The rangers sent by Graille in front of him returned to Malay and found a city, comparing it with the map show.

Tang Jian turned back to Luo Gan and said, "Nine times out of ten, it is Dingxiang City." ”

Rogan was unimpressed at first.

Tang Jian: "Do you know where to find Empress Xiao?" ”

Rogan shook his head in disknowledgement.

Tang Jian: "At the beginning of the Jiangdu coup, Yang Guang, who was in the palace, was killed by Yu Wenhua and killed, and Empress Xiao had nowhere to go, so she was taken away by the rebels, including her young grandsons and royal children, and went directly to Liaocheng. ”

Luo Gan: "Liaocheng, I know, it's in Shandong. ”

Tang Jian was very puzzled by Luo Gan's answer.

"Shandong? What is this place? ”

Luo Gan also realized that his geographical knowledge was still in the modern era, and he did not have a clear concept of the map of the Tang Dynasty.

"Just casually, the people over there call the east of Taihang Mountain Shandong, and the west of Taihang Mountain is Shanxi."

Tang Jian: "This division is also quite interesting, but it spans two roads in the middle. ”

Luo Gan: "If Empress Xiao is in Liaocheng, isn't it wrong for us to go in the direction of the northern Turks?" ”

Tang Jian was not in a hurry: "No, the story I just told is not over yet." Then Dou Jiande led his troops to attack Liaocheng directly and welcomed Queen Xiao back. The bad thing is that in the later Turkic place, Princess Yicheng, the wife of Luo Khan, was the sister-in-law of Empress Xiao, and she was related to her, so she asked Dou Jiande to send Empress Xiao to the Eastern Turks. A large group of exiled people worshiped Yang Zhengdao as king, and settled here. ”

Luo Gan is not familiar with the history of the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, and only knows about Yu Wenhua and the killing of Emperor Yang of Sui, and does not know where there are so many forces. I lamented that I really didn't know anything.

"In the next peasant, he really doesn't know anything about the situation in the world, which makes Ju Guogong smile."

Tang Jian: "I thought that the commoners were most interested in the situation in the world, otherwise they would be bored with the affairs of the farmhouse all day long. ”

Luo Gan smiled and asked, "If Empress Xiao is here, can we go and visit?" ”

Tang Jian: "It's you, not us." We have already explained to Hu Namu, first stop by to Dingxiang for supplies, and then go to the Eastern Turks, it is inconvenient for us to stay here in the remnants of Sui. ”

Luo Ganyi will end his trip with Ju Guogong, and he needs to face it by himself and find Empress Xiao to send a letter.

The city of Dingxiang was not rich, and the low city walls were stretched out, barely protecting the people of the Sui Dynasty and their stormy masters who were in exile. It's not so much a city, this place has been deserted, sparsely populated, the Eastern Turks feel that there is still some distance between Dingxiang Li Chang'an, which is the midpoint between the two countries, in case there is a war, even if it is a front line, how can they let their own people be cannon fodder first, the Sui Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty do not share the sky, and the hatred that replaces it is too spineless if they all surrender.

Jieli Khan's abacus is not sound, the abandoned son of the Sui Dynasty is tasteless for them, and it is a pity to abandon it, and keeping it as a mascot can also contain the actions of the Tang people.

There were no strong soldiers guarding the gate of Dingxiang, and a few Han veterans wandered back and forth with spears, nodding their heads when they saw the Hu people, many of whom were young Turks, who made them unscrupulous.

Where is the Hu people, the one who has a fist is the master, no matter how young you are or the nobles of the Sui Dynasty, all of them are defeated generals. The horses of the Hu people trampled on the trestle bridge wantonly, and the dust raised flew on the faces of the people, and from time to time someone did not whip on the horse's ass, and threw it directly to the surrounding passers-by to vent their anger, and the people dared to be angry but did not dare to speak.

After seeing it, Luo Gan sighed, mourning all over the wilderness, a desolation, the land is barren, and the people are not living. It is probably the darkest place in the country that the people are the biggest victims of war.

Ash picked up an extremely malnourished old man, the old man couldn't even say words of thanks, his mouth was dry and lifeless, so he was just a walking corpse, and the only vital sign was that he could still turn in his eyes.

Yanshan untied the water bag on his belt and gave the old man a sip to let him barely recover.

"Old man, go and get some rest." Ash urged the old man uneasily.

The old man was very dissatisfied after hearing this: "Rest? I'm almost in the ground, and there is time for me to take a break. ”

Luo Gan: "The people are not happy, we can save a person with a bag of water, but we can't save a city. ”

Looking back at Tang Jian, he had already left with Hu Namu's army, and Qin Yang and Luo Gan said goodbye. For both sides, it can be regarded as performing their own duties and doing their own way.

Yanshan: "The rest is up to us, I don't know what will happen in the future." ”

Xiao Zhi placed the old man in place, and Zhuang Ping, a young man from afar, came to talk to them.

Zhuang Ping: "What's wrong! What did you do to my dad! ”

Ash: "He fell, gave the old man some water to drink, and just helped him up." ”

Zhuang Ping first checked the old man's physical condition, and it was not life-threatening, and breathed a sigh of relief. He also carefully observed that Logan and the others did not look like people in the city, and thought that the Gentiles should have some money, and had evil thoughts.

Zhuang Ping: "Did you knock my father down!" Say! Isn't it you? ”

The little man was hoarse and tried his best to perform a bitter scene, crying his father and scolding the street, which made Rogan very upset.

Luo Gan: "It is said that people's hearts are not ancient, how can it be popular to touch porcelain in ancient times?" ”

Ash was very helpless, and he didn't know what to do.

The old man's eyes were blank, and he suddenly patted Zhuang Ping's face, Zhuang Ping pretended not to find it, and waited for the old man to kick him before reluctantly hugging the old man.

Old man: "Since you were a child, I have taught you to be upright, we don't have any other skills, just to be a person who does his duty." People save me, you are pretending to cry dad here, is it a shame? ”

Zhuang Ping was pierced in one fell swoop, helpless, and turned his face sideways.

Old man: "Where did the nobles come from?" ”

Luo Gan: "Datang, I'm here to find Empress Xiao." ”

Zhuang Ping glared at Luo Gan and the others fiercely: "Datang? And the face to say this, if it weren't for you taking our place, we wouldn't have fallen to this point. ”

Old man: "When Yang Guang was in power, there were already rebellions in various places, and the people complained, Datang just did it from time to time, and there was nothing wrong with it." ”

Zhuang Ping: "You don't want to think about why we are homeless!" ”

Old man: "If you want to blame, blame the wars in various places, the barbarism of the Hu people, the world is like this, what can we little civilians do?" ”

Rogan: "In any case, an early end to the war is what we hope for together." ”

Old man: "Empress Xiao is in this city, but your identity is not convenient to meet her." ”

Luo Ganzuo: "We are not officials, that is, ordinary people, but also the remnants of the Sui Dynasty, who want to come to meet Empress Xiao and find the pure land in our hearts." ”

Zhuang Ping's expression softened a little, and the old man sighed a little movingly, and showed Luo Gan and them a way.

Old man: "Go directly to this side, and you can see Queen Xiao when you get to a side palace." ”