"Ah-qiu, ah-qiu!"

The night on the plateau is extremely cold, although it is not yet winter, but the temperature is already outrageously low, although it is not to the point of turning into ice, but the frost in that place every morning makes people feel numb in the scalp when they see it, coupled with altitude sickness, even Li Xian and other people with profound skills feel a little unbearable, even if he hides in a thick tent, he can be blown by a cool breeze that leaks in from the door curtain, Li Xian still can't help but sneeze twice.

"Your Highness, you're all right."

Liu Ziming, the new captain of the pro-soldier who was waiting on the side, couldn't help but panic a little when he heard that the movement was wrong, and he hurriedly asked while hurrying to get a blanket for Li Xian.

"It's fine."

Li Xian's personal guard captain Ling Zhong stayed in Babaochuan due to injury, and the deputy captain was killed in yesterday's encounter, Li Xian transferred Liu Ziming to his side to listen to it, in order to be loyal, at this time seeing Liu Ziming nervous, Li Xian smiled with satisfaction, and shook his hand to refuse Liu Ziming's kindness.

"Your Highness, this day is cold, and if you are not careful, you will suffer, so you should add a leather jacket."

Liu Ziming thought about it and was still not at ease, and took out a captured silver fox shoulder from the package, and wanted to put it on Li Xian, this time Li Xian did not refuse, took the Pikan shoulder with a smile, and put it on the shoulder casually, and then stood up, beckoned and said: "Ziming, go, go with Gu to see the soldiers." ”

"Whoa."

Liu Ziming responded honestly, ran to the door curtain in a few big strides, stretched out his hand to open the curtain, and let Li Xian out of the big tent, and then held the handle of the knife in his hand, and followed closely behind Li Xian.

Li Xian's military village is stationed under an unknown hill, the scale is not large, just more than 200 tents are crowded together, it seems a little messy, there is not even a walled gate, only some antlers, tripping horses and other obstacles are arranged as early warning facilities, it is really poor and pitiful, there is no way, it's not that Li Xian is not particular, there is really no time to clean up, to blame the Tubo people for chasing too tightly - these days, the Tubo people have changed their tactics, and the nearly 200,000 troops sent out are based on 10,000 people to carry out a dragnet search, Once the whereabouts of ** are discovered, not only the enemy in front of him is entangled with ** at any cost, but the rest of the Tubo army is like a mad dog chasing and intercepting it, if it is not for Li Xian's response to always be appropriate, I am afraid that the whole army will be surrounded by the end, Rao is so, after several days of hard fighting, the attrition of troops is quite serious, and the 5,000 troops at the time of the expedition are now only in the early 4,000s, which makes Li Xian even more annoyed - the Tubo army disregards the danger of marching at night, desperately pursues more than once, In order to save physical strength, Li Xianzi was too lazy to set up a military village according to the routine, but Li Xian still did not dare to save the minimum deployment of light and dark posts and mobile posts, and it was precisely because of this that Li Xian was able to achieve the miracle of repeatedly turning danger into relief.

"Your Highness."

Li Xian had just walked out of the Chinese army's tent, and happened to encounter a group of sentry passing by, and a group of people waited to see Li Xian, so they hurriedly saluted.

"Hmm."

Li Xian smiled and nodded, waved his hand to signal everyone to go on official business, but he led Liu Ziming to slowly walk towards the tent group not far away, planning to take a walk among the soldiers, and ask for warmth - don't look at this kind of behavior It seems to be a big deal, but it is one of the best means to win the hearts of the army, sometimes it works better than rewarding, this truth Li Xian knows better than anyone else, so every time he camps, no matter how tired he is, Li Xian will not forget this move.

“…… His mother's Tubo dog is really rampant, which provoked Lao Tzu to get angry and killed these dog thieves with one knife! ”

"Blow, Liu Scar, you just blow it, which time your kid is not the fastest one in our gang!"

"Cut, that's not Lao Tzu trying to escape, right? It's His Royal Highness's order, otherwise, let's fight with the Tubo dog! ”

"It's such a reason, alas, it's not a head to run around like this, if you run like this, people can do it, and the horses are going to die, is it possible to rely on your legs to run back to Guanzhong?"

"Guanzhong, alas, I don't know if I can go back? Our girl should also know how to call her father, alas......"

"Alas......"

……

Li Xian casually walked to a tent closest to the Chinese military tent, and was just about to lift the curtain of the tent, but he heard the sound of everyone's discussion from inside, and after being slightly stunned, he immediately stood still, listened quietly, and frowned involuntarily - fighting is morale, especially when the enemy army is surrounded by heavy encirclement, it is necessary to rely on perseverance and morale to maintain, and now that the guerrilla war has been fought for more than half a month, the morale of the army will inevitably be low. It is obviously impossible to continue like this, Li Xian knows this very well, and a group of officers and soldiers who have been in battle for a long time can only think of it, and at this time, it is obviously a matter of seeking fish by relying on words to boost morale.

