Silk Road.

The Silk Road in early summer is already hot, and you can still encounter wind and sand from time to time.

A caravan was pulling a large amount of tea in the direction of the Western Regions.

The tea of the Tang Kingdom is very popular in the countries of the Western Regions, as long as it is pulled, there is almost no problem in making double the money, and even more.

Therefore, although the Silk Road is difficult to walk, there will still be some merchants who are willing to endure hardships and take risks.

There are few people in this world who can endure hardship more than businessmen.

In the face of the temptation of money, they can do many things beyond human imagination.

This is a camel team of about 100 people, and it pulls a lot of goods, and if all these goods are sold, they can make a lot of money.

In the middle of this desert, they had not seen people for a long time.

However, these people have long been accustomed to this kind of life, so they don't feel anything.

When they arrived in the countries of the Western Regions, there were foreign girls who could attack them for entertainment, and these were worthy of their patience.

Dusk came, the wind blew a little cool, and the camel caravan finally felt more comfortable, but they had no intention of stopping.

They have to keep going, because the temperature is very high during the day in the summer, so they have to hurry at night and stop to rest around noon tomorrow.

And just as they continued to walk, there was a sudden sound of horses' hooves on both sides, and after hearing this sound, the camel caravan suddenly became nervous.

"Horse gang?"

"Or are you soldiers from other small countries?"

On the Silk Road, because there was no legal constraint, it became a fertile ground for caravans, and caravans were also bandits.

In addition to the caravans, there are also some small states or tribes of the Dangxiang tribe, the party has not yet been founded, and some tribes live on the entire Silk Road.

They did not produce, but mainly met their daily needs by plundering the merchant travelers that came and went.

It can be said that the Silk Road is very dangerous, but because of the huge lure of profits, there will still be many merchants who are willing to take risks.

When the caravan heard the sound of horses' hooves, they immediately became vigilant, and they gradually gathered around to protect their goods, and the bodyguards who followed the caravan also stood at the forefront.

Soon they saw the enemy, a man from a party tribe, whose flag was a wolf.

There were about five hundred people in this group, and they were still roaring as they ran, and their voices sounded like wolves.

They were like a pack of wolves in the desert, and now they saw their prey and roared wildly, because they could finally have a full meal.

Soon, the team surrounded the caravan.

The man in the lead raised his arm, glanced at the caravan, and exclaimed, "Hand over all your belongings, and if a woman calls me, I may spare your life." ”

As long as they can get the money, they don't want the lives of these merchants, because they know very well that if they kill people, the merchants may not take this road in the future, then they will lose their financial resources.

Only grab the prey, then with the nature of the merchant to seek profit, there will be people who take risks.

In the past, when they encountered such caravans, those caravans would obediently hand over their goods and money.

But this caravan is a little different.

"We are the merchants of the Tang Kingdom, dare to plunder our goods, I, the son of the Tang Kingdom, will not let you go."

After several victories in major wars, the Tang people couldn't help but have some pride, and this pride made them not feel timid even in the face of the party's tribes.

But after he said this, those party tribes couldn't help but laugh.

"Ridiculous, really ridiculous, on this Silk Road, we are the king, we are the boss, so it doesn't matter which country you are a merchant, if you want to live, hand over your belongings, otherwise when we do it, you won't want to live."

The people of the Dangxiang tribe were very crazy, and they were faintly impatient, and when the people of the camel team saw this, their brows suddenly condensed, "You dare to rob the goods of the Tang Kingdom?" ”

"Nonsense!"

The leader of the Dangxiang tribe shouted angrily, and immediately afterward, five hundred soldiers rushed towards the caravan, and when the caravan saw this, it did not intend to surrender, but took up arms.

The two sides soon engaged in a battle in the desert.

It's just that, in the face of five times as many enemies as theirs, this caravan was clearly no match for these partisan tribes, so soon, half of their men were killed, and then the goods were also robbed.

These people in the party did not rush to exterminate everything.

"Spare your life, go back and tell you the Son of Heaven of the Tang Kingdom, this Silk Road, my party has the final say."

The party members were very mad, and when they had said this, they walked away, and all the property of the caravan was gone, and they looked at each other, feeling particularly helpless.

The sky has darkened, and after nightfall, the temperature here is very low, even a little cold, and some small animals hiding in the shadows have run out one after another at this time.

"What should I do?"

The caravan looked at each other, and they were now a little desperate.

"Go back, tell me the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom, and let the Emperor of the Tang Kingdom decide."

"I'm afraid the Son of Heaven won't care about this kind of thing, right?"

"It's hard to say, but we have to tell the situation, the party is a small country, kill the people of my Tang country, don't you care about it?"

After the group decided, they rushed back.

They didn't know what their fate would be after they went back, and they didn't know if the Son of Heaven of Tang Kingdom would find a place for them, but they still had some illusions and expectations about Tang Yu.

What if their Son of Heaven seeks justice for them?

The return journey was also difficult, and when they returned, there were about 50 people, but when they returned to the state, there were only about 20 people left.

These 20 or so people, dressed in rags, looked like beggars when they entered the capital, and even attracted a crowd of onlookers.

At this time, it is almost midsummer, and the weather in Bingzhou is getting hotter and hotter.

The Royal Palace, the Great Hall. Early that day, as soon as Tang Yu finished discussing some things with his ministers, a eunuch hurriedly ran over, "Shengshang, a group of merchants from my Tang Kingdom passed through the Silk Road, but they were hijacked by a tribe of the party, robbed them of their property, not to mention, and killed the merchants of my Tang Kingdom, and now, these merchants

ran back, hoping that the Holy One would be able to make decisions for them. ”

The eunuch said eagerly, those merchants were still waiting outside, they didn't know the situation inside, Li Yu frowned slightly after hearing this. He had no intention of being in such a hurry to take control of the Silk Road, after all, there had been no large-scale killings before, but this time, the merchant ran back, hoping that he would call the shots.

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