From Qiuzi to the capital of Shiguo, the city of Tuozhi is about a thousand miles in a straight line, but there are deserts, snow-capped mountains, long rivers and other barriers, wandering forward, not to mention thousands of miles, the Silk Road goods trade, the Tang Dynasty hundred coins to the big food can be worth ten thousand dollars, all because the road is too far away, so the general caravan is mostly large, hundreds of camels travel together, in the vast desert head up towards the east full of wealth difficult to advance.

The rebellion in Khorasan was coming to an end, and the Abbasids, who established the black-clad Abbasid, also inherited the ambitions of the Umai dynasty, and his sword was once again pointed to the east, and he wanted to retake the vast kingdoms of the Transriver region, and even the homeland of porcelain and silk ̄ Tang Dynasty.

From the autumn of the eighth year of Tianbao, the Abbasids divided their troops into two routes, one was the general Po Xilin led an army of 100,000 to conquer Kang and Mi, and killed their kings; On the other hand, under the leadership of Abu, the governor of Barihei, crossed the Wuhu River and marched into the Gudu Kingdom, and its king Luo Quanjie fled to the Tang Dynasty.

In this situation, the pro-Shi Guozheng king Che Bi Shi sent his king Che Duo to meet the Abbas, wanting to attach the stone country to the Great Food, but the Abbasid was worried about provoking the backlash of the Tang Dynasty, so he sent his uncle Budu as the plenipotentiary representative, under the pretext of mediating the dispute between the Shi country and Pakhana, went to the stone country to visit the truth, and in the spring of the Tianbao year, Budu arrived in the city of Tuozhi.......

Li Qing set out again after only five days of gathering with his family, this time his target was the Dawan Governor's Mansion thousands of miles away, that is, Shiguo, which was a huge team, in addition to the three thousand Doulu army, there were nearly a hundred caravans accompanying them, and they were arranged ten miles away.

The sun has long since set. The twilight is vast, the night is getting thicker and thicker, the light cavalry of the three thousand Doulu army is still marching along the gorge of the Pearl River, the caravan has broken up a month ago, this march, the Tang army took more than two months, entered the territory of Shiguo in early May, and then traveled more than 100 miles to the northwest, they will arrive at Tuozhi City.

At the third watch, the army finally rushed out of the Pearl River Gorge. In front of me is a vast grassland, and the vision suddenly opens up. The starry sky covered the sky, and the Zhizhu River was like a huge curved bow. From here it turns north on the road.

After traveling for about three miles, Li Qing saw that the front and rear had a wide field of vision, and there was no possibility of being ambushed, so he ordered to camp in place, the soldiers were all stiff and exhausted, and the horses snorted, and some were foaming at the mouth. Hearing the order to garrison, the soldiers jumped off their horses and simply built the camp, and without even having time to eat dry food, they fell asleep exhausted.

Although Li Qing was also extremely tired, he couldn't sleep. He walked out of the camp, and the north wind on the grassland was swift and cold. The wind is getting steeper and sharper, and the dark east slowly reveals a cold silver gray.

After traveling thousands of years to the Tang Dynasty, and crossing thousands of miles to the distant sky, this huge gap between time and space made Li Qing's heart difficult to calm down for a while, and he had even forgotten his past for almost ten years, as if it was a dream that was gradually drifting away.

It wasn't until today that a word that he had heard fifteen years ago popped up in his mind, 'The Battle of Talas, which was a violent collision between the East and the West, the Tang Dynasty and the Arab Empire, and the details had long since disappeared in the smoke of the years, only this word was firmly engraved in the depths of Li Qing's memory, the Tang Dynasty was defeated, and the Anxi Army was almost completely annihilated.

He didn't know the reason for the defeat, let alone how tragic the battlefield was, looking at the silent camp and listening to the soldiers' muttering dreams, it was the longing for his hometown, the longing for his distant relatives, he only knew that he was shouldering the safety of thousands of soldiers and the honor and dignity of a country.

The past cannot be recalled, just let it disappear in the long river of history, and let that tragic history turn in your own hands, just like the Pearl River that turns north in front of you.

'Why don't you take Wu Hook and collect Guanshan Fifty Prefectures. Please go to Lingyan Pavilion for the time being, and be a Marquis of Tang Wanhu!,

For a while, his heart was agitated, and he couldn't help but raise his hands high, facing the sky on his back, as if under the boundless sky, he was a fiefdom of Li Qingdi.........

The sky slowly turned red, the Tang army's camp was busy, cutting down trees to build fences, digging deep trenches, burying antlers and thistles, Li Qing in white robes and Nan Jiyun in silver helmets and silver armor walked through groups of hot soldiers, greeting the soldiers from time to time, Wu Xingsu and Duan Xiushi followed from a distance, with serious expressions.

"According to the deployment of the imperial court, I am here to mediate the dispute between the two countries, and it is inappropriate to bring too many soldiers, Ji Yun, you will lead the soldiers to stay here, and I will only bring three hundred horses."

Nan Jiyun remained silent, and after a long time, he said slowly: "Yangming, this is not Nanzhao, we don't know anything about this place, three hundred horses, it's too dangerous!"

