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More than a dozen soldiers were sent into the mountains to meet the Zhangxiong royal family, and Ma Lu led everyone to wait at the mountain pass for more than a day, and hundreds of Qiang people came out of it.

It took more than three days for the Qiang people to descend the mountain, and more than 100 people were less than when they walked down from Bingdaban, and they all died on the way. Even if the Qiang people are physically strong, without the men in the clan, it is so difficult to walk the mountain road.

I don't know what kind of fate will be ushered in after going down the mountain, the Qiang women and children are all sad and desperate, and when they see the hundreds of murderous Anxi army knights outside the mountain pass, they are even more nervous.

Kongjian slapped the war horse and walked out, and when he reached the middle of the Qiang people, the Qiang people saw Kongjian, and immediately had the backbone of the backbone, and quickly surrounded Kongjian in the middle.

Li Gongbu, the patriarch of the Qiang people with a broken arm, rode on the back of a yak and talked quickly with Kongjian in official language. After listening to Kongjian's words, Li Gongbu's face showed a look of surprise.

Three days ago, under Bingdaban, it was he who ordered his clansmen to attack the Anxi army, wanting to find a way out for the clansmen, and he was the first to attack, and now the men in the clan are almost all killed and wounded, and he does not hate the Anxi army.

I am not strong enough, and I am not qualified to complain if I fail.

The revival of the Zhangzhung Kingdom has been the wish of generations of family members. When he went to Anxi to protect Gai Jiayun as a translator, he just wanted to hug the thigh of Anxi Army. Later, after he found an opportunity to get close to Gai Jiayun, he revealed the identity of the Zhangxiong royal family and asked for attachment, and was willing to be a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, but Gai Jiayun directly refused.

The reason why Anxi protects Jiayun is very simple, Tubo and Datang are relatives of nephews, although there are occasional frictions, they are all trivial matters between family members, and it is impossible for Datang to protect an enemy of a nephew's family. But Li Gongbu knew very well in his heart that this was just an excuse.

The existence of the Anxi Army was originally to contain Tibet, and the four towns changed hands several times in the past hundred years, and the Anxi Army and Tubo were a deep feud in the sea of blood. The enemies of the Anxi army, like the enemies of the Zhangxiong royal family, were all Tibetans. The only reason why Gai Jiayun rejected the attachment of the Zhangzhung royal family was that the Zhangzhung royal family was too weak. A small tribe with only more than 1,000 people, hidden in the southern mountains of Khotan, dare not show up, how can such a strength Anxi Duhu see in his eyes.

After his identity was revealed, Gai Jiayun did not allow him to act as an interpreter in the Anxi army, and he returned to the clan and became the master of the clan.

originally thought that there was no hope of returning to the country in this life, but I didn't expect that now it has ushered in such an opportunity. Knowing that Anxi Jun's bait was highly poisonous, he still had to swallow it without hesitation. As long as he can restore the country, he is willing to pay any price.

At the beginning, he asked Gai Jiayun to attach it, and he was already ready to accept the harshest conditions of Datang, but Gai Jiayun ignored him at all. Now it's his last chance, and he's going to give it a try anyway. As long as the country can be restored, it will not hesitate to be at the mercy of the Tang people as a marionette.

Li Gongbu asked him to take him off the back of the yak, walked quickly to the Anxi army and looked at it, and immediately knew that it was the chief general, bowed his head in front of Ma Lan, and kowtowed again and again: "The old man Li Gongbu, who was the translator under the tent of Gai Jiayundu, visited the general. ”

Ma Lan stabbed him three times, and then said with a smile: "The old army please, when Gai Jiayun was in Anxi, he had not yet come to Anxi, and he didn't know that the old army was a senior in the army, and he had offended a lot before, so don't take it to heart when the old army is done, haha." ”

Li Gongbu refused to get up, fell on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly: "The general can tolerate my clan, the old man is really grateful." Since then, our clan has been the forerunner of the general, and will always be a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. ”

Ma Lan smiled and said, "I'll talk about this later, the old army will be invited first." In the future, your clan and my Anxi Army will be one family, and the clansmen will always be protected by our Anxi Army. As long as you don't live up to my Anxi Army, our Anxi Army will definitely not live up to you! ”

Li Gongbu kowtowed a few more times before he stood up.

Ma Lan looked at this happy old guy, and he also felt some emotion in his heart. In order to climb the Anxi Army, this guy already doesn't want any dignity. However, such a person can be used with complete confidence.

What is said to be a precursor is just a joke, there are only old and weak women and children left in the Zhangxiong royal family, and there are almost few soldiers who can fight, what can they do as a precursor. However, Ma Lan didn't care, he didn't expect the Zhangxiong royal family to make any effort, he just wanted to use this signboard.

Previously, after the defeat of the Persian prince Mu Kun, he also wanted to take his people to annex him, but Ma Lu didn't give him a chance at all. This time, Li Gongbu was allowed to attach it because the two situations were completely different.

Although Mu Kun believed in Zoroastrianism, those Persians were all followers of Huda. The people of the Persian homeland have become Mavari who believe in Huda, and Mukun has no chance of recovering the country. Tens of thousands of Hu Da believers migrated to Anxi, which was more terrible than the plague in Ma Lu's eyes, and Ma Lan could not tolerate such a thing, so he could only get rid of these people.

