Lawless and Quan Yi each led 7,000 soldiers and horses, and set off two days earlier than Li Hong, and what was left to Li Hong was naturally only the Tiefu Tu that he had been listed as the top priority in Taiyi City over the years.

The lengthy and solemn ceremony at the entrance of the East Palace proceeded slowly, in Li Hong's view, every time the general went out to the ceremony, it was like a group of dancing gods pretending to be ghosts, and then the emperor sacrificed to the sky, killing some live chickens and ducks, which was used to symbolize the victory of the expedition.

"When you arrive in the Western Regions, remember to beware of Wang Fangyi?" Wu Mei took the hand of Li Hong, who was wearing jet-black armor, and said lightly.

The helmet was not worn on his head at this time, but was held in his arms, looking at the ministers below and asking, "Wang Fangyi?" Why be careful with him? ”

"You little idiot, what a stupid fool, you, that Wang Jing and Wang Kang died inexplicably, and that Ashinatler and two subordinates, the blind man knows who did it, Wang Fangyi is the only military general in the Jinyang Wang clan in recent years, serving under Pei Xingjian, if you want to make some achievements in the Western Regions, you can't leave a tongue for others." Wu Mei pinched Li Hong's finger and said angrily.

"Don't worry, your sons won't suffer, you can wait for my good news here with your father." Li Hong broke away from Wu Mei's hand, stroked the helmet, and then skillfully put the helmet on his head with a salute from the ceremonial officer.

Slowly walked out two steps, facing the emperor and queen of the Tang Dynasty, knelt down on one knee and said loudly: "Erchen is going to the Western Regions today, and he will do his best for the consolidation and prosperity of my four towns in Anxi!" The sons and daughters must live up to the expectations of their fathers and queens. ”

Li Zhi looked at Li Hong, who was kneeling on one knee, and said slowly: "I hope you will return triumphantly." ”

Wu Mei followed behind Li Zhi, looking at the little man in black armor, but she didn't expect that the little idiot who looked at Jiao'er Langdang on weekdays and didn't have a little righteousness has now grown up.

Standing there is already about the same height as his father, and with his strict self-training in the past few years, the whole person actually has a killing aura that is not angry but powerful.

Hua Meng took Li Hong's mount "food stamp", naturally this horse has another "meal stamp", both of which are the two good horses of Li Zhi who stole back then, and now they are upright and prime, tall and mighty, standing with Li Hong in black armor, but they complement each other.

Flipping on the horseback, he took a deep look at Li Zhi and Wu Mei: "Father, queen mother, take care of your body, and your sons and daughters will go." ”

Tiefutu had already been waiting outside Chang'an City, and now the only one who followed Li Hong to participate in the departure ceremony was the 200-person personal guard.

As Li Hong turned the horse's head, the two hundred guards next to him also quickly turned over and got on the horse, the whole movement was neat, without a trace of noise, behind the horse, all of a sudden the team of two hundred people was like a horizontal knife out of the sheath, giving people a murderous feeling.

Hua Meng, Mangzhong, Xiaoxue, Xia Zhi, plus Banmei and Xunlan, the six people behind them were also wearing black armor, and followed closely behind Li Hong to the Chang'an City Gate.

Looking at the team that kicked up the dust, Wu Mei suddenly felt an inexplicable reluctance in her heart, looking at the back that had been submerged in the team, Wu Mei really wanted to send someone to call him back immediately, and she was really willing to let him go to the Western Regions to suffer.

"Why didn't you just give him the token?" Wu Mei was half a step behind Li Zhi and said, accompanied by hundreds of civil and military officials.

"He didn't ask for it, I gave it to him just now, but he refused." Li Zhi was holding a jade pendant in his hand, which was a jade pendant that could mobilize soldiers and horses.

Although Li Hong is now the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, if he arrives at the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, Pei Xingjian is unwilling to give up power, or is unwilling to hand over the military power immediately on the grounds that the prince is young and still needs to be tempered, at that time, as long as Li Hong takes out this jade pendant, he can easily take over the military power.

Wu Mei looked at Li Zhi with a calm expression strangely, and couldn't help but wonder: "Then aren't you afraid that Li Hong will go to the Anxi Protectorate and compete with Pei Xingjian for military power, but it will affect the morale of the army?" ”

Li Zhi smiled, looked at the majestic and solemn Hanyuan Hall in front of him, turned his head and said, "Li Hong, what did he do that he was not sure about?" I believe that he can handle this matter well, the disadvantages of discord between the generals, Li Hong knows better than anyone else, looking at him like that, I am afraid that he already has a plan in his heart, since he has been released, there is no need to think too much. What's more, I have already issued an order to Pei Xingjian, and I don't think it will affect the army. ”

Wu Mei listened to Li Zhi's relieved words, but her brows were frowned, the Anxi Protectorate is not as good as this Guanzhong region, and Li Hong is a good hand at making money, just look at that Taiyi City.

But in the past few years, what kind of reforms has his prince six rates been carried out, it has always seemed to be thunder and rain, and until now, no one knows how good his prince six rates are, at least, looking at the court, no one has said how good the prince six rates are.

