Chapter 288: Sudden Appearance
For Liu Ji personally leading the team to Talas City to rescue Liu Hao and Liu Niuniu, although Le Yi, Su Lie and others were opposed, but under Liu Ji's arbitrariness, the team to the Western Regions still set off early in the morning on November 5, 426 of the Great Jin Dynasty, and it was still Liu Ji who led the team. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
This team consisted of fourteen top generals and fifty soldiers trapped in the camp, plus Liu Ji, a total of sixty-five people, each with three war horses, and on some war horses, they also carried some silk packages.
After setting out from Chengyin City, Liu Ji and the others traveled all the way, and on the night of November 5, they passed through the entire Yongjing County and arrived at the edge of the desert.
On the afternoon of November 6, Liu Ji and his entourage came to the first oasis after entering the Western Regions, and at this time, the small team led by Liu Ji had become a caravan, and the goods they sold were silk on war horses.
According to Luo Kun, who is familiar with the situation of Gaochang Kingdom, this oasis is about 100 miles from east to west, north and south, so that the area of this oasis is about 2,500 square kilometers.
On this large oasis, there are a total of three cities and nine villages, forming a small country in the Western Regions, the name of this country is called Xuju, Xuju State was one of the sixteen subject states of the Great Jin Dynasty in the Western Regions more than a hundred years ago, but after the end of the war more than a hundred years ago, Xuju State became a vassal state of Gaochang State.
There is basically no difference between the people of the Suju country and the Jin people, and the people of the Suju country all speak the Jin dialect, and the script of the Suju country also uses the Jin characters, after Liu Ji's caravan left the Suju country, the name of the foreign world is the caravan of the Suju country, which is also the practice of the Jin caravan entering the Western Regions, otherwise a Jin caravan wants to travel between the countries of the Western Regions, it is likely to encounter a lot of unnecessary trouble, and the Jin people are not welcome in the Western Regions.
Liu Ji's caravan did not go to the three cities of Suju Kingdom, but chose to enter a village to rest, replenish some supplies, especially water, and rush in the desert in the Western Regions, if there is a shortage of water, the consequences will be unimaginable.
The three cities of Suju Kingdom have the garrison of Gaochang Kingdom, and if you enter these three cities, it is easy to have accidents, in fact, Liu Ji's team does not look like a caravan.
On the night of November 6, after Liu Ji's caravan stayed in an inn in the village of Xuju Kingdom, Luo Kun said to Liu Ji: "My lord, if we want to pretend to be a caravan from Xuju Kingdom, we must have a road guide from Su Juguo, as for the road guide of Su Ju Country, it is easy to get it, and we only need to spend money to bribe the officials of Xu Ju Country to buy it, or do we have to go into the city early tomorrow morning to buy a road guide?" ”
Liu Ji nodded and said, "Then you can go for it!" Be careful not to get into trouble, we must get to Talas City as soon as possible. ”
"Don't worry, my lord, I'll be careful!"
When Liu Ji entered the Western Regions this time, he brought three thousand taels of gold, and Liu Ji also brought five small bags of diamonds that he snatched from Hanatilamu, and sometimes money has a great effect.
Early the next morning, Luo Kun rushed to a city in Suju Kingdom with fifty taels of gold, while Liu Ji and the others stayed in the inn in the village and waited for Luo Kun to return.
In less than half an hour, Luo Kun hurried back, and after he saw Liu Ji in the inn room, he immediately said urgently: "Lord, I saw Hanatilamu in the city!" ”
"What! You repeat, who do you see? Liu Ji almost jumped up all of a sudden.
"Lord, it's Hanatilam, it's definitely him, I'm not mistaken!"
"What about my father and Niuniu? Do you see that they don't? ”
"I didn't see Master Liu and Miss, I saw Hanatilamu enter the City Lord's Mansion, and Hanatilamu was followed by many masters, I didn't dare to delay, and I hurried back without even buying Lu Yin!"
Liu Ji pondered for a moment and then asked, "Luo Kun, what is the name of this city in the Suju Kingdom?" And how many garrisons are there? ”
"Lord, this city is called Lambao City, my subordinates have already inquired before I came back just now, Lambao City has its own 2,000 troops, and Gaochang Kingdom also has a thousand garrisons in Lambao City, and the other two cities of Moonburg are called Xuju City and Charlotte City respectively, of which Suju City is the capital of Suju Kingdom, and there are 4,000 troops and 2,000 garrisons of Gaochang Kingdom in Xuju Kingdom, and the army situation in Charlotte City is the same as that of Lambao City."
Liu Ji immediately said: "Gather everyone immediately, let's find a way to sneak into Lanbao City without attracting attention, since Hanatilam is in Lanbao City, then my father and sister are probably also in Lanbao City." ”
At this time, in the city lord's mansion of Ranburg City in Suju Kingdom, Hanatilamu was facing a veiled woman and said respectfully: "Your Excellency, the king of Suju Kingdom wants to invite you to Suju City as a guest, I don't know if you will go?" ”
The veiled woman waved her hand and said: "This time, on behalf of the Bishop, I will visit the various altars of our Holy Fire Sect in the East, and this is the last stop in Suju Country, and this trip is more than half a year, almost all of them have been spent in this kind of entertainment, I am already too tired, you help me thank the King of Suju Country for his kindness, I will not go to Suju City!" ”
Hanatilamu nodded and said, "Well, I will convey the meaning of Your Excellency to the king of Suju country!" ”
"Be careful with your words, don't let the King of Suju Kingdom feel that we Holy Fire Sect don't value him!"
"Your Excellency, don't worry, I know what to say!"
"By the way, I've been busy reviewing the accounts of the Xuju Kingdom Branch Altar for the past few days, and I forgot to ask why you came here with a guard from the Holy Land, I heard that you also took this guard from the Holy Land and went to the Jin Kingdom and brought back an old man and a little girl?"
Hanatilam said respectfully: "Your Excellency, this Holy Land Guard was lent to me by the Bishop, I suffered a big loss at the hands of a Jin State a while ago, more than 30 subordinates under my command were killed by the Jin State Man and his subordinates, I originally took this Holy Land Guard to take revenge, but the Jin State Man led his troops to fight, so I captured his father and sister and prepared to take them to Talas City. ”
The veiled woman sighed and said, "That little girl is still a child, Hanatilam, there are some things that should not be done too absolutely, and it is not a hero to inflict hatred on her family and children!" ”
Hanatilamu smiled awkwardly and said, "Your Excellency the Holy Maiden is right! It's just that the hatred between me and that Jin country man is too great! ”