Du Xian didn't speak for more than three sentences, and he was already planning to leave.

Pei Min was stunned, and hurriedly stopped him.

Although he knew that his identity as a Wenzong of his own generation, and the possession of the "Three Character Classic" and the persuasion articles similar to the "Shi Shuo" that could be passed down through the ages, made him famous among the scholars for a while.

Shilin was proud to see him.

Just like Chen Jinnan in the middle, it has the meaning of "I don't see Pei Jingyuan in my life, and it is in vain to call me a celebrity".

But he is not a monkey, Du Xian will leave when he sees him......

It's really a monkey!

Pei Min said: "Mr. Du is filial piety, and sincerity is a model for my generation. It's just that the situation in Anxi is complicated, Mr. is leaving, and the frontier bureau can be properly arranged? ”

In the previous sentence of praise, Pei Min was moved by feelings.

True!

Ding Wei Shou is a traditional moral etiquette, but Du Xian is the deputy protector of Anxi, and he is the envoy of the Xijie Festival. The first leader of the military and political affairs of Anxi, commanding the kings of the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu in the Western Regions, is the king of kings.

If you really want to divide the superior, it is second only to Pei Min and Zhang Shoujue, and it is the third person in the Tang Dynasty!

In this kind of majestic position, Du Xian did not remember it, and said that he would resign from the official and keep filial piety.

This courage and filial piety are indeed admirable.

It's just that just like the real intention of Pei Min's words, although Du Xian has a scholarly spirit as Yuan Luqian said, he did a really good job in the Western Regions. Honest and diligent, won the hearts of the people, and all the countries in the Western Regions looked to him.

He resigned from the government, and whether the Western Regions can be stable is the most important thing.

Du Xian said quite confidently: "This prince can rest assured, before he resigned, it has been arranged." Now the affairs of Anxi are in charge of my deputy, my husband Monlingza, and I recommend him to the court to succeed me. Even if the imperial court does not allow it, before the new deputy capital guard arrives, Lingcha will stay until the last moment to ensure that Anxi is safe. ”

Fermon Lingcha?

Pei Min is somewhat familiar with this name, but he can't remember his deeds.

However, since he has a name and a surname in history, he should be a person.

Du Xian returned to his hometown to mourn and keep filial piety, so naturally he couldn't drink and chat with him, and after confirming that Anxi was safe, Pei Min sent him away.

Just as he wanted to return to the backyard of the Jiedu Envoy, Pei Min paused, went around in a circle, came to Sun Zhou's official office, and instructed Sun Zhou to arrange for Zhanru to go to the Western Regions in person.

Sun Zhou looked at Pei Min puzzled and asked, "But what happened in the Western Regions?" ”

"Nope!" Pei Min said: "Just asking for peace of mind, the relatives of Du Xian, the former deputy protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protector's house, died unexpectedly, and he himself resigned without any warning, so that the situation was completely stable and stable, and there were small waves." Although Du Xian repeatedly said that Fu Meng Lingcha could be trusted and had enough ability. But after all, it has not been tested, and it is not easy to say whether it can control the scene...... It is best to be able to be natural, if not, we can also help one or two, so as not to have any accidents. It doesn't hurt to be prepared with a little more preparation. ”

Sun Zhou agreed and began to arrange.

Zhanru, who received the order, rushed to Anxi as soon as possible.

The road from Guzang in Liangzhou to Anxi is not easy to walk, not to mention entering the Western Regions, it is extremely inconvenient to enter Hexi Xizhou.

At that time, the king of Gaochang, Lu Wentai, attached himself to the Western Turks and prevented the countries of the Western Regions from paying tribute to the Tang Dynasty through his borders.

Li Shimin sent Hou Jun to destroy Gaochang, but he was plagued by two thousand miles of sand moraines on the way.

Even if the Gaochang Kingdom has been destroyed for many years, the two thousand miles of sand moraines with different climates still cause great inconvenience to the traffic coming and going.

Even if Zhan Ruo had special training, it took a lot of energy to cross the moraine and enter Xizhou.

When you arrive in Xizhou, it is almost equivalent to going to the Western Regions.

Zhanru stayed overnight in Gaochang City, crossed the Great Sand Sea to Yanqi Town, and passed through Tiemen Pass and Wulei Prefecture to Qiuzi, where the Anxi Dadu Protectorate was located.

Zhanru used the excuse of looking for relatives to inquire about the situation.

There was peace up and down the turtle, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.

Travelers live comfortably on their own.

Compared with the Hanhu Qisan division in Hexi, it is completely reversed in this Western Regions.

Most of the people on the street are high-nosed and deep-eyed people from the Western Regions, while the Han people are in the minority, and most of the Han people are fierce and vicious.

Because of the remoteness of the Western Regions, the ancients were originally homesick and had a strong sense of place.

Even if he is forced to move, he will not choose the Western Regions where the Tiangao Emperor is far away.

The Han people in the Western Regions were either soldiers or exiled sinners, and there were very few ordinary people.