Li Gongpo and his people originally believed in Bon, but now they have converted to Buddhism, which is the two most powerful forces in Tibet today, and they are also the two forces pulling the Tibetan Empire to split. The Tibetan Empire of this era was generally a secular empire, and the Tubo people were far less religious than later generations in terms of faith, so Li Gongbu still had a certain opportunity, and it also had the value of use. If the Tibetans were as pious as the Persian Mawari, Ma Lan would not have considered playing the Zhangzhung royal family at all.

Mu Kun is useless, and Li Gongbu seems to be somewhat useful, at least for now, which is why Ma Lu treats him differently. Everything is for the future of the Han nation, and all the considerations are cold and without a trace of emotion.

Li Gongbu stood respectfully in front of Ma Lan's horse, Ma Lan looked at a rather bright little girl coming out of the Qiang people, leading a little doll of three or four years old, looking at the old monk with a sweet smile, he couldn't help sighing in his heart, and said in his heart that a piece of good mutton was actually eaten by a dog.

It is really rare to see such a delicate girl among the Qiang people, this little girl now looks only fifteen or sixteen years old, and the age can be imagined when Li Gongbu gave the flower monk Kongjian, and I don't know how the old monk got it.

"That's your grandson?" Ma Lan pointed to the little boy.

Li Gongpo nodded: "His name is Dorje, he is the future king of Zhangxiong, and he is half Han. ”

Ma Lan nodded, looking at the old monk Kongjian who was appeasing the Qiang people, and smiled slightly.

Li Gongpo and Kongjian are bent on recovering the country, and the other is bent on promoting Buddhism. As long as they occupy a foothold on the plateau, these two guys will do the rest with all their might.

"Old soldier, you and your people go back to live in the original place first, and I will send troops to protect you. When the army arrives at Qiangtang, I will inform you to go with you. Ma Lan looked at Li Gong and preached.

Li Gongbu nodded again and again, and said, "I don't know when the army will send troops to Qiangtang?" The old man should also prepare early. ”

"Wait." Ma Lan smiled and waved his hand lightly.

Li Gongbu understood that this was driving him away, knelt down and kowtowed to Ma Lan a few more times, and then stood up and walked back to the Qiang people's ranks.

Ma Lu called Lao Shamen Kongjian over again, and after a brief conversation, Kongjian walked back to the ranks of the Qiang people, and the Qiang people slowly regained their calm, leaving the mountain pass and walking slowly towards Khotannan Mountain.

Ma Lan personally followed with hundreds of elite soldiers all the way, and walked for most of the day with twists and turns, and finally arrived at the valley where Li Gongbu's clan was. When he arrived here, Ma Lan understood why the Anxi Army had not discovered this place before.

The valley was extremely tortuous, and when it reached the depths, it turned a corner, and inside there was another valley, which could not be seen from the outside. The Li Gongbu clan lives in the depths of the valley, with sheep, horses, and yaks in the innermost part. Outside the valley, he also made a careful camouflage, and at a glance he knew that he had learned the skills from the Anxi army, and because of this, the scouts of the Anxi army have not been able to find this place.

Gai Jiayun for the protection of Anxi, within a few years of the southern expedition to the north of the war horse did not unload the saddle, can also be said to be a great achievement, and later transferred to Longyou Jugong arrogant and ignorant of defense, lost the Tang Dynasty painstakingly managed the stone castle city, and later Ge Shuhan recaptured the stone castle city, tens of thousands of Han family sons and daughters were buried under the stone castle city. The loss of Stone Fort City is the biggest stain on Gai Jiayun, but Gai Jiayun is also really capable, which can be seen from Li Gongbu's arrangement in the valley.

There is a temple in the innermost part of the valley, which is very small but has all kinds of organs. The child, named Dorje, took the little girl's hand and jumped in, shouting loudly to go home, apparently the monastery was where the Kumi family lived.

Ma Ling took his own soldiers around the valley and ordered more than 100 soldiers to stay at the mouth of the valley and set up camp to completely cut off the traffic inside and outside the valley. Seeing this posture, Kong Jian and Li Gongbu knew that they were imprisoned by the Anxi army.

But it didn't matter, and they weren't against it for their own purposes. There are no men in the clan, and it is safer for the clan to have these soldiers here.

This winter, only the old and weak women and children of the Zhangxiong royal family will be extremely difficult, but for the great plan of Zhangxiong's restoration of the country, it is worth the price.

Ordinary Qiang people don't know what is happening, and they are lucky to be able to return home. As long as the horses, sheep and yaks are well grazed, the difficult days can be overcome.

Before leaving, Li Gongbu knelt down again in front of Ma Lu's horse, looking extremely humble. Ma Lan looked at Kongjian and smiled: "Monk, you are the first seat of Longxing Temple, don't you go back to Anxi with us?" ”

Sorumi shook his head and said, "The general is gone, and I'm here." Please send someone to Longxing Temple to inform the general after returning to Anxi, and ask them to choose another person to be the first seat. ”

"It's fine." Ma Ling smiled and nodded, ignoring these two fanatical fellows, and left the valley with a few hundred soldiers.

The next time I come here, it should be the time for Geshuhan to march to the source of the river next year. It was then that the real test of the new army of Anxi came for the first time.