On the day, the sky was bright, and there was chaos in Qiuci City, and there was a team of soldiers running everywhere, searching from house to house, and almost the whole city was awakened, just when there was chaos in Qiuci City, Li Qing and Li Jingyan quietly returned to the house.

In the study, Li Qing was simply sorting out the books on the table, the door knocked lightly, but there was no bottom, Li Qing smiled, walked forward quickly and opened the door, sure enough, it was Luo Lan standing at the door.

She was wearing a pale yellow narrow-sleeved shirt, a red silk on her shoulders, a green floor-length skirt, and a red belt, she had a high bun on her head, thin powder, and a large area of snow-white skin on her chest, completely dressed as a Tang girl.

Li Qing was slightly stunned, and then he understood, he was a little moved, smiled and stretched out his hand to pull her into the study, looked her up and down, and smiled slightly: "En!" I like how you dress. ”

Li Qing saw that her eyes were a little red and swollen, and it was difficult to hide her haggard face under the powder, so she sighed secretly, and pulled her to sit down, and after a while, Li Qing asked slowly: "Have you ever thought that marrying me may have to give up the throne." ”

"I can give up the throne." Her voice was very low, and it took Li Qing a lot of effort to hear it clearly, and he nodded lightly, "Luo Lan, you have to think clearly, if one day, more and more Tang people come to Zhaowu Kingdom, and all this is operated by me behind the scenes, are you still willing to marry me?" ”

Luo Lan's face turned pale, she closed her eyes in pain, and for a long time, she said in a trembling voice: "Li Qing, do you want to kill all of our Zhaowu people?" ”

Li Qing shook his head, "No, I never had this idea. He stood up and walked slowly to the window. Looking at the white clouds in the distance, his voice was firm and unquestionable, "I can allow you to keep your beliefs and customs, and I will also give you the land to live in, and the arrival of the Tang people will also bring the advanced farming methods and the transformation of the Tang Dynasty to Zhaowu Kingdom, just like the current four towns of Anxi, the Tang people, the Turks, the Uighurs, and the Lite people all live together, everyone lives in harmony, and the transformation is integrated with each other, without complaints and wars." There is only peace and tranquility. ”

He suddenly turned around, stared at Luo Lan with blazing eyes, and said word by word: "Luo Lan, you should believe that I Datang has a broad bearing and an open mind. ”

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She knew that the uniform field system was practiced. The people at the bottom of the Zhaowu Kingdom are warmly welcomed, but the possession of the land by the nobles of various countries, as well as the power of the king, will be wiped out under the Tang Juntian system and the Tang County system, and she will be regarded as a traitor to the Zhaowu Kingdom.

Li Qing seemed to know her thoughts, he slowly walked in front of her and squatted down, grabbed her hand on his lap, stared into her eyes sincerely, and said, "Luo Lan." Abdicate! The westward expansion of the Tang Dynasty is already the trend of the times, I don't want you to take too heavy a responsibility on your shoulders, Shiguo's side, I will arrange everything. ”

Luo Lan lowered his head. After a long silence, he said, "Let me think about it, okay?" ”

Li Qing patted her face and said with a smile: "I'll give you time, you can think about it slowly, okay, I'm going to the official office." ”

He got up and walked to the door, and suddenly turned back and said, "In the afternoon, I have to go to the North Garden, and it may take a few days to come back, so you can stay and accompany the wild goose for me." ”

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The Tang army on the street has calmed down. The order gradually returned to normal, and Li Qing, surrounded by hundreds of personal soldiers, came to the Jiedu envoy's office.

"General. People have been brought! As soon as Li Qing got off the horse, Zhang Ji came forward to report.

"Bring him to my room." Li Qing walked up the steps quickly, remembered something again, and turned around and instructed Zhang Jidao: "Go and tell He Lou Yurun, and set off for Beiting after lunch." ”

Li Qing handed over the talisman to Feng Changqing in Liangzhou, and then ordered Li Siye to go to Beiting to reorganize the army, he had been back for almost a month, and he should have gone to see it.

