After a simple breakfast, everyone packed up their tents and set off again. Li Tao and Kang Lu rode their horses slowly in front of the head, Pei Yue and Li Bai followed closely, Qiu Baiyu and the fifty elite of the Luzhou regiment he selected, Wang Lin and his two hundred scouts, and dozens of Kang Lu's guards, a total of more than 300 people followed far behind.

Li Tao looked around as he walked, and what stirred in his heart was wild blood and a kind of rough spirit. The eternal desolation and bleak yellow are covered by the dark blue sky, adding to the momentum of slaughter, and there is a kind of broad solemnity hidden deep in it. Perhaps the most gorgeous and fascinating time on the grassland is the season of color, the season of red flowers, blue sky and green grass. But the most dignified and true color, which can make people feel the true breadth and depth of the grassland, is still the grassland in autumn.

Seeing Li Tao looking around greedily, Ashina Snow Lotus couldn't help but smile and said, "King Lantian, today we can reach the sweat tent of Tuqishi, and the scenery around there is much better than here!" ”

Li Tao nodded and said: "I seem to understand a little, why the grassland people are so brave and bold, this is inseparable from the breadth and breadth of the grassland!" ”

Ashina Snow Lotus sighed and said, "If I didn't fight, I would rather live on this grassland for the rest of my life. ”

Li Tao glanced at Ashina Snow Lotus: "Are you worried about your brother?" ”

Before Ashina Xuelian could answer, Kang Lu on the side smiled and said: "You really don't have to worry about brother, didn't you see that when King Lantian wanted to hand over the 15,000 elite iron horses of the Anxi Northwest Court to his brother, Zhang Xuanbiao and Guo Qianqian were about to cry." The elder brother has this fifteen thousand elites in his hands, not to mention an Ashina Dudan. Even if it is to sweep the Ten Arrows Tribe in the Western Regions, there is no problem, what do you have to worry about? ”

Ashina Xuelian was silent, but Li Tao could see that her heart was still very heavy. Li Tao didn't know how to persuade her. He looked at Kang Lu: "Kang Lu, I know in my heart that because of your father's death, you have a grudge against the Tang Dynasty in your heart. I just want to ask you, can this resentment be resolved? ”

Kanglu's heart sank, and he was silent for a long time.

Li Tao stared at Kang Lu and asked, "If this grievance can be resolved, I will do my best to mediate for you." If it can't be resolved. Tell me that I will never mention this again, and we will be good friends from now on! ”

Seeing that Li Tao said so sincerely. Kang Lu did not hide it: "I don't know if it can be resolved in the future, at least not now." Father Khan was loyal to the Tang Dynasty and was ordered by the imperial court to besiege the Eastern Turks, and the Tang Dynasty's army was close at hand. but he did not save him when he saw death. Not only me, but there is not a single person in the entire Turgish who does not resent Datang because of the death of his father Khan. However, one thing I can guarantee is that no matter what kind of situation Tuqi Shi and Datang are in in the future, Lantian Wang, you will always be my good friend with Snow Lotus! ”

Xue Lian nodded approvingly.

Li Tao sighed and said, "With your words, I will not be in vain for this trip to the Western Regions." Originally, I could not have come this time, and the imperial court could have sent someone else. But in the end, I took the initiative to come. It's not that my ability is greater than others, but because you, Xuelian, and Brother Ashina are all in the Western Regions. You are people in the most difficult time now, I want to help you as much as possible, who made you my good friends? ”

"I understand this, if someone else comes, how can Brother Ashina have those fifteen thousand iron horses? Now that the Western Regions are in such a chaotic situation, there is no army in their hands, just relying on the prestige of the Ashina family in the Western Regions, how difficult is it to subdue the people of the Ten Arrows tribe? It can be seen from this that you are really helping him! ”

Li Tao blinked and said, "I not only want to help Brother Ashina, but I also want to help you!" ”

"Help me?" Conroe was puzzled.

"Yes, help you train the Turkey Rider!" Li Tao affirmed.

"You're really going to help me train the army?" Conroch was pleasantly surprised.

"Nature is true!" Li Tao suddenly asked: "Kang Lu, your time as a Khan of Turgish is still short, I don't know if you can control Turgish?" ”

Ashina Snow Lotus interjected on the side: "With the full support of Uncle Sulihe, Kang Lu can completely control his various tribes!" ”

"Who is Suriho?" Li Tao asked curiously.

Kang Lu said: "Uncle Sulihe is the sworn brother of his father Khan, and he is also the Ye Hu of Turgish!" A few days ago, after his father Khan was killed by the Eastern Turkic night attack, it was Uncle Sulihe who gathered the remnants of the Turks and desperately broke out of the encirclement, which avoided the annihilation of the entire army. ”

Li Tao nodded.

Kang Lu continued: "Later, Uncle Su Lihe sent someone to Chang'an to pick me up as the new khan, and he happened to meet me halfway through. When I arrived at Turgish, Uncle Surih gathered the chiefs of the tribes and made me the new Khan. Uncle Surihe was a highly respected elder in Turgish, second only to my father, and with his strong support, I was able to master the situation in Turgish. ”

"I'm relieved if you say that, there won't be any resistance to helping you train the Turquoise cavalry!"

It had been three days since Li Tao and Kang Lu arrived at the Turgish station.

Outside the tent of the Turgish Khan Khan, someone was already waiting for them.

"Khan, you're back, I'm so worried that those ungrateful guys will make things difficult for you!" It was a stout man in his forties who spoke.

"Uncle Surihe, come and meet my friend!" Kang Lu said to the man.

When Li Tao heard Kang Lu call that man like this, he knew that this person was Su Lihe who he had introduced before, and he saluted Su Lihe: "Hello, Su Li Heye Hu, I am Kang Lu's friend Li Tao!" ”

Su Lihe frowned and said, "Are you from the Tang Dynasty?" ”

Before Li Tao could speak, Ashina Xuelian said: "Uncle Su Lihe, he is the Lantian King of the Tang Dynasty, and he ...... when he was in Chang'an."

Before Ashina Xuelian's words were finished, Su Lihe's face changed suddenly, and his tone became cold: "You are the county king of the bullshit Tang Dynasty?" ”

Li Taochu heard that Su Lihe's tone was wrong, and he knew that the situation was a little bad, but he was still neither humble nor arrogant: "Exactly!" ”

"Turgish doesn't welcome you, you hurry up and get out of here!" Su Lihe said viciously.

When Kang Lu saw this, he hurriedly said: "Uncle Sulihe, what are you doing, he is my friend!" ”

Su Li said: "If it weren't for your friend, just because he was the county king of the Tang Dynasty, I would have slashed him with a knife!" ”

Kang Lu explained: "Uncle Su Lihe, he is different from other Tang people, he is ......"

Su Lihe didn't listen to Kang Lu's explanation at all, and he interrupted: "How can the Tang people have a good thing? Khan, have you forgotten how your father died? ”

Kang Lu's face turned red, he bit his lip and said, "Of course I know how Father Khan died, but I have to keep him!" ”

Su Lihe stared at Kang Lu for a long time before he said hatefully: "If you insist on going your own way, don't blame me Su Lihe for not recognizing you as a khan!" ”

With that, Su Lihe turned around and left. (To be continued......)