Records of the Human Emperor Chapter 1023: A Letter Sent to the Capital!

Chapter 1023: A Letter Sent to the Capital!

Translated by: Hypersheep325

Edited by: Michyrr

The Khorasani was led into the inner hall, where Xi Yuanqing and Yuan Shusong received him. After carefully questioning him about a few things, they had the Khorasani quietly escorted out of the city.

"Wang Chong, you heard what that Khorasani said. We're in a very bad situation!"

After sending off the Khorasani, Gao Xianzhi seated himself back at the table, his brows deeply creased in concern. Everyone had witnessed Abu Muslim's strength. A single one of his punches was enough to fight against the giant ape. If two more governors of this level arrived, backed by even more soldiers, Talas would be impossible to hold.

Wang Chong said nothing, but his eyes showed the same concern.

He naturally understood what Gao Xianzhi was saying. The Arabs could mobilize far more soldiers than the Tang.

"We only have two choices. The first is to immediately retreat, leaving Talas for the Central Plains before the Arabs are able to complete their large-scale mobilization. Dalun Ruozan and the Western Turks don't have the strength to stop us," Gao Xianzhi said.

"But if we do this, we will lose Talas. This fortress is a blockade to the Arabs' eastern advance. Once we leave, we will find it very difficult to find as strategic an area. Moreover, once we cross the Cong Mountains, we will be in Anxi. Right now, by stopping the Arabs at Talas, we've prevented any rebellions in the Western Regions, but if we let the Arabs come into Anxi, it will be difficult to say if the kingdoms of the Western Regions will continue to maintain their neutral positions."

Wang Chong shook his head.

He understood what Gao Xianzhi was saying, but this option was simply implausible. In Talas, they were only facing Arabia, Ü-Tsang, and the Western Turks, but if they fell back to the Western Regions, the chance of defection meant that the Great Tang might have to add the kingdoms of the Western Regions to their list of opponents.

That situation would be even more

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