However, because it is the territory of the Tang Dynasty, even if there are many Hu and few Hans. From the officials and nobles to the merchants and the common people, they all speak Huaxia, and it is extremely standard.

After all, the Tang Dynasty has been in the Western Regions for many years.

Zhan Ru walked around Qiuzi, first high-end green buildings, and then low-end taverns, all of which left footprints.

Seeing the turtles up and down, the wealthy nobles are still having fun, drunk and dreaming of death; The peddlers and pawns also enjoyed themselves and made money with their hearts, and there was nothing unusual about it.

Zhanru also paid special attention to the situation of the Dadu Protectorate, and Du Xian created a reasonable operating mechanism for the Metropolitan Protectorate.

As the successor, the husband has not made any changes to the mechanics.

Even if Du Xian leaves, the whole of Anxi will develop according to the original trajectory.

Zhan Ru investigated for half a month, and after making sure that everything was fine, he passed the news to Sun Zhou in Liangzhou in a special intelligence way.

He himself was in no hurry to leave, and continued to investigate the situation in Anthy.

This day Zhan woke up like a freeze in the night.

Looking at the charcoal fire that had been extinguished on the side, he lit the candle, listened to the wind whistling outside the window, and wanted to open the window to take a look, but found that he couldn't push it.

The strong wind outside the house crushed the loose windows to death, and ordinary strength could not push them open.

Zhan Ru shuddered, no longer pressing, put on his coat, asked the guy on duty downstairs for some charcoal, and complained about the cold in his mouth.

The climate of the Western Regions is much colder than that of Guanzhong, and it is also better than that of Liangzhou.

The guy on duty said with a smile: "The guest officer doesn't know, we are the coldest here at this time." The first snow, I haven't gotten used to it yet. As long as you survive today, frozen and frozen, it will not be cold. ”

Only then did Zhan Ru know that it was actually snowing, so he asked more.

The guy on duty at night was very good at talking, and said endlessly: "It fell when I got up, and now there are almost three feet of snow piled up on the eaves." The snow fell suddenly, and I don't know how many animals would freeze to death. ”

Zhan Ru didn't care, rubbed his cold numb hands, and continued to sleep.

The next day, wrapped in a coat, Zhan Ru did not shrink in the room, but came to the lobby of the inn, ordered hot porridge and oil cakes, and listened to the chatter of the surrounding travelers.

The surrounding travelers talked about the sudden heavy snowfall and the impact of the heavy snow.

A table of travelers' conversations caught Zhanru's attention.

"It's a pity, more than a thousand fine horses froze to death like this, and the loss is not small."

"But no, they are all good horses, each of them is worth hundreds of yuan, even if Tuqi Shi is rich, he must be so angry that he blows his beard and glare."

When Zhan Ru heard Tu Qi Shi, his heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "Two big brothers, may I ask what you are talking about about the thousand horses sent by Princess Jiaohe?" ”

When he came to Qiuzi, Zhanru heard about Princess Jiaohe pretending to be an elephant in front of Du Xian.

After a long time, I didn't take it seriously, but at this time, it sounded like I had a bad premonition.

Du Xian called the messenger of the princess of Jiaohe, causing the Turgish to lose face.

Tuqi Shi didn't react for a long time, but apparently endured it.

But now that all the horses sent are frozen to death, losing both face and lining, the situation may be different.

Even if the Turks are rich in good horses, it is not easy to accept the loss of a thousand horses at once.

The traveler responded: "No, if you want me to say that Deputy Du Du's temper is also a little bigger, he was beaten and imprisoned." As a result, a thousand good horses were taken care of by a few horse slaves. When it snowed heavily, where did Manu find stables to avoid the snow, and all of them froze into statues. ”

Zhan Ru couldn't care about eating any more, grabbed two oil cakes, wrapped them in a thick coat, and hurried towards Broken Leaf City in the wind.

Broken Leaf City is an important town set up by the Tang Dynasty in the Western Regions, it is a city built in imitation of Chang'an, and it is called Suye Water City because it is close to Suye Water.

Located at the intersection of the two trunk lines of the "Silk Road", Chinese and Western merchants gathered here, and it is the only way for the envoys of the East and the West, and its strategic significance is extremely important.

When Zhan Ru arrived at Shattered Leaf City, Shattered Leaf City was already in flames.

The dense cavalry of the Turks besieged Shattered Leaf City.

The surrounding area is full of Turgish's scout rangers, Zhanru can't get close at all, with his own strength, although he can deal with scattered rangers, but after all, he can't penetrate the encirclement of tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.

Without any hesitation, Zhan Ru made a quick decision, chose to retreat, and sent the news to Liangzhou as soon as possible.

**********

Under the Broken Leaf Castle!

The Turk Khan Sulu looked at Broken Leaves, known as Chang'an in the Western Regions, with a bit of greed.

For Shattered Leaf City, Sulu has been peeping at it for a long time.

