Zhao Zongyuan is a jade seal in his hand, but it has been broken a lot, and he can only recognize the four words of Dabao Khotan, if the jade seal is complete, it should be such a few words "The Great Treasure of the Great Dynasty and the Great Sage of Khotan", of which "Dachao" is the honorific title of Khotan to the Tang Dynasty.

In the battle of Talas, the Tang Dynasty did not really lose, they killed several times the enemy, but they suffered heavy losses and had to retreat to replenish, it only took two years for the Tang soldiers to regain their strength, but the sudden Anshi Rebellion broke the pace of the Tang army.

The Central Plains fell into a bitter battle, and no Han family children marched into the Western Regions.

As for the Han people who remained in the Western Regions, they faced round after round of foreign attacks, angrily raised their swords and fought to the death.

Ancestors and grandchildren in the army, brothers side by side, they fought fiercely with more than ten times the enemy, defeated wave after wave of enemies, nailed to the land of the Western Regions, the battle lasted for more than 100 years, until the Tang Dynasty perished, the Han people in the Western Regions still gathered under the banner of Khotan, and the bloody battle continued.

Li Shengtian reigned for 50 years, almost all the time, and no longer looked forward to the rescue of the Central Plains.

It's a pity that Zhao Da and the two brothers Zhao can't even get Yan Yun back, so they can only send more than 100 monks to Khotan.

But even so, Li Shengtian and his subordinates acted as a barrier to the Central Plains, blocking the eastward advance of the Qarakhanid.

Li Shengtian died, and his descendants were also exhausted, but they finally blocked the men and horses from the Middle East, and the great cannibal with a sword in one hand and a scripture in the other did not kill the Western Regions, let alone touch the Central Plains...... This tragic story was told by Wang Ningan at the Royal Primary School and persuaded everyone in the Great Song Dynasty.

After passing through the northwest, sweeping away the Western Xia, and then marching into the Western Regions, and taking back the homeland where the Han family had shed blood and sacrificed!

Zhao Zongyuan kept his master's words in mind, and he took out the national letter sent by Li Shengtian from the pile of old papers in the palace, and found out the tribute from Khotan.

In the face of these things, Zhao Zongyuan thought more than once about how bleak and tragic Khotan should be, and how full of expectations...... The Great Song Dynasty has a lot of negative Han people!

Zhao Zongyuan was very sad and blamed himself, he thought that if he succeeded to the throne, he would definitely wave his army to the Western Regions and personally worship those true heroes who fought to the death!

Zhao Zongyuan once thought that the Khotanese kingdom had disappeared and everyone had died in battle.

Only this time he visited the exiles of Western Xia, and when he was about to leave, suddenly a dirty guy rushed out of the crowd and shouted.

The guards who protected Zhao Zongyuan immediately took action, subdued this guy, and retreated outside.

He blushed and his neck was thick, and with all the strength of his body, he shouted out a few words that were intermittent, "Khotan, messenger, go to the kingdom, and meet you." ”

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"Master, this is the person!"

In front of Wang Ning'an, there was a white hospital bed, on which lay a person, the bridge of his nose was protruding, the bird's nest was deep, and his hair was chestnut, very dark-skinned and black-haired people from the Central Plains.

But no one will deny his Han identity!

Out is Yidi, and in is Huaxia!

This is the truth that our ancestors thought clearly thousands of years ago.

The reason why the Han family can become big is because the sea is inclusive.

The ancestors never distinguished different people based on a narrow theory of blood.

As long as you identify with the Han culture and are loyal to the orthodoxy of the Central Plains, you are Han people, on the contrary, you betray the Central Plains and are willing to be the minions of the barbarians, such as Zhang Yuan, Wu Hao, Li Qing, Liang Yi and the like, you are Yidi and traitors!

The best poets of the Tang Dynasty were foreigners from the Western Regions, and more than 20% of the officials above the court were foreigners...... It is precisely because of tolerance and openness that there is a prosperous era of the Tang Dynasty and all countries come to the dynasty!

Of course, too much openness will also lead to mud and sand, and the good and the bad will be mixed.

However, there is no need to doubt the Khotanese people, they have proved their loyalty with countless blood, and they are the best children of the Han family!

"I, my name is Li Li, yes, I am the great-grandson of Li Congde and the descendant of Li Shengtian." This man recounted his experience in Chinese, word by word, in Chinese, which he was not very proficient in.

The Great Cannibal Cavalry of the Qarakhanid captured the city of Khotan, and the Khotanese State perished, but the descendants of Li Shengtian and Li Congde did not give up the struggle, they pushed all the way to the mountains in the east, and continued to resist stubbornly, they once had the upper hand, but then the rise of Western Xia and the rise of the Gully, they cut off the back road of Khotan, carved up the territory of the eastern part of Khotan, and after a few decades, the Khotanese finally almost disappeared.

Li Li was the last envoy of Khotan, he took the jade seal of Khotan, carried the letter of state, and 18 warriors, and embarked on the road to the east to ask for help.

Behind Li Li, there are less than 8,000 Khotanese people left, who are still fighting hard.

Li Li initially chose the direction of the Qingtang Dynasty, but the forces at that time still existed, did not let them pass, and killed half of Li Li's entourage, they had to disguise themselves as merchants in the Western Regions, and entered the territory of Western Xia, they trekked hard from the sandbank, all the way through Ganzhou, Liangzhou, and the legendary Great Song Dynasty, getting closer and closer.

It's just that this short road is too difficult.

Li Li was blackmailed by Western Xia officials, and a weapon fight broke out between the two sides, and when they fled, they were captured by the captive army and turned into slaves.

