Qiuci is the economic and transportation center of the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains since ancient times, and it is also one of the 36 powerful countries in the Western Regions.

The Turkic armies in Shule, Khotan and other places all surrendered, and the lost land south of the Tianshan Mountains was recovered by the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, it was announced that the four towns of Qiuzi, Yanying, Shule, and Khotan were formally established, all under the jurisdiction of the Anxi Protectorate, and a hundred years have passed.

Although the Anxi capital has been up and down several times in the past hundred years, it is still firmly controlled by the Tang Dynasty, and the Anxi Festival has been set up, garrisoned by 24,000 troops, relying on the town, city, guarding, fort, Feng and other five-level military institutions, establishing a strict defense system, with Qiuci as the center, guarding the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the Western Regions.

At present, the protector of Anxi is the Tang Xiangguo Li Linfu, the envoy of Anxi Jiedu is Fumeng Lingcha, Gao Xianzhi was the deputy protector of Anxi, and the soldiers and horses of the four towns are the second person in Anxi, with a personal guard of 500 people.

Li Qing'an is a tooth general in this pro-soldier guard army, the tooth general is a kind of military position, belongs to low-level officers, to some extent it is not a formal official position of the imperial court, but a kind of temporary surname of the general, Anxi to Chang'an is far away, meritorious service rewards must be reported at the first level, and it often takes more than half a year to approve it, so Gao Xianzhi named him a tooth general, which is a kind of temporary surname award, in order to commend his military merits in time.

Although Li Qing'an's promotion was envied by the soldiers, in fact he didn't have anything to do, Gao Xianzhi traveled to his escort, and when Gao Xianzhi was in Qiuzi, he had his leisure time, or practiced riding and archery, or played polo, and occasionally he could leave the barracks to play on the streets.

In the evening of this day, Li Qing'an and several colleagues came to the 'Central Plains Wine Shop' to drink, Qiuci City is the capital of Qiuci Country, twice as large as Bahuan City, the population is much more than it, the shops are dense, there are many merchants, it is very prosperous and lively, the wine shop they came to is also opened by a Han person, divided into two floors, full of guests, and the business is very prosperous.

There are three people who drank with Li Qing'an, one is Bai Yuanguang, and the other is Duan Xiushi, these two people are the same as Li Qing'an, they are also tooth generals, and there is another person with a higher military rank than them, named Xi Yuanqing, who is Gao Xianzhi's confidant and favorite general.

In fact, these people are all famous generals of the Tang Dynasty, Li Qingan also read the story of Duan Xiushi when he was a child, if he was a few months ago, he might have been surprised and emotional, but now he has no such heart, maybe a thousand years later, his name Li Qing'an will also be engraved in the history corridor.

"Shichiro, I can't imagine that you have such a transcendent talent for polo, and you can become a master after practicing for such a short time."

It was Duan Xiushi who spoke, he is also a polo master, last year he represented Anxi to Chang'an to compete, in today's words, he is the leader of the Anxi polo team, Li Qingan did not even touch the stick when he first came to Qiuzi, and he was able to compete with them in just a few dozen days of practice, which made them impressed.

"Come on! Shichiro, I toast you. ”

Duan Xiushi raised his glass and touched it with Li Yanqing, and said with a smile: "With your current level, if you practice for another year, you will be the first polo master in Anxi, and we will go to Beijing to participate in the polo tournament together the year after tomorrow, and the championship will be in our bag." ”

"Enter Beijing!" Bai Yuanguang drank a little wine, and lost his usual calm, he slapped the table heavily, and said hatefully: "We must kill the Fan Yangjun polo team and avenge our revenge last year." ”

At this time, Xi Yuanqing drank all the wine in the cup, "You don't always have polo, polo, think about how to get the opportunity to fight and make meritorious contributions,

He was in a bad mood, drank a few glasses of stuffy wine, his heart fluctuated, and he couldn't help but sigh and said: "My husband has only been alive for a few decades, so after a year has passed, I am already thirty-two, when will I be able to fight a battle happily, make immortal contributions, and seal my wife." ”

"Next year! I reckon we will all have a chance to fight next year. Li Qingan smiled slightly.

"What basis do you have?" Several people couldn't help but be stunned when they saw Li Qingan speaking very confidently.

Li Qingan knew that next year would be the sixth year of Tianbao, and there would be a war related to Gao Xianzhi's fate in this year in history, and he didn't know the specific details of the war, but he knew the general direction.

"My basis is very simple, Datang has accumulated strength for a few years, and it is time to use troops against Tubo."

"You mean little Boru?" Duan Xiushi groaned.

"Chenggong, what do you think?"

Duan Xiushi nodded, "Maybe!" Tubo choked the small Bolu road, not only made the Tang Dynasty lose Tocharo, but also the small Bolu also became the Tubo invasion of Anxi backup place, but also made it possible for the Tuqi Shi to collude with the Tubo, since the beginning of the century, the Tang Dynasty three expeditions to the small Bolu, three failures, now the Tuqi Shi people are declining, the time is gradually ripe, I also think that either next year or the year after, the Tang Dynasty will definitely have to conquer the small Bolu again. ”

"Then we'll wait for this day, cheers everyone!" Xi Yuanqing raised his glass.

"!" The four of them drank the wine in one gulp.

At this moment, a young woman came up at the top of the stairs, with narrow sleeves and short shirts, a long pomegranate skirt, a bow and arrows on her back, and a three-foot Qingfeng in her hand, looking around, as if looking for an empty seat.

Li Qingan was stunned for a moment, the road is narrow, why did she come to Qiuzi?

"Wu Niang, here, here!" Duan Xiushi suddenly beckoned to her and shouted.

"Cheng Gong knows her?"

Li Qingan glanced at Duan Xiushi, he was so affectionate, could it be some of his lovers?

Duan Xiushi laughed and said, "There is no one in Qiuzi City who doesn't know her, and you will know her soon." ”

When the woman heard someone call her, she looked around and suddenly saw a few of them, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed.

"Duan Xiaojian, ash sticks, and Xi Slow Gun, why are you here?"

She ran over with a smile, suddenly glanced at Li Qingan, was stunned for a moment, and said in a lost voice: "Why are you here too?" ”

Li Qingan laughed dryly and said: "I'm here to send you leopard skin, since you have paid, of course the goods will be given to you." ”

"A broken animal skin, I'm not rare!"

The woman pursed her lips and pushed Bai Yuanguang hard, "Ash stick, you sit down." ”

She sat down and beckoned to the guy, "Little Er, bring me a piece of cake first, I'm hungry." ”

Bai Yuanguang diligently poured her a glass of wine, and asked with a smile: "Wu Niang, where have you been in the past few months?" How will you get to know our new brothers? ”

"I went to Bahuan City and Shule for a walk, and I was too tired to do it."

Wu Niang drank the wine like a boy, her pretty face rose a flush, she glanced at Li Qing'an, and suddenly remembered that he refused to sell her leopard skin, so she couldn't help glaring at him fiercely, and said, "You three, this guy is bullying me in Bahuan City, and you teach him a hard lesson for me." ”

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(Lao Gao continues to ask for votes, hoping that everyone will support the new book and give Lao Gao a little confidence)