"Your Highness......"

Liu Ziming, who was following behind Li Xian, saw that Li Xian maintained the posture of stretching out his hand, but he didn't move for a long time, and couldn't help but feel a little strange, so he called in a low voice.

"Oh, it's okay, let's go."

Hearing the sound, Li Xian immediately woke up from his reverie, shook his head solemnly, and did not enter the tent, turned around, and strode towards the Chinese military tent, his steps were much heavier than in the past, and it was obvious that Li Xian's mood was not calm at this time.

Back to the customs? Li Xian didn't want to get out of danger quickly, but he couldn't do so, at least before getting Anxi's letter, he couldn't do so, otherwise, there would be a danger of abandoning all his previous achievements, if he really spent a great price, but he didn't get anything, then the consequences were not what Li Xian was willing to face, not to mention that the officials might make a fuss about this matter, and not to mention that the Empress Wu and the prince would make a fuss about this matter, just the rapid rise of Tubo was something Li Xian didn't want to see, all in all, no matter how difficult the situation was, Li Xian must win this battle, both in public and private!

The key to Anxi lies in Khotan, and the key to Khotan lies in Fu Jiaxiong, and the focus of Li Xian's overall plan is on Fu Jiaxiong and his people, why? It's very simple to say, just because Li Xian had a lot of interactions with Fu Yanxiong in his previous life, and he knows what kind of person he is, in fact, even if Li Xian does not go to the expedition this time, in another year, Fu Yanxiong is very likely to raise the banner of righteousness again like in his previous life and reattach himself to the Tang Dynasty, all Li Xian has to do is to stage what happened in the time and space in his previous life in advance of the previous year, the danger of collapse is not impossible, but in Li Xian's opinion, it is not big, even if it doesn't work, Li Xian also has a contingency plan, that is, to push Fu Yanxiong's son Yu Chi Yu to the forefront, this grasp Li Xian still has, and this is one of the "welfare" of the reborn, but, then again, grasp is grasped, but it is not a matter of course, Li Xian does not dare to assert whether things in Anxi can go smoothly, therefore, before getting the letter, Li Xian must also drag the main force of Tubo in Qinghai, so that it can free up his hands to intervene in the battle of Anxi, and to do this, it will have to be delayed for at least another ten days or so, until winter really comes, then Li Xian can rest assured that he can leave.

Ten days, not a long time, in exchange for weekdays, that is, it passes in the blink of an eye, but now let alone ten days, it is a day that is difficult to endure tightly, and you have to tense your nerves every moment......

"Your Highness, Your Highness, the eagle, the eagle is coming, the eagle is coming......"

I don't know how long it took, Li Xianzheng was sleeping soundly, but Liu Ziming's excited shouting came from his ears.

"Huh?"

Li Xian raised his head a little dazedly, and saw a golden ray of sunlight shining in through the open curtain, only to find that the sky was already bright, and it was a miracle that he had not been chased and killed by the Tubo people this night. It's just that Li Xian didn't feel such rare good luck at this time, but he shook his head a little dizzy, and said indifferently - the Tuyuhun people are good at eagles, and they use eagles as tools to monitor the battlefield and communicate in wartime, these days, the reason why the Tubo people can bite Li Xian's department on the vast plateau is because of the eagle eyes provided by the Tuyuhun people, whenever an eagle appears, it means that the Tubo people's pursuers are not far from here, in this regard, Li Xian has long been accustomed to it, But he didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the area of the plateau was too big, and the small army under Li Xian, relying on its strong mobility ability, could almost get rid of most of the pursuers if they went around.

"Your Highness, it's Ashina Moming's eagle who has arrived!"

Liu Ziming saw that Li Xian didn't seem to react, so he hurriedly explained.

"Oh? Good, quick, pass! ”

Li Xian completely understood this time, and under the great joy, Huo Ran stood up - Ashina Moming and his brother Ashina Kanning are both Turks, and they are the cousins and nephews of Anxi to protect Ashina Daozhen, both of them have the unique skills of a piggyback, before Li Xian left Luoyang this time, he had already ordered the two to be transferred from Ashina Daozhen to his command, in order to rely on the skills of these two brothers to communicate with each other, among them, Ashina Kanning followed Luo Tong to Khotan, and Ashina Momin followed Li Xian's side, and the eagle had arrived. That proves that Anxi's matter is believed to be accurate, and how can Li Xian not be excited.

"See Your Highness!"

Li Xian had already given the order, Liu Ziming did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly ran out of the Chinese army's tent, but after a while, he saw Ashina Moming snatching in from outside the tent with an eagle on his face.

"Excuse me."

Li Xian waved his hand casually, signaling Ashina Mo to be exempt, and then strode over, lightly took off the small copper pipe hanging on the eagle's leg, unscrewed the dark button, revealing a small wax pill inside, and with just a pinch, a small note full of ciphertext had fallen into the palm of his hand......