Facts have proved that Li Zaixing's arrangement was prescient.

In the twenty-seventh year of the Kaiyuan Dynasty, he set out from Gaijiayun and attacked the city of Talas with Fumeng Lingjing, and obtained tens of thousands of remnants of the Tuqi Cavalry, and his strength increased greatly, and now it is enough to compete with Kang and Shi. There were many warriors in the country, and there were thousands of Shakir alone.

Xue Yuyu accepted the meaning of Princess Heyi, and after several rounds of competition, he selected fifty of the most combative knights to fight against Li Zaixing and others.

This competition is purely a game, and there is no blood, but there are differences. Under Li Zaixing's instructions, Pei Xuanqing, Bai Xiaode and others vied to treat the different camps of knights differently, and in the end, seven of the ten people who were selected into the travel list were Xue Yu's subordinates, all of them were young and strong, although their martial arts had not yet been perfected, they were all talents that could be created.

Shakir is dominated by knights, and his foot soldiers are very limited, so most of the time Bai Xiaode and the seven knights are good at fighting. After most of the day's battle, only three of them defeated Bai Xiaode and killed in front of Al Maidi. Before seeing Al Maidy's marksmanship, many people thought it was a joke, a woman, no matter how good her martial arts are, how good can she be? She is just Li Zaixing's favorite concubine, and it doesn't matter if she plays in the room, let her show her head and compete with others, which is undoubtedly self-inflicted.

Many people participated in the war with the joke of defeating Al Maddie and looking at Li Zaixing, but unfortunately, most of them could not defeat Bai Xiaode and could only leave the scene gloomily. The three knights who had defeated Bai Xiaode had become the representatives of all Pakhana Shakir at this time, and everyone hoped that one of them would defeat Al Madi and make Li Zaixing lose face.

The people who can defeat Bai Xiaode are, of course, warriors with strong martial arts, and they themselves have such confidence.

It's a pity that none of them can catch Elmady's blow.

It's not that Al Maidi's martial arts are so high that they are mythical, as Li Zaixing said, after more than half a year of hard training, Al Maidy's internal marksmanship has just entered the door, far from the point of Dacheng. The problem is that none of these knights have ever seen the inner marksmanship, let alone play against the inner house. The competition of martial arts skills is a millimeter of difference, and it is a thousand miles away, not to mention such a big accident.

The defeat of the three knights at the hands of Al Maddy without any suspense greatly shocked Bakhanna, and no one doubted that Li Zaixing let Al Madi guard it was a mess, and no one dared to doubt Li Zaixing's martial arts. In their opinion, the only possibility that Al Maidi can practice such a martial art with a female rank is that Li Zaixing taught it.

It can be seen from the pair of dragon spears that are similar in shape.

Li Zaixing became famous almost overnight, Ermadi became a real guardian angel, and the dragon lance became a god-like weapon.

After the competition, Asirandakan held a grand banquet, all the Shakir who participated in the selection participated, the fifty knights who were able to qualify sat in the hall, the ten knights who were finally shortlisted for the travel list sat in the hall, the three knights who had the opportunity to fight with Almadi sat next to Asirandagan, and the other Shakir could only sit in the square of the palace, looking at the people in the palace with envious eyes, and paying attention to Li Zaixing, who was sitting next to Asirandakan and Princess Heyi.

Asirandagan was very happy, rewarded him with a large amount of money, and presented a rich dowry, announcing that Li Zaixing would be appointed as the head of the 1,000 Shakir of Ningyuan Kingdom. Of course, this is just an honorary title, and it is impossible for Li Zaixing to have time to teach those Shakir martial arts, and it is impossible for Asirdagan to hand over control of Shakir to Li Zaixing. This was just to show the other city-states that Bahhana had a close relationship with the Tang Dynasty and to boost morale.

The ones who could really accept Li Zaixing's training were the ten knights who would travel with Li Zaixing, as well as Prince Xue Yu.

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After the banquet, Xue Yu sent Li Zaixing back to the guest house instead of Sirlandagan, put down the gift, and then politely arched his hand: "From now on, I will bow to the sons of the captain." ”

Li Zaixing smiled, and said in his heart, according to his generation, Princess Heyi is my junior, no matter if you are her son or in any other capacity, you are my junior. However, these words can only be hidden in his heart, and on the surface he cannot accept them.

"Don't dare to take this seriously, let's be friends." Li Zaixing said with a smile: "Friends have the meaning of wealth, and they learn from each other, and they are also among them." Prince, when do you think we will depart, and which country will we go to first? ”

"Of course, let's go to Humour City first." Xue Yu said without thinking: "Then go to Tuozhi City." ”

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The city of Humhu was another great city of Bakhanna, and there lived another king of Bakhanna, a king of Rite blood. And Tuozhi City is the country of stone, but the king of Shi, Mohedututun, is an authentic Turk.

Xue Yu's choice once again proves the cannibalism criterion. The first thing they thought of was to unify Bahanna, and then they attacked Shiguo, who was also a Turkic people, to expand their strength, as for what Li Zaixing thought and what Datang thought, it was actually not in their consideration.

