"Do you need proof? Adulyadej, the hypocrite, wears the same trousers as the pagans of the East. "Utbi is already fifty years old, his hair is a little gray, but he is still full of energy, he plans to unify the military and political power of the Samanid dynasty into his own hands, and then go south to conquer the Baiyi dynasty, occupy Baghdad, and control the empire, and cannot tolerate such a sudden change in the eastern kingdom. Because the princess was detained, Adulyadej, the king of kings, had already sworn out in Baghdad, and if it weren't for Mahmud of Ghaznavid to send troops to drag him down, I am afraid that Mamluk of the Baiyi dynasty would have hit the city of Bukhara at this moment.

With a smile in her voice, her voice clearer than the silver bell, she knelt behind Utby, squeezed her shoulders for him, and said softly, "Great Utby, don't think about such troublesome things in my place. Most of the other wives and concubines were trying to get some of the emperor's and court's movements out of Utby's mouth, so as to help their family, but Utby seemed to have no scheming, and only wanted to win Utby's favor, and Utbi was more willing to talk about military affairs in front of her, showing how powerful he was.

At this moment, he smiled slightly, pinched Kanglis's weak and boneless hand, turned around and looked down at her low eyelashes, towering breasts, and said with a smile: "Don't you like Aduade's princess very much? Iprahim of Khorasan has already led his troops to Samarkand to set up defenses, and he has requisitioned all the Turkic warriors in the area of the river, and he has also brought elephants captured from India, and he will definitely be able to defeat the barbarians of the Xia Kingdom, but he will definitely suffer heavy losses himself, and when the time comes, I will let him automatically dismiss him and let Abbas take his place. When the big thing is settled, I will ask for the pearl of Aduade's palm, and see what the expression of this old enemy will be. After saying that, he laughed and was extremely arrogant.

The next morning, after Utby's departure, Cornise straightened her sideburns in the mirror, and she took out a small glass bottle from the drawer of the dresser, which contained a mixture of pearl powder, mercury and arsenic, and carefully poured a little into the wine glass in front of her and drank it to her lips. It was a contraceptive remedy that spread throughout Persia, and since she gave birth to a son for Utebi, his fourth wife, she never wanted to conceive an enemy child.

After drinking, Kang Lisi stared at her face quietly in the mirror, her eyes were gloomy, and she calmed down, and then ordered the maid to invite Princess Sang Luzhuo, Utby's murderous opportunity has appeared, and the Xia Kingdom mission needs to prepare earlier, Zhang Zhongyao is Wu Yingying's confidant and favorite general, Cai Lang is his only disciple, and he can't say anything to let them be poisoned by Utby.

After Zhang Zhongyao heard the news relayed by Cai Lang, he sighed: "If it weren't for Mrs. Kang's guidance, thousands of lives of you and me would have been lost countless times. Cai Lang also nodded, and said in a deep voice: "Mrs. Kang said, Utebi has not yet shown signs of immediate action, it is estimated that he will wait until the Xia army arrives in Samarkand to fight Ibrahim, and the overall situation has been decided before starting, now that the mountains are covered with heavy snow, we can wait for the time being, and when His Majesty's army appears under the city of Samarkand, they will rush out of the city together, the Sogdians have a stronghold outside the city of Bukhara, where they have stored grain, grass and horses, we have taken supplies and killed Samarkand to join Your Majesty." Zhang Zhongyao nodded and said, "This strategy is very safe, but after we leave, the Sogdians will definitely not be able to escape from it." Cai Lang said: "She said that these sacrifices are nothing. There was a moment of silence.

The spring snow melted slightly, and on the southern slope of the Tianshan Mountains, it rained dripping again, and the 40,000 Xia troops marched with difficulty towards the Leng Ling Pass, which was known as "Tuoyun", and most of them felt dizzy. If it weren't for the fact that the army had already explained in detail the cause of this "cold miasma", I am afraid that some people would still think that they were suffering from prostration.

Snow also covers the slopes of the mountains at the top, and higher up are even more ancient glaciers, with cliffs like walls and cracks like nets. The reckless mountains are across the sky, so it is said that this green ridge is the remains of the pillar of heaven in the Buzhou Mountain, which was touched by the original Gonggong, and this broken pillar is the place where the most magnificent mountains of the Asian continent gather, the Himalayas, the Karakoram Mountains, the Kunlun Mountains, the Tianshan Mountains, the Hindu Kush Mountains, etc., are all continuous and integrated here.

"Your Majesty, although the topography of this Toyun Pass is high, the snow cover is much shallower than that of the other passes, and every spring we Sogdian caravans have to cross it, and the first merchants to arrive in Samarkand always fetch the highest price. Kang Ketian exhaled heavily, and said to Wu Yingying, although he walked this business road several times, the discomfort has never been alleviated. Along the way, you can see everywhere the Qarluq, Oghuz, and Turks who died of cold and starvation last winter, many of whom have been pecked by crows and vultures.

Wu Yingying said with a smile: "The early bird has worms to eat, which is right from ancient times to the present. Suddenly, I heard the sergeant in front of me start singing a military song under the guidance of the centurion, which was adapted by Mr. Jiaoshu from the "White Horse Chapter" written by Wu Siwang, the third son of Emperor Wu Wu of Wei:

"The white horse is decorated with golden fetters, and it gallops northwest. When you are young, you go to the countryside and raise your voice in the desert. The control string breaks the left, and the right one destroys the moon branch. Raise your hand to catch the flyer, lean over and scatter the horse's hooves. Cunning than the monkey ape, brave as a leopard. Abandon the edge of the blade, and take care of your life, and ignore your parents, how can you say that your son and wife are famous and strong, and you must not take care of your selfishness. Sacrifice your life to go to the country, and see death as if you were going home. ”

In the environment of extreme lack of oxygen, this song seems to be weak, but in the whispered chanting of the people, there is a faint reveal of a huge force, just like the surrounding towering mountains as magnificent and majestic momentum, suddenly, the hussars in front of them burst out a greater roar and cheers, they have stood on the top of the Tuoyun Pass, to the west to see the naked yellow-brown Gobi and just exposed a tender green meadow, a river meanders in the middle, through the rocky mudflats, flowing into the endless distance. Seeing the sergeants on the mountain pass cheering loudly and waving to the robe below, Wu Yingying also showed a smile on his face, straightened the white tiger skin hat on his head, raised his horsewhip and waved it at them, His Majesty's move aroused even greater cheers from the sergeants, and the originally tired people were all excited, celebrating their feat of crossing the green ridge again after the Tang Anxi Army.

Arriving at the meadows with clusters of golden wildflowers, the armies were busy arranging their baggage and feeding their horses.