Xizhou, a city built in the center of the vast desert, a desert desert city that seems to have been forgotten by the world.

According to the Book of Jin, the Later Han Ban Chaoding Dingding Western Regions, placed Wuji Captain to guard the frontier, and Wang Shi traveled west to Gaochang Wall, and saw that "the terrain is high, and the characters are prosperous", so he took the name of "Gaochang". During the Xianhe period of Emperor Jin Cheng, the official worshiped Zhang Jun as the governor of the capital, the general and Liangzhou pastor, and then worshiped the king of Liang, Zhang Jun Bingzheng Liangguo made great efforts, the territory gradually expanded, took Henan in the east, collected Longxi, and then placed Gaochang County, during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Kan Bo Zhou according to Gaochang, established himself as the king of Gaochang, and was later killed by the leader of the Gaoche tribe A Fu to Luo, A Fu to Luo Li Dunhuang Meng Ming was the king of Gaochang, and then gradually became a country, not belonging to the Central Plains.

It's a long story, but in fact, a paragraph has briefly talked about the history of Gaochang Kingdom for nearly a thousand years, which seems complicated, right? In a word, after the leader of the Gaoche tribe, Afu, went to Luoli Dunhuang Meng Ming as the king of Gaochang, the Gaochang royal family was planted, from the previous pure-blooded Tibetan mastiff to Jingba strings, and the country was ruled by foreign tribes.

Why don't you say Xizhou, but Gaochangguo?

Because the Xizhou of today's place nominally actually belongs to Gaochang Kingdom.

This is really a very surprising news, Li Su walked halfway in the desert, chatting with Na Yan in idleness, and gradually learned this amazing fact from Na Yan's mouth, and turned back to Jiang Quan for verification, Jiang Quan sighed for a long time, and also admitted that today's Xizhou does belong to Gaochang State.

This is very incomprehensible, other people's land, other people's cities, the Tang Dynasty can't fight with him, but in other people's cities set up a history of assassination, build the capital and protect the government, the military and political power has been taken over, the political system and the military body are all ordered by the Tang system, and the military and political leaders are all Tang people, which is like two families living next to each other. One household is stronger, the other household is weaker, and the strong neighbor suddenly ran to the weak neighbor's house one day, similar to my family is jealous today, and came to your house to borrow some crab nature, and when I entered the door, I felt that his house was shabby everywhere. While being disdainful and disgusted, he also released bold words, I want to help you, I want to help you.

Poverty alleviation is no problem, the weak neighbor is desperate, everyone is really good, but how can this strong neighbor help the poor? He said, "I'll arrange a relative to live in your house," and the weak neighbor agreed. Gradually, however, he found that something was wrong, because the relative had become at home, and regarded other people's homes as his own, and in the end, all the big and small affairs of the family were decided by the relatives, and the original owner could not interfere......

The noisy guests dominate, the dove occupies the magpie's nest, and Xizhou probably means this. The national policy of the inner and outer kings of the Tang Dynasty is so rogue.

Xizhou was occupied by the Tang Dynasty, and the Thorn Mansion was there. With the garrison, it is basically the territory and city of the Tang Dynasty, and now what is lacking is just a justifiable statement.

And what about the original weak master, Gao Changguo? Gao Changguo was very unhappy, but he couldn't do anything about his powerful neighbors, so in addition to secretly drawing circles and cursing the Tang Emperor for not dying well, he secretly colluded with the Western Turkic tribes. lurking on the side of the Silk Road, he started a businessless business of slaughtering fat sheep with a stuffy stick...... This is really negative.

To be honest, if Li Su was not the identity of a citizen of the Tang Dynasty, he would not be able to help but scold Li Shimin for being a "stinky hooligan".

And now. Li Su was sent to Xizhou by Li Shimin, a stinky hooligan, from Chang'an, thousands of miles away, in other people's land and other people's cities, in front of the officials of the Tang Dynasty...... did this, Li Su didn't enter the city before he entered the city, and he revealed a sense of weakness in his bones.

On the other hand, Jiang Quan's expression did not seem to be empty-hearted, on the contrary, he swaggered with his chest straight, and his face was rightly justified, and he didn't know where his inexplicable and shameless momentum came from.

"Xizhou is Datang's!" Jiang Quan said viciously, and then added: "...... Gao Changguo gradually lost his courtesy, and soon he will also be of the Tang Dynasty! ”

The domineering leak can't be leaked anymore.

Looking at Jiang Quan's scheming and robberly face, Li Su gradually became less discouraged.

"That's right, Xizhou is Datang's! Gao Changguo will also be Datang soon! Li Su puffed up his chest and raised his hand to point at the Xizhou city in the distance: "Enter the city!" ”

Xu Mingzhu followed behind Li Su, her eyes shining with little stars, her own man should be so domineering.

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The city of Xizhou is very dilapidated, so dilapidated that it does not look like a city at all, but a bit like a small bazaar set up in the middle of nowhere.

The outline of the city is getting clearer and clearer, and Li Su's heart is getting colder and colder.

This is a city, it is clearly a town surrounded by four earthen walls, and the walls are all made of solid earth, and if you talk about its defensive ability, well, it can probably cause mudslides on the city walls with a soak of urine......

The city gate is open on two sides, one north and one west, there is not a single inch of grass outside the city, the only advantage is that the terrain is relatively flat, a guard in front of the city gate is not seen, the two wooden city gates are hanging weakly, revealing a dying and dying smell.

Outside the city, two Hu merchants with camels occasionally walked in, and soon came out in less than half an hour, apparently the only reason for the people to stay was to replenish food and water, and then continue on the road, and the city had no reason to linger at all.

Leading the cavalry and caravan to approach the city gate, when there were still five miles away from the city of Xizhou, the city gate suddenly closed, and a black and oppressive city defender appeared on the low city wall, drawing a bow and arrow, pointing obliquely at Li Susuo's department in the distance, looking at the draped clothes on the city's head, but it was the Tang army.

Li Su frowned slightly, turned his head and glanced at Jiang Quan, who was riding side by side, Jiang Quan understood, and drove the camel to the city gate alone.

"Who's coming?" There was a loud shout from the head of the city.

Jiang Quan raised a letter of official certificate in his hand, and replied loudly facing the city: "The prince of Jingyang County in the Tang Dynasty, don't drive Li Su in Xizhou, and go to Xizhou to take office, this is the official certificate of the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty, and I will personally send it in and submit it to the history of Cao Thorn in Xizhou for inspection!" ”

After a long time, the city gate quietly opened a crack, and a figure walked out, taking the official certificate in Jiang Quan's hand with vigilance, and entered the city without saying a word, and the dilapidated city gate was closed again.

After waiting for about half an hour under the city, the city gate finally opened, and two teams of nearly 1,000 Tang troops went out of the city to line up, and a general in a drape walked out of the city and walked to Li Su's mount and bowed.

"The last general, Xiang Tian, the commander of Guoyi Prefecture in Xizhou Zhichong Mansion, meet Li Beijia!" (To be continued......)