I am the cook, but I am Li Er's son-in-law

"I think it's time to send troops to punish." A man stood up impatiently, and the ferocity in his tone couldn't help but be expressed.

He is Ashinasheer, the nephew of Jieli Khan, who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty last year, and was worshiped as General Zuo Xiaowei. Now is the time to prove himself by making contributions to the Tang Dynasty.

"I think so too." Another general stood up, gearing up, "This battle, please go."

It was Guo Jing and Guo Xiaoke who spoke.

He was also one of Li Shimin's generals, and his status was once higher than Du Ruhui, Cheng Yaojin and the others, but... his conduct was not good, and he was never liked by Li Shimin.

Those big men in the army stood still, and the old gods were there.

People like Hou Junji and Duan Zhixuan closed their eyes and rested their minds, or listened to Cheng Yaojin swearing.

There is no need for them to go out for a mere Kucha.

It's the matchlock gun that they are very interested in. When the court meeting is over, see if they can slip some from His Majesty's hands, portable artillery.

Changsun Wuji lowered his head, afraid that his smile would be seen by others.When he made the right bet, he knew he was on Yin Xuan's side. Even if he was going to be punished in the future, he would only get more things.

No, what kind of gun is here?

The generals were about to perform a full martial arts performance in the court, and finally Li Shimin made a decision, let Guo Xiaoke lead the army, and the deputy general was Yuchi Jingde's son Yuchi Baolin.

Leading 300 soldiers, [-] of them are from the Shenji Battalion, using matchlock guns and carrying five artillery pieces.

The important thing is not to fight.

It is to test how far the matchlock gun can do on the battlefield.

In January, when the first rain fell in early spring, the army set off and headed west.

Western Turkic royal court.

A memorial was presented, and Khan Lishi glanced at it, his face uncertain: "The Tang Dynasty wants to use me to conquer the Kucha Kingdom?"

"What are your thoughts?"

He asked the minister who presented the memorial.

The minister faltered for a while, and then said: "Khan, the people of Tang may have malicious intentions."

"What do you mean by that?" Helishi Khan asked.

The minister said: "I, the Western Turks, have always been at odds with the Tang Dynasty, and Khan also had a gap with the Tang Dynasty... Kucha is not a small country, and Nali is a smart person. How could he provoke the Tang Dynasty?"

Xi Li Shi Khan hated Datang.

He prepared [-] good horses last year, and asked Datang for a marriage, and asked Datang to marry any princess he wanted. Li Shimin gladly accepted the horses, but he didn't marry the princess.

Because of this, Xilishi Khan suffered some infamy in Turkic, and he couldn't even marry a princess of the Tang Dynasty, so what face is there to be a Turkic Khan?

Ever since he met Yin Xuan, Li Shimin's eyes became higher.

My son-in-law must at least live up to Yin Xuan's standard in the future.

Even if the skills are not comparable, the appearance and age should not be too inferior... An old man like Li Shi Khan wants to marry his young and beautiful daughter in his teens as a wife, and wants to recognize himself as a father?
The current Datang doesn't even need to use this shameful way to marry.

If you want to reconcile, just be obedient and do not cause any trouble. If you do not reconcile, then I, Datang, will hit you and reconcile.

The minister continued: "Besides, although Kucha is small, it has tens of thousands of soldiers. It is not incapable of fighting, but the Tang Dynasty only sent [-] soldiers and horses."

"The Tang Dynasty has never been so high-spirited, I thought they only sent three thousand soldiers, I'm afraid it's..."

Speaking of this, the minister paused, and then asked: "Has Khan ever heard of the false ways of the Tang people?"

He Li Shi Khan shook his head, he was very poor in Sinology, and he couldn't even speak Chinese very fluently.

"Falsely attacking Guo State is a story in the Zuo Zhuan of the Tang Dynasty." The minister explained, "It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Jin borrowed a way from the State of Yu and prepared to attack the State of Guo."

"After the state of Jin eliminated the state of Guo, it turned around and attacked the state of Yu from inside and outside."

Khan is not stupid, he immediately understood what the minister meant.He narrowed his eyes: "You mean that the purpose of Datang is actually not Kucha, but our Turkic Khanate?"

The minister hesitated and nodded: "I'm not sure, but it's very likely."

They should not believe the excuse that Datang submitted.

Because the restaurant run by the county uncle of Changle in Kucha was harassed by the people of Kucha, Datang was about to send troops to ask the county uncle for an explanation.This is ridiculous.

It's even more absurd than King You of Zhou's Fenghuo drama in the Tang Dynasty.Isn't Datang afraid of losing the hearts of the people if he goes to war so much for a county uncle?

"So you should decline?" Xi Li Shi Khan frowned.

The minister nodded: "The minister thinks that the Tang Dynasty is trying to test me Turkic now, and it should not be an excuse."

Helishi Khan did not immediately respond.

But on the third day, Datang's letter was delivered again, and the words were very urgent, which made Li Shi Khan gritted his teeth, and directly drew up a pen to draft a letter, rejecting Datang's request.

Let Datang's army be in his own land, he can't do this kind of thing.

The false way the minister said has become his nightmare.

Yuchi Baolin looked at the receipt and sighed: "General Guo, this... Turkic Khan has refused, what should we do?"

Guo Xiaoke sneered: "What else can I do, get out."

"Back to Chang'an?" Yuchi Baolin was taken aback, and subconsciously said.

Guo Xiaoke shook his head: "Go ahead and attack Xizhou."

"Will this be against the Turks?" Yuchi Baolin was a little worried, "I can't wait for three thousand people..."

Guo Xiaoke laughed loudly: "What are you afraid of, do you think you came out this time just to vent your anger on the shopkeeper?" He still habitually referred to Yin Xuan as the shopkeeper.

Yuchi Baolin was taken aback again: "Isn't it?"

Guo Xiaoke shook his head: "Of course not. Your Majesty's purpose this time is to see what effect muskets can play in a war, and whether they can have an impact on cavalry as in ordinary drills."

"As for the store..."

"Although he's younger than you, he's no longer a brat. When did you see him suffer? Shi...that group of people failed to make the store suffer. Do you think Qiuci has this ability?"

"Although I don't know what the shopkeeper said to His Majesty, I don't know what the shopkeeper wants to get in this matter."

"But the purpose of the store owner can't just be to give vent to his restaurant."

Yuchi Baolin's eyes widened, he really thought he was here to vent his anger on the shop... The shop's food is so delicious and the people are so nice, he was holding back his anger all the way from Chang'an to Yumen Pass.

"But no matter what their goal is, they all hope to fight. As for who to fight... that doesn't matter." Guo Xiaoke smiled and shook his head while looking at the map on the table.

"Also, you remember."

Yuchi Baolin immediately turned serious.

"What I, Datang, gave me was an order, not a request. Let him make an excuse to save him some face. They have no right to refuse."

Yuchi Baolin sang aloud.