The scope under the jurisdiction of today's Anxi Protectorate has shrunk a lot compared with previous years, but the four towns of Shaye, Khotan, Shule, and Qiuci, as the four most important towns in the Western Regions, are still in the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

Still intimidating the barbarians of the Quartet, except for Tubo on the plateau, because it is not conducive to the Tang soldiers to fight, it has not been able to take the lead in the war, and even fighting with Tubo, the Tang Dynasty has always lost more than wins, and this year it has even changed from offense to defense, and can only be a passive defense.

The Hexi Corridor is the only road to the Western Regions, and similarly, the Yumen Pass, as a chokepoint, as a part of the Hexi Corridor, is an important town of the Tang Dynasty, both militarily and commercially.

If it weren't for the destruction of the military system and the Juntian system of the Tang Dynasty in the next few decades, the fertile land of the Hexi Corridor would not have been snatched away by the Tibetans.

But even now, Datang can lead to the Western Regions, and there is no other way except the Hexi Corridor. The Qilian Mountains in the north, as a natural barrier, provided a good barrier for the Tang Dynasty to prevent the invasion of Tibet.

But with the invasion of Tuyuhun by Tubo, Tubo's sense of touch has been extended, as if he is in Chang'an, he can smell the slightest hint of danger.

For more than a month, Li Hong did not urge his small 10,000 people to march quickly, but after entering the Hexi Corridor, he began to observe the terrain and landform.

As the strategic buffer zone of the Tang Dynasty to Tubo in the southwest, anyone knows his importance, but with the strength of Tubo, Tuyuhun let Tubo easily take it away under the management of the waste of Nuo Hao Bowl.

Lawless and Quan Yi had already arrived at Yumen Pass, and after the scouts got in touch with Li Hong's soldiers and horses, the two left Wutian to lead the left and right guards to wait, and then immediately led the soldiers and horses to Suzhou to meet Li Hong.

The old god Li Hong was riding on horseback, and along the way, he finally knew what it meant to be sparsely populated in the true sense. I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: It is really not an easy thing for Datang to achieve this influence in the Western Regions.

"The last general can't, Quan Yi has seen Dadu Hu." The two turned over and dismounted, walked quickly to Li Hongma, and saluted.

"Get up and talk, it's winter now, don't kneel at every turn." Li Hong's armor had already been taken off, and he had already worn Lanling's big fur coat on his body, and now he looked like a bear riding on a tall horse.

"Yes, the last general will obey." The two replied in a solemn voice.

Li Hong is very satisfied with the two people now, Quan Yi and Lawless, both of whom are already the Wei generals of the fourth grade.

"Can you notify Pei Xingjian? Where is he now? Inform the two of them to get on the horse, and then start to lead the team to Yumen Pass, Li Hong asked lightly.

"Pei Duhu is now in Qiuzi, and the Duhu Mansion is also located in Qiuzi."

"Why in Turtles?" Li Hong's brows suddenly furrowed.

Broken leaves are the most western, it can be said that the Tang Dynasty is the most border military town in the Western Regions, Khotan is south, close to the Tibetan border, it is said that Pei Xingjian should be in Khotan at this moment, why did he run to Qiuzi in the east? Moreover, Qiuzi has always bordered the Eastern Turks and is under the jurisdiction of the Yunzhong Metropolitan Protectorate.

"How's Shule doing?" Li Hong's heart sank a little, he realized that something was wrong, this was different from the historical information in his memory.

The geographical location of Shule is said to be the safest, the north to the west is the town of broken leaves, the south to the east of the town of Khotan, the three towns form an oblique line, guarding the border pass of the Tang Dynasty.

But now Pei Xingjian is in Qiuci behind the three towns, according to the basic capital protection of the mansion, no matter what, the capital of the palace should be in Shule, so that the left and right can attack and rescue, and the back can naturally be reinforced.

"Go back to Daduhu, and tell me ...... the information sent by the cheetah." couldn't look at Li Hong's face that had cooled down all of a sudden, and said a little nervously.

"Bring it." Li Hong interrupted the words that he couldn't say, and reached out to him for information.

After receiving the information that could not be handed over, Li Hong glanced at it and said lightly: "The whole army will speed up the march, rest at Yumen Pass tonight, and set off for Shule early tomorrow morning." ”

"Dadu Hu, Pei Xingjian invites you to go to Qiuzi first, saying that there is something important to discuss." Quan Yi also took out a letter and handed it to Li Hong.

Li Hong took it again, closed it after a quick look, kept his head silent, patted the horse's belly with his legs, and was the first to take the initiative to speed up and go to Yumen Pass.

Yumen Pass has to be at least ten days away from Qiuzi, and it has to be fifteen days away from Shule, even if there is something, it is too late at the moment.

Li Hong searched and recalled all the historical details he could remember in his mind, but no matter how he recalled, he couldn't remember who the current rioters in the Western Regions would be.

The sky was much darker than Chang'an, and they had just arrived at Yumen Pass, and the sunset, which was still hanging obliquely on the edge of the sky, hid under the horizon in a hurry than them.

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