Chapter 1093: Should the King of Shu Raise an Army?

Fang Wen and this farm outside the city are famous throughout the entire Yizhou city, especially when the sun is shining brightly after the rain. The sunlight shines through the clouds, and mist rises above the water surface around the farm. Gorgeous colors are hidden in the mist, like a spiritual mist. People standing on the lake look like immortals riding on the clouds and mist, and look like people in heaven.

It rained heavily yesterday, and today we had this wonderful sight.

Fang Wenhe sat on the balcony of the manor, boiled some tea, and served it to the people in front of him.

However, Zhang Zi, who was dressed in white, put one hand on the pillar of Langfang and looked up at the scenery of the lake: "Your Majesty is really willing to give up."

Fang Wenhe smiled and said, "For you, the prince is more willing to give. It's just that the natural chessboard and chess pieces that I sent you, there are only two complete sets of blue rhyme pieces in the world, and the prince gave them to you."

Zhang Zi turned around and looked at Fang Wenhe: "The prince got two sets in his hands that year. I heard that the other set was given to the Queen when she married His Majesty, but the Queen generously gave it to the female doctor named Maomao beside her to play with."

Fang Wenhe nodded: "Yes."

Zhang Zi sat down in his seat, smiled and said, "This is true generosity."

Fang Wenhe smiled and looked at the people sitting next to Zhang Zi. "Try my tea. It's not a good tea, but it's good to try."

When these Western Regions people heard this, the woman with scars on her face sitting next to Zhang Zi was silent for a moment, then she picked up the teacup, looked at Fang Wenhe and said, "Sir, you are a smart man, you know why we are here."

Fang Wenhe took a sip of tea and asked, "Bai Luqiu, is he dead?"

Upon hearing this, the woman named Qin Ya drank the tea in the cup in one gulp and said, "Yes."

Fang Wenhe continued, "What a pity. I've always wanted to get to know him."

Qin Ya looked at Fang Wenhe: "Mr. Zhang has already told me why we are helping the King of Shu in Shu now."

Qin Ya put down the teacup and said, "Sir, if you can persuade the King of Shu to send troops to help us, the trade routes in the Western Regions will be decided by you from now on. None of the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions dare to object!"

Fang Wenhe helped Qin Ya pour tea: "I thought An Xi would come today, but I didn't expect that only you came."

Qin Ya said: "It's enough to give you any promise."

Fang Wenhe looked at Zhang Zi and asked with a smile: "What promises did they make to make you willingly bring them to my place? They are not welcome to come here."

Zhang Zi said, "You can already guess that it was the prince who asked me to bring Qin Yadai here, so why bother pretending like this?"

Fang Wenhe said: "There has to be a process, right?"

Zhang Zi nodded: "I also have the same thought in my answer."

Fang Wenhe laughed.

However, several Zoroastrian followers around Qin Ya frowned when they saw Fang Wenhe's appearance, but no one got angry.

Fang Wenhe continued, "Nowadays, many people in the Western Regions believe that the Empress is the God of Fire, and the portraits hanging in their homes are of the Empress. There are also many such people in Shu, and they have even clashed with other believers who do not believe that the Empress is the God of Fire. It seems to be quite a problem for you, but it seems that the ones who pushed this matter forward are the French King Klesin and the Yanqi Prince Yiluo, whom you did not kill?"

Qin Ya was silent for a moment, but still said, "It's just a flea, it's nothing."

Fang Wenhe said: "But this flea has people in Yanqi who support him to inherit the throne, and he has 30,000 Yanqi troops under his command. What's more, there are believers who believe that Niangniang is the God of Fire."

Fang Wenhe continued, "Also, I heard that there is a Persian prince named Ake, who was originally a Nestorian monk in the capital, but now he has taken off his Nestorian monk robes, also believes in the queen, and returned to Persia to officially compete for the throne, so your plan in Persia has been delayed."

Several Zoroastrian Dharma Kings looked unhappy.

