After the day, more than 20,000 people of the Anxi Army arrived at Tuozhi City, which was also Li Qing's first return in Bai, the prosperous capital of nearly 200,000 people in the past experienced a cruel slaughter, there were less than 20,000 people left, and the time Folding City has slowly become orderly, but the city is still empty, sparsely populated, and the prosperous scene of the past has disappeared.

In the past, the palace of Mohedu had been burned down, leaving only a stone skeleton, and the palace of Che Bishi was intact, Li Qing had just arrived at the palace and saw Duan Xiushi leading a team of cavalry to rush quickly, Li Qing saw that his expression was different, and his heart was 'suddenly!' The ground jumped, and he hurriedly went up and asked loudly: "Where are the father and son of Che Bishi?" ”

Duan Xiushi jumped off his horse, hugged his fist at Li Qingyi, and said: "We met resistance in the palace, and Che Bishi has been personally beheaded by me, but Che Duolu has led 2,000 troops north to Rus City five days ago. ”

'Ross', these three words passed through Li Qing's brain like a bolt of lightning, and he was extremely shocked in his heart, could the battle of Russ in history break out in his own hands? Countless thoughts came to his mind, and he seemed to have captured something, but it was not real, and God hurriedly asked, "When did you start attacking the palace?" ”

"Back to the general, we started attacking the palace yesterday evening, and it will end in half an hour."

"Last night!" Li Qing shook his head slowly, the time interval was too long, and the person who fled and reported the news couldn't catch up, he was afraid that Che Bi Shi's father and son would surrender when they heard the news, so he sent Duan Xiushi to strike first, but unexpectedly, Che Bishi had an extra heart and sent his son early, five days ago, wasn't that the day Li Jiao came? It seems that Che Na Shi has expected it, but in this way, if there are many cars, it will inevitably drop a big food, will this become the fuse of the fierce collision between the two empires of Datang and Dashi.

Li Qing stood up proudly. Although he did not know all the details of the Battle of Rus' in history. But at this moment, he suddenly understood that the war between the Tang Dynasty and Arabia was inevitable, this was a collision between the edges of the two empires, just like two icebergs meeting in the sea. If you meet on a narrow road and the brave wins, then let this collision change the whole world.

Thinking of this, Li Qing immediately turned around and said to his soldiers: "Go back to the camp first." Please ask King Guangping and Li Siye to come and discuss important matters with me. ”.

"Bang!" With a bang, Li Siye's fist slammed on the table, smashing a big hole in the hard tabletop, and he said hatefully: "Rose, I went there a month ago, it is the northern fortress of Shiguo, and the city wall is extremely strong. I have advised the commander to send troops to station, but he is unwilling to disperse his troops, otherwise, why would this trouble come from? ”

Let's talk about it. He tilted his head and sneered again, "But no matter how strong it is, can it compare to Cloud Castle?" I only led 5,000 men, but I took it in one night. ”

Li Qing smiled and waved his hand, stopping Li Siye's pride, he looked back at Li Jiao, and saw that he was thoughtful. Then he smiled and asked: "Your Highness's thinking has always been clear, you might as well talk about it!" ”

Li Jiao touched his nose embarrassedly and said with a smile: "The general has won the award, I'm just thinking, if Che Duodu defects to Dashi, how should we deal with it?" What if he just surrendered, but didn't leave Rus'? It's a matter of splitting in two. It should be considered separately. ”

Li Qing's interest increased, and he encouraged him again: "Your Highness is really organized in considering the problem. You might as well go on. ”

Li Qing's praise boosted Li Jiao's confidence, he rubbed his hands and continued: "If he has fled, we can take Rus without much effort, and Dashi will not be impatient to send troops, then we can establish the two towns of Shaye and Dawan according to the emperor's wishes, lead the landless peasants in the Central Plains to move westward, and then gradually establish counties.

"And what if Che Duo didn't leave Rose?" Li Siye interrupted Li Jiao's words with some impatience, according to his inference, Da Shi would not easily give up the fortress of Rus, and it was impossible for Che Duolu to leave the capital of Rus, so the first inference of King Guangping could be ignored.

Li Jiao's words were interrupted, and he couldn't help but glance at Li Siye coldly, then closed his mouth and didn't say a word more.

Li Qing looked at it from the sidelines, and couldn't help nodding secretly, this is the Tang Dynasty Sect Li Yu he wants to support, with his own personality, and even a little royal spirit, as he gradually matures, he will become more and more urban, only in this way can he win to the end in the cruel power struggle.

