When Li arrived in Lanzhou with his delegation, Liu Qi had been waiting for a long time with the officials of the Anxi Protectorate and the Lanzhou Assassin Mansion.

Although Liu Qi's official position is higher than Li's, and he is still the national ruler, he knows the heavy responsibility that Li bears, so he naturally won't put up a fight.

Liu Qi, the protector of the capital, is just a transition, and Queen Liu Chenyan complained to Li Ye about this more than once, and when the situation in Longyou is completely stabilized, someone else will definitely come to take over.

Seeing Liu Qi come to greet him in person, it scared Li a lot.

"Xiaguan Li see Liu Daduhu, Wang Duhu, and Monk Duhu."

Seeing Liu Qi waiting at the city gate, Li got off the carriage early and walked to Liu Qi to salute slightly.

Li and Liu Qi have not had much dealing, one is a civil official, the other is a military general, and the other party is still a national abbot, Li does not dare to maintain too close relations with the other party, so as not to be suspicious of His Majesty.

Liu Qi and the others smiled, and then returned the salute, "Li Shangshu has worked hard all the way, Liu has already arranged a place in the city, and tonight he specially set up a banquet in the Dadu Protectorate to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the colleagues of the mission and the accompanying soldiers." ”

"There is Lao Dadu's protection!"

Subsequently, Liu Qi introduced the two deputy protectors Wang Jian, the monk Guangsi, and the Lanzhou Thorn Shi Wang Tuan.

Compared with Wang Jian and Shang Guangsi, Li is actually more interested in Wang Lu.

Wang Shu is the descendant of Wang Dao, a famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the eighth grandson of Wang Fangqing, the prime minister of Wu Zetian, and the great-grandson of Wang Fangqing, the prime minister of Tang Suzong.

He himself was also born as a Jinshi, and now serves as the assassin of Lanzhou, and there is a high probability of being transferred back to Chang'an in the next step, which means that the latter two may be officials in the same dynasty.

Gifts were exchanged, and Li also introduced the entourage of the mission, but except for a few people, the others could not make Liu Qi and the others much interested, but out of politeness, they greeted them.

After entering Lanzhou City, there was still some time before the dinner, and everyone sat down in the council hall of the Metropolitan Protectorate, and a simple map was hung on the wall.

It is indeed advisable to suggest that, except for the states under the jurisdiction of the Anzai Prefecture, which are marked in detail, the rest of the places are only approximate markings. For example, Tibet in the west marked the nearest tribes, which are the only threats to the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate.

There are some big tribes in Kuozhou, Shanzhou and other places, but they are some distance from Longyou, and now that there is continuous civil strife in Tubo, they will not take the initiative to provoke the Tang Dynasty.

Although there are only more than 20,000 people in the Right Heaven Ce Army, don't underestimate the Right God Ce Army at this time.

At this time, the Right Shence Army was already fully equipped with war horses, and there were 15,000 full-time cavalry, and some of the elites had begun to implement the two-horse system.

This is a fully armed cavalry of 15,000, and the surrounding Tubo tribes are not the opponent of the Right Tiance Army in the same number.

However, the entire Hexi Corridor is not without that kind of super tribe, one is in Ganzhou and the other is in Liangzhou.

In Ganzhou were the Uighur tribes, the so-called Uighurs of Ganzhou.

The Ganzhou Uighurs are a truly large tribe, with a population of over 200,000 and growing, and the Uighur tribes of the Hexi Corridor are congregating here.

The Ganzhou Uighurs built a huge city in Shandan, where the tent was located. According to records, the newly built city of the Uighurs in Ganzhou covers an area of 25 square kilometers and was modeled after the capital of the former Uighur Khanate, with walls as high as more than three zhang, watchtowers four zhang high, and watchtowers five zhang high.

This meant that the Uighurs in Ganzhou could send 60,000 or 70,000 troops at full strength, most of them cavalry.

Such a force is not small.

Therefore, the Ganzhou Uighurs are also the largest foreign enemy of the Guiyi army at present, followed by the Liugubu, which is also a tribal alliance with a population of more than 100,000 and more than 40,000 armored men.

