The Tang Dynasty's rule over the Western Regions began after Taizong Li Shimin ordered Li Jing to break the East-Turks, and later the great general Hou Junji commanded the army and destroyed Gaochang, and after the Turkic general Ashina who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty subdued the Western Turks, the entire Western Regions was under the rule of the Anxi Protectorate. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because Tubo is located on the plateau, the Tang army cannot adapt to the plateau battle, so Tubo has always been outside the deterrent range of the Tang army, otherwise the cultural and martial arts of Taizong may have been conquered long ago. In order to ensure the smooth rule of the Anxi Protectorate in the Western Regions, Taizong named the daughter of Li Daozong, the king of Rencheng, as Princess Wencheng and married Zanpu Songtsen Gampo of Tubo.

When Taizong was alive, the Hu people in the Western Regions were all afraid of being killed, and they were very docile, and none of them dared to rebel and make trouble. Since Gaozong succeeded to the throne, some Turkic tribal chieftains began to become restless, among which the Turkic general Ashina family of the Tang Dynasty was one of the earliest Turks who submitted to the Tang Dynasty. He knows the central court very well. Gaozong is not a little worse than Taizong, Ashi then had the idea of not being a minister, and rebelled with the Western Turks, Gaozong once sent Lu Guogong Cheng to bite Jin to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, Cheng Biting Jin is already more than eighty years old, where can he still lead the team to go out, the logistics supply is also insufficient, relying on the descendants of the Wagang Army There are still a lot of people who can fight, and fought two battles in the Western Regions, fortunately, he did not lose, but he did not win.

In fact, they were all the means of the Empress Wu, and they took this opportunity to seize the military power of the banner of the Wagang Army. Later, Su Dingfang, a pro-military general, was sent as the commander, and the logistics supply also followed. Su Dingfang won successive battles and captured Ashinatu alive. The Turks were divided for a while.

Although Gaozong reigned, he was not in good health, and now the government is basically handled by the Tianhou Wu clan, and the great chief of the Western Turks, Ashnadali, calls himself Khan, and now he is ready to move. According to the imperial court's restraint policy, merchants were not allowed to sell grain and iron tools to different races in the Western Regions. However, for personal gain, most of the generals of the border armies smuggled some to the alien race, but there would never be much, this was not just as simple as breaking the law, they were also worried that once the alien race became strong, the first unlucky one would be the border army.

Helan Bi, the commander of the Hexi Army, is a typical pig brain, Helan Bi and Helan Shi, the daughter of Mrs. Han, are cousins, and now Mrs. Han and her daughter Helan are waiting for Gaozong together, Mrs. Wu Shun of South Korea is a sister to Empress Wu, and Empress Wu is a cousin, although the Li Dynasty itself has Hu blood, and does not care much about these things, but in the hindrance of Empress Wu, Gaozong is not embarrassed to make Helan a concubine. Helan Bi relied on this relationship to become the commander of the Hexi Army, although he said that he had a body of martial arts, and his ability to lead troops to fight was really not very good, but he had a lot of ability to make money.

Helan Bi can't lead his troops to fight, but his kung fu is perfect, and the Empress Wu was originally sent by the Jade Emperor to harm the Li family, and he also wanted to cultivate his own power, so he recommended Helan Bi to be the commander of the Hexi Army. In the past three years since Helan Bi arrived in Wuwei, he has sent a lot of good things to Empress Wu, of course, he has fished more by himself. The purple lambskin and Dongzhu exchanged from the Turks this time are the birthday gifts prepared for the Empress Wu this year, which are related to his future, so Helan Bi is looking forward to it.

For Li Benyuan's ability, Helan Bi still recognizes, and the transactions with Dali are all entrusted to Li Benyuan, Li Benyuan's family members are all in Wuwei City, Helan Bi doesn't think Li Benyuan dares to betray him. Today, the detailed work sent to monitor Li Benyuan's family reported that the Li Mansion did not seem to be quite right, and the subordinates of the Li Mansion seemed to be dismissing. Helan Bi was taken aback, and immediately sent the housekeeper in his house to take someone to take a look. The situation is unknown, so it is naturally difficult to dispatch a large number of guards.

Helan Bi's housekeeper Tian Jiafu is an old man of the Helan family, in his forties, medium build, very stout, and sharp eyes, he knows that he is a master of martial arts at a glance. Steward Tian took the two personal guards of the handsome man and rode straight to the Li Mansion. There was already some chaos in the Li Mansion. The housekeeper Lao Liao sat in the front hall, his eyes were full of worry, it had been six days since Ning Zihan came back to pick up his wife, son, and miss. There is no information.

At first, I didn't care, but on the third day, I didn't feel right, so I asked people to go to Wuzhuang Temple to inquire, only to know that the owner of Wuzhuang Temple had also been replaced. Now the head of the Golden Embroidery Dao is in charge, and the old master Qingfeng Dao Chang has gone out to travel, and he doesn't know where he went. It's been three days now. Lao Liao knew that something must have happened to the owner, otherwise Ning Zihan would not have taken his wife and children away, it would definitely not be a trivial matter.