He walked quickly to the room, Anxi marching Sima and Tuntian envoy Zhang Xun had been waiting here, when Li Qing returned to Beijing to report on his work, he and Li Siye had been in charge of Anxi government affairs and military affairs, he had just returned from Shule yesterday evening, seeing Li Qing come in, Zhang Xun happily stepped forward and said with a smile: "General, Shule has good news!" This year, a new field (about 50 hectares) was reclaimed, and in this way, the Shule Tuntian has reached 10 tuns, and there is more than enough to raise the army. ”

"Sima Zhang has worked hard all the way, please take a seat!"

Li Qing hugged his back, asked him to sit down, and personally poured him a cup of tea, looking at his weathered face, Li Qing said apologetically: "It has been seven years since Tianbao brought you to Shazhou in the fourth year, if you are in the original, with your qualifications are at least the history of assassination now, I knew that I should have transferred you back in the years when I entered the court, but now I am still following me to the border, hey!" I've really wronged you. ”

"The general is really worried."

Zhang Xun shook his head and smiled: "With my poor drill camp, if I was an official in the original, I'm afraid it is still a small county order, although I am a little tired now, but the efforts I have made have seen the results, and the mood is really happy, besides, my wife and daughter are all in Qiuzi, go back?" I never thought about it. ”

"I am glad that Sima Zhang can say this." Li Qing suddenly thought that he was still a small county commander during the Anshi Rebellion, and he was relieved, and said with a slight smile: "Zhang Sima's ability, everyone sees it, I have been to the emperor, please play Zhang Sima as the long history of Anxi, and by April, it is estimated that the appointment of the imperial court will come down." ”

Zhang Xun was overjoyed, and hurriedly got up and saluted Li Qingchang, "Thank you for the cultivation of the general, my subordinates are unforgettable!" ”

"Zhang Si doesn't have to be polite." Li Qing saw that he was overjoyed, and his heart also sighed secretly, if he didn't have himself, he should have shined in the Anshi Rebellion, so that his name would be immortal, although he would not die, but it may not be a good thing for him.

Thinking of this, Li Qingxin was bored, he reluctantly smiled at Zhang Xun and said, "Sima Zhang, let's go to deal with official business first!" I haven't been there for a while, I'm afraid that the backlog of books on the ground is enough for Zhang Sima to be busy for a while. ”

"Then I won't bother the general!"

After Zhang Xun left, Li Qing slowly cleaned up the table, and suddenly, he felt something. As soon as he looked up, he saw a personal soldier standing at the door for a long time, and was about to report to him, he immediately woke up and asked first, "But the person I am looking for has brought?" ”

"Yes! Already waiting outside. ”

"Bring him in!"

In a moment, a few soldiers defew

The person who was looking for it was brought in, but it was the former king of Shiguo, Che Bi Shi, who testified on behalf of Li Qing, and was immediately sent back to Qiuzi by Li Qing for a few months. He was fatter than before, and his face was much more rosy.

"General. Are you looking for me? ”

After a series of events, Che Duodu has gradually matured, no longer as easy to fluctuate as before, and his attitude towards Li Qingdi has changed from hatred and resistance to cooperation, and his father is dead. But he still has to live, and only by attaching himself to Li Qing can he get what he wants.

"You may be seated!" Li Qingxiao asked him to sit down. He ordered his soldiers to pour him a cup of tea.

"I originally wanted you to be King of Kangguo, but I've changed my mind now." Li Qing said as he watched his expression change, and when he saw that his face suddenly turned pale, he smiled and said, "Queen Luo Lan has decided to abdicate, I want to think about it." Or is it best for you to be the king of Shiguo, are you willing? ”

"This. The kingdom is king, and his heart is filled with ecstasy. He stammered: "The general is not joking!" ”

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"I'm not kidding!" Li Qingxin smiled coldly. It seems that this car Duolu thinks too much, does he still think that he is the king of the former land?