The atmosphere in the tent became a little tense, Li Jiao raised his chin, walked to the tent with his hands in his hands, and said nothing, his eyes revealing a trace of cold arrogance; And Li Siye's face was swollen red, Li Li used to be his apprentice, and he was used to reprimanding him without scruples, so that in his heart, Li Li had always been a child who didn't grow up, but today he suddenly found that the former apprentice had changed and became extremely strange.

Li Qing smiled slightly, and slowly walked to Li Jiao and said: "Mount Tai collapsed in front and the color remains unchanged, and the elk is on the left and the eyes are not instantaneous, this is the emperor's mental technique, Your Highness."

How much? ”

Li Jiao was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized, and bowed deeply to Li Qing, "The words of the king, Li Li is engraved in my heart!" ”

Li Qing patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "You're tired these days, go ahead!" Have a good rest, and the people of the Central Plains will rely on you a lot when they move west in the future. ”

Li Jiao understood what Li Qing meant, so he bowed slightly to Li Siye and said goodbye.

The figure that had been staring at his back disappeared, Li Qing slowly turned around, he looked at Li Siye for a long time, and suddenly said: "You and my career prospects, the glory and wealth of our Anxi Army, I am betting on him, do you understand?" ”

Although Li Siye is not familiar with the officialdom struggle, he is not stupid, Li Qing has hinted to this extent, how can he not understand, he nodded silently and said: "The position of the imperial court is only for you, you don't have to say more to me, the top priority now is how to deal with the war caused by Che Duodu, I know, if you don't have a case, you won't call me to discuss, you might as well say it directly." ”

"Haha! Worthy of my old buddy, come! Let's show you something. Li Qing mysteriously pulled Li Siye to the inner tent, there were several large square tables in the inner tent put together, he pointed to an item on the table and smiled: "Do you remember what this is?" ”

"It's . The plate is made of four wooden discs, with a desert made of yellow sand, a snow-capped mountain made of stones and white yarn, a river made of blue mud, and a large green meadow, forest, canyon, road, bridge, and the most attractive thing is the city made of wood chips, all of which are glued to the wooden plate and can be moved.

"This is your sand table!" Pan, unexpectedly saw it again at this time, he suddenly became interested, walked to the sand table in a few steps to take a closer look, and unconsciously his face became solemn, he had found that this sand table was not only the territory of the Tang Dynasty, but even to the west there are many cities that he did not know.

He suddenly pointed to a large city with a black flag in the far west and said, "Where is this?" ”

"That's Damascus, the Abbasids' lair." Li Qing picked up a long wooden pole from the side of the sand table, pointed to a slightly smaller city south of Damascus, and said: "This is Jerusalem, and to the west of it is a sea, which I haven't done yet, and I don't know its name, let's call it the Mediterranean, and the north side of the sea is the Great Qin Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), and the south side of the sea is controlled by the remnants of the white-clothed Great Food, and this is where the Abbasids are now attacking." ”

Li Qing's wooden pole gradually approached from Damascus to Shiguo, and pointed to another big city and said: "This is the capital of Kangguo, Samadjian (that is, the famous Samarkand, where Guo Jing flew down the ice peak with a leg of mutton in the eagle shooting), I heard a businessman say that Budu did not return to Damascus, and he stayed here all along. ”

Li Siye suddenly realized, he sighed and said: "I said how come you are so familiar with the territory of the black-clothed food, it turned out that I learned from the merchant, I heard that you got Princess Luo Yan, and I thought that you have been in the past few months.

Li Qing gently patted his palm with a wooden pole and said with a smile: "Do you think I have been here in leisure for the past few months?" I'll tell you, there's something awesome you haven't seen yet! ”

He didn't want to go too far from the topic, so he pointed at Samad Jiancheng with a wooden pole and said: "I agree with you, Cheduo will definitely not give up Rus, he will send someone to ask for help from Boudu in Kang, Budu does not have many troops in his hands, and it will take at least a few months to send troops from Damascus, and he can't afford to wait in time, so I estimate that Budu will definitely use Kangguo's army to rescue Rus if he is in a hurry, but Kangguo's army is no more than 30,000 people at most, and he has to garrison Samad Jiancheng, so in the end it can only be more than 20,000 people." ”

Speaking of this, Li Qing looked back at Li Siye and said, "Can you understand what I mean now?" ”

Li Siye pondered for a moment, and replied cautiously: "You want me not to attack Che Duo for the time being, and treat it as a small fish to lure out the big fish of Budu. ”

Li Qing smiled, then shook his head and said: "Che Duolu is only a shrimp at best for me, and Budu is just a small fish, the big fish I want to attract is here!" Li Qing's wooden pole was lightly rested, pointing right at Damascus.