Lao Liao quietly arranged the daily affairs of the Li Mansion, he knew that he couldn't run, an old man, the relatives of the family were in the city, and now the master was gone, if he ran away, it would definitely not be good to be caught, if he didn't run, he could still shirk and say that he didn't know anything. From the usual affairs, Lao Liao also knew that the Li Mansion and the General's Mansion had some contacts, so he didn't dare to run, just waiting for someone from the General's Mansion to come.

There is no impermeable wall, Lao Liao has been hiding it for less than a day, and the people in the family know that several people have secretly taken the family's finances and escaped. Lao Liao sat in the living room, helpless. Tian Jiafu came to the door of the Li Mansion with two fully armored guards, and there was no one at the door, so Tian Jiafu knew that it was not good.

Tian Jiafu took the two of them directly to the front hall, and when he saw Lao Liao sitting in the hall, he walked in unceremoniously directly. Standing up, he smiled bitterly and arched his hand towards Steward Tian. "Lao Liao, what's going on?" Tian Jiafu asked.

Lao Liao didn't dare to hide it, and told him in detail about the disappearance of his wife and the child after Ning Zihan came back, as well as the matter of Wuzhuang Guan. After Tian Jiafu listened to Lao Liao's words, he knew in his heart that it was bad, "Huaili, you go back immediately to report to the marshal." One of the guards turned around and went out to report the news. Tian Jiafu said to Lao Liao: "Take me to the backyard!" ”。 Signal another guard to guard the gate and not let anyone in.

The maids in the backyard also knew that the owner was missing, and they all hid aside and cried, seeing that Lao Liao came to the backyard with people, they didn't know what to do. Tian Jiafu came to Li Benyuan and his wife's room, saw that the things in the room did not move, and then checked the other rooms, and asked the maid about the situation at that time, knowing that the Wang family must have fled with the child, and it has been six days now, and I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up. instructed Lao Liao to take care of the subordinates in the family, Tian Jiafu rode back to the Shuaifu, leaving a personal guard to guard the door of the mansion and wait for the commander's order. Don't look at a personal guard, no one dares to move, you must know that this is in Wuwei City, who dares to move the personal guards of the handsome, except for those who want to rebel.

Helan Bi don't look at the military command is not very good, but this person's martial arts are not low, he is good at using a horse Shuo, when he performed martial arts in front of the palace, he once fought with one enemy and two of Qianniuwei's two lieutenant generals, otherwise there is no merit at all, and the martial queen has no reason to recommend him as the coach. Helan Bi is tall and big, with a big bald head, a full beard, and one by one.

Helan Bi this guy is very lustful, he is called the donkey-headed general in private, Helanbi is ugly and ugly, but he is not like a donkey at all, he is called the donkey-headed general because this guy can be said to be stupid and the same as a donkey in military command, and the guy who Helan is really the same as a donkey, this guy is also a shameless person, he often shows off his second child in the army, especially when he is drunk, he is not a person.

According to the military law of the Tang Dynasty, women are not allowed to enter the barracks, so this guy rarely stays in the barracks at night, and he is not bold enough to get women into the barracks. Pei Xingjian, the general manager of the Dingxiang Road march, is not easy to mess with, and he does not rub sand in his eyes. Secretly smuggling profits are a common means of making money for the border army, and they can turn a blind eye, if they get women to the barracks, Pei Xingjian is strict in governing the army, and Helan Bi is not so bold.

When Tian Jiafu came to look for Helan Bi, this guy was holding two desert dancers in his arms and didn't get up during his lunch break in the room. Seeing the embarrassed look of the maid who was reluctant to go in to report it, Tian Jiafu knew that the general was not yet enjoyable. The maid went in at this time, and if she didn't get it right, she was used to put out the fire. It's too late to rush at this time, so wait. Tian Jiafu sat down patiently in the living room, the guards who came back just now had already taken the guards to the Li Mansion. The commander of the first army, there are 2,000 guards in the army, Helan Bi knows that there are a lot of aliens here, so he stationed the guards in his marshal's mansion to protect his own safety.

Helan Bi finished venting, and heard the maid say that Steward Tian had something urgent, so she came out in a coat. Tian Jiafu is a retainer of the Helan family, and there is nothing to avoid. When Tian Jiafu said that Li Benyuan's family had escaped, Helan Bi knew that something was wrong, and it must have been something wrong with this transaction. Tian Jiafu said: "Dashuai, Li Benyuan has not received any news from Shawo on the northern line this time, I want to go to Shawo in person", Helan Bi pondered, it is obvious that Li Benyuan has an accident, whether he died or ran away, or something else, I am not sure now.

