The God-Level Prodigal Son of the Tang Dynasty

Of course the emperor also knew how unreliable this thing sounded.

But now is a perfect opportunity for Datang to take over Gaochang.

Wu Xu had a firm foothold in Gaochang. If he supported Datang, he could easily capture Gaochang without spending a single soldier.

Gaochang is an important channel guarding the road to the Western Regions.

If the Tang Dynasty captures Gaochang, it can send troops to the Western Regions.

You can advance, attack, retreat or defend. This is a great temptation for Li Shimin.

The emperor still had many ideas in mind regarding the expansion of the Tang Dynasty's territory.

"Xiang Wei, don't you think this is an opportunity for our Datang!"

"The geographical location of Gaochang is extremely important. If we can capture Gaochang, Tubo will become an isolated land. We can take them down whenever we want."

"If we capture Gaochang, our territory of the Tang Dynasty can be extended to the northwest again."

"I heard that there is a big food country to the west of the Tang Dynasty. They are eyeing my Tang Dynasty. I have long wanted to meet them." The emperor expressed his inner thoughts to Wei Zheng.

"But Your Majesty..."

"Xiang Wei, I'm just talking to you about this matter, and I haven't made a final decision, so there's no need to be so excited."

"Okay, you've worked hard, please step back."

Wei Zheng wanted to say something to persuade the emperor, but he was ordered to retreat by the emperor.

Seeing the emperor like this, Wei Zheng still didn't understand, but the emperor had already made a decision in his heart.

Helpless, Wei Zheng could only surrender and resign from the emperor.

The emperor sat in his seat, looking at the letter in his hand, his expression seemed a little excited.

…

After several days of treatment.

The soldiers in the spear battalion slowly recovered.

Many people can already walk, but their faces are still a little pale.

The other soldiers also breathed a sigh of relief.

The eyes he looked at Zhao Chen became more and more respectful.

"Your Highness, thank you, otherwise I would have been in big trouble this time!" Xue Rengui and Zhao Chen said with cupped hands, admiration on their faces.

Xue Rengui was wondering if Zhao Chen was sent by God to save the Tang Dynasty from the fire and water.

Otherwise, why would Zhao Chen have such great abilities.

Even this plague, which no one can do anything about, can be easily solved.

Xue Rengui now respected and admired Zhao Chen.

Thinking that they could lead troops under Zhao Chen, Xue Rengui and others were extremely excited.

"Thanks to you and everyone's efforts to solve the plague, otherwise the soldiers would not have recovered so quickly." Zhao Chen waved his hand with a smile and said to everyone.

Although he said this, everyone knew in their hearts that if Zhao Chen hadn't been here, we still don't know what would have happened.

Thinking that the soldiers were suddenly and inexplicably infected with the plague, Xue Rengui suddenly became angry again.

"Your Highness, you said before that the plague was most likely caused by Huizhen and the others. Do you have any conclusions now?" Xue Rengui and Zhao Chen asked.

If Huizhen really did it, he, Xue Rengui, would definitely not let them go.

"Qin San sent people to investigate upstream of the water source. As a result, a large number of rotten livestock carcasses were found upstream of the water source." Zhao Chen said, and then looked at Qin Huaiyu standing aside.

Qin Huaiyu stood up and said with a gloomy expression: "Less than three miles away from us, just downstream of Huizhen's camp, there are hundreds of highly decomposed livestock carcasses dumped in the river."

"When I led people to explore from there, I could smell a foul smell from a distance."

"The river water also has a strange smell."

"I caught two tongues who were in charge of guarding there, and I also found out from their mouths that Huizhen was responsible for this matter, and the person who came up with the idea turned out to be Hou Junji."

"Hou Junji?" Cheng Chu stood up suddenly.

They had not heard news about Hou Junji for a long time.

Unexpectedly, when Hou Junji appeared again, he would give Huizhen such a vicious idea to deal with the Tang soldiers.

"You bastard, this old immortal, why didn't you kill him before?" Cheng Chumo cursed bitterly.

Although the others did not speak, their eyes also had the same angry look.

But anger is anger, and Hou Junji is living well now.

With so many people, there is still nothing he can do against Hou Junji.

"Your Highness, now that the murderer and the source of the plague have been identified, should we take action?"

"We can't be at a disadvantage and get no reaction at all, right?"

"If this spreads out, people will laugh out loud!" Zhou Qing stood up and said to Zhao Chen.

"Zhou Qing, what nonsense are you talking about!" Xue Rengui scolded.

Just as he was about to say something else, he was interrupted by Zhao Chen waving his hand.

"Zhou Qing is right. Now that everything has come to a conclusion, we should also fight back against the murderers who harmed our soldiers."

"It just so happens that I haven't encountered any serious excuses when I came here this time. Since Huizhen has done us such a big favor, then naturally we should give him a big gift." Zhao Chen said with a smile.

Zhao Chen said this, although he felt inexplicably worried in his heart.

He knew that Zhao Chen came here just to take the initiative to attack Goguryeo.

Zhao Chen could not find any suitable reason before, so he was always delayed.

But now the soldiers of the Lancer Battalion are infected with the plague because of Huizhen's scheme.

Datang had a serious excuse.

But what Xue Rengui was worried about was that they had few soldiers and few generals, and the distance here was such that the mainland of Goguryeo was only a few dozen miles away.

They are in absolute

Weak.

Once the war starts, the situation will be unfavorable for them.

And if he takes the initiative to attack Goguryeo, if this news reaches the court, Zhao Chen will be criticized by many people.

Xue Rengui didn't think this was a good time.

At least Huizhen should be the first to attack them and use troops against them.

Instead of taking the initiative yourself.

After all, there is no real sword-to-sword encounter in the matter of plague.

But now...

"Zhao Da, when will we send out troops? I, Qin Huaiyu, will be the vanguard!" Qin Huaiyu stood up from his position and came to the center of the camp with an excited look on his face.

Qin Huaiyu has been waiting for this day for many days.

Now that Zhao Chen is about to launch troops against Huizhen, it is also time for Qin Huaiyu to avenge his father.

Xue Rengui frowned. He felt that he still needed to persuade Zhao Chen again.

"General Xue, Shacheng is originally garrisoned by you. If our army attacks Huizhen's camp, Huizhen will definitely send his entire army to attack Shacheng."

"The battlefield is our army's only retreat, so we must not make any mistakes."

"And according to my speculation, Huizhen will send Hou Junji to capture Shacheng, so I hope that Xue Rengui can lead the troops and take control of Shacheng." Zhao Chen looked at Xue Rengui and said slowly.

Xue Rengui was a little surprised and wanted to persuade Zhao Chen not to attack Huizhen easily.

But he also knew that he would definitely not be able to persuade Zhao Chen.

Hearing Zhao Chen say that he should guard Shacheng, Xue Rengui also nodded in agreement.

Xue Rengui also knew in his heart that no matter what the situation, Shacheng would never allow any mistakes.

This is the only way out for everyone.

If Shacheng falls into the hands of the Goguryeo people.

Then these people will really become turtles in the urn, and they will be chased and killed by Huizhen's troops all the way.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, the general is here, Shacheng is here!" Xue Rengui and Zhao Chen promised.