Times are progressing, and Turgish itself is gradually changing, and he is no longer a simple nomad.

At that time, the Western Turks once stripped the trade routes of the Western Regions, and made a lot of money just by collecting tolls from merchants from the east and west.

So much so that Li Zhi, the emperor of Li Tang in the east, was red-eyed, and sent the general Su Dingfang to exterminate the Western Turks in one fell swoop.

Although Li Tang is famous for sending troops, in Sulu's eyes, any famous army is a lie.

It's clear that it's a good word, and I want to eat alone.

Sulu now has a stronger strength than the Western Turks back then.

He was already dissatisfied with Li Tang's ugly appearance, but he was always jealous and did not dare to use troops easily.

In the past, the Datang siege network was an opportunity, but at that time, the turkish was not strong enough, and Sulu just wanted to fish in troubled waters, so that Byzantium persuaded him and dispelled the idea.

Now Sulu has a strong army and a brave army, and has always been patient with restlessness.

Du Xian painfully sent the messenger of the princess of Jiaohe and detained the Tuqi Shi people, which had already provoked Sulu's anger, and learned that a thousand horses were frozen to death, and the division was famous, and he gathered an army of 100,000 at the first time and slaughtered to Broken Leaf City.

It was just after the heavy snowfall, and it was freezing cold.

No one could have imagined that Sulu would mobilize a large army at this time, and the defenders of Broken Leaf City were caught off guard and had no precautions at all, leaving the army of Turgish in a tight trap.

A fierce young general came to Sulu's side and shouted, "Father Khan, give the order." The child is willing to go first, and personally lead my warriors to the city. As long as the western Chang'an is robbed, everything will come back. ”

Sulu glanced at the young general and a kind smile fell on his face.

The young general was none other than his son, Gusi, the future king of the Turgish Khan.

Gu Si is only in his early twenties, but he is already a rare warrior of Turgish, skilled in bows and horses, and can crack tigers and leopards very strongly, which is deeply appreciated by Sulu.

Su Lu said: "Wang'er, this is wrong, plundering Broken Leaf City, we got the benefit of 10,000 good horses." But if we occupy Broken Leaf City, within three years, we will be able to get the benefits of 20,000 good horses, and if we can occupy it for a long time, then we will not have to worry about food and clothing. On this expedition, the main purpose of Father Khan is to eat this broken leaf city, so that this western Chang'an will no longer be surnamed Li, and the surname will be Hei. ”

Black is Sulu's surname, and Sulu's descendants are called Heibu.

"That's boring!"

Gu Si is young and frivolous, the most admiring the evil wolf, yearning for the day when he can be like a wolf pack, everywhere he goes, blood flows everywhere, corpses are everywhere, and all valuable things are looted.

Su Lu laughed and said: "In addition to Chang'an in the west, aren't there also the four towns of Qiuzi, Khotan, Yanqi, and Shule?" I'm not afraid of a time when Wang Er will show his talents...... The wealth of these four towns is not inferior to that of broken leaves. As long as we take Shattered Leaf City and loot the four towns, it won't be easy? This Broken Leaf City is particularly critical, and Tang Jun will definitely save it if he knows it. My cavalry is rampant all over the world, and the soldiers led by Du Xiana's weak scholar are our opponents. ”

"As long as their reinforcements are annihilated, the four towns of Qiuzi, Khotan, Yanqi, and Shule will be lambs in our hands......"

Sulu's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his thick hand and slowly closed it as if he were pinching a lamb's throat.

This chosen son of Turgish, of course, has been helped by nobles along the way, and has been blessed by God. But today's climate is not all about luck.

Gu Si realized and shouted: "I see, the child understands that Father Khan is surrounding Broken Leaf City and not attacking, just so that the Tang army can come to support." In this way, we can destroy the forces of the Tang army in Anxi and do whatever we want in Anxi. When the time comes, all the wealth of cattle and sheep here will be ours. ”

Sulu's father smiled with great relief: "My son can see through this, and I am glad for my father." We must remember that our ancestors have fought with the Chinese people for thousands of years, and they have lost more and won less, not because we are not strong, but because our brains are not as good as theirs. They are cunning enough...... This cunning, in their words, is the art of war, and resourcefulness. ”

"If we want to win against each other, we must not only maintain our bravery, but also learn their art of war and resourcefulness, which is why I know that you should learn Chinese culture. Only by being proficient in Chinese culture can we appreciate their art of war and resourcefulness. ”

"This battle was not fought by your father Khan really angering the eight lambs of Du Xiana. In the bottom of my father's heart, I have been planning for a long time and have been waiting for an opportunity. ”

"Haha, Father Khan is indeed the chosen one, and God has always favored me. At this critical time, Du Xian resigned...... Father Khan looked down on that scholar, but that scholar was indeed very popular with the people, and it was a big obstacle in Anxi, and now that he was gone, how could Fumeng Lingcha have the prestige to control the situation? Now in the whole of Ansi, no one is the opponent of his father Khan. ”