Li Qing didn't say anything, and smiled at him gently: "I have to go to Beiting in the afternoon, so I won't talk to you more." You go down and rest, and I will send someone to send you to Tuozhi City in a few days, and you don't need to worry about it on the court side." ”

After sending the car away, Li Qing closed his eyes and rested for a while, satisfactorily solving Luo Lan's worries. He can finally let go of his arms, and in his plan, it is not difficult for the Tang Dynasty to expand westward. But it takes time, and after the Great Food invaded the east, the strength of the Zhaowu Kingdom was seriously weakened, and it was a good time to expand the land to the west. Once the vitality of Zhaowu is restored, the price of going west further will be even greater, and the land he needs most now is people.

"Time is of the essence. Can't wait any longer! ”

He immediately took out a piece of paper and wrote a handwritten letter to Wang Changling, ordering him to find a way to relocate 20,000 households from Shazhou within two months anyway, and then sent Kang Huaishun to lead people to set up contact points along the road, and he was responsible for raising the food and vehicles needed for the relocation.

After arranging these, it was already noon, he hastily ate lunch, at this time, the soldiers had already packed his luggage, he had just walked out of the yamen, suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves came from afar, he looked up to look for the sound, only to see more than a dozen horses galloping far away, stirring up the rolling yellow dust, the momentum was extremely fast, not waiting for the horse to stop, the person on the horse had already jumped down.

"General, General Xi encountered a sneak attack by unknown people south of He Hunting City."

Li Qing was shocked and hurriedly asked, "Is there anything wrong with the King of Guangping?" Is there anything wrong with the officers who accompany the army? ”

"The king of Guangping is fine, and the military officials are fine, but there are some casualties among the westward migrants."

The king of Guangping had nothing to do, so that Li Qing was slightly relieved, but the anger immediately ignited in his heart, a few days ago, a group of nearly 2,000 immigrants arrived, just the day before yesterday, their young and strong and the old and weak women and children left behind by the previous group of immigrants have already set off for Crush, the sudden news made him worried about the safety of the road, he restrained his emotions, and asked in a deep voice: "How many deaths and injuries have the westward migrants?" Who did it? ”

"General Yu, twenty-two people were killed, seventeen were wounded, and the sneak attackers came from the country of Pakhana."

The loss is not very serious, but the three words 'Bahanna' made Li Qing vigilant, Bahanna is in the south of the shattered, east of the Shi country, and the people are migrating to the west, it will be a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, and the Rus war Bakhana country helped the Tang army in terms of troops and grain and grass, so that he has always been tolerant of it, but the implementation of the county system will inevitably conflict with it, he originally wanted to sit down and negotiate with them, but they are now the first to strike, and the situation is quite critical.

He groaned slightly, and then immediately ordered: "Don't go to the North Court for the time being, change the route!" ”

An hour later, three thousand light horsemen came out of the water like a dragon, and rode westward, and because there was no food and grass to drag them down, the cavalry marched very quickly, and on the same day they caught up with the emigrants, and they did not stop, but continued to march westward, and arrived at the broken city ten days later.

The Broken City has not changed much, and it is mainly dominated by garrisons, in addition to thousands of dwellings, most of which were original Han Chinese slaves. There is also a part of the Turkic people. Due to the existence of insecurity, the immigrants who arrived in advance and nearly 100 officials temporarily lived here, including Li Jiao, the king of Guangping, and Li Yu, the new judge of Anxi Jiedu Prefecture.

As soon as Li Qing entered the city gate, Duan Xiushi, the soldiers and horses of the two towns of Shattered and Dawan greeted him, he is now also the highest military and political commander in the west of the Green Ridge, after the Battle of Rus, Li Qing deployed a total of nearly 10,000 people in Broken and Dawan, and his Dawan Town garrison of more than 1,000 people, that is, the Dawan army composed of former slaves. Li Fei Yuanli served as the soldiers and horses of the Dawan army, and there were more than 3,000 troops in the broken garrison. Known as the Broken Army, it was led by Li Qingdi's henchman Wu Xingsu.