Fortunately, there is no disagreement with Li Zaixing's current ideas, so the two sides hit it off.

After two days of preparation, Li Zaixing and others embarked on the journey. Bathanna is rich in grapes and dates, as well as camels and horses. The people of the Nine Kingdoms of Zhaowu were accustomed to riding camels because of the prevalence of business, and after Li Zaixing and others saw the benefits of camels, they also decided to use camels as the main means of transportation. Of course, war horses are also indispensable, especially when they are heads-up, camels are not as flexible as war horses after all, and there are only a few people like white camels.

More than 30 people, more than 30 horses, more than 20 camels, and a group of people went west along the Pearl River.

That night, they arrived at the Gate City. The gate city is about fifty miles away from the thirsty city, and it is also in the north of the Zhenzhu River, which is also the place where merchants are stationed. During the Sui period, it was very prosperous, and later after the road leading to Anxi was changed to Broken Leaf City, it was a lot deserted. The Lits regarded themselves as merchants and never cared about political status, and they had very good relations with the Turks, and at one time traveled to various countries as representatives of the Turks. After the Turks occupied Broken Leaf, they naturally walked to Broken Leaf City to avoid the invasion of the Great Cannibals.

No way, robbery is the nature of big cannibals, they even rob their own people, not to mention the rich Rites. After the Great Cannibals entered the Transoxiana region, the Gate City, like Bahanna, ceased to flourish.

For the city of Gate and Bakanna, the biggest contradiction is salt. The salt producing area of Bathhanna was in Hajistan, and Hajistan was west of the city of Huswan, and after Bathhana was divided into two, the Rites who occupied the city of Khur often threatened Bahanna with salt. Sometimes, they preferred to sell salt to the city of Tuozhi (Shiguo) or Samadgand, Kham, present-day Samarkand, rather than to the city of Bahanna.

For the sake of salt, there was a constant conflict between Bakhana and Husul, and most of the time it was Bakhana who suffered. Although King Shi and King Bahana of Thirsty City were from the same Turkic ranks, they have always been a strong backing of Hushu City.

"If there is only Humyun City, we are not afraid of him at all. With Shi Guo, we are powerless. Xue Yu sighed and said, "If it weren't for Shi Guo, there wouldn't be such a big contradiction between us and Hushu City. The main culprit of all conflicts is the stone country. ”

Listening to Xue Yu talk about these past events, Li Zaixing had a better understanding of the situation in the Hanzhong region, especially the contradictions between the nine kingdoms of Zhaowu. Now that I think about it, since the Tang Dynasty intends to support Bahan, as the representative of the Tang Dynasty in the Hezhong region, there will be a conflict with Shi Guo sooner or later. Gao Xianzhi wants to crusade against Shiguo, is there also this reason in it? If Gao Xianzhi is really not here for money, as Li Siye said, then with his knowledge, he should be able to see this.

"Is Shiguo strong now?"

"They're wallgrass." Xue Yu spat disdainfully: "When the big cannibals came, they took the initiative to ask them for peace, and the Tang Dynasty became strong, and they attached themselves to the Tang Dynasty, and they did not hesitate to raise their butcher knives against the Turkic cavalry who were also Turkic." If the Great Cannibals raise their troops to the north, I guess they will bring the Great Cannibals into the city again. ”

Li Zaixing smiled and didn't say anything. After a period of understanding, he knew that the location of Shiguo was roughly in the middle of the river. No matter which direction an enemy comes, they will eventually invade the Stone Country. Shi Guo can be strong in the river, but they have no strength to resist against foreign forces, so they have to be a grass on the wall, otherwise there is only a dead end. When Xue Yu said this, he was either unreasonable, or he was extreme.

He can't be as extreme as Xue Yu, he has to stand on a higher place and make a holistic consideration. If you want to gain a firm foothold in the riverine region, Shiguo must also be one of the opposite directions. If you can take the stone country without using the sword soldiers, it is of course the best or not. King Stone is used to making wall grass, which is not a bad thing for him.

"So, if you want to take back Humyun City, you still need to get the consent of Shi Guo?"

Xue Yu nodded awkwardly.

Li Zaixing didn't say anything more, under Xue Yu's respect, there was still the intention of using him, which was already expected by him. No one will support you casually, they all have their interests. It is human nature to be unprofitable and not early. The key is still in themselves, how to use their desires to achieve their own ends.

"How many years have you practiced martial arts?" Li Zaixing diverted the topic: "How is the marksmanship?" ”

Hearing the martial arts, especially the marksmanship, Xue Yu suddenly came to his senses, stood up, and said excitedly: "Du Wei, let me show you?" ”

Li Zaixing nodded, Xue Yu changed into a strong suit, took out a spear, and used it in the courtyard. After reading it, Li Zaixing smiled bitterly. He makes it very hard, but it's too fancy, it's good-looking, and the lethality is limited.

"Your marksmanship is fine, only the basics are slightly lacking." Li Zaixing said euphemistically: "I will teach you a pile of skills to help you rebuild the foundation, as long as you are willing to work hard, a month later, you will have a sense of rebirth." ”

Xue Yu was overjoyed