Tuyuhun, a small nomadic tribe, was located on the edge of the present-day Tibetan Plateau, part of its territory perched high above the Kunlun Mountains. Spring here comes very late, Li Kuan and his entourage set off from Chang'an, after almost half a month to approach the western frontier of the Tang Dynasty, the time is already the beginning of February in the sixth year of Zhenguan, if this is in the south of the Yangtze River, I am afraid it is already the season when the breeze blows the spring water, the blue waves ripple, and the green willows are drawn. But in this place close to the outside of the Saiwai, on this plateau with an average altitude of more than two thousand meters, there is still snow and ice everywhere.

The horn sounded, and in the military camp in Lanzhou, countless soldiers either rode horses or rushed towards the outside of the city. Amid the sound of their horses' hooves and footsteps, the dawn broke the silence of the night. They are going to change the guard, and their task during this time is very heavy, not only to watch Tuyuhun's small movements, but also to defend against the movement coming to the rear of their house. Ever since Commander Zhou Chuang ordered the establishment of a pass on the side facing the Tang Dynasty five days ago, their border army, which was only less than 5,000 men, had begun to be so busy. The accumulation of these soldiers these days can be said to be hated by the horse thief who committed something in the pass.

The sound of horses' hooves echoed at the foot of this Kunlun Mountain, and the sound shook the river. But it can't shake the majestic snowy mountains that have accumulated for thousands of years, otherwise an avalanche will drown this nasty Tuyuhun for the best.

"Be mental, those horse thieves could come at any time!" A sergeant dressed as a captain in armor cheered on his brothers.

"Why did the Commander order us to intercept those people, but filled the trap?" The soldier was puzzled.

"Stupid, you don't know yet? Those horses were stolen by the horse thieves. All we have to do is catch their horses and they'll be ours! You know? Wu Chang replied very 'smartly'.

"Captain Wu, wise!" The soldier said. You can't go wrong to say good things anywhere, sure enough. After the captain was promoted to the rank of centurion, his place was assigned to the soldier who said he was wise.

At this moment, a dull sound of horses' hooves came from afar, like the muffled thunder of summer clouds.

"The enemy is coming!" The soldiers stood in full array, their blades in their hands, and their horses glittered with a faint glimmer of morning light in the cold wind. At the junction of the horizon, a thin black line rolled in.

It's already high enough to get closer, and the sun is scorching in the morning. Even though the temperature was low, everyone still felt the burning sensation of the sun shining on their skin. Li Kuan rode on horseback and looked at the city on the other side of the horizon. This is the junction of Tuyuhun and Datang. According to the geographical knowledge that Li Kuan has not remembered for a long time, this is already the boundary of Gansu, and it is not very far from Qinghai, another province, on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and close to Qinghai Lake, a very famous plateau saltwater lake in later generations. The sun overhead looks a little bigger than that in Chang'an City, which is a table where the air has become thinner, and it seems that the altitude is not low.

On a plateau of more than two thousand meters. None of them had altitude sickness, which was a good thing, and certainly something he expected. Generally, altitude sickness occurs at high altitudes above 4,000 meters, and more than 2,000 meters is at most a little more physical exertion. And these soldiers behind him are all physically strong elites. It's going to be fine. It's just a little higher, for example, the two enclaves of Tuyuhun on the real Qinghai-Tibet Plateau at an altitude of more than 4,000 meters, where perhaps nearly half of these people can't go up. He didn't have time for these people to get used to it. So this time is not destined to be too successful a journey. But he came anyway. Because he knew that at the end of last year, Tuyuhun's movements were just a drizzle, and this year. That is, in the sixth year of Zhenguan, this small Fanbang will surprise Lanzhou City, and then create boundless slaughter. This attack is also a big shame in the history of Datang. Countless Lanzhou people were taken captive by these barbarians. Then he died in despair on the plateau, and a few years later, the Tang Dynasty defeated Tuyuhun and returned to the Tang Dynasty, and the people who returned to the Tang Dynasty were less than one-tenth of the people who were taken captive.

Only Li Kuan knew about this, he wanted to stop this disaster, but he didn't have the slightest confidence to convince the Wenchen group headed by the eldest grandson Wuji, so he could only do his best to obey the fate of heaven.

The speed of the war horse is fast, and there are almost two horses for one person, Li Kuan and their running all the way can be regarded as extremely fast. The distant distance in his eyes gradually shortened under the iron hooves of the war horse, and when he saw clearly the rows of rejected horses on the official road in front of him, he felt bitter in his heart: he knew that it would be so, and after leaving Yangguan on the way, he encountered such a depressing thing, that is, these state capitals on this border all thought they were horse thieves, from Qinzhou at the beginning, to Qizhou and then to Lanzhou, it can be said that they broke through the blockade along the way, which made Li Kuan have a deep grudge against Li Er. This cheap father not only doesn't give support, but now he is still making trouble like this, what is this?