Li Qing's eyes swept away, and he didn't see Xi Yuanqing in the ranks, so he said sharply: "Where is Xi Yuanqing?" ”

Duan Xiushi saw that Li Qing's face was gloomy, and hurriedly bowed down and reported: "General." General Xi was wounded by an arrow in order to protect the king of Quang Binh and was unable to get up to meet him. ”

"That's it! I'm going to see him. Li Qing's anger calmed down slightly, and he waved his hand. After riding his horse, he turned his head to Duan Xiushi and said, "You send someone to Bahanna, tell King Peiluo, and say that I want to see him and let him come to the broken city immediately!" ”

Duan Xiushi nodded and was about to leave, but Li Qing stopped him again. "Also, there are more than 2,000 families on the way to the west, and you should send someone to meet them, and there must be no more mistakes."

Duan Xiushi received the orders one by one. I don't mention it when I go to the arrangement. It is said that Li Qing came to Xi Yuanqing's place to recuperate under the leadership of the sergeant, and there were many vacant houses in the broken city, most of which were built of stone, which was very strong and durable. Many of them were used by the garrison as barracks and various facilities, and there were also hospitals similar to those of later generations, where dozens of military doctors were accommodated, and Xi Yuanqing and the injured people were treated here.

Li Qing walked into the room. Seeing that Li Mi was also there, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned, Li Mi hurriedly stepped forward and smiled at Li Qing: "General Xi was injured to protect the little prince. The prince was very reluctant to go, and wanted to come to visit him in person, but it happened that he had suffered from the wind and cold in the past few days, so he ordered me to come on his behalf. ”

Li Qing smiled lightly and said, "Sir is the judge of Anxi for me." It seems that I am not at work! ”

Li Mi's face flushed, Li Qing ordered him to come to be responsible for the division of land and grant land, and he has only been to Zhicheng once so far. Others haven't started yet, but he is

The idea happened to be discussed with Li Qing.

He saw that Li Qing had something to ask Xi Yuanqing, so he pointed to the next room and motioned for him to wait for him over there, and when he saw Li Qing nodding, he walked out quickly.

"General, it's a crime to be humble!" Xi Yuanqing, who was lying on the bed, struggled to sit up, but Li Qing hurriedly stepped forward and pressed him, "Lie down first!" ”

He sat on the edge of the bed and muttered, "Tell me everything that happened that day, and you must not miss anything." ”

"Yes! I didn't dare to hide it, that evening, I led the army to guard more than 1,000 immigrants, as well as His Royal Highness the King of Guangping and officials, there were still twenty miles away from He Hunting City, and everyone was very happy to see that they were about to reach the end.

As he spoke, Xi Yuanqing gradually fell into the memory.

"General Xi, it's getting dark, why don't we camp there!" Seeing that the sunset was like blood, a partial general caught up with Xi Yuanqing and suggested.

Xi Yuanqing looked to the west, his eyesight was very good, and he saw a large forest faintly a few miles away, and pointed with a horsewhip: "This is less than twenty miles away from He Hunting City, everyone work hard, enter the city and camp, but in front of it is the white birch field, so that the immigrants and officials can go to fetch water and rest for a while." ”

"Come on, everyone, go ahead and rest in the woods for a while!"

It has been nearly twenty days of trekking from Qiuzi to here, and the army has become accustomed to it, but the more than 1,000 peasants from the original are exhausted, especially those local officials who have been removed, their faces are blue-gray, and they are so thin that only a skeleton remains, but seeing that they are about to reach the end, everyone's eyes are full of hope.

Hearing that there was a forest in front to rest, everyone was in high spirits, and they shouted to dismount their horses, speeding up, and after a while, the team arrived at the woods, Xi Yuanqing has walked countless times on this road, and has never encountered trouble, he knows that there is a spring in the woods, but the place is small and cannot accommodate so many people, so he ordered two soldiers to dismount and take the people and officials to fetch water first.

The water in their skins was almost exhausted, and when they heard that there was a spring, all the people jumped off their horses and ran for the woods with shouts of joy, but when they were less than a hundred paces from the woods, suddenly a row of bows and arrows came from the woods, and the people who were running in front were caught off guard and fell to the ground.