Li Qing smiled proudly and said: "Back then, Ban Chao dared to go deep into the Western Regions and kill the enemy chieftain with a single army of 100 horsemen, and I had 3,000 guards and still shrunk my hands, if the underground ancestors knew, wouldn't it be shameful for us?" ”

Nan Jiyun lowered his head and smiled, "I live with the heart of an ordinary person, but you are not an ordinary person, maybe I am too worried, then you can go!" I'll send scouts to contact you from time to time, and I'll pick you up as soon as I have a situation."

Li Qing nodded, straightened up and looked to the north, where flocks of sheep and shepherds began to appear in the distance, and he turned back to Wu Xingsu and shouted, "You go too!" Bring two more brothers with you."

A quarter of an hour later, a cavalry galloped out of the camp and galloped north.

The sun has risen to the east sky, the weather is clear, the grassland is lush with pastures, the eyes are endless turquoise, the breeze caresses the face, it is refreshing, the white clouds hang low in the air, sometimes stay on the hillock, like a huge white castle, the Tang army gallops along the jade belt of the Pearl River, an hour later, dozens of miles have been left behind.

The flock of sheep here gradually increased, and the herdsmen fled far away, looking at this strange team in surprise, indeed, this is the first time that the Tang army has appeared on this land in a hundred years, and many people from Shiguo who have never left their hometown in their lives have never seen the Tang army at all.

At this moment, a horse was speeding towards this side, and immediately one of them was desperately waving his arms at them, shouting loudly and mutteringly, not knowing what he was shouting.

It wasn't until he ran close that Tang Jun saw clearly that it was a young man, with dark and rough skin, no different from the Hu people they had seen all the way, but he was so excited that he burst into tears, almost rushed off his horse, knelt in front of Tang Jun and cried, he desperately tore his hair and pulled away the pigtails that were coiled on his head.

After a while, two Tang soldiers helped him to Li Qing and said sadly: "Dudu, he is a Han Chinese, his hometown is in Chang'an, and it has been twenty years since he was captured by the Turks."

Li Qing looked at this tearful face stained with dirt and grass, with scattered hair and deep wrinkles, and had been captive for twenty years, perhaps it was the first time he saw the army of the Tang Dynasty and his relatives, Li Qing's nose was sour, and his eyes were a little moist.

"Where is your home in Chang'an?"

"My family?" His eyes were a little dazed, and suddenly his eyes flashed, as if he remembered something, and stammered in Chinese that was about to be forgotten: "My family.... In, in Pingkangfang, my mother is still at home."

Speaking of his mother, his tears flowed down again, 'Plop! knelt in front of Li Qing and begged: "You... Take me away! Take me home."

Duan Xiushi sighed and asked Li Qingdao, "Governor!" Take him with you? ”

All the soldiers looked at Li Qing expectantly, and the miserable experience of their compatriots made the mood of all the Tang soldiers extremely heavy.

"Give him a change of clothes, take it with you!"

Everyone changed his military uniform with all hands and feet, and he touched his military robe stiffly, and couldn't help but cover his face and cry.

Li Qing shook his head and continued to ride forward, at this moment he was extremely resentful, the Turks had endangered the border for decades, and the people of the Tang Dynasty who had been taken captive were more than 10 million, most of them were sold into slavery, and their situation was miserable, but the court never turned a blind eye to them, is this the demeanor of a great country?

After a while, Duan Xiushi rode up and said to Li Qing: "Dudu, I have already asked him, his name is Wang Qilang, he was originally employed by a caravan, he was taken captive in Tingzhou in the eighteenth year of Kaiyuan, and sold to a herdsman as a slave, it has been more than 20 years, I heard him say that most of the Tang people who were captive were settled in Shiguo, and there are many Han craftsmen in the city."

Li Qing's heart suddenly had a thought, and he turned sideways to Duan Xiushi and said, "You ask him, is he familiar with the terrain distribution of Shiguo?" Do you know any of the craftsmen in the city? ”

"Yes!" Duan Xiushi answered, turned around and left.

After a moment he came back again and reported, "Governor, he said he knew everything!" ”

"Then let him be our guide!"

As soon as Li Qing's voice fell, he suddenly heard 'Woo! Woo! , the sound of the horn, the horn sound is low and long.

"It's a military horn!" Duan Xiushi's face changed drastically, he had been a scout in Anxi, and he knew that this was a common horn used by the Hu army.

"Don't worry, take a look." Li Qing shielded the dazzling sunlight with his hand, and he saw dozens of eagles suddenly appearing and hovering in mid-air, it should be falcons.

In a moment, the sound of fierce horses' hooves came from the front, and a black cavalry crossed the hill and galloped towards this side, about a thousand people, and in front of them, dozens of small black dots were leading the run.

"They're here to hunt." Li Qingyi pulled the reins and ordered the soldiers to line up, waiting for the approach of this hunting team.

The loud horn sounded again, echoing in the sky, the herdsmen were already frightened, running away, and the cavalry galloped over, and soon formed a fan to surround the Tang army.

"Where are you troops, and why are you in my Shiguo's territory?"

An officer galloped forward and asked loudly in Turkic, he looked at Li Qing with suspicion, and he saw that Li Qing was wearing a black lacquered gauze hat, a purple robe, holding a knot, and a faint smile on his face.

"Don't ask, they are the envoys from the Tang Dynasty and our most honored guests." At this time, a knight came out of the team, full of armor, holding a longbow in his hand, carrying a sword at his waist, riding on a horse and standing upright, looking heroic.

"Li Shilang, don't come to harm!"..