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Chapter 259 Defeat Kucha

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    Chapter 259 Encounter with Youyouzi

    Qiuci, also known as Qiuci, Qiuzi and Qiuzi, is one of the great countries in the Western Regions in ancient China. During the Han Dynasty, it was one of the countries in the North Road of the Western Regions. It was the place where iron products were produced in the Western Regions in ancient times.

    The ancient inhabitants of Kucha were Indo-European. The Kucha Kingdom was centered on the Kuqa Oasis and had tens of thousands of soldiers. It was a major country in the Western Regions.

    Qiuci is a large country in the Western Region and continues to expand its territory. It has just occupied Yanqi and established the new Yanqi king Xue Poanazhi. In fact, Yanqi has become a vassal state of Qiuci.

    However, this also gave the Tang Dynasty an excuse to attack Qiuci.

    For a long time, the Tang Dynasty wanted to control the entire Western Region, expand its territory, and obtain the rich resources of the Western Region. If it wanted to occupy the Western Region, Kucha was an area that must be occupied.

    Now, Kucha's attack on Yanqi gave Datang an excuse to attack Kucha.

    Datang wanted to use this excuse to attack Qiuci and open the passage to the Western Regions.

    Li Shimin was an ambitious monarch. After solving the problems in the east and north, he turned his attention to the west, taking the Western Region as the next goal to enhance the strength of the Tang Dynasty.

    In fact, the Western Front of the Tang Dynasty had five targets. One was the Western Turks, located in the northwest, the second was Tuyuhun, located due west, the third was the Western Regions, located between the Western Turks and Tuyuhun, and the fourth was several small countries in the Erhai area in the southwest.  , which was later known as the Nanzhao area, and the fifth was Tubo between the Erhai area and Tuyuhun.

    Tubo is now only the Jiannan area, which later became the western Sichuan area bordering the Tang Dynasty. However, under the leadership of Songtsen Gampo, Tubo became increasingly powerful and was expanding outwards. Although the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and Tubo is now  There is no conflict, but anyone with a discerning eye can see that this conflict will happen sooner or later.

    The current Tang Dynasty cannot take care of Tubo. Princess Wencheng and Songtsen Gampo are still there, and Tubo is powerful. Under such circumstances, it is not appropriate for Datang and Tubo to have a large-scale conflict in a short period of time.

    The Western Turks and Tuyuhun were also relatively powerful. As a result, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to expand its territory, only a few countries in the Erhai region and the Western Regions were left.

    The Erhai area is located in the southwest, with a hot climate, rampant plague, and uneconomical expeditions. Therefore, Li Shimin is not interested here for the time being, so he aims his expansion at the Western Regions.

    There are only a few small countries in the Western Region now. The Western Turks have been in continuous civil strife and their forces have basically withdrawn from the Western Region. However, these small countries do not belong to each other and are relatively weak. They are also located at the strategic point of the Silk Road and have important economic interests for the Tang Dynasty.  Therefore, it is inevitable to win these small countries.

    A few years ago, Li Shimin found an excuse to send Hou Junji to destroy Gaochang and reach the passage to the Western Regions. Now, Li Shimin targeted Yanqi and Qiuci again.

    Yanqi is a small country, and there is no challenge in conquering it, but Kucha is a big country in the Western Regions, with more than 50,000 soldiers and horses. It is located at the heart of the Silk Road and has strong economic strength. If Kucha is captured, it can control a large area of ??the Western Regions.  land and obtain the treasures that Kucha has accumulated over the years.

    This time, Kucha gave Li Shimin an excuse to attack other countries. Li Shimin decided to send an army to the Western Regions to capture Kucha.

    The first thing Li Shimin thought of was Li Zhen, but Prime Minister Fang Xuanling believed that as the crown prince, Li Zhen should not lead troops outside all year round.

    So Li Shimin thought of Ashishenaer. Ashishenaer was familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, so it would be most suitable for him to go to Kucha.

    In addition, Li Shimin also sent Qibi Heli and the Han general Guo Xiaoke to lead an army of 100,000 to attack Kucha.

    Li Zhen was a little discouraged when she saw that Li Shimin had not sent her to attack the Western Regions. However, when she thought about it again, now all the appointments and dismissals of officials below the third rank of the Tang Dynasty had to go through her own hands. She had a heavy burden on her, and it would be unreasonable for the emperor not to send her out.  Excusable.

    Li Zhen didn¡¯t care, and wouldn¡¯t go on an expedition unless he was allowed to do so. In the past two years, he had been leading troops outside, and it was time to take a good rest.

    Li Zhen returned to her mansion and was very busy dealing with official affairs every day. The Tang Dynasty was so big, there were so many officials below the third rank. Fortunately, Shangguan Yi was very talented, and Di Renjie could also help, so everything was handled.  It's pretty organized.

    Through this period of time, Li Zhen finally figured out that Shangguan Yi was a talented prime minister, and it seemed that he must be reused in the future.

    In the past few days, Li Zhen felt that she had some gastrointestinal problems, so she left the official affairs to Shangguan Yi and went to the hospital to find Sun Simiao.

    As soon as Li Zhen entered the hospital, she met Lu Zhaolin.

    I saw Lu Zhaolin¡¯s sick look on his face, and walked upIt's always been trembling.

    Li Zhen was shocked. He had met Lu Zhaolin, but he didn't expect that Lu Zhaolin's illness had worsened after not seeing him for two years.

    At this time, Lu Zhaolin was suffering from illness and was very sad every day. He even nicknamed himself Youyouzi.

    It can be seen how serious this disease is tormenting him.

    Lu Zhaolin trembled and bowed to Li Zhen, and Li Zhen asked: "Master Lu, where are you going?"

    Lu Zhaolin said: "I'm going to bed."

    "Sleep? Shouldn't we go back to the house?" Li Zhen said in confusion.

    Lu Zhaolin sighed and said, "I may not be able to wake up from my illness, so I put a coffin in the cemetery on the mountain and sleep in the coffin every night."

    When Li Zhen heard this, she felt a black line on her forehead and asked, "Even Senior Medicine King can't cure your disease?"

    "My master has searched through ancient scriptures but can't find a way to cure my disease. I'm afraid no one in the world can cure my disease." Lu Zhaolin said with a long sigh.

    "What on earth is wrong with you?"

    "Master said, it's leprosy. This disease is an infectious disease. Your Highness, the Crown Prince, should stay away from me. If it is infected with His Highness, Lu Zhaolin will be guilty of a great crime."

    Li Zhen still knew something about leprosy. In her own era, leprosy was not a serious disease. Although the disease was contagious, it was not highly contagious and most adults could resist it.  .

    "It's just that leprosy is very tormenting, and many patients become disabled after getting the disease. However, in my era, this disease was not a terminal illness and could be treated.

    Lu Zhaolin is a great talent. If he can be cured and used for his own use, it will be of great help to him.

    Thinking of this, Li Zhen thought that she would discuss with the system in the future to see if she could give herself some special medicine to treat leprosy and cure Lu Zhaolin.

    Lu Zhaolin here was afraid of infecting Li Zhen, so he bowed to Li Zhen and walked towards the cemetery with a lonely look on his face.

    In another history of time and space, Lu Zhaolin was overwhelmed and committed suicide by drowning because he could not bear the pain caused by leprosy.

    Li Zhen thought that she must cure Lu Zhaolin and save this great talent for her own use!  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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