty opened the roads in the Western Regions and established the four counties in Hexi.In the Han Dynasty, it was the gateway to all parts of the Western Regions.

At this time, Datang has become an important pass for Datang in the Hexi Corridor.

Li Shimin has five thousand permanent troops here.

It is used to protect the safety of business travellers, as well as defend against the countries of the Western Regions and other enemies, such as Tuyuhun.

Of course, if King Xiao rebelled, Yumen Pass would also be an important barrier to prevent King Xiao's troops from marching straight into the Central Plains.

When Qin Tian and the others arrived at Yumen Pass with their soldiers and horses, it was already the beginning of the twelfth lunar month, and Yumen Pass had just finished a heavy snowfall.

Heavy snow covered the entire Yumen Pass, making it look even more murderous.

As an important pass on the Silk Road, Yumen Pass was originally home to many merchants, who came and went every day.

However, after the Great Food Kingdom forced some countries in the Western Regions to join them, although the business at Yumenguan is still there, compared with before, it is much worse.

Seeing this situation, Qin Tian and the others couldn't help shaking their heads.

The merchants here are not prosperous, and many things will become extremely difficult.

As soon as they arrived at the gate of Yumen Gate, Yang Wudi, the guard of Yumen Gate, was already waiting for them.

"The last general, Yang Wudi, pays homage to Young Master Qin."

Yang Wudi is a burly figure, in his thirties, and looks like he has a sturdy air.

Qin Tian nodded and said, "General Yang, it's cold here, let's discuss it in detail after we go in." '

"Here!"

Those who can be sent to Yumen Pass by Li Shimin are definitely people that Li Shimin can trust, so Qin Tian naturally trusts Yang Wudi.

What's more, the news about the situation in the Western Regions was not sent by King Xiao to Chang'an City, but by Yang Wudi.

In this way, Qin Tian trusted him even more.

After arriving at Yang Wudi's residence, Yang Wudi ordered someone to prepare some meals.

During the banquet, Qin Tian and the others finally said something about Yumen Pass.

"Master Qin, the business at Yumenguan is getting worse and worse. On the Silk Road, there is an organization called Vipers, which robs merchants along the road in the capital. I was very angry when I heard about it, and I wanted to send troops to destroy them a long time ago. , but firstly, I don't know where they are hiding, so I can't do anything. Furthermore, the situation at Yumen Pass is very bad recently. If I divide my troops, I'm afraid that Yumen Pass will be breached, so I can only For the time being, hold back."

Yang Wudi only talked superficially, and didn't explain many details clearly.

And after he finished speaking, Cheng Chumo suddenly burst into laughter: "Then I still need you to destroy those viper organizations. When we came, we had already wiped them out."

"Destroyed?" Yang Wudi was a little shocked, he couldn't believe it, the Viper Organization's hiding place was very hard to find, how did Qin Tian and the others find it?
What's more, the people of the Viper organization are also very busy, so I'm afraid it's not easy to kill, right?
Yang Wudi looked at Qin Tian, ​​and Qin Tian nodded: "We have indeed wiped out the Viper organization. In the future, merchants will come to me, and there will be no danger. You just said that the situation at Yumen Pass is not good. What's going on? "

Qin Tian is most concerned about this.

Yang Wudi said: "In the countries of the Western Regions, there are a few small countries that have completely surrendered to the Great Food Kingdom. Although the current Great Food Kingdom has ambitions, it is still safe. It has no intention of using troops against us, the Great Tang. It may be out of fear. Xiao Wang's soldiers and horses, but there is a small country in the Western Regions, but they have gathered [-] soldiers and horses, and they often come to my Yumen Pass to harass, if I divide the troops, they will come to attack Yumen Pass, so my soldiers and horses dare not leave Yumen Pass."

When talking about this, Yang Wudi added another sentence: "The small country in the Western Regions is called Xiye, and it is not a big country. After being listed on the list of the Great Food Kingdom, the Great Food Kingdom has given them some support. This small country of Xiye His strength gradually became stronger, so he recklessly became an enemy of my Tang Dynasty."

Of the 36 countries in the Western Regions, some small countries are very shrewd, and some small countries may be a little self-righteous. They don't know who they are just after their strength has become stronger.

For example, the small country of Xiye.

How dare he become an enemy of Datang.

However, after Qin Tian listened to it, he didn't pay much attention to the small country of Xiye. What he was more concerned about was that the Great Food Kingdom was not in a hurry to fight with their Great Tang.

It stands to reason that the Great Food Kingdom has been fighting for control of the Western Regions for a long time. If he wants to control the Zhou Kingdom in the Western Regions as soon as possible, fighting Datang is the fastest and most direct way.

But he didn't do it, he just gave favors or put pressure on the small countries in the Western Regions, which really didn't make sense.

However, if you want to make sense, it is not impossible.

Between Yumen Pass and Dashi Kingdom, there is another Xiaowang City.

King Xiao's [-] troops stationed in the city is not a small number.

Of course, the Great Food Kingdom is not afraid of King Xiao's soldiers and horses, it may be because he doesn't want to embarrass King Xiao, and he doesn't want King Xiao to be exposed too quickly.

If there is no absolute certainty, then King Xiao probably doesn't want to rebel too early, otherwise it's hard to say whether he can continue to sit in the position of King Xiao.

When Qin Tian was thinking about this, Cheng Chumo became angry at the side.

"Hmph, these small countries in the Western Regions are really bold and reckless. They dare to come to Yumen Pass to act wildly with only [-] soldiers, so King Xiao just sit back and watch?"

Cheng Chumo knew that King Xiao had soldiers and horses under his command, [-] soldiers and horses, why didn't they just come and destroy those small countries in the Western Regions?

Hearing this, Yang Wudi smiled wryly and said, "King Xiao's soldiers and horses are not easy to move. If he moves, Dashi Kingdom will come to kill him."

Qin Tian was taken aback, Dashi Kingdom killed King Xiao?

This made Qin Tian feel a little unbelievable, but after careful consideration, he felt that the relationship between Dashi Kingdom and King Xiao might just be acting.

Cheng Chumo didn't think too much, curled his lips, and said: "King Xiao has no time to draw troops, so we are here to let the people of the small country in the Western Regions know how powerful I am, and the person who came to harass is the small country of Xiye, let's destroy it." Brother Qin, are you right?"

Everyone turned their attention to Qin Tian. Whether or not the Xiye small country will be destroyed depends on Qin Tian's intentions.

Qin Tian smiled and said: "Those who offend me in the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away. This sentence has never been empty words. If the small countries in the Western Regions dare to seek our bad luck, they will not be destroyed. Will they be saved for the New Year?"

Qin Tian's words are extremely domineering, and at the same time, it also shows that before the new year, they may really want to destroy the small country of Xiye.

When Cheng Chumo heard this, he was immediately happy.

"That's right, that's right, to destroy them, we must not wait until the Chinese New Year."

"That's right, that's right, what are you doing waiting for the new year, the year is not good, it's better if it's gone..."

(End of this chapter)