Li Benyuan is dead or alive, Helan Bi doesn't care, what he cares about is his goods, and the things in the Li Mansion are not important, they can be taken away at any time. The most important thing, these purple lamb skins and Dongzhu, he had already mentioned it in the letter sent to the capital and the queen of heaven. If it is lost, the Empress Wu becomes suspicious, then it will be troublesome. "Uncle Tian, you bring more people, go to Shawo to have a look, it's best to find Li Benyuan, if you can't find it, you have to find a way to find the goods, I want to see who dares to break ground on Tai Sui's head!"

Nominally, these goods have nothing to do with the General's Mansion, Steward Tian changed into civilian clothes, brought two teams of personal guards, five hundred people, although there is no armor, a discerning person can also see that the weapons are all standard weapons, not everyone can mobilize so many regular troops. The old man Sun, the official of the city gate, looked at the two pairs of people and horses who were rolling away with smoke and dust, and muttered, "Loser, loser, alas." Old man Sun has been here for more than 20 years, and he has participated in the Tang Army's war against the Turks, and now the power of the Tang Army is not as strong as before. The country that was conquered with great national strength during the Taizong period seems to be defeated soon.

Shiyang River flows from the edge of the desert, runs through the entire Longyou region, Shiyang River turns a big bend in the Gobi Desert of the sand sea, just like deliberately to rescue the travelers who come out of the desert, there is a lonely building at the top of the bend, standing proudly on the edge of the desert against the wind and sand, only less than 300 meters away from the Shiyang River behind.

A sturdy knight, mounted on a large black horse, galloped along the path by the river toward the lonely building, and when he came near, he rolled over and dismounted, threw the sand off his body, and walked towards the gate made of great poplar wood. This is a rocky mountain covering an area of about 3 acres, although it is a rocky mountain, it is actually less than four zhang high, but it is also an abrupt building on the edge of the desert. Passing through a path that was obviously opened up from the rocks, walking more than 20 zhang away, is the gate of poplar wood, about two zhang high and three zhang wide gate is closed, and when I walked in, I found that there was a small window on the gate, which was also closed, and the huge copper door knocker was hung on the animal face base that was also made of copper. The gate is blocked by rocks on both sides, and it is not visible from a distance. The stone on the top of the gate is polished very flat, and the two huge ancient characters are carved on the stone plane, "Shawo", "Shawo" is said to be translated by an old man, and the people who come here are called so, and no one has verified whether these two ancient words are pronounced "Shawo".

After knocking, the knight led the horse back a few steps, and after a while, the small window on the door opened, and after observing for a while, the knight's hands were folded together, and then the lower hand was flipped and erected, with the back of the hand facing outward. The people inside closed the windows. With a screeching noise, a crack opened in the gate, and the knight led the horse and walked in. The door closed again with a screeching noise.

The knight took off the hood, leaked an ordinary face, took out a silver ingot from his coat and threw it to the man who opened the door, and said: "There is a group of people living here, and the leader is a woman, I want to see them", the two people who opened the door, carefully looked at this person a few times, looked at the silver in his hand, and said: "Go to the hall to find it yourself, she often drinks in the hall". The knight threw the reins of the horse to the man, "help me take care of the horses," and went inside.

The passage was not long, all the way down diagonally, giving people a sense of not obvious, there was a noisy sound coming from inside, and when the knight lifted the thick curtain that covered it, the noisy sound and foul smell made the knight frown. In an extremely large space, there are people walking around, huge poplar tables and chairs, placed everywhere, as far as the eye can see, you can see all kinds of Hu and Han people, two horizontal and two vertical are obviously reserved corridors, knights take off their clothes outside, leaking out the tight samurai clothes inside, the lighting in the space is not very good, although it is noon outside, it is like dusk here.

The northeast corner leans against the rock wall, a group of people are fighting, judging from the language of shouting, it is not a Han person, in front of a table close to the wall, only one person is sitting, his head is coiled up in a high bun, a jasper hairpin is inserted, under the snow-white slender neck is a black loose beard, the long coat and big sleeves can not see the quality of the figure, the neck alone makes people reverie, the people around are as if they are blind, they don't look at her.

The knight walked briskly towards the woman in the bearded clothes, came to the front, bent down and whispered behind the woman: "Young master, Helanbi's people are coming this way", the woman who was drinking turned her head, a pair of bright eyes, like stars in the night sky, inlaid on a beautiful and delicate face, not like the rough northern scenery, but like the beautiful woman in the south of the Yangtze River. "Laxin, you've worked hard, go and have a drink with them," "Young Master Xie," the knight stood up, and then greeted the drinker next to him.

The girl in the beard and big sleeves, with her fingers like jade onions, picked up the white porcelain wine glass, the red wine was as red as blood in one gulp, and the corners of her mouth were bright red, which was indescribably strange in the dim yellow light. "Datang, I want to take back my homeland after all!" After the girl finished drinking, she got up and walked down the corridor towards a passage not far away.