He worked for 5 years, and last winter, Li Li's last entourage also died, and he was left alone in the entire Khotanese mission.

The credentials had been lost, the jade seal had been broken, and there was barely anything that could prove his identity.

Li Li was desperate for a while.

It's just that he didn't expect that the Great Song Dynasty launched a counteroffensive against the Western Xia, and after annihilating the Iron Harrier, he wantonly recruited the Western Xia people to surrender, and the result was that Li Li fled to the Great Song Dynasty with a group of Western Xia refugees.

Li Li never dreamed that he would come to the Great Song Dynasty in this way. The legendary kingdom is indeed not ordinary.

The people are rich, the people are rich, and they are very polite to the homeless.

Giving them a place to live and food to eat and drink, Li Li couldn't believe it at all.

Even the crown prince of the Great Song Dynasty appeared, went to visit them, and after confirming the identity of Zhao Zongyuan, he was almost insane, that's right, this is the kingdom of heaven, the benevolent son of heaven, the venerable prince...... He rushed out in spite of everything, and Li Li paid the price for his recklessness.

The guards used grappling techniques and removed his arm.

If it weren't for Zhao Zongyuan who had heard the story of Khotan, perhaps Li Li would already be a corpse.

However, he did not regret it, he held on, rolled off the bed, knelt in front of Zhao Zongyuan and Wang Ningan, and cried bitterly.

"Foreign minister, Li ...... Wei Chi Li, pray that His Highness will send troops to save Khotan! ”

Wei Chi is the surname of Khotan, Li Shengtian changed his surname to Li in order to show his respect for the Tang Dynasty, in fact, he didn't know that when he changed his surname, the Tang Dynasty had already died.

Now that the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains is surnamed Zhao, and calling himself Li Li is somewhat inappropriate.

"I will write to my father and ask him to give him the surname Zhao."

Li Li was stunned for a moment, hurriedly kowtowed, and said gratefully: "Zhao Li thanked His Highness and kowtowed to His Highness!" ”

Wang Ning'an said: "Your Highness, the envoy of Khotan has endured all the hardships, so let Imperial Doctor Qian first diagnose and treat his body and rest more!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Li was in a hurry, immediately jumped up, and shouted: "I'm fine, I can still fight!" ”

As if to prove his bravery, Zhao Li raised his arm and tried to beat his chest, but unfortunately he forgot that the joint that had just been connected, where was the strength, and when the arm was halfway raised, it hung down in pain.

Zhao Li was extremely ashamed, his legs were paralyzed, and he sat on the ground, tears rolling down the corners of his eyes, and soon a piece of his clothes were wet.

"How long have you been out of Khotan?" Wang Ningan asked in a low voice.

Zhao Li raised his head and cried: "Seven years, more than seven years!" ”

His Adam's apple kept rolling up and down, looking very anxious, "I can't wait, when I came, there were less than 2,000 warriors in Khotan, less than 10,000!" After another seven years, they, they may all be dead, dead...... Hurry up and send troops, my lord! Even if there are a few thousand people, save the country of Khotan......"

Wang Ningan took a deep breath and reached out to pull Zhao Li up.

"Since you are from Khotan, Khotan will not lose the country, even if there is only one person left, the Great Song Dynasty will help Khotan to restore the country!" Wang Ningan promised: "We will not only send troops, but also send a lot of horses, the Qarakhanid Congress was erased from the map by the Great Song Dynasty, and the entire Western Regions, and even the west of the Green Mountains, are the homeland of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and not an inch is allowed to be lost!" ”

"Leave everything to Da Song, I'll do my best!"

Wang Ningan explained again and again before returning to Xingzai with the prince.

When he was on the way, Zhao Zongyuan couldn't help but say, "Master, do you suspect that he is a fake Khotanese?" ”

Wang Ningan said with a smile: "Your Highness, it's not a suspicion, national affairs can never rely on just one person's statement, not to mention that he has left Khotan for more than seven years, what is going on there, whether Khotan is completely destroyed, or is he insisting on fighting, we don't know this, and we can't answer him hastily." ”

Zhao Zongyuan nodded, and said suspiciously: "Master, time waits for no one, but you must figure it out as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the Kingdom of Khotan is really dead, they are too pitiful!" ”

Zhao Zongyuan was in a hurry, and he was about to cry.

"Your Highness, rest assured, after taking the Qingtang Dynasty, the minister will explain to Wang Shao, send personnel, go to the Western Regions to understand the situation, and explore Khotan, which is also their task, I believe there will be news soon."

Wang Ning'an really had the ability to predict the future, and the day after he finished talking to the prince, San Lang Wang Ningxuan rushed back from Qingtang.

Along the way, Wang Ningxuan was very embarrassed.

"Second brother, we have found the country of Khotan!"

As soon as Wang Ningxuan met, he couldn't wait to say: "They are still fighting, they are still fighting with the enemy!" They didn't surrender! No!! ”

Wang Ningxuan asked himself, he is a warrior who is not afraid of death, he was born in the Wang family, he has fought the battle of Youzhou, he is not afraid of any enemy!

It's just that such a great Wang Saburo faced the Khotanese people, completely convinced, and convinced!

"Second brother, we found the Khotanese people, and we fought side by side with them, defeating the 5,000 men and horses of the Qarakhanid!" Wang Ningxuan said very hurriedly, "In the beginning of spring, in the spring of next year, if reinforcements are not available, the Qarakhanid State will send tens of thousands of people, and the people of Khotan will die at that time!" ”