The people behind were stunned, some turned around and ran back, some lay on the ground and did not dare to move, at this time a strong arrow shot at Li Jiao who was turning the horse's head, slightly off, the arrow grazed Li Jiao's right arm and shot into the back of the horse's neck, the horse screamed, knelt and fell to the ground, and lifted Li Jiao off the horse, but the people inside seemed to be staring at Li Jiao, and another arrow came, Li Jiao hurriedly bowed his head, the arrow actually shot through the helmet, and the helmet belt flew out, just when the third arrow shot at Li Jiao's back heart, Xi Yuanqing arrived, he was in a hurry, A fish jumped from the horse, protected Li Jiao with his body, and the arrow hit him right on the shoulder blade.

Speaking of excitement, Xi Yuanqing couldn't help but wave his arms, and a sharp pain in his shoulder woke him up from his memories, he frowned painfully, and after a while, the pain decreased slightly, and he continued: "Later, when our soldiers rushed into the woods, the ambush soldiers in the woods had already fled, about hundreds of people, each with two horses. ”

"Ambush?" Li Qing heard that his tone seemed to be specific, so he asked, "Do you mean that they are the army?" Then how do you know that they are from the country of Bakhana? ”

"It's those arrows!" Only three thousand troops were equipped for Baina Khan, who else could it be? ”

At this time, a military doctor hurriedly came in and showed Xi Yuanqing the injury, he didn't know Li Qing, so he frowned and reproached Li Qingdao: "He is not allowed to wave his arm for two months!" You see, the arrow sores are a little cracked again. ”

Li Qing apologized to him, stood up and said to Xi Yuanqing: "It stands to reason that you were careless in marching and violated military regulations, but for the sake of your sacrifice to protect the king of Guangping, the merits and demerits are compensated, and this commander will spare you this time." ”

Xi Yuanqing's eyes were delighted, and he thanked him repeatedly: "Thank you for the forgiveness of the general, there will never be a next time for your humble position." ”

At this time, the military doctor stood up nervously, his face was pale, and he looked at Li Qing blankly at a loss, Li Qing saw that he was afraid, so he stepped forward and patted him lightly on the shoulder, pointed at Xi Yuanqing and said with a smile: "If necessary, tie this guy's hands and don't allow him to move." ”

With that, he smiled on his back and walked towards the next door with his hands in his hands.

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In the room, Li Mi stroked his long beard lightly and suggested to Li Qing: "General, I have been here for nearly a month, and I have a general understanding of the situation, and I have a little new idea about the resettlement of this batch of immigrants.

Li Qing was full of interest, and he smiled slightly: "You might as well talk about it!" ”

"The general's original plan was to place them in Zhicheng, I went to see it, there is plenty of water, the land is fertile, it is indeed a good place, but this time there was an attack, we have to consider the security issue, the branch city is about twenty miles away from the broken city, if it is attacked again, I am afraid it will be too late when the army here rushes to it."

Speaking of this, Li Mi walked to the window, pointed to the blue and cloudless sky outside the window, and said to Li Qing: "There are hundreds of miles of plastered land outside the broken city, with abundant water and abundant sunshine, why don't you settle here first?" In addition, there are a large number of ready-made houses in the city, so there is no need for them to build them with any more effort, and when the population gradually increases, we can organize militia groups to defend ourselves, and then advance to the south and west, which will snowball, and our family business will become bigger and bigger. ”

Li Qing nodded, and said with a happy smile: "Sir, what he said is right, since I have entrusted this matter to you, you can dispose of it with all your powers, but I didn't come to you for this matter." ”

Li Mi's eyes narrowed slightly, and he smiled slyly: "The general wants to discuss with me about dealing with Bahanna?" ”

Li Qing stroked his palms and laughed, "Discussing with Mr. is really a great joy in life!" ”

He laughed slightly, glanced at Li Mi again, and said: "Seeing that Mr. is confident, he must have already made a bamboo in his chest, so he might as well say it directly, and see if he is consistent with Li Qing's thoughts." ”

Li Mi shook his head gently, "It's hard to say this directly, but I can send a word to the general: either be ruthless, or simply be lenient to the end, and don't snake and mouse at both ends, and in the end there will be endless troubles." ”

Li Qing was silent, and for a while, a murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and he said slowly, "Mr.'s opinion, I am slightly the same as Ben Shuai." ”