Chapter 318: Departure for Anxi

Winter is gone, spring is coming again, and the snow is gradually melting, revealing patches of gray earth. The merchants of Ningyuan City were all beaming, and the melting of the snow meant that many closed roads were reopened, and it also meant that there would be a lot of money flowing into their pockets.

In Huangshi Town, there was another scene of the world's sad labor to send off the guest kiosk.

Thousands of men and horses huddled on the unnamed Yellowstone ground, silently watching as their lord confided in the two ladies a hundred paces away.

"Li Lang, take care. Remember that we are still waiting for you, and we hope that you will return to us. Su Xiaoniang choked up, tears already rolling in her eyes.

As soon as Su Xiaoniang finished speaking, Liu Meiren then complained again: "Li Lang, the concubine is waiting for you." ”

"Don't worry, I'll be back soon." Li Huaitang hugged left and right, but secretly shouted in his heart that he was glad that he had coaxed the Persian girl to stay in Ningyuan City, otherwise the three of them would be missing an arm together. "Don't worry, the businessmen say that there are no beautiful girls in Anxi, and they can't keep my footsteps."

"Gee, I'm just kidding." Li Huaitang's waist suffered again. "Lady's mercy, doesn't the husband want to make you smile?"

Su Xiaoniang burst into tears and laughed, pouting and said, "Li Lang is so unserious, he has to take that annoying Tubo princess with him when he goes to Anxi." It's really uncertain, Xiao Fenniang can say that Li Lang is the most lustful. The concubine thought, when you come back, we must have two more exquisite sisters. ”

"Don't talk nonsense, this Tibetan princess is just an exchange hostage. Besides, who else in the world is more beautiful than the two beauties around me? Li Huaitang did not hesitate to put on a high hat for the beauties around him, but what he said was not very far from the truth.

Liu Shangyue sweetly hugged her sweetheart, cherishing every warm detail before parting.

"Li Lang, you have to remember the promise, next time you must take the concubine to Datang to complete the wish of the concubine."

This time, when Li Huaitang decided to respond to the mediation of the Tang Dynasty and went to Bazhao City to negotiate with the Tuqi Shi people, Liu Shangyue learned that he immediately offered to accompany him, and finally Li Huaitang coaxed and deceived her, promising to take her to Chang'an, and Liu Meiren gave up.

Touching Liu Meiren's flat abdomen, Li Huaitang was a little apologetic, and worked frantically with Liu Shangyue for more than a month, but she still didn't get pregnant.

"The general's words, the horse is hard to chase! When I settle the Tuqi Shi people, I will go to Chang'an with you. Well, I heard that there are many beauties in Chang'an......"

"Don't, don't, I mean, I'm going to take you to compare all the beauties in Chang'an, so that they all know the peerless elegance of Lady Zizi and Lady Liu."

Seeing that his waist was about to suffer again, Li Huaitang hurriedly changed his tone. Jokes are jokes, Li Huaitang also wants to go to Chang'an in his heart, not only to feel and investigate, but more importantly, he wants to come to Chang'an with great prestige, hoping to recruit more talents with prestige to promote the development of Ningyuan City.

The parting lingered and reluctant, but he couldn't keep the pace of time, and after a heartfelt whisper, Li Huaitang was ruthless and walked away. There were only 300 cavalry accompanying him to Bazhao City, and the Tang envoy made it very clear in his letter that both Ningyuan City and Tuqi Shi could only lead 300 cavalry into the country, and their safety was protected by the Tang Dynasty.

Li Huaitang and his entourage went east to the Tang Dynasty through Gelu Pass, and Wumeng left 3,000 soldiers and thousands of laborers in Huangshi. The construction of the city wall of Ningyuan City is nearing the end, and the labor saved is arranged to Huangshi Town, Huangshi Town is in a dangerous terrain, and the Quartet is to be charged, according to Li Huaitang's original concept, Huangshi will be built into a strong fortress, stationed thousands of people, in wartime, it can resist the big cannibals from the direction of Gulu, the Tubo people in the direction of the five senses, and even the Tang army in the east, which can protect the caravans in peacetime, and can also provide supplies and a place to settle for the scouts who come out of the four directions. Wumeng even had the idea of just in case, in case something happened to Li Huaitang in Datang this time, a thousand-strong light cavalry stationed here could quickly cross the Gelu Pass and provide support.

In Shule Town, Anxi, the guard general Guo Chengjin led the army out of the city early in the morning to wait, he received a report from Ningyuan City last night, and Ningyuan General Li Huaitang and his party were about to arrive. He didn't dare to slack off, in his eyes, Li Huaitang was no different from the Hu people, and the Hu people in foreign lands were rude and rude, and no one could guarantee that they would abide by the rules and only bring three hundred horsemen into the country.

Sure enough, Guo Chengjin's worries became a reality. The other party didn't make him wait long, and soon the rushing dust and long formation entered his field of vision.

"Damn, is he crazy? Want to go to war with our Datang? Guo Chengjin was taken aback, hurriedly ordered to be on guard, and quickly informed the whole city to be strictly guarded, as if facing a great enemy.

When Li Huaitang stood opposite him, he breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the huge caravan that followed behind Li Huaitang with a smile, and couldn't help but despise it in his heart.

"You are Li Huaitang?" Guo Chengjin's tone was full of curiosity and surprise. The person in front of him, Hu Feihu, Han Feihan, is so young that people are jealous, and it is completely different from the fierce image in his imagination, it is hard to believe that it is such a young man Langjun who actually made a legendary movement in the Western Regions.

Li Huaitang is neither humble nor arrogant: "In Xia Ningyuan, Li Huaitang has seen General Guo. ”

Guo Chengjin is a soldier and has always been direct, Li Huaitang is simply very appetizing to him, he does not beat around the bush, and said seriously: "Why do you bring so many people into the country?" Don't you take our Datang in your eyes? ”

"General Guo misunderstood, these people are all businessmen, when they heard that I was coming to Datang, they spontaneously formed a team to follow me to Datang to pan for gold, there were many demons and monsters along the way, and they fell in love with my three hundred cavalry guards. Ha ha. Li Huaitang didn't care, and laughed calmly, "General Guo doesn't need to worry too much, when he arrives at the Shule territory, they will go theirs, I will go mine, and I will not disturb the people in your territory." ”

The caravan that came with Li Huaitang was at least a thousand people, and more than half of them were escorts. Li Huaitang is the backbone of Ningyuan City, everyone is worried about his safety, although it is an invitation sent by Datang, and repeated guarantees of safety, but Wumeng and others are still not at ease, with the cooperation of Su Xiaoniang and Liu Shangyue, Li Huaitang was forced to agree to let the caravan accompany him, and Wumeng installed hundreds of warriors in the caravan, called caravan guards, but in fact, they were Li Huaitang's secret bodyguards.

Li Huaitang was very interested in Datang's mediation, and it seemed to be a good choice to win Datang's support to contain the Tuqi Shiren, and at least Datang could not be allowed to fall to the Tuqi Shiren. This is one of the reasons why Li Huaitang agreed to negotiate, and the other is that Li Huaitang needs to trade with Datang in exchange for various materials, and he certainly will not waste this rare opportunity to show the business opportunities of Ningyuan City to the Datang merchants. Of course, there are more reasons, even if Datang doesn't extend an inviting hand to him, he will personally go to Bahuan City to protect Zhao Hanzhang.

Guo Cheng thought about it for a moment, then waved his hand and let the people into the city, in his territory, two or three thousand people couldn't make a big deal, not to mention that most of them were merchants.

After Shule, along the edge of the great desert eastward for nearly 1,000 miles, you will reach Bahuan City.