But Qin Ya looked at Zhang Zi calmly: "It's just as Mr. Zhang said. Mr. Fang has many spies in our Western Regions."

Fang Wenhe smiled and said, "If he tells you, will I agree to cooperate with you?"

Zhang Zi smiled lightly and said nothing, but just reached out and picked up the peanuts on the table.

Qin Ya looked at Fang Wenhe without saying anything.

Fang Wenhe asked: "The prince said that I would definitely agree, right?"

Zhang Zi nodded: "The prince also knows your ambition, but the prince did not say whether you would agree or not. He only said that if you agree, he will summon the four generals to discuss the matter again."

Fang Wenhe looked at Zhang Zi: "What do you think?"

Zhang Zi said, "There has been no news from Yan for a long time, but it is understandable that it is too far away. However, according to the date, the Mobei army should have left the Six Towns and entered Shuozhou. Erzhu Rong led the army himself and should not be underestimated, but he is facing Zong Ze. Zhou Yuan asked them not to break through the gate of Shuozhou so quickly. The emperor and the queen went to Yan in person, and Ke Zhongshuo Xing led the army there personally."

At this point, Zhang Zi put the peanut shells in his hand into two piles, but tapped the west side of the two piles with his fingers: "Zhao Wuxiu rushed into the Western Regions like a madman, a land so rich that Tubo, Mobei, Daxia, and the thirty-six kingdoms were all coveting it. The Tiele people in Mobei wanted to come back all the time, and Tubo also wanted to come here, not to mention that this trade route was a place that Persia and Daxia had always wanted to regain control of."

Zhang Zi looked up at Fang Wenhe. "Whether it's the Persian prince you just mentioned, the Yanqi prince, or Kelesin, they are actually small figures. In the overall situation, they are really like fleas. Because of Zhao Wuxiu, they are attacked on three sides! It looks like he can return to Dunhuang, but if he returns to Dunhuang, Dunhuang will be surrounded. But he is Zhao Wuxiu, one of the Thirteen Armors in the world. He will not make such a mistake. He must have someone to rely on, whether it is Chu Ying or Li Wenyou. I can't see through it, but the fact that these two troops are not moving makes me even more confused."

Fang Wenhe smiled and said, "But even if Zhao Wuxiu was like this, he still defeated the Zoroastrian army in succession within just a few months."

Qin Ya's expression remained unchanged, and she glanced at a few Dharma Kings beside her.

One of them stood up and said, "Please teach me, sir!"

Fang Wenhe glanced at the man and said, "As Mr. Zhang said, Zhao Wuxiu is currently surrounded by enemies on three sides. But if the King of Shu is willing to send troops from Anxi and Longyou, bypassing Liuzhou and heading straight into the Western Regions, then Zhao Wuxiu will have to face enemies on all four sides."

That's why they came today.

Because the King of Shu never gave a clear answer.

But it happened that Mr. Fang was the key to the King of Shu sending troops.

Fang Wenhe continued, "You just think they are fleas, but you forget that flea bites are also painful."

Zhang Zi looked at Fang Wenhe: "Zhao Wuxiu wants to support Yi Luo?"

Fang Wenhe chuckled, and then said: "If you have seen the current emperor, you will know, support? She will never do the things that caused the defeat of Daxia in the past."

As he spoke, Fang Wenhe looked at Qin Ya: "She wants to completely take over the entire Western Region and turn it into the territory of Daxia. From now on, there will be no thirty-six countries, only Daxia. If my guess is correct, Li Wenyou and Chu Ying have already sent troops."

Qin Ya looked at Fang Wenhe. They had thought about being defeated by Daxia and everything else, but they had never thought that Daxia would completely conquer the Western Regions and turn it into Daxia's territory. Instead, they only thought that Daxia had always established protectorates from the time of the Han Dynasty to the present.

Fang Wenhe continued, "When the prince asked you to come to me, he didn't actually ask you to ask me whether I should send troops, but whether I should start an army."

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(End of this chapter)