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

The imperial court didn't have good intentions, and they insisted on taking care of food, grass, and logistics—they made it up in the name that since Zhengyang Gong had sent out people, they would pay some money.

But... what are they actually trying to do?
That is the heart of Sima Zhao.

From the logistics and the amount of food and grass consumed, the general situation of an army can be seen.

The so-called thinking for Yin Xuan's sake is actually just an excuse to find out the reality of those rangers in Yin Xuan's hands.

Yin Xuan didn't doubt whether 200 people could conquer Ningyuan Kingdom.

It's not that 200 people are required to go head-on with an army of [-] people, so that even if Xue Rengui and the others have good weapons and [-] pigs with killing intent, they can kill them.

The way to resolve wars has never been a direct confrontation.

Can…

For me, it was a matter of course - if you can't do this kind of thing with such firepower, then Xue Rengui is not worthy of the title of famous general.

But for Datang, it was still incredible.

They will not overestimate Xue Rengui's ability, after all, they have seen the ceiling in the military - Li Jing and Li Shimin, which is something that manpower cannot do.

Then they will think that this is a problem of firepower.

The firepower in Yin Xuan's hands will be an era ahead of them, or even more...

This is not good news. Datang can tolerate Yin Xuan going beyond his control without ambition, but he cannot tolerate too much.

Yin Xuan is also afraid of trouble, wouldn't it be good to cooperate with Datang to make a fortune?

After naming the three words "Old Fox", Xue Rengui also quickly figured out the way to do it. He pondered for a while and hesitated: "Then... bring 1000 people?"

1000 people can be regarded as the rangers who came out in full force.

Yin Xuan didn't raise too many rangers. In the land of Chang'an, it was enough to raise so many people under Li Shimin's nose.

"Too much." Yin Xuan shook his head again.

Xue Rengui was dumbfounded. Two hundred is too little, and one thousand is too much. He didn't hesitate this time, and said directly: "Then bring 500 people?"

Yin Xuan didn't speak, but thought about it.

After a long silence, he asked: "Do you think... with the current firepower of Datang, how many people would it take to fight a country like Ningyuan with an army of only [-] people?"

"If it's just for victory, [-] elite soldiers are enough." Xue Rengui calculated in his heart, and quickly gave an answer, but after a pause, he added, "It must be me, or someone like General Li who came to bring us here." .”

"If it is someone else, it is estimated that there will be 2000 people and horses, and they will have to bring cavalry."

Xue Rengui is playing confident now.

Self-proclaimed that Li Jing is the only one who can be compared with himself in the world, and there is still a gap between the two of them, which is the level of the current top generals in the Tang Dynasty.

"Eight hundred..." Yin Xuan pursed his lips and pondered for a while, "Then you bring 400 people there."

"Training, maintenance and so on are suspended for a while, and only about 100 people are left on the surface."

Xue Rengui agreed.

It doesn't really matter how many people you bring, whether it's 400 people, 500 people, or even 600 people, at that time there will definitely be only 200 people who will go to the frontal battlefield.

It would be nice to have more people.

By rotation, you can have more examples to verify your own ideas.

In the next period of time, Xue Rengui negotiated with the Ministry of War, handed over the logistics, food and grass, and took the 400 people on the train to Kucha.

By the way, I also brought two artillery pieces.

400 people...two cannons...this caused a heated discussion in the court. They couldn't figure out how Xue Rengui had the courage to make such a decision.

Li Shimin even dispatched a group of thousand cattle guards, just waiting for Yin Xuan to ask him to borrow them, forming a set of dolls within a set.

Some people think that Xue Rengui has become complacent, and that the war is estimated to be defeated, and maybe Datang will have to wipe their ass.

But... the person who said this had a hint of schadenfreude.

Right now, Mr. Zhengyang is in the limelight, arrogant, and at the height of his power. He just needs some negative news to destroy some of his reputation.

Otherwise they... and the imperial court would be overwhelmed.

Some people were worried that this was nearly a thousand fewer than the minimum number they estimated. Could it be that Mr. Zhengyang still held some more powerful weapon in his hand.

Several waves of people quarreled, and even invited Li Jing back to the court. When the military god said that he could try to capture Ningyuan Kingdom with at least 700 people, the noise of the court gradually subsided a lot.

The God of War has said so, and His Majesty has testified, so they can believe it for now.

The distance between Ningyuan City and Qiuci is actually not that far, but there are two small countries in the middle - the Western Regions are like a piece of cracked land, and there is a country at a distance.

This country, which has always produced good horses, is not very big, only about the same size as Yizhou.

Among the rare basins in the Western Regions.

King Qiuci and his prime minister were so frightened that they didn't fall asleep all night after receiving the information from the railway station that "Datang's army is coming with artillery".

I have been thinking about it all the time, I have been quite peaceful during this period of time, nothing has happened, the Tongfu restaurant in the city of Kucha, they have all paid for it...

Could it be that after eating the Western Turks, he also wanted to include his own country into the territory of the Tang Dynasty?

Then there is no need to bring troops over to attack, we are all a family, just say no.

The group of people from Datang who made them tremble did not come to greet them. After having a meal at Tongfu Restaurant, they left quickly, and left the border of Datang under the witness of the people from Kucha.

King Kucha breathed a sigh of relief.

The target was not me...

It's just...is there any small country in the Western Regions who dares to provoke Datang?
King Kucha and the prime minister raised doubts in their hearts.

The person in charge of collecting information hesitated for a while before replying: "This subordinate indeed knows a piece of news related to Datang, but I'm not sure if it's the reason for Datang's dispatch of troops."

King Qiuci waved his hand: "Speak quickly."

The man took a deep breath: "A few days ago, something happened in Ningyuan country. A merchant in their country borrowed money from Zhengyang Gong to mine minerals in Ningyuan country."

"But Ning Yuanguo didn't agree. He smashed the mine and killed the merchant, but... the Datang man invited by the merchant was sent back to Datang unscathed."

King Kucha gasped.

This... Ning Yuanguo is really courageous enough.

"What kind of trade do we have with Ningyuan?" King Qiuci turned his head to the prime minister.

The prime minister replied: "Only some transactions on horses."

King Qiuci waved his hand: "Hurry up, hurry up, it's broken!"

"Pass on my oral order, Qiuci will start a war against Ningyuan, pass it on!"