It's just that when Li Kuan broke through these blockade lines along the way, he felt that these soldiers did not form much of an obstacle, and it made him feel like he was not working hard, what was the situation? The year before last, he also cooperated with these border armies on the Turkic battlefield, and his combat effectiveness was very strong, but now he has become a soft-footed shrimp. Or are they just putting on a show?

Li Kuan's guess is very correct, these border troops are indeed pretentious, because smart people are everywhere, and everyone can guess that the excuse that they can flee thousands of miles after committing a crime in Guanzhong is a bit too outrageous. It's just that no one has debunked it. And these subordinates are very good at making trouble, not only do they not contribute to their work like this, but they also automatically help the people above to round up the lie, and when they blocked Li Kuan's team, they all said that they were robbing the Tang merchants who sent war horses far away in Liangzhou, and now they are going to be arrested. In this way, there is no such magical escape of thousands of miles. Liangzhou is much closer to here than Datang Guanzhong, and the origin of these war horses can also be justified.

Li Kuan also understood this along the way, so he cooperated with the acting, chasing and running with a large group of border troops on his back, and behind him there were many chasing soldiers from Qinzhou, Liangzhou, and Qizhou. Ahead is the pass set up by the Lanzhou border army, and this time it will be forced through again. The more than 1,000 soldiers behind him also fled day and night during this time, and sometimes they had to drink the brothers of these border troops to fight two battles, and then pretend to be defeated and run away. In this way, the wolf bèi fled to Tuyuhun, and then naturally roamed the territory of this nomadic people, which facilitated their movements.

This time, Li Kuan once rushed to the front, the bright silver gun in his hand flew here, and then picked it up, and the horse that was blocked in the middle of the road was picked up by him and thrown far away to the grass on the side of the road. There was a bang and a blast of snow on the ground. Then the soldiers behind him, no, now the horse thief rushed in with this gap, and there were several layers of horses blocking in front, in addition to Li Kuan, Xue Wanche and Liu Wei, these three people are all strong in martial arts, even the weakest Liu Wei is also a fierce general in the army, even if it is not as good as the top general, but the force value must be eighty-five. And Li Kuan and Xue Wanche have a proper force value of more than ninety.

So this little barricade was definitely not an obstacle for them, and the three of them threw these things out in a row to clear the way for the brothers in the back. After that, it was a hand-to-hand encounter, and they had to try their best to avoid it without armor protection, otherwise there would not be enough people to be damaged like this. It seems that we will have to get some armor, and when we get to Tuyuhun, this thing will be brought out along with the grain. Li Kuan thought so, and then took the lead in killing it.

After performing their best, the border troops of Lanzhou City also joined the pursuit team, and a large group of people chased in the direction of Tuyuhun. On this alpine grassland, covered with ice and snow, Li Kuan and his party fled for their lives, but the Tang army did not chase far and withdrew, because this has entered the border of Tuyuhun, this small tribe with more than 100,000 people, but with a full 50,000 people in control, it is difficult to deal with in this endless grassland, they are all worried about a brother army with a special mission, because more than 1,000 people went to this grassland, in their opinion, it is a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, and it is difficult to come back.

Li Wan led his brothers to run hundreds of miles on the grassland, and this place has entered the hinterland of Tuyuhun, which can be described as a small country in the land of projectiles, and it is really a bold representative. Li Kuan looked at the sun in the sky to identify the direction, and then began to search the surroundings. See if there are any Tuyuhun tribes around, like all nomadic peoples, this Tuyuhun is also divided into many small tribes to live in pursuit of water and grass. In the winter, they will choose a place to stay, wait for the harsh winter to pass, and in the spring they will once again embark on the same journey as last year. Although the number is small, it is not a large tribe to act in unison, because the grassland and grassland on the plateau are not evenly distributed, and there is not enough for all the Tuyuhun people to graze together.

Sure enough, these Tuyuhun barbarians are still distributed around, although they stand on their own as a country, but a nation with such a small number of people, it is simply a fool's dream to establish a country on such a small land. In the previous years, if it weren't for the fact that the Central Plains Dynasty in Guanzhong had been fighting endlessly, and had no time to pay attention to this little disease of scabies, otherwise they would have been wiped out in minutes, and then there would be war, until the Tang Dynasty ruled the world, this barbarian tribe has converged a lot, but in the past two years, it has begun to jump again. And Datang also became more than capable because of the war during this time, so he had to compromise for the time being. That's what it's like now.

But Li Kuan didn't think so, with only a thousand people, he wanted to control the war between Datang and Tuyuhun, I have to say that he was bold, but Li Kuan didn't think that this was hopeless, because he had hole cards that others didn't know.

was chased and killed like a dog in the territory of Datang, and now he wants to take out his anger on these barbarians, so Li Wan set off with his brothers to find trouble with these Tuyuhun natives, no matter what big tribe and small tribe he is, fuck him! Let them know that the horse thieves from the Tang Dynasty are coming, asking for their lives, their food, and their livestock! And their armor and weapons! (To be continued......)