In addition to these two tribes, there were also the Western Uighurs and the nomadic peoples in the territory of the Guiyi Army.

Among them, the six valleys belong to the tribal alliance, which is not very aggressive, mainly for warmth, and has developed into its current scale after decades.

The Western Uighurs were separated from the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate by the entire Hexi Corridor, so the enemy of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was actually the Ganzhou Uighurs.

However, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate was not worried about the invasion of the Ganzhou Uighurs, after all, it was separated by the Six Grains, and it was not afraid of the Ganzhou Uighurs.

Although the main force of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate is the Youtiance Army, with the soldiers of various states and states, as well as the Tubo, Qiang, Wenmo and other tribes in the territory, it is easy to gather forty or fifty thousand cavalry.

Wang Jian pointed to the map with a wooden pole, "In the entire Hexi, the biggest force is still the Guiyi Army. The total number of troops of the entire Guiyi Army is about more than 100,000, which is why it can control the Hexi Corridor.

However, the Guiyi Army is not monolithic, and the entire Guiyi Army has jurisdiction over all prefectures, except for Suzhou, the others are occupied by Zhang Yichao's son, nephew and son-in-law.

Zhang Huaishen, the current envoy of the Jiedu, is Zhang Yichao's nephew, and his power is in Yizhou, but Yizhou was occupied by the Uighurs of Xizhou thirteen years ago, which led to Zhang Huaishen's power being weakened a lot, which led to the current situation of instability within the Guiyi army.

Among the four major forces within the Guiyi Army, the strongest is Zhang Huaiding, the assassin of Liangzhou, who is the son of Zhang Yichao, who has the largest and richest Liangzhou in Hexi, with more than 20,000 elite soldiers and more than 10,000 cavalry.

The second is Shazhou Thorn Shi Suoxun, this is Zhang Yichao's son-in-law, and he has 10,000 soldiers under his control.

The third is Zhang Yichao's fourteenth son-in-law, Li Mingzhen, the history of Ganzhou Thorn.

The fourth is the Long family in Suzhou.

Zhang Huaiding's involvement in the Guiyi Army's festival envoy is already Sima Zhao's heart, and everyone knows it. However, we suspect that he may have been in contact with Suo Xun and others, after all, Suo Xun is the history of Shazhou Thorn, which has great convenience. ”

Li listened for a long time and found that these people in the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate thought they were going to war?

Don't be funny?

I'm a civil official, a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, and it won't be my turn to command the war!

Li hurriedly interrupted, "Wait, Pingliangbo (referring to Wang Jian), Li is going to announce the will of the imperial court, not to the Guiyi army." ”

Wang Jianleng paused for a moment, looked at Liu Qi, the other party raised his hand, and he sat down.

Liu Qi said, "Li Shangshu, before you want to leave Chang'an, Your Majesty told you." Now the situation in Hexi is very delicate, and when Li Shangshu arrives in Hexi with an embassy at this time, he will definitely be involved in the struggle for power within the Guiyi Army.

What Ping Liangbo said just gave Li Shangshu a clearer understanding, and when necessary, the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate would send troops.

Later, Li Shangshu went to Liangzhou, and Liu would also send a thousand cavalry to accompany him, plus the two thousand cavalry sent by His Majesty, and the three thousand elite cavalry should be able to deal with some unexpected situations. ”

Li finally nodded and did not refuse Liu Qi's kindness.

Although His Majesty had reminded him of some things before he left, he was still a little unfamiliar with the situation in Hexi.

If it is really as Liu Qi said, then this trip to Hexi, I am afraid it will not be very smooth, and with 3,000 cavalry to follow, it can also ensure the safety of the mission.

The delegation led by Li stayed in Lanzhou for two days, replenished food, grass, and drinking water, and then set out on the journey again.

Six days later, Li finally arrived in Liangzhou, the largest city in Hexi, with a large delegation. I want to talk about "Rebirth of Tang Zhongxing" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~