The Unjust System and My War-Crazy Self

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"It's no big deal." Shu Yichao disagreed.

"Let's fight together."

Just when Shu Yichao was shouting that he wanted to go back and deal with the Tumo garrison and Huihu in Beiting.

The situation in the Ans Plateau and Khorasan region south of the river has reached extreme tension.

Mulu City.

"What has the Tang army been doing recently?"

"Do they have any plans to go south?"

"How's Samarkand?"

A general in military uniform was anxiously questioning the spies who had returned from various cities in the Governor's Mansion.

The general's name was Tahir.

Because of his contribution to the enthronement of the Caliph, he is currently the Governor of Khorasan of the Arsa Empire.

In fact, his appointment would not have come so soon.

But Shu Yichao's actions in the east were too big.

When the news reached the ears of the Arassa Empire, it became a group of resurrected Tang army undead, transforming into a terrifying natural disaster, bringing the catastrophe of death equally to everyone.

The entire river was turned upside down by them.

And Transoxiana has always been regarded as the private territory of the Arassa Empire.

Over the years, relying on scriptures in one hand and swords in the other, the Alasa Empire has been slowly infiltrating and preaching in the Central Asian region.

Even though it's difficult.

In places where the land was severely exploited by the Norma Empire and the Ans Empire, people felt that the low taxes of the Alassa Empire were like a blessing.

But to people in the east, the taxes in the Arasa Empire were simply unbearably high.

Therefore, conflicts, riots and wars occur from time to time.

To this day, the actual controlled area of the Arassa Empire is near Samarkand.

And Samarkand...

Across the Syr Darya River is the Dayuan Governor's Office.

So Tahir was urgently dispatched to Khorasan to organize the local military and defense, and prepare for war with the Tang army.

At least Hezhong cannot fall completely into the hands of the Tang army.

But when he arrived and collected some information, he was immediately confused.

What is this all about?

The reincarnation of Gatling Bodhisattva?

Are they saying that the Grand Protector of the Tang army was very powerful?

Are there also white disasters and black disasters?

Although I have long known that the monsters in the east are very fierce in fighting.

But is this a bit too much?

Damn, millions of undead armies!

How to fight this?

Then, worse news came.

The Great Shaman and the Holy Wolf Warrior in the river were killed one after another by the Tang army, and the entire river was hung with the red flag of the Tang Dynasty...

Something bad has happened!

He's not ready yet.

If the Tang army took advantage of the victory in Hezhong to attack Samarkand and take the opportunity to approach Khorasan...

That would be a very bad situation.

"Your Excellency the Emir."

The spies talked at once.

"It seems that the Tang army has no plans to move south for the time being."

"but……"

"The Kangju and Huxun people may be in contact with the Tang army."

"Hmph!" Hearing that the Tang army did not move south, Tahir finally felt relieved and then snorted coldly.

"These pagan fence-sitters, I knew they couldn't be trusted at all."

"Has any of you fought against the ghosts of the Tang army?" asked Tahir.

He actually has quite a few soldiers now. If a war really breaks out, he can definitely mobilize 70,000 to 80,000 people.

Together with the vassal armies of some small countries around, it is not a problem to gather hundreds of thousands of people.

But he was not clear about the combat effectiveness of the Tang army.

Even if there are millions of miscellaneous soldiers, it is still very terrifying.

He wanted to take a defensive stance, but there were rumors that the ghosts were too weak to defeat even a strong servant.

Every time, the Tang army only let them lead the charge to consume the enemy. What the Tang army really relied on was the Anxi Army's cavalry.

This made Tahir wonder.

Could it be a large number of miscellaneous soldiers combined with a small number of cavalry?

It sounds like the Tang army isn't so scary anymore.

Feel like giving it a try?

"No." Everyone shook their heads.

No one is stupid.

When you see the ghostly fog that's like a blizzard, you know it's time to run away.

Those who run slowly or are stubborn enough to fight the Tang army will not appear here at all.

"This……"

Tahir was in a dilemma.

Without direct combat experience, he couldn't judge the strength of the Tang army.

As for the hearsay of the merchants and herdsmen—

None are reliable.

"Let's concentrate our forces first." Tahir made the decision.

"Also, have Salmahan send out a small force to test the Tang army's combat effectiveness."

"Test their quality."

Just when Tahir was thinking about how to test the true combat effectiveness of Shu Yichao's army.

Others saw an opportunity, too.

For example, the governor of Samarkand at this moment.

He is from Ans.

Even though he had reached a high position, he was still dissatisfied with the Alasa Empire that conquered Ans.

Restoring the country is the wish of many Ans people, including him.

It’s just that the Ans were relatively weak in the past, and there were Ans like Tahir who were relatively loyal to the Alasa Empire as their minions.

It is really difficult to restore the country.

However, the resurgence of the Tang Dynasty seemed to bring a glimmer of hope for their restoration.

As the governor of Samarkand, he is closer to the Western Regions and has a deeper understanding of the East.

Naturally, I know that the further east I go, the more groups of gods will fight.

Even powerful countries like the Tumu Empire and Golulu were defeated by the Anxi Army.

Even top warriors like the Great Shaman and the Holy Wolf Warrior were killed.

If we can gain the support of the Tang army...

"We need to find a way to connect with the Anxi Protectorate of the Tang Dynasty."

The Governor of Samarkand was lost in thought.

He immediately sent people to prepare gifts and documents, intending to visit Shu Yichao.

"You guys tell me." He called his staff.

"What kind of rare treasure could possibly win the favor of the Anxi Grand Protector?"

"A steed?" someone immediately suggested.

"I heard that the Great Protector of Anxi in the Tang Dynasty killed people in the river, causing blood to flow like a river, just for those flying celestial horses."

"If we could find a group of fine horses..."

"Everyone has a Pegasus." Someone retorted.

"Do you think we have ordinary horses?"

"How about jewelry?"

Some people expressed objection.

"Khotan is rich in beautiful jade. What kind of jewelry can't they ask for?"

"Even asking a few beauties to sleep with me wouldn't be a problem."

After discussing for a long time, they made an embarrassing discovery.

It seems like there is nothing good to come out of my own home.

But someone thought of something.

"Governor, I think there's something that His Excellency the Grand Protector would really like."

"Oh?"